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ital-3286	Charnigo, Laurie; Barnett-Ellis, Paula	Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries	2007-03-01	12	.pdf	application/pdf	8708	445	53	In a Web seminar on issues regarding Facebook use in higher education, Shawn McGuirk, director of Judicial Affairs, Mediation, and Education at Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts, recommends that administrators and others concerned with students posting potentially incriminating, embarrassing, or overtly personal infor­ mation draft a document similar to the one created by Cornell University’s Office of Information Technologies, which advises students on how to safely and responsibly use online social networking sites similar to Facebook.18 After pointing out the positive benefits of Facebook and reassuring students that Cornell University is proud of its liberal policy in not monitoring online social networks, the essay, entitled “Thoughts on Facebook,” provides poignant advice and examples of privacy issues revolv­ ing around Facebook and similar Web sites.19 The Golden Rule of this essay states: Don’t say anything about someone else that you would not want said about yourself. Only one library was forced to develop a policy for specifically addressing computer­use concerns as a result of Facebook use.	cache/ital-3286.pdf	txt/ital-3286.txt