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State of the. State Library. Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Trailblazers September 23, 2011. AGENDA. Budget Overview of FY11-12 Concerns & Issues Accomplishments Initiatives BTOP/Stimulus Grant Update. SLOL CURRENT BUDGET OVERVIEW Total Budget FY10-11. State Funding $5,246,563
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State of the State Library Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Trailblazers September 23, 2011
AGENDA • Budget • Overview of FY11-12 • Concerns & Issues • Accomplishments • Initiatives • BTOP/Stimulus Grant Update
SLOL CURRENT BUDGET OVERVIEWTotal Budget FY10-11 State Funding $5,246,563 Self-generated $40,905 Federal Funding $5,890,404 Total Budget $11,177,872
OTHER CHARGESHIGHLIGHTS ILL $168,400 OCLC Cataloging $48,000 Databases $650,000 LD Workshops $25,000 Bibliostat $7,000 KLAS $18,000 Children’s $20,000
OTHER CHARGES CONT’D IMLS Leadership Grant $60,000 Horizon $16,000 State Aid $896,000 Internet $500,000 Utah Braille $16,000 Books & Materials $202,857 Total Budget $2,627,257
FY 11-12 SLOL BENEFITS TO LIBRARIES Databases $650,000 ILL $168,400 Lanter $220,000 Internet $500,000 State Aid $896,000 Bibliostat $7,000 IMLS Leadership Grant $60,000 BTOP $3,239,208 Workshops & Children $45,000 Total $5,785,608
BUDGET CONCERNS FOR FY 2011-2012 • State Aid went up only slightly • Lost 11 more positions • BTOP Stimulus funding makes our budget look larger • Not meeting MOE
YEAR-END FEDERAL FUNDS: E-BOOKS • Credo Reference • Britannica E-books • Gale Small Business Collection • EBSCO Non-Fiction Collection
OTHER CENTER FOR THE BOOK PROGRAMMING • Letters About Literature • “Ernest J. Gaines and His Louisiana Obsession” • “Just Listen to Yourself” • 2011 Louisiana Writer Award announced
SPECIAL SERVICESFACES OLD AND NEW • New Name • SBPH to TBBL (Talking Books and Braille Library). The emphasis of the name is on the services provided and not on the people served. • Digital books account for almost half of overall TBBL circulation; and, • BARD accounts for 10% of circulation.
OTHER ITEMS • Statewide Staff Day 2012 • Feb. 7 – West Baton Rouge • Feb 9 -- Ruston • IT Staff Technology Visits • More Online Training • Supervision & Management for Support Staff (LSSCP – Certified)
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP GRANT • Executive Leadership Training for Louisiana Public Librarians • Completed Phase 4, Evaluation, in April • Received grant extension from IMLS • Will repeat eight workshops from August 2011 to June 2012
COLLABORATIVE SUMMER READING PROGRAM • Children – Dream Big • Teens – Own the Night • Adults - Between the Covers • 89,548 children and teens participated. • Almost 317,549 attended related programs.
LOUISIANA YOUNG READERS' CHOICE AWARD 28,000 students voted in 2011 for their favorite book. This year's participants read more than 80,000 books.
This year's winners… 3-5th Grade 6-8th Grade Foundby Margaret Paterson Haddix Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery and illustrated by Jean Cassels
LOUISIANA TEEN READERS' CHOICE AWARD 2012 • This is the new high school component for students in grades 9-12. • The State Library has a dedicated web site especially for teens. The site has summaries, guides and videos of the nominees: http://www.state.lib.la.us/ltrc2012/ . • First ballots will be cast February 2012.
Louisiana Libraries: Connecting People to their Potential • Funded by $8.8M competitive BTOP grant • Statewide workforce training • HomeworkLouisiana • Jobs & career resources • Electronic resources • Hardware & software
TRAINING • Most classes in public libraries • 1,925 sessions through June • 10,200 students trained through June • Overall satisfaction rate is very high – hovers about 4.8 -4.9 on a 5-point scale • Training presented or scheduled in 62 of the 64 parishes.
Electronic Resources • Career Cruising • Learning Express • Testing and test preparation • Online computer applications tutorials • Teen Health & Wellness • Worldbook Online • Learning Express: Computer & Internet Basics
Equipment • 10 laptops per parish; • 1 accessible workstation per parish with JAWS and MAGIC software installed; • 1 CCTV reader per parish; • 277 licenses for MAGIC for branches; and, • 1 wireless router for each library building.
WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOUOur Questions: • What more can we do for you? • What can we do better? • What should we stop doing? • Grade our services, response time and professionalism. • Share your vision with us. • Give us feedback on our common goals.
State Library of Louisiana 701 North 4th StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70802 Phone: (225) 342-4923 • Fax: (225) 219-4804 www.state.lib.la.us rhamilton@slol.lib.la.us