What an apparent waste of time F@@ebook is turning out to be. Most of the applications do not add value to me or are in any way appear useful to me and my (real) world. As for online friends, who cares - I'd rather spend face-to-face time with my mates, friends, family than interactions on F@@ebook - can you have a beer with online friends?. I've discussed this with a colleague tonight - is it a generational thing - I'm not sure.
As for real applications to real situations, let's cast a critical eye over the VU site. Should we really be here and is it educational? Mmmm, lots of social stuff - another time waster perhaps or another way to approach students?
As for Library applications, at least one can be in the 'space' that students are in, real or online. Putting information (catalogue, new material) out there is not a bad idea - again it's how you do it and what value our students get out of it. Do they look at hard information or are they more interested in the social networking possibilities?
As for MySpace, I'm not sure I want another social site to waste my time on! Perhaps I should get a second opinion from my 16 year old!
Gotta go and feed the dog!
Part II
After reading comments etc. in Thoughts on privacy and libraries and social networks on the blog on http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2006/05/thoughts_on_pri.html, it is a question of push don't ram information for students on social networks such as MySpace and Facebook!
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I agree with you about Facebook. At first i thought maybe I'd find old schoolfriends etc but it seems to be a place for young people. I can't imagine using it regularly. I'd rather ring people I want to interact with or, as you say, see them in person
I find facebook great for keeping in contact with friends that it is physically impossible to have a beer with. I lived overseas for a number of years, and worked with an airline for more than a decade previous to that. For some people living as an expat means moving from country to country on a regular basis and I now have friends literally scattered all over the world. Facebook enables us to keep in touch and not worry about having to update contact details constantly. It isn't just the younger generation using it, I think it depends on your situation, for me it's not necessarily a time waster, I get to see updated photos of friends and their kids, their new homes and new lives. I'm a fan!
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