Science experiments: reaching out to users

From American Libraries Direct

Science experiments: Reaching out to users

Convincing faculty and students in the sciences of the value of libraries and librarians can be a particularly hard sell as more and more of their primary journal literature becomes available online everywhere. Six science librarians from the University of Washington experimented with both traditional and unconventional ways to engage their users. They tried meeting in the users’ spaces, luring them into the library’s, and using creative initiatives that included blogs, giveaways, and geocaching....Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, no. 55 (Fall)