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?

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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