Colleagues/ With the increasing number of Niche Social Network Sites (NS2), I have decided to create a separate blog devoted to NS2s. NS2 is "devoted to **documenting** the variety of online social network sites and services established to facilitate networking among communities with focused interests or purpose" and is [ http://nichesocialnetworksites.blogspot.com/ ] A Feedburner webfeed is available at [ http://feeds.feedburner.com/NS2NicheSocialNetworkSites ] A companion Facebook Global Group (Open To All) has also been created; One can join the group at [ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33724644068 ]

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NS2 will profile ***non-Library and non-Educational*** online social networks sites/news/publications/etc. It has been seeded with recent posting to the Friends blog [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ ] BTW: I've been invited to contribute detailed profiles of Niche Social Network Sites to _Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professional_ [ http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.asp ] and will be submitting 2,000-2,500 word contributions over the coming months/years ... I expect that the first profile will be published in a Spring Issue [?] BTW-2: I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Niche Social Network Sites for NS2, as well as suggestions of NS2 Genres / Types / Categories (e.g. Military, Women, Librarians), and would appreciate any recommendations (as comments on the Blog Entry @[ http://tinyurl.com/64yk8s ]) and/or on the Facebook Discussion Board. BTW-3: For Examples of Niche Social Network Sites, Please See My IL 2008 presentation (Slides 90 ->) [ http://tinyurl.com/6ayxoq ] and/or a related Friends blog entry [ http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq ]. Thanks! /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/ ]