ABSTRACT
One could make a distinction between public awareness (PA) and public relations (PR). The activities described in the above paragraph belong to the PA aspect of a librarian’s job. Of course, also the PR aspect must be kept in mind. This can be covered by distributing informative brochures amongst patrons, and also electronically on the internet. Moreover, a good librarian has fruitful contacts with the (local) press, thus combining in this way PA and PR aspects.
