Strategic planning for results / Sandra Nelson for the Public Library Association.

"Sandra Nelson, senior editor of the Results series, focuses on the essential steps for drafting a results-driven, strategic planning process that libraries can complete over the course of four months, regardless of regardless of organizational structure or size. Reflecting on the current plann...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Sandra S.
Corporate Author: Public Library Association
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 2008.
Edition:Fully revised edition.
Series:PLA results series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Plan to plan
  • Identify service priorities
  • Set the stage
  • Describe the future
  • Communicate the plan
  • The rest of the story
  • Be an informed citizen : local, national, and world affairs
  • Build successful enterprises : business and nonprofit support
  • Celebrate diversity : cultural awareness
  • Connect to the online world : public internet access
  • Create young readers : early literacy
  • Discover your roots : genealogy and local history
  • Express creativity : create and share content
  • Get facts fast : ready reference
  • Know your community : community resources and services
  • Learn to read and write : adult, teen, and family literacy
  • Make career choices : job and career development
  • Make informed decisions : health, wealth, and other life choices
  • Satisfy curiosity : lifelong learning
  • Stimulate imagination : reading, viewing, and listening for pleasure
  • Succeed in school : homework help
  • Understand how to find, evaluate, and use information : information fluency
  • Visit a comfortable place : physical and virtual spaces
  • Welcome to the united states : services for new immigrants
  • Groups : identifying options
  • Groups : reaching agreement
  • Library communication
  • Presenting data
  • Workforms.