Comments on: A Social Media Tool for Busy Librarians [VIDEO]

By: Andy Burkhardt

Andy Burkhardt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:07:58 +0000

I did look at CoTweet briefly but then summarily forgot about it. From what I remember it’s a more business/organization oriented solution. In addition, like you mentioned, the ability for multiple people to tweet from an account and to be able to assign comments to specific people would be very useful. I’ll have to check it out again. Thanks Colleen!

By: Andy Burkhardt

Andy Burkhardt — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:07:00 +0000

By: Colleen Greene

Colleen Greene — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:38:45 +0000

Very nice article, but I prefer CoTweet to HootSuite. It handles all of the features you mention, however it does not use those annoying iframes when displaying links.

Unlike HootSuite (and particularly useful for librarians), CoTweet also allows editors to assign a Reply or DM to another editor to respond. So, when an administrative question/comment comes in, circulation question/comment, reference ,etc., we can assign it to a librarian or staff member from that particular unit. Editors received an email notification when assigned a Tweet, and see an Assignment queue when logging into CoTweet.

By: Colleen Greene

Colleen Greene — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:38:00 +0000

Very nice article, but I prefer CoTweet to HootSuite. It handles all of the features you mention, however it does not use those annoying iframes when displaying links.