Engaging with our alumni

Library benefits for University of Manchester alumni

Jane Marshall Markus Karlsson-JonesThe University of Manchester

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What do alumni want?

What do alumni want?

• Library staff say: highest demand from alumni is for access to electronic library resources

• Easy access to academically credible material

• Company intelligence

• Journals on international current affairs

• University of Manchester academics’ papers online

• Image/photography collections

• Electronic books related to specific academic subject areas

Engaging with our alumni

• What we did

• How we did it

• Feedback

• What’s the future like?

What we did

• Key driver towards many of the Library’s strategy themes

• What alumni want : a real benefit

• Partnership with the Division of Development and Alumni Relations

• Building on existing relationships with vendors

What we did

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http://www.yourmanchester.manchester.ac.uk/netcommunity/library-resources

Access

Use login protected content that only alumni can access – we use an online community we’ve branded Your Manchester Online

• Auto redirect (e.g. Jstor)

• Password and username (e.g. SAGE, DASH)

• Discount code (Key Note)

Feedback

Dima Dayoub

alumna,

lecturer at

Tishreen University, Syria

“These resources are invaluable. A trillion thanks for all your efforts and for facilitating our research and strengthening our sense of belonging to such a highly-reputed academic community....I love UoM and I feel proud to be one of your alumnae”

“#ILoveUoM for Jstor; giving access to Science to those without subscriptions”

@KathyAitchisonalumna

What is the future like?

• Feedback

• Events

• Product research

• Money

?... Thank you

• Talk to alumni dept• Know the audience• Free stuff• Do talk money• Stay relevant

Thank you!