Advocacy and marketing for your library are one of
the most important things that you can do if you are a librarian, or a School
Media Specialist! The library is the center of the school and whatever you can
do to promote the library, the better! The library in my building is used by
all students and almost all of the faculty on a daily basis for anything from
lessons, research, a spot to hang out and read and even just a place to come
and share new ideas. Without the library students and teachers would be missing
out on so much and making sure this message gets out to everyone in the
community is one of the best things you can do for your library.
In my library right now I always try to go above and
beyond and advocate for my library even if I seem to be repetitive. My website
is the first place I go to share with the world what we are doing. It is a
place where anyone can go and find information on not only the rules of the
library, and the online catalog but it is also a place where students can learn
more information about me and what books I am reading and so forth. They can
see examples of student work and see projects that students have spent weeks
completing. I also have my Twitter page linked to my webpage so that it is
easily accessible. Twitter is another tool I use to advocate for my library and
I have really this year taken off with using it. It is a great way to promote
what you have going on in a quick way and since so many people use social media
to stay connected they have access to it. I also try to take part in any
community events that happen and always spread the word of what is happening in
my library.
I always like to attend professional development
training's as well but I think there is always room for doing more and getting my
name out there to as many people as I can. If I wanted to amp up my outreach
and advocacy I think that this would be one of the best things that I could do.
Any help would be much appreciated and things seem to spread by word of mouth
quicker than anything else does! I really loved the 10 ways to librarians can
be a marketing genius like Lady Gaga! It was by far my favorite article
that I read I agreed with everything The
Daring Librarian had to say J Having an opinion and being passionate
are so important when it comes to promoting your library and being different in
a way that will set you apart from the rest!
Sounds like you're doing a lot to make the library program visible and known!
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