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    Director’s Thoughts – 11/15/2023

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    Since I’m in the throes of budget season, I’ve thought about little else for the past few months other than our library’s budget. So for today’s director’s thoughts – 11/15/2023, let’s learn about public library funding. I live and work in Pennsylvania, so most of this information pertains to public…

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    Federal Budget Cuts, or What Is the IMLS?

    As I promised in a previous post, this is not a blog to become political, but it is a blog to be educated about library issues and this issue is too big to ignore. This post is longer than usual, but I really want people to understand what the IMLS…

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    Funding – A Never Ending Battle

    With a fundraiser for our library happening on Saturday, finances, budgets and money has been on my mind, especially after receiving an email this morning inviting me to attend the National Library Legislative Day the weekend of May 3 – 5 in Washington DC to talk with representatives, senators and…

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    Advocacy – The Easy Way

    I’m so proud of myself – I actually read through Children & Libraries (the spring 2015 edition) already!  There were lots of interesting articles, but the one that stood out to me the most was “It’s How You Say It” written by Jenna Nemec-Loise about the importance of using value-based…

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    Weathering the Storm

    As I was trolling other blogs that I try to keep up with, I found this inforgraphic that I felt the need to share.  It was very relevant to me, I just finished a summer course in Public Budgeting and Finance where I was required to write an 8 –…