Microblogging Using Twitter and FriendFeed: Online Class
Are you interested in learning more about “microblogging” services like Twitter and FriendFeed? Perhaps you’ve heard about them and wondered if they had any application for the library. Join me for a 1-hour session online where I’ll demonstrate Twitter and FriendFeed as well as showing some examples of how libraries and other organizations are using these services to push information out to their patrons.
The session will be held online using Adobe Connect; all you need to participate is a web browser and a telephone. The session will be held on Thursday, September 18, from 1 - 2 pm Mountain Time, 2 - 3 pm Central Time. No sign up is required; please see the instructions below for participating.
If you can’t make the session, don’t worry; I will also be recording it for later viewing.
Class information:
Where: Online at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/psrsd/. On the day and time of the class, please go to this web address. Log in as Guest with your first and last name. There will be instructions in the meeting room for you to join the teleconference.
Description of class:
During this 1-hour session, participants will:
- Learn how to send and receive “Tweets” using Twitter clients
- Learn how to set up a FriendFeed page to push out information from a variety of services
- View and discuss examples of how library and other organizations are using microblogging.
No experience is required; however, I welcome others who have used these services to share your experiences with the class.
If you have questions, please contact Sharon Dennis at sdennis@lib.med.utah.edu. [SD]
