Ranganathan 3

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After the Crash
Summer, 2000

• Ranganathan 3

• Rob Darrow
• Evelyn Escatiola
• Nancy Hunt-Coffey
• Enid Irwin
• Linda Karlinsky
• Taeock Kim
• Monique le Conge
• Lisa Moske

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After the Crash - Our Focus

• Elements of the Strategy
• The Strategy
• Differences for an academic or special library

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Elements of the Strategy

• 1. Communication is key
• 2. Reexamine mission and core needs
• 3. Funding options
• 4. Ongoing process

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1. Communication is key - at each step

• communicate with public
• collaboration and partnership with other City
  departments
• collaboration and partnership with other library
  systems

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2. Reexamine mission and core needs

• not across the board
• overlapping revenue strategies

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3. Funding options

• results
• identify alternative sources of funds
• charging vs cutting services

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4. Ongoing process

• data collection, communication, and evaluation
  cycle
• build political support for maintaining services

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The Strategy

• External Information
• survey the public and other target markets
• examine use patterns - anticipating data analysis
  need

• Internal Information
• use staff resources for information and build
  buy in
• examine operating budgets for cuts

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Strategies

• Develop impact statements
• Determine costs include buildings, collections,
  people, technology
• Develop alternative scenarios
• Build support
• Decide and implement

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Differences for an academic or special library

• Communication also key
• partners different
• method different in limited environment
• Reexamine mission and core needs
• external environment different eg. Periodical
  cost
• Funding Options
• different funding sources and structures
• Building political support for maintaining
  services

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Reallocation Model

• Overlapping revenue strategies