Social media is a popular and powerful set of online tools for communication, engagement and connections across communities.
Social media provide value to IFLA members by providing:
IFLA Headquarters manages IFLA accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, Vimeo and YouTube, which represent the main outlets for official IFLA news and information via social media.
IFLA Headquarters supports use of social media by:
It is up to each IFLA unit (Strategic Programmes, Divisions, Sections and SIGs) how they prefer to communicate, bearing in mind issues of geography, technology access and cost, and reporting requirements. There is no obligation to use any particular social media site to communicate with members. IFLA provides blogs and mailing lists.
Any content shared on an IFLA social media account should consider these basic principles:
IFLA units must clearly name themselves when creating social media accounts. You may use an acronym or the full name. For example:
IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section
or
IFLA ARL
Section Information Coordinators, SIG conveners, and other persons responsible for social media, blog and other content disseminated by IFLA units, must be a member of their standing committee and abide by IFLA’s Rules of Procedure
It is good practice for more than one standing committee member to have access.
Accounts that are no longer necessary should be deleted.
If you have any questions about content, seek guidance from IFLA Headquarters or your section Chair before posting. Please contact communications@ifla.org for more information.
IFLA reserves the right to remove or retract any content that is deemed to be inappropriate, inaccurate or in violation of copyright. Such content includes, but is not limited to, content that is unsolicited, commercial, off-topic, abusive, obscene, in violation of copyright laws, otherwise unlawful, fraudulent, or threatening.
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