Times have been pretty tough lately. Shrinking budgets and overworked staff coupled with your community’s high demand for library services is challenging.
Tutor.com invites you to get back into the groove with us at PLA 2010. Visit Booth 1052 and we’ll show you how to serve your community during these tough times with one-to-one career and tutoring services that will fit your budget and reduce the stress on your staff while giving your community members what they really want:
- One-to-one resume writing and job search help with our career experts
- Tutoring for every student in every subject - k-12, college and adults
Groovy Giveaways!
Share how your library is getting back into the groove . Are you using social media as a low-cost way to promote your library? Partnering with a workforce agency to help your job seekers? We want to know! Tell us your ideas at Booth 1052 and we’ll post them on our blog and tweet them during the show. Even better you’ll get a fabulous gift (hint: it’s soft, bright orange and will be a hit at your next party).
We can’t wait to see you. Remember and come to Booth 1052 if you’re feeling a little groovy.
Posted in Conferences, Libraries.
By Erica Manney
– March 19, 2010
Tutor.com was happy to celebrate Teen Tech Week by hosting a webinar for youth and teen libraries called “DoSomething with Social Media.” We invited DoSomething’s CTO George Weiner to speak about DoSomething’s experiences reaching teens online and inspiring them to take off-line action.
George urged libraries to focus their efforts on finding the teen influences in their community and engaging them to help create the content and upkeep required for their social media efforts. He suggested that unless your library patrons say otherwise, to focus the bulk of the social media outreach to Facebook fan pages, MySpace and Twitter. He also offered suggestions on text messaging.
Some of the tools that George suggested that you can check out are Twitterfeed, ping.fm, Tweetdeck, Photosynth and Textmarks, for mobile campaigns.
Erica Manney, Marketing Manager at Tutor.com also shared some examples of libraries that have already implemented some great social media tools, and offered suggestions on how libraries can use these for their own outreach efforts.
Here’s the websites Erica shared:
Palm Beach County Library: great use of photos, interactive comments and sharing of the upcoming events
Rapid City Public Library: effective use of “chicklets,” links to RSS feeds and a rotating banner
Indianapolis Marion County Public Library: the teen area looks different from the rest of the library website and includes cool features such as user-submitted books reviews and a glimpse of their Facebook page
Enoch Pratt Free Library features a great, frequently updated blog, upfront visuals, clearly defined sections, and polls that can help the library make future social media decisions
Worthington Libraries was featured because of their integration of podcasts and music, polls and their unique blogging voice
Arlington Libraries showcased a great use of YouTube, Facebook integration and engaging links to popular YA-author blogs
For more resources, you can visit Do Something’s page on Social Action Training or check out some of the great guides and suggestions on the YALSA website.
Missed the event? You can watch the recorded webinar. If you attended and have feedback, or just have more questions about how to use social media to connect with teens in your area, please leave a comment!
Posted in Libraries, Our Local Libraries, Teen Outreach.
By Erica Manney
– March 17, 2010
Nothing makes the day brighter than opening your inbox and finding an email like this:
Dear Tutor.com,
When my Dad deployed to Iraq for 6 months, my grades began to drop increasingly. I cared about them so much. I had no one to get help from. Now, after a search on Google, and finding Tutor.com, I now not only see my grades in the A`s and B`s, but see a Tutor that is there just for me, helping me, and making me confident. I am so fortunate that you have the Military Program, it means a lot to me, and it means a lot to my Dad. You guys are the best!
Regards,
R.
Find out more about Tutor.com for military families.
Posted in Military Families, Student Stories.
Tagged with army, deployment, military family, military student, student.
By Erica Manney
– March 10, 2010
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