This Toolkit provides you with everything you need
to successfully market any library. As libraries
continue to fight for their survival amid growing
expectations, competition from online sources and
wavering public perceptions, effective marketing is
increasingly becoming a critical tool to ensure the
continued support of users, stakeholders and society as
a whole. This unique practical guide offers expert
coverage of every element of library marketing and
branding for all sectors including archives and
academic, public and special libraries, providing
innovative and easy-to-implement techniques and ideas.
The book is packed with case studies highlighting best
practice and offering expert advice from thought-leaders
including David Lee King and Alison Circle (US), Terry
Kendrick and Rosemary Stamp (UK), Alison Wallbutton (New
Zealand) and Rebecca Jones (Canada), plus institutions
at the cutting-edge of library marketing including the
British Library, New York Public Library, the National
Archive, Cambridge University, JISC, the National
Library of Singapore and the State Library of New South
Wales. The key topics covered in the text are; seven key
concepts for marketing libraries, strategic marketing,
the library brand, marketing and the library building,
an introduction to marketing online, marketing with
social media, marketing with new technologies, marketing
and people, internal marketing, library advocacy as
marketing, and marketing special collections and
archives. The book is supplemented by a companion
website (www.librarymarketingtoolkit.com) and is
essential reading for anyone involved in promoting their
library or information service, whether at an academic,
public or special library or in archives or records
management. It s also a useful guide for LIS students
internationally who need to understand the practice of
library marketing.
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