Social networks in the library
We've all seen it. There, in the computer lab or on one of the computers by the reference desks on the second floor of the library, is a student hard at work conducting research for her midterm paper. And next to her, while she's buried nose deep in an article database, is a student buried nose deep in Facebook.
I'm not trying to knock Facebook. I keep up with my friends with it and enjoy using it myself. But yesterday's Thumbs classic in the Orion caught my attention with its thumbs down to MySpace and Facebook users in the library when other students are waiting to use a computer for research / taking a Blackboard Vista quiz / some other scholarly activity.
So I'm curious what you think. Is there any sort of "social network etiquette" concerning when to hang out on Facebook or MySpace and when not to? If not, is this something you see for the future as interest in social networks continues to grow?
Contributed by Aaron Bowen