<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Make Social Media a Holiday Gift to Your&nbsp;Library]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>David Lee King asks (and answers) &#8220;Are efforts to use social media worth it? Indeed, they are. I see many reasons for libraries—or practically any other organization—to use these tools.&#8221;</p>
<p>No, not just a Facebook page you post to occasionally.  But a well thought-out social media presence.  Read all about it! Right here:  <a title="social media" href="http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/columns/dispatches-field/social-media" target="_blank">Social Media?</a> (from American Libraries Online)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what you (and your library) can do with social media services, if you do it well:</p>
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<li>Listening</li>
<li>Communicating</li>
<li>Answering</li>
<li>Sharing new stuff</li>
<li>Sharing staff and personality</li>
<li>Being &#8220;alive&#8221; online</li>
</ul>
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