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Good Morning everyone I'm Jill Hazard, I work at Sheffield Hallam University. I mainly use twitter as my professional social media, although I have been very lack on it over recent months. I found it incredibly useful for following news about RDA. I follow many blogs using the Google reader but rarely find time to read all the ones I follow. I do use other social media (i.e. facebook) but not for professional reasons, mainly personal. I was also involved in helping to set up the Facebook page for Teesside University Library when I worked there. I did this at the same time as researching my master dissertation on University Libraries using Facebook (which still writing it up) Jill -----Original Message----- From: CIG E-Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Wendy Sent: 28 March 2012 10:00 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 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) Wendy Taylor Librarian, Bibliographic Services RNIB National Library Service Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport. SK6 2SG t: 0161 355 2093 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.rnib.org.uk Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/rnibuk Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/rnib -- DISCLAIMER: NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. RNIB endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RNIB. RNIB Registered Charity Number: 226227 Website: http://www.rnib.org.uk This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Security - http://www.websense.com/content/HostedEmailSecurity.aspx