Review of Pinterest

Review of Pinterest as a social media tool for libraries

Review of Twitter

Review of Twitter as a social media tool for libraries

Review of Facebook

Review of Facebook as a social media tool for libraries

Different ways libraries use social media tools

There are as many ways to use social media as there are social media platforms. This stems from the fact that each platform has its own unique set of features, as well as reputation and user demographics. Libraries that have chosen to use more than one social media platform to be present on are aware of this and have tailored their methods of engagement to suit. 

Copyright and social media

Standard copyright laws apply when posting online. Permission is generally required when sharing copyrighted material created by others, but there are some situations when material can be used without permission. These include fair dealing exceptions (e.g. study, criticism or review, parody or satire), linking and embedding some types of materials, items out of copyright (i.e. public domain material), and short phrases of text.

Moral rights also apply when posting works created by others – in a nutshell, it is the right of a creator to be attributed by name, to not have his or her work attributed to another person, and the right to have the integrity of his/her work respected. This is often a point of contention for many amateur artists who find their work shared on social media without their permission and without any credit attributed to them.

A guide on copyright in social media, websites and blogs from La Trobe Uni

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library/copyright-hub/social-media

Etiquette while using social media

As with all human interactions, interacting with clients and the community online through social media can be tricky. Basic good manners apply online just as they do in real life, but there are some issues that need careful management to maintain good social media etiquette. 

Privacy issues when using social media

While social networking has allowed people to connect with more people than ever before and share their lives effortlessly, this can have a severe impact on the privacy and safety of individuals. It is important to be wary about how much and what sort of personal information is being shared, and to whom.

Social Media platforms as humans

Art by Jamie aka luvpie1997

I found this cute personification of various popular websites! Can you spot the ones we're using for this class?

These original characters are collectively known as The Interwebs Series. They were conceived by the tumblr user luvpie1997 (now 8-butt), aka Jamie. The characters proved to be very popular, inspiring lots of fanart, fanfiction, and even cosplays by other netizens. Since then, she has created a blog (The Interwebs Series) for the series, where she posts art and short comics.

 Have you used these websites? Do these personifications match up to your impressions?

My local library: Brunswick (Moreland)

I'm lucky enough to live within reach of three public library networks: Melbourne City, Moreland City, and Moonee Valley City. Of these three, the service I use most is Melbourne City, but the library I visit most is Moreland City's Brunswick branch, as it is closest to my home and workplace.

The library is situated on Dawson St, just around the corner from the Brunswick Town Hall on busy Sydney Rd. Even though it looks a bit lacklustre from outside, the interior is colourful and modern, with large windows on one side allowing plenty of light into the children's area.

The staff are always lovely and happy to help, and the library has a broad range of resources to cater to its multicultural community of all ages. It's very close to both trams and trains, and right in the middle of the bustling cultural melting pot that is Brunswick.

To see more about the Moreland library service, go to http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/libraries/

How to "Follow" other blogs

For our Social Media class, we need to stay up to date with the student blogs in our class. Doing that can be difficult, especially when we have so many other social media platforms to keep track of too! One simple trick to help with this is to Bookmark the class blog Vic Uni Library Studies 2016 Social Media 1 in your browser, or to place a hyperlink to it from your own blog to get to it quickly. From there, you can access the student blogs listed on the page. Today, I want to highlight another method: following blogs via your dashboard.

When you sign into Blogger and view your dashboard you'll see a list of your own blogs, and below that your "reading list". Your reading list allows you to quickly preview all the latest posts from every blog you've "followed", all in one place! You can also choose to only view posts from a particular blog. This will save you the trouble of checking each page individually to see whether new posts have been made. So how do we go about adding blogs to our reading list? Read on to find out!

First post!

Hi, this is Eva Jean! I'll be updating this post with links to my other social media accounts as I create them, but for quick access I'll also be adding them to a Links gadget over there on the right side of the page ------->


Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/sileeka
Twitter : https://twitter.com/evan_libstud
Pinterest : https://au.pinterest.com/eva_jean/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/evan_libstud
Scoopit : http://www.scoop.it/u/eva-jean


I aim to keep this blog interesting and fresh, so I hope it won't bore you to tears!