In their roles as community centers, public libraries offer many innovative and appealing programs; but under current budget cuts, library resources are stretched thin. With slashed budgets and limited staff hours, what can libraries do to best serve their publics?

This how-to guide provides strategies for streamlining library programming in public libraries while simultaneously maintaining--or even improving--quality delivery. The wide variety of principles and techniques described can be applied on a selective basis to libraries of all sizes.

Based upon the author's own extensive...