What is Social networking ?.

Social networking can be defined as the sharing of information  using web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook to share information about what a person or organisation  is doing.and  to seek feedback on this information.  The type of information shared  can include, Videos, Photo’s and  Written information

I currently use the social network website  of Facebook  to share information and photos about what I am doing in my everyday life. I find this technology easy to use and the appeal of it to me is that I can write one entry for all my friends and family rather than having to send individual emails. The fact that it is quick to check and see what everyone is doing really appeals to me as I am a busy mum, student and employee who is rather time poor and would not normally  have time to keep in touch with others the way that Facebook allows me too.

Recently I have subscribed to the Facebook group for the National year of reading 2012 for work.

I also use the social networking tool of Youtube for both personal and study purposes. I find youtube is great for distance education study as online podcasts allow me to put a face to my lecturers name and vice versa.

In this subject of “Social networking” I expect to learn  about different types of social networking  tools and the way they work so  that I can benenfit my organisation to use these technologies to reach out to current library users and also potentional  library users.