# Presentation: 203847

## 2001 Federal Depository Conference 

**and**
** ****Fall Depository Library Council Meeting**

**Alexandria, Virginia,**
**October 14-17, 2001**

## Depository  Promotion:

**You Can Do It!**

**Earl Shumaker, Head**
**Government Publications Dept.**
**Northern Illinois University Libraries**
**October 16, 2001 **

## A.  The Building Blocks of Promotion

**      ****1.  Defining  (your audience)**
**      ****2.  Planning**
**      ****3.  Staffing**
**      ****4.  Funding**
**      ****5.  Communicating**

## B. The NIU Libraries Depository Program

**B. The NIU Libraries Depository Program**
**      ****A Case Study**
**      ****1.   Audience:**
**            ****The Library itself,  University campus,**
**            ****DeKalb, Sycamore Communities,**
**            ****Northern Illinois region, State of **
**            ****Illinois**
**      ****2.  Planning:**
**           ****Government Publications Dept. **
**            ****Promotional Plan,  2001-2003**
**            **

## 3.  Staffing:

**     ****Position descriptions, Training staff,**
**     ****Public Service attitude**
**4.  Funding:**
**     ****Personnel and promotional materials**** **
**5.  Communicating:**
**     ****Within the department, University**
**     ****campus, off-campus**

## C.  Promotional Activities

**      ****1. Within the Library**
**           ****a. Notify faculty of new reference**
**               ****tools, websites, etc. via email.**
**           ****b. Route specific publications**
**               ****(e.g.: Disability materials).**
**	**

##            c. Exhibits (e.g. U.S. Constitution;

**               ****The Black Experience as reflected**
**                ****in  U.S. Government publications)**
**           ****d. Home page**
**           ****e. Department Heads meeting**
**            ****f. Committees within the library **
**               ****(Collection Development, Bibliographic**
**               ****Access)**

##      g.  Cross-training in various departments

**     ****h.  Guides**
**2. On Campus**
**     ****a. Students **
**         ****1) English 103/104**
**         ****2) Information literacy classes**
**         **

**        ****oriented classes**
**        **
**   ****4) Dorms (e.g. subject-oriented floors)**
**   ****5) Clubs (e.g. History) **
**   ****6)  Special events (International week, **
**         ****Majors Day)**
** **
**   ****7) Northern Star (newspaper)**
**      ****  **

##    8) Deputy Registrar, DeKalb County

**        ****elections**
**    ****9) Newsletters of departments**
**b. Faculty**
**    ****1) New faculty forum**
**    ****2) Teaching Effectiveness Institute**
**    ****3) Faculty Development Office**
**    **

##    4) Subject Specialists (rep)

**    ****5) Letters to new faculty, be aware of new hires**
**    ****6) Letters to Chairs**
**    ****7)  Go through college catalog for GovPub**
**         ****related courses. **
**    ****8)  Undergraduate council; Graduate Council**
**          ****new courses.**
**      **

## c.  Community 

**     ****1)  Media**
**     ****2) Business (DeKalb, Sycamore Chambers of**
**          ****Commerce**
**     ****3) Government (DeKalb, Sycamore City**
**          ****Planners, Freedom of  Information **
**          ****resolutions**
**     ****4) Companies (Monsanto, Farm Bureau)**
**     **

** **

**6) Organizations (DeKalb **
**     ****Drug Council, AARP)**
**7)  Phone book (Depository **
**     ****collection cited in U.S.**
**     ****& Illinois government**
**     ****sections.**
**8)  Computer literacy training**
**     ****for elderly.**

**5) Clubs (Womens League of **
**    ****Voters, Rotary)**

## See updates to the Government

**Publications Dept. homepage**
- _[http://libws66.lib.niu.edu/maingov.html](http://libws66.lib.niu.edu/maingov.html)_