Abstract
As librarians at an art and design library that is also part of a larger institution, we find it necessary to continually come up with new and innovative ways to make our library a welcoming, appealing, interesting and relevant place. Of particular popularity are the buttons we make using images from resources available at the library. For outreach, we give them away at every opportunity, including orientations (while wearing the “librarian” t-shirts we made) and faculty meetings. We also use them as teaching tools, and as incentive for participation in library instruction sessions. Our student workers and staff members have a range of talents and interests that can be maximized to promote the library as well. We encourage librarians in other settings to expand on our ideas and use the resources at hand for creative library promotion and marketing projects.
Highlights
Every library faces the challenge of how best to promote library services and resources in an appealing, memorable and inexpensive way
As librarians at an art and design library that is part of a larger institution, we find it necessary to continually come up with new and innovative ways to make our library a welcoming, appealing, interesting and relevant place
We are blessed with a certain level of energy and optimism that can fade over time in any profession. We bring this enthusiasm with us daily, and it compels us to discover innovative ways to highlight the uniqueness of our collection and market our services
Summary
Follow this and additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ulj Part of the Library and Information Science Commons. Luedke and Laleman Ward: It All Started With a Button. Luedke will conclude her art history thesis this fall, completing her requirements for a dual masters degree in Art History and Library Science from Pratt Institute. She has interned at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and School of Visual Arts, and worked at the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sarah K. An internship at the Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art brought her to New York, and she is very glad she decided to stick around
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