[Web4lib] RE: Who does your library follow on Twitter?

[Sandra Fernandez]

I have an RSS feed off several searches in search.twitter.com -- that 
makes it possible to follow hashtags, keywords, and our library's name.

By the way, at this point Houston Public Library doesn't follow anyone. 
We use Twitter as a straight broadcast tool. I respond to any @ 
questions or comments from my personal account.

Sandra Fernandez

Dobbs, Aaron wrote:
> Daniel, 
>
> I suggest you promote and track a hashtag, such as:
> #aksl  <-- that's pretty unique right there :)
>
> Rather than following a whole bunch of people, you would track comments on the hashtag and respond @user and include #aksl in the reply.  This would be a public way of tracking issues, questions, etc. and give people a way to zip you a question and for you to provide short, quick support.  Kind of like what Comcast and other companies are doing these days.
>
> -Aaron
> :-)'
>
> Aaron Dobbs
> ALA Councilor at Large 
> OITP Advisory Committee Member
> ALA Councilor at Large Candidate 2009 
> LITA Director at Large Candidate 2009
>
> "Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Cornwall, Daniel D (EED)
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:30 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Who does your library follow on Twitter?
>
> Hi All,
>
> Our library recently established a Twitter account at
> twitter.com/akstatelibrary. I'm a sort of do it first, ask questions
> later kind of guy, so I'm asking now what I should have asked before:
>
> If your library has a Twitter account, do you have criteria about who
> you will follow? Any non-spammer? Only other institutions? No one at
> all? Why do you what you do?
>
> Our main purpose in having a Twitter account is to have a user-friendly
> funnel for our RSS feeds and to have the ability to broadcast last
> minute webinars and new resources in a way that doesn't clutter people's
> e-mail boxes.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice. - Daniel
>
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