Harnoncourt interviewed

wonderful indeed!

#23 Get going!!

Two of my favourite things during 23 dingen were Twitter and Facebook. I think that these two things are of the essence in social media and social networks. When you use Flickr, Google Maps, Library thing and all the other apps it all seems to revolve around Twitter and Facebook. At least at the moment..
23 dingen has made me and many other participants aware of the potential value of social media in a library context. I hope that is not all. I want to be active professionally especially on twitter and facebook. But I'm one of a generation for which this does not come naturally. See this interesting article by Chris van der Heijden De Groene Amsterdammer - Gegoogle . I will have to work at being an active user even if it is only professionally.
The possibilities of Facebook and Twitter surprised me as well. I was quite a sceptic a couple of years ago when the first Twitteraars began and Facebook was not nearly so popular as it is now. And even now I'm not enthusiatic about all the "dingen" - I don't think you have to be. I'm aware of the possiblilities of chatting for example and that's it. I prefer to concentrate on twitter and facebook.
I suppose what I missed during 23 dingen was the contact with the other participants. I discussed things regularly with Razende Roeltje and 1000 dingen... once in a while but it would have been good to have had a midway session with the whole group I think for example after ding #11.
Well that's it for now. I've just finished writing this literally hours away from the end of the course. Unfortunately I can't be present at the last meeting. So well done everybody and let's hope that we can follow it up as active social networkers. I'm going to try at least professionally
Due to pressure of time no pictures or video clips

#22 Library 2.0 and the future of libraries

I have been looking at the David Lee King blog about social media in libraries suggested by Rob Coers on 23 dingen. There are a few home truths there I think for all librarians trying to use Library 2.0 efficiently.
What we have to do I think is attract "friends" to us librarians who are using social media. (In the first place I mean professionally). So the following points I find especially relevant:

• Avoid only connecting with colleagues in your own organisation or in other libraries. We should be targeting our own public.
• Find friends from the library and through people you meet through the library i.e. users or potential users.
• Use twitter and facebook to keep these people informed about what is happening in the library in particular. But don't forget that you - a person - are doing the informing not the library organisation
• Be personal. People interact with people not organisations.
• Inform regularly (and try) and be interesting!
• React to as many people who want to communicate with you - well that's fairly obvious.
• And finally remember to connect facebook to twitter to your blog to the library website etc. and publicise in person in the library itself. In a nutshell: connect as much as you can.

If we can manage this then perhaps the library has a better future. It's necessary to communicate with our (potential) public and the social media are at this moment probably the best ways of succeeding.
And now two great artists performing a terrific song by Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter op tekst van Eduard Mörike

#21 Aquabrowser

TWIL #16: #followalibrary project - Wilma van den Brink and Ad Aerts from Jaap van de Geer on Vimeo.

In theory the social aspects of the aquabrowser in Worldcat or wherever is positive. It's more or less a copy of Amazon and bol.com and don't forget Library thing. I do wonder how many users of these websites actually take the trouble. I think it will only be the freaks (pace 1000 dingen) who will be motivated to write a review and only library freaks will want to add tags. It's worth offering the opportunity though. It's just not so new anymore - the library follows developments in retail.

Muziek en de nieuwe media from JeBibliotheek on Vimeo.

#20 Why Last fm when we have Spotify?

I don't really see the point of last fm now that there is Spotify. And as regards the social interactivity Spotify is fully equipped because of its links to Facebook and Itunes. So why bother embrace Spotify in the library - and use Facebook and Twitter for interaction purposes. It's as simple as that...
There is no point for libraries to use other social networks for music just as there is no reason not to use Facebook and twitter and.. Google.
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# 19 Social networks

The most important social network for libraries has become Facebook just because it's the biggest. Probably everybody who uses a social network uses Facebook so it's stupid not to join in. And it's not restricted to people but also to organisations and groups.
One of the things I have discovered recently is Spotify and its social side. The library in Breda has already joined Spotify initially to promote their new cd's to be found in their playlist tips for juli 2010. This is a primeur I think, well done Breda! We will follow soon in Haarlem.
For the social aspects has Spotify linked with Facebook. If you are a registered with Facebook then you can automatically link with the playlists of your friends and "subscribe" if you like. The public can add their favourite muziek and comment on that of others and with the library.
This is a very easy and attractive way of connecting with the library public.
So as soon as the library in Haarlem has its Facebook page then we can use Spotify socially.

#18 Library thing

Library thing is such a nice cosy application for librarians. I like it. You could use it for your acquisitions or perhaps better for the tips of the week/month etc. You can use reviews from others or make them yourself.
Perhaps Library thing works better for personal use ironically than professionally for a library. from the website these are the most interesting aspects I think
# Discover new books

* Fantastic recommendations
* Common Knowledge (characters, places, awards)
* Reviews and ratings
* Early Reviewers program: free books in exchange for reviews

# Interact

* Talk: our forum for everything book-related (and much that's not)
* Friends: see what your friends are reading, and what books you have in common.

En nu muziek van Jan Mul: