Andy raises good points.
Amongst them - Yes, almost no-one would be interested in everything deposited into a repository, or everything deposited in multiple repositories. It's the aggregation and potential filtering which would result in something potentially useful.
Roddy
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> From: Repositories discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Powell
> Sent: 6 April 2009 11:31
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: RepositoriUM - Minho Institutional Repository on Twitter
>
> Hmmm... I'm not sure I'm totally convinced by "the brevity of
> deposit announcements is a perfect fit with the brevity of
> tweets"? Just because the messages are short and regular
> doesn't necessarily mean they have a good fit with Twitter
> does it? Sounds rather like this is technology-driven rather
> than functional-requirement-driven to me.
>
> A focus on a decent RSS feed of all deposits would be less
> sexy but significantly more useful, given that it could more
> easily be aggregated and filtered upwards (to the global
> level ideally).
>
> The point, once again, is who really cares about everything
> deposited into a single institution's repository? (Hint:
> almost nobody!?)
>
> (Note: if we were talking about arXiv then my view would be
> rather different - i.e. it is the institutionalness that is
> the problem here).
>
> Andy
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MacLeod,
> > Roderick A
> > Sent: 02 April 2009 13:24
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: RepositoriUM - Minho Institutional Repository
> on Twitter
> >
> > Peter Suber explains how various things might be tied together
> > http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/04/twitter-channels-fo
> r-oa-repositories.html
> >
> > Twitter channels for OA repositories
> >
> > Les Carr reports that the Southampton ECS repository has been
> > tweeting new deposits since June 2008. He also shows how to
> > set up a Twitter channel in any EPrints repository. Eloy
> > Rodrigues reports that the Minho IR (running DSpace) has
> > started tweeting new deposits.
> >
> > Comment. You may not need to know about new repository
> > deposits while doing your laundry. But neither do you have
> > to follow repository channels in real time. The brevity of
> > deposit announcements is a perfect fit with the brevity of
> > tweets. There's no reason why generalized alert services
> > couldn't record your interests, harvest repository deposits
> > and journal TOCs (or integrate with ticTOCs), and tweet you
> > across the range of resources in your field.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Repositories discussion list
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian
> > > Stevenson
> > > Sent: 2 April 2009 11:54
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: RepositoriUM - Minho Institutional Repository
> > on Twitter
> > > Importance: High
> > >
> > > Hi Eloy
> > >
> > > I set up a twitter feed for the SWORD project a few weeks
> > ago. It's at
> > > http://twitter.com/swordapp
> > > and currently has 49 followers. It's already been useful
> > in helping
> > > to get the SWORD message out there I think. Clearly we're not a
> > > repository, but we are a repository technology.
> > > I'm a keen twitterer myself
> > > (http://twitter.com/adrianstevenson) and think it's a great
> > means for
> > > helping to promote the repository cause. I know there are
> many who
> > > dislike the use of twitter for promotional purposes, but
> they don't
> > > have to follow.
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > > __________________________________
> > > Adrian Stevenson
> > > SWORD Project Manager
> > > UKOLN
> > > University of Bath
> > > Bath
> > > BA2 7AY
> > > UK
> > >
> > > Tel: +44 (0) 161 445 4934
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > http://www.swordapp.org/
> > > http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/
> > >
> > > On 1 Apr 2009, at 12:15, Eloy Rodrigues wrote:
> > >
> > > > Apologies for crossposting
> > > >
> > > > Aiming to increase the visibility that RepositóriUM
> > > > (http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/
> > > > ), the institutional repository of Minho University,
> > > already provides
> > > > to the research output of the university, we have created
> > a Twitter
> > > > account for RepositóriUM.
> > > >
> > > > RepositóriUM Twitter will disclose the new documents
> > available, as
> > > > well as other information and news about the Minho IR (usage
> > > > statistics, content statistics, etc.).
> > > >
> > > > Are there other repositories using Twitter? We would like
> > to share
> > > > experiences and thoughts on using Twitter, or other 2.0
> tools, to
> > > > promote IR usage and visibility.
> > > >
> > > > Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/repositorium
> > > >
> > > > Eloy Rodrigues
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