Twitter Review

Review of Twitter as a social media platform suitable for use by libraries or library related organisations

What is it used for	Conveying professional ideas and info, for example outreach programs, events or changes in opening hours
Features included	You can include photos, images, tags of other tweet members and links
Ability to post image	Yes
Ability to post video	Yes with a 30 sec length
Is real time uploading and scheduled available	Yes, both
Unlimited characters	No, only 140 characters allowed in each tweet
Can be used on computer, tablet and mobiles	Yes
What kind of library organisations use Twitter	Public libraries, University libraries, other library institutions and library related organisations
Will information of who is using the library Twitter be displayed	There is a 160 character biofield which can be optionally used that displays the mission and also who uses the library twitter can be displayed
Demographics of users	Mostly people from 18-49 years of age, and 20% of all internet users. More then half of tweets are from U.S. users.
Recommendation/s	Links should be provided to library website or blog for more information. Facebook might be better because it has unlimited characters.