***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS*** Colleagues/ Launch of OnlineSocialNetworks Majordomo List During the past several years, online social networking sites have become quite pervasive within a variety of personal and professional communities. As noted by Wikipedia, *a social network service focuses on the building * of online social networks for communities of people who share interests and activities * . Most social network services * provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, * [etc.]* [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service ] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites ] The list is intended to serve as a forum in which individuals of any and all interests can discuss Any and All issues relating to Online Social Networks, most notably their current and potential use by libraries/librarians and/or their current/potential use within institutions of higher learning. Significant discussion items will be highlighted in my _Friends_ blog [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ ] TO SUBSCRIBE to the OnlineSocialNetworks list send the following subscribe onlinesocialnetworks YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO majordomo@iastate.edu Once subscribed, subscribers can post messages by sending to onlinesocialnetworks@iastate.edu OnlineSocialNetworks is currently an UnModerated List. Thanks for Your Interest! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows ... [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]