Author name: Linda Hofschire

Join us at the CLiC Spring Workshops–Pueblo

April 2014

Will you be attending the CLiC Spring Workshops in Pueblo this week? If so, we hope you will join us for our two sessions: Don’t Say Cheese: Take Great Photos for Your Website and Social Media Networks, Thursday, April 24, 9:45-11:00 AM, Aspen Leaf, Linda Hofschire & Dave Hodgins Learn how to take better photos […]

Join us at PLA to learn how to create a data-based elevator speech

March 2014

Will you be attending PLA next week? If so, we hope you will join us for our session, “Minute to Win It: Make the Case for Your Library with a Data-Based Elevator Speech.” Here are the details: Minute to Win It: Make the Case for Your Library with a Data-Based Elevator Speech Linda Hofschire & […]

Join us at the CLiC Spring Workshops!

February 2014

Will you be attending the CLiC spring workshop in Grand Junction next week? If so, we hope you will join us for our two sessions: Don’t Say Cheese: Take Great Photos for Your Website and Social Media Networks, Monday, March 3 9:45-11:00 AM, Adobe/Escalante, Linda Hofschire & Dave Hodgins Learn how to take better photos […]

93% of the largest U.S. public libraries (serving 500,000+) are on Facebook

December 2013

Our new report, U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2012, presents the findings of our longitudinal study of nearly 600 U.S. public libraries’ use of web technologies and social media. One of our main findings was that in 2012, the majority of libraries had social media accounts: Almost all (93%) of the […]

Text reference increased by as much as 375% in U.S. public libraries from 2010 to 2012

November 2013

Earlier this week, we released a report, U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2012, that presents the findings of our longitudinal study of nearly 600 U.S. public libraries’ use of web technologies and social media. One element that we examined was virtual reference–email, chat, and text. Our findings showed that in 2008, […]

November 2013

Our new report, U.S. Public Libraries and the Use of Web Technologies, 2012, presents the findings of the third iteration of our biennial study, launched in 2008, that documents the use of various web technologies (social networking, virtual reference, blogs, etc.) on the websites of nearly 600 public libraries throughout the nation. Our results showed […]