Reflection on 23 Things

While I have had experience with many of the technologies and tools that 23 Things NB encouraged us to use, the experince forced me to revisit them and continually use them. For example, I already had a twitter account before starting the 23 Things challenge, but it was generally gathering dust (my Facebook page was where I went to promote library events). Now I am definitely using it more and I have 23 Things to thank. I think Twitter is one of the more useful tools for the socially networked librarian. I have been using Facebook now in conjunction with my library since I've been the manager here (the library Facebook page predates my working here) but I can now use the twitter account to bolster even more interest in my promo/links/announcements by linking to my Facebook page. I'm sure there is some ultra-new tech-term for this: Weaving Media? Social Cross-Pollination? At any rate, this experience has been valuable and has helped underline the fact that social media and digital technology tools can be a central part of what we do as librarians.