If you embedded twitter in a frame on your homepage and twitter has been blocked by your trust, then that frame would just show the “this website is blocked” message.

 

I think there is an argument in favour of trusts using Facebook, Myspace or Twitter as many do not have a presence on the internet (and with the looming government spending cuts I can see development of websites etc being one of the first casualties) and these web 2.0 technologies provide, in my opinion, a simple and effective way round this problem.

 

Twitter in particular could be used as a way of quickly and efficiently disseminating the latest medical information to hospital staff who have a blackberry, I-phone or other WAP device (a quick critical appraisal of the latest swine flu virus vaccine clinical trails for example).

 

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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hall, Matthew (MedLib Royal Free)
Sent: 09 September 2009 11:02
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Subject: Re: Libraries on Facebook

 

Blocking Facebook is one thing, but Twitter is a bit different, since a Twitter feed can be embedded into another website.  Even if a Trust (possibly rightly) don't want people messing around on the actual Twitter site all day, I'm presuming it's perfectly possible for a library to use it to produce a news feed to sit on their own homepage.  Enthusiastic Twitterers can follow it outside work, and for everyone else it's still a (hopefully useful) list of news items.

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Matthew Hall
Information Specialist
Royal Free Hospital Medical Library
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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Woodley Zena (RQ8) Mid Essex Hospital
Sent: 08 September 2009 12:26
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Subject: Re: Libraries on Facebook

Like many other companies in the UK, our Trust has banned access to Facebook and Twitter.  I think both products have their uses as a marketing tool - and certainly prove staff are "with it" - but I fear I remain unconvinced about the return value for the time & effort required to set up pages and, more importantly, keep them right up to the minute. It's an ongoing debate!

Zena Woodley, B.A.(Joint Hons), MCLIP
Library Resources Manager ~ Warner Library~ Broomfield Hospital~ Chelmsford~CM1 7ET
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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Edmans Mary (5PX) Mid Essex PCT
Sent: 07 September 2009 10:50
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Subject: [LIS-MEDICAL] Libraries on Facebook

 

Hi all

I've been experimenting with Facebook and Twitter
with a personal page and I would now like to set up a
page for the library itself on Facebook.

If there are any of you out there that have already done so,
would you give me details and access to your pages
so that I can decide the best way of presenting our library

Thanks in advance

Regards

Mary Edmans ACLIP
Public Health Librarian

EPHRU Library
Ground Floor
8 Collingwood Road
Witham
Essex
CM8 2TT

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