Friday Photo: Juggling at the London Public Library
This week’s Friday photo comes courtesy of the London Public Library, which has started its own Flickr account for the library’s various branches. (The photo above is from the Pond Mills Branch re-opening party.) It’s a great idea for any library, but especially for one with a number of scattered branches.
Have you recently attended a book reading, library event, or author appearance? Have some interesting book-related pictures you want to share? If you’ve got photos of the Canadian book scene, we’d love to see them. Send them to us or sign up through Flickr and submit your images.
We have found Flickr to be a great tool for connecting with other libraries and library users; to showcase what we’re doing, to share ideas and to celebrate the great work of all libraries!
For years, I have heard the lament, “We offer all these great services and resources that we know can inform and enrich people’s lives but no one knows about them. ” Outreach and providing library services isn’t only about going out to physical places anymore - it’s about going where people are and that has to include the virtual spaces too. At LPL, we are actively working on building a presence and community on social spaces such as Flickr, myspace and youtube (and there will be more!) and the reaction from our peers and our customers has been very positive!
Lisa Manax Skikos
E-Communications Librarian
London Public Library