Twitter Tuesday is a new weekly feature that looks back at the USC Libraries' conversations in the Twitterverse (with thanks to the Metro's The Source blog for the idea). You can follow the USC Libraries on Twitter at @USCLibraries. Feel free to ask questions or send comments on Twitter; we may repost your question here the next Tuesday.
On July 19, the new Quick Search service debuted on the libraries' homepage, which sparked a question from one Twitter follower:
colleengreene: @USCLibraries Does your Quick Search actually search across all the sub-sets listed as your tabbed search options on your home page?
USCLibraries: @colleengreene Right now, the catalog and e-journals. Eventually the Digital Library, too. Doesn't include site search.
Other questions:
hnjohnso: @usclibraries would it be possible to add photos from your archives to this mapping project?
USCLibraries: We're asking our collections folks the same thing!colleengreene: Academic librarians...do your parent campus social media channels help cross-promote library services?
USCLibraries: @colleengreene a pretty thoughtful social media community here, so yes, though events sometimes get more attention
We tweeted about authors' and other public figures' papers and personal archives:
USCLibraries: Literary Remains - 5 posthumously published authors (via @big_think): https://bit.ly/atrP6p
USCLibraries: Speaking of literary remains, Kafka's papers are finally being inspected after going unread for 80 yrs:
USCLibraries: Papers of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart at @yalelibrary reveal friends in high places: https://bit.ly/9htnjf
An NPR blogger predicted that predicted that libraries would succeed cupcakes as "the next big pop culture wave":
USCLibraries: Why the next big pop-culture wave after cupcakes may be #libraries (via @nprmonkeysee): https://n.pr/cY5wBx
AlOoHz: @USCLibraries I hope cupcakes and libraries never go away!
A couple Twitter users mentioned the USC Libraries:
faithx5: I found the film section of the USC library (one of them). I want all the books. (@ Leavey Library (LVL)) https://4sq.com/9oKRHw
USCFilmOffice: I love spending time in the @USCLibraries. Intellectual Commons in Doheny Memorial Library. https://tweetphoto.com/34465139