To ensure that technology is used as a tool to meet library objectives, librarians must find the delicate balance between over-dependence on technology to meet patron needs and appropriate use. For public libraries with limited budgets and smaller staffs, planning how and where technology is used in the library is imperative.
To ensure that technology is used as a tool to meet library objectives, librarians must find the delicate balance between over-dependence on technolog...
This work has been developed as a companion to the Planning for Results series. It aims to enable librarians to allocate resources in order for the library to fulfill its community needs.
This work has been developed as a companion to the Planning for Results series. It aims to enable librarians to allocate resources in order for the li...
A classic resource, Planning for Results has long served to help public librarians envision, evaluate, and respond to community needs with distinctive programs and services. The New Planning for Results continues that tradition in an all-in-one guide that outlines a tested, results-driven planning process - revamped and streamlined to enable libraries to respond quickly to rapidly changing environments. Nelson's brand new approach focuses on the essential steps necessary to draft a forward-looking plan for any public library, regardless of organizational structure or size. New to this edition...
A classic resource, Planning for Results has long served to help public librarians envision, evaluate, and respond to community needs with distinctive...
What does a librarian do if an unattended child remains at closing time? Can nonresidents get a library card? What is the library's position on Internet filters? These are but a few of the kinds of issues that require clear, up-to-date library policies. If your staff makes decisions on the fly, if policies are nonexistent, outdated, and no one knows what they are, your library may be experiencing policy chaos. To avoid potential legal liabilities, confusion, lost opportunities and tensions among management, employees, customers, and the community at large, the answer is to create current,...
What does a librarian do if an unattended child remains at closing time? Can nonresidents get a library card? What is the library's position on Intern...
"Strategic Planning for Results" is the fully revised version of "Planning for Results", the foundational book in this groundbreaking series."The PLA Results Series" has long served to help public librarians envision, evaluate, and respond to community needs with distinctive programs and services. Building from this proven model, "Strategic Planning for Results" is the fully revised version of "Planning for Results", the foundational book in this groundbreaking series.Sandra Nelson, senior editor of the "Results Series", focuses on the essential steps to draft a results-driven, strategic...
"Strategic Planning for Results" is the fully revised version of "Planning for Results", the foundational book in this groundbreaking series."The PLA ...
This title offers tips to help determine which activities effectively support goals and objectives in libraries. It provides the tools needed for staff to prepare and effectively communicate change.
This title offers tips to help determine which activities effectively support goals and objectives in libraries. It provides the tools needed for staf...
