1. 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

2. 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

3. • 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Libraries Libraries Community
A peek into the #rwpchat
An example of
how a typical
#rwpchat
session might
look

11. Month (2013) Theme Tweets for #rwpchat
February #heartread 400
March #ecoread 282
April #crimeread 413
May #indigiread 184
June #faraway 321

12. #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

13. Libraries Community
Cross-posting to other platforms
instagram.com/publiclibrarysg
Image-based social
networks for visual appeal
• Book covers
• Event pictures

14. Libraries Community
Cross-posting to other platforms
pinterest.com/readwatchplay
Image-based social
networks for visual appeal
• Book covers
• Event pictures

15. Libraries Libraries Community
Content and promotions
Blogs
Hosts and shares content created for RWP readwatchplay.wordpress.com

16. 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

17. 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

18. • 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Thank You