Social Media

For public libraries that must comply with Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), how does FOIL impact our organization's use of social media?

I've seen libraries take pictures of book covers and promote them on their library social media page, and was wondering if the same policy holds for movies.

Are libraries legally required to obtain photo releases from all patrons (children's parents, teens, adults), even if we don't name those patrons before publishing photos to our soci

[The member provided a link to a story about an elementary school principal putting on her pajamas and using “Facebook Live” to read her scholars a weekly bedtime story.]

Does our library incur any liability when a program presenter uses our facility and presents a program at our behest that includes music, either a previously-issued recording of musi

We are struggling with a freedom of expression issue here at our library.

Can we film a story time done at the library using copyrighted books, and then either stream the event live over Facebook for a one-time showing, or film and upload the story time to