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[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Updates five times per week with free subscription.
Lists and links to all public library news stories from the UK and key international public library news
Changes listed by authority since 2011 Pages on all aspects of interest
One Stop Shop for public library information
880 Subscribers+ 500 to 1000
views per weekday
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Neutral, with pros and cons Editorial for personal view Always link to supporting information Moved from campaigning to more neutral
reporting
Trust is key
880 Subscribers+ 500 to 1000
views per weekday
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Moved from Blogger (easy but limited to only ten pages) to Wordpress (harder to maintain but unlimited).
Professionally designed and maintained Used by all main political parties, national
media (newspaper, BBC, radio) First on Google (worth half of all views)
Strategy
880 Subscribers+ 500 to 1000
views per weekday
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Brief summary of news or thoughts plus (almost always) a link
Allows for very quick response to news and large amount of interaction with followers
Great for crowd-sourcing information and assistance
Also used for news gathering (hence those 150)
Constant updates on key news
1500 followers150 followed
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Used to be just a plain link to the PLN post of the day. Poor take-up, low added value.
Now moved to just one key story per day, always with a picture.
Mixture of fun and serious Far more likes and shares: gets the name
across
One key item per day
427 likes
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
“Pin” pictures on particular themes e.g. new libraries, protests, Maker Spaces
Allows for a whole pile of pictures on one page for good impact
Very much a low work sideline at the moment
Pictures with links
103 followers
[email protected] @publiclibnews www.publiclibrariesnews.com
Seems to be working
“Keep up the good work, your blog is hugely valuable. I think libraries, like playing fields, long suffered from always being a local fight, without anyone talking about the national picture.” Jane Mackenzie, Reporter, Private Eye (October 2013).
“a really essential resource for anyone interested in the future of public libraries.” Boyd Tonkin of the Independent (September 2011)
“Public Libraries News continues to be a fantastically useful resource for keeping up to date with debate and news” Carnegie UK Trust (February 2014)
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