tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post6757678501098340652..comments2024-03-28T11:48:17.788-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: Useful archaeology on Twitter ??Michael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-66324798002820122222014-01-29T15:27:24.344-07:002014-01-29T15:27:24.344-07:00Well, if I thought that there were lots of people ...Well, if I thought that there were lots of people out there dying to know what I am reading, this might make sense, but that doesn't seem too likely. I use these blogs for something of the sort, though.Michael E. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-50736972764291964062014-01-29T06:52:50.497-07:002014-01-29T06:52:50.497-07:00Hey Mike, When i first read this I agreed complete...Hey Mike, When i first read this I agreed completely--twitter hasn't yet taken off among archaeologists, and isn't really serving as a useful scholarly tool. <br /><br />But having come across a number of useful articles for my own research through twitter recently (not archaeological), I can see some pretty easy ways that it could be, especially if archaeologists (like you!) start using it. <br /><br />One would be to create a twitter feed of "what you are reading now"--basically every time you add a new article to your endnote library, tweet the citation with topical hashtags. <br /><br />Your followers, likely interested in a number of the same topics you are would be alerted to new scholarship, and in turn, may start to suggest similar things they are reading related to your reading list. <br /><br />I am not savvy enough to know how to automate this, but there must be a way to automatically generate a tweet from new content in endnote? <br /><br />Anyway--I agree now academic archaeology doesn't have a strong presence on twitter for discovering new research--but I think there is a lot of potential!Leigh Anne Ellisonhttp://tdar.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-49397477860013910862014-01-29T06:52:10.009-07:002014-01-29T06:52:10.009-07:00Hey Mike, When i first read this I agreed complete...Hey Mike, When i first read this I agreed completely--twitter hasn't yet taken off among archaeologists, and isn't really serving as a useful scholarly tool. <br /><br />But having come across a number of useful articles for my own research through twitter recently (not archaeological), I can see some pretty easy ways that it could be, especially if archaeologists (like you!) start using it. <br /><br />One would be to create a twitter feed of "what you are reading now"--basically every time you add a new article to your endnote library, tweet the citation with topical hashtags. <br /><br />Your followers, likely interested in a number of the same topics you are would be alerted to new scholarship, and in turn, may start to suggest similar things they are reading related to your reading list. <br /><br />I am not savvy enough to know how to automate this, but there must be a way to automatically generate a tweet from new content in endnote? <br /><br />Anyway--I agree now academic archaeology doesn't have a strong presence on twitter for discovering new research--but I think there is a lot of potential!Leigh Anne Ellisonhttp://tdar.orgnoreply@blogger.com