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December 10, 2007

Social networks and libraries

A social network is one web service, in the framework of the so-called social or Web site 2.0, allows individuals to build a profile public or semi-public within an online platform through which you can communicate in different ways . This platform is also capable of displaying relationships with other users in the form of a graph. The same term is used in reference to those sites on the web social also incorporate the ability to create networks of contacts, although this is not their main objective, as Flickr, del.icio.us or YouTube.
There are two types of social networks depending on the object of their contacts: a personal or professional. Social networks, essentially personal, but its use can be quite varied, be MySpace, Orkut, Facebook, Friendster or Hi5, to name some of the most popular. Networks of a professional nature are LinkedIn, Xing and neuron, the latter owned by Xing.
Although its use in our country is not yet as popular as in other countries (Alexa ranking first in Spanish, MySpace, ranked number 16, followed by 18 in the Facebook, and Hi5 in 45), shows a some presence of professionals that employ more or less active.
Its use by librarians can therefore be twofold: librarians can establish contacts with colleagues and create groups through networks or otherwise, and since the library is possible to use as a platform through which to maintain contact with users. One example libraries are some Americans who, because of the great popularity of MySpace among adolescents in his country, decided to approach them by creating your own profile, as the Hennepin County Library and others.
The many possibilities: increased visibility, as the library has a space in which to show; increases communication in both directions, thereby giving users the ability to communicate with us; exchange of information in various formats: images, video , text (it is possible the creation of blogs), and many others.

---> Automatically translated text by Google Translate. Version without links. See the original post in Spanish in Biblioblog.

Published: December 10, 2007
Category: Social web
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