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May 25

Deborah Fitchett replied to David Rothman's discussion 'Who is going to pronounce this network dead?'

You keep talking about "library-specific" being the cause for this forum being quiet, and ignoring my alternative explanations; in what way is my rephrasing of this a straw-man? Yes, Ning lets you create a network around any theme you want. Frien...

March 23

Deborah Fitchett replied to David Rothman's discussion 'Who is going to pronounce this network dead?'

Ning says "Create your own social network" - nothing about 'subject-specific'. This particular group is library-specific, but so are the LSW and Librariology groups on Friendfeed, or various hashtags on Twitter. Another difference between the Lib...

March 23

Deborah Fitchett replied to David Rothman's discussion 'Who is going to pronounce this network dead?'

I'm not agreeing with you. Ning wasn't built for libraryfolk any more than Twitter or Friendfeed was; libraryfolk have just used them all to create library networks. Personally I find Ning (like most forums) awkward to use and Friendfeed much eas...

March 23

Deborah Fitchett replied to David Rothman's discussion 'Who is going to pronounce this network dead?'

This network is quiet; it's different from dead. OTOH I mainly popped in to disagree with "libraryfolk are pretty awesome at participating in online endeavors unless the endeavor is actually intended to be for libraryfolk" - there's a very active...

March 22

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Name of Your Library:: University of Canterbury Engineering Library

About Me:: I'm Deborah, I'm an information librarian specialising in chemical process engineering, and I frequently wear a zebra-striped coat. Also I habitually have trouble coming up with things to write "about me".

Blog:: http://deborahfitchett.blogspot.com

What is Your Interest in Library 2.0 (not yes or no): Um, I blog, I maintain my library's blog, I like to push for more web 2.0 stuff in our library (frequently beyond the bounds of practicality, but one can dream), and I like to read about what stuff is going on in other libraries. Like most of us here really I think.