King County Library System

Issaquah, Wash.

About

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With 89,000 local workers unemployed, the library system reacted by creating the “Look to Your Library…Especially Now” campaign, designing an extensive outreach program guiding residents to free resources available from the library. Extended library hours, hands-on demonstrations, workshops and guided Web resources led to increased use of database resources, including a 403-percent increase in use of Resume Builder. The program garnered extensive print, media and Web coverage both locally, nationally and internationally.

Awards Won

Title Year
John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award

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The John Cotton Dana Award honors outstanding strategic communication for libraries: the art and craft of getting the right message to the right audience at the right time, and getting the right results. These awards are an outgrowth of the Library Publicity Honor Roll, 1939-42 given in behalf of the Wilson Library Bulletin and the A.L.A. Public Relations Committee.

2010 - Winner(s)

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