These are the times to be spoiled when it comes to social media and accessibility, and many libraries are eager to expand their net of influence out and about. Let's look at some examples of how they're doing it.
1. The most personal way is of course a blog. Trove has a very serious looking blog, with a lot of - mostly Australian - content, treating about various historical and contemporary topics. That's a full on reading experience not for the faint hearted. Each blogging story is presented in form of an article with photos, pictures and other interesting resources. Hyperlinks and possibility to share are obligatory here.
https://www.nla.gov.au/stories/blog/trove
2. Facebook presence is a very convenient feature for any library, especially that one can simply search for that directly, and join the page to be up to date with everything newsworthy that is happening locally.
Hurstville library has a Facebook page with some basic information about the services, how to get there, opening hours, and members can post freely on the main thread timeline. Management wise there's not much going on, but always room for improvement, so, keep up and do your bit, that is a general motto.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hurstville%20Library/150147545024447/
3. YouTube, that is the least used medium, checking upon many libraries, the typical content is 5 or 6 short videos on various topics. Not much interactive, more informative. That can have potential, but only if the mutual interest is there, that means, library actively uploading more worthwhile material and patrons being aware of it and seeking to check it regularly. But... do we really have that much time on our hands? Left to ponder.
That Parralibrary page has only 160 subscribers, which can just be lack of awareness, or interest.
https://www.youtube.com/user/Parralibrary
4. Twitter: State Library of NSW has a strong presence on Twitter, along with 12,5K tweets produced. It also has a section for current situation, political, social and general interest at the moment. That would be suitable for someone time restraint, who only can dedicate a small amount of time to quickly browse and get done with it.
https://twitter.com/statelibrarynsw
5. Instagram, or otherwise a photo story, is another option for libraries to wave to their customers. TAFE library is doing so, presenting various events across the library environment. There's 226 posts, and 160 people is following the service. Again, not that strong presence, but considering busy student life, quite understandable.
https://www.instagram.com/librariestafesws/
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