Library MySpace Pages
- Alkek Library - Texas State University
- American Library Association
- Ask a Librarian (State of Florida's virtual reference service)
- Ball State University Libraries
- Brooklyn College Library
- Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Libraries
- Grimsby Library (NE Lincolnshire, UK)
- Hanover Library Rocks (Hanover, Pennsylvania YA services)
- The Information Place-Clark County Ohio Public Libraries
- Jackson Michigan District Library
- Lexington Library (Lexington, North Carolina)
- University of Central Florida Ask a Librarian
- New Jersey Institute of Technology Library
- North Madison County Public Libraries (Indiana)
- Princeton University Chemistry Library
- Radford Public Library (Radford, Virginia)
- University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies
- Wadsworth (OH) Public Library
Library and Librarian MySpace Groups
MySpace allows its members to create and join groups based on personal and/or professional interests. Here are a few library related groups.
Social Networking Sites in Libraries
Breeding, M. (2007). Librarians face online social networks. Computers in Libraries, 27(8), 30-32.
Charnigo, L., & Barnett-Ellis, P. (2007). Checking out Facebook.com: the impact of a digital trend on academic libraries. Information Technology and Libraries, 26(1), 23-34.
Evans, B. (2006). Your space or MySpace?. Library Journal, 131(Net Connect), 8-10, 12.
Evans, W. (2007). My MySpace comment. Library Journal, 132(3), 44.
Farkas, M. (2007). Going where patrons are. American Libraries, 38(4), 27.
Ferguson, C. (2007). Technology left behind--making friends online: library use of social networking services. Against the Grain, 19(3), 86-87.
Hammond, J. (2007). Facing off with Facebook: email for the 21st century. Feliciter, 53(3), 154-155.
Reid, M., & Gray, C. (2007). Online social networks, virtual communities, enterprises, and information professionals--part 1: past and present. Searcher, 15(7), 33-43.
Reid, M., & Gray, C. (2007). Online social networks, virtual communities, enterprises, and information professionals--part 2: stories. Searcher, 15(9), 23-33.
Webb, P. (2007). Prevailing practices for libraries on MySpace. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 14(2), 39-44.
- Creating and Connecting//Research and Guidelines on Online Social--and Educational--Networking (PDF)
An interesting study put out in August 2007 by the National School Boards Association aimed at analyzing how children ages 9-17 use social networking sites.
About MySpace: Layout, Features, and Tools
Greenwell, S., & Kraemer, B. (2006). Internet reviews: social networking software: Facebook and MySpace. Kentucky Libraries, 70(4), 12-16.
McDermott, I. E. (2006). I need MySpace. Searcher, 14(4), 22-25.
McFedries, P., & Kinkoph, S. (2006). MySpace: visual quick tips. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Pospisil, J. (2006). Hacking MySpace: customizations and mods to make MySpace your space. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.
Rapacki, S. (2007). Social networking sites: why teens need places like MySpace. Young Adult Library Services, 5(2), 28-30.
- DIOSA MySpace best and worst practices for higher education institutions
A useful list of do's and don'ts for designing and maintaining a MySpace page for an educational institution. - Bare Bones Guide to HTML
MySpace page design can be almost totally controlled by users by editing the HTML elements of the MySpace page. This link contains information for basic HTML editing. - http://www.mypsace.org/
A page containing code for numerous pre-made MySpace layouts and designs, just copy and paste the code. - MyGen 2.5
Another site with pre-made MySpace layouts and HTML layout code generators. - MyTracker MySpace
Interesting code generator that displays a small world map on your MySpace profile and places a dot on the map showing where in the world visitors to your profile are located. Also contains information and code for further customizing your profile layout
Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) and challenges to using social networking software
Deleting Online Predators Act of 2007, H.R. 1120 I.H., 110th Cong. (2007). Retrieved
October
31, 2007, from Government Printing Office Online via
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&
docid=f:h1120ih.txt.pdf
- Referred to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on 2/27/2007.
Aiken, J. (2006). Hands off MySpace. American Libraries, 37(7), 33.
Doyle, R. P. (2007). Internet safety, ILA, and MySpace: the nine-month process that produced not a baby, but a bookmark. Illinois Library Association Reporter, 25(3), 10-11 .
Eberhart, G. M. (2006). House passes bill restricting social-networking sites. American Libraries, 37(8), 9.
(2007). Patron abuse prompts trial of social-network filter. American Libraries, 38(8), 41.
Pike, G. H. (2006). Myspace.com and library filters. Information Today, 23(7), 15, 19.
(2007). Social networking under scrutiny. American Libraries, 38(4), 19.
Whelan, D. L. (2006). Schools crack down on teen social site. School Library Journal, 52(4), 18.
Willard, N. (2007). Stranger danger?. School Library Journal, 53(3), 24.
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