Today I am exploring Twitter. I have had an account for a while but tend not to use it very much. I only really look at it to see what other users are tweeting when there is breaking news. When I heard of the sad death of Wales' football manager Gary Speed recently I went straight to Twitter to read what people were saying as none of my Facebook friends seemed to have heard the news yet. I also enjoy the banter between the likes of Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United defender) and Piers Morgan (Arsenal fan!) or between Piers Morgan and Alan Sugar, who both tweet and wind each other up about how many viewers have watched their respective TV shows.
I last tweeted yesterday, but only because I was being given an extra entry into Nectar's 'Pick A Prezzie' draw if I tweeted about it!!
In my post regarding Facebook I said that I had started following Orkney Library & Archive. Funnily enough they have just won two 'GoldenTwit' awards - one for Public Service and one for Information Service. The GoldenTwits are awards celebrating the best people and organisations on Twitter. I have now decided to follow them on Twitter as well as Facebook. Their Twitter account can be found here:
http://twitter.com/#!/OrkneyLibrary
My own Twitter account is @080137
I may start to use Twitter more, however Facebook is still my favourite Social Network.
I don't think my own Library Service is on Twitter, but it could be a very useful tool for them to keep the public bang up to date with what is happening.
Ooh didnt' know Orkney tweeted. Really pleased they won two 'Golden Twit' awards. They are a great example to us all. We are on Twitter but we share the council's account, so if you want to tweet about something email your line manager and library systems for permission and systems will post it for you. A somewhat long winded approach but big organisations also need control over what is published publically.
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