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
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Absolutely agree. Especially love the bookmark idea. Bookmark should have links (home page, quick start), phone #'s, email address, etc.
If we create this welcome letter, if it's possible (and the student receives information this way in the 1st place) I'd prefer the library had it's own sheet of paper tucked into the envelope they receive, welcoming them.
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