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Instagram, Facebook Pages and Groups and Twitter

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I am a Facebook user and enjoy it on a personal level.  Unfortunately, I get sucked in and lose precious minutes of my life by constantly scrolling.  For this reason, I have deleted the app and try very hard to stay off it!  Without social media, I am much more productive.  However, I do see much value in social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  Especially in advertising programs and events for your library. I enjoy being part of groups on Facebook and often save posts to my own feed.  When I find myself idle, I will go to either the Learning Librarians or Future Ready Librarians Facebook group.  Both are recommended for a community of librarians that will help answer questions and give book recommendations and lesson ideas.  When I typed in “school library,” I instantly recognized that the first libraries that popped up were either local public schools or pages that my friends already follow.  After clicking through a...