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Despite its often scary nature, social media can be an engaging platform that brings together people who share a common interest or can promote engagement through the creation of a networked community. The University of Melbourne's Library uses social media extensively to promote the library to a wide appreciative audience who engage with it via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Interesting article regarding mature-age students and Twitter in developing personal learning networks

this is the link to my flickr image of a Harry Potter Event at a local Brisbane City Council Library last year.

School Libraries 21C Report - my other bible.

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.

From the website: "Bright ideas is a blog by the School Libraries Association of Victoria (SLAV) and the State Library of Victoria (SLV). Its aim is to encourage teacher librarians and educators to actively engage with ICT, to share tools and experiences, to network on a global scale, and to embrace dynamic teaching and learning opportunities."

"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."

If the younger generation is any indication of how people will live, work, and interact in the future, today's teens are media omnivores who will set new standards for social communication.

Libraries need to understand what their users are doing on the internet in order to interact with them and market themselves successfully.

This is the University of Melbourne on Wikis, Blogs and Web 2.0 Technology. It gives some definition on the social media networks as well as guideline on policy for social media.

The social media policy of All Saints Anglican School is one of many of the school's policies. This is a very detailed policy that outlines appropriate guidelines and procedures for the use of social media by the staff and students. This policy therefore would also encompass the library. The main aim of the policy is not to restrict staff and students from using social media but to protect them by making very clear what is considered appropriate and acceptable use. The following headings provide structure to the policy: purpose, scope, responsibilities, definitions, breach and conclusion. 

I love this! The Orkney islands are a tiny group of isles off the Scottish coast - very remote, and their Twitter feed is a wonderful example of social media in action working for libraries. Thanks for sharing this.

Some apps to look out for in 2016

An interesting article Margaret. I had been thinking the same thing...I sometimes post articles and whilst I do have at least a quick view, I don't always read through to the end. The author calls it the age of skimming. I guess there are multiple reasons for it: time constraints for one. The author mentions how the small size of a mobile phone screen also affects the ability of people to read articles online - and people are increasingly accessing information/social networking sites on mobile phones. So they just skim...Thanks for sharing!

I love this. It is so true. It goes to show you need interesting titles, the important info straight up, pics and/or videos and articles that are not too long.