Comments on: LITA Blog Policies http://litablog.org Library and Information Technology Association Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Social Media Policy | jamiens http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-281022 Social Media Policy | jamiens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:18:41 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-281022 [...] It is important to put these specific stipulations into the policy to avoid future grey areas of acceptable content. These elements all seem apt for removal from a library social media site, except for “Comments totally unrelated to the content of the forum” and “Hyperlinks to material that is not directly related to the discussion” (Haskell, 2007, para. 7). My aversion relates to a larger issue for social media: the dialogue versus the monologue approach of communication. Social media allows for a dialogue between the library and the user. As the library assists with learning and increasing knowledge, if a user feels inspired and wants to take the discussion in a different direction, the library might benefit from allowing and encouraging that type of social media behaviour. If the library removes any posts by users that are not directly related to the original content, then the users may feel rejected and might become upset. This is not to say discriminatory material shouldn’t be removed, but it is to say that the specific wording of these two elements are too vague and thus might hinder the potential of this social media program. That said these policy elements appear in most of the examples that the Haskell (2007) lists, including the Newton Free Library Blog Policy and the LITA Blog Policy. [...] [...] It is important to put these specific stipulations into the policy to avoid future grey areas of acceptable content. These elements all seem apt for removal from a library social media site, except for “Comments totally unrelated to the content of the forum” and “Hyperlinks to material that is not directly related to the discussion” (Haskell, 2007, para. 7). My aversion relates to a larger issue for social media: the dialogue versus the monologue approach of communication. Social media allows for a dialogue between the library and the user. As the library assists with learning and increasing knowledge, if a user feels inspired and wants to take the discussion in a different direction, the library might benefit from allowing and encouraging that type of social media behaviour. If the library removes any posts by users that are not directly related to the original content, then the users may feel rejected and might become upset. This is not to say discriminatory material shouldn’t be removed, but it is to say that the specific wording of these two elements are too vague and thus might hinder the potential of this social media program. That said these policy elements appear in most of the examples that the Haskell (2007) lists, including the Newton Free Library Blog Policy and the LITA Blog Policy. [...]

]]> By: » LIS 768 Social Media Policy coxjenn http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-220236 » LIS 768 Social Media Policy coxjenn Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:59:21 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-220236 [...] LITA Blog Policies. LITA Blog-Library and Information Technology Association. http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/ [...] [...] LITA Blog Policies. LITA Blog-Library and Information Technology Association. http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/ [...]

]]> By: Draft Blog Guidelines http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-99748 Draft Blog Guidelines Wed, 21 May 2008 00:20:40 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-99748 [...] cobbled together from several sources (such as LITA’s blog policy and the canonical St. Petersburg College Library Blog Policy), here’s a generic draft blog [...] [...] cobbled together from several sources (such as LITA’s blog policy and the canonical St. Petersburg College Library Blog Policy), here’s a generic draft blog [...]

]]> By: What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » Social Software Policies http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-40464 What I Learned Today… » Blog Archive » Social Software Policies Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:54:58 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-40464 [...] LITA Blog Policy [...] [...] LITA Blog Policy [...]

]]> By: Library Tech Talk Blog’s About Page and Policies « Library Tech Talk http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-29948 Library Tech Talk Blog’s About Page and Policies « Library Tech Talk Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:19:46 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-29948 [...] LITA Blog Policies and Procedures [...] [...] LITA Blog Policies and Procedures [...]

]]> By: Lance Doss http://litablog.org/lita-blog-policies-and-procedures/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Lance Doss Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:13:19 +0000 http://litablog.org/?page_id=5#comment-175 Is there a way for me to make members aware, through this webblog of opportunities I have in the industry? I am a recruiter and have opportunities for Technical Librarians. Thanks Is there a way for me to make members aware, through this webblog of opportunities I have in the industry? I am a recruiter and have opportunities for Technical Librarians.

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