Archiving / Media / Tech
Smithsonian
We're not a museum. We're 19 of them! Plus 9 research centers & the National Zoo. Follow your favorites607,830 followers | Follow
Library of Congress
We are the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in our collections.334,207 followers | Follow
The British Library
Colin Wight is Senior Content Manager at the British Library. Assisted by Hanna Fayaz. Working on exhibitions, YouTube, Facebook, podcasts.256,581 followers | Follow
NY Public Library
NYPL librarians & staff tweet daily on what’s happening at the Library, NYC & beyond. Got a question? Send us a tweet, text us at 66746, or call 917-ASK-NYPL.190,120 followers | Follow
Open Culture
The best FREE cultural & educational media on the web. We make a wealth of serious thinking available online, says The New York Times. Edited by Dan Colman.54,072 followers | Follow
Neelie Kroes
I am Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe. This feed is maintained by me and my team.35,886 followers | Follow
Nathan Yau
Data, visualization, and statistics. Author of 'Visualize This.' Background in eating.25,285 followers | Follow
Jonathan Zittrain
Professor @Harvard_Law, @Kennedy_School, @HSEAS Comp Sci Dept. + @BerkmanCenter; @EFF and @InternetSociety board member18,818 followers | Follow
Museums and the Web
the international conference about culture, heritage and technology, bringing museum people together since 1997. Tweets by Nancy & Rich, MW2012 co-chairs.15,299 followers | Follow
PBS MediaShift
Your guide to the digital media revolution. Tracking how mobile devices, social media, citizen journalism and new technology are changing the media landscape.15,239 followers | Follow
National Archives
The National Archives preserves and makes accessible the more than 9 billion permanently valuable records of the Federal govt11,262 followers | Follow
Kevin Kelly
Senior Maverick at Wired, Cool Tools maven, author of What Technology Wants, True Films, and 1,000 True Fans11,250 followers | Follow
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering access to millions of free books, movies, and audio files, plus an archive of 170+ billion web pages.11,087 followers | Follow
National Archives UK
The National Archives is the official archive of the UK government, and is home to over 1,000 years of historical records.10,650 followers | Follow
MuseumNext
Europe's big conference on the digital side of museums. Barcelona - May 23 - 25 2012. Tickets on sale now - http://bit.ly/yK3V3v / Powered by @sumouk9,877 followers | Follow
Nina Simon
I design participatory, interactive, slightly strange museum exhibits all over the place.9,630 followers | Follow
Jim Richardson
I am obsessed with cultural audiences and work to inspire them to attend the arts more often through @sumouk @museumnext @askacurator and @storyfied7,425 followers | Follow
Nova Scotia Archives
Lauren @ the Nova Scotia Archives. Sharing the province's history one tweet at a time.6,103 followers | Follow
MLA Council
Leading strategically, the MLA promotes best practice in museums, libraries and archives, to inspire innovative, integrated and sustainable services for all.5,593 followers | Follow
Carl Malamud
Open Source America's Operating System. It's not just a good idea, it's the law.5,482 followers | Follow
Nancy Proctor
Mobile geek working with museums; loves art, history, languages, travel, feminist theory, good food and nice people. Views expressed here are my own.5,159 followers | Follow
Beeld en Geluid
Beleef de wereld van televisie, radio, muziek en film | Audiovisueel Archief | Zakelijk- Groeps- Schoolbezoek | Vanaf 16-2 Tentoonstelling André van Duin5,109 followers | Follow
Megan Southwood
Connecting the international museum community with news, resources, 5,000+ museums & the people who love them! Join the Emerging Museum Professionals Network.5,091 followers | Follow
