I would be lying if I said I was good at using social media. I only started to use Twitter because it was requested of us in the course. I resisted Twitter for a number of reasons, the main reason being I thought it was just a place for celebrities and really bored people to stroke their ego. To me, Twitter was anything but professional and just another waste of time; however, in the past semester I have discovered that Twitter is so much more than that.
Using 140 characters to compose a meaningful ‘Tweet’ is harder than it looks, but I like the challenge. I liked the Twitter activities we were required to participate in, they were useful because they ‘forced’ us to really explore the world of Twitter and become involved. During these exercises I began to fall in love with this new form of communication. There are so many opportunities to network and keep up with what is going on in the world with a simple click of a button or ‘Re-Tweet’.
I was mildly surprised to find out that Twitter was a primary form of communication between people in the LIS industry. I say mildly surprised because I have come to learn that LIS professionals are always on the cutting edge, and what finer way to communicate new advances in the profession than technologically in 140 characters or less?
Once I become more technologically savvy ie. get a smart phone, I fear I will become addicted to Twitter. Admittedly, this fear comes with a lot of excitement for how much I am going to learn about the LIS profession and how many people I can get to ‘follow’ me.
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