From what I understand, the MeeboMe program does not allow you to see when someone else is online, so if the library had the widget on their homepage, people wouldn't know if someone was really available. If the homepage listed hours that a staff person was available to read their IM, there still may be times that the staff person may be helping someone else and is not availalbe. A person trying to IM them may not want to wait, or they may not understand that the library staff is helping someone else.
In the past, I've used IM when I had an AOL account in college. It was nice to see what friends were online and I could chat with them. My stepson has an IM account with MySpace, so he can see when his myspace friends are online. I think that, as adult that doesn't spend much of my free time at home on the computer/Internet, I don't have much use with IM software for social reasons. However, I am a big fan of the IM software in the work environment as alternative communication resource (and trying to pin someone down to talk to them!)
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