The document summarizes the history and current state of the Jacksonville Public Library system in Florida. It describes how a sales tax increase in 2001 funded the construction of new libraries through the Better Jacksonville Plan, but that funding has since been reduced. A capacity planning process in 2010-2011 made recommendations to stabilize funding, maintain buildings, remedy inequities, and ensure flexibility. The plan discussed strategies like strengthening digital services, balancing individual and community roles, and adapting staff competencies for the future.
Who Needs Libraries? - Panel - Tech Forum 2014BookNet Canada
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NCompass Live - June 20, 2018
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries report Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries and its companion Action Guide can be powerful tools for libraries as we seek to leverage our position as a trusted community resource to forge new partnerships for achieving community goals. Learn how one small public library used the Aspen Report in its strategic planning process to develop a dynamic new road map for community success.
Presenter: Anna L. Yount, Library Director, Transylvania County Library, Brevard, NC.
NCompass Live - June 18, 2014.
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
After two years in development, the Edge Initiative launched earlier this year and library leaders are already sharing how Edge has helped them connect with their local government officials, build community partnerships and align their strategic goals with community priorities. Join us to learn how using Edge will help you make strategic decisions about technology services and connect more closely with your community.
Edge, a professional management and leadership tool, gives libraries a look into their local data, from operations to partnerships and programming. It guides library leaders in assessing how their community is using technology and how to align future growth and services with community goals. It also provides useful resources to package and showcase the data to community leaders.
Presenters: Lourdes Aceves, Senior Program Manager, Edge Initiative and Dr. Molly Kinney, Mifflin County Library, Lewistown, PA.
The Nebraska Library Commission supports education for librarians by providing programs, but also by providing scholarships and grants to aid individuals in furthering their professional education. Kathryn Brockmeier and Laura Johnson will discuss the NLC scholarship program and the Continuing Education and Training Grants for 2012.
NCompass Live - Oct. 12, 2011.
An unprecedented national coalition has formed to design and pilot a series of public access technology benchmarks for public libraries, with $2.8 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The coalition—which represents library and local government leaders—will develop guidelines that define quality technology services at libraries and how to continuously improve them to motivate local re-investment in public technology access at libraries.
As We Move Toward the Future, How Are We Doing?Jill Hurst-Wahl
Subtitle: Convergence & Sustainability: Why Our Future Is Bright, Part 2
This presentation provides information on the services libraries are providing for their users and which are moving them (the libraries) toward a vibrant future.
=-=-=
On June 7, Jill Hurst-Wahl spoke at the New York Archives Conference. Her presentation was a follow-up to her plenary session for NYAC in 2011.
This PowerPoint was created for use by participants and others after her talk, and covers all of the information she provided in her session. Jill did not use PowerPoint during her session.
Who Needs Libraries? - Panel - Tech Forum 2014BookNet Canada
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NCompass Live - June 20, 2018
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries report Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries and its companion Action Guide can be powerful tools for libraries as we seek to leverage our position as a trusted community resource to forge new partnerships for achieving community goals. Learn how one small public library used the Aspen Report in its strategic planning process to develop a dynamic new road map for community success.
Presenter: Anna L. Yount, Library Director, Transylvania County Library, Brevard, NC.
NCompass Live - June 18, 2014.
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/
After two years in development, the Edge Initiative launched earlier this year and library leaders are already sharing how Edge has helped them connect with their local government officials, build community partnerships and align their strategic goals with community priorities. Join us to learn how using Edge will help you make strategic decisions about technology services and connect more closely with your community.
Edge, a professional management and leadership tool, gives libraries a look into their local data, from operations to partnerships and programming. It guides library leaders in assessing how their community is using technology and how to align future growth and services with community goals. It also provides useful resources to package and showcase the data to community leaders.
Presenters: Lourdes Aceves, Senior Program Manager, Edge Initiative and Dr. Molly Kinney, Mifflin County Library, Lewistown, PA.
