iSkills

Read about iSkills

There’s a December 2007 Pew study showing that contrary to popular assumptions, it’s the young African American and Latina women who are among the most “wired”…to their cellphones and pdas at least. One option for libraries is to figure out how to get out helpful information on jobs opportunities, small business, healthcare, childcare, and GED via handhelds and mobiles. An RSS feed on these topics sent directly to a patron’s phone every week for example?

See all the Pew articles and studies about mobile technology

Mobile technology as a “game-changer” for health information

Peeps in the Library

Another great example of library marketing that is fun and creative. This one has been around awhile, but if you have not yet seen Peeps do Research at the Library from the  Milikin University Library, you are in for a treat.

Wifi in Libraries

CNET did a forum recently on using wifi hotspots safely.  One of the posters suggested that public libraries are a safer option than  cafes, bookstores etc:

“My advice…was to stay away from the more public hotspots such as IT cafés, Starbucks, fast food places, motels, and etc. Instead…find a local library in the towns, most of which have wi-fi access, and most are open all day and part of the evenings. Libraries seldom have wi-fi lurkers, and their wi-fi systems are much more secure than those in other public places”.

Not sure if this is true or not; as we know, libraries are hardly immune from the criminal element. Still,  it’s good p.r.!

Great Library promotional video

Hilarious promo from the Denver Public Library for their summer reading game.