Could we start a thread listing social media links for those who have dedicated library pages on social media? There may be one all ready and I just didn't see it.
It's always great to look and get ideas from other churches and to help support other church libraries's efforts.
JFBC Media Library. This is the link to our FB page, but we also have an IG account which is linked to FB. Please like and follow both!
We are Jasper's First Baptist Church in Jasper, AL. Seven of us ladies with pastor support reopened our library in January 2024 in the original, smaller library room after over 9k books had been given away and the library space turned into a conference room.
God has blessed our efforts richly, and we continue to grow by filling all the shelves in our small room and adding patrons slowly. We are excited about the direction that He is leading us and would love to have you follow our library happenings on both platforms. We would love to follow your pages as well!
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Hi, I'm Debbie and I'm the librarian at Colbert First Baptist Church in Colbert, GA. Our facebook account is Colbert First Baptist Church Media Center. I love to find other churches who have social media for their libraries so I can get some ideas. So, please share! I'm loving Jasper First Baptist's facebook! They do a wonderful job.
Thank you, Debbie! I have liked your page and have enjoyed reading about your ongoing book club. That is something I would like to incorporate into our scheduling at some point.
I keep up our FB & IG page and it keeps me busy, but I do receive a good bit of response from members that they "see" the posts and enjoy them. Some do come in and check out promoted books.
We all can glean ideas from each other and help encourage if we follow each others' church library pages.
Thank you for your response!
JFBC Media Library
This is a link to Jasper's First Baptist Church library FB page. We do most of our promotion of authors, new & old holdings, and library information on this account and IG.
Patron viewing is picking up. Even though some do not comment or like posts on either platform, many tell the library committee how much they enjoy reading the posts.
I believe it is important to continue using social media to promote church libraries to encourage their use and to share ideas with others.
I hope its ok to borrow some of your Ideas for the facebook page!
Anyone is welcome to take any and all ideas that is found on our IG or FB page. A few are authentic but I scour what sites I can find and create ideas for our pages. I'm sorry to have delayed my response. I just think that if we follow each other's pages and comment when applicable, it would help keep our posts bumped. I've finally gotten my library team to respond to most of the posts. I tag them in every post. LOL!
I'm a visual learner and would love to peruse the posts for your library!
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I've been in touch with Marty, The correct link for the event information and registration: Central Alabama Library Conference.
Great question, Sabrina! On January 24, 2017, Sharin Chapman started a discussion about social media. She got 2 replies whcih are applicable for today. What is happening these days with social media and libraries?
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