Friday Follow-up: a message from Brian M. Hildreth, STLS Executive Director Avoca, Howard & Fillmore Libraries Embrace Complex Relationships I was a 25-year-old library director when I attended my first board meeting. I was green as the July grass and extremely intimidated. The situation was new for me. I had four years of academic
Monthly Archives: October 2016
For those of you who were unable to attend Camille Andrew’s program on library space design at the STLS Annual Meeting, I thought I would provide some information from her presentation. User Study Methods Camille discussed various methods for getting feedback from patrons on your library space. One idea was to have individuals provide a sketch
Friday Follow-up: a message from Brian M. Hildreth, STLS Executive Director Member Uniqueness is Our Strength Rural library systems help to address issues of equity by leveling the playing field for libraries of all sizes. However, one of our greatest strengths resides in the uniqueness of our member libraries. “Equitable library services stem from library
Friday Follow-up: a weekly message from Brian M. Hildreth, STLS Executive Director Filomena Jack – Capturing the Human Spirit Filomena Jack (left) works with Carrie Jefferds of Belmont Library at an EXCEL digitial literacy training this past year. Today is Filomena’s last day at STLS. We wish her the very best! Wow! What
I recently sat in a on a conference call in which one of the topics of discussion was Project Outcome. I would like to provide a few details with regards to this new initiative from the Public Library Association. What is it? Project Outcome is a tool that helps public libraries understand and share the impact of
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