I'm really in awe with the way the New York Public Library (NYPL) uses social media. Their "flagship" twitter account @nypl must be one of the most followed library twitter accounts in the world with over 100k followers.

Last year, my institution launched both LibAnswers (a Faq system) and LibGuides (a content management system that is wildly popular for libraries). One interesting thing I noticed is that a number of queries (about 5-10%) were treating the search for LibAnswers or LibGuides like a library catalogue search box. People were searching for keywords of very narrow subjects.

I suppose by now many of you have heard, I was named as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2011! I woke up to my phone beeping like crazy from congratulatory messages on Twitter and Facebook, went to the link and it was almost surreal to see my profile alongside names such as Bobbi Newman, Buffy Hamilton and Ned Potter etc.

I've being recently thinking of how disparate in general typical library systems are.

In 2009, I wrote a series of Twitter posts studying library accounts on Twitter (here, here and here) , since then Twitter accounts have become a norm rather then a novelty for organizations including universities and companies. How does one measure success of such accounts beyond crude follower accounts?

As I have remarked many times before, librarians are on pretty much every internet medium/channel you can think of. From old school mailing lists to newer social media tools like Ning, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook etc.

Libraries are some of the most active users of social media and it is no surprise that many have taken to using new media to spread their message and in serious cases promote their cause. Some of these campaigns are started by librarians others have purely grassroot orgins. Some are targeted only/mainly to their fellow librarians, while others are meant for everyone.

Shockwaves were sent through the internet world, when news leaked that delicious would no longer have a future in Yahoo. Most media sources sensibly began to mourn the impending death of delicious and this started an exodus of delicious users.

I've being thinking of the nature of the work I do for my institution and it hit me that one way to classify my work is to divide it into 2 groups. The first is what I call "macro level work". Macro level work generally consists of work I do that has great impact across the university as decisions I make or help make will generally affect more than one person.

I spend quite a lot of time working on my blog in 2010, and in return it has brought me many rewards. Blogging has allowed me to articulate, reflect and clarify my thoughts on librarianship and sharing with the larger international librarian community at large has led to many fruitful discussions.

This is in response to my last post where I asked what blog post you wanted to read, and this is one that got quite a few Twitter votes so here it is.... Since getting an iPhone (3GS) which was my first smartphone with 3G service almost a year ago (Dec 2009), the way I consumed information has changed quite a bit. While the internet services I use remains roughly the same, the frequency I use them have altered quite a bit.