Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Method 8

I have a Facebook account.  I use it to keep up with family and friends.  I used to be extremely addicted to Facebook, but as Facebook has continued to evolve I have found that my interest is waning.  I created a Facebook Account for our school and make posts to it each week.  It has been a great tool  for communication to parents and students.  I have also clicked like on many professional FB pages such as ALA and I Love Libraries.  It is very convenient to have their important news land in my newsfeed.  I would not be able to visit those official websites on a daily basis. 

Twitter is another social media site that I have an account for and I only use it for professional reasons.  I enjoy reading updates from experts in fields of just about any topic that I search by using the hashtags.  It is a wonderful tool for professional development.  I have my schools FB account linked to our schools Twitter account and the statuses that I post go on Twitter as Tweets.  Just another way to promote activities in our school and library.  Social media is a powerful tool that all libraries need to consider.

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