Comments on: Social Software in Libraries by Jessamyn West http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/09/social-software-in-libraries-by-jessamyn-west/ Libraries, Technology and People Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:09:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jessamyn http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/09/social-software-in-libraries-by-jessamyn-west/#comment-857 jessamyn Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:50:52 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/09/social-software-in-libraries-by-jessamyn-west/#comment-857 Yeah this is an eternal issue. I don't want to overcensor myself and just not show anything that might have personal information -- I'm pretty free with showing my Flickr front page for example -- but things that are friends-only are more of an issue. I often show a LOT of my page, show my "wall" after making sure it's decent and show how my personal information like phone numbers and such are ONLY available to my friends on the network. So, this gives people a friends view without having to log on and have an account. I also make sure people know it's okay to friend me on these networks even if we don't know each other that well. I know my Mom only wants to "friend" people she knows mostly and that works for her but I'd love for librarians trying this stuff out to have a readymade friend or two heading in to it. I think it makes it a bunch less scary. Yeah this is an eternal issue. I don’t want to overcensor myself and just not show anything that might have personal information — I’m pretty free with showing my Flickr front page for example — but things that are friends-only are more of an issue. I often show a LOT of my page, show my “wall” after making sure it’s decent and show how my personal information like phone numbers and such are ONLY available to my friends on the network. So, this gives people a friends view without having to log on and have an account.

I also make sure people know it’s okay to friend me on these networks even if we don’t know each other that well. I know my Mom only wants to “friend” people she knows mostly and that works for her but I’d love for librarians trying this stuff out to have a readymade friend or two heading in to it. I think it makes it a bunch less scary.

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