Presentation at the Mississippi State University Emerging Technologies Summit

1. Tweet-a-Librarian
Mobile Web 2.0 Reference for
the Underfunded and Lonely
Library
September 17, 2010
MSU Libraries Emerging Technology Summit
Sonnet Ireland and Faith Simmons
Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans

2. goals for twitter and
text message reference
mobile reference
using existing
technology
supplement
traditional
reference
increase
awareness of
library resources

3. “Twitter is an information
network made up of 140character messages called
Tweets.”
-Twitter 101

4. -communication
-reader
-networking
-pop culture
-activism

5. SCREEN SHOTS
-Website features
-Celebrities and verified accounts.

15. beyond twitter.com
tweetdeck
bit.ly
foursquare
facebook

17. twitter.com/ekl_library
#unolib