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  CITY OF PARRAMATTA LIBRARIES Pinterest  @parralibrary  City of Parramatta Libraries Pinterest account has 463 followers, 6.9k monthly viewers, and following 101 other Pinterest accounts. There is an option to send the account profile to other social media apps such as  WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, or through Email and copy link options.  Facebook Search for  @ParraLibrary  on Facebook or Messenger to find the City of Parramatta Libraries Facebook page easily. The City of Parramatta Libraries Facebook account has 3,582 likes, 3,870 followers  3,798 number of people checked in. The page was created 30 September 2010. It has contact information and a link to the library website which is under the umbrella of the City of Parramatta Council website.The posts are all about books, podcasts information, upcoming special events and activities like storytime live stream for kids, visits by well known authors,  and  DIY crafts, among others. Parr...

  Image by David King under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license from https://www.flickr.com/photos/80994469@N00/16044598370 S ocial media is beneficial to libraries as a marketing tool to promote library information and services and to provide an online platform for community engagement. Two recommended  tools for libraries to publish content marketing activities and engage with customers on Social Media are: ✅ Facebook Facebook is the most popular social media networking site in the world. By using Facebook, libraries post updates about their services, activities, training sessions, new resources, and its followers engage by liking, commenting on posts, and sharing posts with their friends. ✅ LinkedIn LinkedIn is the largest professional networking platform in the world. With LinkedIn, libraries get to engage with people in the professional field, and get access to LinkedIn Learning, a leading online catalogue of thousands of high-quality tutorials that library patrons can be interested ...

Image under Creative Common License  https://www.flickr.com/photos/28634719@N02/25090968815   Social Media Platforms   refer to different websites and applications that are used by individuals for social networking, blogging, microblogging, photo sharing, and video sharing, etc.. These platforms are also used by businesses as sales and marketing tools to engage with their customers, sell products and services, as well as recruit and hire people. 5 Well-known Social Media Platforms Facebook Facebook is currently the most widely used social media platform. Its users create profiles -- whether for personal or business -- where they upload photos and videos, and Facebook friends interact by liking, commenting, and sharing. Users can also send private messages to other users through Facebook's widely used messaging platform 'Messenger' .  Instagram Instagram is a  photo and video-sharing social media platform. Individuals and businesses use Instagram to take, upload...

  LIBRARY 2.0   Image by Travelin' Librarian under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license from https://www.flickr.com/photos/45082883@N00/127580761 The term is used to describe a variety of interactive, collaborative, and multimedia websites and applications that libraries use to deliver effective web-based library services and promote user participation. Different types of Library 2.0 applications include the OPAC, Wikis, Blogs, RSS, Instant Messenger, social networks, and podcasts. [1] LIbrary 2.0 popular sites include Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, My Space, and Flickr, among others. Image by Visual Content under CC BY 2.0 license from https://www.flickr.com/photos/143601516@N03/28208489145 Two links to sites that provide an explanation of library 2.0 https://www.library20.com/page/about http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/library-20 Reference: [1] Libraries in a Web 2.0 environment. HIPERTEXT.NET. Retrieved 24 October 2020 from https://www.upf.edu/hipertextnet/en/numer...

 SOCIAL MEDIA IN LIBRARIES Image Credit: Lewis Ogden under creative commons attribution license from  https://www.flickr.com/photos/68830805@N04/43617178595  accessed 26 October 2020. Blog Houghton Library Blog https://blogs.harvard.edu/houghton/ This is the main blog of the Houghton Library at Harvard University that started in 2009. Houghton Library is the repository for Harvard Library's rare books and manuscripts.  Blog posts were initially about interesting materials discovered by library staff during cataloging as well as about collections available for research.   Eventually, the blog became an outlet for staff, student workers, and visiting researchers to share aspects of their work with the collections, whether behind the scenes, in the stacks, or in the reading room. [1] [1] HL BLOG STAFF. (2019, 16 August). About the Blog. Houghton Libray Blog. Retrieved 25 October 2020 from  https://blogs.harvard.edu/houghton/about-2/ YouTube Library of C...