
Streamlined Library Programming
How to Improve Services and Cut Costs
- 146 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Is it possible to both cut costs and improve public library programming for all ages? Yes, it is; this book demonstrates how. 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 maintainingâor even improvingâquality 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 experience as well as that of colleagues in other library systems, this book provides readers with a practical, step-by-step approach to maximizing resources and minimizing costs of programming without sacrificing quality, as well as insider tips and examples from the field that will help them to avoid known pitfalls.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: Change Management
- Chapter 3: Project Team
- Chapter 4: Staffing
- Chapter 5: Program Development: Storytime
- Chapter 6: Program Development: Other Staffed Programs
- Chapter 7: Program Development: Partner, Volunteer, and Paid Programs
- Chapter 8: A Menu of Options
- Chapter 9: Training and Marketing
- Chapter 10: Kickoff and Evaluation
- Appendix: San José Public Library Staff Program Survey
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author