BlogJunction Vermont
A blog by the VT Dept. of Libraries to communicate with the VT library community
Marketing for Libraries
Thursday, December 4, 2008
9:30-12:00
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston
Participants will learn the basic steps of creating a marketing plan using information from “Crash Course in Marketing for Libraries” by Susan Webreck Alman and the Certified Public Library Administration marketing course taught by Wayne Piper. Guest speaker Elizabeth Bluemle, co-owner of the Flying Pig [...]
Here’s a listing of free webinars offered by WebJunction, Library Journal, BCR, and MaintainIT for October 2008. Click on the highlighted link for more information and to register.
October 7 (2-3 pm) (EST)
Visual Design: Theory & Best Practices for Library Websites (WebJunction)
Today, our users/patrons expect visually engaging and informative websites. The fonts, images, colors and [...]
Arthur Milnes, guest commentator on Vermont Public Radio, celebrates Judith Flint of the Kimball Public Library in Randolph for her defense of patron confidentiality when the FBI appeared. Milnes:
Judith Flint’s example gives me hope – despite the challenges on both sides of the border and in the wider world as our necessary war on terror [...]
On Monday, August 4, Martha Reid will begin her tenure as State Librarian of Vermont. Marty has worked in public libraries for more than 30 years. For the past seven years she has been the director of the Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. Welcome Marty!
The Summer Session of Vermont’s 23 Things begins today! To check it out click on Vermont’s 23 Things or go to vermontlibrarieslearn.wordpress.com.
Hey!
There’s one week left till the launch of the summer session of Vermont’s 23 Things. Get your garden planted and join us on June 23rd!
For those of you who are still working on the winter session of Vermont’s 23 Things, I will be turning off the links on The 23 Things page on [...]
Although some of you may have heard me do some whining about exhibit baby-sitting duty at the conference, it was a choice that I do not regret. I did miss some wonderful sessions, but I am getting caught up with the handouts on the conference web site. I also have this wonderful collage of impressions of the [...]
First I must correct my error regarding bacon as bookmark. There is another VT Librarian who reported the use of pork products for a bookmark. Stephanie Chase of the Stowe Free Library who has found “cooked bacon” inside of a book. She notes however that the best bookmark to find Is money.
After a lovely walk on the Burlington [...]
Likely the most repeated phrase to come out of the morning keynote by the Unshelved guys. Turns out that DOL childrens’ consultant Grace Greene was the only one able raise her hand to signify that , yes, she had encountered bacon used as a bookmark.
As much as I would have enjoyed the keynote, I was [...]
Here we are at the library conference in the exhbit hall, live-blogging more or less, at least as long as the open wifi I jumped on to continues to work. We’re supposed to get hard-wired, but no sign of a technician yet.
We will keep checking in with you as the day goes along. Keep an [...]