LMCC24

Instead of sending lengthy “welcome to the new semester” emails (that nobody reads), our University Library launched a weekly, single-topic newsletter with catchy headlines. Our model was sustainable and democratic: We enlisted colleagues to contribute ideas, write content, and offer visual materials from our archives. And it was successful. This poster shares lessons learned in launching a weekly newsletter - what worked: a collaborative model, timely topics connected to events and faculty needs throughout the academic year; and what we learned to do differently: create clearer guidelines for contributors, develop a publication schedule with deadlines, focus topics on library-specific resources.