In a Writing 20 library session the other day, a student was shocked when I mentioned my Facebook account. “Is that even allowed?!” he asked.
Indeed, like an alien invasion, librarians have descended upon Facebook. Why are we there? Partly for the same reasons you are: to connect with students, you, but also to connect with faculty and other librarians, at Duke and beyond.
Why befriend a librarian in Facebook? Well, why not? You use Facebook to keep track of your friends, so consider using Facebook to keep track of your favorite librarian. Make a librarian a friend, and you’ll never lose track of her (or his!) name and email.
Some librarians currently in Facebook, along with their subject areas, include
- Margaret Brill, British and Canadian Studies
- Carson Holloway, Military History
- Anne Langley, Chemistry
- Catherine Shreve, Public Policy and Political Science
- Jean Ferguson, Reference
And, yours truly, Joan Petit: I’m there too.
Written by Joan Petit