Instagram
Instagram is a fun social media channel dedicated to sharing
photos and short videos. Facebook recently bought it
and has been making improvements to the service.
There are a lot of people using Instagram; 12 percent
of US adults use the photo-sharing service.12 People
under the age of 29 are more likely to use Instagram.
What do you do with Instagram? You can do quite
a lot, including taking a photo or short video and adding
comments to each image. You can also add keyword-based
hashtags to each photo, which makes your
photo more findable.
Libraries can share photos of what’s happening at
the library—fun stuff and behind-the-scenes pictures
(figure 2.4). You can also use Instagram to give your
library a human touch—to share the human side of
the library.