Assignment - Week 3

Exercise 1:
Created Facebook Account. Added some friends -- even found a highschool friend (wow!)
Added MLA Annual event to my events. Added UAB App, PubMed & WorldCat.
I can see facebook as being an awesome focal point to get my old high school class back together!!

Exercise 2:
I already have a linkedin account. I have several friends in my circle. :)

Exercise 3:
My space. Good concept.

Social networking seems a good way to get more folks interested and "talking" about the current topics. I'm not sure if our library would succeed with a Facebook or MySpace page ~ to some extent, our campus prohibits social networking sites ~ if we were able to get it going, i think it would be GREAT for staff and students to discuss and get to know each other (and get to know what we can do for them!). Privacy and social networking would seem to be a very key point. There is so much in the news about children and adults using the sites for negative influence. I think folks would have to be very guarded about what they choose to share on the sites. I found facebook to be quite interesting, mostly because I found a past friend with whom I haven't had contact in over 15 years~~ and would never have even thought of trying to connect with had they not popped up on the schools listing! :) thanks!