Operations

To serve communities well in today’s challenging environment, libraries must deploy limited resources for maximum impact; refine staffing and workforce development policies, and utilize the expertise of trustees to secure community support.

This category recognizes innovations in board development and governance; acquiring new and supplemental resources, including use of Foundations and Friend’s Groups for advocacy and fundraising purposes; as well as staff development and optimized facilities management policies.

Operations

Open Libraries Initiative

Despite cuts in funding and staffing, Brooklyn Public Library significantly expanded public service hours in September 2011. The expansion was a result of the Open Libraries Initiative, a comprehensive six-month study designed to better understand the impact that recent operational improvements have had on the Library’s ability to deliver service. Read More ›

Operations

eGovernance Implementation

Mid-Continent Public Library implemented a system to conduct board meetings and share documents using a paperless eGovernance solution. This system provides better transparency, efficiency, and access, and allows the Library to hold live public meetings via the Internet. Read More ›

Operations

Friends of the Library Education and Advocacy Training

Establish, enhance and maintain a library education and advocacy training initiative focusing on short and long-range advocacy goals with the Friends of Sacramento Public Library. The Friends provide an umbrella 501(c)3, which covers 30 affiliate Friends groups representing 28 branches, a bookmobile, and Alt+Library programming for the Millennial demographic. Read More ›

Library Card Account Resolution Process ›
Dayton Metro Library, OH

From Zero to a Library in 8 Easy Months ›
Pierce County Library System, WA

Boutique Fundraising ›
Sno-Isle Libraries, WA

Asset Management Plan (AMP) ›
Calgary Public Library, AL

eGovernance Implementation ›
Mid-Continent Public Library, MO

Facilities Master Plan ›
Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH

Renewal Expenditure Prioritization To ›
Ottawa Public Library, AL

Creating Space ›
Memphis Public Library & Information Center, TN

Open Libraries Initiative ›
Brooklyn Public Library, NY

Friends of the Library Education and Advocacy Training ›
Sacramento Public Library, CA

LAPL's Innovation Leadership Program ›
Los Angeles Public Library, CA

A Full Service Event Venue for the Central Library ›
Sacramento Public Library Authority, CA

Recycling ›
Memphis Public Library, TN