Web 2.0 Awards

Of all the Web 2.0 award winners, I love Facebook the most for my own personal use as well as it's potential us in libraries. It's a great social tool that connects users to each other and to tools and applications. Facebook has allowed me to keep in contact with friends that I have made from high school, college and grad school. Since many of us are spread out across the country, this is an easy and inexpensive way to keep in touch.

In terms of library use, I definitely think there are ways that libraries of all kinds are using Facebook. I have mentioned this before in another blog post. Facebook can help libraries promote themselves in a new way. They can make a catalog search box on their profile page. Many libraries provide email address to contact the library and even librarians. The social aspect of Facebook can foster a feeling of community at a library too. Users can interact with each other about their experiences at the library by posting on The Wall. Blogs of librarians can be linked to the Facebook account and inform users of upcoming events.

Here is a great example of a library Facebook page- Seattle Public Library.

The library posts blogs about library related programming and news. They can also post interesting article that relate to libraries. Also, users have posted things to the page as well. This is just another way to market libraries and library service to a new audience.