engaging library users : building connections
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Engaging Library Users : Building Connections
Thailand Report
The library’s role in changing scenario of higher education
• Interacting with faculty members, students and researchers
• Partnering in research, teaching and scholarly communication
• Assessing user needs• Promoting library services and
collections
Interacting and Communicating with Users
• Library websites– Announcement– News & events– Suggestions / recommendations– Virtual orientation– Tutorials– RSS – E-forms
• Social Media – Facebook– Blog– Twitter– SMS– RSS
• To publicize library events• To alerts users• To provide links• To provide conduit to community information• To allow users to ask questions or provide
feedback
Attracting : The changing design
Partnering with the University Community
• Friends of the library
• Research support & scholarly communications
• Information literacy promotion
Friends of the Library
Research support
Information literacy
Assessing user needs
• User survey
• Focus group
Promoting library services and collections
• Library ambassadors• Library events
– Book fair– Open house– New services
Outreaching : programs and activities
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