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Public Library Manager's Toolkit

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Automation/Technology in Libraries
Cataloging Resources
Collection Development/Management
Communities and Libraries
Copyright
E-Rate Information
Facilities, Space Planning
Friends of Libraries
Funding – Grants, Foundations, Fund-Raising, Budgeting
Hispanic Services and Programs
Intellectual Freedom
Legal Concerns
Library Associations
Non-Profit Organizations
Personnel Issues
Planning – Long Range
Planning – Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Planning
Policies and Policy Writing
Professional Journals
Programming
Reader’s Advisory Services
Rural Library/Small Library Concerns
Standards
Statistics
Training/Continuing Education
Trustees
Other Library Management Indexes or Resource Listings

Automation/Technology in Libraries

  • PLA TechNotes
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  • MaintainIT Project
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  • TechSoup
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  • WebJunction’s Technology Corner
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  • WebJunction’s Technology Planning
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  • How to automate a small library – Elyssa Kroski article on WebJunction
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  • Purchasing advice – WebJunction
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  • Emerging Technologies
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  • WebJunction’s Social Software resources
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  • Learning 2.0 (original NC program)
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  • Learning 2.1 Blog
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  • 100 Free Library 2.0 Webinars and Tutorials
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  • ALA Wiki – Interactive Web Applications page
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  • Tennessee State Library & Archives Technology Links
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    Cataloging Resources

  • Cataloger’s Reference Shelf
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  • Library of Congress MARC Standards
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  • Lynn’s Library Cataloging Aids
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  • OCLC Introduction to MARC Tagging online tutorial
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  • OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
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  • Introduction to Technical Services and Cataloging (Idaho)
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  • Library of Congress Understanding MARC
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  • Cataloging MP3 and Other New Formats
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    Collection Development/Management

  • Online Collection Development Training for Public Libraries (Arizona)
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  • ALA’s Collection Development resources
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  • The CREW Method [Guidelines for Weeding the collection] – (Texas)
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  • Collection Development Online Training (Idaho)
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    Communities and Libraries

  • ALA’s Libraries Build Sustainable Communities
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  • Libraries Building Communities – Australia
  • Creating Positively Passionate Customer and Advocates
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    Copyright

  • ALA | DMCA: The Digital Millenium Copyright Act
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  • ALA’s General Copyright information
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  • Copyright for Kids
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  • Copyright Digital Slider
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  • OCLC Online Copyright Resource Kit
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  • Copyright Term and the Public Domain (Cornell Univ.)
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  • U.S. Copyright Office
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    Customer Service

  • Customer Service & Interpersonal Skills (WebJunction)
  • Standards of Library Customer Service (sample from Iowa)
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  • Library Customer Service online training (Texas)
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  • “Safe Harbor: Policies & procedures for a safe library” manual (Illinois)
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  • Infopeople on-line workshops on Customer Service (California)
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    http://infopeople.org/training/past/2007/diverse/   and
    http://infopeople.org/training/past/2005/fishpickle/

     

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    E-Rate Information

  • USAC Schools and Libraries Division
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  • E-Rate Application Forms
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  • Tennessee Technology Plan Approval List
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  • NCES School and LibraryID numbers search tool
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  • Tennessee School Discount Stats – Free and Reduced Lunch Rates
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  • Tennessee Public Library E-Rate Blog
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    Facilities, Space Planning

  • Public Library Space Needs: A Planning Outline (Wisconsin)
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  • Designing a Fine Library (Kansas)
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  • Checklist for Success in Your Building Project and other guides  (Massachusetts)
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  • Library Space Planning Guide (Connecticut)
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  • Library Space Planning Guide Worksheet (Connecticut)
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  • Designing Older Adult Space in Libraries (Connecticut)
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  • ALA’s Moving Libraries
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  • US Green Building Council
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  • ADA Standards for Accessible Design
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    Friends of Libraries

  • Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
  • Friends of Tennessee Libraries
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    Funding – Grants, Foundations, Fund-Raising, Budgeting

  • The Foundation Center
  • Wyoming Library Foundations newsletter
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  • FOLUSA’s Establishing a Library Foundation
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  • ALA’s Library Fundraising bibliography
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  • Non-Profit Guides to Grantwriting
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  • Writing a Successful Grant Proposal (Minnesota Council on Foundations)
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  • Library Grants blog
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    Hispanic Services and Programs

  • PLUS: Public Libraries Using Spanish
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  • WebJunction’s Spanish Language Outreach Program
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  • WebJunction’s Spanish for Library Staff
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  • REFORMA’s Resources for Librarians
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    Intellectual Freedom

  • ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom
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  • ALA’s Dealing with Challenges to Books and Other Materials
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    Legal Concerns

  • LibraryLaw
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  • Tennessee Code Annotated (Title 10-Libraries)
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  • American Assoc. of Law Libraries “Public Library Toolkit”
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    Library Associations

  • American Library Association (ALA)
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  • Public Library Association (PLA)
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  • Association for Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)
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  • Tennessee Library Association (TLA)
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  • TENN-SHARE
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  • Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) and
    http://www.webjunction.org/arsl
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  • East Tennessee Library Association (ETLA)
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    Non-Profit Organizations

  • Free Management Library for Non-Profit Organizations
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  • USA.gov for Non-Profits
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    Personnel Issues

  • Sample Library Job Descriptions (Connecticut)
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  • Human Resources Management for Non-Profits
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  • Developing and Managing Volunteer Programs
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  • Ohio Library Job Descriptions
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  • Sample personnel evaluations (Connecticut & other states)
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  • Infopeople online training on Volunteers (California)
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    Planning – Long Range

  • IMLS Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation
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  • New Pathways to Planning (Kansas)
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  • WebJunction’s Technology Planning
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  • USAC/SLD Developing a technology plan for the E-Rate Program
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  • Strategic Planning for Non-Profits (Free Management Library)
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    Planning – Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Planning

  • ALA’s Disaster Response Fact Sheet No. 10 (2006)
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  • Solinet’s Preservation and Disaster Planning resources
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  • Solinet’s Preservation and Disaster Planning leaflets
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  • FEMA Disaster Planning Resources
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  • Northeast Document Conservation Center
  • National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Emergency Preparedness information
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  • Sample Library Disaster Plans
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  • Special Library Association (SLA) Disaster Planning Portal (resource listing)
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  • Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)
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  • TechSoup’s Disaster Planning resources
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  • WebJunction’s Disaster Planning resources
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  • NEDCC and MBLC Online Disaster Plan
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    Policies and Policy Writing

  • Policymaking and Sample Policies (Wisconsin)
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  • Policies & Procedures (WebJunction Connecticut)
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  • Sample Library Policy Statements (Ohio)
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  • WebJunction’s Policies and Procedures resources
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  • WebJunction Wiki – Sample Library Policies
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    Professional Journals

  • Most library professional journals are available through TEL (Tennessee Electronic Library)
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  • American Libraries Online
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  • Library Journal
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  • Current Cites
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  • Library Blogs listing - LISWiki
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    Programming 

  • Tennessee State Library & Archives Direct Service Grants for library programming
  • ALA’s Sample programming ideas for public libraries
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    Reader’s Advisory Services

  • ALA’s Recommended Book Lists
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  • Iowa’s Reader’s Advisory site
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  • Overbooked: A Resource for Readers
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  • Springfield Library (MA) Books & Readers & Writers resource listing
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    Rural Library/Small Library Concerns

  • Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) and http://www.webjunction.org/arsl
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  • ARSL Wiki
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  • ALA’s Toolkit for Winning Support for Your Rural Library
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  • USDA Rural Information Center
  • USDA Rural Development links
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  • Tennessee Rural and Small Libraries Wiki
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    Standards

  • Tennessee Minimum Standards for Non-Metropolitan Public Libraries
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  • ALA’s Standards and Guidelines
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    Statistics

  • ALA Office for Research and Statistics
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  • Library Research Service (LRS) Tools for Libraries
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  • LRS Public Library Information
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  • Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Statistics site
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  • Tennessee Public Library Statistics
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    Training/Continuing Education

  • Tennessee Library Association (TLA) Continuing Education calendar and resources
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  • Tennessee’s 2008 Library Continuing Education Summit Report
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  • Tennessee Certified Public Library Management Program (TPLMI)
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  • California Infopeople Project
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  • Kansas Blue Skyways: Train Station
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  • Idaho Alternative Basic Library Education (ABLE)
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  • Ohio Library Council - Orientation for New Staff, Reference Service and Marketing
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    Trustees

  • Association for Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF)
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  • Tennessee Public Library Trustee Manual (2002)
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  • Tennessee Library Trustee Toolkit (2006)
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  • Tennessee Public Library Trustee Wiki
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    Other Library Management Indexes, Directories or Resource Listings           

  • Tennessee Public Library Directory
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  • Librarian’s Internet Index
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  • Internet Public Library
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  • Links for Librarians (Iowa)
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  • Listing of State Library Web Sites
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  • Libworm Blog Search Engine
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  • LISZEN Search Engine
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    Updated:  12/8/2008

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