Tag Archives: Strategic Plan
Library Braintrust
If there ever was a braintrust of library leadership in the United States – this was it! The participants included 20 state librarians, 16 deputy/assistant state librarians, and library directors from American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and … Continue reading
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Goals & Objectives within the 21st Century Library Model
It appears that these two topics are of most interest to readers, so it must be time to combine the two into a discussion of how the “old” topic of Strategic Planning Goals and Objectives merges with the “new” topic … Continue reading
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ALA’s New Strategic Plan – Seriously?
Apparently so. Yesterday a colleague commented “ALA is including some 21st Century ideas in the new strategic plan.” My reply was DON’T WE WISH!! In case you haven’t read ALA’s new Strategic Plan 2011-2015, here it is for your reading … Continue reading
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Values and Guiding Principles – Revisited
Serendipity is a wondrous thing in life. While on vacation back East with our daughter over the Thanksgiving holiday, we were discussing Vision, Mission and Value statements (21st Century Library Strategic Plan – Values and Guiding Principles) for the 21st … Continue reading
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Strategic Planning – So What?
Noticing that the all-time most visited Post on this Blog is 21st Century Library Strategic Plan – Goals and Objectives, I re-read it for my own edification. I’ll admit (if you’ll pardon some bragging) that it is a very comprehensive … Continue reading
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21st Century Librarianship – Part 5, Collaboration
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS and COLLABORATION Public libraries have evolved gradually as institutions of learning, but in the 21st Century, more and more of these bastions of knowledge are asserting themselves as anchors of community activity and development. Long past are the … Continue reading
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21st Century Library – Goals and Objectives
Almost three months ago I Posted “21st Century Library Strategic Plan – Goals and Objectives”. It has become the most viewed Post on this Blog. That’s both awesome and bewildering. It is awesome because a Strategic Plan is SO important … Continue reading
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Your Library and 21st century skills or “21st Century Skills”
In my Blog post of August 26, I pointed out that “… last fall the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) launched its 21st Century Skills initiatives with a 40 page report titled “Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century … Continue reading
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21st Century Strategic Plan – Why Develop a Strategic Plan?
Doing things “the way we’ve always done things” is shortsighted and impractical in the face of 21st Century change. Technology is changing. Employees are changing. Strategies and processes that worked in the past will not be as effective in … Continue reading
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21st Century Library Strategic Plan – Organization
If you noticed in the Major Components of a Strategic Plan diagram, Goals begins the multiplicity and development of as many elements as you need to accomplish your Mission. Therefore, numbering becomes helpful in keeping track of what Goals … Continue reading
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