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

[Toby Greenwalt]

That's a good point about the RSS stuff, Sandra, and I can't believe I
didn't mention it. If I had to check each search tool individually, I might
question the time commitment. But RSS allows me to keep an eye on all of
these things at a glance.

Toby

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Sandra Fernandez <sandra at imaginex.net>wrote:

> 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." -B. F. Skinner
>> -----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
>>
>>
>> =================================
>>
>> Daniel Cornwall
>> Head of Information Services Alaska State Library PO Box 110571
>> Juneau, AK 99811-0571
>> (907) 465-1315 ph
>> (907) 465-2665 fax
>> E-Mail: dan.cornwall at alaska.gov
>>
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>>    Librarians - http://library.state.ak.us/dev/libdev.html
>>    Everyone else! - http://library.state.ak.us/
>>
>> Ask us! - http://library.state.ak.us/forms/askalibindex.html
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>>
>>
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