Transcript The Library Extravaganza! - Northwest Missouri State

The Library Extravaganza
Karen Evans
Cheryl Blevens
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
Brick and Click Libraries Symposium
November 1, 2013
The Library Extravaganza
 The Humble Beginning
 More Money, Food, and People
 Distance Education
 The Future
The Humble Beginning:
An Idea
 That Fateful Question
 2001
 500 dollars
The Humble Beginning:
Planning Stage One
 Name the event
 Theme
 Date and Time
 Freebies
The Humble Beginning:
Passport to the World
 Include international students
 Highlight variety of sources
 Flags from around the world
 Demos
The Humble Beginning:
Planning Stage Two
 Publicity
 Food
 Resource Displays
 Attract Their Attention
The Humble Beginning:
Publicity
 Flyers
 Campus Communications
 News station/newspapers
 Come in to the library
The Humble Beginning:
Edibles
 Food
 Cookies
 Chips
 Candy
 Drink
 Coke
 Bottled Water
The Humble Beginning:
A Candy Jar
 Guess the amount of candy
 DO NOT PICK UP THE JAR!!
 Use “good candy”
The Humble Beginning:
Prizes
 Contacted local merchants
 Created some prizes
 Thank you for the donations
After the First Event
 Changes
 Date and time
 Food
 Highlight more resources
 Different theme every year
Thank You!!
 The volunteers
 The merchants
 The Dean (and her money)
Then
Now
New Era, New Name:
Changes
 Extravaganza!!!
 Tables, talks, and punch cards
 Freebies and Prizes
 Pizza and Pepsi
New Era, New Name:
Agenda
 Services
 Resources
 Campus Organizations
Campus Organizations
New Era, New Name:
Publicity
 On Campus
 “Save The Date!”
 Table Tents & sidewalk chalking
 Bookmarks & Blogs
 Off Campus
 “Tell a friend”
 Distance Ed
 Newsletters
New Era, New Name:
Distance Learners
 Early plans (2008)
 Special contest
 Live Action!
 Later plans (2009+)
 Different schedule
 Pre-tape everything!
New Era, New Name:
Budget Cuts
 Adapt by improvising
 Live band or a DJ?
 Handouts and prizes
New Era, New Name:
Success!
 Then and now
 Why?
 September 12, 2013
 5,500
 550
Welcome to the Library!
Works Cited
 Anderson, Carol L. “Library Palooza: A
Marketing Case Study.” New Library
World 113.1/2 (2012): 55-64. Print.
 Fortson, Melissa, Sahib, Josh and
Spencer, Brett. “Step Right Up to the
Library!” College &
Research
Libraries News 72.6 (2011): 350-352.
Print.
Questions ?
 Contact:
 Karen Evans
 [email protected]
 Cheryl Blevens
 [email protected]
ISU Library Extravaganza 2013