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- 1. Library Planning toTarget YearCommunity MeetingMeeting Date
- 2. What single worddefines the Library for you? [List]Library…
- 3. PurposeThrough dialog andsharing of informationTo envision the best future
- 4. To envision thebest Library as a part of that community
- 5. To learn andlisten and share opinion, facts, & knowledge to help library board and staff develop a strategic plan Agenda for Meeting4:00 Openers 4:30 Community vision for town5:15 Library landscape5:40 Library tour 6:00 Supper6:30 Library vision7:30 Wrap-up, evaluation, next steps
- 6. What’s important aboutlibraries?Healthy libraries indicate healthy communitiesEconomic health
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- 9. Community healthPlanning ContextU.S.public libraries have strong planning culture
- 10. Long history andexperience
- 11. Vermont DOL encourageslocal library planning through standards program
- 12. Has the librarybuilt a plan before?Library planninggrounded in community needCommunity vision and need
- 13. Library as apart of that
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- 15. Serving the visionProcessthis timeCommunity task force – conversation, gather input and data. Two meetings.
- 16. Staff retreat –full day to take community input, knowledge of program
- 17. Meet with townboard, town department heads, and focus groups
- 18. Write plan, anduse it!PlanningStrategic Plan
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- 24. Technology Plan Town-The vision
- 25. Town demographic profile Population,2008 est.-
- 26. Growth 1990 –2000 % (VT 8.2%)
- 27. Growth 2000 –2008 %
- 28. Ethnicity – % white, 2000 census
- 29. Median age -(VT, 37.7)
- 30. 65 and older– %
- 31. Under 18 - %Town– demographic profile (2) Median household income – (1999)$51,000 (VT - $41,000)
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- 33. Less than H.S.– 8%
- 34. Beyond High School– 64%
- 35. Bachelor’s or higher– 28%Community visioning via SWOTBreakout groups (by table)1. Appoint a recorder and reporter2. Brainstorm for the community3. Strengths and weaknesses (internal)4. Opportunities and threats (external)
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- 38. Elements of avision[List]
- 39. TheCommunity and theLibrary Landscape
- 40. Public libraries arechanging7/2010: Amazon sold more titles for the Kindle than hardcover books in the previous 3 monthsDelivery methods are changing rapidly (smartphones, Netflix, ListenUp VT for audiobooks and ebooks)Libraries are busier than ever, especially as public computer centers
- 41. Public libraries arethe sameAll public librariesLend materialsProvide ‘certified’ informationProvide a “third place,” a community anchor, a commonsAre unique among public institutions in the breadth of audience and of function
- 42. Public libraries andthe economyOne dollar on public libraries yields $4 to $8 back to the community
- 43. Vermont public librariesreturn $7.41 for every $1 expended.
- 44. Small business, “creativeeconomy,” “third space,” “digital natives” rely on librariesValue of public library serviceshttp://www.vermontlibraries.org/library-use-value-calculator
- 45. Sources of supportPlanningTown: ? %local tax income, ? % otherVermont average :72.9% local tax, 27.1% otherNational averages: 84.1% local tax, 15.9% other2008-2009 VT Public Library Statistics
- 46. Spending on publiclibrary servicesPer capita, monthlyVermont average: $2.61Annual:Vermont average, 2008 - $31.28
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- 48. Vermont average, 2006- $29.44
- 49. National average, 2006- $33.24Sources of supportTown: ? % local tax income, 7% other
- 50. Vermont averages:73% local;27 other
- 51. National averages: 91%;8% otherLibrary tourand supper
- 52. Library…[List one wordthat sums up the library]Library as Community ResourceSmall groups – Brainstorm 1. what the library now does that you know about
- 53. 2. What itcould / should do, money no objectGet crazy!Be imaginative!
- 54. Results – Libraryconversations[List]Dreams[List]Results – Library conversations
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- 56. Focus group orinterview for missing audience
- 57. This group hearand add
- 58. Board and staffwork on plan
- 59. Board adopts, takesto townEvaluation of meeting processWhat went well today?
- 60. Changes for thenext meeting?