It was interesting in the CILIP update review that one of the least
popular topics was conference reporting. I imagine this is because they
are out of date by the time they are published in print and too specific
for a general audience. I imagine the need for this type of coverage has
been replaced by blogs and tweets which are more immediate and the
reader can pick and choose events. 
Wendy 

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Nicola Osborne
Sent: 28 March 2012 14:19
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Subject: Re: [CIG-E-FORUM] conferences and events

Some comments in line:

On 28/03/2012 13:38, Clifford, Katrina M wrote:
> I've tried both writing and tweeting at the same time (not enough
hands!) and just tweeting. I can't say which is best for remembering,
the main problem is finding my tweets again afterwards for when I've
just tweeted only.

Tools like Storify (http://storify.com/) and CoverItLive
(http://www.coveritlive.com/) are good for capturing and saving tweets
to look over again later - both work well for events particularly if you
use a consistent hashtag (a word with the hash sign in front of it, e.g.

#CIGEforum).

> Tweeting while chairing an event (CIG shelf-ready event last December)
though is really tough and not something I'd try again quickly!

That's excessively brave! :)

I'll let others comment further on the usefulness of Twitter for
watching events that you are not attending but it's certainly something
I've done before now and sometimes it's a brilliant way to catch up,
sometimes it's less useful than blogs and later write ups of the same
event.

- Nicola.

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