***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS*** Colleagues/ I have learned of A Full Report of The Study on Campus Facebook Use previously profiled in the _Friends_ blog [It was the item about the ECAR Symposium presentation] [Thanks! Nicole]: The Report/Paper: "The Benefits of Facebook 'Friends': Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites" Nicole B. Ellison / Charles Steinfield / Cliff Lampe

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Online social network sites may play a role different from that described in early literature on virtual communities. Online interactions do not necessarily remove people from their offline world but ***may indeed be used to support relationships and keep people in contact***, even when life changes move them away from each other. In addition to helping student populations, this ***use of technology could support a variety of populations***, including ***professional researchers, neighborhood and community members, employees of companies***, or others who benefit from maintained ties. A Link to The Paper is Available at: [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/01/social-capital-and-college-... ] Recommended Reading for the Last Week of January 2008 [:-) Regards, /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://www.alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]