Social Media (Blog #6)
As an elementary school librarian, most of my audience will be parents, teachers and other adult stakeholders in the community. Dr. Santos-Green's advocacy presentation ( n.d.) recommended Facebook or Instagram for that demographic. I decided to use Instagram for my hypothetical library (and school) because of th at . I considered Facebook, but c ontent no longer appears on feeds in a timely manner, so that would be difficult for promoting time-sensitive events or programs. In my real future library, I will probably tie an Instagram account to a Facebo ok account and kill two birds with one stone. Instagram’s biggest appeal is that pictures appear first. If you can draw people in with an interesting picture, then they will want to click on it and read what it’s all about. Molly Wetta ’s (2016) article gives some great tips for taking pictures . My favorite is to make sure you’re close to the subject or action so followers can see wha...