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Creating a Buzz: Getting Faculty and Students Excited About Library Resources
Wednesday, April 24 at 2 PM

Marketing library resources to faculty and students can be one of the more challenging aspects of any librarian’s job—but the benefits of a successful promotional effort can make a huge impact on everything from usage to collaboration to instruction initiatives.

Join Brandy Burbante, Assistant Librarian and Assistant Professor at Nicholls State University, as she discusses how she creates buzz around her library’s resources—sometimes before her subscriptions even begin! She’ll explain how such campaigns can help justify the cost of investing in new resources to administrators, and the difference they can make to how many students take advantage of valuable library services.

Burbante will share her experiences around

featued-1Raising awareness of library resources and services

featued-1Helping faculty discover resources that are right for their courses

featued-1Using her Credo Instruct trial period to generate high usage across campus before spending a single dollar

Meet the Presenter

brandy headshotBrandy Burbante
Research & Instruction Librarian/Outreach Coordinator
Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University

Brandy Burbante is the Research & Instruction Librarian/Outreach Coordinator at Ellender Memorial Library and has been working at Nicholls State University for 7 years. She started as a Library Specialist 3 in the Cataloging department while earning her MLIS from LSU. For a couple of years after receiving her master's degree, she taught freshman seminar courses and was a freshman advisor at Nicholls. When a librarian position opened, Brandy returned to the library ready to use her experience with the freshman in a librarian role that is focused on the First Year Experience. She is finding her experience teaching at Nicholls is also helping with understanding faculty needs.