Going where patrons are: outreach in MySpace and Facebook.(Technology in Practice)

Libraries have a long tradition of bringing services wherever their patrons are located, through such approaches as bookmobiles and branches in strip malls and community centers. This has also become the case in the online world. While most libraries have their own websites, some are also starting to push their services to the online sites at which patrons congregate.

Library services are usually not the first thing people think of when they hear about MySpace and Facebook. Regardless of what many people may think of these social networking sites, they are extremely popular with high schoolers and college-aged individuals, who are using the space to build identity and connect …