[Eril-l] Core webinar: Library Marketing 101: Start with Market Research

Wed May 10 05:00:00 PDT 2023

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Core webinar: Library Marketing 101: Start with Market Research

Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

Description: This webinar will introduce learners to different market
research tools that can be used to study your users and learn more about
their needs, desires, expectations, and knowledge base.

Learners will be introduced to a SWOT analysis and primary research tools
such as interviews, focus groups, surveys. Learners will also glean data
from secondary research tools such as Census data, the annual American
Community Survey, and survey data from Pew Research, Gallup polls, and
Nielsen data.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:

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   Define market research and explain its significance as a way to learn
   about your users before engaging in marketing activities.
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   Identity examples of primary and secondary assessment tools that can be
   used for market research purpose
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   Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using qualitative and
   quantitative research methods such as interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
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   Utilize secondary market research data from the U.S. Census, Pew
   Research Center, Nielsen Data, and Gallup Poll.

Who should attend?

This webinar would be appropriate for workers in public, academic, and
special libraries

Presenter:

Mark Aaron Polger is an academic librarian and information literacy
instructor who has been working in libraries since 1992. He received his
MLIS degree in 2000 from the University of Western Ontario (London,
Ontario, Canada) and has worked as a librarian in public, hospital, and
academic libraries. Currently, he is the Coordinator of Library Outreach at
the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY). He
assists in the promotion of library events for CLUE (College Life Unit
Experience) credit, coordinates the partnership with local-area high
schools and public library branches, and serves as the liaison to the
Office of Admissions and Recruitment, Office of Student Life, SEEK office,
and the Center for Global Engagement.

Since 2014, he has been co-chairing the Annual PR Xchange Awards
Competition, part of the new Core division of the American Library
Association. Locally, he co-chairs meetings in New York City for ACRL
National’s Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group. He was part of
the founding committee of the Library Marketing and Communications
Conference (LMCC) from 2015-2019. Currently, he is the Founder and
Editor-in-Chief of the open-access, peer reviewed journal Marketing
Libraries Journal, which was launched in Fall 2017.

He is the author of three books; Library Signage and Wayfinding Design:
Communicating Effectively with your Users (2021), Library Marketing Basics
(2019), and Engaging Diverse Learners: Teaching Strategies for Academic
Librarians (co-authored with Scott Sheidlower)(2017).

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=912

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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