Would you be willing to share your social media policy? Feel free to contact me off-list. Thanks, Jim On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:53 AM, O'malley, Erin <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > We are a special collections within a larger library. Both the special > collections and library have their own flickr accounts. For the archive I > am the sole administrator (though I have tried to get other staff involved, > but with no luck). With our library account (and all its social media > accounts actually) there is a group with oversees it. The group > communicates via listserv and the usernames and passwords to all the social > media accounts are stored in a file on a shared password protected drive. > Some members are more active than others in posting things to social media. > We have a social media policy in place as well (a must). As the social > media group as grown this has led to more questions and confusion over who > should post, what is relevant, etc. We're currently trying to redo our > policies. > > As for flickr specifically we haven't run into any problems with it. For > the archive I post our historical photos and the library usually posts > things related to events, etc. We even have a flickr group based around a > photography exhibit we are developing for the fall. We use it as our > submission mechanism, and it's worked very well and was easy to set up. If > you want to take a look at our flickr page (or any of our social media) you > can find all of it at: http://www.uta.edu/library/news/socialmedia.php > Hope this helps! > > Erin O'Malley > Exhibit designer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Deb Fuller > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:30 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Museum Flickr accounts > > Hi all, > > For those of you who work at museums with Flickr accounts, how do they > work? Does one person have the password or can you link multiple accounts > to it? I have a personal Flickr account and am creating another one to > document a collaborative "yarn bombing" project for a local arts space. > I've looked at Flickr's policies but haven't seen anything about > institutional accounts or giving multiple people access to one account. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance! > > Deb Fuller > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > -- Access to History San José's Research Library is by appointment only. Preferred hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9 AM to 1 PM. Jim Reed Curator of Archives and Library History San Jose 1650 Senter Road San Jose, CA 95112 (408) 521-5026 fax (408) 287-2291 http://www.historysanjose.org/research/library/ http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.org/ Visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/History-San-Jose/307878765580?ref=ts "Museums cure social amnesia." -- Ralph Appelbaum ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).