[Air-L] _Not Just Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries_ Il 2008 PPT NOW Available

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

Colleagues/

 

I'm pleased to announce that a corrected/revised/expanded version of my pre-conference  workshop presentation for _Internet Librarian_ 2008 is now available

 

_Not Just  Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries_

 

ABSTRACT 

 

While Bebo, Facebook, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut are among the better-known general online social networks, there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities.  Among many others, these include networks for academe and education (e.g., EduSpaces), people of color  (e.g., Black Planet), Boomers (e.g., Boomj), business (e.g., Linked-In), LGBT groups (e.g., OUTeverywhere), religion (e.g., MyChurch), and researchers and scholars (e.g., Nature Network). 

 

This workshop provides an overview of the more significant niche online social networks,  reviews their common and unique features and functionalities,  and considers the potential opportunities for wider engaged library outreach to these communities.

 

This is a LARGE Presentation (204 Slides). 

 

The First Half Is Devoted Web 2.0/SNS Background and a Review Of Facebook (Slides 1-89) 

The Second Half Is Devoted To Niche Online Social Networks (NSNS) (Slide 90->);

 

The Director's Cut Version Is Accessible From

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/5p4scp ]

 

>>I am greatly interested in learning of Other Niche SNS<< 

 

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Thanks!

 

 /Gerry

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

 

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