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I rolled my eyes when the Library of Congress announced in the spring of 2010 that it would be archiving Twitter. Great, I thought - drunken tweets about burritos preserved for eternal posterity. But the Library of Congress, as it turns out, was more forward thinking than I could have imagined. Twitter data, presumed to represent the pulse - and sometimes the future - of popular consciousness, now commands big bucks from hedge funds that in turn use Twitter data to make investment predictions. Even scientists are tapping into Twitter data for research purposes.

Started in 2008 by Vickie Davis, this site now has 258 members, 2,000+ items and over 6,400 visitors. The Diigo group focuses on all areas of digital citizenship, from research to classroom practice. The tags are also catalogued into Diigo Topic Lists for easy reference: http://bit.ly/b5LVWk