social media at the british library - royal manuscripts
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SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE LIBRARYWikipedia, Blogging, and Beyond
Nicole Eddy, The British Library
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ROYAL MANUSCRIPTS: GENIUS OF ILLUMINATIONNovember 2010-March 2011
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THE BRITISH LIBRARY ON THE WEB
•Online catalogues
•Wikipedia
•Blogs
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THE BRITISH LIBRARY ON WIKIPEDIA
British Library images illustrate 547 articles
Burning of Templars, Royal 20 C. vii (Grandes chroniques), f. 48r Plague victims, Royal 6 E. vi (Omne bonum), f. 301r
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ROMAN D’ALEXANDRE EN PROSE
•5315 pageviewsin its first month
•4960 pageviewswhile on the front page
•545 pageviewsover the last 90 days
Alexander in a submarine, Royal MS 15 E vi (Talbot Shrewsbury Book), f. 20v
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ROMAN D’ALEXANDRE EN PROSE
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MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS BLOGhttp://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/
Medieval Manuscripts Blog
2010 14,000 pageviews
2011 70,000 pageviews
2012 300,000 pageviews
In 2012 users from 189 countries viewed the Blog
@blmedieval currently has 2,488 followers
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POPULAR POSTS
Unicorn Cookbook Lolcats of the Middle Ages
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BLOG VIEWS PER COUNTRY 2012
Medieval Manuscripts Blog
United StatesUnited KingdomCanadaFranceAustraliaGermanyItalyRussiaSpainNetherlandsRest of the World
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5. COUNTRIES WITH MOST VIEWS 2012
United States of America 113,000 38%
United Kingdom 68,000 23%
Canada 16,000 6%
France 9,000 3%
Australia 8,000 3%
Germany 7,000 2%
Italy 7,000 2%
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6. COUNTRIES WITH LEAST VIEWS 2012
Afghanistan Antarctica Bhutan British Virgin Islands
Caribbean Netherlands DR CongoFrench Polynesia The Gambia Greenland
Haiti Ivory Coast Libya Mali Mongolia Montserrat
Papua New Guinea St Kitts and Nevis San Marino Sierra Leone
Turkmenistan Zimbabwe
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CONTENT OF POSTS
Richard III; from the Biblical and genealogical chronicle from Adam and Eve to Edward VI,
King's MS 395, f. 33r
A monkey riding an elephant and castle; from the Maastricht Hours, Stowe MS 17, f. 36r
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THE BLOG AS ONLINE EXHIBITION
'The Spanish Dance'; from Códice de trajes, Germany, 1547, BNE MS Res 285, ff. 2v-3r.
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CONTENT OF POSTS
•Featured manuscripts (Digitised Manuscripts, Royal Exhibition)
•Thematic miscellanies (Bestiary animals, Courtly love, Richard III)
•Department news and announcements
•New scholarship
•Reference and information
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ALEXANDER EXPLORES THE SKIES