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Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Bobbi Newman — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:48:16 -0000

Colleen - wonderful!

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Bobbi Newman — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:46:38 -0000

Scott -
For example when I'm talking to Jason Griffey I know he is the Jason Griffey who wrote the ALA Tech report Gadgets & Gizmos: Personal Electronics and the Library It, and the books Mobile Technologies and Libraries and Library Blogging.

So I feel pretty confident that I'm am talking to him and that in calling him an expert. There are many people in libraryland and without who have established reputations and twitter accounts and its easy to determine they are who they say they are and if you consider them an expert.

Now as far as the people who call themselves an expert in their profile those people are suspect. :-)

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Heidi — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:25:35 -0000

and connection with authors and publishers - great for collection development

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Jimmy the Geek — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:05:07 -0000

Scott, that's a great point. One way I make sure someone is who they say they are is to click on their screen name and check their profile. If there's a web site listed, go to it and see what their agenda really is. It's not fool-proof, but it is better than nothing!

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Jimmy the Geek — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:02:09 -0000

Great post as usual, Bobbi! Twitter has made such a difference for me. I didn't use it before I started working in a library -- I just didn't see the point in broadcasting the minutiae of my life to the world. However, now that I've started following both librarians and open-source software folks, my knowledge has expanded greatly, and given me the confidence to pursue projects that our library wouldn't have taken on in the past.

Twitter is a great tool for those who use it wisely. The key is to USE it! Anyone interested can follow me @GMLGeek if they want to have some more contacts & get started. The beauty of Twitter is that you can see who a person is following, and add those people to your own follow list, giving you more contacts and input from others in your field. Plus, it's nearly instant help!

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Scott Cohen — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:35:39 -0000

You make some really good comments here. I am not an expert in using Twitter but have an account for our library.

However, I take exception to your first ways that Twitter has made you a better employee I don't see anyway to judge whether someone is who they say they are.

How in the world would you know that you are really talking to an expert? There are no rules on Twitter. Anyone can say that they are a celebrity, an expert or whoever..

If I am wrong, please tell me. I would like to believe that social media are worthwhile in the workplace.

Re: Choosing a Reader for eBooks

Bobbi Newman — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:34:39 -0000

Interesting as I would say I can't afford an iPad. :-)

I think the nice thing is there is no one size fits all and we can all choose what works for us best.

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Colleen Greene — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:49:07 -0000

I'm teaching a class for university management and staff next week on using social web applications for higher education work -- part of which is focusing on developing a personal/professional learning network.

So, thank you...you just saved me a bit of time crafting some of these explanations. I'm pulling this post (and citing you) in my class guide.

Thanks!

Re: 10 Ways Twitter Will Make You a Better Employee, Better at Your Job and Benefit Your Library

Erin — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:17:11 -0000

love this post! all so very true! and to think i was wary about joining twitter a few mere months ago! oh how i was wrong! i've grown and learned so much and met some amazing librarians, and friends! thanks for the positive feedback about Twitter - it speaks volumes! :)

Re: Choosing a Reader for eBooks

Rachael — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:09:32 -0000

I love my iPad. I can't afford to get all these different devices - ebook reader, smart phone, laptop, etc. It would be nice if I could choose when it's backlit and when it isn't, but all in all it's perfect for me.

Re library ebooks, I *can* read my library's netlibrary books, although their interface isn't really well suited for it.

Re: Choosing a Reader for eBooks

Bobbi Newman — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:40:23 -0000

That chart is great! I did rule out an ipad due to the LCD screen and weight.

I have to say I got mine mostly to read PDFs, the Kindle 3 does handle them better than the 2 but you do still need to manually rotate to landscape mode. Its not perfect but its a lot better than 3 inches of paper when I travel. It also allows highlighting and notes which is a huge plus for me. When I'm doing with file I copy and paste all of them into a Google Doc with the citation for easy reading and searching later.

I do think the DX would be optimal for PDFs but I'm waiting for the price to drop. If it get closer to $200 its mine! :-)

Re: Choosing a Reader for eBooks

Jo Alcock — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:32:15 -0000

I recently borrowed a Kindle and didn't get on too well with it - you can see my list of pros and cons at http://www.joeyanne.co.uk/2...

The main disappointment for me was the difficulty in using it to read PDFs or other documents. Admittedly, I didn't get chance to try the emailing (it's a shared Kindle and my email wasn't on the approved list), but my main reason for testing was for work-related reading and I just didn't find it useful for that purpose.

I love this flowchart for a light-hearted way of figuring out which e-reader might be best for you: http://si.wsj.net/public/re...

Re: Protect Your Privacy Opt Out of Facebook’s New Instant Personalization – Yes You Have to Opt Out

Matt — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:02:08 -0000

I was a recent victim of the viral marketing time thief and worse a victim of privacy violation on facebook. I found the flaw in the "event invitation" feature of facebook.

I wrote more about it on my blog, here, http://www.mattkowalczyk.co... but it appears no matter what response you make to an event, your decision is made public.

Re: Using Evernote to Track Online Reputation

James — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:04:24 -0000

This is a good post. Another thing you might think about is using a scanner with evernote. I recently got one and LOVE the combination of evernote and scansnap together. I blogged about it here http://s1500-scanner.com/ and put up a video of how I use them together. Enjoy!

Re: Want to Innovate? Stop Working So Hard

literateowl — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:32:22 -0000