What and Why?Need for innovative marketing channels in the Library

Promote UCD academic publications and events and build networks and partnerships with academic Schools

More promotion of the collections is required

Develop more opportunities for engagement and collaboration

Develop links to national and international events

A wasted space on ground �oor with high footfall turnedinto a small and regularly changing display of print items

Library Spotlight: Innovation & EngagementUrsula Byrne & Ros Pan

Case Study

* The Laureate for Irish Fiction

* Collaboration with School of English, Drama & Film

* Posters & pop-up supplied by Arts Council (Ireland)

* A selection and display of books

* An online information page in LibGuides

* Publicity on Library website, news, social media

* A �yer

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Awards &NationalEvents

CollectionPromotion

Academic

Engagement

* IMPAC

* National Heritage Week

* Michael Collins

* Nobel Prizewinners

* Man Booker Prize

* Irish Book Awards

* Mountains to Sea Festival

* One City, One Book

* Bloomsday

* Great War Literature

* Life & Info Skills Collection

* LGBTQ

* Xmas Selection

* Health and Wellbeing

* Chinese Collection

* Ornithology Collection

* Earth Day materials

* Irish novels made into �lm

* DVD Collection Focus

* Brian Friel

* Books that De�ne Ireland

* Business Book of the Year

* Laureate for Irish Fiction

* Irish Short Story Writers

featuring Colin Barrett

* Yeats 150 and UCD

events to mark this

* Spenser Symposium

* GIS Day and local services

* UCD Authors and their

publications in the year

UCD Library Spotlight Team

Ursula Byrne,

Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh

Ros Pan, Mark Tynan

LibGuide Production

Josh Clark

Bene�ts Challenges

The Future: A Wishlist

Keeping on TrackThe group has no specific leader so occasionally nobody takes the lead

Return on InvestmentTension between interesting themes and those with a likely strategic return on investment for the Library

WorkloadDisplay changes, normally every 2 weeks. Need for creative and Adobe skills

External LiaisonGetting attention of external units and getting their contributions in time

Getting Items in StockSome have to be ordered and catalogued in time, and related posters and online guide must be ready in time

AgilityTimetable and topics have to be adjusted as new opportunities arise, sometimes at short notice

Creates BridgesTo academic unitsTo national events & organisers

OpportunityA hook for publicity and engagement about our Collections and Library

Demonstrates Initiative

Shows this is ongoing even in challenging times

Collection UseEncourages use of our various print collections

Career DevelopmentProvides opportunity for a number of Library staff to get some experience in new areas

Future BenefitsGenerates follow-up benefits such as donations of titles, presentation of materials to digitise

Better shelving and display kit

Exhibition boards to complement the book display

A better location and satellite spotlights at smaller sites

IT enabled display features: touch screen, plasma and video walls possibly even replacing a physical display of books

Availability of Library sta� with specialist design skills

Give opportunity to other sta� to get involved

Who?

The BooksSelection

Purchase or DonationCatalogue

Set Display Up

AdminMeetingsTimetable

Calendar of events

Reach OutAcademic UnitsOrganisations

DonationsPhoto opps.

PublicityMulti-channels

PhotosArchiving

ProductionOnline Guide

FlyersPosters

Website feature

Standard Spotlight Book Display | Poster

Online LibGuideExtras

Flyers | Info Board

Anne Enright

The Laureate for Irish Fiction

Books available to borrow in UCD Library

The Portable Virgin

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

The Gathering

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

The Wig My Father Wore

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

Yesterday’s Weather

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

1 copy

What are You Like?

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

The Forgotten Waltz

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

1 copy

The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

James Joyce, Short Loan

823.IR ENR

1 copy

Finbar's Hotel

Devised and edited by Dermot Bolger, each

chapter by a different author

James Joyce, General

823.IR BOL

3 copies

Making Babies

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

Taking Pictures

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

2 copies

The Granta Book of the Irish Short

Story

Edited and introduced by Anne

Enright

James Joyce, General

823.IR ENR

1 copy

Anne Enright

Edited by Claire Bracken, Susan Cahill

James Joyce, General

823 IR ENR/B

1 copy