4. Why are librarians doing it?

5. To know other librarians

7. To see what other librarians are thinking about (steal this idea)

8. To bounce ideas off other librarians

9. To not be alone in the world

10. To get other librarians’ expertise on something new at my library

11. To get other librarians’ expertise on something new at my library

12. It’s cheaper than airfare!

13. It’s cheaper than airfare (and far less frustrating)!

14. How are librarians using it?

15. Twittering back and forth

16. Facebooking their libraries

17. Friendfeeding other librarians’ stuff to ourselves

18. Reading and commenting on librarians’ blogs

19. Highlighting others’ posts on your blog (Hey everyone, did you read this?)

20. Real yet virtual societies (Library Society of the World) http://thelsw.org/

21. Chat rooms: to talk shop and unwind

22. Collaborating through wikis

23. Collaborating through wikis

24. Friending each other on social networking sites

25. Friending each other on social networking sites

26. Friending each other on social networks

27. What’s the point?

28. We’re “going that way”

29. Our patrons are doing it

30. Our patrons are doing it

31. Everyone else is doing it

32. Everyone else is doing it

33. Everyone else is doing it

34. Everyone else is doing it

35. Everyone else is doing it

36. Everyone else is doing it

37. Everyone else is doing it

38. Everyone else is doing it

39. Everyone else is doing it

40. Everyone else is doing it

41. Librarians are focusing on what libraries are becoming, not what they’ve always been

45. Remember how it felt to say, “We no longer need books like this on our shelves” ?

46. Look how far we’ve come