Just have to say that this was an awesome workshop and I'm glad that the committee decided to sponsor it. The workshop was held by and at Wellington City Libraries on Victoria Street. I got a lot out of it and am looking forward to more workshops that Magalie Le Gac, an enthusiastic staff member of Wellington City Libraries, facilitates.
The morning session focussed on learning the theory before getting into the application.
Such things covered were:
- How many people are using Twitter? It has a pretty fast growth rate. Here's some stats I found. There's a lot of people tweeting out there! Currently around 6% of the NZ population is on Twitter. 30 Libraries in NZ use Twitter at the moment.
- There are access issues for libraries in NZ to do with blocking the website. Particular problem for council's as two attendees at the workshop mentioned it was a problem where they worked.
- Uses for Twitter for Librarians:
Online Reference
Professional Development (sharing links to good articles)
Monitoring library uses
Disseminating information about the library
Following useful Twitterers (e.g. @Te_Ara, @NLNZ, @citygalleryWGTN, @NZStuff)
Marketing Tool - Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Potential pitfalls
- Different platforms to use (other than twitter.com)
Hootsuite
igoogle gadget
Tweetdeck
Now I didn't attend the afternoon session but I hear it was a good hands-on one using self-directed tutorials that Magalie had compiled earlier. Magalie actually included me in the email with the links to these so I could go through them and "self-direct" myself in learning about Twitter, but I think I'm good for now.
If anyone would like to share their experience of the afternoon session that'd be way cool if you'd comment on this post!
Hope you enjoyed it, and again, I'm really glad that LIANZA Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui decided to sponsor this event/workshop. Well worth it. Cheers Magalie!
Hana
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You're very welcome : )
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