I think it’s of great value to reach out to patrons and engage them at web locations such as MySpace and Facebook. The operative word here is “engage”, not just push out information. Further, I feel that social networking tools used for 2-way communication (specifically commenting tools) can and should be included on our public website. Providing the ability for patrons to comment on our web content (features, services, collections, etc) would make it apparent that we are interested in the patron’s input. I look forward to gaining permission to turn this very important feature on!
krl2pt0 said
I absolutely agree. I think anything we can do that gives patrons a chance to see themselves reflected wherever we have an online presence will help engage them.
I think the blog for the Big Read will be an interesting experiment to see if that does happen. (If you haven’t checked the site lately, take a look. Patrick created an absolutely awesome header).
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krl2pt0 said
BYW – I like the changes you’ve made to the look of your blog – very clean.
bc