Privacy for Libraries on Facebook

I have to say, the articles this week were extremely helpful in framing Facebook's privacy issues in the library context. Traditionally, I only think of how one's own personal Facebook account can reveal private details, but hadn't considered how the implications were applied to libraries as an institution. With so much responsibility over patron privacy, pushing a Facebook page were library users are susceptible to privacy leeks can get you into sticky territory. Also, I hadn't considered how adding something like a search box to your library page could be corrupt and harmful to users (Fernandez, 2009).
I like the idea that Fernandez suggests in "Privacy and Generation Y": "Those libraries already participating within a SNS can do something as simple as mixing in announcements about privacy news alongside their other posts to SNSs" (2010, p. 16). This accomplishes several things. It shows the library is engaged in ethical practices, and intends on trying to safeguard users through the decimation of important privacy information. It also serves as outreach by providing information that not only affects users while on the library page, but in their personal interactions on Facebook as well. Librarians are always engaging in information literacy; responsible sharing and privacy information can be integrated into the instructional courses, as Fernandez suggests in the same article. I think it would be a great idea to incorporate into IL courses, and I believe students would likely respond well to information that could help protect them.