The New Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach

Nelson, Sandra S

ISBN 10: 0838935044 / ISBN 13: 9780838935040

Editore: ALA Editions, 2001

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing. Codice articolo BSM.X42R

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Using the language of management, Nelson (a management consultant and trainer in public library planning) guides the reader through the system of steps she's devised for preparing and implementing a library's operative plan. The revised edition is shorter, both in the size of the book (now limited to one volume) and the time line for planning, which is four to five months instead of nine. The steps teach how to prepare, imagine, design, build, communicate, and implement a plan with a separate section devoted to strategies for public library service responses in many areas including literacy, government information, community referral, and providing a commons. Forms are included to guide the process. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Description: A classic resource, Planning for Results has long served to help public librarians envision, evaluate, and respond to community needs with distinctive programs and services. The New Planning for Results continues that tradition in an all-in-one guide that outlines a tested, results-driven planning process - revamped and streamlined to enable libraries to respond quickly to rapidly changing environments. Nelson's brand new approach focuses on the essential steps necessary to draft a forward-looking plan for any public library, regardless of organizational structure or size. New to this edition is an information-gathering toolkit for performing research and using customer surveys to provide a higher, more responsive level of service. The recommended planning time line has been reduced from eight to ten months down to four months in this edition and the previous twenty-three planning tasks have been combined to make twelve. Dynamic and flexible, adaptable and easy to implement, the planning process reflected here will help libraries, with budgets from shoestring to generous, anticipate and prepare for change. Benefit from improvements to the process based on feedback from librarians around the country as you learn how to: Design a planning process, customized to your setting, with the help of Nelson's do's and don'ts, in-depth case study, and sample forms. Utilize toolkit resources to plan your route, reach consensus, and keep staff informed. Use the 13 workforms to simplify, organize, explain, and implement the process. Gather and present data clearly and effectively to generate community support, Allocate resources based on current and future needs. With the tools in The New Planning for Results, librarians will be equipped to react swiftly by surveying the environment and transforming services to effectively meet changing community needs.

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Titolo: The New Planning for Results: A Streamlined ...
Casa editrice: ALA Editions
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good
Edizione: seconda edizione