Twitter feed

I think I finally got my twitter feed going......YYIIPPEE!!

Meebo

Next thing I'm going to check out is Meebo.

I have been following other libraries on Twitter to see how they use it. There really are a lot of useful ways larger libraries use twitter. Everything from informing other staff, posting happenings such as movie times, special events such as book signings, releases of new books, feedback, online services, job information and just about anything in between that comes to mind. I think this is a great tool for libraries and their followers. Maybe someday in the future the smaller libraries will have a use for this tool, especially for their patrons who live several miles out of town. Would be a good time saver and a nice way to stay in touch for both the patron and the library. I don't think I would of tried Twitter if it were'nt for this class. Thank you for the introduction!

Twitter feed

Not sure it's working yet.....getting a wee bit frustrated here...lol. Going to take a break and come back later.

Twitter feed

Trying to figure out how to get my twitter feed to work....not much luck yet

Playing

Just playing here this morning but need to get off of here and get something done today. I love the widgets you can add.....way cool.

Twitter

I am not sure about this twitter thing....i can see how many people like it and use it daily but not sure its for me yet.

For the second part of this assignment I chose to check out the OPAL Master Schedule since this was something I’ve never seen or experienced before. After looking around for a bit I decided to watch a video on the Amish people. I watched the whole 12 minutes and found it quite interesting. I learned about their beginning and had no idea they went so far back and where they started from, Switzerland, of all places. I think this is a great resource for finding information and I will use this resource again and more than once.

Communications..email

Email......hhhmmm.....we use email to send information to our local paper, communicate with the town office, subscribe to newsletters we are interested in, updates for programs especially anything with new viruses or worms floating around out there. Just recently we had a couple of requests to help with obituaries from many years back. Its handy for staying in touch with other librarians....almost faster than the telephone. Our patrons don't email our library but I am hoping that will change sometime in the future.

As far as productivity goes it helps immensly with any communications from the state library and notifications of upcoming classes, webinars etc. It helps keep me in the know about important news.

Using web tools for communicating is a great thing. I would like to see our community use this tool in connection with our library. I am sure they use it within their friends and family circles, and getting them to use our library for this as well would enhance their experience with the library.

I do a little IM with friends but nothing through the library and we don't text. I don't think it is available in our community and we don't have phones in the library capable of texting either.