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Turning the Page– Wrap Up
By the conclusion of the Turning the Page workshop in Nashville, I was full of good ideas and loaded with lots of advocacy resources. My posts summarizing a few of the sessions don’t do justice to the range and organization of the information presented. The workshop was a wonderful opportunity for libraries, especially those that [...]
Turning the Page–It’s all about you (and the money)
Two sessions I attended at the Nashville PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop: ” It’s all about You” and ” Show Me the Money.” It’s all about you: How to Make a Lasting Impression Renee Cole modeled the best and the worst public speaking and personal style examples for our group in an entertaining [...]
Turning the Page –Public Perceptions of Libraries
It was a busy 2 days in Nashville and by mid-day Friday I started getting behind on my blogging. So many interesting sessions, so little time! I left beautiful sunny Nashville Saturday afternoon vowing to write a wrap up and now that I’m back home in snowy Chicago (yes, sigh, I did say snowy) I’ll [...]
Collection Development – Just in Case v Just in Time
We had a spirited debate this morning over whether or not there is any one title that every public library should own. The suggestions ranged from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to the Bible. For every title suggested someone came up with a type of public library that might not carry it. So is it our [...]
Day 1 in Nashville
A great day in Nashville. Generally, I try to let intensive workshops like today’s percolate in the brain a little while before I write much about them. My mind was turned to mush today after this event. Larry Nash White was a particularly good presenter. Here’s a few side notes I took that got me [...]
Turning the Page: Dream Big
The PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop continued this morning with PLA Executive Director Greta Southard reviewing for the group the definition of advocacy. For the purposes of our workshop, advocacy is defined as: The process of acting on behalf of the public library to increase public funds and ensure that it has the [...]
Service Responses – Criteria
What criteria do you use to determine the activities you do in your library? All things are possible with time and money. The problem is we don’t have enough time and certainly not enough money to do everything we want to do. With a defined set of criteria we can determine which activities are successful [...]
Service Responses -Efficiency and Effectivness
How many libraries still maintain a vertical file? How many people use the vertical file? No really, how many people actually use it. We all want to do things efficiently and effectively. This morning we heard that efficiency is doing things right and effectiveness is doing the right thing. In the case of a vertical [...]
Turning the Page: The Other Bill
The PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page workshop began with a video welcome from Bill Gates Sr., his opening line: “I’m Bill Gates, the other one.” The father of the man who brought us Microsoft gave a warm and inspiring welcome to the 100+ attendees. He encouraged us to use the workshop to strengthen our [...]
2009 PLA Spring Symposium Turning the Page
I’m thrilled PLA invited me to blog this year’s Spring Symposium in Nashville. I’m attending the Turning the Page workshop, scheduled to begin in 7 minutes. Turning the Page: Building Your Library Community is a workshop PLA created to provide librarians, staff, trustees and supporters with the tools they need to advocate for their libraries. [...]
