I didn't have a lot of time to spend on web casting, but I did manage to listen to part of a SirsiDynix archived web cast entitled "Bite-Sized Marketing". Nancy Dowd, their director of marketing, talked about using new marketing strategies such as Web 2.0. She also discussed planning programs based on your patron's wants and needs, instead of choosing a pet project and using old-style 'push marketing'. I'm going to have to go back when I have more time and listen to the whole thing.
I've participated in Wimba sessions in the past, as well as other pod casts, etc. They are very useful and informative, and I can definely see where this is the path for the future. It's funny, I was just talking to my sister a few days ago about how it's almost to the point where if you have an internet connection, you never have to leave home.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Week Two: Online Communities
This week, I feel like I'm navagating more familiar waters, with Facebook. My niece invited me last year to join Facebook, and personally, I've found it a great resource to keep tabs on long-lost family and friends. We also set up a page for Hutchinson Public Library last spring, and there are several of us on staff at HPL who try to keep it maintained. It's opened a new source of free promotion for library events and services. We also use Twitter on a regular basis, but I like it less than Facebook, since you're very limited to the length of your message.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New blog for Annette! Yay!
Yes, I've posted blogs on other sites, but I've never created my own.
As the community relations coordinator for Hutchinson Public Library, I can see where my new blog will be a benefit, and fun too. I have the fun job of coordinating many of the adult programs here at the library, including TALK book discussions through the Kansas Humanities Council, our library's participation in the Kansas Reads projects, and adult reading programs that our library sponsors.
I'm looking forward to connecting with everyone during the next several weeks as I participate in "23 Things Kansas".
As the community relations coordinator for Hutchinson Public Library, I can see where my new blog will be a benefit, and fun too. I have the fun job of coordinating many of the adult programs here at the library, including TALK book discussions through the Kansas Humanities Council, our library's participation in the Kansas Reads projects, and adult reading programs that our library sponsors.
I'm looking forward to connecting with everyone during the next several weeks as I participate in "23 Things Kansas".
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