New Media Consortium
Organization devoted to exploring use of new media for teaching, learning, & creative expression. Founder of the Horizon Reports (#NMChz).4,980 followers | Follow
Open Video Alliance
Open Video is a movement to promote free expression and innovation in online video.4,798 followers | Follow
Alisa Leonard
VP, Strategy & Planning @iCrossing, Dataportability Project Communications Chair, all-around web geek4,116 followers | Follow
artfulmanager
Director of the Wisconsin MBA in Arts Administration, blogger, consultant.3,689 followers | Follow
Web Foundation
Advance the Web to empower people. Learn more and find out how to get involved!3,355 followers | Follow
Kate Theimer
Archives blogger/writer, frequent RTer. I follow over 1,000 people so you don't have to!3,332 followers | Follow
Rick Prelinger
moving image archivist; interested in meta-archival issues & other peoples' home movies. co-founder, outsider library.3,319 followers | Follow
DigitalHumanitiesNow
Showcasing the best digital humanities scholarship and news of interest to the DH community, through a process of aggregation, discovery, curation, and review.3,315 followers | Follow
Marc Smith
Sociologist of computer-mediated collective action @ Connected Action www.connectedaction.net Director: Social Media Research Foundation smrfoundation.org3,156 followers | Follow
Michael Peter Edson
Smithsonian Institution, Director of Web and New Media Strategy3,123 followers | Follow
Mike Ellis
Web technologist, writer, trainer, muso, BathCamp founder, father, pianist, public speaker, not in order of importance3,044 followers | Follow
Open Library
A page on the web for every book ever published? We must be crazy! Over 1 million free eBooks available.3,027 followers | Follow
Tom Scheinfeldt
Managing Director, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media (chnm.gmu.edu), THATCamp (thatcamp.org), PressForward (pressforward.org), Omeka (omeka.org) ...2,842 followers | Follow
Mark Matienzo
Digital Archivist at @YaleLibrary Manuscripts & Archives, Adjunct Prof at @iSchoolatDrexel, and Technical Architect for ArchivesSpace. Craft brewing enthusiast.2,508 followers | Follow
Virtueel Platform
Netherlands sector institute of e-culture. Follow our twitter for the latest on digital culture in The Netherlands!2,489 followers | Follow
Nicholas Poole
CEO of Collections Trust, new tech, collections, standards for museums, archives and libraries2,344 followers | Follow
Your Archives
The National Archives’ wiki where you can share your knowledge of Britain's rich archival heritage and reuse historical information in an unprecedented way!2,208 followers | Follow
Augmented Reality
The world’s first & largest commercial Augmented Reality Conference will be held during April 21 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott.2,063 followers | Follow
Richard Urban
Visiting Professor, Florida State University interested in library, archive and museum metadata.2,051 followers | Follow
Archives*Open
Giving Access to the Masses. All about archivists, archives, access, community, and the Web2,048 followers | Follow
Jonathan Gray
Open Knowledge Foundation (@okfn) by day. Philosophy & intellectual history at @royalholloway by night. Currently on sabbatical.2,006 followers | Follow
followanarchive
Archives, that's you! You make your past, your present, your future! Be a part of your cultural heritage and #followanarchive . Find out here what's going on.1,987 followers | Follow
DigitaalErfgoedNL
Stichting DEN (Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland) is het nationale kenniscentrum voor ICT in het cultureel erfgoed. Verschillende DEN-medewerkers twitteren hier.1,919 followers | Follow
Gareth Morlais
Digital storytelling tweets from Gareth Morlais, once with BBC Capture Wales. Opinions are mine, not BBC's.1,896 followers | Follow
