Jennifer Creese, UQ, “Social networking: never mind the students, what about us? Use of social networking software for professional networking & development for library staff”
Purpose of project
* Social networking in the workplace
* Suits modern workstyles/cultures
* Facebook Friday (company in US insists that all staff take a half hour every friday to update their profiles on facebook)
Surveyed staff to see which, if any, SNS they used.
* Facebook
* Myspace
* Multiply
* Friendster
Training Program.
* non compulsory
* flexible
* Facebook as sns of choice
* UQL staff facebook group
* basic level of web 2.0 familiarity required
Concerns
* privacy
* appropriateness for work
* time
* 'tech overload'
Guidelines
*monitor/limit private infor (public as well as private)
* careful outreach on individual level
* limit 'time wasting'
* keep up to date (scrap and run if necessary)
Potential future developments
* eforums
* use by project groups and working parties
* potential outreach to academics, researchers
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Interesting session which identified some of the concerns our staff had about learning 2.0.
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