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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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