Beyond the books: Teens check out mental health resources at libraries
GCN
APRIL 10, 2024
In Hartford, Kentucky, the public library invites teens to weekly sessions to foster positive thinking amid a growing youth mental health crisis.
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CFP: Articles on Open Access: Library Resources & Technical Services
A Library Writer's Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The editors of Library Resources & Technical Services invite submissions on the topic of Open Access to celebrate the one year anniversary (OA-versery) of the journal moving to zero-embargo Open Access effective January 2023.
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Library resources for small businesses
Princeton Public Library
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The library has an array of tools that […]. If you’re a small business owner, are self-employed, or have a side gig, then you know that every little bit of support helps.
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Google Ad Grants Improve Your Library’s Chances of Being Found in Search: How To Apply and Manage This Incredible Opportunity
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 22, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Five years ago, I was listening to an episode of a library podcast about Google Ad Grants , which offers $10,000 monthly advertising credit to qualified nonprofits. Many libraries have taken advantage of this program since it was launched in 2004.
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School Librarians: One of a Student’s Best Resources
Homeroom
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Educators and students, don’t forget to tap into one of your best resources as you begin this school year…your school librarian! In today’s school libraries, you can find lively, vibrant spaces focused on learning and community.
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How To Create a Marketing Plan for an Entire Year Even if Your Library’s Strategic Plan Sucks or Is Non-Existent!
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 15, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This week, I’ll be able to see the world’s largest bottle of catsup. A plan, on vacation or in the library, sets clear goals and outcomes. Marketing for a library works best when the promotions are tied to a library’s overall strategic plan.
Northwestern University Libraries make research more efficient, accessible with AWS Lambda
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 2, 2024
Libraries are where we explore, wade into the unknown, and seek answers. With that mission at the forefront, the technologists and librarians at Northwestern University Libraries (NUL) continually strive to improve their online libraries to enable user discovery and innovation.
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Interviewing Techniques Anyone Can Use To Land a Powerful Quote for Your Library’s Blog, Video, Social Media, or Press Release
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 1, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Interviewing a stranger about their library experience is intimidating for many people. Your audience wants to hear directly from the people impacted by your library’s work. Why a powerful quote is important. Why a powerful quote is important. Still stuck?
The 2024 Guide to LinkedIn for Libraries: Updated Tips To Get the Most Organic Reach
Super Library Marketing
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Photo courtesy of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is the fifth installment in the 2024 series of social media guides for libraries. LinkedIn for libraries The number of libraries using LinkedIn for marketing remained steady this year. Stay tuned! They are positive. Users are 56.3 percent female.
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The Clever yet Simple Trick One Library Marketer Uses To Remind Her Community of All Her Library Offers Every Day of the Year!
Super Library Marketing
APRIL 8, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library When Donna Forbis graduated from the 8 th grade, her parents gifted her a 10-speed bike. Her mother decided she was old enough to ride to the Peoria Public Library ‘s Lakeview branch. Donna’s love of the library never abated. ″ x 11″ wall calendar.
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What’s It Like To Promote a Library With a Non-Circulating Collection? Marketer at a Cultural Institution Takes Us Behind the Scenes
Super Library Marketing
MARCH 25, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Growing up in Columbia, Missouri, Lili Pangborn visited her local library nearly every day after school. The library staff quickly began to recognize me,” recalls Lili. Lili still spends nearly every day at the library.
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Public Library Staff Support Diverse Communities
NLC (National League of Cities)
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Public libraries today serve as dynamic community hubs. Everything from family story time to teen afterschool programs to workforce development services and more happens in the library. All the resources, programs and services libraries provide for their communities – in person and online – depend on qualified staff.
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How Taylor Swift, Pedro Pascal, and Other Trends Led a Library Social Media Marketer to TikTok Success
Super Library Marketing
AUGUST 20, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library One of Paul Wellington ’s first library experiences was not a pleasant one. Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his parents occasionally took him to the Milwaukee Public Library , but it wasn’t a big part of his life. “In Cue the hilarity!”
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Your Library Promotions Are Probably Missing One Essential Step for Success. No Sweat! ? Here’s How To Fix It. Plus: A Challenge!
Super Library Marketing
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This week I want you, my dear reader, to make me a promise. Please, for the love of all that is wonderful and majestic about libraries, add one critical step to your library marketing and promotions. Goals are an absolute necessity for library marketing success.
