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I follow many library folk on Twitter--I've found it to be the most useful place for engaging with people who are practicing in libraries, while I find listservs to be better for engaging with people who are also researchers/academics (although I interact with them on Twitter and G+ as well.) Julia On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:12 AM, Lorri Mon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Gretchen's question about disappearances of library-oriented discussion > groups, "where are these professional conversations taking place?" I'm > wondering if perhaps conversations are now moving from email lists to social > media and becoming more tailored to individual interests. Are people > perhaps just 'circling' the librarians most relevant to their > professional interests on G+ via sites such as > http://findpeopleonplus.com/Occupation-Librarian and > https://plus.google.com/115121110877145330939/posts/5aPMJu9wnSN (I'll > admit, just in retrieving these links from my +1s I became sidetracked, > circled a few more librarians, and shared a post.) Are people 'friending' > librarians on Facebook and joining librarian Facebook groups instead of > email lists? Or perhaps following tweets and blogs where they used to read > email? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr. Lorri Mon @ FSU College of Communication and Information > Florida State University > 268 Louis Shores Building, 142 Collegiate Loop > Tallahassee, FL 32306 > > -- Julia C. Skinner Doctoral Student School of Library and Information Science Florida State University http://juliacskinner.com/