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It’s Social, and Can Be Safe Too

Learn how social software and networking can be safe for youth, with tips for parents and library policies to ensure online safety. Explore the benefits of social software and how libraries can remain relevant in the digital age.

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It’s Social, and Can Be Safe Too

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  1. It’s Social, and Can Be Safe Too Helping Youth Stay Safe Online SCLS Brainsnack Friday, October 17, 2008 12:00 noon

  2. Cheryl Becker, Public Library Administration Consultant Shawn Brommer, Youth Services and Outreach Consultant

  3. Social Software • Connect • Interact • Share data • Communities • “Web 2.0” • “Power to the people”

  4. Social Software • “Ready for 2.0” • Presentation and recording (mp3) • Five Weeks to a Social Library • Project Play

  5. Social Networking • Meet and communicate • Shared interests/causes • Combines • Chat • Blog • Photo sharing • “Friending”

  6. Social Networking - parents

  7. How kids are using - Neopets

  8. How kids are using – Club Penguin

  9. How kids are using – National Geographic for Kids (blog)

  10. Blogs – elementary school

  11. Teachers and kids - TeacherTube

  12. TeacherTube - SCLS

  13. How are teens using - Runescape

  14. How teens are using – summer camp blog

  15. How teens are using - MySpace

  16. YouTube!

  17. Teen Read blog (SCLS)

  18. Library Blogs • Baraboo Public Library Teens • Director’s Blog (Menasha Public Library) • More at Menasha • (see “Library Blogs”)

  19. Internal Library Blog

  20. Wikis • Stevens County, Washington • Loudonpedia (Loudon County, Virginia) • SkokieNet (Skokie, Illinois)

  21. Social Networking • Seattle Public Library FaceBook • Topeka-Shawnee County (Kansas) Public Library FaceBook • Denver Public Library MySpace • Middleton Public Library MySpace

  22. YouTube • Denver Public Library • Columbus (Nebraska) Public Library • McCracken County (2007 Kentucky SLP)

  23. Flickr • Westerville (Ohio) Public Library → “About us” → “Tour the Library” • Lester Public Library (Two Rivers) → “LPL Online” (MySpace and blogs too!)

  24. Food for Thought • User 2.0: Innovative Library Sites (LibraryGarden blog entry) • “Technology Goes Local” (American Libraries, September 2008) • Users want companies to use social media (ReadWriteWeb, September 2008)

  25. Benefits of social software • Critical thinking • Reading and writing skills • Collaboration • Communicating with authors, experts, etc.—Social and cultural competence • Boundaries and expectations

  26. Benefits (2) • Communication between those with special interests • Equalizing • Appearance, status, disabilities • Gaming: “Subversive Learning” • Learn skills • Form coalitions • Decision making • “Virtual malt shop”

  27. Benefits (3) • See the YALSA articles (bibliography) • Social Networking and DOPA • Teens & Social Networking in School & Public Libraries

  28. Social software for kids in libraries because. . . • They live their lives online • They get their information from the Internet • They socialize online • They expect it

  29. Additionally. . . • They are future tax-payers and future library supporters. • This is the way teens seek, share and recommend information • We want libraries to remain relevant • . . . Remember – there are benefits

  30. But is it safe? • Maybe. • Maybe not.

  31. Maybe not • Accuracy? • Anonymity can encourage bad behavior. • Potential for online scamming, identity theft, predation. • But, wait. . .

  32. But wait— • Online networking isn’t going away • We don’t ban automobiles, TV, or children walking home alone • Are we over-reacting? • Safety measures exist

  33. Are we over-reacting? • The news: “1 in 7 children approached by predators” • The reality: • Teen to teen • Very few lead to actual contact or assault • Most abuse committed by persons known to youth NCMEC, 2006

  34. Safety Measures • Education and Involvement • Tips • For youth • For parents • Library policies and programs • Sites themselves • Helpful sources

  35. Tips for Youth • Be smart about what you post and say. • Be careful about sharing personal info. • Don’t get together in person with someone you “meet” online. • 3 P’s • Report people acting inappropriately. Don’t play along.

  36. Tips for Parents • Talk to kids! • Learn what they’re using: • Spend time with them online • Get your own accounts and explore • Set and enforce rules. • Monitor computer time. • Keep computer in visible area.

  37. Tips for Parents • Be aware of other computers your child uses • Tell them about “Tips for Youth” • Know who they’re emailing and chatting with.

  38. Policies • Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County • Thomas Ford Memorial Library (Western Springs, Illinois) • E.G. Fisher Public Library (Athens, Tennessee)

  39. Programs • Springfield (Nebraska) Memorial Library • Putney (Vermont) Public Library

  40. Site Safety Measures • MySpace • Facebook

  41. Other Helpful Sources • Federal Trade Commission • StopCyberbullying.org • NetSafe (Illinois Library Association) • WiredSafety.org • TeenAngels • Wisconsin Department of Justice

  42. Think About • The world is changing • Are we meeting changing needs? • “Did You Know 2.0” (YouTube) • How will libraries respond?

  43. Questions? Cheryl Becker cbecker@scls.lib.wi.us Shawn Brommer sbrommer@scls.lib.wi.us Thank you!

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