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