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#WebArchiveWednesday — byte-sized tweets

By Susanna Joe
10 May 2023
What do NZ Dr Who fan club, a sheep shearing competition and a Taiki Waititi fansite have in common?
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James Cox's diary Twitter profile picture.

The Swagman’s final tweet

By Jay Buzenberg
25 March 2019
Looking back at five years of the James Cox diary on Twitter.
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Stranded cows.

Kaikoura earthquake: Collecting social media

By Gillian Lee
14 November 2017
A year on from the Kaikoura Earthquake we look back at the pilot project that captured earthquake event-related tweets as they happened.
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A sample of popular social media channels launched since 1999. There are 18 shown, from Blogger and Livejournal to Periscope and Meerkat.

Collecting social media a bite at a time

By Gillian Lee
9 August 2017
A new series highlighting the National Library’s attempts to grapple with collecting social media.
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Grey leaf.

Be a better publisher

By Lucy Schrader
14 September 2015
Publishing good web content – harder than a monkey riding a pig?
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Three Frankensteins and a Mummy hat on a line. There are brown hats in the background on a line.

Literary web series

By carolinebouffard
5 February 2015
Literary web series are a fun way to introduce students to classic literature. Told using vlogs and other social media, these shows offer an entertaining way into stories and will quickly hook students while inspiring creativity.
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An illustration showing two swagmen approaching a hotel. At the top of the image there are two maids wearing aprons who are standing with two men; one of the maids is working a waterpump.

Meet the tweeting swagman

By David Colquhoun
21 June 2013
Sharing the remarkable diaries of James Cox with today's twitterers.
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Library Tech NZ.

T*breaktweets hits the big time with Lobsterotica

By Chelsea Hughes
27 July 2010
@NLNZ goes global with a lobster's tale.
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Web 2.Nautical

By Chelsea Hughes
30 November 2009
The Library's early forays into Web 2.OhMyGod and Web 2.OhNo.
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Library Tech NZ.

Let's get physical...

By Courtney Johnston
25 August 2009
Blurring the distinction between virtual and physical.
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Library Tech NZ.

This is how we do it

By Courtney Johnston
5 May 2009
NLNZ gets started on the twitters.
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