a lost score and a great charter: social media collaborations

A lost score and a great charterSocial media collaborations

Jonathan BushArchive and Early Printed Books Cataloguer@UshawLibrary

Rachel SmithCommunications and Marketing Officer@PalaceGreenLib

• Background • Collaborations with researchers• Collaborations with press• Collaborations with academic

departments• Collaborations with visitors• Collaborations with partners• Collaborations with businesses• Lessons learnt

Introduction

Ushaw College

Ushaw College Library

Deryck Webb

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Pergolesi Manuscript

Dr Peter Leech

Our approach• Targeting younger audiences (Key

Stages 3-5, Students, 18 – 50 age range)

• Social media used to reach these audiences

• Measuring visitor interaction via social media

• #MagnaCartaDurham• Magna Carta Durham Facebook Page

Our approach

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with visitors

Collaborations with core partners

Collaborations with event partners

Collaborations with event partners

Collaborations with businesses

Collaborations with press

Collaborations with press

Conclusion

• Range of collaborators

• Reasons for collaboration

• Results of collaboration

A lost score and a great charterSocial media collaborations

Jonathan Bushjonathan.bush@durham.ac.uk@UshawLibrary

Rachel Smithr.l.smith@durham.ac.uk@PalaceGreenLib