Actual Work Using Facebook

Posted on November 29, 2007
Filed Under Future of Libraries, Library 2.0, Social Networking, Web 2.0 |

Just a small aside… but I’ve been doing real live work the last two days using facebook (go friend me - David Lee King at facebook)!

Michael Porter, my writing buddy, is to blame for some of it… :-) We write the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine together, and he posted a question to his facebook friends. The plan is to incorporate some of those responses, some he’d gotten via email, etc into a cool article [status: article almost done, and IS cool].

So part of the work was copying/pasting quotes and contacting the quotees to get job titles, etc. Whew!

But that has spawned a whole host of facebook emailing back and forth, getting new information, thinking “out loud” via facebook email about library innovation in other areas, and even making a few new facebook friends.

So - real live library work in facebook. It can be done! Anyone else want to pony up? How do you use facebook to do actual work (or do you?).

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7 Responses to “Actual Work Using Facebook”

  1. Web 2.0 - Social Media - Internet News - Blogging » Actual Work Using Facebook on November 29th, 2007 7:17 pm

    [...] Rodney Rumford wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWe write the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine together, and he posted a question to his facebook friends. The plan is to incorporate some of those responses, some he’d gotten via email, etc into a cool article … [...]

  2. Lori Reed on November 29th, 2007 8:08 pm

    I originally set up my Facebook account just to see what all the fuss was about. I was skeptical because I hated MySpace. But now I’m using Facebook on a daily basis for work and play. For work I have found it to be a great way to connect with staff who I know and a way to break the ice with staff who I have not met. With email you usually feel like you need to have a specific point or purpose. Facebook allows for more casual encounters and lets you see what staff are thinking and feeling in general.

  3. Chellie Oleson on November 30th, 2007 10:23 am

    We set up a group page for Ask a Librarian, and got a small response. Once we built the widget to be able to contact the online reference service from Facebook, we’ve gotten much more interest. MySpace is still out biggest social networking market, however.

    http://apps.facebook.com/askalibrarian/
    http://apps.facebook.com/libraryaal/
    http://www.myspace.com/askalibrarianfl

  4. Sam on November 30th, 2007 5:22 pm

    I’ve been joining lots of local groups, particularly ones that focus on “Things to do” in my town (Vancouver, WA). I’ve been posting video promos of a program I’m planning. So far, only a small response.
    Otherwise, i use Facebook for professional networking, as my social network of choice.

  5. Facebook y la biblioteca: resultados reales « Alusión…Llamada Virtual on December 2nd, 2007 6:55 am

    [...] que ha obtenido con Facebook y un pequeño proyecto en equipo con un colega en la entrada Actual Work Using Facebook.  personalmente también obtengo resultados con el perfil y el grupo que tengo en mi [...]

  6. Beth Kanter on December 3rd, 2007 12:05 am

    I did research for an article I’m writing about socnet techniques via facebook - now I’m getting feedback on the drafts.

    If you want to comment ,check it out
    (you have accept my offer of friendship to read the notes)

    http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=7125149347&id=504747699&index=4

  7. davidleeking on December 3rd, 2007 8:23 am

    Cool, Beth - I WILL check your article out. Nice use of Facebook and contacts!

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