"#uklibchat session Thur 4th Dec: Innovative use of Technology in Libraries"
This looks interesting - but do you mean Tuesday 4th or Thursday 6th December?
BTW for people who are not familiar with Tweetchats, on 21 August 2012 I published a post entitled "#uklibchat, #ECRchat, #PhDchat, #Socialchat and Other Tweetchats" which provided an introduction to “Tweetchats” and illustrated how researchers and information professionals are using the open realtime discussion environment provided by a simple combination of Twitter and a hashtag to share ideas and discuss topics of comment interest with their peers.
See http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/uklibchat-ecrchat-phdchat-and-other-tweetchats/
That was followed by a post on which provided a summary of the "Findings of a Survey on Tweetchats" - see
http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/findings-of-a-survey-on-tweetchats/
The following responses may be of interest for anyone who don't yet appreciate the benefits which Twitter can provide for one's staff development!
What benefits do you feel Tweetchats have provided, if any?
They’ve given me a community and a shared space to explore ideas. They let me know my concerns and problems aren’t just mine – other people experience them too. I get to offer my experience and advice, and to take advantage of other people’s. I expand my horizons about what academia looks like. I meet people I wouldn’t meet any other way.
Tips, advice and support from other chartership candidates, and greater understanding of topics and other perspectives for more general discussions.
Expanded network, i.e. increase in Twitter followers and more blog hits/comments
I don’t feel isolated. Its a good source for informal sharing of support as well as ideas, strategies, resources. Links to articles I would not have come across otherwise. Was a launching pad to conferences I have since attended.
A regular opportunity to network with a wide range of people I would not otherwise meet, and to have very interesting and thought-provoking discussions/debates about topics I would not otherwise think about in depth.
Convenient & cheap (free), can network with ppl all over the world, get lots of varied info and ideas, exciting!
Connects me with fellow LIS professionals who have similar issues in their workplaces.
I see it as a form of networking with others in your profession that you may not meet otherwise. I also find it a good way to debate topical issues in the sector and also see things from other people’s point of view as well as learning about things I did not know about before, for example resources or events or even things going on in academic/ public sector libraries etc.
Live discussion of issues with other professionals, from various locations, to keep up to date and to exchange views.
Get to speak to like-minded people who you’re unlikely to meet any other way; instant responses / ideas / suggestions.
Opportunity for me, as a mentor, to find out what is of concern to chartership candidates, to provide encouragement and maybe even pick up useful CPD ideas I can use myself.
Being able to enjoy conferences vicariously. Breaking down usual communication barriers, and any hierarchy within academia (the student has the same voice as the professor). Drawing upon numerous different fields of previously inaccessible thought.
Contacts.
Making contacts on Twitter – means more likely to get a response if you post a query later. Evidence for chartership – engaging in professional issues. Sharing idea’s, building trust among fellow professionals. Creating local contacts – I’ve joined a local chartership group that meets in person as a result of chartership chats on Twitter. Much more motivating to meet up in person with others, but wouldn’t have happened without Twitter
Brian Kelly
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Innovation Support Centre, UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, UK, BA2 7AY
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