Want to get up to speed with some of the tech trends in library work but don’t know where to start? Well, the Tech Set may well be for you. I’ve just picked up the first three from the ten part series at the library and was so impressed by the short introductions I’ve just [...]

Workshop Six: New professionals: Build your network using social media
My final workshop of the conference was another of Jo Alcock’s sessions, this time focusing on social media – blogs, Twitter and social networking in particularly. I’m not really sure whether I’d be considered an ‘early adopter’ or not, having originally set up this blog in January 2006 – back when [...]

Where do you start with your ‘reflective writing’ on one of the most interesting meetings you’ve been to in a very long time when you’re still reeling from the god awful news that your ‘hopes of a better future’ lie in the hands of David Cameron? Well, I think the best thing to do is [...]

Last time I got hooked on Monitter was during the Mumbai attacks last November when my need for real time information got so intense that it became difficult to deattach my eyes from the computer screen. This time it’s the Iran elections (#iranelections) that have really got me. Sat here feeling so overwhelmed and helpless [...]

Read Write Web has a really interesting post about a Twitter experiment in which a University of Texas History Professor, Monica Rankin, uses Twitter in a classroom environment to discuss the class topics.
Rankin uses a weekly hashtag to organize comments, questions and feedback posted by students to Twitter during class. Some of the students have [...]