twitter for librarians
DESCRIPTION
Twitter 101 presentation presented to University of Cape Town Libraries staff by Janine Dunlop, 13 July 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Twitter for Librarians
UCT Libraries: July 2010
What is it?
•Social networking site•Communication platform•Microblogging site
http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/celias
What do I do with it?
006.7 MASO
Tweet Read Discuss Engage
Who uses it and how?
•UJ Librarian: http://twitter.com/ujlibscience•Johann van Wyk, Education Library, UP: http://twitter.com/johannvanwyk•Library of Congress: http://twitter.com/librarycongress•New York Public Library: http://twitter.com/nypl•British Library: http://twitter.com/britishlibrary•Yale Law Library: http://twitter.com/yalelawlibrary•Michigan State University Library: http://twitter.com/msulibraries•Sussex Library: http://twitter.com/sussexlibrary•Folger Library: http://twitter.com/FolgerLibrary•Joe Murphy, Science Librarian, Yale: http://twitter.com/libraryfuture
How do I do it?
Sign up
www.twitter.com
Follow people
Tweet Read Discuss Engage
Some vocabulary
• Tweet• Retweet• @ Replies• Hashtags• DM•TinyUrl