Developing a Social Media Policy...• Social media should provide a sense of community where people...
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Social Media Timeline
• Discussion • Flickr • Blog • Facebook
2010
• Twitter • YouTube
2011 • Policy • Committee
meetings
2012
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Floundering
• Limited staff
• Limited communication
• Disconnect
• Work Demands
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Research • Reading
• Workshops
• TLA “light bulb moment”
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Working on Policy
• Social media policies
• Draft
• Committee
• Social Media Policy
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Mission Statement
Goals
Platform Info Guidelines
Evaluation
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Mission Statement
• Importance
• Define purpose
• Short & succinct
“Texas Collection uses social media to highlight collections and services while providing a medium to engage users.”
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Mission Statement
Goals
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Why are we using social media?
What do we hope to gain?
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• Promote The Texas Collection and its holdings and establish the collection as a significant and scholarly source for research on the State of Texas;
• Increase visibility and strengthen the public image of The Texas Collection and Baylor University;
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Mission Statement
Goals
Platform Info
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Platform
Creation Date
Post Frequency
Audience
Notes
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Type Twitter
Began March 2011
Frequency Updated
Minimum: 1 time/week
Primary Audience
Anyone interested in Texas and Baylor; similar institutions, librarians, and archivists
Notes Use hashtags when appropriate (#Baylor promoting Baylor items.) Staff members attending conferences should tweet using the conference hashtag. Tweeting may include participation in special Twitter events (i.e. “Ask Archivists Day”) and the use of a regular feature (i.e. “#findoftheday”).
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Mission Statement
Goals
Platform Info Guidelines
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Guidelines
Planning
Posting
Comments
Media
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Planning
Flickr: Teresa Robinson. “Right Brain Planning {elements}.” Some rights reserved.
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Social Media Meetings
• Members
• Frequency
• Review
• Content
• Calendar
• Flexibility
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“Social media should be updated frequently. Depending on the platform, some media are updated more frequently than others. The social media team should meet several times each semester to plan accordingly for updates. Inactive accounts could provide patrons with a negative impression.”
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Guidelines
Planning
Posting
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Posting
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• Posts should be written in first person plural (unless indicated) to represent The Texas Collection as a whole.
• Each posting is a reflection on The Texas Collection. No inflammatory, degrading, defaming, racist, politically-leaning, etc. language should ever be used. Be sure that posts do not alienate readers. Consider how each interaction could be interpreted and adjust accordingly.
• Social media should provide a sense of community where people feel comfortable asking questions, posting content (where applicable), and connecting with the organization. Posts by staff should be friendly, positive, and engaging.
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Guidelines
Planning
Posting
Comments
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What makes social media social?
Interaction
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What is our responsibility?
• Monitoring
• Follow up
• Build dialogue
• Readily available
• Resolve issues
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Patron Comments
Texas Collection staff reserves the right to remove any content posted by users.
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Comments may be deleted or not released if they are: • Threatening, attacking, harassing, or embarrassing other
members • Promoting hate of any kind • Using profanity and offensive language • Not appropriate for all ages • Off-topic • Blatantly spam • Included numerous times in a single thread • Infringing on copyright law or university policy • Advertising a specific commercial service • Knowingly misleading other members • Reported as abuse
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Guidelines
Planning
Posting
Comments
Media
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Media • Protect materials • Proper attribution • Public domain
• Image size • Watermarks
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Mission Statement
Goals
Platform Info Guidelines
Evaluation
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Are we reaching
goals?
• Platform analytics
• Monthly statistics
• Bit.ly
• User survey
• Rebecca Hopman survey rebeccahopman.com/resources/socialmedia/index.html
Flickr: Jeff Hester. “Success.” Some rights reserved.
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Conclusions • Living document
• Policy anniversary
• Revisions
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AMIE OLIVER Coordinator for User and Access Services
The Texas Collection Baylor University
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