MySpace and Me

Maybe the title of this should be me and MySpace, but I think MySpace and Me is much catchier... ;) 

I know that this is somewhat of a repeat of one of the podcasts, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts on MySpace. 

I never thought MySpace would be a site I would be interested in.  To me, it was something that was only for younger teenagers.  Then more and more of my friends started using it and then more and more of coworkers.  Now, I don't know what I would do without it.  MySpace has become a priceless networking tool for me not only personally, but also professionally.  I have added many library professionals as friends to my account.  Through these library professionals it helps me keep up with what is going on in the library world.  A lot of them post relevant library articles to their blogs, post library related bulletins, etc.  Just today I was thinking to myself..."I am really going to miss all of this information that is being shared on this blog when this class is over.  How am I going to replace this information resource?"  Well, hopefully MySpace and some other blogs I have stumbled upon through this course will help with that. 

I also like to look at other libraries that have created MySpace pages to reach out to their patrons.  It's interesting to see what they are doing and what they have posted i their blogs.  A lot of them discuss upcoming events, have library information and hours, etc.  I have also noticed a lot of them add authors and other area libraries or even libraries across the U.S. 

Some that I know of in Kansas:  (Sorry, I am a devoted Kansan... and I thought some of these deserved attention.  They have done an excellent job of keeping them updated and going)

Topeka Shawnee Public Library 

Johnson County Library - Kansas City area

Tonganoxie Public Library

Carbondale City Library

Finney County Public Library's TALC Group (Garden City, KS Teen Group)

Some other library-related MySpace pages I have looked at:  ( I did my best not to repeat those listed on the Week4 page)

Harper Perennial (a division of Harper Collins publishing)

ALA - mentioned in a cast

YALSA

And of course from all of these links you will find several other libraries through their "friends".  Especially on the ALA and YALSA pages.  Ok, this is now the end of my shameless MySpace plug... :)