I'm also a lurking non-Twitter user.

I'm Christina Claridge, I work at Warwick University.  We have a dedicated team here to manage the library's social media, and I think that the customer-facing parts (such as Academic Services) use social media more than the other parts.  

An informal discussion among us Cataloguers shows that two use Twitter, one social, one professional.




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I'd be really interested if any non-Twitter users were lurking in the e-forum today, seems we're a mainly Twitter-friendly crowd so far.

I've only had a smartphone for 6 months, so did used to tweet only from the computer. The phone has made a huge difference and is why I now use Twitter for preference over RSS feeds or even email.

Celine

On Mar 28 2012, Taylor, Wendy wrote:

>Jennie raises a good point - a Smartphone is a real help if you want to 
>access Twitter etc regularly. We haven't heard from anyone not using 
>Twitter. I'm interested if one of the barriers is the thought of going 
>online at the end of day in front of the computer? Are most people who 
>are using Twitter using a Smartphone?
>Wendy
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>Hi,
>I joined Twitter largely because I was going to Umbrella 2011, and 
>there was so much publicity of the hashtag and I wanted to follow what 
>was happening.
>I'm @mininglibrarian, and now I have a smartphone I find that I use it 
>a lot more. I'm a solo librarian and it makes me feel more connected to 
>the wider librarianship world.  I do use it to ask work questions, I 
>think I would find it hard to separate my work and personal friends in 
>many ways.
>
>Facebook I use almost entirely as a personal thing, I do also manage an 
>institutional page for the Institute as well though.  I do use my 
>personal account to "like" and join a few CILIP related pages and 
>groups but I wouldn't seek out someone I met purely professionally on 
>Facebook and "friend" them in the same way I would feel comfortable 
>going and following them without, perhaps, even meeting them.
>
>Jennie Kelly
>North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers.
>Newcastle upon Tyne
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>Taylor, Wendy
>Sent: 28 March 2012 10:00
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>Subject: [CIG-E-FORUM] Welcome!
>
>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)
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>Wendy Taylor
>Librarian, Bibliographic Services
>RNIB National Library Service
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Céline Carty
English Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
Cambridge CB3 9DR