The Nebraska Library Commission supports education for librarians by providing programs, but also by providing scholarships and grants to aid individuals in furthering their professional education. Kathryn Brockmeier and Laura Johnson will discuss the NLC scholarship program and the Continuing Education and Training Grants for 2012.
NCompass Live - Oct. 12, 2011.
An unprecedented national coalition has formed to design and pilot a series of public access technology benchmarks for public libraries, with $2.8 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The coalition—which represents library and local government leaders—will develop guidelines that define quality technology services at libraries and how to continuously improve them to motivate local re-investment in public technology access at libraries.
As We Move Toward the Future, How Are We Doing?Jill Hurst-Wahl
Subtitle: Convergence & Sustainability: Why Our Future Is Bright, Part 2
This presentation provides information on the services libraries are providing for their users and which are moving them (the libraries) toward a vibrant future.
=-=-=
On June 7, Jill Hurst-Wahl spoke at the New York Archives Conference. Her presentation was a follow-up to her plenary session for NYAC in 2011.
This PowerPoint was created for use by participants and others after her talk, and covers all of the information she provided in her session. Jill did not use PowerPoint during her session.
Digital Infrastructures that Embody Library Principles: The IMLS national dig...Trevor Owens
Digital library infrastructures must not simply work. They must also manifest the core principles of libraries and archives. Since 2014, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has engaged with stakeholders from diverse library communities to consider collaborative approaches to building digital library tools and services. The “national digital platform” for libraries, archives, and museums is the framework that resulted from these dialogs. One key feature of the national digital platform (NDP) is the anchoring of core library principles within the development of digital tools and services. This essay explores how NDP-funded projects enact library principles as part of the national framework.
This presentation was provided by Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Ebooks and Collections." The event was held on August 25, 2021
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Each year, the Nebraska Library Commission awards Continuing Education and Training Grants to Nebraska libraries to provide funding for staff to attend conferences and training sessions. In 2011, the NLC awarded grants to several librarians to attend the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia. Attend this session to learn more about the grants and to hear these librarians talk about their experiences at PLA.
his presentation was provided by Tom Bruno of the University of Pennsylvania, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Ebooks and Collections." The event was held on August 25, 2021
This presentation was provided by Jill Morris of PALCI, during the NISO event "Owing, Licensing, and Sharing Digital Content." The virtual conference was held on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
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About the project: The Single Digital Presence project, based at the British Library is exploring how to improve digital services in the United Kingdom's public libraries. Our goal is to equip public libraries with the right tools and to increase public library use both on and offline.
You can find out more about our project by reading this blog:
https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2019/june/new-research-proposes-five-options-for-a-digital-presence-in-public-libraries
or by emailing us singledigitalpresence@bl.uk
Digital Infrastructures that Embody Library Principles: The IMLS national dig...Trevor Owens
Digital library infrastructures must not simply work. They must also manifest the core principles of libraries and archives. Since 2014, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has engaged with stakeholders from diverse library communities to consider collaborative approaches to building digital library tools and services. The “national digital platform” for libraries, archives, and museums is the framework that resulted from these dialogs. One key feature of the national digital platform (NDP) is the anchoring of core library principles within the development of digital tools and services. This essay explores how NDP-funded projects enact library principles as part of the national framework.
This presentation was provided by Jennie Rose Halperin of Library Futures, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Ebooks and Collections." The event was held on August 25, 2021
This presentation was provided by NISO during the ALA Annual Meeting held in June 2018 in New Orleans. It features commentary from the NISO Working Group members, Chris Carvey (Queens Lib), Jane Plass (RAILS), Christine Peterson (Amigos) and Michael Porter (Maricopa County Library District)
Engaging Your Community Through Cultural Heritage Digital Libraries Karen S Calhoun
Based on the book Exploring Digital Libraries, this ALA Techsource webinar examines cultural heritage collections in the context of the social web and online communities. Calhoun and Brenner explore the possibilities and provide examples of digital libraries' shift toward social platforms, along the way discussing how to increase discoverability and community engagement, for instance through crowdsourcing.
