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Library Twitter accounts?

How many here have library twitter accounts? We are starting to tweet micro-book reviews, links, news, etc.

http://twitter.com/SwayneLibrary

Please share your experience & twitter account username. I like to follow libraries.

Tags: reviews, twitter

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Permalink Reply by Karen Hornberger on October 15, 2009 at 1:38pm: unquietlibrary is on twitter and has a very active website. They are really inspirational! I'm on but I don't tweet very often...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marie Slim on October 18, 2009 at 6:28am: I have one - twitter.com/troylibrary; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by DebH2U on October 18, 2009 at 5:28pm: I have a Twitter account for my school libraries @VPAALibraries - but Twitter is blocked at school, so I update from home or my cell phone when possible to send out news, book recommendations, etc... it's a slow start, but at least it's a start...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Susan Geiger on October 19, 2009 at 2:20pm: We post our updates to our Facebook page, partly because we are part of a team that posts on Twitter for the school in general.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Teresa Donn on October 19, 2009 at 9:33pm: I am just beginning to use my Twitter account. My address is twitter.com/TeresaDonn; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Anne Robinson on November 1, 2009 at 10:11am: I have been using Twitter for a while to add quick news to our library website - the account is @Library_Online

However, most of the followers are other school librarians! I don't really think that teens in the UK are very interested in Twitter - the demographic is people in their 20s & 30s - or even oldies like me!; ▶ Reply to This