Purpose
The purpose of the social media employed by the Amityville Public Library is to promote and disseminate information regarding Amityville Public Library programs, news, projects, and ongoing activities to all members of the Library district consistent with the Library’s mission statement. The secondary purpose is to provide a forum for Library staff and Library users to share opinions and information about Library related subjects and
Definition of Social Media issues.
Social media is defined as any web application, site, or account created and maintained by the Amityville Public Library that supports the Amityville Public Library social media purpose statement.
Who May Post (Authorized Users)
Only authorized employees may set up or post to Library-sponsored blogs or microblogs, social networking pages, or other social media. Authorization is granted by the Library Director. Any staff member authorized to post must attend social media training, with the Director or his/her designee to review the Guidelines listed in the Addendum to this Policy. The Library Director is authorized to update the Addendum as needed to meet usage and training needs.
Acceptable Use/Handling Comments
Amityville Public Library welcomes the comments, posts, and messages of the community and recognizes and respects differences in opinion. All comments, posts, and messages are subject to review. The Library retains the right to post or to decline posting (when the capability exists) any comment to its social media site. The Amityville Public Library reserves the right, but is not required, to remove any comment, post, or message that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be abusive, defamatory, in violation of intellectual property rights, illegal or otherwise inappropriate or whose content is not in accordance with the purpose of the Library’s social media site. The Amityville Public 1 Library will not be held responsible or liable for content posted by any subscriber in any Amityville Public Library social media forum.
The following will be removed immediately from any Amityville Public Library social media forum:
- Obscene or racist content
- Personal attacks, insults, or threatening language
- Personal information, including phone numbers, addresses, etc. or requests for personal information
- Potentially libelous statements
- Plagiarized material
- Comments, links, or information unrelated to the content of the forum
- Commercial promotions, spam, political activity, or advocacy messages
Adopted April 18, 2013