Each year, the Nebraska Library Commission awards Continuing Education and Training Grants to Nebraska libraries to provide funding for staff to attend conferences and training sessions. In 2011, the NLC awarded grants to several librarians to attend the Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia. Attend this session to learn more about the grants and to hear these librarians talk about their experiences at PLA.
his presentation was provided by Tom Bruno of the University of Pennsylvania, during the NISO Hot Topic Virtual Conference "Ebooks and Collections." The event was held on August 25, 2021
This presentation was provided by Jill Morris of PALCI, during the NISO event "Owing, Licensing, and Sharing Digital Content." The virtual conference was held on Thursday, January 21, 2021.
Building a 'single digital presence' for public librariesFleurMartin3
This presentation is taken from a webinar the single digital presence team held with public library staff from across the UK. In it we communicate our latest vision for the project, outlining what we've been up to since the publication of our report and how we've refined our recommendations building on an extensive period of user research.
About the project: The Single Digital Presence project, based at the British Library is exploring how to improve digital services in the United Kingdom's public libraries. Our goal is to equip public libraries with the right tools and to increase public library use both on and offline.
You can find out more about our project by reading this blog:
https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2019/june/new-research-proposes-five-options-for-a-digital-presence-in-public-libraries
or by emailing us singledigitalpresence@bl.uk
This Topic is very useful for all types of Cometetive Examiations of Library Science Students communiy.
use nd benefit ffor your bright future..Dr.Anjaiah M
A presentation on resource sharing and networking by Dr. Keshava, Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Karnataka, India.
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The Future Is Coming! What Does That Mean for Public Libraries?Libraries Thriving
This brainstorming session is the culmination of a month-long campaign for public libraries on Libraries Thriving. It will feature a discussion panel of library supporters sharing their visions of the public library of the future. The discussion will build on the results of Libraries Thriving’s survey of public libraries and also incorporate discussion forum conversations around the prompt "It's the year 2022. The public library of today differs from the public library of 2012 in these three ways..."
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Back by popular demand! Each year, a number of new reports about public libraries are produced by organizations like Pew, OCLC, Library Journal, The Aspen Institute, and others. These reports contain valuable information that can help us plan, develop services, and improve existing services, but unfortunately, few of us have the time to read every single one. The goal of this session is to help attendees get an overview of those reports and their implications for our work. Each panelist will share a summary of a report they believe is significant and discuss how they have used or will use the information at their library. Attendees will be encouraged to share other reports and insights that have mattered to them, too!
Presentació de Lluís M. Anglada, director de l'Àrea de Biblioteques, Informació i Documentació del CSUC, a l'International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC), que va tenir lloc del 20 al 22 d'octubre de 2014 a la Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.
En aquesta presentació, que formava part del bloc dedicat a noves eines, Anglada presenta el nou sistema integrat de biblioteques i eines de descobriment com a oportunitats per als consorcis.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
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2. • In 2001 Duval County voters agreed to tax themselves with an
addition to the sales tax to fund the Better Jacksonville Plan (BJP)
projected to cost over $2 billion.
• The Plan included the construction of 7 new libraries, including a
new 300,000 SF Main Library, the expansion of 2 existing libraries
and some improvements to all but one of the remaining branches.
• New libraries opened in 2004 & 2005; Jacksonville now has 21 libraries.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
THE BETTER JACKSONVILLE PLAN
3. • People loved their new libraries –
and used them – circ up; gate count up;
computer/website usage up;
meeting room use up and more.
• After rolling back the millage rate
for many years however, the city found
that funding operations in its
new libraries had become problematic
(before some were even open)
• Result – FY 2005 was a high point
with 6 of the 7 new libraries opening.
But with the FY 2006 budget and
every budget since, library funding
has been reduced. We face a
$3.5M cut for FY 2012 (October 1).
