Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twitter. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

International Archives Day #IAD15

One of the oldest reel tapes in the SABC Radio Archives - from 1926

1926 Speeches by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick & Gen JBM Hertzog
from SABC Radio Archives

This year International Archives Day focus on democracy and rights, but also sharing photos from Archive collections worldwide.

Spanish archives are celebrating with the hashtag #NoSinArchivos (#NotWithoutArchives)


The SABC Radio Archives shares the following from the audio archives - with the focus on democracy.


The top five reasons why archives are awesome are a great way to celebrate this day!

1. Archives are history!

2. Archives are evidence!

3. Archives are vital for democratic accountability!

4. Archives are about us, our stories, or lives!

5. Archives document the environment!
                                 Read here for the in-depth discussion: Archives Outside




Related posts:

- International Archives Day on 9 June 2015 - Celebrate democracy and rights #IAD15

World War 1 content from SABC archives shared on Twitter via #WW1archives

Thursday, April 2, 2015

International Librarians Network: Twitter chat today about libraries and games #interlibnet



The Twitter chat for the International Librarians Network @ InterLibNet will be hosted from South Africa, at 11 am, SAST. Please use a time zone converter to view the times in your local times zone.
International Librarians Network

The chat will be about Libraries and Games, and the hashtag to follow along: #interlibnet

The previous Twitter chats and more information about what a Twitter chat entails, can be found here: Twitter chat

For background information, read the discussion topic about Games and libraries.


Please give a special shout-out if you are going to take part from South Africa!


Thursday, January 22, 2015

How to ruin a date with an archivist in five words - Storify

"The hashtag #FiveWordsToRuinADate is taking the Twitterverse by storm. It topped the trending list in both the United States and the United Kingdom. This new hashtag game has something for everyone -- from big corporations to regular folks."

Twitter archivists also uses the hashtag #RuinADateWithAnArchivistInFiveWords since last week to highlight most of the annoying things that are being said to them. We have heard most of them, but some are still a surprise!



Compiled by Karen du Toit, Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives, on Storify

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Time again for Follow a Library Day tomorrow on 1 Oct #followalibrary



The yearly Follow-a-library campaign with the hashtag #followalibrary is on again for tomorrow.
The campaign was reignited by the International Librarians Network which posted about Library Advocacy & Lobbying: #FollowaLibrary Day (International)

David Green (@dpgreen), Children's and Youth Librarian from Australia, posted a guest post about the Twitter campaign on ILN: Libraries and Social Media: Follow a Library Day

"Join Us for #followalibrary Day on October 1st! 
Are you passionate about promoting your library? Do you need to escape the echo chamber and reach people from other industries, and non-users? Does your library do or have something that may surprise people? Make sure you get behind #followalibrary Day! At a minimum, you and your library service will get more followers.

This online event runs all day on October 1st.
 
It’s a marketing, advocacy, networking free-for-all; a drop-in, casual twitter chat that feels like a group hug. Everyone everywhere can participate, and with steering committee members from South Africa, the Netherlands, and Australia, it’s truly an international affair. 
How to play:
• Add #followalibrary to your tweets
• Follow @followalibrary for discussion topics and questions
• Watch the stream by searching #followalibrary
 
This year we’ll tweet topics and questions from the @followalibrary account with a #librarysurprises focus.
 The idea is to spread the word about innovative, out-of-the-box library programs, resources, and work practices, that users and non-users may be surprised to learn we do."

Follow the SABC Media Libraries here!

@SABCMediaLib

@SABCInfoLib

@SABCRadioArc

@SABCAudioRest

@SABCMusicLib



Related posts:

#Followalibrary with #myfavoritebook - Report from a lone tweep from Africa

- Follow a Library day today #followalibrary

- Follow a Library Day 1st October 2011


Blog post by Karen du Toit.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

World War 1 content from SABC archives shared on Twitter via #WW1archives

The SABC Media Libraries are joining archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

Twitter shares with hashtag #WW1archives from @SABCMediaLib, @SABCRadioArc and @SABCInfoLib:


From the SABC Media Library @SABCMediaLib:


From the SABC Radio Archives @SABCRadioArc:










From the SABC Information Library @SABCInfoLib:








Related posts:

 - Join archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

- International Archives Day on 9 June #IAD14


Blog post by Karen du Toit.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Join archives in search of World War 1 material on 10 June 2014 #WW1archives

#WW1archives
@followanarchive @askanarchivist

The yearly International Archives Day are celebrated on 9 June, but because it falls on public holidays celebrated in some parts, it has been decided to change the annual Twitter event to 10 June.

German archivist Thomas Wolf from SIWI-archives suggested that the focus should be on World War I or The Great War that started 100 years ago.

