Libgram. The best uses of Instagram by a library

Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and Flickr.

In December 2014, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom announced that Instagram has 300 million users accessing the site per month.

Instagram is fast becoming an exciting platform through which libraries can share news, achievements, and images of everyday life among the bookshelves

Just Scoop.it!

Scoop.it is a social media platform that enables users to organize and purposefully collect and share annotated, online content.

Scoop.it starts out with the topic selection and adding keywords to the Scoop.it creation dashboard.

Scoop.it gives users the opportunity to curate - pick favourites. Users can explore Scoop.it by searching for topics that other people have scooped.

Scoop.it allows to clip from websites, Twitter, RSS feeds, YouTube, Slide share, Facebook, and custom Google searches.

A few words on using Pinterest for Libraries

Pinterest is a social media website that allows users to create and share virtual bulletin boards. Libraries and librarians can use this site to promote the library or sharing ideas.

Pinterest is really easy to use. Boards can be set up very quickly on topics of interest. It is very easy to pin content and to upload new content. Pinterest has a large user base and is a place where people are engaging with content.

You can promote your library many different ways using Pinterest.

Twitter for Libraries

Libraries on twitter should encourage followers to interact with the library - ask questions, share links, re-tweet interesting posts from others, and reply when people message you 

Twitter a platform where users share their thoughts, news, information and jokes in 140 characters of text. Twitter makes global communication cheap and measurable. 

Libraries on twitter should encourage followers to interact with the library - ask questions, share links, re-tweet interesting posts from others, and reply when people message you.

In Tweets Libraries can:

Spirit of Ukrainian library

Do you know what public libraries look like in Ukraine?

They are ancient, poor equipped. They don’t have even electronic catalogue not to say about 3D printer)

But people still go there, still support them and keep them alive.

Facebook as a Library Tool

Facebook now boasts 1.23 billion monthly users, or about one-sixth of the world's population. Those users have made 201.6 billion friend connections and clicked the like button 3.4 trillion times. So, whether you like it or no, if you consider its powerful influence, you must be there.

Libraries are using such FB tools as creating, sharing, and exchanging information and ideas to market programs and services, and to connect and engage with their communities beyond the library walls.

The best uses of blog by a library

From my point of view there are several reasons why libraries use blogs to educate, to inform and to promote.

• Blog is a perfect place to update customers about the recent news or upcoming events within a library. Monash University Library or  Cambridge University Library use their blog mainly with this purpose.
• Libraries can use blogs as an educational platform. Through reading about collections the followers gain a lot of knowledge on various subjects, such as history, culture science etc. Look into National Library of Australia or British Library.
• Blogs could also be devoted to book reviews. On the blog Eleventh Stack a group of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh workers not only tell readers  about new items but also advise what to read on certain subjects.
• Blog is a good communication platform. Due to the fact that blogs enable readers to comment posts, it's a perfect way for libraries to get to know their costumers and receive feedback about their work. Look at State Library of Queensland.    

In general the reason why libraries should blog is to show that the are alive, that they are up to date with most recent issues and to engage people to use their services.