MT. CAESAR UNION LIBRARY
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
Introduction
The Mt. Caesar Union Library strives to be welcoming, relevant and accessible to all, a portal to the future and a bridge to the past. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life in our evolving community by providing resources and services for lifelong learning and enjoyment, the space and opportunities to gather, connect, and collaborate, and by fostering the love of reading.
Mt. Caesar Union Library (MCUL) uses various online social media platforms as a means to communicate announcements and updates on current events, programs, and services for library-related subjects and issues to individuals within the MCUL service area. Online social media platforms include any website or application that allows users to share information. Social media platforms can include, but are not limited to, blog posts, instant messaging, social networking sites, and wikis. The MCUL regards social media in the same way as its other information resources in accordance with its mission of serving the informational, educational, and leisure needs of residents of the town of Swanzey. The Library is not responsible or liable for any content posted by any participant in a Library social media forum. Comments, posts and messages from the community do not reflect the views of the MCUL, Library Trustees or employees.
PrivacyThe Library does not collect, store or share the personal information stored on any third party site in any way other than to communicate library-related information with users on that site. Users should be aware that third party websites have their own privacy policies and should proceed accordingly.
Users are encouraged to protect their privacy by not posting personal information or contact information on social media sites. Social media is permanent, retrievable, and public. All participation in the services should be conducted with the assumption that it is part of the public domain.
Guidelines for Engagement
The Library welcomes the comments, posts, and messages of the community that are related to the library’s posts, however, content containing any of the following are subject to removal from any Library social media forum:
1. Comments not topically related to the particular social medium article or post being commented upon;
2. Obscene language or content;
3. Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, veterans status, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
4. Sexual content or links to sexual content;
5. Solicitations of commerce;
6. Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
7. Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
8. Content that violates a legal interest of any other party;
9. Personal attacks, insults, threatening language or potentially libelous statements;
10. Private or personal information, including phone numbers and addresses, or requests for personal information;
11. Plagiarized or copy-right protected material
The Library reserves the right to restrict or remove content that is deemed in violation of this policy or any applicable law, rule or regulation, and the Library may ban or block users who post in violation of this policy after having been notified to comply with the policy. In the event of an unusual volume of commenting that violates the MCUL Social Media Policy engagement guidelines, the comment feature will be temporarily shut down.
Staff usage guidelines
Library staff can monitor and post to the MCUL social media accounts. Social media content should be written from the point of view of the “We,” which represents the library as a whole and not as an individual. Staff should refrain from expressing their personal views when posting on the library’s behalf. Staff should protect patron privacy and confidentiality, receive permission before posting photographs of patrons, and not identify children by name. Intellectual property laws must be respected in all posts. All visual works or quotes should be credited.
Liability and Participation
MCUL assumes no liability regarding any event or interaction that takes place by any participant in any Library-sponsored social media, and does not endorse content outside of the pages maintained by the Library and the posts created by MCUL staff in the course of their work duties. MCUL is not responsible for any personal information which is posted. The library reserves the right to use any comments, posts, and messages on library social media sites for use in public relations and marketing materials. The Library will remove any personal information from the comment/post/message.
By posting a comment or other content you agree to indemnify the MCUL and its officers and employees from and against all liabilities, judgments, damages, and costs (including attorney’s fees) incurred which arise out of, or are related to the content that you post.
MCUL reserves the right to monitor content before or after it is posted on all its social media sites, and to modify or remove any messages or postings that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be abusive, defamatory, in violation of the copyright, trademark right, or other intellectual property right of any third party, or otherwise inappropriate. MCUL also reserves the right to edit or modify any submissions in response to requests, feedback or other commentary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, MCUL is not obligated to take any such actions, and will not be responsible or liable for content posted by any subscriber in any forum, message board, or other area within the Library’s social media.
If a user does not agree to these terms, they are not to use services provided.
