Twitter as a Tool

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Comment by Gary Green on October 2, 2009 at 4:19am

Just posted an entry about a Twitter experiment I've been tinkering with. http://library20.ning.com/profiles/blogs/twitter-experiment

Comment by Peta Hopkins on September 12, 2009 at 3:16am

Useful blog post for libraries using or planning to use Twitter - http://bit.ly/Df1w7 via @mstephens7

Comment by Barb on May 27, 2009 at 12:55pm

I've just started playing with Twitter, and have updated it from my cell, which is convenient. I'll have to read more about it and play with it some more!

Comment by Patty Windsor on May 26, 2009 at 9:11pm

I recently started a Twitter account for our school district library page. I'm using TweetLater to schedule Tweets. I can always add things 'live' along the way. I'm going to not just promote library related events, but give good website links, author webpages, wish author's happy birthday with a link to search our library catalog for books by that author. Maybe even some tips for searching our databases. I'v embedded a widget on our page, so the posts are available to all even if they don't want to follow or are not on Twitter. @dentonisdlib

Comment by Patty Windsor on April 22, 2009 at 4:37pm

I just added School Library Journal to the list of vendors. I follow them and I've picked up on some interesting articles that way. I also follow GaleCengage. I got wind of free limited tiem resources they were offering for Earth day (if you already subscribe to other Gale products).
Another that is not a vender, but I have been following is http://twitter.com/americagovprint

Comment by Patty Windsor on April 13, 2009 at 5:48pm

Interesting blog post about 'Twittephemeraliness' - trouble finding past tweets, even with hash tags. http://tinyurl.com/cqfb7f

Comment by Roxann on April 9, 2009 at 7:21pm

So Awesome -Twitter vendor info!
thanks!!!!

Comment by Bill Drew on April 9, 2009 at 1:49pm

List of library Vendors using Twitter

I created one on Google Docs - add to it please:

http://tinyurl.com/twitterlibvendors

Comment by Bob Kosovsky on April 6, 2009 at 11:25am

I follow a number of Twitterers and I find the best ones are actual people. Why? Even though I don't enjoy reading about breakfast choices, or bad days at work, or frustrating shopping lines, I like and benefit from seeing information. That's one reason I stopped following the Library of Congress - there was no information and it was just chatter - totally useless unless you're an employee of LC. I follow O'Reilly Media because they do convey interesting information, though sometimes their advertising gets to me. But they are approachable - if you write to them, they write back in a cheerful manner.

I feel that thinking of Twitter as a one-way street (you to your followers) means your end. You have to create conversations (this is a mantra of Library 2.0). Twitter allows you to do this in an informal way.

It seems to me that if a library is going to use Twitter, they have to avoid those two major pitfals: not sounding like a commercial enterprise and conveying something that is useful.

Comment by Roxann on April 6, 2009 at 10:58am

Steve,
Your April 1st idea was super!

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