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This article is detail to describe the social media policy experiences of practitioners at the State Library of Queensland, Queensland State Archives and Queensland Museum. The common library policy is mentioned first. Then, show the result of the advantages or disadvantages associated with using a social media policy. It can be the reference of decide the social media policy.

The policy is a few years old now, having become effective in 2011 but it contains comprehensive coverage of employees' personal use of social media 

This article demonstrates the needs and challenges in setting social media policies in school. Since schools encourage using social media in education context, policies should be made to guide students using social media in safe. Privacy, identitiy, compliance, content authority, accessibility and privacy have to be concerned. The article suggest that social media policy should have clear guidelines and firm principles, explain rules and consequences when violate, and resources list and review time for references.

This article provided some examples for creating the social media policy. These examples can show how to get the balance right between centralized control and individual freedom. Those companies can show that how to set the social media policies in good judgment and management. They protect the privacy and copyright of the companies and employees and set the rules to explain what should or should not be post in the social media.

This document provides an excellent framework for developing a Social Media Policy in a school environment. This document breaks down each of the steps in the development and outlines some key ideas and thinking.

A document specifically for schools about creating a Social Media Policy/set of Guidelines. The author, Steven Anderson, (@web20classroom) is a Web 2.0 specialist consultant for schools in the US. A great guide to follow

In this concise four page guide (produced by Edutopia in collaboration with Facebook) educator and author Steven Anderson (@web20classroom) provides a very practical, step-by-step guide to developing a school social media policy. The seven steps start with "Examine your school culture" and conclude with "Review periodically". Each step includes reflection questions (for example "What are the fears around social media in school?" and "Does everyone on the team share the same goal?") and/or links to further resources as appropriate.

The article was focused on the topic of social media policies. The author mentioned that social media policies were to provide the guidelines for developing the social media tools. The policies could also help the libraries to avoid breaking the laws of copyright, fair use and posting accurate information to the users.

Describes how social media can support learning and argues that restrictive social media policies should be re-thought. Suggests making a distinction between policies (what is specifically allowed and not allowed) and guidelines (recommendations for best practice). References specific US legislation and education standards but the proposed framework for guidelines has general relevance with learning and behaviour the focus, not technology and tools.

Western Sydney University Social Media Policy - 2015 Audit is conducted of social media policy every 6 months. Comments must be replied to with 24 hours. Yammer is used as an internal social media network. There are some clear directions for dealing with social media and how to deal with adverse comments. This looks to me to be a good working policy.

This policy contains the expected don't slander the institution and a reminder that it is on there to stay. One statement caught my attention "A staff member should also consider carefully whether they are willing to accept students as social media "friends" as this might be perceived as a conflict of interest" (point 22). Not something I had thought of, I have been friends on social media with teachers before (high school, small class, extenuating circumstances). Largely it reads like every business social media policy I've read, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

This document from New South Wales Education & Training provides social media guidelines for the department's employees. The value of social media is noted and employees are made aware of what is required for responsible use of social media for personal and professional use. While this is not a library policy, aspects could be adapted for library use. The guidelines are clearly summarised in large font on a single page and then followed up with more detail.

This document in produced by the Department of Education and Training (DET) in 2011. It provides a set of guidelines for staff DET use of social media. Useful in the educational context.

The guidance argues seven main points to write social media policy: examine the school culture, organize team, research phase, draft document and incorporate feedback, make sure school attorney and school board to see the draft, introduction to the school community, and review periodically. It is crucial the policy is supported by school board and promote the policy so that community knows well the policy.Policy should be review periodically to ensure it meets school culture.

This article was aimed to report how successful of developing the social media policies at the State Library of Queensland, Queensland State Archives and Queensland Museum. The author would like to use these organizations' experiences for encouraging more librarians and other practitioners to develop their own social media policies. It could help to maintain the secuity of information and increase the interactions between the organizations and users that the social media is the good communication tools for them.

"Digital collections marketing is an important, yet often ignored aspect of digital collection management. While many collections are laudable for the quality of their pictures, metadata, and preservation techniques, they often remain obscure, unknown, and therefore inaccessible to their intended user populations. One of the ways digital librarians can cultivate a broader awareness of their collections is through social networking. More importantly, digital librarians who participate in conversations with users through the use of social media become inextricably intertwined with the knowledge creation processes relevant to their collections. This paper presents a set of five general principles (listening, participation, transparency, policy, and strategy) that provide digital librarians with straightforward, concrete strategies for successfully integrating social media into a digital library's overall strategic plan. In addition to these concrete strategies, I also explain the theoretical importance of each principle and its relevance for establishing a rapport with current and potential users of a digital collection."

This is the Minnetonka Public School Social Media Policy. Although this is an overseas example of a policy, I do like the structure and level of clarity provided in the document.

Social Media Policy for the Australian Catholic University (ACU). This document provides clear guidelines for ACU staff and students.

"Maintain an authentic online identity" (CBKB, n.d., para. 2). This is a very interesting, unique and true policy. Given our staff professional credibility, the policy suggested "make sure your identity can be verified in your contributions to online social network.". CBKB further suggested when created accounts on social networks, include a link to our staff profile that leads to a web page to identify their professionalism.

This is a case study on social media use in the cultural sector and is related to my line of work in the same sector, but on a larger scale. The text highlights careful consideration for users' privacy within the social media policy. Also, it includes a handy section titled "Anatomy of a social media policy," which explains what should be included in the document.