GOOD NEWS – BAD NEWS
4. • Staffing:
FY 2005 – 548 FTE;
FY 2011 447 FTE;
FY 2012 (proposed) 393 FTE.
Decrease of 28%.
• Materials budget down by 41% -
FY 05-12
• Activity measures (2005-10)
– Website use up 74%
– Gate count up 34%
– Circulation up 48%
GOOD NEWS – BAD NEWS
5. • No end in sight to budget reductions
• No opportunity to plan even for
short term
• Changing environment in which
the library operates – impact of
electronic information delivery
• Library Board approves an RFP
to hire a consultant team to create
a “capacity plan” – a strategic plan
focused on the capacity of the
city/library to provide quality
library services into the future.
HOW TO RESPOND?
THE JPL CAPACITY PLAN
6. • Spring 2010 selected
Godfrey’s Associates consultants:
– Team comprised of
library consultants, architect,
engineers, IT expert,
Buxton Inc. a market
segmentation/analysis company,
local PR consultant.
Report issued in May 2011.
Capacity Plan Final Report
JPL CAPACITY PLAN
7. JPL CAPACITY PLAN
BY THE NUMBERS
Nov. 12, 2009 Board of Library Trustees voted unanimously to authorize
hiring a consultant to develop a capacity plan
July 19, 2010 JPL entered into contract with Godfrey’s Associates Inc.
May 16, 2011 Final plan received
174 - Online comments from the public providing input on developing the plan
181 - Jacksonville residents attending 8 community meetings
21 - Community leaders interviewed by the consultants
209 - Staff members providing input into the plan
37 - Capacity Plan Staff Team meetings
12 - Ad hoc Capacity Planning Committee meetings
15 - Board of Library Trustee meetings during which the Capacity Plan was discussed
744 - Pages in the final report
26 - Total recommendations from Godfrey’s Associates Inc.
$182,484.88 - Total Cost of the Capacity Plan
8. 1. STRENGTHEN INFORMATION DELIVERY.
2. MAINTAIN BUILDINGS ADEQUATELY.
3. REMEDY INEQUITIES IN LIBRARY SERVICE.
4. STABILIZE FUNDING.
5. ENSURE FLEXIBILITY IN STAFFING.
Board Recommendations Report
LIBRARY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
9. • Historic meeting –
all 5 existing library
Friends groups held
a joint meeting
• Advocacy network -
www.savejaxlibraries.com
NEXT STEPS
10. • Meetings with city council members
about the Capacity Plan
• Transition to a new mayor and a
$60M shortfall in the FY 2012 budget
has generated difficulties in getting
traction for change in the longer term.
Everyone looking for short term fixes –
cut hours and staff rather than close
libraries or change service delivery or
financing model.
• Capacity Plan and the response to date
has made it clear we need to embrace –
“confront” a more radical service and
financing model in the future – some of
the change is evident in the plan.
NEXT STEPS
11. • Spring 2011 ALA Office for Information
Technology Policy issued:
Confronting the Future: Strategic Visions
for the 21st
Century. http://www.ala.org.oitp
• Challenges public libraries face – looking
out at the world: Advances in digital media
and technologies; heightened competition;
demographic changes; financial constraints.
• Role of public libraries and their advantages:
collect, circulate, catalogue, inform,
readers advisory, computer access,
services to all ages including special need
customers, exhibits and programs,
reading space/quiet space, meeting spaces
and service as a community center,
services are traditionally free.
CONFRONTING THE FUTURE
12. • The library brand is still books –
75% think so.
• Most trusted source for information –
22% search engine; 1% librarian.
• Appreciate librarians when they use
libraries – 83% - but the belief that
librarians add value to a search
process has not transferred to the
online library.
• Value of libraries to individuals and
even more to their communities has
increased – books, videos, music,
literacy instruction, free Internet access.
OCLC Perceptions of Libraries 2010: Context and Community. OCLC 2011.
