Week 4: Instagramming It

While I wasn't previously a big Instagram user, I was aware of the program and I'd dabbled in it on my phone. Well, thanks to the class, our library is now a bonafide Instagram machine.

Check us out! So far, I've posted some of our holiday book displays along with Prairie Reader and audiobook displays.

http://instagram.com/plattepubliclibrary
 
As for finding Instagram users who are affiliated with libraries, I had a little trouble. Some of the users with library names were definitely not appropriate. Then, as I looked for individual libraries, such as NYC or those in SD, I drew a blank. I did come up with a couple of interesting users when searching for libraries, which will follow. However, my advice to those searching for user accounts related to libraries should look for books, authors, publishers, or story time groups: anything related to libraries in a sense.

For example, one of the user accounts I discovered is libraryloves: http://instagram.com/libraryloves 
This user interests me because it is focused on literature. Collections of old classics and cartoons highlighting a love of books are on their feed.

Another user, libraryofebooks is a book related Instagram page featuring the covers of new titles. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get one of their covers on my feed to copy their URL. I can see this would be a fun Instagram feed in which to find new books and images of covers to share on my website.