Thing 23 - Final Thoughts

Good to at least investigate various things: watch videos, read articles/comments, compare different products that do similar things. Some I joined, some didn't - I know about them but have no personal interest in participating in them. Professionally, library should definitely do some of social networking things to reach different audience - local or not. Readers may never set foot in an RCL library, but may learn about resources they can use without coming to a building. A vibrant FaceBook or MySpace page may reach people who think Google or the like is the only way to find info, and help them LEARN how to learn. The key/most important word in last sentence is vibrant. If info is ho-hum on first look, people won't go further and whoever developed page will have wasted taxpayer money and essentially misused time from system.