Howard County Library System (HCLS) social media accounts are monitored by staff in order to promote Library activities and initiatives. HCLS welcomes engagement by the public on social media at any time. However, given the need to manage Library resources, content moderation and responses should only be expected during regular business hours. When engaging with the HCLS through social media, you agree to the following customer use policy. Comments and content posted to HCLS maintained social media sites are reviewed by staff. While content and comments will not be edited, HCLS reserves the right to remove user-generated content or comments when appropriate. Abusive, hateful, or slanderous comments or images to any person, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identification, organization, or nation. When interacting with other users, please be civil and follow the usage guidelines established by the applicable social networking service(s). Profanity, obscenity, vulgarity, nudity, defamation, advertising or political campaigning is not allowed on HCLS social media pages. Such content may be removed.
“Trolling” or posting deliberately disruptive statements meant to hijack comment threads or throw discussions off-track. Comments with the main purpose(s) to sell a product or services, infringe on copyright or spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly, may also be removed. All links posted as comments on the HCLS pages, posts or profiles may be deleted. Any information and/or comment(s) that could reasonably compromise the safety of a public official, employee or member of the general public is also subject to deletion. Any disclosure of information that is confidential by law or regulation may be deleted. Repeated violations of this social media policy may cause the author to be blocked from the HCLS’ social media profiles and pages.
