If anybody would like to see the work I'm doing for Goshen Public Library, go here. I spend about 6 hours a week (I work at the desk the other 34) posting stuff to the teen blog, tweeting, and using Facebook to promote the Library.
I also sit around and dream up ways to get teens excited about reading. That's the important thing. That's my real job. Heck, just getting them inside the building is huge. If a Wii party or Guitar Hero tournament gets kids into the library, count me in! Who cares if it's not library-ish, or if it's a bit noisy?
Bottom line: I'd rather buck library tradition for the sake of teen literacy than promote the idea that libraries are boring. Now I just need to get everybody else to think the same way.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sheckler Returns to Blog, Explains Absence -- Excuses Abound
This is my first post in awhile. I would say it's because I'm lazy, but I've actually had a bunch of other, possibly more important things on my mind.
I finished my first year of higher education on May 1 and began a two-week summer course four days later. I managed to post a couple times during those two weeks, but after I finished my class I turned my attention to the dreaded summer job-hunt.
I was lucky enough to score a full-time job at the Goshen Public Library, where I've been employed on a part-time basis for over three years. One of my responsibilities at GPL is to help promote young adult activities such as the Teen Summer Reading Experience.
So, I'm experimenting with a wide variety of PR tools. I'm blogging about teen library events here, as well as trying out Twitter as a way of informing the public about library activities.
On a side note, has anybody had any success using Twitter as a PR tool for a company or organization? If so, I'd love to hear how you pulled it off.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited about the blogging/PR experience I'm getting at GPL. I haven't had time to blog here as much, but it's been worth it.
Now that I'm settling into my summer routine, I expect to start posting here more. Bear with me.
I finished my first year of higher education on May 1 and began a two-week summer course four days later. I managed to post a couple times during those two weeks, but after I finished my class I turned my attention to the dreaded summer job-hunt.
I was lucky enough to score a full-time job at the Goshen Public Library, where I've been employed on a part-time basis for over three years. One of my responsibilities at GPL is to help promote young adult activities such as the Teen Summer Reading Experience.
So, I'm experimenting with a wide variety of PR tools. I'm blogging about teen library events here, as well as trying out Twitter as a way of informing the public about library activities.
On a side note, has anybody had any success using Twitter as a PR tool for a company or organization? If so, I'd love to hear how you pulled it off.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited about the blogging/PR experience I'm getting at GPL. I haven't had time to blog here as much, but it's been worth it.
Now that I'm settling into my summer routine, I expect to start posting here more. Bear with me.
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