Analysis of Facebook Library Pages

I have recently concluded becoming a fan and examining the page content of libraries that use Facebook. While the content and features of the pages range from sophisticated to simple, the usefulness of these pages seems limited by lack of use. The hope would seem to be that users of Facebook would become a fans of the libraries and that use would increase through the social networking. The low number of fans for major libraries would seem to indicate that use does not increase quickly. Just because you are a fan of the library does not mean that you are a user. Also, it is far easier to search for a library using common search engines, such as Google, than the clumsy Facebook search box.
There are however some features of the Facebook interface that would be attractive to libraries. The first is chat. Libraries would be able to use chat for reference using Facebook on a limited basis to determine whether this would be a useful service option. They would be able to promote this on their main webpage. Secondly, libraries are not necessarily easy to find from the homepage of some educational facilities. Facebook might offer some slight increases in exposure points for libraries. The hope of such Facebook pages might be to steer patrons to the libraries home page.
Of advantage to patrons using this service? The libraries send out updates that include new services and programs. These are visible on the patrons facebook page.
While I do not think Facebook will work very well for most libraries, it cannot work unless it is promoted on the libraries main page.

Stupid jokes I made up

I made up a couple of lame jokes.


1) How many conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb?


Six. One to screw in the lightbulb and five to discuss the morality of screwing.


2) How many librarians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?


I don't know, I'll look it up.

From the Declaration of Independance

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


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DDC 22 v. bigfoot

Why does Dewey Decimal Classification 22 and unsolved mysteries reside on the same shelf?
What is the relationship between bigfoot, ufo's and Melvil Dewey?
Is it Dewey or the Loch Ness Monster that are the unsolved mystery?