My Space and Facebook

I had a look at Myspace and Facebook for the first time today. Myspace seemed okay, the pages used by Libraries and Librarians were informative but a bit dull and I would wonder how useful they are in terms of the time spent on them. Some had an 'Ask a Librarian' box which might make our younger clients more comfortable when they want to send in a query.

I created a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1439345212
and added a few friends. As with Myspace, you'd have to be quite careful using this as a medium to talk to clients in a professional capacity. Myspace and Facebook seem to be very informal spaces both in their structure and the language used on them. I'd question how useful it would be for individual Librarians to have Facebook pages. However I thought the widgits that I could add from different information sources, ie JSTOR, Libraries Aust & Deakin Uni were a particularly good way of getting our 'wares' out where the students are spending time.
The Deakin Library search widgit was clear and easy to use.