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Hall Of Fame Embraces

Digital Era, Idelson Says

The Baseball Hall of Fame, though digital outreach, is embracing the new reality of an online world, President Jeff Idelson tells a rapt audience at this afternoon's Friends of the Library's Sunday Series at Cooperstown Village Hall. It's been 25 years since James Earl Jones famously said in "Field of Dreams," "If you build it, they will come," said Idelson. The new reality is, "You have to build it now and take it to people," he said. That the Hall is succeeding is evident in 44 percent increase in Facebook traffic last year, 25 percent increase in Twitter and 81 percent hike in Instagram. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
The Baseball Hall of Fame, though digital outreach, is embracing the new reality of an online world, President Jeff Idelson tells a rapt audience at this afternoon’s Friends of the Library’s Sunday Series at Cooperstown Village Hall. It’s been 25 years since James Earl Jones famously said in “Field of Dreams,” “If you build it, they will come,” said Idelson. The new reality is, “You have to build it now and take it to people,” he said. That the Hall is succeeding is evident in a 25 percent increase in Twitter and 81 percent hike in Instagram.  He also discussed CFA grants received in the past few years that are helping digitize the collection at 25 Main.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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