Copyright and Social Media

[Becky Schneider]

I am working on a social media policy for our library and am hoping to
learn how other libraries are dealing with the effect of copyright law on
social media.

Despite exhortations for libraries to become the "George Takei of our
communities" (
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/inside-scoop/digital-revolution-pr), I
am aware that reposting images on social media usually violates copyright.
However, I haven't been able to track down any professional discussions in
libraryland about copyright and social media except in relation to
Pinterest. Indeed, cute viral book memes abound on many library Facebook
pages.

Does your library have a policy, formal or informal, about copyrighted
content on social media or has anyone otherwise dealt with this issue in
libraries?

-- 
Becky Schneider
Reference Librarian/Webmaster
Morse Institute Library, Natick, MA
bschneider at minlib.net

Views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
views or policies of the Morse Institute Library.

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