Twitter - Tweets

Quick searches on topics of libraries and public libraries provided the following tweets of interest:

1. Comments on the role of a library - somewhere to go now that bookshops are closing down..

Visit: Can libraries pick up the slack from bookstores? - The Washington Post http://pwne.ws/SkJ1CO

twitted on 2/11/12 by Publishers Weekly@PublishersWkly –> Takes you to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-opinions-are-local/post/can-libraries-pick-up-the-slack-from-bookstores/2011/03/09/gJQAXpn4ta_blog.html

2. Interesting facts on libraries
Visit: Evidently, some ghosts are eternal bookworms: 10 haunted libraries around the world: http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/10-haunted-libraries-of-the-us/ … via @mental_floss

Twitted on 3/11/12 by Grace Ioppolo@ProfShakespeare –> Takes you to:
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/10-haunted-libraries-of-the-us/

3. Interesting ideas on where a library can exist - not just inside a building!

Visit: Public phone booths in New York repurposed into libraries http://bit.ly/AoB8k2

Twitted on 2/11/12 by Lost at E Minor @lostateminor –> Takes you to:
http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/03/10/public-phone-booths-in-new-york-repurposed-into-libraries/
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This prompted me to search for another area of interest - Repurposing aka recycling/reusing items

Visit: Coolness!! -> 30 Creative Ways to Repurpose & Reuse Old Stuff
Bored Panda http://www.boredpanda.com/creative-reuse-upcycling-repurposing-ideas/ … via @boredpanda

Twitted on 9/11/12 by Yonela Tananda@yonelatananda
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Twitter to me seems to be another great tool for promoting events, items for sale, people, places and things. Simply send a quick tweet with a link to a website for more information for interested parties.

Searches for my own library shows tweets on upcoming author talks, school holiday programs for the kids and dates for the next book sale.
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Twitter as a loudspeaker to announce what someone is currently wearing, eating, doing on a daily basis is less interesting but can be useful for instance in the event of a natural disaster.  The ability to quickly announce ones location or alert others to a dangerous situation cannot be denied ... as long as someone you know checks your tweets.