MCUL Board of Trustees, approved 9/21/22
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
Introduction
The Mt. Caesar Union Library strives to be welcoming, relevant and accessible to all, a portal to the future and a bridge to the past. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life in our evolving community by providing resources and services for lifelong learning and enjoyment, the space and opportunities to gather, connect, and collaborate, and by fostering the love of reading.
Mt. Caesar Union Library (MCUL) uses various online social media platforms as a means to communicate announcements and updates on current events, programs, and services for library-related subjects and issues to individuals within the MCUL service area. Online social media platforms include any website or application that allows users to share information. Social media platforms can include, but are not limited to, blog posts, instant messaging, social networking sites, and wikis. The MCUL regards social media in the same way as its other information resources in accordance with its mission of serving the informational, educational, and leisure needs of residents of the town of Swanzey. The Library is not responsible or liable for any content posted by any participant in a Library social media forum. Comments, posts and messages from the community do not reflect the views of the MCUL, Library Trustees or employees.
PrivacyThe Library does not collect, store or share the personal information stored on any third party site in any way other than to communicate library-related information with users on that site. Users should be aware that third party websites have their own privacy policies and should proceed accordingly.
Users are encouraged to protect their privacy by not posting personal information or contact information on social media sites. Social media is permanent, retrievable, and public. All participation in the services should be conducted with the assumption that it is part of the public domain.
Guidelines for Engagement
The Library welcomes the comments, posts, and messages of the community that are related to the library’s posts, however, content containing any of the following are subject to removal from any Library social media forum:
1. Comments not topically related to the particular social medium article or post being commented upon;
2. Obscene language or content;
3. Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, veterans status, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation;
4. Sexual content or links to sexual content;
5. Solicitations of commerce;
6. Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity;
7. Information that may compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems;
8. Content that violates a legal interest of any other party;
9. Personal attacks, insults, threatening language or potentially libelous statements;
10. Private or personal information, including phone numbers and addresses, or requests for personal information;
11. Plagiarized or copy-right protected material
The Library reserves the right to restrict or remove content that is deemed in violation of this policy or any applicable law, rule or regulation, and the Library may ban or block users who post in violation of this policy after having been notified to comply with the policy. In the event of an unusual volume of commenting that violates the MCUL Social Media Policy engagement guidelines, the comment feature will be temporarily shut down.
Staff usage guidelines
Library staff can monitor and post to the MCUL social media accounts. Social media content should be written from the point of view of the “We,” which represents the library as a whole and not as an individual. Staff should refrain from expressing their personal views when posting on the library’s behalf. Staff should protect patron privacy and confidentiality, receive permission before posting photographs of patrons, and not identify children by name. Intellectual property laws must be respected in all posts. All visual works or quotes should be credited.
Liability and Participation
MCUL assumes no liability regarding any event or interaction that takes place by any participant in any Library-sponsored social media, and does not endorse content outside of the pages maintained by the Library and the posts created by MCUL staff in the course of their work duties. MCUL is not responsible for any personal information which is posted. The library reserves the right to use any comments, posts, and messages on library social media sites for use in public relations and marketing materials. The Library will remove any personal information from the comment/post/message.
By posting a comment or other content you agree to indemnify the MCUL and its officers and employees from and against all liabilities, judgments, damages, and costs (including attorney’s fees) incurred which arise out of, or are related to the content that you post.
MCUL reserves the right to monitor content before or after it is posted on all its social media sites, and to modify or remove any messages or postings that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be abusive, defamatory, in violation of the copyright, trademark right, or other intellectual property right of any third party, or otherwise inappropriate. MCUL also reserves the right to edit or modify any submissions in response to requests, feedback or other commentary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, MCUL is not obligated to take any such actions, and will not be responsible or liable for content posted by any subscriber in any forum, message board, or other area within the Library’s social media.
If a user does not agree to these terms, they are not to use services provided.
MCUL Board of Trustees, approved 9/21/22