TY - BOOK AU - Siess,Judith A. TI - The visible librarian: asserting your value with marketing and advocacy SN - 0838908489 (alk. paper) AV - Z716.3 .S54 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Chicago PB - American Library Association KW - Libraries KW - Public relations KW - Marketing KW - Advertising KW - Public services (Libraries) KW - Librarians KW - Library Services KW - Consumer satisfaction KW - Bibliothq��?�ues KW - Relations publiques KW - Publicit.� ? KW - Bibliothq��?�ues et utilisateurs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-146) and index; The primacy of customer service and other basics -- Doing the groundwork : marketing -- Publicity : the tangibles -- Public relations : the personal touch -- Advocacy : putting it all together N2 - Here are all the tools you need to make your community aware of just how indispensable your services are. Expert librarian Judith Siess offers practical strategies to connect with customers, make services both visible and valuable to the community, and get the word out using proven marketing, customer service and public relations tactics specifically tailored to the library environment. Packed with all the best practices in marketing library services, this hands-on guide provides inspiring stories and case studies of library colleagues around the nation who are successfully advocating and marketing themselves and their services ER -