Getting Papered

Paper newsletters are being replaced by e-newsletters.  This makes sense to me.

Random thoughts on possible library newsletter topics:

book fair

upcoming author visit

new book promotion

student recommendations through the blog

looking for help/volunteers with updated AR labeling of books

current Destiny conversion process

links to other libraries (elementary/high school, public, college)

contact information

teasers about various library website components

booktalks

requests and suggestions from teachers

completed library lessons

upcoming library lessons

library doings by grade level

These were a few ideas to get me going.  I am excited to look at the Constant Contact process--I think the ideas will flesh out nicely.

Oh, Sure--a Brochure!

...or should I say I'll tri and do that!

Brochure ideas that are unfolding for me seem to still be along the ideas of promoting new technology features at our school. We have some new aspects to use, and we need to get the word out.

New website!! (and all that it entails...)
Upcoming high school book fair
Library website (including the blog...)
After-school tutoring
Upcoming after-school clubs
Next year's Halloween pumpkin carving contest
Physical library--breakdown of the sections and how they are organized

Hmmm. Some of these hit me strongly, others feel like I am just trying to make my list longer.

I will likely wind up with promoting the school website as my first brochure. We have a need for it!

(Hey, I can work in a section about the library website as long as I'm at it!)

Currently I am enveloped in this project. I will see how this unfolds!

Sit, Stay, Heal!

I am soo laughing at myself!

I spent way too much time mulling over what topic I would create my poster on, and then I finally sat down and methodically explained myself to myself through the previous post, about how I would go about this.

From there, I began to brainstorm the actual poster, and then I stopped and went to my job in the library at school.

Today, as I began the brand-new-to-me process of a book fair, the light bulb went off after I created the Scholastic-template book fair home page on the web:

Create a poster advertising our school's bookfair webpage!

OK, that totally trumps my previous idea of a poster to create interest in the library blog!

...but, in Real Life can't I do both?!?

:)