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Part of a workshop I lead at Simmons College, this presentation served as a basic introduction to the social media service Twitter for librarians. Includes: a short history of Twitter, Best Practices for private and professional accounts, as well as an introduction to some of the third party services that support it. Session concluded with hands on time with the service, and account creation.
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Twitter:anintroductionBillHelman@thinkpol
Keiyac:http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiya/3255575238/
• Areallyshorthistory• Whatisit,really?• Gettingstarted• Basicjargon• Searchingandfollowing• Somethirdpartyapplications
Twitterareallyveryshorthistory.
• StartedinMarchof2006
• Aneasywaytoshareupdates
• JackDorsey,BizStoneandEvanWilliams
• SXSW07(atippingpoint)
jackdorsey:www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/182613360/
Phenomenalgrowth
• TwitterRaises$35Million
• …butstillnorevenuestream
cambodia4kidsorg: flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2659954245/
“Active users have increased 900 percentin the last year”
–Biz Stone
Ok,butwhatisit?
“It’sablog!No,it’samicroblog!No,wait,it’sacocktailparty!No,it’ssomethingforyoutobewittyorinterestingonsoyougainfollowers!Wait,no,it’sthelightinfantry!Butnotforconferences!Andnotformundanecrap!”
‐AndyW.,ofAgnostic,Maybe
Whatisthis“microblogging”?
“Thecontentofamicroblogdiffersfromatraditionalbloginthatitistypicallysmallerinactualsizeandaggregatefilesize.Asingleentrycouldconsistofasinglesentenceorfragmentoranimageorabrief,tensecondvideo.”
‐Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging)
(Theworld’sshortestinstructionmanual)
Thingstoconsider…
• Professionalorpersonal?– Mixthemcarefully
– ThetroublesofaFedExexec
• Doesyourlibraryneedasocialnetworkpolicy?
@cdharrison: flickr.com/photos/84018923@N00/2509609034/
Ok,nowlet’sgetstarted!
• Choosingascreenname
• Realpeoplehavebios/profiles
• PrivateorPublicupdates?
noii's: flickr.com/photos/17306001@N00/1337101391
BasicJargon
• Tweetingv.Twiteering?
• RTand(via)
• Whatisthis@?
• #hashtag
• FailWhale
Or,hownottolooklikean00b
AbrahamEstrada:http://www.flickr.com/photos/abe_estrada/3930499380/
Findingsomeonetofollow
• WeFollow
• LibrariesonTwitter
• Theoldfashionedway
• Somepeople&resources– @LISNews
– @jessamyn
– @simmonsgslis
– @libraryfuture
Szlea:http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnzlea/2384656420/
Realtimesearch“Authoritychangesslowlyonthe“old”Web.Butreal‐timesearchenginesdeliverdifferent,updatedresultsalmosteverytime.”
‐CliveThompson,WiredMagazine
“[R]ealpeoplethroughsocialmediacanhelpyoufindwhatyou’relookingforwhen[search]enginesfail.
‐CarlaBorsoi,SESSanJose,2009
Keepingtrackofitall:desktopclients
URL’s:reallyshort
• WhyareshortURL’sabigthing?
• Popularservices– tinyurl
– isgd
• Thingstoconsider
Nutloaf:http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutloaf/1501407755/
¿Questions?
http://delicious.com/hobnail/twitter
BillHelman@thinkpol
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