big ideas on a small budget
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BIG
IDEAS
ON A
SMALL
BUDGET
GUITAR PROGRAM Patrick Sweeney (@pcsweeney)
Purchased Secondhand Guitars
o Others where donations
Available for Check-Out
Guitar Instructor offered FREE Classes
o In exchange was allowed to sell
additional classes for one-on-one sessions
Soon evolved where kids taught the classes!
LASER TAG Ubisoft Laser Tag System
Purchased from
1saleaday.com
o About $60.00 per set
of two
Ultimate after hours fun!
o Play in the stacks
MYSTERY GRAB BAG Purchase different colored paper bags
o Each bag is for a different genre of book
o Place Barcode number
outside of bag
May have to write it
o Place book inside bag, and
staple it close
Gets your circ numbers up!
ART FOR LIBRARY Justin Hoenke (@JustinLibrarian)
Art school students volunteer time
Get the highschool kids to attend and make
art for the library
Their art is displayed – sense of “publication”
Low cost to get new, custom, and trendy art
for your library.
o Oh, and an awesome program!
QR CODE SCAVENGER QR Code SCANvenger hunt
o Get people to check out e-books
o Get people to find new content in library
o Get people to explore your library!
All easy to set up, smart phone required
o Most people own a smart phone!
Big Take Aways Use Twitter to connect with vendors
o Sifteo – Sent us a Free Set
o Sphero – Sent us a Free Set & T-Shirts
o Reaper Miniatures – Sent Gift Card for a
paint and take
o Tweet Out – Get Response!
Always ask for better pricing
More Big Take Aways Useful Sites
o 1saleday.com / Woot.com Deep Discount
Sites (often refurbs)
o TechSoup.Org
o Google Apps – Free Email/Docs/Calendar
o Sugar Sync – Cloud Based BackUp
Summer Education Kankakee Public Library
During summer educational program
o Offered Art, Math, Writing, Video
Art – Walk through the different art forms
through the years
Video – Did Claymation
Math / Writing – Used iPad apps to engage
kids.
Video Marketing Chad Mairn (@cmairn)
Had students create viral video marketing
tools
o Purchase cheap inexpensive flip cams We need YOU to help hype YOUR library! We are planning to
video record student testimonials regarding the library's
resources and services and would love your input and/or
testimonial. And take the video camera away from us! Record
your own tour, conduct your own interviews, or do whatever
you want to help hype YOUR library.
Sphero Ball Use a fun innovative Toy to
engage into a conversation
o Roll ball around schools to
get kids to ask “what is that”
Make them know your library is
more than just books!
Ask us about getting a discount from the $
130.00 MSRP price
Art Gallery Engage the high school and junior high
populous and start an art gallery at your
library
Host an art show
Very little cost;
except prizes!
Miniature Golf Purchase cheap plastic and foam to set up
paths and fairways with
felt.
Have it throughout the
library, engage the
participants through your
space
Holiday Display During special holiday periods, find books that
are colored the holiday colors (not necessarily
about the holiday) and place them on a stand
near your end caps
o For instance, during Christmas, find green
and red books and have them out on your
shelves as either endcap displays or on the
shelves