SNS and libraries: a lot of unknowns

The main lesson from Boyd's paper is the fact that SNS are part of the environment in which libraries are working now and will be working in the future. Consequently, if libraries, physical and digital, want to stay relevant they need to go where the users are. So one of the places where libraries have to establish their presence is SNS. But that's not enough. Boyd's comparison of site demographics and network structures indicates that libraries should be well informed about the SNS audience and be selective when deciding at what sites they should be present.