Thing 8

I've used IM at home to keep in touch with my children...my only two buddies at home.

We've used GoogleTalk IM in our libraries for quite a while. I find it has been a great time saver. We get answers to quick questions almost immediately...no longer waiting for an email reply. Saves on long distance phone charges too.

I am familiar with text messaging though I have not used it.

I've taking part in several web conferences and online training. I even went to a workshop at NEFLIN on the OPAL web conferencing software tho I have not used it yet.

And I Twitter too. I've heard about this communication method but finally learned about it over Christmas. My son and I were visiting my daughter in California. Nathan keep messaging and when I asked him what he was doing, he explained and showed Twitter to me. He was tweeting about the Pacific Ocean instead of looking at it!

I can see uses for all of these communication methods in our libraries. Interacting with students where they live and communicate would help them think of libraries when they need information.