Sally Gardner Reed

Small Libraries

A Handbook for Successful Management, 2d ed.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fully revised and updated edition provides current information on automation and technology and on advocacy to help small public libraries strive to make available the same basic services as larger libraries. This book is written for the directors of these honest-to-goodness small libraries, providing both a philosophical as well as a common sense basis for decision making. Appendices provide sample documents for a library's Statement of Purpose, worksheets for job descriptions and personnel policies, a volunteer application form, ALA documents (Library Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics), a list of discount book dealers, and a sample meeting room policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9780786412389
• ISBN-10: 0786412380
• Artikelnr.: 22295869

Autorenporträt

Sally Gardner Reed, executive director of United for Libraries, lives in the greater Philadelphia area.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction    
CREATING A POLITICAL BASE    
Trustees as Advocates    
You Gotta Have Friends    
Establishing Clout with the Town Government    
Financial Support    
Year-Round Advocacy    
Co-Opting Community Support    
PERSONNEL    
Hiring    
Personnel Policies    
Continuing Education    
Staff Evaluation    
The Problem Employee    
Volunteers    
THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION    
Selection Policies    
Audiovisual Materials    
Complementing Other Community Resources    
Collection Development and Your Community    
Your Library and Intellectual Freedom    
Gifts    
Stretching the Materials Budget    
Weeding the Collection    
Beyond the Library Walls    
Interlibrary Loan    
Online Resources    
HE LIBRARY BUILDING    
A Fresh Look-The Aesthetics    
The Exterior    
The Interior    
Moving Walls, Raising Ceilings    
Time to Build    
Funding or Architect-Which Comes First?    
Finding Funds    
Selecting the Architect and the Contractor    
Construction    
Documenting for Posterity    
Celebrating    
SERVICE    
Why Are We Here Anyway?    
Planning    
Putting It All Together    
Patron Satisfaction    
Quality of Service: The Intangibles    
Reference Service       
Children's Services    
Programs    
You've Got It, Now Promote It!    
Free Versus Fee    
Outreach    
Appendix A: Friends of the Library "Statement of Purpose" (Sample)    
Appendix B: Orientation Checklist    
Appendix C: Job Description Worksheet    
Appendix D: Personnel Policy Worksheet    
Appendix E: Sample Volunteer Job Description-Library Materials
Processor    
Appendix F: Volunteer Application Form    
Appendix G: Library Bill of Rights    
Appendix H: American Library Association Code of Ethics    
Appendix I: Yourtown Public Library Internet Use Policy    
Appendix J: Request for Reconsideration of Library Material    
Appendix K: Gift Acknowledgment/Receipt (Sample)<    
Appendix L: Meeting Room Policy (Sample)    
Appendix M: Building Program-Facility Checklist (Sample)    
Annotated Bibliography    
Index