1. Beating the Odds with the Insider's Scoop
Tips and Tricks from the
Library Secrets! Librarian
Jennifer Kelley College of DuPage Library
LOEX of the West June 5, 2008

3. College of DuPage and College of DuPage Library
Glen Ellyn, IL (25 miles west of Chicago)
fourth largest single-campus, two-year college in US
28,361 students
33% aged 18-20
41,882 active library cards
26,130 students have active library cards
avg. daily door counts 2,500-3,000+ during semester
963 instruction sessions to 19,000 students
Institutional Profile Student Portrait, Fall 2007

4. How connected are our students?
Brainstorming & the Survey
photo: Ellen Sutton

5. Not very
Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do.
About half have blogs, ¾ have social networking profiles, a little more than half IM
Know little or nothing about RSS feeds, podcasting, tagging or the many tools libraries are using to reach college students
photo: Jenn Kelley

6. Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do.
photo: LarimdaME
Or, at least, they don’t know the technology we think they do.
About half have blogs, ¾ have social networking profiles, a little more than half IM
Know little or nothing about RSS feeds, podcasting, tagging or the many tools libraries are using to reach college students
photo: niallkennedy
photo: mr brown

7. 42% 32% 16% 14% 10% 6% read electronic newsletter from library
read tips & tricks column in blog
10%
subscribe to library podcast 6%
subscribe to library blog
“friend” a librarian
listen to tips podcast
photo: Colin Koteles

8. The tease

9. Model for Library Secrets!
Tips, tricks– fun, casual edutainment
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10. Library Secrets! Goes Live

11. Blog announcement
Facebook Group
Twitter
del.icio.us feed

16. The Library Is Full of Secrets. Are You Listening?

18. The Future: Going Social
photo: Mrs. Maze

19. Thank You
photo: A Touch of Glass