Events

Thank you day

November 18th is 'Thank-you' day and we are asking all libraries to participate in the day.

A TV commercial has been made and will be shown on Channel 9 and WIN TV from the 1st to the 18th November. You may know some of the faces; especially check-out the crowd scene outside the State Library.

Thank-you day is designed to be a special day for libraries, a day on which to celebrate the past and showcase the future. Libraries have the opportunity of thanking their patrons including Local, State and Commonwealth governments, volunteers and Friends of Library groups and your customers. Libraries, public, academic and corporate, throughout the state are encouraged to open their doors wide and welcome all their past, present and future customers to join the celebrations with activities, large or small, such as:

Have a party; make the library warm, festive, open and fun.
Give out thank you day invites at your local shopping centre; ask local retailers to have invites on their counters
Lucky dip for children and adults - ask local retailers to supply vouchers (dinner for two, cd voucher)
Invite local bands, choirs etc in for a lunchtime or evening jam
Invite local radio station to do an inside (outside) broadcast
Have brunch, lunch or morning tea
Have refreshments on hand
Look at events that you've run before that customers enjoyed and participated in and run them again.
Special acknowledgements, e.g. youngest library member, 100th customer - give them a prize.
Sausage sizzle - sponsorship by local butcher?
Introduce new councillors
Involve friends groups/book clubs etc
Send a thank you card as an invite
Balloons, streamers, banner (display in Council, shopping centre and library)
Design a calico bag for 2004@your library thank you
Local heroes, e.g. emergency services
Celebrities @ desk
Thank you cake @ the desk
Bring along a can of food to thank Salvation Army or similar group instead of enforcing fines
Invite school and aged care visits at same time
Involve your local businesses; invite them in for a morning/afternoon tea or cocktail hour, encourage local businesses to network with each other.
Book clubs - bring them all together for a chat and refreshments
Bring schools and aged care groups together for refreshments and stories

So whatever is your sector or budget, remember the 18th and have some fun. I'm going all out and putting lollies on the reading desk in my very small public sector library. But, hey, I'm sure you'll have some better ideas.

Maureen Cooper
@Your Library Steering Committee Member - Special Libraries.

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