Thing 18--Facebook

Hurray! Another easy THING. I already am a member of Facebook and have been for several months, so this one was easy.

I have investigated both My Space and Facebook for work because as librarians we are always trying to find ways to outreach to different parts of the community. We created a My Space account for the Adult Services department a couple of years ago. We had an Intern from Ansan College in Korea and he did most of the layout work, we provided the content. The Alachua County Library District also has a nice My Space page, as do many other libraries.

I joined Facebook because old friends from the Peace Corps sent me invitations to join. At first I didn't see the point, but because I wanted to see what they were up to, I signed up for an account. Slowly but surely, I started adding profile information, pictures and looking at what my friends around the country/world are doing. Facebook can really drain your time. It took me several frustrating days to figure out how to load pictures, but then when I knew I was happy to have them up. Now they look out of date!
The group I signed up for most recently was FLA. I recently renewed my FLA memebership and while doing so a box came up with places that I could show-off my membership. So I signed into my account and now it's listed on my Facebook page.
This is another way that I see how these "THINGS" connect to other things.
Pretty cool!