The thriving library : successful strategies for challenging times / Marylaine Block.

"Here is a highly readable guide to strategies and projects that have helped over 100 public libraries gain community support and funding during challenging times. Marylaine Block integrates survey responses from innovative library directors with her research, analysis, and extended interviews...

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Main Author: Block, Marylaine, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Medford, N.J. : Information Today, [2007]
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Summary:"Here is a highly readable guide to strategies and projects that have helped over 100 public libraries gain community support and funding during challenging times. Marylaine Block integrates survey responses from innovative library directors with her research, analysis, and extended interviews to showcase hundreds of winning programs and services. The strategies explored include: Youth Services; The Library as Place; Partnerships; Marketing; Stressing the Economic Value; Library 2.0; Outreach; and Helping the Community Achieve Its Aspirations. Projects are described in practitioners own words, with additional examples drawn from libraries long-range plans, annual reports, programs, and Web sites, as well as from news stories and library literature. The result is a rich source of ideas and inspiration for those who want their libraries to thrive, not merely survive."--Publishers description.
Physical Description:xxi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-301) and index.
ISBN:9781573872775
1573872776