Social Media

Below are links to a sampling of law library Twitter, Pinterest, and Flickr pages to give you an idea of how some law libraries are using social media tools.

• Harvard Law Library Twitter
• University of Nebraska College of Law Library Twitter
• Florida State University Law Research Center Pinterest
• Jerome Hall Library, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Pinterest
• University of Georgia School of Law Library Flickr

LAW LIBRARY BLOGS

Below are links to a sampling of law library blogs. A more complete list of law library blogs is available at the AALL Computing Services SIS wiki.

• A Library With a View — News and Information from the UGA Law Library
• Barco 2.0: Law Library Reference — Barco Law Library, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• BLS Library Blog — Brooklyn Law School
• Due Process — the Georgetown Law Library Blog
• Et Seq. — The Harvard Law School Library Blog
• InfoBrief — Cornell University Law Library
• Just Us, For All — Stetson University College of Law, Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library Blog
• Library & Technology Blog — George Mason University School of Law
• Library Updates — Boley Law Library, Lewis & Clark Law School
• Moritz Legal Information Blog — the Michael E. Moritz Law Library at The Ohio State University
• Pace Law Library Blog — Pace Law School
• Pappas Law Library Blog — Boston University School of Law
• Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog — Arizona State University College of Law
• Sage — The UCI Law Library Blog
• Tarlton Library News Blog — the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School of Law
• The Judge Ben C. Green Law Library Blog — Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• The Rinn Law Library Blog — DePaul University College of Law Library
• Zief Brief — from the University of San Francisco’s Dorraine Zief Law Library

Linked below are various social media policies, including a sample social media policy and actual policies from the Zief Law Library at the University of San Francisco, the University of North Dakota School of Law, and the University of Georgia.

• Sample Social Media Policy – submitted by Amanda Runyon and Melanie Cofield (PDF)
• Dorraine Zief Law Library Social Media Policy (PDF)
• University of North Dakota School of Law Social Media Policy (PDF)
• University of Georgia Social Media Guidelines

A recent article that discusses the process and reasons for establishing social media guidelines is:

• Bobbie Studwell, Isn’t It Time to Establish Library-Related Social Media Best Practices Guidelines? 17 AALL Spectrum (December 2012) (online only)