HOW WE ARE VIEWED
13. “The choices described in this policy brief respond
to the possible outcomes of the economic, social, and
technological forces and trends that will affect libraries.
Yet they all assume that public libraries will continue to exist.
Unfortunately, it is not impossible to imagine a future without
libraries. If that is to be avoided …
They must play an active role in shaping their future.”
ALA OITP Confronting the Future. June 2011.
14. • OITP brief proposes four service
“dimensions” for public library
consideration:
• Dimension 1:
Physical to Virtual Libraries.
• Dimension 2:
Individual to Community Libraries.
• Dimension 3:
Collection to Creation Libraries
• Dimension 4:
Portal to Archive Libraries
MANAGING THE FUTURE
15. • Today and at one end of the dimension:
physical library with both actual and
virtual media (on site or off site)
• At the other end of the dimension: an all virtual
library – media, reference services, programming.
Re-think how library contacts customers; provides
access to a totally virtual collection. Website takes
place of building for virtual collection. Individual
libraries likely to morph into library collaboratives
more like Amazon. Send physical items to
customers from storage facilities.
• Where along this dimension do you plan to move?
What are the advantages/disadvantages?
Could libraries compete with vendors (Amazon,
Netflix, iTunes) who supply the same collections?
ONE:
PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL
16. • What is your library’s point of focus?
The individual or the community?
• Individual service includes one-on-one
reference services; reader’s advisory for
the individual; physical layout to
accommodate individual use of resources.
• Community focus: “the library that responds
to advances in technologies and media by
focusing on the needs … of the local
community instead of competing with
commercial media delivery services.
The physical library becomes a center
for a wide range of community activities.”
TWO:
INDIVIDUAL TO COMMUNITY
17. • Collections are a very high priority;
provide actual or virtual collections
to serve as information sources,
for reading etc.
• Creation: Priority is placed on helping
community to create its own collection
using new technologies with equipment
and software provided by the library.
Does not mean the existing collections
go away but are built on and
strengthened.
THREE:
COLLECTION TO CREATION
18. • This dimension is built around the issue of
“ownership” – collection/information services
are accessed through a library portal but
not owned by the library. May be a physical
or virtual library but the library has no
collection of its own. Likely that such a
“library” would be in non-traditional locations
with librarians playing a critical role
locating/pointing to/advising on
information for customers.
• Archive library would focus on unique
materials of local interest –
“an enduring storehouse of local
knowledge and information.”
FOUR:
PORTAL TO ARCHIVE
19. • Librarian competencies:
“Future librarians will become
digital media mentors…”
Librarians needed for archiving,
organizing, preservation as well as
digital media mentors.
• Collaboration and Consolidation:
virtual collections can be shared
across libraries/communities.
• Digital collections
• Personalization of service
and social networking
• Advantage of free services
COMMONALITIES
ACROSS DIMENSIONS
20. • Immediate future: continuing uncertainty and budget cuts.
Stabilize Funding has become a higher priority.
• Digital future: Strengthen Information Delivery –
manage our own IT platform and determine service priorities if we are
to consider a virtual library and digital services.
• Library as “the community center.”
Strike a balance between a library which serves individuals and the community.
Maintain Buildings Adequately Improve maintenance and physical condition of
existing libraries. Remedy Inequities in Library Service Provide libraries
which can meet demands of both individuals and the community.
• Ensure Flexibility in Staffing Staff competencies –
library staff must become “digital media mentors.”
STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES:
JPL CAPACITY PLAN
21. • Focused tracking of external trends and forces.
• Keep community informed and involved.
• Identify and test assumptions being made.
• Set a strategic course.
• Monitor and evaluate – Monitor and evaluate.
• Focus on outcomes and stick to the course.
(Don’t be distracted by a $3.5M budget cut.)
Your customers will stick with you if they
understand the direction you are taking.
ADD TO OUR
CAPACITY PLAN “MIX”