I attended a workshop at Appleton Public Library in December which focused on the social/legal/moral issues with public libraries and social networking sites.
I feel that as professionals working in a public domain, librarians must educate patrons about the dangers of posers on myspace and facebook. There are "tensions" which can't be ignored. I'd like to see our Library use a myspace page for this purpose. If our young adult Internet patrons are trolling and meandering through social networking we can use our presence to teach responsible behavior by example, foremost, and also by linking to sites which succinctly outline the good and the bad.
My daughter, next month (or in 18 days!) will be visiting a "friend" met on myspace who lives on Long Island. It will be a tremendous experience for her to bridge the virtual with the real person.
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