Here are all of the resources I linked in my posts if you want to check them out! Further reading is always strongly encouraged.

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Ahmad, I. (2019, January 01). The Most Popular Social Media Platforms of 2019. Retrieved from https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/01/most-popular-global-social-networks-apps-infographic.html

Perrin, A., & Anderson, M. (2019, April 10). Share of U.S. adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/

Lynch, J. (2019, January 14). Library Tech Trends for 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/library-tech-trends-for-2019

King, D. (2015, September 04). Facebook for Libraries. Retrieved from https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2011/05/27/facebook-for-libraries/

Carscaddon, L. & Chapman, K. (2013). Twitter as a marketing tool for libraries. In Thomsett-Scott, B.C. (Ed.), Marketing with Social Media: A LITA Guide. Chicago: American Library Association. 

Wetta, M. (2014, August). Five Ways Libraries Can Offer Readers’ Advisory on Tumblr. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/novelist-special/five-ways-libraries-can-offer-readers-advisory-on-tumblr

Mies, G. (2015, October 30). 5 Ideas for Your Library’s Pinterest Account. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/5-ideas-for-your-librarys-pinterest-account

Young, S. W., & Rossmann, D. (2015). Building Library Community Through Social Media. Information Technology and Libraries,34(1), 20-37. doi:10.6017/ital.v34i1.5625.

Techavanich, K. (2015, June 15). Libraries of Instagram. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/06/libraries-of-instagram/

Blunt, W. (2017, June 23). The Essential Roles and Responsibilities of Your Social Media Team. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://flypchart.co/social-media-team/

Social Media Guidelines for Public and Academic Libraries. (2018, July 6). Retrieved August 4, 2019, from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/smg2018.pdf

American Libraries Association. State of America’s Libraries Report 2019. (2019, April 24). Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/news/state-americas-libraries-report-2019.

McManus, R. The Social Library: How Public Libraries Are Using Social Media. (2012, September 18). Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://readwrite.com/2012/09/18/the-social-library-how-public-libraries-are-using-social-media/

Beaton, K. (2018, December 21). 13 Libraries Book Lovers Need To Follow On Instagram. Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://www.buzzfeed.com/kirbybeaton/the-best-library-instagram-accounts

SinhaRoy, S. (2016, January 9). How Do You YouTube? Retrieved August 4, 2019, from https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/how-do-you-youtube/

Porter, C. E. (2006). A Typology of Virtual Communities: A Multi-Disciplinary Foundation for Future Research. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication,10(1), 800-804. doi:10.1111/j.1083-6101.2004.tb00228.x.