Presentation by Dr Nessa Collinge and Niall O'Brien, Library Assistants at UCD Library, to the CONUL Teaching & Learning Annual Seminar 2016, on 10th November 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.
Pop Up and Pop In: New Initiatives in Library Orientation
1. Pop Up and Pop In
New Initiatives in Library Orientation
2. Do libraries need to advertise?
• Identifying the user
• Shift from library as place to library as
service
… promotional efforts must be social in
nature, aimed at starting conversations
instead of treating our users as captive
audience
Marketing Today’s Academic Library
6. Objective of our Link 3 Space
A designated welcome space for new students to meet
and deepen their familiarity with the library through
activities.
7. Reasons for Link 3 Activities
1. A more creative
library orientation
experience.
2. Alleviate ‘library
anxiety’ through
bonding exercise.
3. Reach out to
students in a more
informal way.
From this…
11. Successes
• Games tended to engage, entertain and foster
a deeper interest in library services.
• High qualitative experience for those present.
• Helped to demystify processes of the library.