How to market a class/event and add it to the calendar of events:
If your event is part of an IAP series:
If your event is part of a big series, like IAP, IAPril, JulyAP, or IAP in October, then you don't have to worry about marketing it or adding your event to the calendar. Submit your class or event info to the series coordinator as instructed, and Mark Szarko and the Marketing Team will take care of marketing and adding it to the calendar.
If your event is NOT part of an IAP series:
Most classes and events should be posted on the news blog, MIT events calendar, and library calendar of events, as described below. If you think your class or event merits more marketing than that, fill out the Marketing Support Request Form as early as possible.
- Figure out all the details you'll need to market the event (title, description, whether or not to require registration, etc.).
- If you're requiring registration, post the event on LibCal. If you need a password or help, email web-lib@mit.edu.
- Ask your unit's designated blogger to post the event on the MIT Libraries news blog and on the MIT calendar. (By doing this, the event will automatically be added to the Libraries' calendar of events.) If you're requiring registration, include a link to the event's LibCal registration page.
About the calendar of events
The library's calendar of events (http://libraries.mit.edu/calendar) is automatically fed by listings in the MIT calendar. If a class or event is added to the MIT calendar using the "MIT Libraries" group account, it will automatically show up on the library's calendar of events. There's no way to add it to the library's calendar without adding it to the MIT calendar. Marketing Team organizes and adds content, and the User Interface Group can tweak the design of the page.