Facebook is a good social networking tool and it may very well be of some use to an organization. I think that it would be used by the younger generation more often because they have grown up on this type of technology. I do think that there is some generational gap that exists. Would it be useful for a non-Facebook user? I don't really think so. You would need to know what population you were targeting before deciding if a page on Facebook would serve a purpose for your organization. I think that the control of content and keeping track of wall posts and comments would be daily task for the administrator so time and new policies would need to be developed.
The Library Thing was fun. I am a reader so this serves as a tool for me and keeps me in touch with the thing I like to do the best. READ! With busy lives going to the library is not necessarily on the top of my list but if I can do the leg work in advance etc. I might get there more often.
I use the computer for tasks that I need to do. I do not often use the computer to just surf etc. I need a reason/purpose to be on the internet.
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I think there are quite a few course participants that share your views of computers as tools not necessarily for leisure. But with tools like Library Thing we can maybe bridge that gap and make computers useful for both purposes at once!
Jenny.
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