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CILIP - Twitterless?

If you don't read Phil Bradley's blog you might have missed this excellent post which is a reponse to a post by Bob McKee on whether CILIP should have an "official" presence on Twitter or other micro-blogging sites and Social Media sites.

CILIP's official response to whether they should be using Twitter was "The simple answer, of course, is no. In terms of "official" activity, cyber life is just like real like - if it happens in a CILIP-sanctioned space, it's official; if it happens down the pub or in someone else's space, it isn't."

This is disappointing to say the least and Phil has picked apart the response from CILIP comprehensively. To their credit CILIP have responded not only by commenting on Phil's original post but also by arranging an open session on how CILIP could be using Web 2.0

I hope to attend this session and will report back via the Blog.

What this also raises is whether BIALL should have an "official" presence on Twitter or other Social Media sites? We already blog as you will no doubt have noticed ;-) and are keen to explore other methods of communicating with BIALL Members but are there enough members using these tools to justify an official prescence? Thoughts on a postcard or a Blog Comment or a Tweet please!

Full post as published by The BIALL Blog on March 05, 2009 (boomark / email).