Myspace, Facebook, etc, etc.

Looking at the suggested (Hennepin, etc) sites, it would seem that this technology is aimed at teens. If it connects teens to libraries then that is positive, as they will use these sites for all sorts of nonsense anyway, so may as well make it useful play; maybe they'll be tempted to physically join a library and spend some time there? How do they find the time to do their schoolwork? Facebook seems to be extroverted banter - is this really the face of the library? Maybe it's a case of two opposing cultures here? There might also be problems if public PCs are being used by young people to access Facebook, etc, when there are queues of people waiting to use them for more important purposes e.g. preparation of CVs, banking, urgent emails, etc.
Just read an enlightening article in SMH The Guide 25/2 by Elissa Baxter called In your Facebook. It deals with Facebook and privacy. Such sites are set up to deliver customers to advertisers. Facebook launched its Beacon advertising system in November 2007, and did not give users enough time to bail out. Around 80,000 people formed a group known as "Facebook, stop invading my privacy" There was an apology and backdown from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The author of the article thinks worse scenarios could eventuate when people commit themselves and their ideas so publicly. People may give their DOB, address details, etc. and even if these are on separate accounts, they can be linked, and bank accounts could be accessed. "People think of social networking as akin to private conversations when they should be thought of as words published for all the world to see".