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As usual, Heather has nailed it.
I think the UK cataloguing community is generally good about pushing info out across all channels, but isn't it a little concerning that I and others working on early info on RDA found things out quicker on a *microblogging site* than on RDA-L or other more official channels?
I'm putting together a session for our ne BASc course here on the impact of the Internet on information, and this echo chamber effect is academically interesting and practically worrying.
All I'll say further is remember how good we all felt when we were told RDA would be available online only?
Anne
(PS using phone cause Outlook just crashed. Even the tech-rich don't have access all the time :) )
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On 28 Mar 2012, at 16:04, "Jardine, Heather" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think Anne W is dead right about the "echo chamber" effect. Don’t we have a problem if much of the valuable CPD is advertised on social media, happens in social media and is reported on social media? Aren't we excluding an awful lot of people? So perhaps if we are going to try to record it, perhaps it should be recorded on not-social media. Invitations for engagement are great, but everyone needs to get the invitation!
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> Heather
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> Anne said: "I see all conferences, fora and social media sites as a sort of invitation for engagement. We can engage if we want to, and not if we don't. As you say, the great thing about this kind of online stuff is it's cheap and open!"
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> A bit of a follow up question for Wendy, Helen, Anne, Claire and others here: is there more that could be done to record or better organise the kind of knowledge and learning that takes place in social media? (I'm aware that content in social media can be very anarchic space particularly compared to the ordered world of the catalogue...)
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