Del.icio.us Thing 17

I think I am going to need some extra help on this. I know other staff have used this and love it, but I am having a little trouble understanding it exactly. If it really does do what it says in all the literature it is a great thing to have all that information at your fingertips.

MySpace Thing 16

I did the MySpace tour as I am not interested in setting up an account. I don't have a computer at home and I usually talk to and see my friends personally.

Social Networking Thing 15

If VBPL does eventually use a social networking site, are there legal issues that we need to address or that may become a problem if something goes wrong?

I am apprehensive about social networking; online safety, what kids talk about online and with who, pictures and info posted and who is looking at and reading that information. The percentages listed about what they do on line, how accurate are they? Some kids may not be honest about what they do on line.

Thing 13

Not knowing much about Wikis it is interesting and helpful that they can be used by groups, businesses, etc. to set up schedules, conferences, staff communication or just personal communication. These are just a few of the many, many things that can be done.

Libraries can use them for book reviews, Reader's Advisoryand teams could use them to communicate thoughts, ideas, plans & schedules.

Thing 12

This seems to be the way the world is moving. It is real time communication and you can communicate with a number of people at the same time. It is wonderful that we are offering virtual library services for our customers.

Thing 11

We have been using IM to answer questions from customers for a few weeks now, but I am not sure how well it has caught on. I have done it several times and haven't had any "real customer" questions yet. It seems to me if people have access to the internet they would use that to try to locate the information they are looking for. Perhaps that is why we have't had as many questions. Of course we are there ready to go if they cannot locate what they are looking for.