This is the UK Web Focus blog, written by Brian Kelly, UKOLN. UKOLN is a national centre of expertise in digital information management, based at the University of Bath. UKOLN is funded by the JISC.
The following posts have been published on the UK Web Focus on areas relating to Twitter.
Summary: In 7 posts published between December 2009 and August 2012 examples of the benefits of Twitter are provided.
- #uklibchat, #ECRchat, #PhDchat, #Socialchat and Other Tweetchats, 21 August 2012
This post describes what a Tweetchat is and provides examples of popular Tweetchats for information professionals and researchers. - Social Analytics for Institutional Twitter Accounts Provided by the 24 Russell Group Universities, 3 August 2012
This post provides a summary of the findings of Twitter analytics for Russell Group universities. - How Bottlenose Can Help Turn Twitter into a High Signal Channel, 14 May 2012
This post describes the Bottlenose service which provides filtering techniques for exploring Twitter. - Five Years of Using Twitter – Is It Becoming As Essential as Email?, 1 May 2012
This post summarises 5 years of experiences of using Twitter. - Facebook and Twitter as Infrastructure for Dissemination of Research Papers (and More), 4 January 2012
Describes how Twitter (and Facebook) appear to be being used as part of the dissemination infrastructure for research papers. - Can Your Blog Survive Without Twitter?, 9 December 2009
The post comments on the dependencies that popular well-read blog may have on Twitter. - The Dos and Don’t of Corporate Use of Twitter, 8 December 2009
This post provides recommendations on corporate use of Twitter
