Agree, they are great. Also what's interesting about Orkney Library twitter
acct is that their irreverent, funny tone-of-voice was cultivated by a guy
called Stewart Bain, back when an organisation having an informal approach
was still fairly unheard of (I've still got a video that Twitter produced
about him/the account, in about 2008, as an example of 'how to do
Twitter'). He left a couple of years ago and often that means that the
tone-of-voice goes with it but the other staff have really picked up the
mantle.
Katie
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 1:23 PM Sim, Sheila <
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> I like Rob MacFarlane too, but one of the best Twitter accounts is Orkney
> Library - @OrkneyLibrary. It's completely hilarious - I highly recommend it.
>
> Sheila
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Kate Smith
> Sent: 25 September 2018 11:56
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> Subject: Re: Digital comms and twitter/instagram greatness
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Ah, I do follow Rob MacFarlane (after a while the effect wears off a bit
> on twitter, but I've liked his measured pantheism and also read a few of
> his books. I try not to fawn too much! ;-)
>
> The 'why do you want more liveliness' bit is actually easy to answer --
> lots of people doing useful professional work internationally, loads of
> them following a near-zombie account which doesn't do much -- they'd all
> benefit from talking more to each other, networking and sharing good
> practice >>> the sum of good in the world will be increased. So, in a way
> that isn't always the case on social media, I'm seeking a bit of fizz to
> promote a solid good, rather than because that's what everyone does. Much
> as LinkedIn is an obvious professional venue in theory (and we're doing
> some research about where people 'live' on social media) - in practice I
> suspect people are on twitter and FB because they are more fun.
>
> Cheers,
> Kate
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