how does the other see it.

So it seems social networking is creeping its way into the psyche of many organisations as a legitimate means of communicating information in a fast and formal/informal manner. As I was doing a bit of catchup on my 'professional reading' following a meeting with my fellow technovisionaries, I came across an interesting post in regards to blocks to social networking. You can find the blog post here on Michael Stephen's blog.

The crux of it is a public department using a social networking too, in this case twitter to promote an event in the community, but having social networking blocked on its own public computers. Think if the library in question was hosting an event and people wanted to comment on it whilst at the library, with participants asked to comment on their website/feed?

This is yet another example that highlights the control many public libraries face: being under the jurisdiction of another governing body. It means any communication that goes out for instance from a public library feed needs to meet the governing body's standards. Its still a very murky area, but we'll have to see how it will pan out.