Good morning everyone!

I'm Celine Carty, I work at Cambridge University Library and am on the CIG 
committee. I definitely agree with previous comments about the usefulness 
of Twitter for professional development and keeping up to date/making 
useful contacts. Most of the time now, I hear cataloguing news (eg 
announcements about RDA implementation) through Twitter before I hear it 
anywhere else.

I also run the blog and twitter account for High Visibility Cataloguing 
(http://highvisibilitycataloguing.wordpress.com), so have some experience 
of "organisational" use of social media.

I find Twitter invaluable and it's hugely enhanced my professional 
awareness. However, I don't really use other social media (Facebook, 
LinkedIn) and initially was very sceptical about Twitter, I admit. I'm very 
interested in the use of social media for publicity/promotion (with my 
"high visibility" hat on) but also a real advocate for it to bring 
cataloguers together in a job that's often quite isolated.

I'm looking forward to talking to everyone over the next couple of days.

Celine



On Mar 28 2012, Taylor, Wendy wrote:

>Thanks for all your comments so far. I'm interested that Annie keeps her
>Facebook account for personal use - I imagine many people make this
>distinction. I have a separate twitter account which I use to just
>follow non-library people. Do others feel the need to keep separate work
>and personal accounts? 
>Wendy 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Annie
>Johnson
>Sent: 28 March 2012 10:18
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>Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome!
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>My name is Annie (on Twitter as @Annie_Bob), I work as a library
>assistant in Cambridge, whilst studying for an MA at UCL. I'm somewhat
>of a Twitter addict, and find it really useful for keeping up to date
>and networking. For keeping up with cataloguing news, @HVcats Twitter
>list of cataloguers is great. Our library also has a Twitter account
>(@NewnhamLibrary) and we are thinking about starting a blog to promote
>our special collections. I'm also on Facebook (although I tend to keep
>this a personal account rather than professional), LinkedIn and have my
>own blog.
>
>This is the first e-forum I have taken part in, it's a very interesting
>topic and I look forward to it!
>
>Annie
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:59:42 +0100
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome!
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 
>> Hello and welcome to the CIG eforum on social media in the cataloguing
>
>> community!
>> 
>> This morning we will be discussing individual and institutional use of
>
>> Twitter and other social media. This afternoon, CIG are very pleased 
>> to welcome guest moderator Nicola Osborne, Social Media Officer for
>EDINA.
>> Nicola wrote a live blog post for the recent CIGS Web 2.0 and metadata
>
>> seminar 
>> (http://nicolaosborne.blogs.edina.ac.uk/2012/03/02/liveblog-cigs-web-2
>> -0 -and-metadata-seminar/); she also gave a presentation at the 
>> seminar on Developments in Web 2.0 
>>
>(http://prezi.com/yhvtvnly4evo/this-talk-is-meta-and-so-is-this-title/).
>> From 1.30pm you will have the opportunity to ask Nicola questions 
>> about her presentation and she will also be introducing the topic of 
>> social media use in OPACs.
>> 
>> But for now, we'd like people to introduce themselves and describe 
>> their use of Twitter and other social media for either personal or 
>> professional use. I'll start by saying my interest is probably greater
>
>> than my knowledge! I have been on Twitter for a couple of years but 
>> have only really "got it" in the last few months as a valuable tool
>for CPD.
>> I find it really useful for links to blogs and articles. I don't use 
>> Facebook anymore but I am on LinkedIn and am very interested in 
>> pinterest (I love the pretty pictures!). I work for the RNIB, which 
>> has Facebook and Twitter accounts, including an account dedicated to 
>> accessible reading @RNIBread.
>> 
>> So, what about you? Please share, whatever your level of experience - 
>> whether you're a twitterholic or you think that tweets should be left 
>> to the birds, we'd love to hear from you.
>> 
>> Wendy (@mrswtaylor)
>> 
>> Wendy Taylor
>> Librarian, Bibliographic Services
>> RNIB National Library Service
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Céline Carty
English Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge CB3 9DR