Well, I now that the furry over Twitter has died down I've finally gotten around to joining it. It wasn’t as easy as people kept telling me, but it wasn’t that bad either. There are some fantastic people and conversations to follow. These conversations can also offer a lot of good information that goes beyond what somebody had for lunch and what brand of plastic fork they used to eat it. For instance, there are great conversations on e-books, how to use apps in the classroom and on the book industry. Honestly though, the best information I read was not in the tweets themselves but on the websites that many of the tweets directed me to.
I see a great opportunity to use Twitter to promote library resources and services. When something new comes up or even if there is some resource or service that is already existing but is not being used then Twitter can be a good way to get the word out. It can also be used to get people involved in discussions about whatever may be relevant. It can also be a good way to get people looking at the library web sit or other places to read more about certain things.
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