CuratorJournal
Peer-reviewed journal for museum professionals. Send us your articles - join the discussion about vital issues facing museums! No approval. No endorsement.1,879 followers | Follow
WW1 Poetry Archive
Tweets from the team at the First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford1,791 followers | Follow
Melissa Mannon
Professional archivist, consultant and writer promoting cross-professional collaboration and community building1,674 followers | Follow
Unlock The Past
An innovate venture to promote history, heritage and genealogy in Australia and New Zealand.1,578 followers | Follow
Peter J. Bogaards
Content curator all things user experience. Sharing knowledge is better than having it.1,561 followers | Follow
Infofilm for museums
Digital media for museums & exhibits. Follow also @museummedia @museummedia_NL @Museum_Design If you have any questions or suggestions contac roger@infofilm.nl1,555 followers | Follow
Connected Histories
Creating a federated search facility for a wide range of distributed electronic resources for early modern and 19th-century British history1,313 followers | Follow
Mitchell Whitelaw
digital art & design, generative systems & data visualisation, theory & practice1,273 followers | Follow
Johan Oomen
Head of Research Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. PhD candidate at the VU University. #archives #LinkedOpenData, #Europeana #openvideo #commons1,266 followers | Follow
peterfroberg
Entrepreneur, blogger and dreamer. Exploring the freemium business model1,228 followers | Follow
Simon Tanner
Strategist, thinker & consultant in how the digital domain relates to library, museum, archiving & media digital strategies. Academic in the Digital Humanities.1,198 followers | Follow
Spellbound Blog
Jeanne Kramer-Smyth: Creative geek w/a passion for archives, information visualization, digital humanities & the web. All opinions are mine, not my employer's.1,195 followers | Follow
Paige Roberts
I'm a public historian, archivist, and urban planner when I'm not swimming or hiking.1,070 followers | Follow
Digital Archivist
Interests: digital preservation, intellectual property, user created content, GIS, metadata, the digital dark age & crafting. Image: Blizzard tm?1,024 followers | Follow
Lynne M Thomas
Rare books Curator, SF/F archivist/editor. I co-edited Hugo-Winning Chicks Dig Time Lords, Whedonistas, and Chicks Dig Comics. Editor, Apex Magazine.984 followers | Follow
UB Amsterdam (UBA)
Nieuws van en over de Bibliotheek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, uw tweeps zijn Angelique, Monique, Alice en Mariëtte983 followers | Follow
Susan Chun
Consultant and researcher on museum practice and information/intellectual property policy. Founder of steve.museum. Program Director, Project Audience.935 followers | Follow
Paul Keller
exploring copyright policy, new media, technology & culture at knowledgeland. collector of collateral knowledge.928 followers | Follow
Aust Archivists
The Australian Society of Archivists. Australia's peak professional body for archivists.915 followers | Follow
Archief 2.0
Sociaal netwerk voor Archivarissen 2.0 in Nederland en Vlaanderen. Deel en heers!874 followers | Follow
Maarten Brinkerink
Maarten Brinkerink is an open content enthusiast and musician. He works at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and plays in Try Acrobatics.844 followers | Follow
Gerry McKiernan
842 followers | Follow
Alexandra Eveleigh
Archivist & PhD student @UCLDIS - interested in impact of technology on local archives - user participation, crowdsourcing & creativity - digital preservation839 followers | Follow
Farris Wahbeh
Project Archivist, Meyer Schapiro Collection, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library807 followers | Follow
Kom je ook?
