My Insights on Social Networking

I have been a part of social networking for a while and have a Facebook page. It just another way of staying in touch with family and friends, and it's been fun. I don't care to Twitter...too much unneeded conversation. But, saying that, I understand that people like up-to-the moment contact and updates, and Twitter is a way to do just that.

I did visit the Library's Facebook page and found that it is a good way to remind and update our patrons about current library programs. A very useful tool! It's also a way to elicit patron involvement and responses about our materials and programs. It also shows patron involvement by showing online pictures of the programs and the people that attend them. I thought it would be a useful way to highlight new programs and new books and think that patrons may enjoy being able to rate books on the site! By visiting the Library's Twitter account, I discovered another way to instantly share information about our library's programs and other community events. It's a convenient way to get patron's feedback to our programs and might be useful if enough patrons use it. I'm curious about how many people are using our library's Twitter site.

I was very interested in reading the articles about online safety. I do have concerns about too much personal information being available and realize that the only way to be safe is to keep learning about how to protect my privacy. There was interesting, current information about internet safety  on the website www.connectsafely.org. I think it is important to stay current!