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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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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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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.

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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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What Is All the Fuss About ChatGPT? An Introductory Guide for Using AI in Library Promotions

Super Library Marketing

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. She told us that someday, the internet would keep track of our previous searches and purchases.

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Call for Chapters: Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices (upcoming ACRL publication)

A Library Writer's Blog

While the focus of this book will be on practical strategies implemented by academic libraries, we also welcome proposals that are theoretical in nature as long as they highlight the practical implications for academic librarian recruitment. Communicating with Candidates ? Bias, “Fit”, and Unlawful Questions ? Remote Interviewing ?