Oh, Twitter.
I've been using Twitter for about two months now, and I just can't get into it. I don't feel the need to broadcast my every thought or action to the world around me. I think way too hard about what to write. I keep forgetting to update. I'm not "following" enough people to make it fun. Alas, I'm an embarrassment to the Twitter community! I haven't given up on it yet, though. I'll keep twittering away, hoping to see the light.
I've heard of libraries using Twitter to broadcast information to patrons, so I searched around and checked out some library Twitter feeds. I like how the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Undergraduate Library is using Twitter-- their updates are frequent, concise, and seem relevant to students' needs.
I'm curious to see if Twitter will really catch on in the library community and beyond. As far as I can tell, it's not as well-known as other social sites such as MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, or Flickr, and I'm not convinced anyone would sign up for Twitter just to receive library updates. Still, using Twitter to disseminate library information is one of those wonderful "why not?" kind of experiments that Web 2.0 makes possible. It's easy, it's free, and it's not difficult to discontinue if it doesn't work out-- so even if only a few patrons take advantage of the service, why not try it?
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