Social networking is a very popular online service that people can share their interests and activities with others. The most common social network services are email, Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, etc. These web based social networking services make people connect and share their interests without any geographic barriers. They can share with others any time and any where. New technology, such as Iphone and Ipad, changes people's work and life. Especially young generation, they prefer to share and chat with their friends by using digital technology. Social networking services have lots of potential to be used in library services, especially for marketing, client interaction. We can find many libraries' web page have provided social network services, such as blog, facebook, twitter, rss, and more. It is not surprising that we can utilize social network to make connection with our digital community. Library as the information gateway, we should redesign our services to connect our patrons in the digital age.
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