Tweeting in the mainstream media – 3/9/09

Twitter was in the media on Monday. The Wall Street Journal carried “How to Twitter” by Julia Angwin; a fun how-to guide reminiscent of Julie and Julia by Julie Powers. The Washington Post had “Firms take to the Tweetable Business Model” by Kim Hart; a good overview of training programs for employees and using Twitter for business intelligence research.

I’ve not quite figured out how I might use Twitter in a public law library. I did however learn of a library that sends an RSS feed of books that are returned from circulation. Subscribers to the feed can follow a link to the online catalog and place a hold on the book.

- Mark

Electronic Resources

(1) the winter 2009 digital supplement to American Libraries has a good piece, “The Bunheads are Dead” about stereotypes and the future of librarians and library education;

(2) a semantic search engine, hakia that  uses  librarians to contribute credible sites;

(3) a new search engine “SweetSearch” by FindingDulcinea uses a team of researchers to evaluate sites for inclusion.

-Mark