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| garboma | Photo releases for patron photos? | 0 | Oct 28 2009, 12:47 PM EDT by garboma | ||||
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Hi everyone,
I'm doing an informal survey here - when you post pictures of patrons at events or just using the library on your website, do you get permission from those pictured? Do you do anything differently when they are minors? I work with the Ypsilanti District Library, and we would like to start using some of the great photos we've taken over the past few years, but aren't quite sure if we need to secure releases, do something else, etc. Thanks in advance for your help! |
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| ConradInDetroit | Social Media & The Library | 0 | Oct 13 2009, 7:36 AM EDT by ConradInDetroit | ||||
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Let's continue our discussion, from our September 17th meeting in Novi, on the Library using Social Media to reach customers. Check our web site, www.detroitpubliclibrary.org, and click through to Facebook & Twitter. I'd appreciate your comments. Conrad Welsing
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| dbthomas | GreatStuff on WWJ | 1 | Mar 10 2009, 4:43 PM EDT by Kelly_Ireland | ||||
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This from MichLib-L:
What a shame! Presume there's nothing we can do to influence WWJ, but the publication of the GreatStuff e-newsletter and web site will be suspended effective Sunday, March 8, 2009. Newspapers have been shutting down a lot of this sort of p.r. outlet for announcements, so it will be doubly missed. Maybe statewide will be better, but it would help to do it by regions. GreatStuff has been so convenient to search whenever seeking something to do in a specific area or a specific type of event. Libraries have especially appreciated this way to spread the word about their programs, in addition my local community theatre & my storytelling guild will both miss this outlet for letting people know about our programs For those seeking storytelling events in Michigan, at least there's the e-newsletter, MI Story, & I will continue its online version at <http://www.MichiganStorytelling.org>. The Bulletin Board page there started out as a supplement to the e-newsletter, giving more details than the newsletter format permits & adding any late-breaking news. In the past month it began chronicling developing news on the state of arts & culture funding & giving ideas on how to make it self-sustaining & eventually free of the state budget. I suggest becoming a regular reader for now. LoiS(preading the news & sorry bad news travels faster than good news) Lois Sprengnether Keel
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| dbthomas | MeL.org on Facebook and LinkedIn | 0 | Mar 9 2009, 9:27 AM EDT by dbthomas | ||||
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Hi Everyone! I invite you to become a fan of the Michigan eLIbrary on Facebook and to join the Michigan eLibrary Group on LinkedIn. I also encourage you to brand the MeL databases on your library's Web site. Please have a look to see how Canton Public Library has done it, http://www.cantonpl.org/resource/index.html Thanks again, Laurie!
Looking forward to seeing everyone next month at the Bloomfield Twp. Library... Deb
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| liz_highland | Logos & Branding | 5 | Sep 4 2008, 12:43 PM EDT by KashaM | ||||
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Hi all, our library is looking to create/ redesign our logo. Does anyone have any suggestions? Specifically, I'd love to know any graphic design/ advertising companies you've used and been happy with, and I'd love to know how much in-house development there was (staff involvement, comittees, etc.). Any info you can pass along would be great!
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| millenniallibrarian | Cool Tote Bags??? | 2 | Jul 21 2008, 11:07 AM EDT by millenniallibrarian | ||||
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Hello All...
Someone (Maybe Canton PL???) brought a sample of their cool tote bags to the first meeting we had. They had a very cool design and a small logo...which library was that? And if it was YOUR library, would you mind emailing me at christine.ayar@gmail.com? I would like to blog about the bags. Thanks Christine
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| JamieM | Genealogy program | 0 | Jul 21 2008, 9:43 AM EDT by JamieM | ||||
| millenniallibrarian | Libraries and Recession - My marketing twist | 0 | May 6 2008, 2:19 PM EDT by millenniallibrarian | ||||
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Get Through Tough Times...@ your library.
