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How to Boost Your Summer Reading Program Through School Outreach
Looking for a new way to spread the word about your summer reading program? Making school visits can give you the perfect opportunity to recruit students to participate in your program.
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80+ Resources Your Library Can Offer Beyond Just Books
During Library Card Sign-up Month and beyond, celebrate the invaluable services that libraries offer their communities by adding a few “nontraditional” resources to your collection, from audiovisual equipment to crafting tools, cooking utensils and science kits.
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Tips for Marketing Your Summer Reading Program on Your Website and via Email
Looking for more effective ways to use your website and email to promote your summer reading program? Check out these handy tips for making the most of these digital marketing tools.
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3 Actions Public Libraries Should Be Taking in Response to OCLC’s 2018 Funding Report
The OCLC’s latest research shows that a majority of US voters value public libraries, yet they aren’t supporting them where it counts — in the voting booth. In this post, we present key action items for libraries to garner funding, based on the “From Awareness to Funding: Voter Perceptions and Support of Public Libraries in 2018” report.
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Why Linked Data Is the Key to Helping Your Library Get Discovered
What if there was a way to help patrons find what they need on the Web while minimizing the effort that goes into creating metadata? There is, and it’s called Linked Data! Learn more about the promise of Linked Data — and why MARC records need to make room for it — here.
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3 Ways to Empower Your Library Patrons
You’re likely focused on engaging your patrons, but what about empowering them as well? Since patrons know better than anyone else (including library staff!) what they want, we have three suggestions for ways to provide your patrons with the means, knowledge and skills to take advantage of the wealth of resources your library has to offer them.
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20 Reading Program Challenges to Drive Library Engagement Year-round
If you’re going to extend your library’s reading program beyond the summer, you’re going to need even more engaging challenges to keep the excitement going. To help, we’ve come up with 20 fun ideas that you can easily implement. Read on to get inspired!
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40 Inspiring Ways Libraries Are Engaging Their Communities
How would you finish this sentence? “My library ________.” Librarians who visited the Demco Software booth at the 2018 Public Library Association conference answered this question and took it one step further, expanding on the ways their libraries engage and make a positive difference in their communities. Read on for a sampling of the many ways libraries across the country are connecting with and supporting their communities, and prepare to be inspired!
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Programming Tips for Improving Your Patrons’ Cognitive Health
Connecting the dots between cognitive health and the programs you offer can help reinforce the value your library brings to your community. Read these programming tips submitted by librarians to gain more ideas for driving health initiatives in your own library.
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