When I was in college I IMed all the time! I wasted countless hours just chatting online with several different folks. I met one friend through IM. He actually came down to visit UF and we met face-to-face. I found it interesting to meet someone in the online world first and to see them second.
IM is not foreign territory to me, nor do I think it is to many of our library staff. We have Ask-A-Librarian and most of our librarians are trained in it. Many of the newer librarians here have graduated from FSU's online MLS program. You become real familiar really quickly with chatting online if you aren't already when you join that program.
Since coming back from my maternity leave, I have started using IGoogle more and chat using their IM service. I usually talk to one particular coworker due to the fact that they assigned me a really wierd screen name and no one else knows what it is. It is nicer than emailing her. I can get more real time answers to questions and I like that I can see when she is typing (just like in AAL).
I think Meebo sounds like a really good idea, but I don't really have any other IM services to consolodate anymore. I don't have time to....I have baby and a J-O-B. Well, I guess I do have Facebook:)
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Hey, that mysterious co-worker is me! :)
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