We have been asked to discuss how we might use social media in our libraries. We are on facebook, but I think we could utilize it more. I understand that our library should have a social media policy. I will share the information I gained with my Director and board. Twitter is a medium I plan to research more. We even had a patron who thought we should go for it. He said he thought quite a few people would follow us. As for Instagram, I am not sure. I will need to do more research. I am not sure it would be worth the time. I follow Pinterest to get ideas for our library. I rarely have an original idea so I don't know if the library wants to have a board for people to follow...another thing to discuss with the staff. Youtube has gotten so big. It would be fun to have some things on there but, again, I think it would need to be something unique or people might not wade through all the options to find our video. Shelfari is definitely a website I am going to do more with. I really like goodreads and have had some good luck winning some books that I read, review and donate to my library. Shelfari is colorful and fun. I plan to investigate that further. Thank you for this class and helping us get our feet wet in some areas that we haven't experienced yet. I look forward to Institute in June and to further RACE webinars in the future. MERRY CHRISTMAS! -RHONDA

With Anne's help I found a couple of libraries using instagram by going through FB. Carroll County Public uses this medium for showing pics of library events. Also, Rapid City Public has many book displays and other library displays photographed.

after class I went to you tube and searched library how to. Paged through a few but liked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7RHoGR7hg neat how to for kids to find books - done by kids!