FOURSQUARE
This Social media platform allows anyone to look up locations of businesses anywhere in the world. You can choose from many different topics of search such as food, coffee, shopping, breakfast, night life, and fun. I looked up food in Russia just to see what would happen… it really did give options of restaurants. However, I would need to be able to read Russian to know what people said about any of the locations. I love the bright, colorful photos and the fact that you can read about the experiences people had when they went there. I have nothing much to say about the cons, except maybe that not every location has much in the way of info. Out of curiosity I typed in the library closest to me (Bel Air) and saw that it has not been updated for a long time. That’s unfortunate because if people knew that we recently renovated and about the events we had, it might draw in more patrons. I could see this network as beneficial to libraries as a way to keep up to date with what is “ in” right now for places to go and maybe even use it as a database for programs like Books on tap which is when we go out to a bar or restaurant in order to discuss a book.
