I posted a link to the library where I first volunteered, the Juneau Public in Alaska; a great small town library. I changed the font color on the sidebar headings and I made a poll on the sidebar.
I was thinking about who uses social networking sites. I know everyone uses it, but teens seem to be the biggest demographic. That is also a demographic that isn't as represented in public libraries as the little ones or adults. So I have was thinking to have a weekly mini interview with my teen daughter about what libraries could do, from a teens point of view, to make libraries more approachable using social networking as a tool. I would like all of you to help me by posting possible questions. As the weeks go on I think we could develope a well thought out conversation with a teen who loves book but rarely thinks about using the library.
Greg, I think this is a great idea. A site I was thinking of that we might want to add to this site is http://teen.secondlife.com/. Its a social networking site. There is also a second life for adults. You can find that under http://secondlife.com.
ReplyDeleteGreg- I think it's a great idea to interview your daughter. Ask her if her local library has a blog for teens. I have found that teens are a well represented demographic. Most public libraries have teen blogs and some are twittering. The problem is that it's "work" to find it on the most library websites. It's a drill down process - so the sites are easily missed and might not be well used.
ReplyDeleteHey Greg, I'm looking forward to hearing what your daughter has to say. I'd like to hear what would catch her attention as a blog post or a tweet or whatever, if, say, a local singer-guitarist were to have a concert at the library.
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