Run events after library hours but leave the library open so people can still select and borrow
Social hook to bring people to the library
Beyond Google – use for general assistance or to encourage people to look at more sophisticated techniques
Women’s wall of wisdom – display of things women wanted to pass on to other women, target local community groups through ci database. Aim was to bring in non-library people – press promotion. Most people want to tell you something – way of bringing people in
Connect to myspace, blogs – library 2.0
Reconnect – seniors, memoryman – to discuss writing memoirs, could use health resources ‘use it or lose it’
Displays of new books which are geared to older readers – range of formats – connecting people together
Need a catalyst for connections
Getting people based on interest groups – photography, gardening – talk and resources – social networking opportunities
Target families – have events for children and adults at same time
Food event with literary theme – like edible book
Promotions around themes like iron chef
“feast of information’, gorging on information
Promotion of databases – looking for recipes
Linking visits linking in visits of local chefs/cooks/authors with food and resources
Wine and book tastings or beer and ?? tastings
Healthy food expert showing children how to prepare food with other events
Tafe and WEA in – promoting course and they can cater
Travel food tie – for winter travel
Taking bread maker into work with display around it and bread being made all day – bread given out to library clients – staff took turns mixing up the bread
Explore sponsorship for food
Sharing recipes from patrons – library recipe book
Promote that people can access the databases from home (short library hours) – Britannica very popular for remote access as identifiable brand – promoting database for homework help
Internet classes for specific subjects – and including databases as part of the training connecting together resources
Promote that databases normally have a cost associated but library has paid for this so people can access for free
Use ‘free newpapers, magazines’ etc rather than databases as people understand what newspapers are rather than what databases are
Promote to schools - need to go to schools and youth and other groups which need speakers – need to go along and promote the library to groups
Promote the databases as ‘free information at home’
Some primary schools coming on library visits and do homework help and encyclopaedia demonstration – ties in with school unit on verifying resources – has increased offsite and onsite usage
Send information on how to use the community information database
Show and tell works
Clear database access on website
Have database promotion as screensaver
Remind people that newspaper articles available – possibly have as on shelf sign
When signing up new people tell them about the databases – or give out appropriate flier
Make sure all staff know that there are databases – all staff should have a basic level of awareness even if it is not their core business
Staff training
Other terms for databases – online library, e-library, e-reference
Resources listed on web site
Catalogue databases
Adopt a databases – staff adopt a database and once a month have to learn how to use a database and have to present to the other staff showing what is so great about the particular database
Street directories and travel guides especially Sydney CBD
ANZRC* – testing its limits, coloured maps and flags – cheaper for printing out
Novelist – good for reviews, similar authors
Cordells building guide and the cost guide
Who else writes like?
Almanacs – yearly updates, very fast to use
Cordless phones – can do roving reference and can ring the experts
Issues in society*
Manly cemetery records transcripts – word searching
TAFE guide* and Ozjac database
Easy access to articles – Artshub database with searchable news file
Ryerson index – dead person society – index of obituaries
Profile id – local area information – aggregated information, World newspapers online, Whereis
Good reading – combined display with the reference material
Law handbook – give thinking time and is well indexed, Infocus collection, Access science – science and technology encyclopaedia
Liberty Plains a history of Auburn – well indexed, Mylanguage
McGraw Hill encyclopedia of science and technology – great help, Australia’s heritage magazine – well indexed, written at a level for students
Australian dictionary of national biography – online, LIAC collection for legal studies
Travelmate.com – maps and time for travel
Libraries Australia* – checking if things exist and where they are, Google books plus Google news archive
ABS new census web site, World religions
UAC guide
Health and wellness – good for alternative medicine, difference formats helpful
Community information directory – local focus, How products are made - multiple volumes