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Good Twitter practice for libraries

I got these two direct messages via Twitter recently from two libraries who were acknowledging that I started following them.  They followed me back and then sent these messages.

To me, these simple DM’s really warmed my heart and reinforced the idea that customer service is one of the most important things that we [...]

Advice for a Twitter newbie

Also: Send all tweets with a SMiLE!

-Post by Justin Hoenke,Tame the Web Contributor

 

Twitter Library Community

After reading Amber Naslund’s blog post, “I am a Material Girl and want to live in a Twitter World” in which she discusses how helpful it is to have twitter followers who can relate to and aid in a problem we might have.  It got me thinking about the connectivity of librarians via twitter; I [...]

LIS768 Group Projects: Dominican

This is our last weekend for LIS768. Most of the time is devoted to group projects.

One group explored Twitter and its uses. The used a blog to gather the lit review, examples, and more. I learned about companies and organizations using Twitter in some very cool ways.

One group explored transparency, opening a discussion [...]

Excuse me, Prof. – Can I Twitter that?

I take notes, share those notes, and build a community with my peers – just by using twitter -it’s really quite simple.

This is how I feel about Twitter in the classroom.  But the 9/18/08 article over at Techdirt, and the comments in particular, paints some different hues (see: “Should you live blog/twitter a [...]