Twitter as Professional Development

Presented by Professional Activities Committee

Why use twitter?Networking

Promotion of the library and your work

Keeping up with news/trends

Raise issues/start conversations

Communicate with vendors

Keep up with the university and your peers

NetworkingBuilding your network is beneficial to your own

career, and to the reputation of the library

Building your network on Twitter is easy

Follow those that interest you – they may follow you back

Follow those you work with at the university to keep in touch

Use hash-tags to build a following

PromotionPromote your work, accomplishments, etc.

Promote the work of your colleagues and friends

Promote the work of the library and the university

Keeping up

Learn about opportunities – conferences, workshops, calls for chapters, articles, presentations, etc.

News travels fast through Twitter and will reach you before it hits a magazine, listserv or other traditional source

Start conversationsRe-tweet posts to start a conversation

Post questions to your followers and beyond

Engage in live Twitter chats

Engage in tweet-ups

Chat communitiesFollow and/or join in live conversations on Twitter

#libchat (Wednesday evenings, 8-9:30 PM ET)

#edchat

#tlchat

#engchat

#FYCchat

Learn more at http://bit.ly/13F4WLf

ConferencesFollow conference Twitter accounts

Follow conference hash tags

Use conference hash tags to connect with others

Create hash tags for conference presentations

Schedule tweets (using hash tag) to accompany your conference presentations

Have a friend or co-presenter Tweet for you during your presention

TweetupsReal life meetings of people that have

connected through Twitter

Can be based on geography (#CLTtweetup), theme (technologists in Chicago), or conference

Just another tool for bringing people together

Communicate w/vendors All library vendors

have twitter accounts and some even have support twitter accounts

Twitter demands public accountability

Twitter management toolsTweetDeck and Hootsuite

Allow you to more easily follow certain people/organizations/lists/trends

Allow you to schedule tweets #highered #ebooks #libraries#edtech #infolit #DH#UNCC #ClubAtkins #UNCCproblems #ala13

Campus/Library TweetersFind your faculty or other units to follow:

http://mediamine.uncc.edu/twitter

Jim Hathaway also started a list of UNCC faculty and staff: https://twitter.com/jbhathaw/uncc that you can subscribe to or ask to be added to

Library Staff on Twitter: Heather McCullough, Stanley Wilder, Lareese Hall, Donna LanclosSee http://atkinslibraryprodev.wordpress.com

Questions?

Amanda Binder @ahbinderAtkins LibraryUNC Charlotte