Although the only social networking sites currently offered to the public on Cardiff Library's People's Network computers are Facebook, MySpace and YouTube - many others could prove relevant or useful.
If you want to follow the Government - Downing Street, the Foreign Office, etc you might want to use Twitter for breaking news.
Twitter, the micro-blogging site, remains blocked at Cardiff for the time being.
According to The Press Association, the Government offers a 20pp document The Template Twitter Strategy for Government Departments. Download it here, as PDF.
You couldn't make this stuff up...Sir Humphrey must be twirling in his (virtual, fictional) grave.
U.K. government tells civil servants to use Twitter SF Business Times
The British government has told its civil servants that their departments should send messages on Twitter from twice to 10 times a day.
Twitter, the government says, “is experiencing a phenomenal adoption curve in the UK.” The service is being used by other governments and by many businesses, too.
This document describes why and how we intend to establish and manage a corporate presence on the microblogging social network Twitter.com,” says the British Cabinet Office’s “Twitter strategy” document, which is 20 pages long and has five appendices.
Twitter tools: Great for now, but will they last forever? Tech Republic
Check these tools, and perhaps you can Twit from your mobile, and not need the library to offer the service on their public access computers...
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