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How One Library Marketer Advocated for (and Got) an Additional Promotional Staff Member

Super Library Marketing

Nicole is now the Communications Coordinator for the Delaware County District Library, a five-branch system with a bookmobile and other outreach services. She had one Communication Specialist but was certain she needed more help. The first thing I did was sit down with my Communications Specialist and perform a job task audit.

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CFP: How to Work with Academic Faculty: Partnerships, Collaborations, and Services in the Academic Library (ACRL Book Proposal)

A Library Writer's Blog

The book will focus on case studies that support collegiality and collaboration. Chapters should include planning for change and effective communication with faculty; some questions for inspiration might consist of: Have you ever experienced telling your faculty about discontinuing services due to budgetary restrictions?

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CFP: Request for Speakers: Libraries in Unexpected Places – 2025 ALA LHRT Research Forum (Library History Round Table)

A Library Writer's Blog

Libraries are not confined to traditional institutions; they exist in a myriad of unexpected places, serving diverse communities in innovative ways. From lighthouses and artists studios to mobile book vans and digital platforms, libraries continue to evolve, offering knowledge and resources in creative and unconventional settings.

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Library Cracks the Code on How To Tell Stories to Stakeholders: They Use Email! Here’s How Their Targeted Newsletter Works

Super Library Marketing

and I could read and look at all the books I wanted!” Claudine says the newsletter, Beyond Books, is a collaborative effort. The stories we tell in Beyond the Books aren’t about the who, what, when, and where of events and programs, but about the why,” says Claudine. Adults were never in that space (a paradise for a kid!)

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Library’s Print Magazine Is a Community Must-Read! Here Is Their Secret Formula.

Super Library Marketing

“I was a horse-crazy little girl (who grew to be a horse-crazy adult) and was so completely drawn to Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague , King of the Wind , and Walter Farley’s books, The Black Stallion,” remembers Karen. This is really such an important part of any public relations/communication efforts. What is the ROI?

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I Spent 3 Hours in a Room Full of Curious and Committed Library Staff: Here Are the 4 Things I Learned From Them!

Super Library Marketing

This was the first-ever pre-conference workshop for the Library Marketing and Communications Conference , which returned in all its in-person glory. We must make print collateral, send emails, schedule social media posts, attend meetings, make press releases, do outreach events, and then attend more meetings. We are all doing too much.

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Government Close to the People: The Nation’s Counties

Barrett & Greene

Not only did the federal government fail to communicate effectively with the counties, but the states often lacked similar actions. Technology, while not a solution to the staffing shortages, improved our outreach. Communication is key to accomplishing this.