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