Comments on: Facebook and Updating the Stereotypical Librarian Image http://librarygarden.net/2006/05/25/facebook-and-updating-the-stereotypical-librarian-image/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian Mathews http://librarygarden.net/2006/05/25/facebook-and-updating-the-stereotypical-librarian-image/#comment-1497 Thu, 25 May 2006 23:35:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/facebook-and-updating-the-stereotypical-librarian-image/#comment-1497 Glad you liked the article.

A nice FB feature is that you can target by class. So I intend to send all my freshmen (mech eng & comp sci) a casual message in the Fall.

You can also join a class– so for example, if you know they have a research assignment, use that as a way reach out to them. I help students in a design class find patents etc.

Let me know if you have questions about FB or just want to talk it further… I like to hear how others are using it.

]]> By: Karen@bbpl http://librarygarden.net/2006/05/25/facebook-and-updating-the-stereotypical-librarian-image/#comment-1496 Thu, 25 May 2006 23:27:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/05/25/facebook-and-updating-the-stereotypical-librarian-image/#comment-1496 This reminds me that I wanted to do an update on my earlier post on Myspace (thanks Robert!!). Since posting, I’ve had more students add the Library as a “friend” and even start conversations with me through IM chat clients.
All these social networking sites really offer an opportunity to reach out to those “sleeping” communities who might not have any other contact with the library. If we have a presence in new and unexpected places, we can bring new people into our libraries.

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