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The use of MySpace by WI libraries is interesting. AT LaCrosse, I found the black on green background rather difficult to read; and at first I was slightly bewildered by the boxes of formatting. The style reminded me of paste ups for newspapers or yearbooks. After viewing other library sites it became obvious that this is due to the MySpace format; similar to the layouts of blogger.
For Oshkosh, I enjoyed the photo of the Lion in Winter/holiday wreath and the listings of authors as Friends. In fact, in general, authors and books as friends is a great conceit.
Winnie Fox wins my heart, however, for the posting of Winnie Fox as mascot and as the avatar for the MySpace is quite enjoyable. Go mascot/avatar.
In sum, I enjoyed all of the sites. I wonder how regular customers of MySpace use such sites. I would guess that stumbling across a library rather than a person is at first a bit confusing; but then, one would know where to go to find events, hours, etc at the library. Not much different from going to a library web page or contacting a friend for info. Also, many libraries have friends groups, and MySpace is perfect for friends. For niches in library service singular avatars could be created. A library could create myriad MySpace personas for children, or perhaps for top new arrivals. Unless one can prove that users of MySpace are annoyed by such a presence, it's almost a necessity for libraries to create a MySpace site (or sites).