Twitter - NYPL and Stephen Fry

I had a bit of a look around Twitter and discovered a couple of accounts that peaked my interest, that from the New York Public Library (NYPL) and Stephen Fry's Twitter account. I had a spot of trouble locating relevant Library accounts - I found a few but some hadn't been updated for a while. In the end I settled on the NYPL due to its sheer number of interesting tweets. I chose Stephen Fry purely because I'd heard so much regarding his prolific tweeting - coupled with the fact that I think most of what he does is bloody brilliant.

During the Academy Awards in March, the NYPL tweeted a number of quotes attributed to scenes from certain films set in the Library. I thought this was a nice way of linking the Library to the world of cinema and the Awards in general (even if the films mentioned were not themselves nominated for Academy Awards). As a fan of Ghostbusters (and the scene in question) it gave me great pleasure to see it get a mention.

I thoroughly enjoyed Stephen Fry's tweets on his attendance at the recent-ish unveiling of the Apple iPad. While I might not share his extreme enthusiasm for the product in question, I found it hard not to get caught up in the excitement he displays in these tweets (something akin to a small child experiencing their first 'proper' Christmas).

Getting back to Twitter and libraries - I'm not well versed in Twitter but can see its benefits (if used properly). Par example, promoting upcoming library events, alerting users to collections, new purchases and so forth, sharing ideas with other libraries - and allowing users to follow all of this.