Starting a list of ideas…
Borrow Direct:
Need something fast that’s checked out, missing, or on reserve? Try BorrowDirect! Items arrive in 2-4 days. mit.worldcat.org (used 2/10/2014)
Project due? Need something that’s checked out, missing, or on reserve? Try BorrowDirect! Items arrive in 2-4 days. mit.worldcat.org
Get caught up on last year’s best! Award winners in fiction and non, available from BorrowDirect. mit.worldcat.org
What’s your pleasure? Check out fiction, Sci-Fi, YA and more through BorrowDirect. mit.worldcat.org
Independent reading for IAP! More fiction, Sci-Fi, YA & more available via BorrowDirect. mit.worldcat.org
ID&LA Service Promotion (HD edited)
Can’t get your hands on the most popular book for your class? Don’t worry, it’s probably on reserve. Use the Course Reserves search tab on the Libraries’ homepage to look it up.
Course reserves are easy to find, right behind the service desk. Give us the item’s call number and we can quickly get you what you need!
The best prices on course materials? FREE! See what’s on course reserve for your class before making an investment. Most required and recommended readings are available. (used 2/19/2014)
Need a longer loan period than course reserves allow? Ask service desk staff about Borrow Direct and BLC resource sharing services or the overnight checkout option.
Want to renew a reserves book you have out? Renew through Your Account, MITMobile’s Libraries icon, or ask a service desk staff member.
Course reserves book checked out when you need it? Ask us about our borrowing services through the Boston Library Consortium or Borrow Direct.
Fun stuff:
Books for Victory – Blog about WWII patriotic book programs – good pics!
http://www.booksforvictory.com/
Do people need libraries in a digital age?
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/02/12/are-libraries-overdue-for-digital…
Vintage Library posters
http://gizmodo.com/read-to-win-the-war-13-vintage-posters-promoting-ameri-1…
Reading novels changes your brain
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/study-reading-a-novel-…
Do you prefer e-reading or print? E-reading on the rise, but not replacing print.http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/ereading-is-rising-but-its-not-replaci…
Additional content ideas (from wiki, 2012):
• tweet a photo and ask people to “Name that library!”
• tweet about or take a photo of cool collections people like (tweet a photo of yearbooks and send link to Barton record; tweet about travel collection)
• tweet about MIT spotlights and lib resources for them
• tweet about our good video tutorials
• tweet about Ellen’s podcast series
• tweet about server downtime and other real time events
• ask users questions or what they think?
• tell people things they wouldn’t have known otherwise
• our recent survey showed that people don’t know about XXX service, did you?
• frame things in terms of user needs and how we can help them
• tweet about new LibGuides
• tweet about some cool photos that we have on Flickr
• tweet about our staff and what they do (non-work)
• Possibly tweet about other depts. at MIT and what they are doing
More ideas (added March, 2014)
• tweet about new library job postings
• tweet/Facebook post marketing postcards/posters for library events
• tweet/Facebook post historic images of the Libraries, on Thursdays use #throwbackthursday tag
Resources
Improving searchability: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2014/searchability-making-your-online-content…
Engaging Facebook content: http://www.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2014/03/want_to_cr…
Guide to sizing Facebook photos:http://www.insidefacebook.com/2014/03/26/infographic-guide-to-facebook-news…
Social Media for Colleges: http://socialmediaforcolleges.com/
Content sources
MIT Connect – a list of MIT social media sites: connect.mit.edu
Archives- Object of the month libraries.mit.edu/_archives/exhibits
MIT alumni alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit
MIT admissions (has student bloggers): mitadmissions.org/blogs
Today in Science History chemistry.about.com/od/aprilinscience
Just change the month in the URL
I sometimes look at Today in Science History, then check Wikipedia’s MITalumni page to see if there are any MIT connections : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_alumni
This day in history history.com/this-day-in-history
Internet Archive Blog blog.archive.org
New York Public Library blog nypl.org/blog
Wired wired.com
Popular Science popsci.com
Scientific American scientificamerican.com
Popular Mechanics popularmechanics.com
MIT Technology Review technologyreview.com
NASA nasa.gov
MIT Press Blog mitpress.mit.edu/blog
Mediashift pbs.org/mediashift
Galley Cat – book publishing news www.mediabistro.com/galleycat
Poetry Foundation poetryfoundation.org
Open Culture openculture.com
Weird holidays daysoftheyear.com
Collosal thisiscolossal.com (Art and Design site that often posts about Libraries, Archives, image databases, etc.)