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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
Administration
dPlan - Online Disaster Planning Tool
Leadership-Related Competencies WebJunction
Massachusetts Public Library Job Descriptions
Sample Public Library Director Job Descriptions WebJunction Connecticut
Sample Job Peformance Evaluations WebJunction Connecticut
Advocacy
Advocacy Information from NMRLS and MLA
ALA Advocacy Site
Grants and Grant Writing
Grant Writing: The Basic Basics
Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course
Library Grant Links
Library Friends
Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA)
Massachusetts Friends of Libraries (MFOL)
Organizing a Friends Group Fact Sheet from FOLUSA
Revitalizing Your Friends Fact Sheet from FOLUSA
Marketing
NMRLS Marketing Toolkit
Ohio Lbrary Council's Marketing the Library
WebJunction's Guide to Marketing Resources
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Library Statistics
Public Library Charts
Technology Planning
TechAtlas Tool on WebJunction
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.
Massachusetts Library Trustee Association (MLTA)
Working with Schools
Massachusetts Department of Education Information Services
More Continuing Education...
Basic Library Techniques (BLT) For directors in communities with under 10,000 population.
LYRASIS NMRLS members are eligible to take LYRASIS courses at discounted prices. Contact Scott Kehoe or Mary Behrle.
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