Archive for December, 2008

More on Twitter Search-Aided Outreach

Monday, December 15th, 2008

In the last post, I pointed out how Twitter Search was making Twitter more useful as a motivated reference tool. Much in the same way people are Slamming the Boards and providing library service to those who aren’t necessarily looking for it, we can use Twitter to provide much-needed answers and maintain our visibility. This [...]

Extending Twitter with Twitter Search

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

There’s been an ongoing conversation about Twitter at MPOW. A number of us have been using it fairly steadily as a sort of ad hoc internal communication protocol. By my last count, we’ve got five people on staff (3 in Adult Services, and 2 in Youth) who maintain a profile, and most of us use [...]

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