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The Library of Congress
         and Twitter
              or
What You Just Ate for Breakfast
       is Now History

               Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh
              Principal, Revitalizing Historic Sites
                     kburgess1@mac.com

Collecting Contemporary: Why New History Should be Accessioned?
           New England Museum Association Conference
                 Wednesday, November 16, 2011
“Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular
          Twitter social media service?
  Congratulations: Your 140 characters of less
will now be housed in the Library of Congress…

                      …Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter‟s
                  inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally
                              at the Library of Congress”


“How Tweet it Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive”
by Matt Raymond, April 14, 2010Library of Congress Blog
Blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2010/04/LOC-Twitter.pdf
Blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2010/04/LOC-Twitter.pdf
Blogs.loc.gov/loc/files/2010/04/LOC-Twitter.pdf
What is the significance of this acquisition?
What is the significance of this acquisition?




   What can we potentially learn from „tweet ' micro-blogs?
First Tweet Ever by Jack Dorsey, Twitter Co-Founder
President Obama on Winning 2008 Election
First Reputable Announcement
of Osama Bin Laden‟s Death by Keith Urbahn,
Chief of Staff for the former Defense Secretary
                Donald Rumsfeld
How will we be
REMEMBERED?
       How will we make
     OUR MARK ?
Image Credits

    www.flickr.com/photos/xotoko/2382680812/sizes/m/in/photostream/




www.flickr.com/photos/daniloramosweb/3854330282/sizes/m/in/photostream/




      www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/5858249526/sizes/z/in/photostream/
The Library of Congress
         and Twitter
              or
What You Just Ate for Breakfast
       is Now History

               Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh
              Principal, Revitalizing Historic Sites
                     kburgess1@mac.com

Collecting Contemporary: Why New History Should be Accessioned?
           New England Museum Association Conference
                 Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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Twitter and the Library of Congress

  • 1. The Library of Congress and Twitter or What You Just Ate for Breakfast is Now History Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh Principal, Revitalizing Historic Sites kburgess1@mac.com Collecting Contemporary: Why New History Should be Accessioned? New England Museum Association Conference Wednesday, November 16, 2011
  • 2. “Have you ever sent out a “tweet” on the popular Twitter social media service? Congratulations: Your 140 characters of less will now be housed in the Library of Congress… …Every public tweet, ever, since Twitter‟s inception in March 2006, will be archived digitally at the Library of Congress” “How Tweet it Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive” by Matt Raymond, April 14, 2010Library of Congress Blog
  • 6. What is the significance of this acquisition?
  • 7. What is the significance of this acquisition? What can we potentially learn from „tweet ' micro-blogs?
  • 8. First Tweet Ever by Jack Dorsey, Twitter Co-Founder
  • 9. President Obama on Winning 2008 Election
  • 10. First Reputable Announcement of Osama Bin Laden‟s Death by Keith Urbahn, Chief of Staff for the former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. How will we be REMEMBERED? How will we make OUR MARK ?
  • 14. Image Credits www.flickr.com/photos/xotoko/2382680812/sizes/m/in/photostream/ www.flickr.com/photos/daniloramosweb/3854330282/sizes/m/in/photostream/ www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/5858249526/sizes/z/in/photostream/
  • 15. The Library of Congress and Twitter or What You Just Ate for Breakfast is Now History Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh Principal, Revitalizing Historic Sites kburgess1@mac.com Collecting Contemporary: Why New History Should be Accessioned? New England Museum Association Conference Wednesday, November 16, 2011