Nieuwe manieren van werken voor kunst en erfgoed. Tweets door Hugo van de Poel @museumkat.799 followers | Follow
Harriet Deacon
UK correspondent for the Archival Platform: networking, advocacy and research about archives, heritage and museums in Africa782 followers | Follow
Luke McKernan
Moving images and more, from Luke McKernan, film historian and Lead Curator Moving Image, British Library781 followers | Follow
Rebecca Goldman
Media and Digital Services Librarian @ConnellyLibrary @LaSalleUniv. Author of the webcomic Derangement and Description. Fearless leader of #newarchivistsRT.781 followers | Follow
Anna McNally
Archivist and german learner. Better at the former than the latter.744 followers | Follow
Steve.Museum
Steve: The Museum Social Tagging Project builds open source tools and researches the value of social tagging for cultural heritage collections.665 followers | Follow
Archiefforum
Dit account 22 augustus 2011 komen te vervallen. Archiefnieuws kunt u volgen via Twitteraccount @EricHennekam663 followers | Follow
Kate Haley Goldman
Preoccupied by research and evaluation on tech, new media and informal learning.652 followers | Follow
SaveMyMemories.org
Helping you to better understand how to protect and preserve your digital memories for generations to come.612 followers | Follow
WWW2010 - Raleigh
Official updates for the 19th International World Wide Web Conference, April 26-30, 2010590 followers | Follow
Imar de Vries
Assistant Professor New Media & Digital Culture at Utrecht University557 followers | Follow
ab-c media
webbureau voor musea, archieven en monumenten Arjan, Wessel en Thomas twitteren556 followers | Follow
Eric Sieverts
Retired information specialist and innovation consultant at University Library Utrecht (UU) & lecturer Information Science and Information Management at HvA554 followers | Follow
Teague Schneiter
Moving Image Archivist and Researcher focusing on... Online video | Social tech | Archival ethics | Human rights | Indigenous media | Community archives540 followers | Follow
Purdue Univ Archives
Purdue University Libraries, Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, the official repository for Purdue's historical documents and photos536 followers | Follow
David Haskiya
Product Developer at Europeana. I'll be tweeting alot of GLAM, some Europeana and the occassional whimsy. Blogging at http://www.kadmeianletters.wordpress.com527 followers | Follow
siemvaessen
Managing partner at Zimmerman & Zimmerman. Creating (sustainable) concepts in the field of software & design. Adding value to organisations.526 followers | Follow
Janneke Adema
PhD candidate at Coventry University, department of Media and Communication ~ Author of weblog Open Reflections512 followers | Follow
CAIS - Uni of Dundee
Centre for Archive and Information Studies at the University of Dundee providing Masters courses and CPD in Archives and RM by fully online distance learning.489 followers | Follow
Jacco Ouwerkerk
Interactive concepts @ IN10, lives in metaverses: music, museums, movies, books, comics, theatre, web, abandoned spaces, night and clubbing457 followers | Follow
Robin Riat
Librarian / Certified Records Manager living in the active phase of the records continuum. Especially interested in local and family history.445 followers | Follow
Harald Sack
Senior Researcher in Semantic Web, Multimedia Retrieval, Multimedia Semantics, and Serendipity...441 followers | Follow
Russ McMillen
Mercenary Moving Image Archivist working to turn your heritage into tiny magnetic fields435 followers | Follow
Lora Aroyo
417 followers | Follow
Mike Zarro
PhD Student & IMLS Fellow, Drexel University - HCIR, digital libraries, social media, & health informatics. Former Information Architect.405 followers | Follow
M Sarah Wickham
University Records Manager, Huddersfield. ARA Registrar. Proud soprano Huddersfield Choral @huddschoral.391 followers | Follow
geertwissink
new media | project leader | drupal | information design | big data | open culture | (science)-fiction | singularity | cognitive science | web strategy382 followers | Follow
Abe Miller
Archives MS & History MA who digs Records Management. Wannabe information professional with a need for speed on bicycles.380 followers | Follow
Julie Brubaker
Tech & Strategy Consultant for Museums & Non-Profits. Frmr Dir of IT at a Museum. I'm a mom swimmer knitter cat-lover &girl scout leader; married to a professor370 followers | Follow
Jeff Ubois
Currently an archivist working in Berkeley, CA, and Amsterdam, NL, my projects focus on memory, media and innovation.358 followers | Follow
RunCoCo project
How to run a community collection of digital objects online - RunCoCo is a JISC funded project based at the University of Oxford328 followers | Follow
OSU Archives
