I've used chat extensively. Primarily when providing IM Reference at the Library. Also, I've set up a screen name with AIM (via my Gmail account). Chat is an excellent way to do Reference, and it can also be a good way to interact with friends and colleagues, especially when two parties need to both read a particular document or piece of text and comment on it (though in other instances I still prefer the telephone).
I signed up for a Twitter account today! I requested to follow two of my colleagues at the Library, as well as CNN, BBC and the Guardian. I also sent out my first "tweet" to my colleagues.
Following these news sites is interesting! The number of items they generate under my "Timelines" tab is quite literally endless. When I scroll to the bottom of the page the arrow stays there for a second, and then bounces up to accomodate additional entries. One minute the last story on the list is about a woman who was badly mauled by a dog, and then it's one about the evacuation of a Paris airport because snow was making the roof buckle.
Twitter is very interesting! I'm going to explore Searches and Lists a little more, and see what I can do with those.
Thomas Beck is the Collection Development & Research Librarian - Professional Studies, for the Auraria Library. This is what he's up to (mostly professionally, but sometimes personally) from day to day.
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