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Twitter: an introduction Bill Helman @thinkpol Keiyac: http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiya/3255575238/

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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/

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• Areallyshorthistory• Whatisit,really?• Gettingstarted• Basicjargon• Searchingandfollowing• Somethirdpartyapplications

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Twitterareallyveryshorthistory.

• StartedinMarchof2006

• Aneasywaytoshareupdates

• JackDorsey,BizStoneandEvanWilliams

• SXSW07(atippingpoint)

jackdorsey:www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/182613360/

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Phenomenalgrowth

• TwitterRaises$35Million

• …butstillnorevenuestream

cambodia4kidsorg: flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2659954245/

“Active users have increased 900 percentin the last year”

–Biz Stone

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Ok,butwhatisit?

“It’sablog!No,it’samicroblog!No,wait,it’sacocktailparty!No,it’ssomethingforyoutobewittyorinterestingonsoyougainfollowers!Wait,no,it’sthelightinfantry!Butnotforconferences!Andnotformundanecrap!”

‐AndyW.,ofAgnostic,Maybe

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Whatisthis“microblogging”?

“Thecontentofamicroblogdiffersfromatraditionalbloginthatitistypicallysmallerinactualsizeandaggregatefilesize.Asingleentrycouldconsistofasinglesentenceorfragmentoranimageorabrief,tensecondvideo.”

‐Wikipedia(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging)

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(Theworld’sshortestinstructionmanual)

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Thingstoconsider…

• Professionalorpersonal?– Mixthemcarefully

– ThetroublesofaFedExexec

• Doesyourlibraryneedasocialnetworkpolicy?

@cdharrison: flickr.com/photos/84018923@N00/2509609034/

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Ok,nowlet’sgetstarted!

• Choosingascreenname

• Realpeoplehavebios/profiles

• PrivateorPublicupdates?

noii's: flickr.com/photos/17306001@N00/1337101391

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BasicJargon

• Tweetingv.Twiteering?

• RTand(via)

• Whatisthis@?

• #hashtag

• FailWhale

Or,hownottolooklikean00b

AbrahamEstrada:http://www.flickr.com/photos/abe_estrada/3930499380/

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Findingsomeonetofollow

• WeFollow

• LibrariesonTwitter

• Theoldfashionedway

• Somepeople&resources– @LISNews

– @jessamyn

– @simmonsgslis

– @libraryfuture

Szlea:http://www.flickr.com/photos/shawnzlea/2384656420/

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Realtimesearch“Authoritychangesslowlyonthe“old”Web.Butreal‐timesearchenginesdeliverdifferent,updatedresultsalmosteverytime.”

‐CliveThompson,WiredMagazine

“[R]ealpeoplethroughsocialmediacanhelpyoufindwhatyou’relookingforwhen[search]enginesfail.

‐CarlaBorsoi,SESSanJose,2009

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Keepingtrackofitall:desktopclients

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URL’s:reallyshort

• WhyareshortURL’sabigthing?

• Popularservices– tinyurl

– isgd

• Thingstoconsider

Nutloaf:http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutloaf/1501407755/

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¿Questions?

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