Library Snapshot Day June 13-17, 2016 #MiLibSnap
June ALA initiative that most states participate in Show the impact of your library to your community via data representations, images, video, factoids, etc. In Michigan we’re organizing a social media snapshot day
Free Infographic Tools: Word Clouds Wordle: Tagul: Word It Out Extension in PowerPoint
Free Infographic Tools: Infographics Inkscape: Piktochart: Venngage: Canva: Easel.ly:
Free Infographic Tools: Data Visualization Gapminder: Tableau: Google Public Data: ory Google Public Data: ory Infogr.am:
Putnam District Library has been engaged in a social media campaign to demonstrate their impact and here are some example posts An example in action
Promote Borrowing
Popularity of Children’s Materials
Other ways to demonstrate your impact Photo of “Today in Our Library” “Day in the Life” of summer reading What you do to support job seekers Door count for a single day, week, month or year Photos of community outreach like a nursing home visit Over-all or average counts for programs of various types Photos of trend-setting programs like adult coloring Coupon clipping programs Your gene/local history resources An author visit Pics of library staff pets
Print resources The Librarian’s Nitty Gritty Guide to Social Media by Laura Solomon Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media by Liana “Li” Evans Face2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Tools to Create Great Customer Connections by David Lee King Facebook Marketing: An hour a Day (2 nd Edition) by Mari Smith
Electronic Resources Measure: 20/content-kpis-really- matter?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= &utm_campaign=So cial+Media+Today+%28all+posts%29 Get smarter! Social media changes every day. There is no promise of continuity except that it will change. Follow these people to be ‘in the know’: media-podcasters-to- follow/?utm_content=bufferf1160&utm_medium=social&utm_source=fac ebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer 100 libraries to follow on FB – get tips and tips/best practice ideas: on-facebook/ Library best practices (note, I didn’t say MOST EFFECTIVE those aren’t always synonyms): df