Library patrons and WDFPL staff enjoy the beauty of spring thanks to Jason Snyder and everyone at CAMP TAJI, A CO 64TH BSB 3 BCT 4TH ID.
What a wonderful way to share the good things in life!
See everyone at CAMP TAJI on flickr.
WDFPL staff extends deep appreciation to the brave men and women serving our country at home and abroad. The staff enjoyed gathering supplies for the troops over the winter holidays.
WDFPL staff share smiles, good wishes, and thanks for Jason Snyder’s safe return.
A joyful reunion for mother and son at the West Deptford Free Public Library on Jason’s trip home.
“It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children’s children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.”
Abraham Lincoln
Source: August 22, 1864 - Speech to the One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment
Marx Brother humor is new again thanks to a fresh approach that spelled success at The Broadway Theatre in Pitman, NJ last night.
The experience prompted reflection on how changes in media delivery impact the varied ways we experience art in present society.
Sometimes a fresh approach to a traditional concept can really make a difference in the outcome.
Feel free to stop by WDFPL in person to pick up materials on the talented Marx Brothers. You can also place Monkey Business on hold online.
Monkey business : the lives and legends of the Marx Brothers; Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo with added Gummo
Louvish, Simon.
I couldn’t resist an early morning roadtrip to the Cherry Hill Mall to savor the excitement before opening the West Deptford Free Public Library. Festivities on the Mall began at 8:00 a.m.
It was fun to hear my name called out in the crowd by Joan Van Note, a favorite computer class student, retired teacher and library supporter. She looked marvelous and was thrilled with her free totebag giveaway!
See more photos of this customer service model on Flickr.
Keith Zuck, Jake Gogstad and Charles Jones from Solvay Solexis, West Deptford, were setting up the Solar Impulse airplane display on loan to the West Deptford Free Public Library during the first week of March, 2009.
The library’s partnership with Solvay Solexis extended beyond computer monitors set up by the information desk. Many library users enjoyed learning about solar aeronautics by visiting the library, reading literature provided by the local company, checking out library materials on solar energy and aeronautics as well as viewing slideshows seated on benches placed close to the information desk display in the West Deptford Free Public Library.
Laird McBeth, President of Solvay Solexis, made a donation of $5,000.00 to the West Deptford Free Public Library for “A Library for All Seasons”, WDFPL’s relandscaping project. Solvay supports the local West Deptford community through it’s generous contribution.
Pictured, left to right, are Charles Jones, Director of Human Resources for Solvay Solexis, April Maska, Library Board President, Larid McBeth, President of Solvay Solexis with the check, and West Deptford Mayor Anna Docimo. Learn more about the display by visiting the library’s Flickr photostream.
Solar Impulse is propelled by new material thanks to Solvay’s creative problem solving efforts.
More fun links to browse:
Dryden Flight Reseearch Center
photos by Helene Gray
journalism and the list goes on and on …
I pass this billboard often in my local travels and I think it’s message works for libraries as well as The Bank.
Snapshot Day gave New Jersey library staff a great opportunity to listen to customers. It is tempting to relax and pat ourselves on the back for a job well done. If that happens, Snapshot Day becomes a done deal. It may be surprising to learn there is still marketing to be done.
You might be thinking, “Hey I don’t get paid to market anything, I am a librarian.” I don’t mean to be caustic, however If we all thought like that, I’m not sure how long you would be a librarian.
Consider joining me (and the rest of the team) for the NJLA 2009 preconference entitled Marketing as a Team Sport whether you like marketing or not. Peggy Barber, formerly Associate Executive Director for Communication for the American Library Association, will share the ins and outs of research, planning, communicating, and evaluating to quantify the impact of our marketing efforts. It should be a lot of fun and who knows, you may leave the session believing that you have listened long enough to move forward.
Check it out!
Marketing as a Team Sport
Speaker: Peggy Barber, Library Communication Strategies www.librarycomm.com
Can everyone on your staff deliver the library’s key message? This workshop focuses on what everyone on your staff needs to know about marketing, how it relates to good customer service and their role.
Marketing as a Team Sport will introduce basic marketing principles and give an overview of building an effective marketing plan. Participants will learn basic marketing principles, how to promote good two-way communication between the library and its key audiences, how to develop and deliver an effective message, how to harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing and build the library’s “sales force.” Exercises will aim to build staff’s comfort level and skill in speaking for libraries and identify tools needed to support them.
Peggy Barber was formerly Associate Executive Director for Communication for the American Library Association (ALA), where she managed and implemented marketing and communication programs, including external relations and membership development. She established the ALA Public Information Office, Public Programs Office and the ALA Graphics program, including the widely known “Celebrity Read” poster series. She helped to launch the universal library logo that appears on streets and roads across the country. She also launched the association’s development program and served as the first executive director of its foundation.
Sponsor: Public Relations Committee | Moderator: Janet Brown Marler, Atlantic County Library
“Abraham Lincoln and the Secrets of His Success as President”
William Carrigan, PhD.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:00 pm
Call the library at 856-845-5593 to reserve a seat. We will be videotaping the program.
Please bring your toughest questions for Dr. Carrigan.
Abraham Lincoln’s greatness can be attributed to three separate factors. First, he possessed an uncanny political knack for reading the public mood and choosing the right course of action to push the public toward his vision without breaking his support from his base in New England or from moderates in the lower North. Second, he was able to admit his mistakes, correct them, and improve while in office despite fighting a great civil war. Third, he possessed the ability to communicate the aims of the war in a poetic but comprehensible manner to ordinary Americans.
Additional Abraham Lincoln resources
Unfortunately, Dr. Carrigan will begin speaking past this little guy’s bedtime.
Luckily, New Jersey libraries are providing homework help.
Check it out!
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