Q4 2025 Webinar and Product Updates
Thank you to all the library partners who joined our recent webinar. Here's a quick recap of our Q4 2025 Webinar, which includes an overview of changes and product updates of the WhoFi service. Here is also a link to the full webinar, if you'd like to watch the recording, just click on the image or the link below.
Q4 2025 WhoFi Webinar and Product Updates
Simple 2026 Library Marketing Plan
Simple Library Marketing Plan for 2026 Here is a simple Library Marketing Plan for 2026 that you can follow for your library in the coming year to increase the number of patrons visiting your library. If you’re like many libraries, you’re likely already starting to plan for next year. Goals like increasing the number of patrons that visit your library, or increasing the number of patrons who attend programs is likely a top priority in addition to increasing funding and having stronger,…
Community Connectors Episode 6 - Roughtail Brewing North OKC
Community Connectors Episode 6: Inside RoughTail Brewing’s People-First Playbook In this episode, we tour RoughTail Brewing in North Oklahoma City with Cambry Staudt, newly promoted Director of Taproom Operations. Cambry pulls back the curtain on a 30-barrel brewhouse where every distributed beer is brewed on-site, headlined by the beloved flagship, Everything Rhymes with Orange. But beer is only half the story. Guided by the ethos craft, culture, community, RoughTail has become a true third…
Updated Look for Calendar and Spaces
We're excited to share with you that, some upcoming changes are being made to the editing menus for Community Calendar and Spaces. Based on user feedback, the user interface is getting some changes made to it, making it even easier to manage your events and utilize the features. 📆 Community Calendar Updates Here's what's new: You can type in the time for the event to save time and skip the scrolling! New 'add' buttons make it easier and faster to expand your options within the Category,…
Community Over Competition: Episode 5 - Mandi Casey on The Collective Coworking Space
In this episode of Community Connectors, Episode 5, host John Kerber visits Edmond, Oklahoma, to speak with Mandi Casey, owner of The Collective, a women-focused coworking community. What began as a member experience turned into a leadership role when Mandi purchased the space in 2020—just six weeks before the pandemic shut everything down.
Community Connectors Episode #4 - Matt Hancock on Parks, People, and Leading with Listening
In this episode of Community Connectors, host John Kerber speaks with Matt Hancock, Parks and Recreation Director for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. With nearly 20 years of experience at the YMCA and now in county parks, Matt shares how listening, belonging, and service guide thriving community spaces. Listening First For Matt, leadership starts with being present. Community members may not always say exactly what they need, but showing up, listening, and responding creates trust. He emphasizes that…
Q3 2025 WhoFi Webinar and Product Updates
This recorded video webinar shows you quickly some of the updates and enhancements to the WhoFi service over the last year that can help you save time, cut errors, and get cleaner insights from the tools you already use in WhoFi.
Community Connectors Episode #3 — Libraries, Podcasts, and Third Places with GiGi Howard
In this inspiring conversation, host John Kerber interviews GiGi Howard, longtime librarian and creator of the Drinks in the Library podcast. From stories and cocktails to community hubs and digital media, this episode is packed with ideas that librarians and community builders can take straight to their spaces.
Q2 2025 Library Service Usage Trends
Q2 2025 Library Trends & Highlights Throughout the second quarter of 2025, libraries effectively responded to seasonal trends, demonstrating strong community engagement through carefully tailored programming. Event attendance reflected predictable variations around holidays and special library initiatives, particularly evident with the strong start of Summer Reading Programs. Meeting room bookings remained consistent, with a slight decrease during peak Summer Reading weeks when programming…
We Hosted a Great Library Program—So Where Was Everyone?
This is a common story—and it’s the heart of the library event attendance problem so many communities are facing.
You planned the speakers.
Prepared the room.
Promoted it on social media.
And still…
Hardly anyone showed up.