Social+networks

=Social networks=

[|ning] "//Ning is an online service that allows users to create their own social networks and join and participate in other networks. No technical skill is required to set up a social network, and there are no limits to the number of networks a user can join. Users of Ning social networks have access to functionality similar to that of more well-known social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. Various features allow users to read news or learn about related events, join groups, read and comment on blog entries, view photos and videos, and other activities as set up by the network creator. RSS feeds let users subscribe to updates from specific parts of the social network."// Source: http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46666

[|facebook]
 * Facebook** is a social networking website launched on February 4, 2004. The free-access website is privately owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people. People can also add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profile to notify friends about themselves. (Wikipedia)

A number of university libraries and school libraries created their pages on Facebook. Example: [|West Island Shool Library]

Twitter []
 * Twitter** is a free [|social networking] and [|micro-blogging] service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as //tweets//. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them (known as //followers//). Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow anybody to access them. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, [|Short Message Service (SMS)] or applications such as [|Tweetie], [|Twitterrific], Twitterfon, [|TweetDeck] and [|feedalizr]. The service is free to use over the Internet, but using SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

Educators on Twitter

Plurk [] Updates are then shown on the user's home page using a [|timeline] which lists all the updates received in [|chronological] order, and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Users can respond to other users' updates from their timeline through the Plurk.com website, by [|instant messaging], or by [|text messaging].
 * Plurk** is a free [|social networking] and [|micro-blogging] service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as **plurks**) through short messages or links, which can be up to 140 text characters in length.

[|MySpace] Similar to Facebook

[|iBridge Network] The iBridgeSM Network, a program of the not-for-profit Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc., provides the transparency and access to university developed innovations that will lead to further advances and next-generation products. The Network aggregates research materials, technologies, and discoveries in an online, easy-to-search forum—the iBridge Web Site. Innovations on the Web site range from biological cell lines to animal models to computer technologies. The range is vast and the possibilities are endless.