libraries and twitter
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Presentation from ACRL National Conference, Seattle, WATRANSCRIPT
Tweeting in the Library
“It seems like when you give people easier ways to share information more good things happen.” ~ Evan Williams, CEO and founder of Twitter
What is Twitter?•140 Characters (including Spaces)
•Broadcast
•Conversation
How to use it•Cell Phone
•Tiny URL
•Hash Tags
•2,000 applications using Twitter API
Who uses it?•Median age is 31
•Generally get other online content through mobile device
•11% of online adult users in Pew survey have use microblogging
Based on PewResearch Center’s report “Twitterpated” Feb. 12, 2009
Who uses it?•Companies
•CEOs & Other Employees•Customer Service•Marketing
Libraries & Twitter
General use for libraries•Marketing
•News & links
•Patron response
Other uses for libraries•Reference
•Updates
•New resources
Other uses for libraries•Reference
•Updates
•New resources
Really we’re talking marketing
New Title Tweets•Goal: Generate New title list in Twitter
•Title- Author: link subject hashtag
•Use only Millennium, Excel & Twitter
Data provided on 3/10/09 by tweetstats.com
Next Steps•Automate.
•RSS feed & Tweets, multi-use.
•Generated by scanner
•Add subject-specific titles to Dept. feeds
Problems with Twitter•100 tweet per hour limit
•No tags
•Conversation not easy to follow
•Search questionable
Follow us on Twitter•Rodzvilla (that’s me)
•Beatleynewtitle (new title list)
•Simmonsgslis (multi-user twitter)