Twitter reloaded

Good morning all! (Well, it has been thus far, at least, despite the weather).

This week's post sees a return to the realm of Twitter as I didn't quite finish the tasks last time. I've had trouble tracking down the specific webpage for the CILIP InfoLit group and, by extension, the associated Twitter feed, but I think I have isolated it at last. (Or something that looks very much like it!)

IL training session in Manchester, 13 May. More info at bit.ly/109kKmo #infolit
— CILIP InfoLit Group (@infolitgroup) May 3, 2013

The itinerary for the conference can be found using the link above, and you can explore topics on the #infolit feed on Twitter.

One session in particular caught my eye: 'Supporting research online @ MMU [Manchester Metropolitan University]: information literacy, digital literacy and employability themes' by Nicola Beck, Senior Assistant Librarian (MMU). I like the marriage of information literacy and digital literacy because, truly, you can't have one without the other and I think, even in the digital age we currently reside in, information literacy is vastly underrated by many and is something that deserves continued promotion. Here endeth the quill-and-ink rant.

Has anyone else had a look at this yet, or had similar problems finding it? #infolit is an active Twitter feed and the topics discussed are quite interesting (plus their conferences seem to have excellent freebies, see my previous entry for details).  

Now I return to making myself seasick with Prezi. Sayōnara!

To tweet or not to tweet

Greetings readers!

I have been gradually dipping my toes into the great sea of Twitter over the last few weeks and again, despite my miserly old-school ways, have found it an interesting and useful tool for sharing ideas and information. I'm not going to lie, though, 140 characters is a real challenge for me, as someone more used to writing reams and reams at a time (you need only look at previous blog posts for this to be made apparent!)

Feeds du jour:

@waterstones, particularly interesting at the moment because of their 'the book that made me' project, which you can find and contribute to by using the hashtag #tbtmm

@GuardianBooks, news, reviews and author interviews. Recent threads include: why do some books give you a hangover?, recommendations for a great sci-fi book and a reading group.

@infolitgroup: CILIP's InfoLit group, who apparently had some very nice screen cloths to give away at their Annual Conference: https://twitter.com/infolitgroup/status/322621386717806592/photo/1

I haven't really tweeted much myself yet, I must admit that I don't think I have anything worth sharing. I could go on forever about the trials of timetabling and the "Game of [LCH] Keys" but i'm not sure there's really a world-wide market for this. Is anyone else 'tweeting' on a regular basis, if so, what do you tend to tweet about?

(On a totally unrelated-to-work note, 'Star Trek Into Darkness' is awesome, absolutely worth the £10 investment at the cinema. Though I do look back with fond rememberance on the days when you could get a ticket and actually have change from £10).

Until the next post, arrivederci!

@bpclibrary20 First tweet! Taken longer to compose than some of my 5,000 word uni essays. Also, welcome back to our LMS! #yayHeritageworks
— Once More (@BPCbookbandit) May 14, 2013