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Best Practices, Marketing, & Sharing:

The Keys to Our Evolution

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My areas of focus have specialized in best practices and marketing libraries.  It is is my firm belief that libraries (and museums) have a lot to share and learn from one another that will not only increase our individual successes, but strengthen the perception of our field as a whole.  The profession is at one of the most critical crossroads it has ever seen.  Our ability to unify our message, promote our services, and change the perception of what people think we offer vs. what we actually do will be crucial in deciding whether libraries will continue to play a pivotal role in our communities going forward.

 

 

Current Projects:

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  • Ditching Dewey at the Cumberland Public Library. I have designed a new method that takes a 4-digit finder number with plain English labels that can be used with any ILS because the only change in the catalog is located in the call number. My team and I are in the final phases of the changeover from Dewey to the new Method and plan to make the entire plan available to any library that wishes to go from their current system to a more patron friendly layout in the summer of 2018.

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  • 2020 RILA Presentation: 21st Century Librarianship: How Ditching Dewey Can Put You on the Fast Track to Innovation and Engagement

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  • Ocean State Libraries: Subject Headings Committee Member

    • Consortium Committee designed to edit subject headings for inclusivity, ​proper terminology, updated technology, and to remove unused headings

 

Previous Projects and Presentations:

  • Ditching Dewey: How to Make Searching Your Collection Engaging, Not Enraging 

    • Presented as part of national Public Library Association Conference (PLA) 2018 virtual and            live conference (Philadelphia)​

    • Presented at joint New England Library Association/RI Library Association Conference 2018​

    • Presented at Connecticut Library Association Conference (CLA) 2019​

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  • ​Rhode Island Library Association Conference Co-Chair

    • 2016 Theme: Theme: Color Outside the Lines

    • 2017 Theme: Building Connections, Growing Community   ​

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  • Rhode Island Library Association Presentations

    • 2016: Facilitating Browsing for Your Patrons: The Key to More Circs, Success, and Sustainability

    • 2015: Marketing 101: A Crash Course for Librarians Looking to Promote Their Library, Increase Statistics, Secure Funding, and Advance Their Careers with Jennifer Cournoyer

    • 2014: What Impression Are You Making? Two Librarians Go Undercover to Discover the Connection Between Innovation and Service with Jennifer Cournoyer

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