The Great War in archives 

All archives and other heritage organizations are asked to search their collections for documents related to the First World War 1914-1918. Even countries that were neutral during the Great War, can perhaps find some records about, for instance, aid to refugees, or military or financial support to soldiers, families, countries in need.

Subjects to look for and tweet about 

Archival documents, records, newspapers, pictures, drawings, postcards, paintings, etc. about:
- Soldiers
- Families and loved ones of soldiers
- Battlefields
- Refugees
- Aid / Support
- Governments
- Weapons
- Mobilisation
- Diseases
- War cemeteries
- History before, during, after 1914-1918, all related to the First World War

Hashtag: #WW1archives 

Join @AskArchivists and @FollowAnArchive on #WW1archives Day on Twitter, June 10, 2014.                                  
 - Info: Ask Archivists

Ask Archivists and Follow an archive will be posting more details.



Picture taken from Ask Archivists/Follow an Archive blogs:
Created from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thiepval_Ridge

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-world-war-diaries-go-online-to-mark-centenary



Friday, May 9, 2014

Photos shared by @SABCRadioArc on Twitter for National Archives Week

The following photos were shared on Twitter during National Archives Week in South Africa.

SABC Radio Archives on Twitter: @SABCRadioArc

Photos depicting our different collections, as well as the different audio storage mediums in the radio archives:







Blog post by Karen du Toit.

Monday, January 6, 2014

2013 on Twitter - SABC Media Libraries' video on Vizify

SABC Media Libraries - 2013 on Twitter
Vizify compiled a great way to look at our year on Twitter in a short video compiled from the the SABC Media Libraries'  Twitter feed.
It would have been great to be able to embed the video here, but unfortunately they have not yet made the option available.

The Twitter video can be found here: SABC Media Library Twitter video

There is also a timeline of the SABC Media Libraries' top tweets for 2013: Top Tweets


The rest of the SABC Media Libraries'  Twitter feeds can be found here:

SABC Information Library

SABC Radio Archives

SABC Music Library

SABC Record Library

SABC Audio Restoration


Best wishes for a great 2014!
See you on Twitter!


Blog post by Karen du Toit.

Monday, June 24, 2013

SABC Media Library's best 5 tweets this month

Twitter Ads are compiling interesting Analytics with regards Timeline Activity, and this is our "Best" tweets this past month.

Best Tweets of SABCMediaLib

1. Our Video Biography via Vizify got marked as a favourite:

2. Our daily newspaper about Knowledge Management and Knowledge Café got marked as favourite
    The Daily Knowledge CafĂ©:


3.  The blog post about The Use of Vine in Libraries and Archives also got marked as a favourite:

4. Another The Daily Knowledge Café got 2 Retweets.

5. The daily SABCMediaLib.li about libraries and archives got marked as favourite:


To get to these analytics, it is necessary to sign in at Twitter Ads, and to set the account to Advanced under Billing History.

It is not necessary to set up any campaigns to get the Analytics.


Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

SABC Media Libraries Twitter Bio video via Vizify

A very easy to get a great animation of our Twitter activity, is through the Vizify application.

Anyone who is ons Twitter, can get a quick and easy video which can be customized and updated as required!

Please let us know when you have made yours!

The Vizify Twitter video can be made here: https://www.vizify.com/twitter-video 

 We will check it out!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Save archives on International Archives Day 2013 - 9 June #savearchives


Archives are struggling for survival; to keep on demonstrating their worth in today's tight economy.
Not all archives are surviving and thriving, and they need support to keep on preserving the world's heritage records. 

International Archives Day is coming up on 9 June with an initiative to promote a Googledoodle for that day.
The Askarchivists and Followanarchive initiatives are spearheading the Googledoodle campaign, but are also concentrating on focusing on archives that need saving.

The City Archives of Cologne in Germany is being used as an example of archives that are in dire need of support after the building collapsed in March 2009.

Read more:
International Archives Day will be dedicated to archives in need


They are asking that we promote archives on 9 June with the hashtag #savearchives


Hopefully our attention and support can help #savearchives!


Blog post by Karen du Toit (karentoittoit), Archivist at the SABC Radio Archives (SABCRadioArc).

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Heritage Beasts in the Archives #heritagebeasts

#heritagebeasts in SABC Radio Archives 
Today is World Animal Day, and Ask Archivists have organised a Twitter event for archives.

The Twitter hashtag is #heritagebeasts

They call it Beasts in your collections?!

The call:

"Let’s dive into our collections to search for colourful fishes. Let’s make a safari tour through our depots to catch wild animals. Let’s have a stroll through all the bookshelves to discover beautiful insects that hide there. Let’s have a great flight through our storagerooms and catch up with some amazing birds. Make a silent tour at night to spot the very rare unicorn. And let’s show all the animals we found in our depots and collections to the world on World Animal Day!"

The SABC Radio Archives, the audio archives for the radio stations of the national broadcaster of South Africa (SABC), are no exception!

