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The Frugal Librarian : Thriving in Tough Economic Times /
This collection speaks to universal concerns, presenting creative and resourceful solutions from dozens of librarians representing a wide variety of institutions.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
American Library Association,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. Helping patrons job search
- Knowledge-based job hunting and interview preparation / Michael A. Germano
- Start your job search here / Jason Kuhl
- pt. 2. Librarian survival
- Entrepreneurs in the library : how an entrepreneurial spirit expanded the patron base and elevated its political standing / James Lund
- Laid off? Here's one way to land on your feet / J. James Mancuso
- Low- and no-cost development opportunities for librarians / Colleen S. Harris
- Online resources in Michigan : a school librarian survives hard times / Margaret Lincoln
- pt. 3. Grants
- Grant proposals for the working librarian : from idea to implementation / Lois Stickell and Lisa Nickel
- Tools for grant searching / Victoria Lynn Packard
- Writing grant proposals for diverse populations / Vandella Brown
- pt. 4. Programming
- Creating and sustaining community-focused programs / Wayne Finley and Joanna Kluever
- Nothing to lose : creative programming for the frugal librarian / Lisa A Forrest
- pt. 5. Sharing
- Increasing resources in tough times : a new funding model for the Purdue University career Wiki / George Bergstrom and May Dugan
- Innovating and saving with joint-use libraries / Emily Dill
- Multitype regional library responses to the economic crisis / Tom Taylor
- Museum passes : a low-cost, high-impact partnership / Rebecca Tuck and Lisa Fraser
- Saving by sharing : using open-source and shared catalogs to do more with less / John Helling
- pt. 6 Management
- Bringing the outside back in : creative and cost-effective outreach strategies / Kacy Vega and Kim Becnel
- Cost factors in digital projects : a model useful in other applications / Lisa L. Crane
- Data-driven cancellation decisions / Leslie Farison
- Green information technology saves money, saves resources / Sarah Passonneau
- Managing staff stress during budget crises : lessons for library managers / Colleen S. Harris and Mary Chimato
- Student assistants : maximize effectiveness through coordinated training / Ken Johnson and Sue Hisle
- pt. 7. On-the-job success
- Bidding service contracts in public libraries / Tom Cooper
- Digital projects on a shoestring / Emily Asch
- Developing partnerships for added value / Aline Soules and Sarah Nielson
- Organizing in the streets and in the stacks : a grassroots movement saves neighborhood libraries / Edgar C. Bailey Jr.
- Turning gifts and discards into gold / Robert Holley
- A small school library meets the economic challenge / Colleen Driscoll
- pt. 8. Staffing
- Leveraging internal resources to fill library staff shortages temporarily / Marwin Britto
- Making good by making do : using student staff to drive library technology innovation / Gwen Evans
- Tiered staffing for technical services / Mary S. Laskowski and Fang Huang Gao
- We're all in this together : solutions for creative staffing / Heidi Blackburn and Erin Davis
- pt. 9. Professional development
- Building sustainable professional development opportunities in technology literacy / Marwin Britto
- $40 a day, or attending library conferences on the cheap / Regina Koury.