http://www.librarian.net/stax/2309/the-network-in-the-garden-how-social-media-is-different-in-rural-communities/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2309/the-network-in-the-garden-how-social-media-is-different-in-rural-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-118873 Julian Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:35:23 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2309/the-network-in-the-garden-how-social-media-is-different-in-rural-communities/#comment-118873 This is an excellent find. I somehow missed this article when I was "borrowing" some items from danah boyd's bibliography for my reading list for my LIS school research. The strength of weak ties, which is cited in the paper, is huge when considering how rural librarians connect with their profession. Mix that in with the overall demographic trends within the profession (which likely show more prominently as one moves away from urban areas), and what one may discover should be quite interesting. However, as Alton Brown so often says, that's another show (hopefully premiering sometime in 2010). This is an excellent find. I somehow missed this article when I was “borrowing” some items from danah boyd’s bibliography for my reading list for my LIS school research. The strength of weak ties, which is cited in the paper, is huge when considering how rural librarians connect with their profession. Mix that in with the overall demographic trends within the profession (which likely show more prominently as one moves away from urban areas), and what one may discover should be quite interesting. However, as Alton Brown so often says, that’s another show (hopefully premiering sometime in 2010).

]]> http://www.librarian.net/stax/2309/the-network-in-the-garden-how-social-media-is-different-in-rural-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-118863 Facebook in the boondocks | Mesoj Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:17:28 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2309/the-network-in-the-garden-how-social-media-is-different-in-rural-communities/#comment-118863 [...] West, librarian extraordinaire and the best friend I have in Vermont, has caught an interesting article on social networking in rural [...] [...] West, librarian extraordinaire and the best friend I have in Vermont, has caught an interesting article on social networking in rural [...]

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