Of blogs, tweets, and education.

It's become apparent that I'm much more communicative on Twitter these days.  This fall I started my last semester of my MLIS and my classes include one on research methods, a library management (much needed), and an online class on the 'History of the Book' which, while interesting in a libral arts kind of way, isn't going to contribute to my abilities or skills as a librarian at all, but at least I don't have to drive to it.

I've taken online classes before, in particular from Rutgers on Social Web 2.0 for libraries which was fairly useful in helping me articulate why it is important for public libraries to expose their data and services in a multiplicity of ways essentially allowing our users to determine the most efficacious manner to interact with us is for them instead of us dictating how to interact with us (its ON THE WEBSITE).

That one, as this current one, invariably involves much - mandatory - discussion.  If you've ever been 'forced' to be social online you will find that its fairly exhausting (except for that person or two who has online verbal diarhea...)  Last time it left me unable to compose the burning blog posts I would like to compose for my Eeyore blog.  I'm anticipating the same this time, which combined with some conference blogging for ASIST (shaky yeah!) AND fighting for library funding in my county (voting in November...) will probably leave me mute.

I will be yakking on Twitter:  www. twitter.com/eeyorelibrarian