Twitter Tuesday is a weekly feature that looks back at the USC Libraries' conversations in the Twitterverse. 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 as part of next Tuesday's post.
Dean Catherine Quinlan of the USC Libraries delivered her annual State of the Libraries address on Tuesday, August 10:
AlOoHz: Heading to @usclibraries State of the Libraries address. Looking forward to the smoothies
USCLibraries: @AlOoHz Still a couple left if you didn't get one!
August 11 was the 45th anniversary of the Watts Riots. We linked to a government report about the violence that is hosted on our website. The update was retweeted by many of our followers, and LA Weekly later referenced the report on its blog.
USCLibraries: The Watts Riots began #onthisday in 1965. Learn more on our website with "144 Hours in August 1965":
Other retweeted posts:
USCLibraries: Jonathan Franzen is the first living novelist in a decade to appear on the cover of Time Magazine: https://bit.ly/91Fj8P
USCLibraries: The internet: is it changing the way we think? https://bit.ly/cbvuqD /via @guardianscience
August 16 would have been the 90th birthday of writer Charles Bukowski. Many of Bukowski's papers are housed in the libraries' Special Collections:
USCLibraries: Charles Bukowski was born #onthisday in 1920. Learn more about the author & our Bukowski Collection
USCLibraries: More about the author & poet. RT @LATimesbooks: Barflies, rejoice: It's Charles Bukowski's birthday https://bit.ly/dgcEPr
Another Los Angeles-based author, Ray Bradubry, will soon celebrate his 90th birthday:
USCLibraries: Literary icon Ray Bradbury turns 90 on August 22, and Los Angeles is celebrating: https://bit.ly/aQ6IB4 /via @LATherocomplex
USCLibraries: Find #Bradbury's fiction, including his classic "Fahrenheit 451", in our libraries: https://bit.ly/a4CmlL