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As far as advertising, though, that's one bizarre thing about Twitter. There is absolutely no advertising on the site, and there really is no business model for the company. Google has talked about buying Twitter, but those talks seemed to fall through a few weeks ago.
When it comes to banality, I think Twitter started with a lot of banality and has since matured. But it is all in the choices you make. If you choose to follow somebody who is outlining every step they make during the day, you will have a totally different experience from somebody who is using it to follow NPR News and the New York Times. Linda Braun mentioned in her class last week that she has stopped using her RSS Reader because she gets all of her news from Twitter now. She really is getting the same information she previously got from her Reader, but she is just getting it in a different place.
I also wanted to mention that although Twitter can be used with a cell phone using text messaging, I don't know anybody who receives Twitter updates via text messaging. They may send messages that way, but most people use one of the Twitter apps that were highlighted in an article I posted to Twitter earlier this week.
If your library already has a blog to share news, I would encourage you to try setting up a Twitter that your blog feeds into using a service like TwitterFeed. We do this with the SEMLS Twitter account - www.twitter.com/semls. Several of our SEMLS blogs, as well as the RSS feed from our EventKeeper calendar, feed into the Twitter account. After the initial set up, we don't have to lift a finger to keep that Twitter account up to date. Yes, the information is redundant, but it's a way to reach out to users who may already be checking Twitter every day, but may not be going to our blog every day.
But Judy makes an important point about knowing which service would be accessed more. Over the past few weeks, we've discussed four services that pushes information out to where the user is: RSS feeds, Facebook, MySpace (we didn't try it, but it was part of discussions), and Twitter. I will argue that these will reach a wider audience than any other tool that you put on your own Web site because you just aren't going to find a lot of people who go to your Web site on a daily basis. When designing this service, it is important to decide who your audience is and then find out which service they are most likely to use. If 80% of that audience is on MySpace, it doesn't make much sense to create a Facebook page.
Thanks to everyone for all of the great discussions over the past seven weeks. It's been a lot of fun!
History majors can be wordy too! With 140 characters, I'm just getting warmed up! :)
I agree with Eden (at least I think it is Eden) about twitter replacing google or other search engines. Maybe searching on twitter will improve...we'll have to watch.
I haven't thought much about twitter because I thought it was mostly for kids and wouldn't have much useful info. The inclusion of URLs is a great feature! And having websites posted in the user profiles is great!
Our library has set up a twitter account to post announcements of cultural events. It's quite new; I'll have to look for info about/evidence of posting/replying.
I found the articles this week very interesting. I was intrigued by "The 8 ways twitter will change your life" item #2. I'm wondering how Stephanie Martin was able to find people in he field in her target market. I'll have to try some more searching. Maybe it's that # thing again?
And twitter replacing google for some searches?? How do you know you have the right followers?
The "All a Twitter" article had some great pointers for me as a "starter." I appreciated the tutorials--and will explore those more carefully in the next couple of days. The examples of the ways libraries are using twitter were creative and "inspiring." I will share those with others at my library. The 5 Fast Twitter tips and the Tools and mashups lists are great and I can't wait to explore them. (They may even answer some of the questions I have noted above. :)
The very recent TIME article gave me some good background and up-to-date status and possible future developments.
This week has been an eye-opener for me.
Thanks
One use I could see is by creating a small community that are interested in daily contact but that makes me think of family or friends. Perhaps it could be an extension of a group that gathers at the library with a main focus. I still see limitations though with the amount of text you can input for a real conversation so I go back to feeling like a blog is better.
Last night I did have a vision of authors creating a new genre of fiction that allows readers to interact with characters. Creating fictional characters that can contact their readers with thoughts could really motivate some children to read more. Hey maybe even real historical figures that could relate interesting quotes or factual details. Just a thought.
Twitter Fiction is a big thing - http://tinyurl.com/5sodss - or you could try Twitter Haiku. And there are lots of cases where people have created fake Twitter accounts for celebrities, and Twitter will deactivate those accounts once somebody brings it to their attention.
But since the focus of this class is to learn how most people are using these tools, you may want to think of other things you can post for the week. It does not need to be posts about what you are doing at this second. It could be a way to share new and interesting Web sites with your patrons, share information about a new book you've read, or just highlight a program at your library. Since you are in this class with others working in libraries, you could also use it as a forum to post questions to your colleagues. In fact, you could have posted this question there.
But feel free to do the interesting character if that works best for you!
Kathy
I had a much easier time posting a youtube video to my wordpress blog than rss feeds.
It was a nice surprise to find my old You Tube video about the Library's mascots still available to link to my blog for the class assignment.
Conversations and conflicts about blocking sites from school libraries and classrooms must be never-ending. In Hyannis we are always discussing matters about personal responsibility, individual rights to information access, and privacy, but the director reminds us to leave our personal views at the door. How do school librarians and teachers handle all the conflict? I would really like to hear more about your experiences.
Carol DeLuca
I agree about having to block unmonitored computers from YouTube since there is way too much junk on there. Already I don't allow my children to have Internet access except in common areas where I can see them. Not that I think they'll look for things but stuff finds its way into your home...
My family already were YouTube fans -- I torture my children by looking up 80's music videos and dancing around the kitchen. Also it's great for finding classic cartoons or funny videos.
The library at another college in our town held a contest for students to create PR about the library. I'll have to investigate those further.
Our library has just started to use Twitter to promote library programs. Maybe podcasting will be our next venture.
I really enjoyed this week's exercises; I learne SO MUCH! I hadn't realized how **easy** it is to find/subscribe to podcasts and find good YouTube videos and embed them into a blog. And to even create your own! This has been a real eye-opener. Thank you!
I found the articles very interesting. The idea of using podcasts for language instruction is so neat.
I wonder how podcasting compares to course management systems like WebCT? Our school was videotaping lectures--which the library then placed on reserve. Now that has disappeared and there is WebCT (well, Blackboard now.) Faculty and Administration worry that students won't come to class. Other faculty wouldn't allow the videotaping and are still "gun shy."
Some of the library staff have suggested taping for podcast some of the guest authors and other speakers we have. There has been reluctance--and questions about "releases" and such. How have other libraries dealth with this?
The suggestion to document our community through "radio Diaries" is very appealing for our school's archives.
Great lessons this week!
I too was impressed with the Monroe County Library video. If the rest of you have not seen it yet, visit the Info Tubey Awards on YouTube. I can see how students would fall in love with this library. The video highlighted the many activities, contests and programs the library has to offer. It looks like it was produced by the students as well.
Debbie