WiLS Staff, Fall 2015 Each year, WiLS travels the state to host a series of get-togethers, giving members of the library community an opportunity to talk with one another about challenges that affect us all and to propose potential solutions to those problems. This year, the topic of these meetings will be electronic resources: how to promote, grow, and evaluate the usage of the resources that your purchase for your user community so you get the most value out of them possible. You’ll have the opportunity learn tips and tricks for growing and assessing usage as well as hear how your colleagues are encouraging patrons to use their electronic resources and how they are making their decisions when it’s time to renew subscriptions. This year, WiLS Regional Community Meetings will be held in Dodgeville, Fitchburg, Milwaukee, De Pere, Marshfield, and Hayward.

1. Welcome to WiLS Regional
Community Meeting!
 UW- Milwaukee Libraries

2. Maximizing the Value of Electronic
Resources

6. Put your resources in front of your users.
 Group them together in a way
that aids in their discoverability.
Too often we find resources are buried or hard to
find.

7. ROTATE!
Make sure that
sparsely used
resources get some
spotlight time too,
even if it’s not the
“best in class.”

8. Promote…Promote…Promote

9. Work with a subject specialist.

10. Reach out to your vendor rep

13. Know More
http://scls.typepad.com/ce/database_tips/

14. Know more not everything

16. Reinforce training with written
documentation

17. Menasha Joint School District

18. Meet users where they are

19. Access should be easy

22. Usage comparison

23. Infographics are an excellent way to
communicate to stakeholders.

24. Make sure you explain the criteria you
use in the evaluation

25. Understand outside factors

26. Compare Apples to Apples.

27. Question numbers

28. Include your staff in database
evaluation

30. Example: Know More
http://scls.typepad.com/ce/database_tips/