Social Media: For Customers and Public Users
Social media tools include blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds, and other kinds of online social interaction.
MCL social media use is intended to create a welcoming and inviting online space where users will find useful, engaging information and can interact with library staff and other users. MCL social media tools provide designated public forum(s) to facilitate the sharing of ideas, opinions, and information about library-related subjects and issues. Comments are monitored by library staff and MCL reserves the right to remove comments that are unlawful or unrelated to a forum’s purpose.
For Customers and Public Users:
The standards represented in MCL’s Customer Conduct Policy apply to MCL’s online spaces and social media use. By designating our social media spaces as limited designated public forums, we require that our users stay on topic and abide by the law. The following list (not exhaustive) is grounds for not posting a comment to an MCL social media space:
- Contains copyrighted material
- Comment is completely off-topic
- Commercial material/SPAM
- Duplicated posts from the same individual
- Obscene, discriminatory, or harassing posts
- Specific and imminent threats (specific to a person and actually possible in near future)
- Libelous comments about a private citizen (not a public figure)
- Images
By choosing to comment or participate, users agree to these rules. Staff may remove comments or postings that do not adhere to these guidelines. Users should protect their privacy. Users are encouraged not to post personally identifying information. Young people, especially under age 18, should not post information such as last name, school, age, phone number, or address.