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Chris Harris

Twitter - Short and Sweet
November 2, 2007

What can you say in 140 characters? If you put your mind to it, quite a bit! Twitter, with its TXT message based limit of 140 characters in a post, forces you to select each word very carefully. As I noted in my November SLJ column, Tweets at Your Library, explores the potentials for using Twitter or other micro-content publishing platforms in your library.

To get started, you might want to check out The Big Juciy Twitter Guide for step-by-step directions and explanations of all things Twitter. Twitter blocked in your school? Not to worry...you can still adopt the micro-content publishing concept using whatever web platforms you have available! The key is to craft messages that get across the main idea in short, concise bursts of information.

Posted by Chris Harris on November 2, 2007 | Comments (1)

November 10, 2007
In response to: Twitter - Short and Sweet
Carolyn Foote commented:

Chris, Twitter is my tool of choice at the moment for my own professional development. I've invited other librarians to join my twitter, as well as other tech folks, and so when I have a need to know something, I have a great network at hand that I can send a twitter out to! If twitter is blocked, sometimes the desktop application versions of it will work, like snitter or twitteroo, and there are others as well. It's a great tool for having experts at your fingertips! You can also set up a twitter feed for your own library. Different organizations like the NyTimes have their own twitter feeds that people can subscribe to. I think students are doing things like this via Facebook, but this is a great network for professionals. Thanks for sharing! Carolyn