Nebraska Snapshot Day 2013: A Day in the Life of Nebraska Libraries

Reposted from the Nebraska Library Association: The Nebraska Library Association is gearing up f:or “Nebraska Snapshot Day 2013: A Day in the Life of Nebraska Libraries.“  You can participate in this advocacy event any day during the week of April 14-20, 2013. What is Snapshot Day you ask?  It’s an opportunity for you to take a look at all that your library accomplishes in a single day.  We encourage you to collect usage statistics, photos, videos and stories from your library from the one day you choose to be your “Snapshot Day.”  This will be great information to share with your library board, school administration, municipal officials and the news media.  Additionally, the Nebraska Library Association will compile all the information sent in and will publish statewide data that can be used to advocate for libraries all across Nebraska. Who should participate? ALL Nebraska libraries are invited to participate!  Public, school, academic, tribal and special libraries are all invited to take a “Snapshot” of what their library does in one day.  The more libraries that participate, the more complete our “Snapshot” will be!

How to Participate

1. Let us know you want to participate. Leave a comment on this post giving us your library’s name and what day you’ll hold your Snapshot Day.
2. Let your staff know you are participating in Snapshot Day.  Get excited and plan some events!
3. Visit the Toolkit page. You’ll find a sample press release, a sample data collection form and lots more to help give you the resources and inspiration to make this a wonderful event for your library.
4. Participate on any day between April 14 – 20, 2013.
5. Submit your statistics, photos, videos and stories by May 4th, 2013. Please combine all the information collected on your data collection forms and submit them here. Please combine all the information collected from your patron comment cards and submit them here. Upload any photos or videos to the Nebraska Snapshot Day 2013 group on Flickr.
6. Visit the home page after May 11, 2013 to find out how other libraries participated, read the statistics, see comments and view the photos.

Nebraska Snapshot Day 2013 is a project of the Nebraska Library Association.  If you have any questions, please contact Francine Canfield, Chair of the Advocacy Committee, at fcanfield@cityofralston.com