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Engaging with our alumni

Engaging with our alumni. Library benefits for University of Manchester alumni Jane Marshall Markus Karlsson-Jones The University of Manchester. What do alumni want?. https://vimeo.com/95721890. What do alumni want?.

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Engaging with our alumni

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  1. Engaging with our alumni Library benefits for University of Manchester alumni Jane Marshall Markus Karlsson-Jones The University of Manchester

  2. What do alumni want? https://vimeo.com/95721890

  3. What do alumni want? • Library staff say: highest demand from alumni is for access to electronic library resources • Easy access to academically credible material • Company intelligence • Journals on international current affairs • University of Manchester academics’ papers online • Image/photography collections • Electronic books related to specific academic subject areas

  4. Engaging with our alumni • What we did • How we did it • Feedback • What’s the future like?

  5. What we did • Key driver towards many of the Library’s strategy themes • What alumni want : a real benefit • Partnership with the Division of Development and Alumni Relations • Building on existing relationships with vendors

  6. What we did http://www.yourmanchester.manchester.ac.uk/netcommunity/library-resources ?

  7. Access Use login protected content that only alumni can access – we use an online community we’ve branded Your Manchester Online • Auto redirect (e.g. Jstor) • Password and username (e.g. SAGE, DASH) • Discount code (Key Note)

  8. Feedback

  9. “These resources are invaluable. A trillion thanks for all your efforts and for facilitating our research and strengthening our sense of belonging to such a highly-reputed academic community....I love UoM and I feel proud to be one of your alumnae” Dima Dayoub alumna, lecturer at Tishreen University, Syria “#ILoveUoM for Jstor; giving access to Science to those without subscriptions” @KathyAitchison alumna

  10. What is the future like? • Feedback • Events • Product research • Money

  11. ?... Thank you • Talk to alumni dept • Know the audience • Free stuff • Do talk money • Stay relevant • Thank you!

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