Library and Information Week 2010

Libraries enable access to a range of information, services, facilities, events and community contacts.

Libraries! This is your week! Australians are able to
Access All Areas thanks to you! Show them how!

Edgy, grungy and a little rock and roll, Library and Information Week 2010 - Access All Areas, will definitely get people talking!

Access All Areas enables libraries to promote their access to information through databases. consultation and reference services.

Libraries can emphasise the 'grungy' branding to attract a new demographic to their LIW events.

The theme also suggests ways in which library clientele might use their libraries as a point of access in various ways, such as assignment help for students, community hubs for senior citizens and storytimes for young children and their parents.

Access All Areas offers many possibilities for tie-in activities:

• advertise your LIW programme through a gig guide format
• invite talented patrons and visitors to a 'Big Day Out' to become LIW 'performers' (who could appear in a festival-style performance
• give out lanyards with access all areas, backstage pass card attachments to patrons and visitors
• develop 'loyalty cards' where patrons and visitors could collect stamps at LIW 'library gigs', such as in-house performances or 'exclusive' behind the scenes library tours; they can then use their cards to enter a prize
• draw for people who have attended at least one LIW gig.
• Organise 'red carpet access' for certain events or locations within the library

Need more ideas visit our Great Ideas page.
Do you have a great idea? Share it! events@alia.org.au

In 2010, National Simultaneous Storytime will once again be held during LIW. Help children discover libraries too! This popular event, held on Wednesday 26 May, highlights the importance of books, reading and literacy for children, as well as promoting storytime activities in public libraries. More details on the NSS 2009 program will be available soon.

Don't forget to mark your calendar for National Library Technicians' Day, celebrated this year during LIW on Tuesday 25 May.