National Day of Listening is Friday, November 23, 2018, and a time to share and preserve our family stories. Story Corps has lots of helpful ideas.
Yes, You Can Borrow a Telescope! 🔭🌠
Are you curious about constellations, marveled by the Moon, or spellbound by stars? Now you can pursue or spark a love of astronomy at home with a telescope.
They’re calling it “Facebook Armageddon”
For business pages, that is. This includes huge corporations and tiny mom-and-pop businesses, nonprofits of all kinds, and the government sector, which of course, means libraries. Facebook announced on January 11 that posts from friends and family will have a much higher priority than posts from business and organization pages. OK, so 'armageddon' is an exaggeration…
Lots of love for PACC: thank you!
Our Library community is paw-some! When we asked for donations to help homeless animals at Pima Animal Care Center (PACC), you responded by literally stuffing the Library’s vans with nearly 1,600 pounds of pet supplies -- everything from canned food to crates, and from scratching posts, to cozy blankets that will warm our shelter friends…
Poetry in the wild!
The sidewalk reads: "The new words are ancient in your hands moist new meaning." --Victor Hernández Cruz What is the group quietly chalking thoughtful poetry around town? They are the Urban Poetry Pollinators, and they invite anyone to come make sidewalks into poems. You can join them this week at the Sam Lena-South Tucson Library…
Celebrating our bat-heroes
Not the human caped crusaders, we are talking the furry ones: Mexican Free-Tailed Bats. They live here in Pima County and throughout the western United States during the warm months, and spend the winter in Mexico. Bats. From the Campbell Ave. Bridge over the Rillito. Monsoon brings bugs. Bats follow. Mexican free-tail bats are common…
Do I need Facebook Business Manager?
Are you a business or nonprofit on social media? If you have been on social media a while, chances are that management of your multiple accounts has become more and more of a challenge. This is very true for the Pima County Public Library. We have been on social media for over 10 years. We have…
Pokémania 101
Or, a Guide for the Perplexed. In 10 days the Pokémon GO game, one of the first to take place in real space, has gone from rumors to ubiquity. It's been breathtaking to see how quickly the game has captured the attention of young and old alike. It's easy to make fun of something so…
Building Referrals with Social Media
You can spread the word about your business through word of mouth, traditional marketing, crowdfunding, and social media. Another longstanding method is to create a referral network of other businesses who serve the same customer segments. Referrals can save time and money, and help keep capital local. And finally, these relationships can be a valuable…
Strategic Partnerships
What is a strategic partnership? It's a long-term relationship where two separate businesses (who don't compete with each other) cooperate and make each other stronger. Why a strategic partnership? They not only help your business become more competitive, they can also help the local economy get stronger. Local First Arizona recently found that every dollar spent locally generates four more dollars in revenue. A…
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