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Whether you are a new or a seasoned library director, it's sometimes hard to know where to begin to address concerns or find quick solutions to problems. Here are helps for some of the questions and situations you may face during your first and subsequent years.
Help from NMRLS
Join Our Discussion List
NMRLS Professional Collection
Advice/Consulting Services
NMRLS Continuing Education
Library Information Files
Long Range Planning
Customized Workshops at Your Location
Answers...To Go!
Administration
Administrative Checklists
Building issues, interviewing, public & media relations, setting goals, staff evaluations.
dPlan - Online Disaster Planning Tool
Advocacy
Advocacy Information from NMRLS and MLA
ALA Advocacy Action Kit
ALA Campaign for America's Libraries: @ your library
ALA Library Advocates' Handbook
ALA Talking Points
Customer Service
Customer Service 123
An Online Tutorial from the Houston Area Library System.
Grants and Grant Writing
Grant Writing: The Basic Basics
Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course
Library Grant Links
Marketing
Marketing for Libraries
A presentation by Liz Doucett at the NMRLS Annual Meeting, November 16, 2006
Marketing the Library
An Online Tutorial from the Ohio Library Council.
PLA's "The Smartest Card Campaign"
The Storied Library
A WebJunction series
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Library Statistics
Public Library Charts
Privacy
ALA's Privacy Tool Kit
Technology Planning
TechAtlas Tool on WebJunction
Working with Boards of Trustees
Selecting and Appointing New Board Members
Orienting New Board Members
Trustees' and Director's Responsibilities
Running Effective Board Meetings
Sample Annual Trustees' Calendar (In Excel)
Massachusetts Public Library Trustees Handbook
Printed copies of the Handbook are available from NMRLS. Please call or email if you need any.
Massachusetts Library Trustee Association (MLTA)
Working with Friends
Massachusetts Friends of Libraries (MFOL)
Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA)
Working with Schools
Massachusetts Department of Education Information Services
NMRLS Profiles in Collaboration
Sample collaborative projects from member libraries.
More Continuing Education...
Basic Library Techniques (BLT) (For directors in communities with under 10,000 population.)
NELINET
NMRLS members are eligible to take NELINET courses at discounted prices. Contact Scott Kehoe or Mary Behrle.
WebJunction Learning Center
Online learning resources for library staff training. Contact Scott Kehoe to set up a free account.
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