1. Twitter: In 140 characters or less Todd Digby System Director of Libraries Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Minnesota Library Association 2009 Annual Conference

2. What is Twitter? www.twitter.com A free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters To Follow or Be Followed

3. Accessing Twitter Twitter’s website – www.twitter.com Interact with it through other programs and devices. Tweetdeck - http://tweetdeck.com Twitteriffic - http://twitterrific.com/ Twhirl - http://www.twhirl.org/ Digsby - http://www.digsby.com Various applications for mobile devices and phones.

4. How I use Twitter Sharing Information Present links to library and academic news and other information. Finding Information search.twitter.com Words or phrases Using hashtags #mla2009annual Create RSS Feeds Link in your iGoogle page or other aggregators.

5. Using Twitter Tweetdeck - http://tweetdeck.com

6. Using Twitter RSS Feeds

7. Libraries Using Twitter

8. Libraries Using Twitter

9. Contact me todd.digby@so.mnscu.edu 651-649-5759 www.twitter.com/tryandig www.digby.us