Speaking and Publishing Accomplishments
Kathy Dempsey,
dba
Libraries Are Essential consultancy
Medford, New Jersey, USA
LibrariesAreEssential {at} comcast(.)net
SPEAKING
2010
April 27
“Building Partnerships That Work: Marketing Library Services”
(Co-presenting with Paul Pattwell)
New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference
Long Branch, NJ
http://www.njla.org/
April 26
“What Every Accidental Marketer Needs to Know”
(Half-Day PreConference)
New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference
Long Branch, NJ
http://www.njla.org/
April 16
“The Accidental Marketer: Selling Your Library”
Texas Library Association Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
www.txla.org/conference/conf.html
April 15
“Building Community Partnerships: 25 Profitable Ideas”
Texas Library Association Annual Conference
San Antonio, TX
www.txla.org/conference.conf.html
March 25, 2010
“Marketing the Library through Improved Discovery”
(AquaBrowser Breakfast hosted by Serials Solutions)
PLA Conference
Portland, OR
2009
“Building Community Partnerships: 25+ Ideas,” Oct. 1
(half-day workshop, morning)
North Suburban Library System
Wheeling, IL
https://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=7213
“Marketing to Make Websites More Findable and Relevant,” Oct. 1
(half-day workshop, afternoon)
North Suburban Library System
Wheeling, IL
https://www.librarylearning.info/?LibSys=NSLS&month=10&year=2009
“Create a Customized Marketing Plan to Target Your Info Center’s Clients,” June 13
(half-day continuing education workshop, approved for CEUs)
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO
Washington, DC
http://www.sla.org/pdfs/sla2009/09PCP_web.pdf
“Building Community Partnerships and Using Word-of-Mouth Marketing,” May 6
(half-day continuing education workshop, co-presenting with Nancy Dowd)
Training for INFOLINK, The Eastern New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
Clark Public Library, Clark, NJ
http://www.infolink.org/services/education_and_training
“Create Your Own Customized Marketing Plan,” May 6
(half-day continuing education workshop)
Training for INFOLINK, The Eastern New Jersey Regional Library Cooperative
Clark Public Library, Clark, NJ
http://www.infolink.org/services/education_and_training
“How Your Library Can Find Its Phoenix Through Marketing,” April 23, 2009
UGameULearn Symposium. Delft, The Netherlands
http://www.ugame-ulearn.com/nl/
“Building Community Partnerships: 25 Ideas in 40 Minutes,” March 30, 2009
Computers in Libraries conference. Washington, DC
http://www.infotoday.com/cil2009
“Building Marketing Plans” (half-day workshop), March 29, 2009
Computers in Libraries conference. Washington, DC
“Press Release Writing and Media Relations,” Nov. 6, 2008.
Staff training. Old Bridge (NJ) Public Library.
PUBLISHING
Professional Blogging, March 2008 – present. Joined Nancy Dowd (Director of Marketing and PR at the NJ State Library) on her established blog about library marketing: “The M Word”
(www.themwordblog.blogspot.com).
The Accidental Library Marketer, by Kathy Dempsey. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2009.
(http://books.infotoday.com/books/Accidental_Library_Marketer.shtml)
ShanachieTour: A Library Road Trip Across America,by Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer with photographs by Geert van den Boogaard. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2008. I was the Project Editor for the whole book / DVD movie set. Also contributed the Editor’s Preface and the Commentary section of Chapter 12. (www.shanachietour.com)
