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Global Tweets A reading group in Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, and
Singapore
Ellen Forsyth, State Library of New South Wales, and New South Wales
Advisory Working Group, Australia @readwatchplay
Jan Holmquist, Guldborgsund-Libraries, Denmark @guldborgsundbib
Alyson Baker and Nicola Harwood, Nelson Public Libraries, New Zealand @nelsonlibraries
Lynnette Kang and Lynn Koh, Public Libraries Singapore, National Library Board Singapore @publiclibrarysg
Global Tweets
I. Read Watch Play (RWP) and #rwpchat: an
international reading group
II. Libraries Community: Social tools
III. Libraries Libraries: Collaborative tools
IV. Key outcomes
V. How you can participate
• Created in 2011 by the New South Wales (NSW) Readers Advisory
Working Group
• Co-facilitated online, Twitter-based reading group
• Readers’ advisory initiative that encourages people to talk about
what they are watching and playing, as well as reading
• International coorperation between Guldborgsund-Libraries
(Denmark), Nelson Public Libraries (New Zealand), Public Libraries
Singapore & NSW Advisory Working Group
• Collaboration and the tools that enable it are key
readwatchplay.wordpress.com
Libraries Community
• Social media tools allow libraries to bring Readers’ Advisory services
online, reaching out to a much larger audience
• Promotes interaction with libraries and amongst community on
online social platforms
Libraries Community The 140-character revolution
@handle
#hashtag
shortened link
Twitter A messaging service where users can send and receive messages of up to 140 characters.
Libraries Community The 140-character revolution
Why Twitter?
• Short, easy-to-read messages
that allow for frequent and
regular updates
• Libraries can share and direct
followers to other content sites
(e.g. links to blogs) through
tweets, allowing them to focus
on content curation rather than
creation
• There is immediate interactivity
with an open community
• Easy tracking of content streams twitter.com/@readwatchplay
Libraries Community A peek into the #rwpchat
What
• Real-time discussions on Twitter,
every month
• Co-facilitated by @readwatchplay and
participating libraries
When
Every 4th Tuesday, at staggered timings:
• 8pm in New South Wales
• 9pm in New Zealand
• 6pm in Singapore
• 12noon in Denmark
Libraries Libraries Community A peek into the #rwpchat
#rwpchat themed content can be included as part of each library’s regular content feed. This also serves as a lead up to promote the monthly chats.
An example of how a typical
#rwpchat session might
look
Libraries Libraries Community A peek into the #rwpchat
#rwpchat themed content can be included as part of each library’s regular content feed. This also serves as a lead up to promote the monthly chats.
Libraries Libraries Community A peek into the #rwpchat
An example of how a typical
#rwpchat session might
look
Month (2013) Theme Tweets for #rwpchat
February #heartread 400
March #ecoread 282
April #crimeread 413
May #indigiread 184
June #faraway 321
#rwpchat global Twitter discussion
• Monthly themes, supported by a digital ecosystem of blog posts,
marketing and materials on a variety of social platforms
• Empowered delivery of Readers’ Advisory service with digital tools
Libraries Community Cross-posting to other platforms
instagram.com/publiclibrarysg
Image-based social networks for visual appeal • Book covers • Event pictures
Libraries Community Cross-posting to other platforms
pinterest.com/readwatchplay
Image-based social networks for visual appeal • Book covers • Event pictures
Libraries Libraries Community Content and promotions
Blogs
Hosts and shares content created for RWP readwatchplay.wordpress.com
Blogs
Promotional platform for participating libraries Blue Mountains City Library, NSW readersinthemist.wordpress.com
Public Libraries Singapore blogs.nlb.gov.sg/highbrowseonline
University of Technology Sydney Library read.lib.uts.edu.au
Libraries Libraries Community Content and promotions
Libraries Libraries Community If you missed it…
storify.com/readwatchplay
Tweet Archivals
Tools such as Storify, Rebelmouse, Eventifier and Tweet Archivist help to
collect, collate, and publish an archive of tweets from monthly #rwpchats
• Rebelmouse pulls
related posts from
multiple sites and
showcases them in a
dynamic and visual
page
• Allows you to curate
content and decide
what goes on to the
page
www.rebelmouse.com/readwatchplay
Libraries Libraries Community Collation of posts
Libraries Libraries Community Collation and analysis of posts
eventifier.co/event/rwpchat
www.tweetarchivist.com/readwatchplay/4
Simple data analysis provided by
Eventifier and Tweet Archivist, for e.g.:
• Top tweets
• Volume of tweets over time
• Most-viewed links
Libraries Libraries
• Collaboration between libraries in New South Wales, Australia and
national and global partner libraries
• Required in deciding on Read Watch Play themes, content
contribution, and coordination
• Essential in working on this co-authored presentation
Libraries Libraries It takes a village
• Brainstorming
and gathering
ideas
• Sharing best
practices
http://readersadvisory.wetpaint.com/page/Read+watch+play
Wikis A public page developed and maintained collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content
Libraries Libraries International calls on a budget
Google+ Hangout
• A free, web-based tool that facilitates conversation across different media for the librarians in the four countries
• Linked to Google/Gmail accounts • Conversations
between up to 10
participants
• Using video, voice or
text chat
simultaneously
• Screen sharing – for
sharing documents,
pictures
Libraries Libraries Collaborating on a cloud
Google Drive
• A shared folder of documents that all participants in can access
• 'Sharing' rather than sending - easy access for all participants
Libraries Libraries
• Allows ideas and information from various sources to be shared,
recorded and curated in a single access point
• Facilitate conversations between multiple parties, and across time
and geographical separation
• Working together, remotely. Some of us have never met face to face
Key outcomes • A sharing of resources
amongst partners in providing
Readers’ Advisory services
• Librarians learn from best
practices of international
colleagues
• Reaching out and interacting
with increasingly tech-savvy
users
• Community benefits from
wider range of
recommendations of different
perspectives and cultures
How you can be a part of this
• Join us for the next Twitter
discussion on 27 August
(#rwpchat #furread)
• #spreadtheword – share/remix
any of the content posted
• Talk to us if you will like to be
a formal partner
• Find out more about the
experiences of the
participating libraries:
http://tiny.cc/gstf0w
Thank You