Thing 13

I'm glad to see that thing 13 doesn't require setting up a facebook account, probably because it's the thing most of us have already done. Even my mother in law has one. In terms of library use, in the Bodleian Law Library we have used it mostly as an additional way to disseminate information. We also use twitter, a blog, instant messaging, rss and our webpage.

Perhaps we could interact better with our users; in terms of actual contact with individuals we operate mainly face-to-face and by email. It's really a question of time; rss and twitter feed into web pages and facebook without extra work, and allow our readers to choose to use the method of communication they're most comfortable with. I wonder how long it will be before library posts include social networking in the job description? Perhaps they already do!