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Internet Reader’s Advisory: Outreaching RA Goals Whereas many patrons are not aware of library services Whereas outreach is an essential part of library services Whereas many of our patrons rely heavily on the internet for their entertainment and their information Whereas Reader’s Advisory is an essential and underutilized library service We commit to outreaching to patrons through new and innovative methods to bring Reader’s Advisory to them We commit to expanding knowledge of library services through interaction with online library patrons as well as in person patrons. Kathryn Bergeron Systems Librarian Baldwin Public Library

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Page 1: MLA Poster Session Handout

 Internet  Reader’s  Advisory:  Outreaching  RA  

     

 

   Goals  Whereas  many  patrons  are  not  aware  of  library  services  Whereas  outreach  is  an  essential  part  of  library  services  Whereas  many  of  our  patrons  rely  heavily  on  the  internet  for  their  entertainment  and  their  information  Whereas  Reader’s  Advisory  is  an  essential  and  under-­‐utilized  library  service                                                                            We  commit  to  out-­‐reaching  to  patrons  through  new  and  innovative  methods  to  bring  Reader’s  Advisory  to  them  We  commit  to  expanding  knowledge  of  library  services  through  interaction  with  online  library  patrons  as  well  as  in  person  patrons.  

Kathryn  Bergeron  Systems  Librarian  

Baldwin  Public  Library  

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Step  1:  Find  Your  Patrons  Online    Where  are  your  other  local  libraries  online?  Where  are  other  organizations  in  your  community?  What  sites  are  your  patrons  using  when  you  walk  past  their  computers?  Have  you  searched  for  your  library  lately?  In  Google?  On  Twitter?  What  are  people  saying  about  you?    Popular  Places  to  Find  Patrons:  

-­‐ Facebook  -­‐ Twitter  -­‐ Myspace  -­‐ Foursquare  -­‐ Slideshare  -­‐ Blog  -­‐ Meebo  

-­‐ LinkedIn  -­‐ Ning  -­‐ Flickr  -­‐ YouTube  -­‐ Second  Life  -­‐ Good  Reads  

 Step  2:  Once  you  know  where  they  are:  Go  To  Them!    Step  3:  Engage  Them    Social  Networking  is  not  just  for  announcing  events.  ENGAGE  PATRONS!  

-­‐ Talk  to  your  patrons  -­‐ Respond  to  their  posts  -­‐ Search  for  them  on  places  like  twitter,  and  respond  to  them  -­‐ Encourage  them  to  share  your  posts  or  share  your  page  with  their  friends  -­‐ Post  fun  articles  or  videos  related  to  libraries  or  books  -­‐ Post  about  other  library  or  consortium  events,  and  tag  them  in  your  posts  –  let  them  share  

and  respond  (MeL.org  is  great  about  this!)    Step  4:  Give  them  what  they  want    

-­‐ Look  at  what  they’re  talking  about,  and  talk  about  it  with  them  -­‐ Ex.  NYPL’s  “Mad  Men”  booklist  -­‐ Ex.  New  books  &  DVD  lists  -­‐ Ex.  Latest  award  winners  and  hot  books  -­‐ Find  patrons  who  post  about  specific  books,  movies,  new  technologies,  etc…  and  engage  

them.  -­‐ Ex.  You  post  about  your  iPad,  we  send  you  the  title  of  a  new  book  about  essential  iPad  apps  -­‐ Ex.  You  post  that  you  loved  The  Help  and  we  send  you  a  link  to  Little  Bee  by  Chris  Cleave.  -­‐ Ex.  You  respond  to  our  new  movies  post  and  we  send  you  a  message  offering  to  put  next  

week’s  new  movies  on  hold.  -­‐ If  you  still  don’t  know  what  they  like,  ASK  THEM!  That’s  the  beauty  of  social  networking!  -­‐ Best  Books  Friday:  Ask  people  to  post  their  favorite  books  of  the  week  

 Step  5:  Reach  out  with  other  services    

Questions?  Kathryn  Bergeron,  Systems  Librarian,  Baldwin  Public  Library  [email protected]