The Wonderful World
of
Social Networking Tools
presented to Ontario Association of Library Technicians,
Kingston, May 8, 2008
by Connie Crosby

Where are your social networks?

Do any of them look like this?

or this?

Where are your social networks?
Spanish class book club
temple
synagogue
family reunion
photography club
church
night club

Where are your social networks?
political party
Spanish class book club
temple parent-teacher group
support group
synagogue
family reunion
photography club
hiking group
church
night club
community group

Where are your social networks?
volunteer fundraising group political party
Spanish class book club
Run for the Cure temple parent-teacher group
support group neighbourhood yard sale
synagogue Canadian Cancer Society
family reunion
photography club
hiking group
church Friends of the Library
night club
community group
Alzheimer Society of Ontario

How do you stay connected?
in-person meetings
telephone
email messages
listservs
newsletters
website

Generation i

Join the Conversation
by
Joseph Jaffe

Who is Generation i?

Generation i
“This is the generation that has nothing to do with age
but is all about mind-set.”

Generation i
“Generation i is not who you think. It’s not just the
youngsters anymore, the geeks, the game-playing kids”

Generation i
“anyone young at heart, any person with a zest and zeal
for life...any human who gets the social side of media.”

Generation i
“Generation i is not defined by a demographic or by a
psychographic.”

Which is Generation i?

Collaboration!

everyone contributes
photos ~ reviews ~ recommendations ~ stories
t ag s

Social Networking Tools?
Web 2.0
Social media
New media
Social networking tools

Are you onFacebook?

Who is on Facebook?
Students
Parents
Libraries
Businesses
People you know

OALT/ABO link

Library Technicians of Ontario Schools

MySpace

link

LinkedIn

LinkedIn
“Facebook for business”

Flickr

Twitter

“What are you doing?”

140 text characters

Virtual worlds

You purchase the stuffed animal...

...and it comes with a key to its virtual world counterpart

Geared toward younger children

Activities for the one child, unless you have family/friends
who share their code with you

Items to “buy” for your pet

Play games to earn points with which to buy the items

Older children sign up for penguin characters (avatars)

Safety and privacy are addressed

Children’s Safety Online
Never give out personal information, such as real name,
age, location, phone number or school.

Children’s Safety Online
Never share your password with anyone except your
parents. Someone else might use your password and
pretend to be you, give out your personal information or
do something that may get you into trouble.

Children’s Safety Online
Tell your parents if someone says or does something on
the Internet that makes you uncomfortable, or if
someone asks you for personal information.

Children’s Safety Online
Choose a username that does not reflect your real
identity. Avoid names that are in any way suggestive,
even if they seem innocent to you.

Children’s Safety Online
Avoid chat rooms that are not monitored by
moderators.
Source: http://www.clubpenguin.com/parents/player_safety.htm

http://getnetwise.org/

ALA - Great Web Sites for Kids

...and Second Life?
Libraries? In virtual world Second Life???

first law library in Second Life

“face-to-face” meetings of people in different geographic
locations

Wikinomics book reading by Don Tapscott (in red chair)

Second Life law office of Davis LLP link

Benjamin Noble, Second Life avatar for Davis LLP lawyer

is there more?

Can social networking
save Canadian culture?

bpNichol beta site by ArtMob -
http://www.bpnichol.ca

and the BIG question...

Can social networks
help you...

Set Sail?
Photo by: http2007 used under
Creative Commons

Social networking
build & maintain relationships with family, friends,
colleagues, clients or patrons

Social networking
transcends geography

Social networking
helps us find others with the same interests, no matter
how specific or esoteric

Social networking
helps us see other points of view

Social networking
makes the world a little smaller

Should libraries be in
online social networks?

Challenges!!
sign up for a Facebook account & join a group
comment on a blog
sign up for Flickr and comment on a photo
comment on another blog
sign for LinkIn, connect to me

Privacy Commissioner of Canada: http://tinyurl.com/2wkxhz

OCLC Report
Sharing, Privacy and
Trust in Our
Networked World

Where do you find time for social media?
Clay Shirky video - http://tinyurl.com/5o79x3

Thank you
Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
416-919-6719
conniecrosby@gmail.com
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com