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STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARY. Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference March 12-14, 2009. STATE OF OUR BUDGET. Overview 2008-09 Budget Mid-Year Cuts Concerns. STATE LIBRARY BUDGET OVERVIEW.
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STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARY Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference March 12-14, 2009
STATE OF OUR BUDGET • Overview • 2008-09 Budget • Mid-Year Cuts • Concerns
STATE LIBRARY BUDGET OVERVIEW State funding $9,710,094Self-generated $20,905 Federal funding $2,936,757Total budget $12,682,196 Total Budget FY08-09
OTHER CHARGES • Book Festival $250,000 • ILL $210,000 • SOLINET $90,000 • Databases $1,109,674 • LD workshops $70,000 • iPrism $8,000 • Bibliostat $7,000 • KLAS $17,500
OTHER CHARGES CONT’D • Children’s $50,000 • Admin $2,000 • Horizon $18,000 • State Aid $3,000,000 • Internet $500,000 • Utah Braille $16,875 • Books & Mat'ls $360,614 Total Other Charges $5,709,663
MID-YEAR BUDGET CUTS • Salaries (7 vacancies) $336,937 • Operating Services (postage) $32,000 • Supplies $3008 • Other Charges $116,909 • Total $488,854
BUDGET CONCERNS FOR FY 2009-2010 • Book Festival • Loss of some student positions • 7 unfunded positions • Acquisitions • Internet funding • State Aid
OSL BENEFITS TO LIBRARIES • Databases $1,109,674 • ILL $210,000 • Lanter $220,000 • Internet $500,000 • State Aid $3,000,000 • SBPH $857,750 • Wkshp & Childr $120,000 • TOTAL = $6,017,424
Public Library Update • 121 of 339 libraries closed after Katrina & Rita • 326 of 338 are open today – 4 hurricanes later • 13 are in Gates temporary facilities • Temporary building will open in New Orleans by Summer 2009
Gustav & Ike: Everyone Better Prepared • Contact information • Web site ready-to-go • Blog • Backup server in Monroe • New IT infrastructure
IT Preparations: Used • Generator Power • Server Room • Backups • Backup server • Disaster website • Wireless access
IT Preparations: Not Used • Matching servers so hardware was interchangeable • Secured non-essential servers in closet • Core services backed up identically on all servers • Tape backups stored in safe, in closet and off site • Inexpensive backup hard drive
Next Steps • More functionality needed for backup server in Monroe • Set up command center with cable, Internet, computers, phones, printer, etc. • Develop pre-written press releases and media alerts for local media
CHILDREN’S SERVICES • Summer Reading Program • Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award • Children’s Collection Development
LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL • Premier celebration of books and reading in Louisiana • This year featured more than 125 authors along with exhibitions, performances, and demonstrations for all ages • Nearly 21,000 visitors from across the nation attended the 2008 festival • Will be held October 17, 2009
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS • Louisiana Gumbo Project • Louisiana Voices • Talking Books
TECHNOLOGY • Databases • Internet Upgrades • Early Literacy Workstations • Training and Consulting
OTHER ITEMS • New ILL System • Staffing • State Library Improvements • Statewide Staff Day • Public Library Site Visits
WHAT’S COMING… • Summer Reading Program • Support Staff Certification • Leadership Grant • 2009 Exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings
CHILDRENS’ SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2009 • Recently joined the Collaborative Summer Library Program, a grassroots consortium of 47 states all working together to provide the best summer reading program possible www.cslpreads.org
TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2009 • First ever TSR manual • First time the State Library has been able to offer LA libraries teen incentives including: T-Shirts, Book-Bags, and a variety of other TSR themed prizes
ADULT READING PROGRAM • First ever state sponsored Adult Summer Reading Program in 2009 • Theme: “Master the Art of Reading”
Support Staff Certification • Library Support Staff Certification Program • National program funded by IMLS and ALA • Help standardize expectations for support staff and master job competencies • Providing content for one of the core competencies • State Library participating in pilot test. (March-November 2009) • Program will launch January 2, 2010
Leadership Grant • Executive Leadership Training for Louisiana Public Librarians • Provides statewide training program tailored for public library leaders and potential leaders • Funded through a grant from IMLS matched by the State Library • Phase 1 completed in the Fall • Phase 2 set to begin this Spring
Exhibit • 2009 Exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings • Coming late summer from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Also in the Works… • Distance education options for public libraries • Websites for all public libraries • Update State Library website and Extranet • State Librarian is teaching Public Libraries course at LSU-SLIS this semester • Secure grant for statewide tutoring
We’d Like to Hear from YOU • Our 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