Tuesday, June 24, 2008

option for the future?: lib website optimized for mobile devices?

Came across a web service, Google Mobilizer: http://www.google.com/gwt/n) that allows you to link to a mobile-optimized version of any web page

Here is one for our web page: http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.esc.edu%2Flibrary

Does it male sense to put a link to this somewhere on our home page? This version has the added option of being more usable to those using screen readers.

Dana

Monday, June 2, 2008

Marketing idea: intro letter to just accepted students

The idea is this: we work with admissions (or whatever office would have the appropriate information) to send a brief (printed) form letter to newly accepted/starting students. The letter would be a welcome from the librarians along with a very brief description of our most relevant services (like our virtual workshops and Ask a Librarian) with a couple links and our pledge to help them as best we can as they pursue their academic career at the college. Perhaps also include a library bookmark with the letter.

Ideally, the letter content would be very, very brief, but also personalized based on the AOS of the student, if that's possible.

This letter would have the double advantage of making the student feel welcome at the college and putting our services right in front of them as they start their academic work. As a recent Limnal Librarian post states (and was the inspiration for this idea): "Small gestures can create enormous goodwill."

Dana