Sukie Deng

Two social media tools I would recommend as being beneficial to libraries would be Facebook and Pinterest. I recommend Facebook because you can create a Facebook page account for the library. You can add a brief history of the library, contact information, opening hours, put in upcoming or future events, careers section (to see if any available jobs positions) and create a group section (for book clubs and book reviews). It's easy to use by posting updates, announcements, reminders, pictures, videos and messages (short or long). Pinterest uses pins what they call images and videos, where you can put a description for them. You can save those pins to your account. It would be beneficial for a library because you can upload images or use someone else's image, to create boards (categories) like historical fiction, young adult, new arrivals, staff picks, romance, parenting, fantasy, crime, picture books, text classics, cook books, and many others. You can add YouTu...

My local public library is Epping but it is merged under Parramatta Council ( https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/living-community/library ) They use 7 different types of social media Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/cityofparramatta ) posts about events, projects, updates, and announcements. YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/pccweb  posts videos about the events they have had, how their projects are going, and announcements. Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/cityofparramatta/  posts pictures and videos mostly of their events and announcements. Twitter: https://twitter.com/parracity  posts about events, projects, updates and announcements. RSS feeds: https://www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/available-rss-feeds . There are City of Parramatta media releases and City of Parramatta events RSS feeds available. Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com.au/parralibrary/  are pictures where it has been divided into categories/genres li...

A library blog:  https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/blogs  which posts about a lot of different things like top 11 summer reads for kids, using artificial intelligence to describe our collections, photographs from the 1965 Freedom Ride, Koori Mail cartoons on display, The Dictionary of Sydney, and many more. A library YouTube page:  https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofsydney  are videos about events, projects, updates and reminders. A library Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/NthSydCouncil  posts events, project updates, and reminders/announcements. A library Twitter page:  https://twitter.com/WaverleyCouncil  posts about events, project updates, and reminders/announcements. A library Instagram page:  https://www.instagram.com/burwoodlibrary/  posts about books to read, reminders, events, and nature.