Friday, 28 March 2008

Social networks - here to stay?

How far should employers allow their staff to spend time on social networking sites like Facebook? Are they a good thing or a time waster? There are currently 2186 people in the University of Bedfordshire Network on Facebook. This cannot be ignored. How far should we use it to communicate with our students? Do they want staff on "their site"?
Some libraries provide direct access to their Library Catalogue via Facebook. We will be looking into this. COPAC (the catalogues of all the major research libraries in UK) can be accessed directly from inside Facebook if you add the application into your profile. It's very easy and the search works!
Anyone on Facebook?
I find it's great for talking to colleagues around the country who you dont see very often, and for picking up tips (some useless) about all kinds of things.

Returning to business : there are many articles which are available after free registration, e.g.

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