“It’s camp…for libraries.”

-Me

I am a member of many virtual communities. I would not, however, consider myself an expert in how to manage these online communication and relationship-building platforms but I try my best. One in particular that I thoroughly enjoy interacting with is Twitter. Throughout this class, I am pretty sure I used Twitter interactions or the site itself as a focus in my discussions. I also discuss it at length in my Issues paper. In the past few years using Twitter, I have experienced pleasant, albeit subdued interaction with the content that I share and create for really my own benefit at this point. I think I’m funny, but I’m not so sure anyone else does. Oh well. Despite my pitfalls with low-activity garnering content, libraries have been doing an a-maz-ing job of engaging their users and developing well-curated feeds of content that generates like after like. Twitter can really propel libraries into the online world and can aide in their efforts to communicate effectively with library patrons and create a positive, information-based feed of content. A few things I have seen libraries post on Twitter include memes, the local weather, trending hashtags, holiday-themed archive media, book recommendations, and even cat puns. This may not seem like a big deal or a serious feed, but when accounts post things that make people think, laugh, smile, and continue to follow. Having a ton of followers doesn’t mean anything unless you can keep them. And you know what keeps people coming back? Posts that engage them. It’s also a great way to move information quickly and efficiently. You only get 140 characters, so make it count! For more information, check out this article.

Here are a few screenshots of my interactions on Twitter and library posts.