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If I were to choose two social media applications that I feel would mostly benefit libraries, they would be: Blogging and Twitter. Social media allows engagement and interaction between the library and the users and both of these applications do the job. Blogging has become the driving force to advertising and marketing libraries and the services they provide. Blogs are portals that can encourage users to join up and collaborate on a range of subjects or topics of interest. The news feeds travel fast and instantly and user intervention can lead to a broader appeal in the services the library is wanting to advertise. In addition, different topics can have their own blogs. This works out to be very beneficial for the library and the customer. There can be a blog for adults regarding new books and there can a be a blog for children regarding new books and activities. Twitter is also a very useful site. This site can be used by libraries for quick short messages to users. For example...

Hi. My name is Peter Piannikov. I am a student at Ultimo TAFE and I am currently studying Certificate IV in Library and Information Studies. I too do not use social media that much, but after I complete this course, I hope to get back on to using it. In the meantime, I am working towards to becoming a library assistant.

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My Blog was Notable and I chose the colour 'orange'. The way to do this is: click on blog click on theme, which is on the left hand side of the screen, under layout. click on customise box. Once in the customise section, click the background box of choice and then choose your colour of preference that;s available to you. Once you've selected your preferential background for your blog, click on 'Apply to Blog', to confirm current settings.

Leichhardt Library has 5 Blogs. They are: ·          Book Art Blog ·          Parker51 Blog ·          Leichhardt 5000 ·          ShelveIt Blog ·          Leichhardt Notes Blog Book Art Blog Blog is closed Parker51 Blog This blog is all about books. It is a literary blog. There are reviews on books; customers are encouraged to give an opinion on books they have read. They are also encouraged to give opinions on films they have seen. This blog also has comments from authors about their books. https://parker51s.wordpress.com/ Leichhardt 5000 This blog is a local history blog. It is about 5000 local men from Leichhardt who went to war during WW1. http://www.leichhardt5000.com.au/ ShelvesIt Blog This is a children’s blog. It announces events that are...