We have our fair share of sounds and programmes about beasts!

A search for "animals" in our Thesaurus results in 147 documents.

In one document of 1980 the sounds of the following are recorded: dove, elephant, hippo, zebra, jackal, frog, lion, heron, rhino, impala, ... (See the snippet that was copied on top.)

A search for "Rhino*" (Rhino/rhinoceros) yields 35 documents.
The wonderful beast that is being slaughtered on a daily basis for its horn!
Most of the programmes are about the conservation of this animal, but we have the sounds of this mighty beast preserved for our heritage in our collection!

It was interesting to look at our collections from this angle!

Have a happy "hunting" in your collections for those beasts!

Thank you Ask Archivists for the initiative!


Post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Follow a library day today #followalibrary

@Followalibrary on Twitter
It is again time for libraries worldwide to connect and to follow each other, and to share their collections with the world.

The #followalibrary team is going strong, and the blog post can be read here:
Join ons on #followalibrary day 2012 on Oct 1st

They have an awesome video up  by David Green and the Shelharbour Libraries (@sclibs) on the blog, but you can check it on YouTube as well: #followalibrary day... so follow 

David Green says the following about #followalibrary day:
"funtastic folk will be tweeting the AWESOMENESS of libraries and using the hashtag #followalibrary. We’ll be tweeting about reading, creating, playing, communicating, learning, sharing & all the other excellent stuff we do in libraries. It’s such a cool way to spread library love" 

If you are not yet following the SABC Media Libraries, as well as our different sections on Twitter, please do so today:

SABC Media Libraries on Twitter:

@SABCMediaLib on Twitter

SABC Information Library: @SABCInfoLib

SABC Radio Archives:         @SABCRadioArc

SABC Music Library:             @SABCMusicLib

SABC Record Library:            @SABCRecordLib

SABC Audio Restoration:      @SABCAudioRest


A special shout-out to all South African libraries as well. Please let us know that you are taking part, and we will gladly follow you back!

Happy #followalibrary day!


Blog post by Karen du Toit @karentoittoit

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Technology & innovations in libraries and their impact on learning, research and user >Slideshare by Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy Slideshare of his keynote on the topic,  Technology & innovations in libraries and their impact on learning, research and user, on Day 2 on the theme "Technology & New Media" of the 33rd IATUL Conference held at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, 4-7 June 2012.Singapore iatul keynote
View more presentations from Joe Murphy

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Tweets from SABC Media Libraries @SABCMediaLib


@SABCMediaLib on Twitter

A compilation of some tweets and retweets (RTs) on the SABC Media Libraries Twitter account @SABCMediaLib for the month of February. 
It gives a good insight in what happened here during the month of February.

                                                  ______________________

@SABCAudioRest prepared Uma Casa Portuguesa by Jorge Costa Pinto and the SABC Radio Orchestra. 

@SABCRadioArc All 2012 Orange Afcon soccer matches from the opening to the final, broadcasted by SABC Radio, is catalogued... http://fb.me/1LTXR5qt4

A real love story of Steve Biko & Dr Mamphela Ramphele in the radio #archives #loveheritage - "part of South... http://fb.me/ZzurSavF

@AskArchivists Our search for love blog post has only gone up now #loveheritage http://sabcmedialib.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-in-radio-archives-loveheritage.html > in the #archives it is never too L8

Love in the Radio Archives #loveheritage: I went in search of real love stories in the SABC Radio Archives for V... http://bit.ly/xWjJax

@SpringbokRadio [...] listen to a special Springbok Radio Digital stream for Valentine's week! http://ow.ly/8ZkK5" #loveheritage

It is not too late to search for #loveheritage in the archives. Share the love via @AskArchivists on Valentine's... http://fb.me/AXM0cC6l

Happy Valentine's Day to all #archives #libraries & #museums! What love have you discovered? #loveheritage

"@AskArchivists: a little video to warm-up for #loveheritage on #valentinesday tomorrow http://bit.ly/zaLUdM - getting in the mood!"

It's #worldradioday!! Let's get this trending. Post on twitter, Facebook etc. and ask your friends to do so as well. the power of #radio

World Radio Day today #WorldRadioDay: Today is World Radio Day, a celebration of the role and function of radio ... http://bit.ly/ycEOo9

#archives #libraries #museums only one day to search for love in your collections! Tomorrow #loveheritage on Twitter http://ow.ly/90UOX

QR code for SABC Media Libraries mobile blog http://yfrog.com/ob6n5daj

SABC Radio to celebrate #WorldRadioDay on 13th Feb 2012

SABC Springbok Radio @SpringbokRadio digital stream uploaded for Valentine's Day #loveheritage - the radio station... http://fb.me/Xik4k3Vr

#ff @archivesinfo on new trends in digital opportunities for cultural institutions; @SABCRadioArc for news on SA #archives

World Radio Day upcoming on Monday 13 Feb 2012 - "raising awareness about the importance of radio, facilitate... http://fb.me/1vMt0RK6o

Demo recording by Iggy Madalane @iglett - photos http://nblo.gs/tCHzb

Wordless Wednesday - Stocktaking in the SABC Media Libraries http://nblo.gs/tHf3K

Picasa album of demo recording by Iggy Madalane, former colleague from SABC Music Library @SABCMusicLib http://fb.me/1EPH3WmfI

@SpringbokRadio "...was the first commercial radio station of the SABC. It sadly closed down in 1985, but the memory is kept alive!"

