Comments on: Knowing When To Say When

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:12:53 +0000

At my public library we have a rotating schedule of bloggers publishing new posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The twitter and facebook accounts are run separately from the blog, so I can’t speak to that aspect of your question.

Also, I wanted to add that I really enjoy your blog, especially the reference question of the week. Keep up the good work.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:17 +0000

Oops, let me clarify…Facebook and Twitter daily (Mon-Fri), blog weekly, newsletter monthly. We also post news stories on the website news module as needed.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:16:41 +0000

We have a loose schedule. 1-2 Tweets per day, 2 Facebook posts plus our own Ref. Question of the Week (question Friday, answer Wednesday), about 3 blog posts, one monthly newsletter. Our web librarian rights most content, but we split the Facebook and Twitter posts and staff contribute posts and write articles for the monthly newsletter. It’s work, but it’s fun work. I love your Ref. Questions each week. Since I’m not at a branch, I usually make mine up.

By: James

James — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:20:32 +0000

I’m always been of the opinion that a substantive post is better than one made simply to stay on schedule. I enjoy reading it though! My library has even discussed your posts at meetings! Do what you can can, ya know?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:44:48 +0000

Prioritizing is good! Be sure to still post something beyond your scheduled posts if you get inspired. Always a treat.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:18:43 +0000

All I know is that I never miss the Reference Q of the week. The posts are always worth a read, even if the questions are not.

Generally, we use our blog as an announcement board, but I doubt few ever read it. It’s mostly info that also lives elsewhere.

Good luck with the new schedule and thanks for the posts!!

By: calimae

calimae — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:05 +0000

The library Twitter account I manage posts tweets four times a day on workdays and twice a day on weekends/holidays. I add in tweets when things come up that should be shared (these are mostly retweets).

Personally, I tweet when I want to. I do try to keep my tumblr queue stocked and it’s set to post three times a day, but I don’t mind having gaps sometimes.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:59:05 +0000

We don’t have a schedule, but during the academic year, I do try to find something for the blog if we haven’t had anything new in a day or two. I keep a mostly mental list of ideas for times like this. We’ve got enough going on that this isn’t a problem during the school year. We had three posts today, actually.

For Facebook and Twitter, again, no rules, but I do try to do Facebook at least once a day and Twitter 2-3 times a day. Usually it’s more.

Our friends of the libraries email newsletter goes out once a quarter.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:16:15 +0000

Not a library but when I took over the social media for my Jane Austen Society group there were scheduled blog posts MWF and I stick to that and I also started scheduled tweets. At least 4 a day around 10, 12, 2, and 4.