Presentation given at Internet Librarian International 2013, focusing on tools Surrey Libraries have used to creatively promote library resources beyond the catalogue and corporate website.

1. Your Catalogue
Wants To
Go Out & Play
Gary Green
(Technical Librarian, Surrey Libraries)
Alwyn Ladell

2. Projects
• Surrey Fiction Book Map
• Queen Elizabeth Timeline
• Guildford Literary Walk
Patrick Hoesly
Surrey Libraries
Defence Images

3. Aims
• Promote stock & resources online
• Go beyond library website & catalogue
• Bring related resources together
• Present creatively – build on it in new way
• Pull people back to library catalogue &
site

4. Surrey Fiction Book Map
• Celebrate Surrey festival
• Mapped works of fiction
set in Surrey
• Links to items on catalogue

5. Explore the Map

6. Details & Links

7. Queen Elizabeth Timeline
• Tied in with 2012 – Jubilee year
• Focus on QEII’s life & visits to Surrey
• Visual timeline highlights key dates
• Links to library resources

8. What & When?

9. Details & Links

10. Guildford Literary Walk
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Tie with 2012 Guildford Literary Festival
Celebrate Guildford’s literary figures
Audio commentaries and photos
Link to library catalogue
Web, mobile, app, downloadable audio

11. Take a Walk

12. Find out More

13. Make it Mobile

14. The Future
• Expand existing projects?
• Bigger
• Better
• More interaction
• Personalise to Surrey
• Personalise to users
• New projects:
• World War I
• Magna Carta
Jonnee

15. Links
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Fiction Book Map
http://goo.gl/maps/x2ceG
Queen Elizabeth Timeline
http://bit.ly/13rEGZn
Guildford Walk
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/?a=384507
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16. Your Catalogue
Wants To
Go Out & Play
Gary Green
(Technical Librarian, Surrey Libraries)
Alwyn Ladell