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Hello,

Does anyone have a social media policy for interns or students who work with collections objects (cataloging or conservation)? Sometimes students having a class with collections objects, or interns working on a project, might take a picture of an object and post it. We allow personal photography in our galleries, so now we're looking to decide how to handle objects not on view. Before making a decision whether to ban this practice or simply provide clear guidelines for attribution, I was wondering if there are any institutions with policies about this.

Many thanks,

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Tamsen Young
Digital Media & Strategic Initiatives Manager
Museum at FIT
New York NY
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We currently do not have a policy on this, so I would love to know what other museums are doing. We are trying to do more with our social media marketing, especially with our interns.  If anyone has ideas, please let me know.  The interns, that work on our collections, check with the collections manager before taking any photos for class use.

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Windy Cole
Volunteer Resource Manager
Culture & Heritage Museums
Rock Hill SC

Original Message:
Sent: 06-21-2016 07:06 AM
From: Tamsen Young
Subject: Social Media Policies for Interns/Students

Hello,

Does anyone have a social media policy for interns or students who work with collections objects (cataloging or conservation)? Sometimes students having a class with collections objects, or interns working on a project, might take a picture of an object and post it. We allow personal photography in our galleries, so now we're looking to decide how to handle objects not on view. Before making a decision whether to ban this practice or simply provide clear guidelines for attribution, I was wondering if there are any institutions with policies about this.

Many thanks,

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Tamsen Young
Digital Media & Strategic Initiatives Manager
Museum at FIT
New York NY
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The musuem I volunteer at, we also don't have a policy on this. Although that's good that the interns ask before doing because these days, people need to be careful on what they post for the world to see. I would assume a big name museum like Art Institute of Chicago would be a little more strict. 

As for an idea, I think it would be good if the interns post a picture on their own social media and then your museum share it on their on page. It can show that the interns are really into what they're doing!

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Daniel Williams
Museum Volunteer
Macomb IL

Original Message:
Sent: 06-22-2016 08:45 AM
From: Windy Cole
Subject: Social Media Policies for Interns/Students

We currently do not have a policy on this, so I would love to know what other museums are doing. We are trying to do more with our social media marketing, especially with our interns.  If anyone has ideas, please let me know.  The interns, that work on our collections, check with the collections manager before taking any photos for class use.

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Windy Cole
Volunteer Resource Manager
Culture & Heritage Museums
Rock Hill SC