Nine ways libraries can help the public get through our country's economic slowdown: 1 - Try it before you buy it. Money is tight. Don't buy a CD, DVD, or book without "test-driving" it first. Come to the library and borrow it to see if it's a purchase that is right for you. If we don't have it, we'll try our hardest to get it for you. 2 - Two words: FREE INTERNET. 3 - Bolster your business. We have access to databases and research tools that will help you reach new and different markets, even during tough times. 4 - Get the skills you need. Libraries offer classes on a variety of topics. Pick up your library newsletter or visit their website. You'll quickly find you can learn new things ranging from basic computer skills to knitting to how to start a business. 5 – Find entertainment. Libraries offer classes, events and activities for children and adults, almost always at no cost. A fun night out doesn't need to be an expensive night out. 6 - Hold meetings that get results. Libraries often offer low-cost or no-cost meeting spaces. Whether your a school group trying to develop a fundraiser or a CEO trying to launch a business, stop in to see if you can hold your meeting at the library. 7 - Be a well-informed investor. The library has up-to-date stock market information that will help you get through tough times. Make smarter investment decisions with the most current financial information. 8 - Find a new job, a better job, or a different job. Use computers, books, newspapers, and more to find a employment and build resumes and cover letters. 9 - Regain a sense of community. Feeling a bit disconnected during tough times? Libraries are places where communities come together. Stop in and take a moment to take in the action...you'll find it abuzz with information, people, and possibilities! |
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| LaurieGolden | Behind Barbed Wire Buseum Visit | 0 | Apr 28 2008, 11:42 AM EDT by LaurieGolden | ||||
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I posted this on the Mich-lib list also but for those that don't get that--
I see that 32 libraries in Michigan are hosting the TRACES Buseum exhibit Behind Barbed Wire, Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany. Does anyone want to work together and plan some publicity for this? I'm also looking for some ideas on what to do so post if you have things already planned. |
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| Kelly_Ireland | Program Successes | 2 | Mar 11 2008, 5:39 PM EDT by Kelly_Ireland | ||||
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I wanted to pass along a great program success we had. On February 13th, Southfield Library and the Idlewild Foundation teamed up to present that program: A night at the Idlewild Clubhouse. It's a living history program with 3 of Idlewild's most famous residents: Madam C. J. Walker, W.E.B. DuBois and Dr. Daniel Hale Williams portrayed by local actors Rosie Chapman, Rudy Barker and Paul Jackson-Miles. It drew 53 people on the night of one of our snow storms.
The audience gets a chance to eavesdrop on this fictional meeting with some of the “Talented Tenth” as they discuss Idlewild, their lives and opinions in 1918. After the dinner the audience gets the chance to ask these pioneers questions as if it were 1918 and then in 2008. About Idlewild: Called the "Black Eden" it was one of only a few resorts in the country where African-Americans could vacation and purchase property. From 1912 - mid-1960s, Idlewild was an active year-round community and visited by well-known entertainers and professionals from throughout the country. At its peak it was the most popular resort in the Midwest and as many as 25,000 would come to Idlewild in the height of the summer season. About Madam C. J. Walker - Madam Walker was an entrepreneur who built her empire developing hair products for black women becoming the first African-American millionaire. About W. E. B. DuBois - Mr. DuBois was a civil rights activist, leader in Pan-Africanism, sociologist, author and scholar. He helped to found NAACP and was editor of their newspaper Crisis. About Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - Dr. Williams was a surgeon who performed the first successful open heart surgery and the founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago. If you would like more information about this program or contact information please let me know. Thanks, Kelly
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| Kelly_Ireland | E-newsletters | 2 | Mar 11 2008, 4:11 PM EDT by lindsayssldl | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 10 2008, 6:10 PM EDT
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After 5 years of having a text based e-newsletter we will launch a new one with color, images, links that should be much more appealing. Anyone have good tips to promote this especially internally to staff. Also we will add all the emails from our ILS - any tricks for sort of sending it out blind to those emails?
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| libtrek | Thanks to Kelly | 0 | Mar 11 2008, 8:49 AM EDT by libtrek | ||||
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Just wanted to give a shout out to Kelly for putting this wiki together. This is something the PR group has needed. Since many of us wear more than one hat, sharing should be a huge asset.
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