#Natsca2015 Number sign to hashtag - Having fun with Social Media & Collections

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From Number Sign to Hashtag – the Power of Social Media #NatSCA2015 Mar Dixon @MarDixon [email protected]

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From Number Sign to Hashtag – the Power of

Social Media #NatSCA2015

Mar Dixon@MarDixon

[email protected]

A common name for the # symbol in the United States

is “number”.

Yet another accepted name for the # symbol is “hash”, which is a popular one in

the UK. It is also the generally accepted name

for the symbol when referring to computer programming usage.

CultureThemesMoney

Long FacesSeeing a potential

outlet

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Why?Trends

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Word of the Year!Bye bye

The objective:#MuseumSelfie was simple:

share a selfie you took with art/objects.

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Not everyone likes it

Haters gonna hate - but it’s ok!

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A nation stays alive when its culture stays

alive.

~National Museum in Kabul

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