Added the new Tweet button from Twitter

I read about the new Tweet button from Twitter on TechCrunch that was launched on August 12, 02010 and decided to give it a go as a gadget to replace the TweetMeme button. Tweet away!

What Does an Electronic Records Archivist Do?

Find out in Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig's post, What Does an Electronic Records Archivist Do?, on The Bigger Picture blog at the Smithsonian Institution where she works as an electronic records archivist.

Google slides deeper into the social media apps game

Looking for an out-of-the-field hit, Google purchased social media apps company Slide in early August 02010.

U.S. National Archives' treasure hunting team

National Archives' treasure hunting team keeps watch over the nation's attic - LAtimes.com - This story is about how employees of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration monitor online auction services such as eBay and collector shows to look for records that have been stolen. Nicholas Cage's character from the National Treasure movie franchise would not have gotten far had he tried to sell the Declaration of Independence that he stole from the National Archives. They are watching You!

Twitter trending topics, is this a new kind of chain letter game?

A posting to the WEB4LIB mailing list reminded me of many a chain letter I've received. This one has a library twist. It's all for a good cause, raising the profile of libraries around the world by gaming Twitter's top 10 trending topics list. Here's how Jorge Serrano-Cobos of MASmedios.com pitched it:

Let me invite you to participate in a librarian collaborative global e-marketing experiment: to make #biblioteca (means "library" in spanish) one of top 10 Twitter trending topics TOMORROW!

Yes, this initiative will happen tomorrow, Tuesday August 10, 2010 for one hour, from 10:00 a.m to 11:00 (New York), or 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. (in Spain).

The idea is to have thousands of people (librarians, patrons, readers,

everybody) around the world sharing many posts during that time, achieving (through the collective strength) that the hashtag #biblioteca to scale to the top 10 trending topics on Twitter at that time.

What to talk about? Share recommendations of books, interesting librarians sites or talk about activities occurring in libraries. In short, talk of libraries just using hashtag #biblioteca. Have fun and tell it to your friends throughout the world!

No matter if you use English in your comments, but simply use the library hashtag #biblioteca, not (or not only) #library

If you want, we can arrange the same initiative for #library another day.

Just tell us and many Hispanic librarian twitters will support it.

Thank you very much in advance, and regards from Spain ;-)

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