MySpace, Ask a Librarian and Libraries

Diana Sachs-Silveira

Tampa Bay Library Consortium

Virtual Reference Manager

Social Networking

• Create friends and groups based upon common interests

• Facebook and MySpace most popular but many other sites out there.

• Integrates Email, Chat, Blogging and sharing data

• Social networking sites drive traffic to other sites (like your site

“There is a misconception that social networking is the exclusive domain of teenagers, but this analysis confirms that the appeal of social networking sites is far broader.”

Facebook MySpace

• 25 million members worldwide

• Created a niche among the college crowd

• "People spend an average of 19 minutes a day on Facebook."

• Facebook was named as the second most "in" thing among undergraduates,… losing only to the iPod.

• 100 million users worldwide

• Broadest appeal across age ranges

• #1 site where people Spent time on the Internet

• Allows for lots of customization of pages including – background, music, fonts, and page layout

http://www.myspace.com/askalibrarianfl

http://www.myspace.com/fkcc1

http://www.myspace.com/undergradlibrary

http://www.myspace.com/morrisvillecollegelibrary

http://www.myspace.com/utlibraries

http://www.myspace.com/ucclibrary

http://www.myspace.com/njitlibrary

http://www.myspace.com/wayne_college_library

http://www.myspace.com/ucfaskalibrarian

http://www.myspace.com/fiulibrary

http://www.myspace.com/wolfsonlibrary

Sample MySpace Pages

http://www.myspace.com/askalibrarianfl

http://www.myspace.com/undergradlibrary

http://www.myspace.com/morrisvillecollegelibrary

http://www.myspace.com/utlibraries

http://www.myspace.com/ucclibrary

http://www.myspace.com/wayne_college_library

http://www.myspace.com/fkcc1

http://www.myspace.com/ucfaskalibrarian

Customize!

• Change the background, font and feel

• Add Slideshows, videos

• Add Quizzes

• Post Pictures

Promote

• School Publications

• From Your Web site “Be Our Friend on MySpace”

• From the Reference Desk

• Make sure you have new content

• Add Comments to your friends pages

• Add Bulletins to your friends pages

Remember…

• Be Bold• Be 2.0• Change your page often• Make New Friends• Promote your MySpace in

the library and throughout campus