I have not had the desire to open a My Space account although my family and friends have said how much they enjoy using it. After looking at the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Youth Space, I can see how such a site would be appealing to high school students. Would students actually use the space to leave comments or contribute or is it used more as a place to promote library information?
My school library already has a Library Blog page and I don't believe that My Space would be a better option at this time.
Dupal offers some great options to create a more customised web presence. It has been used as Library web page and staff intranet. The many features look worthy of further investigation.
You raise a great point, I really don't think that many students would make an effort to visit and collaborate on a library MySpace page unless you set it up as a platform for a bookclub or something. Plus Facebook has pretty much killed MySpace I think we'll see it disappear over the next few years unless they can come up with something truly innovative...
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