Long description:

The Marketing of Academic, National and Public Libraries Worldwide: Marketing, Branding, Community Engagement enables readers to learn about the most up-to-date trends, as well as hands-on practices and marketing tactics taken directly from 48 highly seasoned marketing and community engagement librarians around the world, namely in Africa, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Hong Kong, Latvia and Qatar. Via a series of in-depth and semi-structured interviews, this book provides insights into successful marketing strategies librarians can use to encourage donors and patrons to understand that their libraries are a great choice for fulfilling information needs, recreational interests, intellectual pursuits, and more.

This book contains 45 interviews with academic, national and public librarians from 19 different countries and territories. So many voices! The focus is on the librarians themselves who have played an important role in the marketing and branding of libraries and have designed the processes to engage communities. What is intriguing to the reader is just how far the attitudes and perceptions of librarians affect the salience and achievements of any marketing practice in the library. These attitudes and perceptions fall out of the interview conversation and onto the page." International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Barbara Lison
(Director of Bremen Public Library ;
IFLA President 2021-2023)

Foreword
Dr. Xerxes Mazda
(Head of Collections and Curation,
The British Library)

1. Peter Persic, Director of Public Relations & Marketing, Los Angeles Public Library, United States

2. Nicole Celic, Adult Service Librarian, New York City

3. Sara P. Montoya-Hernandez, Marketing & Events Coordinator, McAllan Public Library, United States

4. Stacie Ledden, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Anythink Libraries, United States

5. Shamichael Hallman, Senior Library Manager, Memphis Public Library, United States

6. Tana Perckham, Chief Strategy Officer, Cleveland Public Library, United States

7. Randall Goble, Director of Engagement, Kent District Library, Michigan, United States

8. Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator, Iowa City Public Library, United States

9. Steven K. Bowers, Executive Director, The Library Network, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10. Helen Tapping, Head of Marketing and Online Services, The Seattle Public Library

11. Dr. Timothy Lentz, Archivist & Director of the Detroit Opera Archive and the Allesee Dance and Opera Resource Library, Detroit Opera House

12. Sonia Zagwyn, Children's Services Coordinator, Powell River Public Library, B.C., Canada

13. Isobel Hunter, Chief Executive, Libraries Connected

14. Lucia Werder, Deputy Director, Bremen Public Library, Germany

15. Niko Cvjetkovic, Director, Rijeka City Library, Croatia

16. Olivera Nastic, Librarian, Belgrade City Library, Serbia

17. Jakob Guillois L?rkes, Director, Gladsaxe Municipal Libraries, Copenhagen, Denmark

18. Jane Cowell, Chief Executive Officer, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia

19. Laurinda Thomas, Manager, Libraries and Community Spaces, Wellington City Council, New Zealand

20. April Slayton, Director of Communications, Library of Congress, United States

21. Liisa Savolainen, Deputy Director, National Library of Finland

22. Huism Tan, Executive Director, Qatar National Library

23. Susan Parker-Leavy, Head of Library, Museum of Islamic Art Library, Qatar

24. Elsbeth Kwant, Strategic Adviser, National Library of the Netherlands

25. Ute Schwens, Director, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main

26. Augusts Zilberts, Head of Public Relations, National Library of Latvia

27. Damilare Oyedele, Co-founder and Chief Executive, Library Aid Africa

28. Margaret Aldrich, Director of Communications, Little Free Library

29. Philip Kent, University Librarian, University of Sydney

30. Allan Cho, Community Engagement Librarian, University of British Columbia

31. Alex Hodges, HGSE Librarian and Director, Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

32. Dr. Jerome Offord Jr., Associate University Librarian for Antiracism, Harvard University

33. Jenna Hillhouse, Librarian, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Naval Postgraduate School, United States

34. Eric Cooper, Acquisitions Librarian and Library Property Accountable Officer, U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center

35. Ameet Doshi, Head, Donald E. Stokes Library, Princeton University

36. Amanda Albert, Instructional Specialist, School of Arts & Sciences, Washington University at St. Louis

37. Mark Allen Mattson, Head of Global Engagement Initiatives and International Partnerships Librarian, Pennsylvania State University Libraries

38. Anne Langley, Dean of University of Connecticut Library

39. Charlie Bennett, Public Engagement Librarian, Georgia Tech Library

40. Charles Aylmer, Affiliated Librarian of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

41. Dominic Tate, Head of Library Research Support and Deputy Director, University of Edinburgh

42. Wilhelm Widmark, Director, Stockholm University Library

43. Prof. Dr. Andreas Degkwitz, Library Director, Humboldt University of Berlin ?

44. Emre Hasan Akbayrak, Library Director, Atilim University (Turkey)

45. Alrina de Bruyn, Director of Events & Marketing, University of Johannesburg Library

46. Nadine Bailey, Teacher Librarian & Technology Integration, Western Academy of Beijing

47. Mr. K, Head of Library, Somerset School Shanghai

48. Katie Day, Teacher-Librarian, Tanglin Trust School, Singapore