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Tweet your Heart Out
This document discusses best practices for using Twitter in libraries. It recommends Twitter for conversation, sharing, connecting, discovery, filtering, and participation. Twitter extends professional networks and is a tool for current awareness of library trends and research. The document advises following conferences and events remotely and using hashtags when tweeting. It also suggests curating tweets through selective following and retweeting to avoid information overload.
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Tweet your Heart Out
- 1. tweet your out michelle dalton @mishdalton @libfocus #npdi2013
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- 15. not a lake “thetemporal nature of twitter is best characterised by fleeting permanence” (Thomson, 2012)
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- 18. so what can you use twitter for?
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- 30. twitter chats Remember tounlock #irelibchat your account before chats #uklibchat
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- 32. Over 10,000 scholarlylinks are shared on Twitter every day Keep up to date with LIS research and trends
- 33. The most valuableresource for learning is our network Twitter extends these connections across distance and situations and builds relationships
- 34. The Library &Information profession is changing faster than ever Twitter is *the* current awareness tool for discovering and filtering content
- 35. Follow conferences andevents remotely from your PC or phone #asl2013, #hslg2013, #cdg2013
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- 39. Slope of Enlightenment(Twitter pruning) Be selective: invest some time and effort in refining the list of people you follow Plateau of Productivity (Tweet V ReTweet) Curate more than you create - your twitter stream can become an incredibly relevant and personalised source Remember: Twitter is a stream, you don’t have to catch everything! Source: Twitter evolution (or how I learned to stop following and love the retweet) http://www.libfocus.com
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- 44. Join in #irelibchat Follow@libfocus Librarians in Ireland list Start a conversation Share research, experience and ideas Build your network
- 45. thank you follow me: @mishdalton& @libfocus
Editor's Notes
- #3 Mashable defines it nicely: “A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections.”
- #4 Twitter fear
- #5 Twitter addiction
- #15 In this sense what Twitter represents is a Stream.. “ only things that are happening now are what matters” (Gruzd et al, 2011)
- #18 This makes twitter an ideal forum for real-time discussion – hence the growing prevalence of twitter chats
- #37 So you are tapping into a really active local community in Ireland – real value for networking. Ireland loves Twitter!
- #41 #Don’t #overuse #them (<3 per tweet) Join an existing conversation if possible Check it’s not already in use Be obvious and consistent! #ff : quality not quantity