Heather,
Firstly I think if you don't like Twitter you definitely don't need to
use it - different spaces work for different people and I'd never
suggest anyone use a social media space they were not comfortable with.
The one thing I would say is that if you follow several blogs on a
regular basis Twitter isn't as important for finding new content. Where
it becomes useful is where you have a more serendipitous sort of
discovery - blogs where 90% of posts are not of interest but a specific
post might be, blogs from other sectors/professions/subject areas that
only occasionally tie to an outlying interest etc. I did used to use RSS
feeds and manual checking of blogs to find new content - and I still do
that from time to time - but Twitter lets me find all sorts of stuff I
didn't know I wanted to read but which proves to be really useful. It's
not the only way to find things, it's just one good use case for Twitter ;)
- Nicola.
On 28/03/2012 13:16, Jardine, Heather wrote:
> Hello, I'm another late arrival at the party - Heather Jardine, City of
> London Libraries. I've blogged recently on hvcats about our excursions
> into the world of blogs and videos and our (so far slightly tentative)
> engagement with social media.
>
> But I personally don't have a Twitter account. I've been tempted several
> times but held back partly because of the volume of stuff everyone gets
> stuck into (OK, so it's a river but I'm sure I'd be trying to empty that
> river with my bucket!), partly because I am much too prolix ever to
> manage to say anything in a single tweet, partly because I don't want to
> see quirky stuff when I'm not in the mood for it, because I don't have a
> smartphone and don't have access to Twitter at work, but mostly because
> I suspect (go on, tell me I'm wrong) that it is a relatively small
> community all recycling the same things and generating huge amounts of
> noise without too much substance (why tweet about a blog post instead of
> reading the blog in the first place?) - oh yes, and because I am a
> grumpy old person...
>
> I love blogging though...!
>
>
> Heather Jardine
> Bibliographical Access Manager
> City of London Libraries
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Deborah
> Sent: 28 March 2012 12:39
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> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] anyone not on Twitter out there?
>
> I am on Twitter, but don't have time to check it nearly as much as I
> would like to. I have found Twitter a really useful way of finding out
> about events, especially events which have sold out very quickly (e.g.
> the London librarian teachmeet), and like others, it is has been
> invaluable for RDA updates - or at least being updated that there was an
> RDA update out! I have also found it really useful for garnering
> opinions and advice from other cataloguer on specific cataloguing
> issues, and find it more approachable than cataloguing mailing lists.
>
> I also worry/wonder about the professional/personal bit. For this
> purpose, I try and keep Twitter entirely professional (though don't
> mention my place of work, as it is professional-personal, rather than my
> "official" account), but have succumbed to following the odd orchestra
> or choir! I keep my facebook account entirely private. However as
> Helen said, the professional/personal do end up blurring as I meet
> Twitter cataloguers in real life and have music librarian "friends" on
> facebook.
>
> Debbie
>
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> Mondrian || Nicholson: In Parallel
> 16 February - 20 May 2012
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Gilbert
> Sent: 28 March 2012 12:18
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> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] anyone not on Twitter out there?
>
> I don't use Twitter either, and have no idea how to. I do have a
> facebook account but only for personal use. I originally signed up to
> facebook after going to a cpd event where someone from the British
> Library recommended using fb to keep up with BL developments. I could
> never see why this was better than using their web pages. I feel as
> though I am missing something but am not sure what it is! I hardly have
> time to keep up with the media I do use (email and mail lists) let alone
> trying to work out what else I should be using. I do have a mobile
> phone, but it isn't smart and I hardly ever use it (much to my daughters
> frustration).
> I have a Linkedin account, but don't use that either.
> Like Gordon, I am currently blissfully ignorant, but probably won't stay
> that way for much longer.
>
> Linda Gilbert
> STFC
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Lambert
> Sent: 28 March 2012 11:56
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> Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] anyone not on Twitter out there?
>
> I'll raise my head above the parapet and say I don't use Twitter. I
> don't use Facebook. Though I do follow blogs via Google Reader. I don't
> have a mobile phone let alone a smart one!
>
> Sue
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