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Crowdsource Your Library, Engage Your Community: The What, When, Why, and How


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This book illustrates crowdsourcing techniques that will help you to raise money and collect community knowledge so your library can be its most impactful.

This informative guide teaches you how to strengthen your library's collections and services and develop your relationships with patrons by crowdsourcing ideas, support, and skills from your community. Citing success stories from libraries across the country, it also specifies tactics that will help you to serve specific demographic groups, including children, teens, and adults.

You'll learn how to more exactly meet your patrons' needs by welcoming suggestions for improvements to your library. To raise money for special projects, you'll learn how to garner the necessary support; the author explains what types of funding campaigns are particularly suited to crowdsourcing and offers concrete steps for executing crowdfunding library initiatives. Moreover, you'll learn how to act as your community's documentarian by using crowdsourcing to gather and preserve community knowledge such as local history, providing your community with a reservoir of information from which it can draw for years to come.



Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: Why You Need This Book and How to Use It
Part One—Money, Money, Money
ONE An Introduction to Crowdfunding
TWO Crowdfunding with Kickstarter
About Kickstarter
End Result
THREE Crowdfunding with Indiegogo
About Indiegogo
End Result
FOUR Crowdfunding with GoFundMe
About GoFundMe
End Result
FIVE Additional Crowdfunding Platforms
Fundly
Bonfire
Chuffed
Facebook
YouCaring
Causes
SIX Forming Your Crowdfunding Team and Formulating Your Plan
Pre-Campaign
Kickstarter
Indiegogo
GoFundMe
Campaign
Post-Campaign
Web Sites and Resources
Part Two—Using the Wisdom of the Crowd
SEVEN An Introduction to Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing Is a Community Outreach Tool
Crowdsourcing Is a Staff Development Tool
Crowdsourcing Is a Time-Saving Tool
Crowdsourcing Is a Library Marketing Tool
What It Takes
Get Creative
EIGHT Crowdsourcing Your Collection
A Word about E-books
Making It Better
NINE Digital Crowdsourcing
OCR and the Need for People
Library of Congress and Flickr Commons
Building Enthusiasm
Practical Considerations
Extending Your Reach—The Labs Project
NYPL—What's on the Menu?
TEN Starting a Crowdsourced Transcription Project
Paid Hosting Sites
Open-Source Options
ELEVEN Crowdsourcing Adult Services
Living History and the StoryCorps Initiative
It's Still Crowdsourcing, Even If It's Not Your Project
TWELVE Crowdsourcing with Teens
Teen Advisory Boards
Building and Promoting Your Teen Collection with Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing and Community Service
The Importance of Identifying a Need
Connect with and Learn from Others
Start Small
Transcription Projects with Teen Appeal
THIRTEEN Crowdsourcing with Kids and Families
LEGO
Sketchbook Project
A Library by Design
Programs and Collections
FOURTEEN Forming Your Crowdsourcing Plan
Transcription Pre-Campaign
Transcription Campaign
Transcription Post-Campaign
Program Pre-Campaign
Program Campaign
Program Post-Campaign
Web Sites and Resources
Final Thoughts
Works Cited
Index



About the Author :
Sara A. Fiore is reference librarian at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton, New York. Her work has appeared in Library Journal, Public Libraries Magazine, and PLA Online.

Review :
In a time of funding cuts that have made implementing innovative projects difficult, public librarians will find practical, inspiring support here. A thoughtful and informative book for librarians who are interested in becoming more engaged with their community…Recommended for every public library.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781440861116
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Weight: 344 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1440861110
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The What, When, Why, and How
  • Width: 156 mm


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