JULIAN
before any one else picks it up, my apologies for typing Julia, so sorry
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Frances Hendrix
Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs PR6 7QR,
UK
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frances Hendrix" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Julian Dawson" <[log in to unmask]>;
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Positive publicity
> Julie
>
> My original point exactly. I just don't know why we prevaricate.
>
>
> For approximately a tenner each, every English library (and I mean branch
> etc) could have a banner. Maybe if 4000 were ordered with half a dozen
> banners, and on a particular day they were all put up across the front
> door, and all local press altered, (even get a local celeb to welcome it),
> what a splash we could make.(and we provide jobs for a banner making firm,
> a huge order,maybe they could be bio degradable, and we could make it a
> National day of Banner hanging)! Regional and National press coverage
> would I am sure pick it up.,we could even ;leave leaflets at job centers
> etc. Oh please MLA , Cilip etc think out of the box. We can capitalise on
> this time. M & S are (2 3 course meals for a £10), Sainsbury's and
> Waitrose doing something similar and so on.
>
> It doesn't take ,media packs, working parties, policies, advisors, top
> flight meetings, as Lynne Brindley said a year or so ago 'JUST DO IT'!!
> For heavens sake why don't we? You never know this credit crunch might not
> last (but that doesn't seem likely), we need leadership to act now and
> make it happen now, the time is right, people need diversions from
> frightening prospects, loss of jobs etc. If we plug books and reading ,
> and then when we get them in all the other services we have to offer, for
> unemployed people etc. Isn't it a no brainy, push our unique selling
> point, books free, form anywhere on anything.
>
> will some one please tell me (with out a lecture), why this isn't
> feasible?
> f
> Frances Hendrix
> Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs PR6 7QR,
> UK
> tel: 01257 274 833. fax: 01257 266 488
> email: [log in to unmask]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Dawson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>
>
> At the risk of launching us into a frothy debate off topic, how will
> library users know what we have to offer if we don't market what we do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McMenemy
> Sent: 19 March 2009 19:27
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>
> We'll have to agree to differ on that point.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> David McMenemy
> Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of
> Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
> Scotland, with registration number SC015263.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Library and Information Professionals [mailto:LIS-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Aird
>> Sent: 19 March 2009 18:08
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>>
>> I don't doubt it, but the subject is no more (or less) important than
>> marketing, which was the basis of your dig at Diana.
>>
>> R.
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Library and Information Professionals [LIS-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McMenemy
>> [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 18 March 2009 20:13
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>>
>> Indeed, but I'm sure even some of those who aren't consider accuracy a
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>> viable professional topic.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> David McMenemy
>> Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of
>> Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland
>> --------------------------------------------------------------
>> The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in
>> Scotland, with registration number SC015263.
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Library and Information Professionals [mailto:LIS-
>> > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard Aird
>> > Sent: 18 March 2009 19:16
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>> >
>> > That is of course on the false presumption that everyone on the list
>> is
>> > a librarian!
>> >
>> > Richard.
>> > ________________________________________
>> > From: Library and Information Professionals [LIS-
>> > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David McMenemy
>> > [[log in to unmask]]
>> > Sent: 18 March 2009 17:24
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: Positive publicity
>> >
>> > Yes Diana, heaven forbid librarians should be concerned with
>> > debating the accuracy of a fact when there's marketing to be done!
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>> > David McMenemy
>> > Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of
>> > Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------
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