Over the first few weeks, I've become excited about blogs and wikis and the possibilities they present for me and my library. I'm not as comfortable with the social networking products.
While I know many of my students use Facebook and MySpace, I don't see as much benefit as I do with the earlier Web 2.0 methods we explored. I'm not altogether certain that my traditional-aged students would welcome my presence, and I don't think the benefits of creating a Facebook library presence would outweigh the work involved. I think we would do better to continue to improve our library's webpage. In the case of Brooklyn College Library, it felt like they just had two homepages to maintain.
When I got to the LinkedIn portion of the assignment and began to think more about using it as a tool to connect me to librarians instead of a tool with which to reach out to students, I began to feel more comfortable and to see possibilities.
One concern that I still have about using LinkedIn as a colleague-connecting tool is that it seems like it could create a big sucking void that I could lose myself in. I don't know if I have the self discipline to spend a little time visiting my colleagues pages. I'm afraid that once I started exploring, I would get nothing done the rest of the day.
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