The Libraries Agency has formed an exclusive partnership with Type Creative, a specialist digital printing and design company, to offer a wide range of design solutions to libraries.
‘New technology and new digital printing capabilities,' said David Lindley, announcing the new venture, 'mean that there are now opportunities, not easily available or affordable until now, to solve both large and smaller scale design problems.
'The availability of new materials means we can now offer libraries comprehensive options for branding, for window display graphics and to finally solve some of those perennial problems about how you display opening hours and welcome messages without sticking things on doors and windows with Blu-Tack and Sellotape.'.
As library budgets continue to come under pressure, and as traditional income streams start to dry up, a number of public library authorities have been working with commercial partners to tap in to new revenue opportunities. The partnerships are being brokered by David Lindley of the Libraries Agency with Brandspace CMS, a commercialisation management business with a track record of identifying and delivering revenue in the property, retail and shopping centre sectors.
To read the full feature in CILIP Library + Information Gazette, click here.
Libraries Agency website launched.
04/02/08
The Libraries Agency has launched a new website, offering a range of services to libraries, from marketing and promotion to income generation.
David Lindley, formerly Sales and Marketing Director of Books for Students, and until December last year Marketing and Communications Manager for Coutts Information Services, has relaunched the Agency with a network of talented creatives who will be able to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the library sector.
'The concept behind the Agency,' says David Lindley, 'is to harness the experience of creative people who can bridge the space between the commercial sector and public service culture, and at the same time recognise and mobilise the talent that already sits inside library organisations that just needs to find its voice.'
To see more, click here for the full press release.
