What will the re-tweeter do?  When a follower of @sla2010 posts a tweet with the hashtag #sla2010 in their tweet (probably best at the end of the tweet) that tweet will be posted to the @sla2010 account and circulated to all of @sla2010′s followers.  The username of the person who sent the original tweet will appear at the start of the message followed by a “:”.

At conference, there will be a 2 minute delay before tweets are re-tweeted.  This year twitter has been whitelisted the @sla2010 account which means there will be limits on how many tweets can be posted to the account.  Yay!

Re-tweeting is helpful for:

• segregating your #sla2010 tweet stream from your other streams
• sending broadcast messages (2 minute delay at conference) to all @sla2010 followers
• finding out what others at conference are doing, seeing, hearing, eating, drinking, etc. (Author’s note: this will be especially important in New Orleans!)
• asking questions and getting answers
• experiencing the conference virtually – check out the virtual conference component as well
• creating an archive of tweets for future or live analysis

This is an opt-in service.  Only your tweets with the hashtag (#sla2010) will be re-tweeted and you must be following sla2010 for it to work.  Also, tweets from protected accounts won’t be re-tweeted.

Using a number of tools out there, you can also follow the #sla2010 hashtag:

• via RSS
• search.twitter.com
• TweetDeck
• TweetChat
• Many others

The re-tweeter is brought to you by the SLA Innovation Laboratory!

There were a few resources I mentioned that I wanted to make available here.

• Positioning Information Professionals for the Future (SLA Alignment Project)
• Competencies for Information Professionals of the 21st Century: Revised edition, June 2003 (SLA)
• What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles
• Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time by Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz
• First Have Something to Say: Writing for the Library Profession, By Walt Crawford
• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

The more lines you have, the more @replies to different people you sent. If you don’t appear on the graph, but know that you sent out @replies, it’s because the person you sent your @reply to never sent out an @reply and so that person won’t appear on the graph and unfortunately, you can’t either!

For a more detailed explanation of how this was done, see #sla2009 Social Network Graph.

Based on the code of eskimoblood.

Created using Processing with data from the #slaname Twapper Keeper archive setup by iBraryGuy.

For larger sizes, see the original on flickr.

This is my first year as a Director on the Board of Directors and I voted in favor of the motion to put the proposed name to a vote because:

• as a member you have the right to cast your vote to make this momentous decision;
• “change the name” has been a constant refrain for many years;
• the proposed name is based on solid research, conducted in good faith; and
• the proposed name reflects a direction many members have told me they want to go in.

Personally, I believe in this association’s diversity and see it as a strength.  I also believe it’s what sets us apart from other associations.  That is why I have spent my own money to be a member for eight years.  Diversity of opinion begets perspective and I need multiple perspectives reflected in the association I choose to belong to so I can grow and prosper as a professional in this increasingly complex world we operate in.

The name Special Libraries Association narrows that potential for perspective and Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals broadens it.

Vote YES to Association for Strategic Knowledge Professionals – vote yes, vote early and vote often!

With a bit of help, I have designed a dashboard for the re-tweeter as a "one-stop shop" if you're interested in getting a bird's eye view of the re-tweeter's data stream.

The dashboard consists of two pages: home and analytics.

Home

The home page has two elements:

1. A continuously updated feed of the latest Tweets in the re-tweeter data
   stream.  As new tweets are sent, a link will appear with the number of
   new tweets, so you can refresh the page and view them.
2. A Live Cloud of words that are most popular in the re-tweeter's data stream at that moment.  The more popular the word, the larger the font.  Each word in the cloud is linked to a Twitter search for that word in the stream – very handy if you want to see why people are tweeting about that particular word.  Stop words have been stripped from the cloud to keep it as clean as possible.

Analytics

The analytics page has seven charts showing:

1. Daily tweet activity since May 2, 2009 when the re-tweeter was launched
2. Who is tweeting the most (Top Tweeps)
3. Who is receiving the most @replies
4. Who is sending the most @replies
5. What other hashtags are popular
6. What types of tweets are being sent
7. What links being sent around are most popular

There is also a handy set of links across the top of all pages to:

• @SLA2009 on Twitter
• The SLA2009 Homepage
• The SLA2009 Personal Planner
• The Virtual INFO-EXPO
• The SLA2009 Blog
• The SLA2009 Hospitality Wiki
• The SLA Innovation Laboratory

The dashboard is based on live data from the re-tweeter's database, so check back often to see how the data stream is changing over time.  I hope you find it useful, interesting and thought provoking – most importantly, I hope you find it inspiring!

Starting on Saturday May 2, 2009, the sla2009
Twitter account will become a re-tweeter.  What's a re-tweeter you
ask?  It's simple.  When a follower of sla2009 posts a tweet with the hashtag
#sla2009 in their tweet (probably best at the end of the tweet) that
tweet will be posted to the sla2009 account.  The username of the
person who sent the original tweet will appear at the start of the
message followed by a ":".

At conference, there will be a 3 minute delay before tweets are re-tweeted.  Leading up to conference the delay will begin at 30 minutes and decrease as we get closer.  If you are following sla2009, you will see all of the tweets that are being re-tweeted.

Re-tweeting is helpful for:

• separating out your sla2009 related tweets from your other tweets
• sending broadcast messages (3 minute delay at conference) to all sla2009 followers
• seeing what sla2009 followers are tweeting about without
  necessarily having to go to the sla2009 page
• creating an archive of tweets on the sla2009 page for future or live analysis

This is an opt-in service.  Only your tweets with the hashtag (#sla2009) will be re-tweeted and you must be following sla2009 for it to work.  Tweets from protected accounts won't be re-tweeted.

Using a number of tools out there, you can also follow the #sla2009 hashtag:

• Twitter (RSS)
• search.twitter.com
• TweetDeck
• Many others

The re-tweeter is brought to you by the SLA Innovation Laboratory!

• #sla2008 (Annual conference in Seattle – no longer used)
• #sla2009 (Annual conference in Washington)
• #slaleads (Leadership Summit)
• #dsoc (Social Science Division)
• #slait (Information Technology Division)
• #slakm (Knowledge Management Division)
• #slator (Toronto Chapter)
• #dsol (Solo Division)

All members* eligible to vote and in good standing as of 25 August 2008
may participate in the election. Polls will close on 1 October at 5:00
p.m. EDT.

Members with a current e-mail address in the SLA database will
receive an e-notification when the polls open. Members without an
e-mail address on file may still login to vote using their SLA Web
UserId and Password, or they can e-mail evote@sla.org to request a paper ballot. Requests for a paper ballot must be received by 10 September.

Questions? E-mail evote@sla.org or call +1.703.647.4950

The candidates for the 2009 SLA Board of Directors are:

• President-Elect: Janice C. Anderson and Anne Caputo
• Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect: Cynthia Barrancotto and Ruth Wolfish
• Division Cabinet Chair-Elect: Holly Chong-Williams and Ann Sweeney
• Director (vote for two candidates): Jessica Baumgart, Michael Kim, Daniel Lee, Nettie Seaberry

Visit the 2009 Board Candidates page to see candidates’ bios and
speeches delivered at the SLA 2008 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO in
Seattle, WA USA.

*Excludes organizational, honorary and virtual members of SLA.