District Library Meeting and Workshop

The next Capital Area Library District Meeting will be a workshop meeting.
It is scheduled to be held at Kline Library on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Doors will open for networking at 9:00a.m., with the meeting will begin promptly at 9:30.

There will be a brief regular agenda:
-News/Updates from libraries: (Please respond to registration survey or email any updates you want to share about your library/location with the group. In addition to any written updates I provide in summary, we will also round robin giving each interested participant 3 minutes (timer in use) to share anything/everything they wish.)
-Discussion of Regional Training Needs: Tentative Dates, Topics
-Distribution of Electronic Resources Statistics and short discussion about e-resource ideas and needs
-Q & A period for Annual Reports
-Any additional agenda items you want to add can be added via the registration survey.

The rest of the meeting (scheduled end at or before 12:30) will be a “workshop and brainstorm time” for district planning for the 2011/12 budget year.

The topic will be: District Priorities in Resource Allocation for DLC aid.
Carrie Cleary, district consultant, will facilitate a group process to review the district’s current strategic plan and will get group evaluations and feedback on current services and new ideas.
The opening question for our brainstorm activities in small groups will be: What services and resources can meet library and library customer needs at the lowest cost/highest return on investment using shared (district or regional level resources?)
Priorities affirmation and evaluation of current work in delivery, interlibrary loan and district resource sharing, and consulting work including e-resources, Perry County Technology Cooperation, board development, training, and supporting state and regional level programs will be conducted.

To prepare, think about some of these questions:
What would be different if district resources were not provided?
Is there a better way the district could provide a specific service that is mandated by state standards?
What processes in your library consume the most resources and staff time?
For what district services do you receive positive (and negative) customer or staff feedback?
In what areas would cooperation help your library more?
In what areas do you, staff, or boards need “consulting” for at your library?
What services best deliver “value” that library stakeholders support?

The outcome of the meeting is expected to be:
-An updated outline of strategic plan goals for the Capital Area Library District
-Notes from a discussion of best ways to use funding received for use by the district library center that will help to begin district negotiation meetings.

Who is invited? Anyone that is interested in intending is invited (of course, with permission from their supervisor).
I encourage attendance from any affiliated person with interest in the operation of the Capital Area Library District (if space allows, the Capital Region), regardless of position, from any level. This would include directors, managers, Trustees, Friends, reference, drivers, marketing, human resources, administrative support, front desk, financial, technology, training, collections, maintenance, development, volunteers, etc.

Registration for this meeting will be limited to the first 30 people who use the registration link with preference being given to the first person to sign up from each district library location. Registration will open at 8:30a.m. on February 7th. The link for attendance registration is here: Registration Link.
If you can’t attend, but want to participate in an online evaluation of district servicces, use this link to a surveyset up to receive feedback.

The message is being distributed by Carrie Cleary via the Capital Area Library District blog and Capital Area Library District mailing list first. It will be updated and sent again when registration is open to the district mailing list, Capital Area Library District Youth Interest mailing list, DCLS Staff, WebJunction Group, and Office of Commonwealth Libraries advisors in the Capital Region. Further forwarding to any interested affiliates is encouraged.

Special Note: Following the meeting that will take place at KL, the district plans to host a live training sponsored by OverDrive: Browse, Check-out, and Download. This training will be delivered via live webinar and remote access after the workshop will be available. Watch for a specific email posting regarding this training soon.