twitter for irish archives, archivists & records managers

Damien BurkeArchives & Records Association Ireland

learnaboutarchives@gmail.com@archivesireland

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what & why?

a social networking tool for almost-instant communication through the exchange of quick, frequent messages

micro blogging – like texting - 140 characters per message

what’s the point in this narcissistic exercise?

isn’t twitter just another cog in wheel of communication overload?

why?

The unofficial position here seems to be: ‘If we allow social media people won’t work they will just watch Youtube videos and update their Facebook status.

http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/social-media-strategies-for-archives-what-we-learned/

The ephemeral nature of Twitter has opened up our archives to a whole new browsing audience, who would otherwise not visit or even be aware of the archives.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20357058/MLA%20Report%201.2.pdf

why?

promotes work to a wider audience

archives lend themselves to format

interprets records in new way

interact with information professionals

the lingo@username - @archivesireland (15 char.)

Tweet – send a message

RT - re-tweet a message from somebody else

DM – direct message (private)

Hashtag – track events, words, activities

@reply – response to something you have posted

@mention – any update that contains @username

#FF - Follow Friday - users suggest who to follow Fridays

how to

create a twitter account

search & follow people

tweet

build a voice – retweet, reply, react

do’s & don'ts

username

don’t be afraid

etiquette

be committed

don’t wait for policy

do think outside the box

who to follow -

Ireland

@archivesireland@nuigarchives

@NLIreand@NMIreland@RCPIArchive@stagedreaction@TheRDS@puesoccurrences

who to follow@archivesnext #followanarchive@IRMSConference #archives@dancohen #AskArchivists@UKNatArchives@paige_roberts@NARA_RecMgmt@srnsw@DigCurv@BLPAC@HicksShauna@lorcanD@BritishPathe

#followanarchive

#followanarchive - 12 November 2010. This Twitter action is an initiative of the National Museum in Copenhagen, the City Archive of Aalborg (both in Denmark) and the Zealand Archive in Middelburg (the Netherlands). The Twitter action in an international event, so every archive in the world can take part.

Ask away on #AskArchivists Day on Twitter: 9th June 2011 - ask archivists about their job and collections in archives?

#AskArchivists

time saving tools

Tweetdeck - personal browser, with Twitter

Twitpic or yfrog – share photos on Twitter in real-time

foller - Twitter analytics

Twitterfeed – feed your blog to Twitter

GroupTweet – private message to group on Twitter

tweetdeck

foller

@archivesireland

@nuigarchives

@RCPIArchive

@JQAdams_MHS

‘9/8/1809: Head winds. Calm. Thick fog, and mist. No

Obs: Lat: 59-40. Long: 5-17. Agis and Cleomenes.Cards.’

Line-a-day diary entries of John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the United States, beginning with his

journey to Russia on 5 August 1809, reads an awful like

messages on Twitter. They currently post a daily entry taken verbatim from the Adams diary.

@JQAdams_MHS

@Kennedy1961

@samuelpepys

@wsadocuments

@wyorksarchives

preservation

Library of Congress acquires entire twitter archive

Twapper Keeper

Backupify.com

sources

http://www.slideshare.net/superfectablog/twitter-for-archivistshttp://ow.ly/4jFKr http://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basicshttp://agimo.govspace.gov.au/2011/03/24/tweeting-for-your-country/http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/http://webwatchingforarchivists.blogspot.com/2010/06/twitter-for-archivists.htmlhttp://teachinghistory.org/digital-classroom/tech-for-teachers/21851

conclusion

very positive learning experience

new connections

information overload