Monday, December 23, 2013

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

1 comment:

  1. I think that a social media policy is a good thing to create. It helps to have have guidelines to know what is to be posted and what may cause issues. We also use Pinterest a lot for ideas on crafts and decorations! I am with you on the YouTube use...it would be cool but seems like a bit of work at this point!

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