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"Social media, another type of commonwealth record"(National Library of Australia, 2012, para. 11). NLA clearly identify 7 common social media tools and the strategy for record to be captured. Increasing library information, knowledge and users feedback move to social media channels. Library decision making based on users' feedback in social media should be recorded.

This policy, applicable to all National Library of Australia employees, aims to clarify employee responsibilities in relation to official, professional and private social media use. Although set out like most policies whereby it notes the policy's context, objective, scope etc., this one stands out for its detailed controls in regards to what employees should and should not do when posting on social media, whether it be in an official, professional or private capacity.

Education funding facts comparing Estonia and Australia

This policy informs Western Australia Department of Education employees of the potential damage their personal use of social media can directly or indirectly affect the Department. Specific areas of interest in this policy include the legitimate and non-legitimate use of social media, the identification of key risk areas, and the duty of care towards students.

A succinct overview of monthly AUSTRALIAN social media statistics

This one is out of date now, it was updated last year but I can't find the new version (chances are it's on an intranet somewhere). If you are curious it's just as military speak as you'd expect and does cross reference other policies. They cover the official and personal communication by Australian defence personnel and contractors, including librarians employed in Australian military libraries. Of note, defence personnel cannot edit wikis (not an official form of communication).

Although this policy relates to American schools, it recognises that the same principles used for employee social media use in Australia are relevant everywhere. The policy includes a lot of the same information as the Australian examples, however, ends with a detailed Frequently Asked Questions section that would be extremely useful to employees seeking clarification in regards to general, personal and student social media use.

Whilst not a social media policy, the Queensland's Department of Education Standard of Practice document is an example of how principles relating to the appropriate use of social media can be communicated as part of a larger document that aims to clarify the ethical principles, values and standards of conduct that employees are expected to abide by.

Libraries of SA. Social media http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=279 This policy focuses specifically on the use of the Libraries SA Facebook and Twitter accounts. It describes the purpose of each accounts and how each account will be used. Policies on 'following' and replying to posts are clearly explained. Embedded in the policy is the Acceptable Use policy, privacy statement and disclaimer.

Social media technologies have a number of characteristics that may suit information access and informal knowledge management by older adults, and there is a rapid uptake of these technologies by this demographic. Based on the characteristics of social media technologies and previous findings of online knowledge management, we introduce a novel framework for achieving social media-based knowledge management suited to older adult communities. The framework involves several key aspects and requirements: public peer-to-peer sharing of information, evaluation of content amongst peers, the "push" nature of these technologies, ease-of-use through simple interfaces, affordability, platforms that are extensible to support a wide range of information types, a self-organizing information dissemination network, and a human-based peer trust network. We conducted a six-month trial of 150 participants using Facebook, Twitter and Skype to determine their perceptions and preferences in relation to using these social technologies. We found that in the majority, the views of the older adult participants were well matched to the requirements for achieving social media-based knowledge management, identified in the framework. In addition, we discuss the implications of the findings for the implementation of future social media-based knowledge management systems.

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Bless the Americans and their transparency, this was released publically in 2010, probably due an update but they're trying. Even in 2010 they endorsed the use of all social media but directed transparency, posters had to identify that they worked for the DoD. Interestingly there is nothing here about failure to comply. I feel like Australia based theirs on the US document. I guess I should explain. I am only casually employed in the industry (I mean very casually). And military librarian is one of my two ideal jobs, so I looked for info on that rather than the school situation I am an.

This policy illustrates the overarching framework that the University of New South Wales use to ensure that all digital media used for online teaching and learning, marketing, recruitment and publicity meet the university's guidelines when created and distributed. Of particular interests is the more formal template used for the police, as well as the visual overview of the policies, procedures and guidelines that relate to all digital media at the university.

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.