ProQuest Offers Help for Library Marketing, Support for Librarianship

ProQuest offers tools and services that help librarians connect with their user communities, free database access and scholarship support for library students, and a new award to recognize outstanding library school educators.

Library Marketing ToolKits

How do you remind your user community about the great online resources you offer, when they think all they need is Google? The tools and samples in these free kits will help.

New – For Military Academic Libraries

• How-to guide on Marketing Your Library’s Online Resources (PDF)
• Customizable flier (including "Where to start first... Free Web vs. Online Databases")  (PDF)
• Customizable poster (PDF)
• Customizable press release template (Word)
• Customizable radio script (Word)
• Digital "commercial" for your library, downloadable to school or library homepage  (Flash)
  Directions:   Right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the drop-down menu to save to your computer.  Upload the file and include the Digital "ad" code into the HTML source of the web page where you want it to appear.
• Sample database descriptions that speak “student” rather than "librarian" language (Word )

New – For Military Base Libraries

• How-to guide on Marketing Your Library’s Online Resources (PDF)
• Customizable brochure (PDF) (Word)
• Customizable promotional flier/advertisement (PDF) (Word)
• Customizable press release template (Word)
• Customizable radio script (Word)
• Database descriptions written in plain language that everyone can understand (Word)
• User guides providing a quick overview of how to use ProQuest products
  • ABI/INFORM User Guide (Word)
  • Alt-PressWatch User Guide (Word)
  • CultureGrams User Guide (Word)
  • eLibrary User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Newspapers User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Platinum User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Research Library User Guide (Word)

For Academic Libraries

• How-to guide on Marketing Your Library’s Online Resources (PDF)
• Customizable flier (including "Where to start first... Free Web vs. Online Databases")  (PDF)
• Customizable poster (PDF)
• Customizable ad (PDF)
• Customizable press release template (Word)
• Customizable radio script (Word)
• Digital "commercial" for your library, downloadable to school or library homepage  (Flash)
  Directions:  Right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the drop-down menu to save to your computer.  Upload the file and include the Digital "ad" code into the HTML source of the web page where you want it to appear.  Add a link to your library's database gateway near the ad to make it easy for students to connect while it's top of mind.
• Sample database descriptions that speak “patron” rather than library language (Word )
  

For Public Libraries

• How-to guide on Marketing Your Library’s Online Resources (PDF)
• Customizable library patron brochure (PDF) (Word)
• Customizable promotional flier and advertisement (PDF) (Word)
• Customizable press release template (Word)
• Customizable radio script (Word)
• Getting Started Demo - a digital "ad" that can downloaded to the library's homepage (Flash)
  Directions:  Right-click and select "Save Target As..." from the drop-down menu to save to your computer.  Upload the file and include the Digital "ad" code into the HTML source of the web page where you want it to appear.  Add a link to your library's database gateway near the ad to make it easy for students to connect while it's top of mind.
• Sample database descriptions that speak “patron” rather than library language (Word)
• User guides providing a quick overview of how to use ProQuest products
  • ABI/INFORM User Guide (Word)
  • Alt-PressWatch User Guide (Word)
  • CultureGrams User Guide (Word)
  • eLibrary User Guide (Word)
  • eLibrary Elementary User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Discovery User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Newspapers User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Platinum User Guide (Word)
  • ProQuest Research Library User Guide (Word)

Librarian Education Program
Library school students can use our databases free of charge during the school term. Click for more information and application form.

ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash
ProQuest is the major sponsor of this popular event, which funds scholarships for minority library students - now in its 10th year.

Library Journal/ProQuest Teaching Award
The new LJ Teaching Award, sponsored by ProQuest, recognizes excellence in educating the next generation of librarians. The award is bestowed upon an educator who has a record of communicating core principles of librarianship, integration of theory, practice, and research, mentorship, and forward thinking.   The inaugural award and $5000 prize was presented to Toni Samek, associate professor at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, at the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.