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TownLife is a unique online system giving a voice to all levels of civil society. Your library is the gateway to knowledge for our patrons.

With TownLife you can:• build a sustainable library• promote patron traffic• improve event participation• apply smart automation for your library

YOUR LIBRARY

TODAYS AGENDA

1. CLARIFY Library Goals

2. APPLY TownLife tools

3. GENERATE Ideas for Tomorrows Tools

PURPOSEDeliver the keys to become a sustainable library by empowering librarians to promote

programs and community literacy.

BIRTH OF LIBRARIES…

“…establishment

of a small circulating

library in every county, to

consist of a few well-chosen

books…”

Thomas Jefferson1809

1938 PARADIGMThere was a time when

Libraries did not buy paperbacks.

Promote

1950’S

11,022 books were published in 1950

Photo Source: Susan “Tudy” Crandall Collection

Facilitate

Growth through acquisitions

Organize information with a catalogue system

1950’S SOLUTION

TODAY’S VOLUME

2012

1950

11,022 VS 328,259 titles published

30x

MASS VOLUME

Bowker estimates over 235,000 were

self-published in 2012

Filter

CHALLENGE

Reading is popular.Reading is the gateway to knowledge…

Libraries need to remove barriers

to knowledge.

FORBES CORE MISSIONS

Promote Reading

Anchor our Communities

Offering Access to Information

LIBRARY ACTION ITEMS

FILTER and Recommend [Promote Reading]

FACILITATE & Host[Anchoring Communities]

PROVIDE Easy Universal Access[Offering Access to Information]

LIBRARIES: A TRUSTED INSTITUTION

LIBRARY ACTION ITEMS

FILTER and Recommend

FACILITATE & Host

PROVIDE Easy Universal Access

LIBRARIAN IDEAS Focus on DISCOVERY of new books

Help FILTER through the information and mass of published books

Provide a library of unbiased, trustworthy REVIEWS

EXAMPLE HOW-TOS

www.strengthenliteracy.com

Includes • Email Training Guides • Website Guides• example Widgets• Actions Steps Hot Links• OverDrive Help Page• Sample Book Review

TOWNLIFE MODULES

JOB MODULE

CROSS PROMOTION

GOOGLE INTEGRATION

HALL OF FAME

Invite Collaboration

HOME SLIDESHOW

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SLIDESHOW LAYOUT

Photograph is wrong alignment Needs to be

Horizontal

SLIDESHOW TEXT

Photo Description

CCD WISH LIST

CCD WISH LIST• Home Page usually NLLS List

• Internal Pages Librarian = CCD Wish List

• Growth: Multiple Lists / Photo Slideshows

FONT CUSTOMIZATION

POWER OF REVIEWS

• Publishers are Customer Driven

• Patrons are Looking for Reviews and Recommendations

• Timeless Quality Content added to your Website

BLOGS FOR REVIEWS

TOWNLIFE PROMOTION AUTOMATION

Home Page

Latest News

TOWNLIFE PROMOTION AUTOMATION

TownLife Portal

LIBRARY ACTION ITEMS

FILTER and Recommend

FACILITATE & Host

PROVIDE Easy Universal Access

POST YOUR EVENTS

Individual (daily) Event

Listings

TownLife Portal

Home Page

Latest News

INVITE PARTICIPATION

Event Listings Allow for Visitor

Notification

LIBRARY ACTION ITEMS

FILTER and Recommend

FACILITATE & Host

PROVIDE Easy Universal Access

HUB MODEL

New Public

“Event”

“Event”“Event

”

“Event”

CURRENT LOGIN

PROMOTE UNIVERSAL ACCESS

EASIER ACCESS

Or using your library card:

LIBRARY ACTION ITEMS

FILTER and Recommend [Promote Reading]

FACILITATE & Host[Anchoring Communities]

PROVIDE Easy Universal Access[Offering Access to Information]

TOWNLIFE TOOLS

REFERENCESBlock, Carson “The Great Library Swindle: Your Rights are at Risk” September 2013, presented at Ignite, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrFB25VFatE Vinjamuri, David “The Wrong War over eBooks: Publishers vs. Libraries” Published: December 11th, 2012, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2012/12/11/the-wrong-war-over-ebooks-publishers-vs-libraries/3/ Vinjamuri, David “Why Public Libraries Matter: And How They Can Do More” Published: January 16th, 2013, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2013/01/16/why-public-libraries-matter-and-how-they-can-do-more/ Coffman, Steve “The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire” Published April 2012, from http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/apr12/Coffman--The-Decline-and-Fall-of-the-Library-Empire.shtml  Vinjamuri, David “Do Consumer Reviews Have a Future? Why Amazon’s Sock Puppet Scandal is Bigger Than It Appears” Published September 12, 2012, from http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidvinjamuri/2012/09/12/do-consumer-reviews-have-a-future-why-amazons-sock-puppet-scandal-is-bigger-than-it-appears/  Jeffereson, Thomas “Letters of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826” Published: May 19 1809, from http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/presidents/thomas-jefferson/letters-of-thomas-jefferson/jefl195.php

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