This document provides an overview of knowledge sharing topics for librarians, including using Twitter to engage users and promote the Rhodes University Library (RUL). It discusses RUL's Twitter statistics and recommends joining conversations on hashtags like #liasaconference. Several other useful library Twitter handles are listed. The document also briefly touches on information overload and absorption. Overall, the key points are how librarians can use Twitter professionally to share knowledge, engage users, and join library conversations through specific hashtags and Twitter accounts.

1. KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
FIONA STILL-DREWETT
12 APRIL 2018 RHODES UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

2. TODAY
• Google Metrics
• Marketing & User engagement:
• Twitter – making it work for users & RUL, and for your own
professional development
• Ask Us – what about it?
• Citation Analysis Databases: Scopus / Web of Science
• Research Alerts to your personal email
• …

3. LIBRARIANS ON TWITTER – CREATE YOUR OWN
ACCOUNT!
• “Twitter, for example, has offered librarians the chance to connect with millions of other people
and today there are many librarians who have large followings on Twitter thanks to their
informative and entertaining posts, their willingness to share knowledge, and their ability to
interact with others”
Library Science Articles, Social Media by Melissa Steele
“Are you ready to become a tweetbrarian? Twitter is a fantastic tool for engaging with other
librarians, monitoring LIS trends and debates in real time, and gathering unfiltered insights and
inspiration from peers and seasoned professionals”
Michael Rodriguez https://hacklibraryschool.com/2014/05/27/hashtags/

4. TWITTER STATISTICS
• @RhodesLibrary
• Jan-Dec 2017 150 research related and general info tweets sent out
• As of 12 April: 1275 followers & 761 tweets
• @RhodesResearch = latest research for Rhodes University
• As of 12 April: 1032 followers & 4087 tweets
• NB setting up alerts & use of RUL hashtags

5. JOINING LIBRARY CONVERSATIONS!
• #liasaconference
• #SAlibchat
• #librarylife
• #edtechchat
• #datalibs #open17 etc.
• “For me Twitter has been a major boost for my professional life in terms of insights, inspiration,
debates and network with the global library community” Christian Lauersen, Library Director -
Roskilde University, Denmark.
Tweets by @clauersen

6. SOME MORE TWITTER HANDLES
• @SAGE_Methods
• @PLOSONE
• @library_connect
• @UCTLibrary
• @libraryfuture (Joe Murphy)
• @ALA_ACRL
• @ScholarlyKitchn
• @LIASANews
• @feestill
• @Rhodes_Uni
• @Ruelrc2
• @IFLA

7. INFORMATION OVERLOAD
(ALSO KNOWN AS INFOBESITY
OR INFOXICATION)
OR
Schema theory describes the brain as a filing cabinet
filled with organized drawers and folders that have
been created over time out of our experiences 1
Information Absorption; Information Theft;
Knowledge Theft 2
“Reading, seeing, listening, and feeling” 3

8. LINKS OUT
• https://www.slideshare.net/mufs/citation-what-analysis-for-university-students-
and-researchers
• https://www.slideshare.net/mufs/starting-new-conversations-twitter-80644313
• http://www.ru.ac.za/library/
• https://0-
scholar.google.co.za.wam.seals.ac.za/citations?view_op=metrics_intro&hl=en
• https://www.springshare.com/libanswers/
• https://twitter.com/ https://twitter.com/RhodesLibrary

9. THANK YOU!

10. WEBSITE REFERENCES : SLIDE 7
• 1. https://www.illumine.co.uk/2011/05/how-the-brain-absorbs-information/
• 2. http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Knowledge_Absorption
• 3. http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/learning/absorbing.html
• Pic Slide 7: http://weknowmemes.com/2012/03/studying-the-worlds-leading-
cause-of-spontaneous-napping/