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Useful article for assessment item 2.

The conversations about the social life of information reminded me about a publication called "Delayed Gratification". The emergence of the idea that "being first" is more important that "being correct" in the business of journalism has seen the life of a news story rarely flowing through to the conclusion of the event itself, as the latest breaking thing takes over the hype. DG magazine is always 120 pages long, and follows up on the news of each quarter, investigating the ending of the stories that break, burn up cyberspace for a time, and then disappear.

"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.

First time sharing on Diigo! This article offers good tips on determining the credibility of news sources.

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.

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.

A policy that includes extensive information on the responsibilities of employees regarding social media (section 2.3). It mentions upholding the online image of the Museum, approval for blog posts and restrictions on what can/cannot be posted on social platforms.

Useful information on Web 2.0 technologies/Librarian 2.0

Dragon Dictation App - Dragon Dictation records voice as text onto a word processing document. A handy tool to use when writing an essay. Sometimes I find verbal ideas and thoughts are clear, I struggle to synthesize all the information into written text. the Dragon Dictation software is another tool to assist with education.

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.

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.

Useful site for Information Policy project.

Sounds useful for the assignment for those looking at academic libraries

Thanks Maddy - very relevant :)

Is Zuckerberg right when he says "the vast amount of information that users share within Facebook could eventually replace the need to search the web for answers to certain questions"? I don't share very much..it doesn't come naturally (on line that is). But this share here is my 1st Diigo post! Following on from my 1st tweet earlier.....Thank god I've got yoga tonight to bring myself back to the real world.

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.

Taylor & Francis sought to address some of these questions by conducting research into how the library community is currently using and applying social media. Libraries have been particularly prevalent in their uptake of social media, and use it as a key medium for engaging with their users.

a light, helpful article about setting aside time to read. Good material to share with patrons on library social media

Thanks for sharing this great article Christine. I am studying a Bachelor of Information Studies with Charles Sturt University and posted it onto one of my subject's Facebook pages to share also with others. The article had some excellent ideas for getting back into reading.

Article title : Social networking tools for academic libraries, the writer is the University of Hong Kong education faculty staff. Samuel Kai-Wah Chu, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong