The new semester is almost underway, and you’d love to find a way to get students more engaged with your library. Why not have a social media contest? Open up new avenues through which they can communicate with you, which you can also use to promote library events and resources throughout the year. Social Media contests are an easy way to reach a huge number of students, even on a limited (or nonexistent) budget.
It's safe to assume that if procrastination could be converted into energy, we'd never need oil again. Or wind power, solar, and whatever Elon Musk is cooking up combined. Writing a paper isn't that big a deal for your average college student, but starting a paper comes with a veritable potpourri of anxiety, doubt, frustration and dread. We came up with this weekly blog post to give you the tips, inspiration and encouragement you need to embark upon whichever paper looms next on your horizon.
We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!
Customer Success, Social Media, Social Media for Libraries, Topic Pages
You can have the best content in the world, but if nobody is following your library, people won't see it (with the possible exception of NSA data-miners and the staff at Facebook). Social media is a great place for libraries to spread the word about upcoming programs, new acquisitions, valuable services and more. Last month we gave some best practices to avoid common library social media mistakes; this month we’ll get into how to build up your followers without resorting to shady follower-buys and paid advertising.*
With Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opening this week, we thought it a prudent opportunity to research our current simian friends and potential future overlords. Here’s a few Topic Pages that’ll help you survive the Ape-ocalypse:
We understand your library wants to post fun content to social media but that you might not have the time to dedicate to writing it, so we’d like to help!
Customer Success, Social Media, Social Media for Libraries, Topic Pages
A modern library without a social media presence is like a phone that only makes phone calls: it belongs in a different century. Most librarians are aware of this fact and embrace it, yet many libraries are having trouble capitalizing on what social media has to offer. Here’s a list of five mistakes we see too many libraries making, and some easy steps to move in the right direction.
Whether you call it soccer or football (and with offices in Boston and Oxford, Credo calls it both), we'll help you get the all the scholarly information you need on this incredible world sporting event. The World Cup begins Thursday, June 12, so before sitting down to watch the games, why not kick it with these Topic Pages?
