Activities for services to attract and retain members, build brand awareness, and drive usage
Having been on several of Ned’s sessions in the past, this one-hour refresh reiterates his message on successful marketing. Here’s what to consider when we’re preparing our newsletters… Try to avoid calling it the ‘library newsletter’ Your title and opening paragraph matter. Name it after your most important piece of news, for example, Win a winter warmer…
Context At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we have been turning old withdrawn editions of books into fake books to go on our shelves. In preparation for an order of new medical books being delivered the shelves in the library have been weeded. As each section of the library has been weeded, the catalogue has been checked…
Last year we spent a good chunk of our book budget on new nursing materials. As budgets have been reduced over the years, we have had to prioritise certain areas for updating stock. We weeded the area and found a number of out-of-date books so wanted to update this area. However, we also wanted bang…
Inspired by the annual Green Libraries Week last year, MWL Libraries, based at Southport Hospital, decided to try out a couple of ideas to endorse the green agenda within the Trust, encourage sustainability in the Library and beyond, and to support staff wellbeing. It was also seen as a way of promoting the Library service…
As a newish library assistant, I was excited to join this event to kick off the new community of practice (CoP) set up by an amazing team across NHS Libraries in England, led by Sarah Lewis from Buckinghamshire Trust. I joined the Northumbria Trust nearly a year ago and am based in Cramlington between the…
The idea of a book club has stemmed from as early as the 1900’s. Over 100 years later and we are trying our own spin on things. In September 2024, CDDFT Libraries launched our online book club. We reached out to patrons in the trust to decide on our name and after a few deliberations,…
