Research Guides: Social Media for Research and Scholarly Communication: Tools

Social Media Aggregators

Hootsuite
Manages up to 35 different social networks. Requires subscription; offers free trial

Use an aggregator : Given the differences in the numerous social media sites, many people use more than one. And, if you decide to have both personal and professional accounts on these sites you can double the number you are managing. Using a program like HootSuite or TweetDeck to combine all your accounts in one place can make managing multiple sites much easier!

Tweetdeck
Originally a third-party tool later purchased by Twitter, Tweetdeck works only with Twitter but allows management of multiple twitter accounts by multiple people. No cost.
yoono
Works with seven social media services; lets you monitor and post to all. Free service, works as a desktop or mobile app.

Social Media Curation Tools

Create and share a curated selection of your social media posts or posts by others about your work, event, etc.

Tweet Library - Download your tweets and file them into sub-collections. Create lists of tweets and share them via Tweet Library or Storify

Storify - Search for social media mentions of your work or events and arrange them selectively, with descriptive text, into a blog-like list to share. Searches most social media sites and can accept links to any web sources.

Lentil - Collects images of you or your event posted by others on Instagram, with several options for sharing and a management tool to control what is shared and how.