Week 6 - Facebook

Finally made it to the last week! It's been fun trawling through the Manukau Libraries facebook page. I really found it very interesting and colourful.
Well, to answer all the questions, I really have to start and say thanks to Facebook I managed to get in touch with friends I had lost track of and keep a friendship going with them to this day. To me personally Facebook allowed me to keep in contact with those dearest to me and hear all their news.
As a public library I think Facebook will help us get news and events posted out there. It could also help bring in more of the youth to the library and keep them interested with posts and updates of events that are happening throughout the Manukau libraries.
Facebook is not that hard to use once you've logged on and made your own profile. It's great to find your friends and send them fun things like hugs and cool links. Ever since I joined up I managed to track down some old friends and even found some of my work mates. I would most definitely continue using Facebook, when I eventually find the time!!
In my experience at work I've had a few people inquire but most of them already know about it and how it works. I think our customers would benefit from looking at Manukau libraries through Facebook and see what a lively bunch of people they have for librarians. They would also be able to keep up with the events happening throughout the system and basically enjoy the libraries even more!
I would promote our libraries page and tell our customers to go and have a look. To me it seemed really interesting and fun. I particularly liked the discussion boards and I think customers would also greatly enjoy them.
I went and had a quick look at other libraries and found the page of the New York public library. They had a very cool looking page with options to chat with a librarian and links to different branches. I thought it was interesting and cool that one can have a look at how other libraries in the world differ from us and see how they work!!