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Publicity, from Flat Stanley to Facebook

A tornado funnel cloud was forming over my desk on Monday. The Friday before, a patron had stopped by and asked, “Where’s your Facebook page? I can’t find your library on Facebook.” A Facebook page. The concept had been simmering on the backburner of my Things-to-Do longer than a pot-au-feu in a French kitchen. Still wasn’t done though.  So I did what I always do in these cases. I grabbed at the patron’s lapels and pulled. “How about if you give me a little help in setting that up?” I asked. “Sure! I do two community Facebook pages already, and I’d be glad to help. I’ll bring my Nikon too.” Couldn’t be easier, huh? Then on Monday, I learned that Facebook does not permit libraries to set up profiles, which are for people, only pages, which are for companies and organizations. “But you don’t want to do that,” Patron advised….