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Thank you for your response! Yes, that would be a great idea. A mobile library would help with outreach, especially outside of typical library hours!
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Reflection Blogging #1: Getting To Know Our Local Communities With today’s technology, it might be easy to assume that community-building is a seamless process. In the latest lecture by @michael, he st […]
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P. Fulumirani commented on the post, Assignment X: The Future of Library Participation, on the site 1 days, 13 hours ago
Hi Terri,
I totally agree, the public’s enthusiasm needs to be channeled. Also, thanks for sharing. Your library’s IG account is AWESOME!
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P. Fulumirani commented on the post, Assignment X: The Future of Library Participation, on the site 1 days, 19 hours ago
Hi Kiana,
Thank you for your comment and input! Using social media polls is a great idea to gain insight from the community, and is such an underused resource that can be implemented by libraries!
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Assignment X: The Future of Library Participation Libraries are more than books. In San Francisco, SFPL cardholders can receive access to free passes to local museums, family and genealogy […]
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Hi @pfulumirani,
I found your post to be really informative regarding greater library participation for the future. And I strongly agree with your assessment of many libraries’ lack of social media presence and prowess.
From my experience (similar to yours), most library accounts are simply used as a means for marketing, which I’m automatically inclined to ignore. As such they truly lack that human touch and appeal that younger generations really gravitate towards.
Your suggestion of a designated social media team is definitely a vital start. In response to your inquiry regarding how libraries can gain a better grasp on their patrons’ mindsets, I would actually love if libraries utilized more of social media’s polling features to actually gauge their users’ interests and act accordingly with new and better services. Through simple and short online surveys, more than enough information and insight can be gained.
Anyway, Great post!
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Hi Kiana,
Thank you for your comment and input! Using social media polls is a great idea to gain insight from the community, and is such an underused resource that can be implemented by libraries!
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Hi @pfulumirani,
As a “very online” person (ha), I’ve taken note of communities like “booktube” and “bookstagram”, and of how younger people are taking an interest in libraries these days – it’s so great. And I think you’re right that, unless libraries are taking full advantage of engaging with this group of people in their meeting grounds, they’re really dropping the ball. I’m very proud of the library where I work. We hired a student to run our Instagram account, and she is AMAZING. She did a Barbie meme series recently, that introduced what each of our staff members does at the library, and she does other fun memes and polls and things. And we get a decent amount of interaction too! Check it out if you want: https://www.instagram.com/ithacalibrary/
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Hi Terri,
I totally agree, the public’s enthusiasm needs to be channeled. Also, thanks for sharing. Your library’s IG account is AWESOME!
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Introducing me!Hi everyone, Nice to meet you all! I chose this course because I am excited to learn more about the topic, particularly the exploration of […]
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@pfulumirani Please feel free to focus your assignments on leadership and management as you can… especially blogging. This might be a practical way to try the ideas in class on through the lens of management.
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I really enjoyed reading your post and you have some really thought-provoking ideas. I have also thought about this a lot – how the children’s programs get packed while the adult programs usually do not have many in attendance. I think this is in large part due to the library needing to reach out more, online and in person – making these services more well-known. This also coincides with the recent post by Professor Stephens, about the library that expanded their hours to reach more patrons. It is possible that many adult patrons simply do not have the time to make the programming during the library’s set hours due to work, school, and children. Maybe this could be combatted by bringing a mobile library to certain areas where these programs would actually be used?
Thank you for your response! Yes, that would be a great idea. A mobile library would help with outreach, especially outside of typical library hours!