Academics on Twitter

We are evaluating our social media strategy and gathering resources on Twitter use by faculty and offices that serve them.  We use Twitter to promote our program’s initiatives.  We are also interested in how other academic offices are using the microblogging service.  We found these articles on the importance of faculty scientists using Twitter as particularly relevant:

• “Twitter has this potential to help the erosion of boundaries between researchers and a broader audience.”
• “Twitter…enable[s] real-time highlighting and ranking and tracking of what’s going on in the world of science.  Twitter is also useful for networking and finding collaborators.”
• “Researchers need to get themselves onto Twitter pronto because it is fast becoming the place to find out the breakthroughs in your research field.”

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