I watched the introduction to Twitter via the linked youtube video listed on NE Learns 2.0. From the sounds of twitter it already reminds me of the little thing that myspace added, where you can post at the top of your myspace page what you are doing or feeling currently along with a little emocon showing your feelings.
I went through all my personal contacts including all my chat buddies and only 2 people were on twitter, and one of those is from the NLC. The other is a board member. So now I am following them. Since my list was so small I added a couple of interesting libraries that I found searching for library. Sadly, I did find that I could not search for two things, like Nebraska and Library. I was told no one with a twitter account is named Nebraska Library. I also do not have the patience to read through the entire list looking for Nebraska Libraries. I gave up after approximately 3 pages. So now I have 9 entites that I am following, and I added my own update: learning about twitter! I also added a picture of the library and changed the background theme. Woohoo.
I like the idea and think that it can be a useful way to let people know what is happening at our library, however until it's usage becomes more widespread I don't see Twitter as a real need.
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