Social Media Policy:
The purpose of the social media policy is to ensure effective promotion of library services, resources, and events to the residents of the Palmerton Area School District, and to ensure a high standard of customer service on social media. Social media is defined as a social based application, site, or account created and maintained by the Palmerton Area Library. Library staff may establish social media accounts with the permission of the Library Director. The Library Director may assign a staff member or members as an Administrator of the social media account(s). The Library Director will be an Administrator on all social media accounts. The Palmerton Area Library welcomes the comments, posts, and messages of the public, and recognizes and respects differences in opinion. However, all comments, posts, and messages are subject to review, and the library reserves the right to, but is not required to, remove any comment, post, or message that it deems inappropriate: spam or advertisements, hateful or harassing speech, obscenity, personal disparagement or defamation, or anything that violates Palmerton Area Library Policies or state and federal laws. Users should have no expectation of privacy in posting on library sponsored social media sites; by using such sites, the user consents to the library's right to access, monitor, and read any postings on those sites. Users must understand that social media is permanent, retrievable, and public. Messages can potentially be read by anyone once posted, regardless of status on Friends, Followers or Subscriber List. The library recommends that users do not post their personal information or contact information on social media.
