BHL Outreach

This page aggregates the resources for BHL Outreach. Check the categories and links below for more information. Email Grace Costantino (costantinog@si.edu), BHL Outreach and Communication Manager, with questions or comments.

BHL Social Media Sites

Below is a list of the social media sites BHL is currently active on:

1. Twitter (@BioDivLibrary)
2. Facebook (Biodiversity Heritage Library)
3. Blog (blog.biodiversitylibrary.org)
4. Flickr (BioDivLibrary)
5. Pinterest (BioDivLibrary)
6. Instagram (BioDivLibrary)
7. Periscope (BioDivLibrary)
8. YouTube (BioHeritage Library)
9. Tumblr (@BioDivLibrary)

Social Media Logins

See this page to view login (or login contacts) for BHL social media sites.

Outreach and Communication Plan

• Click here to see the BHL Outreach and Communication Plan
  • Summary of Plan
• Click below to view the planning documents for each campaign
  • Monsters Are Real
  • Garden Stories
  • Fossil Stories

Promotional Materials

• BHL Swag
• Public Promotional Materials
• BHL Logos
• BHL Member and Affiliate Logos
• BHL Information Sheet
• BHL Poster Templates
• BHL Flyer Templates
• BHL Powerpoint Template
• About BHL Stock Powerpoint Presentation, Short Version (10 minutes): http://s.si.edu/BHLPresentationShort
• About BHL Stock Powerpoint Presentation, Long Version (25 minutes): http://s.si.edu/BHLPresentationLong
• About BHL Bilingual (French and English)
  BHL-PowerPoint_bilingual_FrEng.pptx

Nominate Books for BHL Social Media

Learn how to use Gemini to nominate books to be featured on BHL's social media platforms: http://s.si.edu/BHLnominateSM

BHL CafePress Store

• Link to store: http://www.cafepress.com/biodiversityheritagelibrary
• 2016 Proposal to Members
• Member Opt-in Form: http://bit.do/CafePressOptInForm
  • List of institutions that have opted-in
• CafePress Store Suggestions Form: http://bit.do/CafePressSuggestions
  • List of product types available in CafePress

Social Media Representatives for BHL Members and Affiliates

• This spreadsheet keeps track of the social media representatives (and presences) at each of our BHL members and affiliates.
• If your institution is not listed on the spreadsheet, please fill out this form.
• If your institution is listed incorrectly, email Grace Costantino at costantinog@si.edu

BHL Blog

• This editorial calendar keeps track of the blogs to be published for BHL, as well as topical events to highlight via social media.
• Book of the Month Sign-Up Sheet: Nominate a book contributed by your institution to be featured on the BHL blog. Each BHL member and affiliate should choose one month in this spreadsheet, enter their institution for that month, and indicate a book in BHL to be featured.
• BHL User Series . Provide this questionnaire to any patrons or users that you know utilize BHL: http://s.si.edu/BHLUserSubmission
  • See the list of people we've featured on the blog here.

Flickr

• View the BHL Flickr Policy and Tutorial on this page
• Enter the names of anyone uploading to the BHL Flickr via this form

Reports

• Monthly Highlights
• Quarterly/Annual Reports
• Newsletters

Publicity about BHL

• Press Releases
• Testimonials
• Staff Posters/Papers/Presentations about BHL
  • Enter new Posters/Papers/Presentations that you give about BHL via this form
• BHL Online Mentions
• BHL Reuse Examples

Venues to Share BHL

• If you have ideas of listservs, conferences, groups, or other outlets to which you think we could share BHL, please submit information about them here.
  • You can see what has been suggested via this spreadsheet.

BHL Outreach Welcome Kit

This is the information presented to new BHL members and affiliates regarding outreach.

• Outreach Checklist and Resources
• New Member/Affiliate Press Announcement

BHL Marketing and Outreach Ideas

• This page represents past ideas for BHL marketing and outreach