Valentine's Day invitation 2012 #loveheritage

InfoBuddy & Care Bear Awards - Picasa web album uploaded http://fb.me/18b9zxrfT"

Demo recording by Iggy Madalane:  A former colleague, Ignatia Madalane, made her first demo recording here at M2... http://bit.ly/xx5O6L


The Daily Knowledge Cafe is out! http://bit.ly/nMz526 Top stories today via @michelemmartin @md_santo @jlearn20 @idbnews @sahana2802
                                                        ________________________

Please follow us. We love connecting with libraries and archives!

Also follow:
SABC Radio Archives: @SABCRadioArc
SABC Information Library: @SABCInfoLib
SABC Music Library: @SABCMusicLib
SABC Record Library: @SABCRecordLib
SABC Audio Restoration: @SABCAudioRest



Blog post by Karen du Toit, Afrikaans Archivist in the SABC Radio Archives.



Thursday, October 6, 2011

#Followalibrary with #myfavoritebook - Report from a lone tweep from Africa


October 1 was the yearly Follow a Library #followalibrary day on Twitter.
This year fell on a Saturday.

I enquired about the day this year on Twitter, and got the following response:

I got included in the crew of #followalibrary day by Wilma van den Brink (@wbk500) from the Netherlands. That is what happens when you stick your neck out on social media...
You get immediate response and involvement!
#Followalibrary website
I had a great day following the hashtag #followalibrary on Twitter last Saturday! I found a large number of libraries to follow through my own account at @karentoittoit, but also for the SABC Media Libraries' accounts on Twitter.
SABC Media Libraries: @SABCMediaLib
SABC Radio Archives: @SABCRadioArc

The topic of discussion was #myfavoritebook.
Very valuable suggestions came to the fore with regards new books to explore.
See the Twubs curation tool on top for all the #myfavoritebook suggestions that is still coming through on Twitter.

I found no other libraries from South Africa or Africa participating on Saturday on Twitter.
It is possible that I could have missed them. Please give me an shout-out when you know of any libraries.
Africa is also not included in the list of #followalibrary blog: Find a library to follow.
(Wilma, will you please add us?)

The deduction can be made that libraries and librarians in Africa have still not caught on to social media.
It is something that needs urgent attention, especially since libraries worldwide are going through the same struggles with regards budgets, closures, manpower shortages, the impact of the eBook, Internet and digitization (to name a few).

Is it not time that libraries in Africa step up and connect with their peers on social platforms?
We need the connection and the wisdom from our global colleagues, but we also need the connection with our customers.

What do our customers need to still make us as libraries a valuable resource in Africa?


Related post:
#Followalibrary Day 1 October 2011

Blog post by Karen du Toit @karentoitoit, SABC Radio Archives.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

#Followalibrary Day 1st October 2011

#Followalibrary poster
On Saturday October 1st it will again be Follow a Library Day.
Wilma van den Brink introduces the Twitter initiative for 2011 in a blog post:
#Followalibrary Day 1st October 2011

See FollowaLibrary blog for all the details.

The added subject this year is  "My favourite book".
Use the hashtag #myfavoritebook when tweeting.
Remember to include the hashtag #followalibrary

The SABC Media Libraries and SABC Information Libraries will be taking part.
You will find us here on Twitter:
@SABCMediaLib
@SABCInfoLib

Please follow us!

Tell us what is your favourite book of all times!
What would happen if everybody on Twitter could tell us what is their favourite library on Saturday?


Blog post by Karen du Toit @karentoittoit


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

LibCafe summarized via Summarizr

We had our Knowledge Café called LibCafe at the end of last month, and here is a summary of the event on Twitter through Summarizr.
LibCafe

Summarizr is a 
... service [that] will create a brief summary of a TwapperKeeper tweet archive. It works for #hashtag archives, keyword archives and @person archives. Just enter a hashtag, keyword, Twitter account name or archive URL ...
Summarizr LibCafe
Summarizr LibCafe twitterers
Summarizr LibCafe Top 10 @reply recipients and/or mentions
Summarizr Top 10 conversations and hashtags
More statistics can be found here: Summarizr LibCafe


Blog post by Karen du Toit, SABC Radio Archives.