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.

As 2010 draws to close, I'm looking at my chest of unfinished draft posts and wondering which ones I should delete and which ones I should just work on and release. I have above a dozen of such posts, some are almost fully formed essays while others are just an idea with a title and a few points. I have many, many ideas for blog posts, but I try not to inflict them upon you, unless I feel they are likely to be useful or interesting.

Recently the front page of our library portal was down, and predictably, our members began asking for help via email & chat. One thing I noticed is that I could easily satisfy most of their needs by sending them directly to the resources they need.

Recently, I wrote 12 User points of need - where to place your services online , but we do not expect people to be glued to their computers , they operate in the real world too. The interesting question of course is where such points are both in the library and outside the library.