This document provides an overview of how to use Twitter, including how to send tweets, find other users, build your profile, understand tweet terminology like hashtags and mentions, and access Twitter from desktop clients or third party services. Recommendations are given for using Twitter to find people through search or directories, and examples are listed of library-related Twitter accounts to follow including institutions, individuals, associations, and public libraries. Basic instructions are provided for posting tweets, adding multiple users, and accessing Twitter in an accessible way.

1. Twitter
Carol Walker
eLearning Advisor (Learning Technology)
http://twitter.com/weedog
JISC RSC Scotland North & East

2. Love it?
Hate it?

3. Type a message (tweet) into the
box above – up to a 140
characters in length. Hit
“update” and it will send your
tweet to all your followers

4. Why are you using it?
What do you want to achieve?

5. Finding People
http://search.twitter.com
Look at the
followers/following of the
people you are following
Directories such as
wefollow.com
Twitter can scan your email
contacts to find fellow
twitterers

6. Profile Page: http://twitter.com/yourusername
Profile Checklist: Avatar Do you want to
remain anonymous?
Name
Web
Bio

7. Profile Page: http://twitter.com/yourusername

8. Home Page: http://twitter.com/ (when logged in)

9. Tweet Terminology
@user Reply to user
RT ReTweet – resend information
to your followers
D or DM Send a direct message to a user
– doesn’t appear in your
timeline
# Hashtag

10. Library Twitterers

11. Twitterers
Institutions Individual users
@qmulrc @libram
@birkbecklibrary @cgroom1
@ednaplib @philbradley
Library associations Services Public libraries
@scotlibraries @intute @libr8

12. Desktop clients

13. TweetDeck desktop client: Allows you to create Groups and Filters

14. 1
Postdate tweets
2
Add multiple
users

15. Accessible Twitter

16. 3rd Party Services

18. http://twitter.polldaddy.com

19. http://twitterfeed.com

20. Image Attributions
Slide 1
Twitter Bird Logo
http://wefunction.com/
Slide 2
Image: 'Marmite'
www.flickr.com/photos/14425881@N03/3218881305
Slide 3
Image: 'Goalpost @ Lowestoft, Suffolk'
www.flickr.com/photos/43632116@N00/2086343139