So, what news is worth sharing? That was the hardest part - finding an article worth sharing. I was able to find something fairly interesting and then easily "recommend" the article within the news service itself. Simple enough. Sharing the article seemed simple enough, too. Just click "share" and then click one of the social media icons right? Not so fast!! Here we go again with registering at ANOTHER site in order to use the service. I chose Newsvine since it seemed more professional-looking and news-oriented, not popular media oriented. However, I have yet to be registered since I had to give them an email address and wait for an email from them to "complete the registration process" and I have not gotten the email yet!! So, I have not been able to share a news story yet via Newsvine. However, I went ahead and tagged and shared an article I read in Delicious since I already have an account set up there.
I am not sure how useful these Social Media sites would be to any library. I guess a link could be set up from a library homepage where patrons could quickly access the most current news or even a place where patrons could "edit" the news. It might be good for a college or university to keep students up-to-date with current school news, activities, etc. I don't know, I'm grasping at straws here and trying to keep up with all of the sites I have registered an email, username, and password with now!!!
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