Social networking

Ah, yes, social networking. My college age kids couldn't live without it. They check their Facebook accounts several times every day and keep in touch with their friends that way. E-mail is now relegated to second place. Now, how can we incorporate this into libraries and take advantage of this social networking phenomena? Personally, I have a hard time envisioning how we could become relevant to teens this way. Just look at our social networking sites that we have. The YAAB one, for example, or the LaCenter or Woodland one...there is lots of info but hardly any participation from anyone. No comments, questions, nothing. What does that mean? Are our sites just not hip enough? Are teens not looking for us on Facebook or MySpace? I think it's a little bit of both. The big question is: how can we get them interested and engaged and participating. Someone with more imagination than I will have to come up with an answer to that. Don't get me wrong: I am all for exploring ALL and EVERY avenue to involve kids, teens and adults in libraries. I just don't know if social networking will be an effective way.