Encouraging and improving library use

Your digital library gives the most value when it is the first place people in your organisation go for research. These best practices show you how to encourage and improve library use over the long term.

Make the library easy to get into

Using the library should involve as few hurdles as possible.

• Set up single sign-on with Microsoft so employees don’t need another set of credentials (an option on our custom plans)
• Without single sign-on: when you onboard new employees, make sure they also get a Librario user account
• Install Librario as a Progressive Web App on all devices
• Place links to the library prominently in your intranet and browsers

Prepare content for each audience

Curate specialist literature

Actively organise your publications for different audiences:

• Set up collections for specialist teams
• Clearly mark key works and important references
• Add practical tips to publication notes

Promote new literature actively

Draw attention to new and important content regularly:

• Send a monthly “New acquisitions” email
• Present thematic focus areas
• Highlight publications that are especially useful in practice

Build the library into everyday work

• Link relevant literature directly from your wiki or Confluence and your quality management documentation
• Add literature references to process descriptions and work instructions
• Mention the library in the onboarding material for new employees