Something's Gotta Give!

Well, I watched the youtube video about social networking and I enjoyed how it said that social networking offers hidden opportunities. I think this is true!
I read the articles by Meredith Farkas and Judi Sohn. There is SO MUCH to consider here. If Facebook is a private social network and MySpace is a public social network, as a public library we would want to utilize MySpace. The words of Meredith seem almost ominous: "Just putting up a profile does not make the library seem cool, nor does it make the library more visible."
I liked the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County MySpace page because it was promoting programming. We are looking for new ways to promote our programs, too.
Why did I entitle this "Something's Gotta Give!"? The hard lesson is that anything you add to your plate you must be prepared to nurture, evaluate and maintain. I don't see me fitting MySpace maintenance into this already brimming schedule. And I wouldn't want to just throw something up out there as Meredith said.
I think our library website can be promoted more. And now that I am accustomed to blogging, just about weekly, I feel that I could easily incorporate a blog into the existing website. The website is a natural place, also, to promote programming and keep a calendar of events. (I would want all the same things on a MySpace page--that would be a lot of replication!) My opinion as of today, then, is to do better with what exists, namely our website and not create something new at this time.