Goals
- Update old communication streams: postcard, website
- Identify product, services, and audiences: schedule meetings with liaisons and partners (scheduled for July and August)
- Targeted communications to audiences and services (Talking points for Nina)
- Rethink library partnership
- Participate in social media
Communication Action Plan
Identify the service priorities of our customer base and prepare targeted communications to speak to those priorities.
Websites
- migrate Metadata Reference Guide to Libguides platform and update content (plan at: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBDOME/MDServicesWebRev)
- migrate Metadata Services Website to Word Press platform and update content (plan at: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBDOME/MDServicesWebRev)
Postcard
- pick a template that Heather shared
- pick an image for postcard
- write a brief blurb for postcard
- work on website: make sure website is updated before the postcard goes out
- Give to liasons - they can hand out as needed
- Give to past partners
- Give to Steve Horsch - to use as an example of possible donor projects
Meetings
- Rob to meet with Tracy G. to discuss presenting to DPS
- Rob to meet with Museum
- Rob to meet with Reference Publications
- Beverly to schedule meeting with Kris Brewer to explore presentation possiblities on TechTV
- Beverly & Rob to meet with Nicole to begin discussing updating the Metadata website
- Rob to reconnect with other partners
New Media
- Environmental Scan - record notes here: https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBDOME/Metadata sites
- Twitter account for the Metadata services department
- connect with past conference peers
- connect with peers at other institutions
- Metadata services blog?
- Metadata services facebook page?
- flickr account?
Other
- Brown bag info session in DIRC
- W3C group - attend these meetups
- Reconnect with partners - canvas existing partners for new metadata needs
- Page for metadata sites and info:https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/LIBDOME/Metadata sites
Rob's tasks and due dates:
- Email Tracy Gabridge asking for opportunity to speak to DPS - (due June 11th)
- Meet with Nicole (Beverly to attend) - June 17th
** Talk to Nicole Hennig about other library avenues of communication ** Update website
- social media consulting
- Rob work on postcard - rough draft due June 18th
- pick a template that Heather shared
- pick an image for postcard
- write a brief blurb for postcard
- work on website
- Environmental Scan by end of June (begin by June 17th - due June 30th) - notes posted on wiki then meet to discuss plan based on these notes. Please begin before meeting with Nicole.
- Identify Service Priorities - after meetings and environmental scan
- Meet with the libraries' liaisons - date tbd waiting for response from Tracy
- Alex Carrazuco from Sloan (liaison) - after Tracy's group
- Reconnect with past partners (coffee lunch tea invitation via email) -Invitations out by June 30th
- would like to have the postcard in hand, talking points and questions prepared:
- Who are your current partners
- What your current/future needs
- How do you communicate ie blogs, twitter, listservs
- How do you stay connected and current with your peers
- Partners:
- Kurt Fendt
- Robin Colodzin
- Debbie Fuchs
- Cec de Oliveira
- MacKenzie Smith
- Ralph Swick
- Larry Gallagher
- Ed tech partners and Accordiacs
- MIT Museum
- would like to have the postcard in hand, talking points and questions prepared:
- Talking points for Nina - by end of July
- Elevator talk for meetings with individuals - after postcard and website
- Brief presentations for targeted communities - by end of July
- Include presentations/brown bags for specific library groups - by end of July