Part of presentation to VALA 2 April 2008

1. Facebook your library
2 April 2008
VALA General Meeting
Anne Holmes
Manager Library Services
City of Boroondara
anne.holmes@boroondara.vic.gov.au
BOROONDARA
C i t y o f Ha r m o n y

2. Outline
 What is Facebook?
 Why Facebook for Boroondara?
 Decisions
 What is on the Boroondara page?
 Issues
 Where to now?
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3. What is Facebook?
 High profile social networking tool
 4 February 2004 - launched for Harvard
students
 2 September 2005 – high schools
 11 September 2006 – open to everyone over 13
with an email address
 24 May 2007 – external applications added
 Late 2007 – pages introduced
 January 2008 - 64 million regular users
worldwide
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