MySpace pages were alright, the design seemed to be pitched at a younger clientel obviously.
The idea of institutions having spots in social networking sites seems somewhat incongruous- these places are for people to interact afterall, but i guess it shows our webtwopointohness.

Facebook and MySpace

The Library had 116 fans as of 11:43 am on 2/19/09.
Found Rogers Memorial on Facebook by searching for rogers memorial, previous searches for long island libraries and new york libraries turned up no libraries but some library associations.

Web 2.0 and Privacy

I suspect part of my disinterest in many aspects of Web 2.0 has to do with what feels to me (an old curmudgeonly nonweb native) as a loss of privacy and or control. I think people of my generation- as opposed to those like my son growing up with this technology- have a different take on privacy. Perhaps when I was younger and revelled in social interaction with my peers, which was limited to phone conversations on land lines or face to face encounters, I would have welcomed all these opportunities to be so connected. Now that I'm old enough to find the social ramble ain't restful, I find much of this intrusive.

Not to mention that most of what I read seems to be things said for the sake of saying them, not unlike the cell phone conversations I am treated to as I wander throught the world- they talk largely just because they can- not because they really need to impart or get some information.