Libraries take to twitter

One of the services that are finding twitter useful is that of libraries.

Bookseller.com report that

An estimated 40-plus individual libraries and library services, including Manchester, Devon, Bradford, Edinburgh, Westminster and Leeds are now making use of the site. Many individual librarians are also choosing to register.

and so much so that the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) will be hold a training course, "Twitter for Librarians", this September.