Take a SNAPSHOT of Your Library!
What’s life like on a typical day at your library? Wouldn’t you like to document in statistics, pictures, videos and user comments just how busy and essential your library is?
Then join New York’s libraries and participate in SNAPSHOTNY: A Day in the Life of a Library by collecting statistics, comments, and photographs/videos from one day between now and Feb. 24th to provide tangible proof that libraries consistently provide invaluable services to our communities, in our schools and on our college campuses.
Pick a day, collect statistics on
- How many patron visits?
- How many people used your public computers?
- How many reference questions did your staff answer?
- How many children participated in programs (including school visits as well as library-sponsored programs)?
- How many adults participated in programs?
- What was the total circulation for the day?
- How many hits did your website receive?
But just as important we need you to send us your photos and videos of A Day in the Life of your Library. Round out your SnapShot by asking your patrons why your library is essential to them. Collect their responses and send NYLA the top five.
You can fill out a survey with your statistics and upload photos, videos, etc. and send in your top five “libraries are essential because …’ statements by going to www.protectnylibraries.org.
You can also download PDFs of the above poster (and 5 other versions of it) from the website at: http://www.protectnylibraries.org/joomla-overview/captify-content/93-downloads.
For assistance in organizing your SNAPSHOTNY: A Day in the Life of a Library, please contact Johanna Geiger at events@nyla.org. Submit your statistics and testimonials by Feb. 24th so we can compile everything and showcase the information at Library Lobby Day, Tuesday, March 2nd in Albany.
The libraries submitting the top three videos/photos/comments will receive a Flip Video Camera and one free registration to the NYLA Annual Conference in Saratoga Springs – Nov. 3-6th.
Check out these other similar initiatives for some ideas and results:
<SnapShotPA: A Day in the Life of Pennsylvania Libraries>
<DuPage Library System Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Your Public Library.>
<Snapshot: One Day in the Life of New Jersey Libraries>