Continue reading »]]> This article comes from a blog entitled “Everyday Advocacy” which is published by the Association for Library Services to Children, A Division of the American Library Association

ADVOCACY WITHIN THE LIBRARY

While advocacy outside your library is certainly important, don’t forget about sharing the message inside your library! Your staff and volunteers are already passionate about the services your library offers. Train them to share your library’s advocacy message with the people they encounter every day.

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Just taking a minute to update you on the new story time and 6×6 kits we have available for checkout.

As you can see from this lovely photo, we’ve got pirates for this summer!  We now have 19 Story Time Kits and 3 of the state’s 6×6 Kits circulating.

View the complete list and let us know if you want to check one out.

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Here’s my take on the ABCs of social media-author Anders Orsander.

A – Automation. Tools for automation are great, but don’t use them to the point where you’re no longer present on your social media accounts. I use Buffer.
B – Beware of trolls, scams and such.
C – Consistency. Focus your content and be consistent.
D – Determine your goals. It helps you to focus on what you set out to do.
E – Evaluate. Use tools to analyse your efforts, adjust if needed to reach your goals. Among others Google Analytics, Followerwonk, TrustCloud and Klout can be helpful.
F – Fill out your profiles. Tell people who you are and what to expect from you.
G – Generosity. Be generous with thanks and credits.
H – Humour. Goes a long way.
I – Integrity. Be personal but not private.
J – Joy. Don’t forget to have fun when you’re on social media.
K – Know your strategy, your goals and your target audience.
L – Less is more. A short text, video or one photo can be very powerful.
M – Manual posting. Takes some time, but worth the effort, combine it with automation.
N – Nerve. Have the nerve to stick out (in a positive way). But if you want to get reactions, there will be negative ones as well.
O – Observe. Two meanings. That you observe the code of conduct and culture online, and observe trends, developments and what influencers in your field are up to.
P – Personality matters. There’s a lot of information out there, add your personal twist.
Q – Quality is more important than quantity. 1 follower who shares your content is better than 10 that don’t.
R – Relations, whether its friendship, professional or romantic. Social media is about relations between people.
S – Sharing is caring. Don’t forget to share what others post.
T – Transparency = Trustworthiness. Don’t use Twitter privacy or close down your Facebook too much.
U – User orientated. It’s not about you, but the user.
V – Virtual is still for real, although it’s in the digital flesh. I never use the term “IRL”, since I interact with real people both online and offline.
W – Work, you have to invest time and work on your social media skills and presence
X – Xerox, as in copy. Borrow good ideas, ask for permission first and credit generously.
Y – You are what you tweet/share. Make sure it gives a true representation of you.
Z – Zzz. Get your sleep, take time offline.

Did I miss anything?

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Continue reading »]]> In case you missed the fun at our recent Summer Reading Program workshop, there’s still a chance to get good programming ideas and information on featured books for the early literacy, children’s and teen programs for 2013.

The Collaborative Summer Library Program and exclusive vendor Upstart, created two webinars that you can watch on demand.  You can also direct staff/volunteers to them for an introduction to the programming manual and lots of theme ideas.  These are completely free and available to any Kansas public library.

To access the webinars, you must be logged into the CSLP website.  If you don’t have an account, simply create one here.  If you’ve ordered promotional materials for past reading programs from Upstart, then you (or your library) already have an account.

You can also try directly accessing the webinars page here, but will still need to log in with your account info.  Once you click on the webinar you want to view, you’ll be asked to register to view the content, but it’s just a simple form so the CSLP can track usage of the archived versions.

These are well done webinars that provide a great overview of key manual content.  The speaker is the programming manual editor, so she really knows her stuff!