Libraries on Facebook: good or bad?

Today, Facebook is used almost everywhere.  Facebook is a social media website where users can add pictures, posts, and play games.  After you add friends, they can see your posts and comment on them.  I looked into how elementary, middle, and high school libraries were using Facebook and found some interesting things.

I looked at what they posted and what the comments were like.  Most libraries posted pictures of books soon to come out, or pictures of activities students were doing in the library.  I noticed that many of the library pages were being used more as a school announcement page, rather than a library page.  Several of the pages had large gaps in time.  For example, the last post may have been two days ago, but the post before that was three months ago.  This large gap in time contributed to the number of comments given.  Libraries that kept up to date would receive many more comments by users, rather than libraries with large gaps in time receiving very few.

I believe that a Facebook page for a school library would have great advantages for the students, teachers, and parents.  With almost everyone having a Facebook account these days, it is a great way to make library announcements, and to let everyone know what is going on in the library.  However, the Facebook page could be at a disadvantage also, if not given the attention it needs and kept recent, people will get bored with the library page and not longer care to look at it.

Facebook is a very user-friendly website to work with.  It is pretty self explanatory, and an easy way to get information to people in this technological age.