Meeting Community Needs

A Practical Guide for Librarians

AvPamela H. MacKellar

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Librarians must know how to provide essential programs and services that make a difference for the people they serve if libraries are going to survive. It is no longer realistic for librarians to rely on the idea that “people love libraries, so they will fund them” in this economic climate. Librarians must be able to prove that their programs and services are making a difference if they want to compete for funding in their municipalities, schools, corporations, colleges, institutions and organizations.Meeting Community Needs: A Practical Guide for Librarians presents a process that librarians of all kinds can use to provide effective programs and services. This requires being in close touch with your community, whether it is a city, town, or village; college or university; public or private school; or corporation, hospital, or business. Understanding what information people need, how they access it, how they use it, how it benefits them, and how they share it is paramount. The process in this book covers community assessment, designing programs and services to meet needs, implementing and evaluating programs and services, and funding options. Providing library programs and services for your entire population - not just library users - is more important than ever. Librarians working in libraries of all types must provide programs and services that meet community needs if libraries are to stay relevant and survive in the long run. Librarians must be able to measure their success and demonstrate the library’s worth with verifiable proof if they are going to be competitive for available funds in the future. Meeting Community Needs will make you take a serious look at how well your library programs and services are meeting your community’s needs, and it will show you the way to success.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-12-15
Mått:220 x 283 x 18 mm
Vikt:767 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Practical Guides for Librarians
Antal sidor:186
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780810893276

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Pamela H. MacKellar is an author, teacher and library consultant who has been a librarian for over 30 years. In her positions as a library director, assistant librarian, newspaper librarian, health sciences librarian, cataloger, technology consultant and independent consultant in libraries of all kinds including special, school, public, post-secondary, tribal, prison and a state library agency she has had the opportunity to design and implement many library programs and services in various library types.Pam has designed and taught online courses and workshops on grants for libraries and non-profits; written successful proposals for government and foundation grants; planned and administered grant projects; and reviewed grant proposals for federal and state agencies. She was the recipient of the 2010 Loleta D. Fyan Award from the American Library Association for an “Online Management Course for New Library Directors in New Mexico.”

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This guide offers best practices for librarians developing new programs and reminds us of the need to evaluate our current programs. There is something here for everyone, from the new librarian developing new services to the seasoned librarian re-inventing existing programs.... The author, Pamela H. Mackellar, has been a librarian for more than 30 years and has a broad understanding of libraries from a wide array of careers in the field. This is apparent from the logical and thoughtful guide she has created. Well-organized and thorough, this book is useful for any librarian interested in better meeting the needs of their users, and it is applicable to a wide variety of libraries.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures List of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Discovering What Your Community NeedsChapter 1: Library Services and Programming in the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 2: Clarifying the Library’s RoleChapter 3: Creating a Community ProfileChapter 4: Assessing Community NeedsChapter 5: Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Assessment ResultsPart II: Planning Services and Programs that Make a DifferenceChapter 6: Designing Effective Programs and ServicesChapter 7: Developing Goals, Objectives, and OutcomesChapter 8: Determining Activities, Staff Requirements, and TimelineChapter 9: Creating a Program BudgetChapter 10: Funding Effective Programs and ServicesPart III: Providing Effective Programs and Services and Measuring Your SuccessChapter 11: Implementing Library Programs and ServicesChapter 12: Measuring EffectivenessChapter 13: Using Your Success to Move ForwardIndexAbout the Author