We document the history of OSU -- with a collection focus on natural resources & an added twist of materials on the personal experiences of Oregonians!318 followers | Follow
WatWasWaar
De allermooiste oude kaarten van Nederland vind je op http://www.watwaswaar.nl315 followers | Follow
nikki timmermans
Social innovator at Knowledgeland, exploring new media, arts & culture in a transforming society312 followers | Follow
Margaret Peachy
Manuscript processor,trying to understand the digital humanities movement, owner of cats306 followers | Follow
Kara Van Malssen
Digital preservation, AV archiving, metadata. I like music too.306 followers | Follow
Efthimios Mavrikas
We are devoted to helping people learn, think, and create better.299 followers | Follow
Wouter Daemen
Cultural Heritage | Photography | Archives |(Live)Music | History | New Media| Regionaal Archief Nijmegen | Copyleft | Copyright280 followers | Follow
Center for Pop Music
The Center for Popular Music is an archive and research center devoted to the study of American popular music from the pre-revolutionary era to the present.263 followers | Follow
Deseronto Archives
Updates on interesting things in the Deseronto Archives, written by Amanda Hill, archivist.250 followers | Follow
NoTube Project
Making APIs (and prototypes) for linking the Social Web with broadcast and on-demand television. See also: http://delicious.com/notube236 followers | Follow
Eric Wakin
Lehman Curator for American History and adjunct professor of history at Columbia University.234 followers | Follow
Archives-UTA
Special Collections specializes in historical materials relatings to Texas, the U.S. War with Mexico, the cartographic history of Texas, among others.188 followers | Follow
Cees Snoek
Video retrieval expert || team leader of MediaMill(.nl) || Head of R&D at Euvision Technologies182 followers | Follow
sabinesabine
head of CREATE-IT Applied Reasearch, new media phd candidate at University of Amsterdam www.digitalmethods.net169 followers | Follow
Internet Memory
Internet Memory Foundation is a non-profit institution. It actively supports the preservation of Internet as a new media for heritage and cultural purpose.162 followers | Follow
SoA Conference
Tweeting about all the fantastic things that are planned for the Society of Archivists Annual Conference160 followers | Follow
Sarah Saunders
Specialist in image archiving, digital imaging and metadata. Mother, writer, and winter swimmer.141 followers | Follow
Ashley Howdeshell
A bookworm, music obsessed, analog-loving, archivist living in the great city of Chicago.139 followers | Follow
Woordentikkertje
Man bijt hond: Woordentikkertje is een experiment om spelenderwijs video’s te beschrijven. Door te spelen help je de catalogus van het archief te verbeteren.134 followers | Follow
Courtney Michael
Proj Mngr, WGBH Media Library & Archives. Tweeting tape finds for CPB Inventory and other moving image archives news!128 followers | Follow
Chirag Shah
Assistant professor at the School of Communication & Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University125 followers | Follow
PrestoCentre
PrestoCentre is a membership driven organisation that serves an international community of stakeholders in audiovisual digitisation and digital preservation.124 followers | Follow
Open Images
Open Images is an open media platform that offers online access to audiovisual archive material to stimulate creative reuse. Dutch tweets: @Openbeelden123 followers | Follow
erwin verbruggen
120 followers | Follow
Agora Project
Agora will develop a social platform in which museum objects can be placed into an explicit (art)historic context.54 followers | Follow
Andrew Flinn
51 followers | Follow
movingmedia
47 followers | Follow
Video Active
Providing free access to European television heritage online by selecting a large collection of television archive content and making it available through a mul44 followers | Follow
Alyss Hardin
M.L.I.S., B.A. and IMLS Fellow. I like acronyms, archives, books and rocking databases!43 followers | Follow
Stacey Greenaway
I'm a PhD student at University of Wolverhampton researching video tagging games.34 followers | Follow
Robert Zepf
32 followers | Follow
AVA21 Conference
Audiovisual Archives in the 21st Century | Tweeting about AVA21 ? Please use hashtag #ava2130 followers | Follow
joanna baker
26 followers | Follow
GratefulDeadArchive
22 followers | Follow
Julia Noordegraaf
Associate Professor in Media Studies and Program Director MA Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image, University of Amsterdam.19 followers | Follow
Show me the Data
Public Presentations of nine multidisciplinary data visualization projects developed by Master students of UvA and maHKU.18 followers | Follow