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Survey Says: A Midwestern Library Marketer Shares Her Library’s Secrets for Uncovering Patron Motivations
Super Library Marketing
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Jenie Lahmann ’s parents were DIYers before it was in style. We always left the library with an armful of books.” “My He drew plans for making a sailboat from library books and reference librarian’s tips. It’s incredible what you can learn from the library!”
January 2024 top 5 for under 5
Princeton Public Library
JANUARY 3, 2024
We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library collection for children up to five years old and their families. Playtime Fun Join us for weekly playdates in the Story Room at the library on Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m.
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Library Marketer Shares Brilliant 4-Step Plan for Getting Press Coverage and Building Personal Relationship With Media
Super Library Marketing
MARCH 11, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Leslie Marinelli says her happy place growing up was the Edgewood Branch of the C. Mellor Memorial Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The library was right up the block from her childhood home. Here’s her favorite piece.)
March top 5 for under 5 – 2024
Princeton Public Library
MARCH 4, 2024
We invite you to check out this month's PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library The post March top 5 for under 5 – 2024 appeared first on Princeton Public Library.
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How one small public library IT team saw big benefits from migrating to AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
The Poudre River Library District is a public library system in Larimer County, Colorado that serves approximately 177,000 patrons. When their integrated library system (ILS) vendor notified the Library District that the system could no longer run on their aging on-premises hardware, they were at a crossroads.
Another Potentially Controversial Video: 4 More Library-Centric Words To Eliminate From Your Library Promotions ?
Super Library Marketing
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Watch this video now #LibraryMarketing Show, episode 217 A few weeks ago, we talked about eliminating the word “resource” from your library marketing. That video started a conversation that resulted in a whole list of words to eliminate from your library marketing vocabulary.
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Putting ChatGPT to The Test: Will It Help Your Library With Promotions? Plus A Free Spreadsheet of Prompts To Get You Started!
Super Library Marketing
MAY 15, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library When I was a kid, I always wanted a robot. But it does make the work of library promotion easier, as you saw in last week’s post. ChatGPT for Library Promotions Spreadsheet Libraries love to share resources with each other. I blame The Jetsons.
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The 2023 Guide to Social Media for Libraries: New LinkedIn Success Secrets for This Year
Super Library Marketing
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
This is the first installment in my series on social media best practices for libraries in 2023. These are the top platforms used by libraries according to the 7th annual Super Library Marketing Reader Survey. LinkedIn for libraries. Is your library leaving the platform?” million users.
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Case Studies in Library Publishing (#OA Journal)
A Library Writer's Blog
JANUARY 10, 2024
URL: [link] New Open Access Journal on library publishing. About CSLP The library publishing community is engaged in meaningful work, collaborating on a range of content at various stages of the publishing process. What resources were required to embed videos within an open-access textbook? CFP for second issue coming soon.
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Stop Guessing When To Send Library Marketing Emails! Get a Free Calendar and Hit “Send.”?
Super Library Marketing
JANUARY 4, 2023
The Library Marketing Show, Episode 173: What if I told you, there is a calendar that can help you program all of your library emails for 2023? I’ll share this secret resource and more library email tips. Kudos in this episode go to the Milwaukee Public Library. Watch the video. Thanks for watching!
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Market, Message, and Medium: A Library Marketer Shares How She Tackles Promotions in a Time Crunch
Super Library Marketing
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Photo courtesy Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. There is a powerhouse of a woman who works as program director for a library system in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. Suzanne Macaulay began her career as a Children’s Librarian at Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream, New York in 2005.
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Call for Chapters: Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development #ACRLPublication
A Library Writer's Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
Proposal Deadline: June 19, 2024 Submit Proposals here: [link] You are invited to submit an abstract for a chapter in an upcoming edited book with the working title, Academic Libraries and Sustainable Development published by ACRL. What role are librarians playing in these changes? We estimate 2000 words per chapter.
Small but Mighty: The 6-Step Plan To Promote Your Library When You Have a Tiny Staff
Super Library Marketing
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Photo courtesy Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. So do small libraries. According to the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ annual Public Library Survey , 57 percent of libraries in the United States have five or fewer staff members. Every library community is different.
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CFP: AI and Libraries Mini-Conference (Virtual) - March 21, 2024
A Library Writer's Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?
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A Guide to Uncovering the Best Channel To Message Hard To Reach Target Audiences Using ChatGPT
Super Library Marketing
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library Do you feel like you’re playing a rigged game of hide and seek as you try to figure out how to reach target audiences? For adults working in library marketing… not so much. Loyal library users and fans are likely subscribed to your library’s emails.
