In fact the only reason I heard this existed - both discussion and
discussion list - was through twitter. CILIP retweeted the link.
I've been out of the dedicated cataloguing world for a few years -
does anyone know of any other lists, blogs, forums etc I should join
so I can keep on top of what's going on in cataloguing and the
cataloguing community?
Thanks,
David Watson
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:23 PM, David Watson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I do use twitter, and find it very useful for keeping track of what is
> going on in the library world - to a limited degree anyway, I
> 'favourite' a lot of posts in order to go back to them later and give
> them a proper read...but rarely do. It is true that a lot of tweets
> are just links to blog posts etc, but then the good thing about about
> twitter is that these'll be retweeted and someone like me who has no
> idea that blog exists will hear about it and go 'oh, that sounds
> interesting, I'll have to read that later...'
>
> David Watson
> Information Services
> Watson Farley & Williams
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Jardine, Heather
> <[log in to unmask]> 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-----
>> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lee,
>> Deborah
>> Sent: 28 March 2012 12:39
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 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
>>
>> Deborah Lee
>> Senior cataloguer
>> Book Library
>> Courtauld Institute of Art
>> Somerset House
>> Strand
>> London WC2R 0RN
>>
>> Telephone: 020 7848 2905
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Now on at The Courtauld Gallery:
>>
>> Mondrian || Nicholson: In Parallel
>> 16 February - 20 May 2012
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Linda
>> Gilbert
>> Sent: 28 March 2012 12:18
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue
>> Lambert
>> Sent: 28 March 2012 11:56
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> 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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