Workshop presentation given at the SLANZA (School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) in Wellington, July 2013 looking at What are the effective ways to promote library services and programmes to your wider school community?
How do you market these to your teachers or your parent community?
When you've created the opportunity, what should you tell them?
And once you've made those precious connections, how do you build on them and water the seeds you've planted?
Making a lasting connection with your school community
1. Making a Lasting Connection
with your School Community
SLANZA Conference
Wellington
July 17th 2013
2. What are the effective ways to promote
library services and programmes to your
wider school community?
How do you market these to your teachers
or your parent community?
When you've created the opportunity, what
should you tell them?
And once you've made those precious
connections, how do you build on them
and water the seeds you've planted?
5. Where to start?
• Planning … Planning … Planning
• What is your vision for your library?
6. Where to start?
• Planning … Planning … Planning
• What is your vision for your library?
• A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto
• Now have a go at writing your own with
your library in mind
7. Where to start?
• Planning … Planning … Planning
• What is your vision for your library?
• Identify all the services you already
provide
• Make your wish list of services you would
like to add or develop
• Keep a record of everything you do …
AND how it added value for students &
staff
68. Publicity
Think ahead
Identify photo
opportunities
Create “good news”
stories
Compile a list of local
media contacts
Foster connections
with them
100. Contact Details:
Senga White
Research and Learning Coordinator
Southland Boys High School
Invercargill
Email: sengaw@windowslive.com
Wordpress: http://sengaw.wordpress.com
Twitter: @motherofwinter
Notas do Editor
While some ideas and activities can be serendipitous, these need to fit within some existing framework for you to take advantage of it
If you don’t have one written down, now’s the time to do it
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