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Library Reveals Inner Secrets of Award-Winning Marketing Campaigns… Now You Can Replicate Them!
Super Library Marketing
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library A woman in a blue shirt walks dejectedly through the library, head down, shoulders hunched. Soon the music swells, and the woman walks through the front doors of the library, skipping across the lawn as she makes her way to the parking lot. Why is she so happy?
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How One Law Library Marketer Breaks Through the Noisy Digital World To Reach a Target Audience
Super Library Marketing
JUNE 12, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library When Renee Naylor was a child, the library seemed like the most wondrous place on the planet. “I I applied for my first role as Reference Librarian with no experience in law, but the library director liked my personality so much she hired me,” remembered Renee.
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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
This resource can then be deployed elsewhere in order to deepen the reach, extent, and impact of digital.” Learn from the experiences and research of other public sector organizations around the world using open source code for digital services, standards, practices, and more by visiting the Open Government Solutions library on AWS.
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“Pure Chaos”: A Library Marketer Reveals How She Turned a Scavenger Hunt for Six Baby Dinosaurs Into a Promotional Win
Super Library Marketing
JANUARY 16, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. When Julia Pitts walks into a library or flips open a newly checked-out book, she remembers her grandmother, Velma. Frank Steely Library on the campus of Northern Kentucky University, where she serves as Communications and Marketing Manager.
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December top 5 for under 5 – 2023
Princeton Public Library
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library The post December top 5 for under 5 – 2023 appeared first on Princeton Public Library.
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What Is All the Fuss About ChatGPT? An Introductory Guide for Using AI in Library Promotions
Super Library Marketing
MAY 8, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library In my freshman year of college, a woman came to my Intro to Communications class to talk about the future of the Internet. The very first prompt I gave it was What is library marketing? Join our library’s summer reading program and discover the joy of reading!
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December top 5 for under 5
Princeton Public Library
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library collection for children up to five years old and their families.
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Call for Chapters: AI in Academic Libraries: Navigating the Future
A Library Writer's Blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Call for Chapters: AI in Academic Libraries: Navigating the Future Editors Russell Michalak Karim Boughida About this Edited Collection The edited book collection will delve into the evolving role of AI in academic libraries and its impact on library staff, services, writing, and workflows.
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November top 5 for under 5 – 2023
Princeton Public Library
OCTOBER 30, 2023
We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library The post November top 5 for under 5 – 2023 appeared first on Princeton Public Library.
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November top 5 for under 5
Princeton Public Library
OCTOBER 30, 2023
We invite you to check out this month’s PPL Youth Services recommendations for activities, resources and new books in the library collection for children up to five years old and their families.
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Passport to Success: How One Intrepid Library Marketer Hatched a Plan To Bring People Back to the Library
Super Library Marketing
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library. A few months ago, I received an email from a library marketer nominating her library system for recognition in the “Kudos” segment on The Library Marketing Show. The libraries she served were facing a problem. “My The idea was simple.
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CFP: Academic BRASS Spring 2024 Issue
A Library Writer's Blog
MARCH 6, 2024
The Business Reference in Academic Libraries Committee of BRASS is seeking articles for the next issue of its online publication, Academic BRASS. Topics of interest to the editors are those dealing with business librarianship, such as resources, liaison and outreach activities, strategies, and instruction.
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A Library Writer's Blog
JANUARY 23, 2024
NAG’s 14th Collection Development Seminar and Public Library Forum "Rise of the Machines" Thursday 16th May 2024, Friends House, London Technology is intrinsic to every library acquisitions team today; what impact is it making for you? We regularly consider revising or even replacing them completely.
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CFP: Entrepreneurs & Libraries Conference Fall, 2023 - "Refresh & Refocus: Libraries’ new trends in supporting entrepreneurs" - Online, November 1st, 2023
A Library Writer's Blog
JULY 13, 2023
Entrelib continues to be a gathering place for academic, public, and special library workers, as well as entrepreneurial ecosystem partners, via our free online events. It also acknowledges that library staff approach this work with a wide range of knowledge, and access to resources. In 2021 m ore than 5.4
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Libraries Have a Huge Competitive Advantage: Customer Service! Here Are 3 Promotional Tips To Drive Home That Message
Super Library Marketing
MARCH 6, 2023
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library The best customer service experience I ever had was with a cell phone provider. When I read that, I thought, “That’s a huge opportunity for libraries!” Library staff is not chatbots. Good customer service is a competitive edge for libraries. No kidding.
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