R U A TWIT?
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Twitter is a microblogging service that allows users to post messages of up to 140 characters. The document provides instructions on how to sign up for a free Twitter account and customize your profile. It also lists librarians and libraries that are on Twitter and provides resources for learning more about using Twitter.
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R U A TWIT?
- 1. R U A TWIT? Presented for CLA 2008 by Beth Gallaway
- 2. Twitter A microblogging application limited to 140 characters Record what you are reading, viewing, doing, thinking Connect with friends and colleagues to share information Twitter http://www.twitter.com
- 3. Friends List
- 5. Dress for Success @ MLA
- 6. Sign up for FREE 1. Go to http://www.twitter.com 2. Click “Join" to create a free twitter account 3. Complete the form 4. Click "I accept.”
- 7. Customize Your Look Edit: Profile Background Change Image
- 8. How to Post Web Phone/SMS Instant Messager (IM) Firefox Toolbar Via SL
- 9. Generate Content Set other feeds to post to your Twitter account (i.e. blogs) Send your Twitter to other feeds (i.e. Facebook)
- 10. B e ware of TMI! The default is public Results are searchable immediately You never know who is reading! Decide on your slant/tone before you begin
- 11. Add Friends Ask for their Twitter account name OR Search!
- 12. Librarians That Tweet Andrea Mercado John Blyberg Karen Schnieder Jenny Levine Linda Braun Michael Stephens Meredith Farkas Steven Cohen
- 13. Tweeting Libraries ADA Community Library - adalib Casa Grande - cglibrary Cleveland Public Library - Cleveland_PL Lunar & Planetary Institute Library -LPI_Library Nebraska Library Commission - NLC_Reference UIUC Undergrad - askundergrad
- 14. Organizations That Tweet ALSC - alsc ALA – ala YALSA - yalsa
- 15. Friend Beth! Log in to Twitter Go to http://www.twitter.com/infogdss29 Click “Follow”
- 16. Resources Hamilton, Anita. "Why Everyone's Talking About Twitter." Time . March 2007. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1603637,00.html/ Kroski , Elyssa. All A-Twitter: Want to try microblogging? School Library Journal, July 2008. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6573999.html Thompson, Clive. "Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense." Wired vol 15 no 7 June 2007.
- 17. Help Using Twitter Hashtags - http://hashtags.org/ Internet Acronym Dictionary - http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/ Tweet Scan - http://tweetscan.com/alerts.php TinyURL - http://tinyurl.com TwitDir - http://twitdir.com/ Twitter Blog. http://blog.twitter.com/ . Twitter Keys - http://thenextweb.org/2008/09/16/twitterkeys-enhance-your-twitter-conversations/
- 18. Contact Beth Gallaway 603-247-3196 [email_address] http://informationgoddess.info Slides: Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/informationgoddess29 Links: Delicious http://del.icio.us/informationgoddess29/twitter