Social Media Etiquette

There are no official ettiquette rules or standards of behaviour when it comes to Social Media which is surprising considering they are such a big part of peoples lives.  It does seem, however, that most people do show common sense when using these tools but from a professional stand point maybe these need to be formalised for employees. 

http://www.asha.org/associates/Social-Media-Etiquette-for-Professionals/

Social Media and Copyright

Social media has changed the way we communicate with lots of people publishing  information without regards to copyright law.  If your content is original then this should be okay but what about re-tweeting – this is virtually taking something someone else has published word-for-word and reusing it, is this fair or a breach of copyright?  I think that copyright rules on the Internet are still to open and that some legal guidelines need to be created.

Different Ways Libraries use a variety of Social Media

Different libraries use Social Media in many different ways.  Some such as State Library of Qld have many tools like Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, YouTube, Pinterest & Flicker.  Not only do they use these but they have tailored many to the individuals’ interest.  An example is Twitter, they have 6 different twitter accounts from which to choose ranging from following the Library in general to following their film section or what’s new in the shop. Some are more basic such as Public Record Office Victoria which only has Twitter, Facebook and Flicker and others are in between like LINC Tasmania which has Facebook, YouTube, Flicker, History Pin and Library Thing.  I guess some of the smaller libraries don’t see the need to have a large amount of social media options and therefore pick the more popular ones.  Social Media tools are a great idea for these groups as it hopefully opens them up to new users and keeps them going and hopefully growing.

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https://twitter.com/pro_vic

https://www.facebook.com/LINCTas

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Privacy Issues on Social Media

Privacy is a real concern for me.  I have never liked the idea of everyone knowing where I am, who i'm with, where I live etc so I keep my information very limited.  Just recently however, having created all these accounts for study I had only just setup my Instagram account under my maiden name  I put in very little personal information but someone from school had found me within 5 mins and was following me because I had not finished changing my privacy settings.  Checkout the link below - very interesting.

http://www.reputation.com/reputationwatch/articles/top-five-social-media-privacy-concerns

COOL HOME LIBRARY!

I would never get anything done at home if I had one of these in my house.

I am enjoying the subject of Social Media so far.  During this process I have been amazed at how many "tools" there are out there (social media ones, not the people ones!).

MODERN TECHNOLOGY

Well here goes folks. First attempt at Blogging.  Hopefully it all works well and you guys see it.  I am looking forward to learning all this new technology because now I will know what my nieces and nephews are talking about!