这两天读《数字图书馆论坛》2008（3），是有点懒，但毕竟自己还是认真地读了。此期为《网络世界的共享、隐私和信任–给OCLC成员的报告》（Sharing,Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World–A Report to the OCLC Membership).

其中第21页有：

在Youtube上，题名或描述字段中包括“图书馆”或“图书馆员”的视频有25700个。（笔者注，最早应该是2007年9月数据吧？）

今日查询Youtube.com，用“library”+”librarian”检索，共有66570，增长了40870个video，增长比例为159%（应该不到一年）.其中用汉语“图书馆”一词检索，居然也有2670个视频，看来华人上传有关图书馆的视频也越来越多。笔者上去看了一下，soggchen、dqdx，怎么有些眼熟呢！

文章来源：By Christina Laun/ Twitter for Librarians: The Ultimate Guide，正是笔者应用于图书馆及参考咨询指南的信息资料收集及思维碰撞所需。

Ways To Use Twitter（图书馆使用Twitter的方式）
Don’t think Twitter has a place in your library? Give these suggestions a try and maybe you’ll change your mind.
* Keeping in touch with librarian friends and colleagues. Twitter makes it easier to keep up with what others are up to and to share and collaborate on projects.
* Stay on top of the latest technologies. Even if you don’t think Twitter has any applications that will work for you at the moment that doesn’t mean it won’t in the future. Staying on top of the latest technologies will give you a leg up and may make it easier in the long run to adapt them to your own purposes.
* Read the latest news. Many major news sites, like CNN and the BBC, have Twitter feeds. This makes it easy to just quickly check to keep up with news and find the latest information, a particularly relevant application for libraries.
* Get information on conferences. Some geekier conferences of interest to librarians have Twitter feeds that will allow you to keep up with registration deadlines, speakers and accommodations without having to visit the site itself all the time.
* Have Q and A sessions. Thinking of making some changes to your library website or changing policies? You can get suggestions and opinions from patrons quickly and easily through Twitter. This can work with any kind of question and answer type situation and the possible uses are quite broad.
* Learn more about colleagues. Not sure about the new guy? See if he has a Twitter feed and read more about his life. Who knows, maybe you have more in common than you think. You could also do the same thing for authors, artists and writers you like as well if they have Twitter accounts.
* Use it as a notepad. Jot down great ideas anywhere through your Twitter account. If you’re on your computer you can use it there, but Twitter is also accessible via a mobile device, making it easy to transfer the name of a book you saw on TV and to-dos for work to yourself.
* Share references. Library patrons can get online help from librarians through a Twitter account. Patrons can send messages asking about specific materials and staff can get back to them when they have information. You could also use if for your own personal information sharing with friends and colleagues.
* Announce library programs. Launching a new children’s reading program or having a book sale? Let the community know about it through your Twitter feed. It’s a simple and easy way to get information out about any library.
* Update patrons on new materials. Got exciting new resources? Let those in your area know about them through a Twitter feed. Some libraries already using Twitter send out updates when they get in new books, though for larger libraries this might be impractical.
* Send alerts about requested materials. Patrons who have a Twitter account could opt to receive notices that their materials have arrived at the library via Twitter rather than on the phone or in the mail. Some people may prefer this method and it’s one simple way Twitter can be used in place of existing technologies.

* 保持与馆员朋友跟同事的联系。Twitter让你很容易了解其他人的最新消息，在项目中分享合作。
* 站在科技的最前沿。即使你认为Twitter现在对你没有应用价值，但并不代表未来也没有。站在科技的最前沿将给你一个依靠，从长远看也更易使他们适应你的目的。
* 阅读最近的新闻。主要的新闻站点，如CNN和BBC，都有Twitter feeds。很容易快速地获取新闻和最新的信息，特别是跟图书馆相关的应用。
* 获取会议的信息。一些图书馆员感兴趣的极客会议已经有了Twitter feeds，你可以通过Twitter及时获得会议的注册截止日期，演讲人，食宿等信息，而不用时时去回忆的网站。
* 拥有问答的环节。想对图书馆网页改版或调整策略？你可以通过Twitter简单快速的获取读者的意见和建议。这能应用在任何需要问答的地方，应用前景可能很广阔。
* 更多地了解同事。对新来的员工不了解？看看他是否有Twitter feed，多看看他的生活。谁知道呢，没准你们有比你想象的多的共同点。同样，你也可以用这个方法了解你喜欢的作者、艺术家、作家，只要他们有Twitter帐号。
* 把它当作记事本。不论何地都通过你的Twitter帐号记下你的好想法。如果你在电脑前你可以通过电脑来记，但是Twitter同样可以使用手机来记，这使你记下一本在电视上看到对你工作有用的书名更容易。
* 分享信息参考。图书馆读者可以通过Twitter帐号获得图书馆员的在线帮助。读者在Twitter上提出关于特殊材料的问题，当馆员找到相关信息的时候通过Twitter回复他们。你也能用它来与你同事朋友分享你的个人信息。
* 公告图书馆活动。采用了新的儿童阅读程序或者要举办一个书展？让社区通过你的Twitter feed了解这些活动。这是个获取任何图书馆信息的简单易行的方法。
* 通知读者最新资料。有了令人激动的新资源？让那些在你周围的人通过Twitter feed了解这事。一些图书馆已经用Twitter发送他们的新书通报，尽管这对大馆来说不切实际。
* 提醒请求的资料。当所请求的资源到了图书馆，有Twitter帐号的读者可以选择通过Twitter，而不是电话或者电子邮件接收他们的提醒。一些人可能会更喜欢这个方法，这是个简单的方式使用Twitter代替现有的方法。

注：后来发现”译言“已经翻译了此文的全部内容！上述中文翻译转自译言！

Libraries Using Twitter（使用Twitter的图书馆）
Your library could be the next to join this growing list of libraries with Twitter accounts.
Ada Community Library
Casa Grande Library System
Cleveland Public Library
Houston Library
Lunar and Planetary Institute Library
Missouri River Regional Library
Nebraska Library Commission
Santa Barbara City College
University of Illinois Undergraduate Library
YALSA

来自Baby Boomer Libraria的两篇博文“How to help a young librarian’s love of librarianship”和“How to kill a young librarian’s love of librarianship”，各列了如下几条：

How to help a young librarian’s love of librarianship：
1. Encourage attendance at workshops and conferences. Provide funding!
2. Allow everyone time to play with new technologies.
3. Let all librarians work outside of their job descriptions from time to time.
4. Realize that not all young librarians are techies or interested in technology.
5. Listen to the new librarians as much as you listen to the old timers.
6. Encourage interaction between new librarians and your user communities.
7. Allow people to fail without fear of reprisal. We all learn more from failure than we do from success.
8. Give credit where credit is due. Do not take credit for the work of others!
9. Be open to new ways of thinking.

How to kill a young librarian’s love of librarianship：
1. Do not allow out of the box thinking.
2. Award only those that maintain the status quo.
3. Blame people for failures.
4. Call young librarians “cute” and ignore what they can really do.
5. Tell them “NO.”
6. Do not allow new librarians to try out different duties. Limit them to only what is listed in their job description.
7. Maintain walls between departments.
8. Demand unquestioning trust in what you do.
9. Veteran librarians know best because that is the way it has always been done.