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  • 1. Twittering Libraries and Librarians in SUNY
    Tweet to Me SUNYLA Panel PresentationJune 18, 2009
    Bill Drew, TC3
    Carleen Huxley, Jefferson
    Kate Pitcher, Geneseo
    Alesia McManus, Binghamton

2. What is it?
Micro-blogging share thoughts, ideas, links with a network in 140 characters or less.
Real time feedback
Ability to update from computer or portable device (cell phone, iTouch).
3. @Interact
4. RTShare
5. #Participate
6. the most fascinating thing about Twitter is not what its doing to us.Its what were doing to it. (Johnson)
7. Twitter Effect
Viral possibilities of Retweeting (RT)
8. Twitter in action
Mumbai terror attacks (November 2008)
Mike Wilson twittering after surviving a plane crash (December 2008).
College roommates in Texas raising money to save a dog found on the highway (May 2009).
Ashton Kutcher using Twitter to raise money for Malaria cause (April 2009).
9. Steps to starting Twitter
1) Open an account
2) Find people to follow
3) Find a desktop or phone application to use for updating your twitter
4) Start tweeting
10. Open a Twitter account
Go to www.twitter.com
Choose a username
Fill out your account settings (institution, URL).
Fill out the 160 character bio. Make it personal, tell people the names of the staff members who will be posting.
11. Find people to follow
Twellow
We Follow
Local Tweeps
Twazzup
Search through followers of the people you are already following.
12. Third Party Applications
Desktop
Twhirl
TweetDeck
TwitterFox
Mobile
Twitterrific
Tweetie
Twitterberry
13. Professional Tweeting
Carleen Huxley
Assistant Librarian, SUNY JCC
www.twitter.com/cshlib
14. How I use Twitter
Meeting other SUNY librarians.Making a connection before we meeting in person.
Exchanging information- using network as an information resource.
15. Who I follow
Librarians (co-workers)
Libraries/Associations SUNLA, NYLA
Educators (secondary and higher-ed)
Journals - LJ
Journalists (local and national)
News (local and national)
Techies Mashable, OReilly, Techie friends/coworkers
Vendors Springshare, Ebsco,
16. iPhoneDesktop
17. Suggestions for better tweeting
Dialogue vs. Monologue
Reply to @s
Be authentic.
Be human.
18. Choosing who to followTwitter Legitimacy
Follow to Follow ratio
Following 1000 but only 100 followers, not as legitimate. Vice versa indicates more legitimacy.
Picture/Avatar and about section
Review content is it interesting, thoughtful, useful.
19. Potential possibilities of Twitter
Patrons asking reference questions through Twitter?
..What else?
20. Carleen Huxleywww.twitter.com/cshlibDigital profile : http://www.retaggr.com/Page/CarleenHuxley
21. Arrington, Michael.First Hand Accounts of Terrorist Attacks in India on Twitter, Flickr. TechCrunch.November 26, 2008. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/26/first-hand-accounts-of-terrorist-attacks-in-india-on-twitter/.
Harkin, James.Twitter: we all need to be in the loop. TimesOnline.February 18 2009. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5754902.ece.
Johnson, Steven. How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live. Time Magazine. June 4, 2009. http://www.time.com/time/printout/0%2C8816%2C1902604%2C00.html
Parr, Ben.How two roommates saved a dogs life using Twitter. Mashable.May 24, 2009. http://mashable.com/2009/05/24/twitter-dog/.
Preston, Caroline.The race for a Million Twitter Ends with a Big Gift to Charity. The Chronicle of Philanthropy.April 19 2009. http://philanthropy.com/news/prospecting/7893/the-race-for-a-million-twitter-followers-ends-with-a-b