Libraries And Twitter

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

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Libraries And Twitter

by John Rodzvilla on Apr 01, 2009

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