When the doors close: Promoting academic library services in a remote environment through strategic storytelling

Moorhouse, Anna

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Title

When the doors close: Promoting academic library services in a remote environment through strategic storytelling

Author(s)

Moorhouse, Anna

Issue Date

2022-07

Keyword(s)

• storytelling
• marketing
• academic libraries

Abstract

During times of upheaval, storytelling can become a bridge to establish organizational trust and convey essential service information. When the doors to the University of British Columbia Library’s physical branches closed in March 2020, the work performed by librarians and library staff across campus didn’t stop—instead, it pivoted, shifted and expanded. UBC Library's Communications & Marketing team created a three-part story series to strategically draw the focus of the wider campus community to promote these new and adapted services and reinforce the library’s essential role in research, teaching and learning. Using this series as a case study, this article explores how to craft and pitch a compelling academic library services story.

Series/Report Name or Number

Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, vol. 2, issue 1

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright 2022 Anna Moorhouse
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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