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April 9, 2007
NING
Get Your Own Social Network!
Try Ning. It says that it "is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds. You can make it public or private and for anything - and anyone - you'd like."
There's a Library 2.0 Ning network started by Bill Drew. It passed 1000 members this weekend in about two months! The links and insights and conversations have been very useful already. It's already quite dynamic.
Other Ning networks include:
Just search and see if there's a Ning network for your interests.
This might be a good way to reinvent membership associations and clubs.
I'd love to crreate my favourites all-in-one. Hmmm. Add Squidoo, Ning, Meebo and the rest of my faves into one private integrated network of my friends and colleagues - It's awesome.
Stephen
Posted by stephen at April 9, 2007 9:21 PM
Comments
Thank you, Stephen. There's also a brand new school librarians' (teacher librarians') community on Ning. It was started by Joyce Valenza,teacher librarian extraordinaire.
Posted by: Jane Hyde at April 10, 2007 12:44 PM
There is also a fresh-out-of-the-box library student Ning community (lisstudents.ning.com). Yeah!
Posted by: Sara at April 12, 2007 10:24 AM