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Getting Out into the Community

OK, we're just past Spring Fair time. What did your library presence look like? If you weren't there, what is your library doing for:

Summer Festivals
Fall Fairs
Livestock shows
Sidewalk sales
Book Festivals like "Word on the Street"
etc.

Can you sign up library card holders in your booth?
Can you circulate a book from anywhere using a wireless handheld?
I heard of one library that could even collect fines on the street from willing users!
Can you pass out brochures, collect signatures, colect e-mail addresses?

In economic times like these, you don't wait for the support to come to you, you get out there.

I've been proud of those SirsiDynix clients who do this using tools like PocketCirc, etc.

What does a display look like out of doors? How do you expand the image of your library beyond hard copy books and DVD's?

What does your booth training look like? It could be a fun brainstorm to role play interactions with the public, in public.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).