My Space Presentation

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

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

My Space Presentation

by Diana Silveira on May 30, 2007

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