1. Public library social media policy: finding the most effective ways to provide a “comprehensive and efficient” service in fewer than 140 cha Michael Stead Transformation Officer Wigan Libraries

4. Content Driving principles Purposes and limitations Good examples Not-so-good examples What I want to do

6. “comprehensive and efficient”

7. “for all persons desiring to make use thereof”

8. BOOKS ARE FOR USE

9. EVERY READER HIS BOOK

10. EVERY BOOK ITS READER

11. SAVE THE TIME OF THE READER

12. THE LIBRARY IS A GROWING ORGANISM

14. “Maybe it’s because we’re a leisure trust...”

15. Why?

25. “We want a Facebook/Twitter/what ever page”

31. My social media policy

33. Audience participation warning!

34. What would you expect from a public library’s social media presence?

35. Thanks!! michael@michaelstead.org @MichaelStead m.stead@wlct.org