I signed up for Facebook and added a couple friends. Time will tell if I really use this much in the long term - I think very few of my friends currently are on it. Another tricky issue is finding someone who has a common name - there are a lot of Carol Jacksons out there! However I can see the value to libraries in promoting themselves. Evanston Public has this Facebook page: Evanston Public Library.
There are a lot of other social network sites out there also. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out in the long term. A teacher colleague of mine kept asking me to join WAYN (Where Are You Now?) - a social site focused on travel. I finally joined, but this site is very heavy on advertising :-(
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it's true that there are a lot of social networking sites out there. i think facebook will be popular for a long time to come, but anything can happen and there just might be another site that takes its place at the top.
We now have a Loft Facebook page also. Visit us at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Evanston-IL/The-Loft-at-Evanston-Public-Library/20019998646
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