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Harmon, Charles; Messina, Michael (2013). Using Social Media in Libraries : Best Practices. http://primo.unilinc.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=CSU Chapter 8: Implementing an online social community as an extension to our physical libraries.. A great review re Halifax Public Libraries implantation of their new social catalogue, aptly named Discover. Covers many practical topics such as: features of a social catalogue planning and research for the project objectives of implementing a social catalogue/tie in with mission statement technical issues staff training communication and marketing feedback It concludes with some practical and professional advice for potential users of such a catalogue.

The best link is via CSU library, not the eblib.com link. http://primo.unilinc.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=CSU

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.

The article provides guidance how to write social media policy. A definition of social media, library goals and objectives and contact information should include in the policy. The six standards include sensitivity, privacy, information, responsiveness, introductions and teamwork guides the policy. The policy should accord industry standards and with supporting documents. A well prepared policy facilitates library staffs to manage and library patrons to use social media tools in safe.

This article is detailed to show that the important of the social media policy and how to decide it. The examples are included. Matching policy to company goals are mentioned. It is important to remember S.P.I.R.I.T (Sensitivity, Privacy, Information, Responsiveness and Introductions) as a guide for all customer interactions. How to implementation and what supporting documents are include are very important.

Great article about how to incorporate social media into schools.

Useful article for assessment item 2.

I was happy to find a relevant and recent article advocating the use ofcial media for voluntary organisations. Abstract: There is potential for nonprofit organizations to increase effectiveness by mobilizing social media to help achieve goals. However, the sector is only just becoming aware of the possibilities for social media and lags behind other sectors in its use. We report a New Zealand initiative to enhance the capability of nonprofit organizations through action research that has implications for nonprofit organizations elsewhere. Borrowing from resource mobilization theory, we introduce the concept of resource mobilization chains to explain the requirements for and obstacles to taking advantage of social media. A survey and two in-depth case studies found that nonprofit organizations demonstrated extremely limited familiarity with and use of social media. Participants were enthusiastic about the potential of mobilizing social media to achieve organizational goals, but struggled to take concrete steps to implement their aspirations. Lack of resources was a key obstacle identified in both survey and case study research

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.

This is another case study that looks at why nonprofit organisations may utilise social media and how they may build a social media policy. In the resulting research, the study outlines how NPOs view social media, what they use it for (i.e. marketing, awareness, etc.) and the barriers it presents. Also, it examines how social media can be used as not only a means of communication, but also as a means to interact with stakeholders in a deeper conversation.

This source discusses the introduction of Web 2.0 technologies in a local government setting and how that enhances or disrupts operations. It looks at how the social media policy is the driving force in successful e-Government and the ways in which social media improves public relations.

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.

Web 2.0 applications are changing how educators interact both with each other and with their students. Educators can use these new Web tools daily to create, share, socialize, and collaborate with students, colleagues, and newly developed network contacts. School librarians are finding that Web 2.0 tools are bringing them more ways to embrace and promote new learning environments for the 21st-century learner.

"Using social media effectively in corporate setting requires a certain level of trust." (Golden, M., 2010, p. 78). This is an answer to "How rigid does your social media policy need to be?". This is the matter of the "tone" and the balance of "do" and "don't" list in the policy. Bottom line can be summarized as: "Don't do anything stupid."

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

With an online presence now paramount, many libraries, archives and museums have created, or are looking to create, a social media policy; one that will dictate an accepted level of interaction and outline how practitioners within these cultural heritage institutions use social media. But is the use of social media policy in direct defiance of the purpose of social media? And more importantly, is it practical for cultural heritage institutions to have one?

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.

This paper reported the results of libraries not using the social media tools and whether there were any strategic decisions supported the archives and libraries. It was showed that social media tools should be needed for supporting the development of libraries. Therefore, developing the social media policies are important. It could help the libraries to be developed continuously with the contents and archives being protected.