Twitter and the LibraryEric SchnellAssociate Professor Emerging Technologies and Services Specialist The Ohio State University http://pro.osu.edu/profiles/schnell.9

What is Twitter?http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=757146

Who uses Twitter?May 2009 Unique Monthly visitors = 18.2 million(up from 1.2 unique visitors in May 2008)http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/nielsen_pr_090619.pdf

It’s Conversation

It’s Professional Networking

It’s a Social Medium AND a Resource

It’s a Conference Backchannel

It’s Breaking News

It’s from Government

It’s Searchable

It’s Shareable

It’s Syndicatable

It’s Syndicatable II

It’s Instant Updates

It’s Marketing

Libraries can:announce programs or other special events

Libraries can:feed onto a Web site

Libraries can:send updates to followers’ phones

Libraries on Twitter

Libraries on Twitter

Libraries on Twitter

Libraries on Twitter

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