ACRL/EBSS Scholarly Communication Committee

Join the EBSS Scholarly Communications Committee as we host a Twitter Chat in celebration of Fair Use Week! 

We will be asking questions on the topic of “Scholarly Communications Tools in the EBSSer’s Toolbelt”. 

Monday, February 24, 2020

1:00pm-2:00pm (PST); 3:00pm-4:00pm (CST); 4:00pm-5:00pm (EST)

Follow us @EBSS_ACRL and #EBSSchat

Members of the EBSS Scholarly Communication Committee will be moderating the chat from the @EBSS_ACRL Twitter account.

1. Join Twitter - participation in the #EBSSchat requires a Twitter account

2. Follow the Conversation-

   • Sign-on to Twitter during the time of the chat and search for #EBSSchat in the search field and click on the "Latest" tab to see the most recent tweets

   • If you're using the official Twitter app or website, you'll need to refresh your search periodically to see the most recent tweets pop up.

3. Join the Conversation

   • The chat will last one hour.

   • The first five minutes are a chance for introductions

     • You might tweet, "Hi #EBSSchat I'm Tina.  I'm an education librarian at a public university in California"

   • After people have had a chance to introduce themselves, the moderators will tweet a question such as: Q.1 Do you like cats? #EBSSchat

   • You would then direct reply with: A.1 Of course I like cats. #EBSSchat

   • Providing the hashtag #EBSSchat on your tweets allows for collection of all tweets in the discussion

4. When the chat is over, all tweets with #EBSSchat will be gathered together in a Wakelet, which provides a digital archive of the conversation.

Adapted from #critlib and Social Media Today

Need any more help? Feel free to tweet at or direct message the moderators at @EBSS_ACRL and they’ll be happy to help.

• Consider using Tweetdeck, Tweetchat, or another app which allows for automatic loading of tweets.  In Tweetdeck you can add a separate column which displays all the tweets with the #EBSSchat hashtag.
• Remember to add the hashtag #EBSSchat to each of your tweets so people will see them.
• If your Twitter account is locked/private, feel free to participate, but be aware that only your followers will be able to view and interact with your tweets.
• Don't feel like you need to respond to every question or every comment.  Take it at your own pace, and catch up with other comments later if you'd like.
• Jump right in!  The success of a chat depends on lots of folks being willing to share their thoughts and experiences on a topic, even when they're not experts.