Infopeople announced a new, 1 hour webinar on social media policies. Attend live or view the archive after the event for more information.

Title: Writing a Social Media Policy for Your Library

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Start Time: 3PM Eastern

Does your library have a social media policy?

Chances are, it doesn't...but it almost certainly should. Learn why you need one, and what points are essential. Discover how writing this kind of policy can be completely different than writing any other kind for a library, and what you might need in a policy for staff versus what you might need to spell out for patrons.

This webinar will help you to understand some current best practices that you can use to guide you through the process of drafting your own social media policy for your library.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

Be able to identify at least three reasons for which your library should have a social media policy
Be able to identify at least five points that should be covered in a social media policy for library employees
Understand how your library's current social media policy may be breaking the law
Be familiar with at least one key difference in purpose for a policy for patrons, as opposed to employees

This webinar will be of interest to Library Administrative staff, HR staff, and those working with social media issues.

For more information and to participate in the April 2, 2014 webinar, go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=387 .

Webinars are free of charge, register using the links above.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar. Check our archive listing
at: http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived

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Shannon D. White

Continuing Education Coordinator

Library of Michigan

702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507

Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700

Toll free: 877-479-0021

whites29@michigan.gov

http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan

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