ALA Public Relations Award, originally uploaded by NJ – Library Events. Nancy Dowd (right), director of marketing for the NJ State Library, was presented an Outstanding Public Relations Award from Sally Lederer, of the Swap & Shop Committee of the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations and Marketing Section. The award recognized the State Library’s 16-page Service Brochure
Daily Archives: July 17, 2008
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Announcing All Together Now: A Learning 2.0 Experience! This is a cross posting from my blog at SLJ. Greetings All Together Now participants! This is Michael Stephens, and I’ll be posting to this blog for the next few weeks for this Learning 2.0 course. When Brian Kenney asked me to take this project on, I was tickled. I’ve watched successful Learning 2.0 programs play out all over the world since the summer of 2006 when Helene Blowers launched the original program she created at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. I was lucky enough to be there for the opening day with my writing […]
Brian Kenney writes: Have you heard of 23 Things, the self-guided program for learning about 2.0 web technology? It was developed by Helene Blowers a couple of years ago at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County and since then has been adopted across the country by public and school libraries, districts, and even entire states. It consists of a number of “things,” or small exercises, that you do online to expand your knowledge of the 2.0 web and social networking, from blogs and podcasts to wikis and Twitter. For a while now (and prodded by our Technology Editor, Kathy Ishizuka) I’ve realized it […]
If you haven’t, what you find may surprise you. That man you saw earlier today picking up his holds may be thinking about writing a review that mentions how much he likes dropping by the library to grab his books and go. The fact is our patrons, both the satisfied and dissatisfied, are talking about us in their blogs on review sites like Yelp. These sites enable our customers to reach larger audiences than ever before, and to share what they like and dislike about the service provided. This is something libraries should be thinking about and preparing for. Once you’re aware of these review […]