coventry university library bag project
DESCRIPTION
This presentation was given by Olivia Llewellyn at the 2009 ALISS Summer Conference It describes a project to involve students in designing a bag to promote Coventry University LibraryTRANSCRIPT
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Background
• Library Green Group
• Perceived demand for bag
• Other libraries having success
• Marketing opportunity – internal & external
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• To deliver a product that students would need
• To use this to publicise the Library• To encourage student participation• To promote the green group and ‘green
issues’
Opportunity
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• Why this approach?
• Cheap
• Economic – use talent already here
• Also use students to road-test sample bags
Student competition
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We are librarians not artists/designers
This was my attempt…..
My drawing
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• Tap into student creativity• Relevance to peers• Multiple entries• Involve academic department• Constructed a brief – Canby bags chosen
Advantages
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Competition entries
• Had so many good entries it was hard to choose
• Here is just a sample
• All designed by first year graphic design students
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Winner!
• The winning entry
• Why? – appeal to wider range of Coventry students
• Who chose? – Green group, head of library, group of students
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What was gained?
• Closer links to department
• Good design
• Student involvement
• Bag
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• Now have water bottles by same designer – another green initiative
• Therefore have a theme/alternative brand?
Beyond the bag!
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• Cheap
• Bags are sold, therefore initial expense will be recovered
• PUBLICITY – launch through SOURCE, SU, university publicity, Facebook page
• DURHAM’s Social networking bag page
Bottom of the bag