Tweet ‘library’ coming soon

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Exterior of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Photo by Lisa Whittle/Library of Congress
The Library of Congress wants not just to house millions of hard copy books and historic documents, but also the 170 billion social media posts on Twitter since 2006. Collecting the 140-character micro-missives is in keeping with the library’s main goal “to collect the story of America and to acquire collections that will have research value,” says the library communications director. The venerable US institution is assembling the tweets sent by Americans each day, in the belief that each of the mini-messages reflect a small but important part of the national narrative. There are about half a billion tweets sent each day in October 2012.

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