Gary, I'd say what's useful to you and what's useful to other audiences may be very different. I've found twitter to be a very effective outreach tool, precisely because the short blasts can gain the attention of our students, and we design our tweets to lead into larger things.
As a librarian, I learn about a lot of things via twitter. I used to get newspaper and professional journal headlines & TOCs via email, and now I get those via twitter. My friends comment on articles and blog posts via twitter, and lead me back to those sources. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:34 AM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I'm probably a grumpy minority voice, but I find all things twittery > profoundly annoying...like a fly on a hot day constantly buzzing in the > ear. You got something to say, say it in sufficient length and depth as > to be useful. > > gary handman > > > > > Dear All, > > > > A question for the collective: have you found Twitter useful as a > > librarian to receive information or do you mainly use it to promote > > your own events? > > > > I ask as we have just launched our Twitter account (twitter.com/ > > kinolorberedu) and it is bringing traffic into our new site > > (www.kinolorberedu.com > > ). We are dedicated to providing meaningful content, such as articles > > related to films (and not just our own), and updates about events, > > such as community screenings. > > > > What advice do you have for us to be a resource to the community? > > > > Looking forward to your replies. > > > > Best, > > > > Elizabeth > > > > Elizabeth Sheldon > > Vice President > > Kino Lorber, Inc. > > 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 > > New York, NY 10018 > > (212) 629-6880 > > > > www.kinolorberedu.com > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel > of > > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > > producers and distributors. > > > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > -- Rudy Leon Learning Commons Librarian Undergraduate Library University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-3503 http://www.deepening.wordpress.com AIM: rudibrarian
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
