Thang 14 : NOT ANOTHER ACCOUNT!!!!

Explore http://learn.linkedin.com/ and sign up for LinkedIn

Another account to sign-up for and maintain. Another USERNAME and PASSWORD to remember. ANOTHER PROFILE TO CREATE. AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!
I feel a hot-flush coming on. I can't do it! I just can't do it!

So, instead, I just perused what LinkedIn had to say about itself and for me the page that bested summed up what LinkIn is really all about is below:

Just recently I read in the Economist that LinkedIn is quite popular amongst the professionals in looking for new jobs or headhunting personnel so I suppose in these hard-times one should Log-in, Blog-on and Tweet-out.

As librarians it may be a way of comparing notes with other librarians around the world (at least the ones who type in English even in American): what problems they are facing; what successes they have experienced; what new demands are being made of them. You could also check if a planned change of procedures had been implemented elsewhere and how it had succeeded or failed. Mainly, though, LinkedIn is a tool for professionals to develop their jobs and to make their abilities known to potential employers. It isn't a means of outreach to their clients.

Facebook, on the otherhand, is meant to be an informal and creative e-space conducive to chats on all sorts of topics. In some ways, our libraries are a bit too formal with their Facebooks, or they don't have the time to try and generate discussions amongst their fans and then glean information from the debates. It should be left relaxed, a wee bit subversive, carefree and fun to attract our readers. Leave the high-brow stuff for the official websites.