Links & Examples: Social Networking

General:

• Social Networking in Plain English [video]
• Eight Secrets of Effective Online Networking
• Social Networking Websites in Comparison
• Marketplace: It’s a Transparent Society, So Get Naked
• Ins and Outs of Social Networking for Attorneys
• Debbie Ginsberg and Meg Kribble, “Social Networks for Law Librarians and Law Libraries, or How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Friending,” LLRX (January 2008) available at http://www.llrx.com/features/socialnetworks.htm.
• Debbie Ginsberg and Meg Kribble, “The Social Networking Titans: Facebook and MySpace,” LLRX (April 2008) available at http://www.llrx.com/features/facebookmyspace.htm.

Facebook:

• The Fakebook Generation
• Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Facebook
• Facebook finally catches up to MySpace in the U.S.
• Laurie Charnigo, Paula Barnett-Ellis, “Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries,” Information Technology and Libraries at 26(1), 23-34 (2007). Retrieved May 2, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1269339461).

Facebook and Libraries:

• Jennifer L. Behrens, “About Facebook,” AALL SPECTRUM 12.6 (April 2006) at 14-17. Available online at http://aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0804/pub_sp0804_Facebook.pdf.
• Law Libraries on Facebook
• Top Ten FaceBook Apps for Libraries – part 1
• Top Ten Facebook Apps for Libraries – part 2
• Top Ten Facebook Apps for Libraries – part 3
• Do Librarians belong in Facebook?

LinkedIn:

• LinkedIn and The Future of Business Networking
• LinkedIn: Now for Companies
• 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn

Social Networking Etiquette, Legal, and Privacy Issues:

• Avoiding Facebook Faux Pas
• Social Networking Invitation Etiquette
• Understanding the Legal Issues for Social Networking Sites and Their Users

Examples:

• University of Baltimore Law Library on MySpace
• Duke University Law Library Facebook page
• University of Wisconsin Facebook page
• Skadden Arps Alumni group on Facebook
• Law Libraries and Librarians on Ning