The Challenges of Promoting Academic Libraries and Reference
1. Promoting Academic Libraries and Reference Services Andrea MullenLIS 698, Seminar and Practicum, Spring 2011Dr. Tula Giannini
2. Project Identification Site: Brooklyn CollegeSupervisor: Professor Beth Evans Title: Reference Intern experienced the challenges of low reference desk numbers looks into how other colleges and universities promoted their library services and how Brooklyn College could implement changes into their marketing services.
3. -part of the CUNY consortium -Urban campus located in Southeast Brooklyn -18,000 (mostly commuter) students -has more than 70 undergraduate majors and 60 graduate majors
4. Brooklyn College Library Holdings in the library include: -1.5 million volumes -45,000 serials -43,000 electronic serials -40,000 electronic books -technologically advanced
5. Now, what did I do? Working on various projects Interlibrary loan Reference Desk
6. Core Book Collection http://library.brooklyn.cuny.edu/research/core_collections.html
10. What Does this Mean? Is it worth it to invest the effort and time into a Twitter feed when the teen usage statistics are so low? Should the Brooklyn College Library use its Facebook page as a marketing channel? What other marketing channels might BCL consider?
14. Use the two outlets to announce: -Changes in library hours, closures of certain areas at the library -Availability of chat reference services to BC students-Happenings at the library such as events and tutorials-Librarian recommendations on Web 2.0 tools such as CaptureFox-Publications from library staff-Answering questions through Facebook chat, Facebook message
