Week 3 - Social Networking Tools

I appreciated the opportunity to explore and get first-hand experience with the Facebook, MySpace, and Linkedin social networking tools. I think it is important to have a better understanding of the tools that our younger clientele are using so that we can evaluate whether or not there are ways in which we need to modify the way our libraries deliver its services. I believe that MLA as an organization might consider building upon these social networking tools can build a similar capability within MLANET to facilitate a greater exchange of ideas and serve as another communication vehicle. The Army library network is probably not yet at a place in which we can create Facebook or MySpace library pages due to all the security and privacy limitations within the Department of Defense networks. I created my personal social networking pages in Facebook and Linkedin after work due to the usual site blocking.