[Publib] Budget Cut lists -- Philly Mayor Booed

[Robert Balliot]

The services provided are valuable.  I think the main problem is marketing.
Libraries are being out marketed.  The information marketplace is extremely
competitive.  The same thing is happening in Providence.

I offer for your consideration the first installment of The Library
Marketing Toolkit :
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/library-marketing.html
This section focuses on commercial visual displays.
The next section will focus on on-line marketing of Library Services.
Given the current economic climate, libraries must use all
of the tools available to maintain and promote their vital services.
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Robert L. Balliot
Skype: RBalliot
Bristol, Rhode Island
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Fred Beisser <fredbeisser at mesanetworks.net
> wrote:

> Check this article at http://tinyurl.com/9obk2u reporting that the Philly
> mayor was soundly booed in his suggestion to close 20% of Philadelphia's 54
> libraries.
>
> At the same time, thinking of what our libraries may be in the future, the
> article talks about "knowledge centers." The term actually reflects the
> service that we are already providing as opposed to just maintaining a
> supply of books and magazines to read. The question for us in library
> operations is how to provide valuable outstanding services to individuals,
> very small companies, economic development offices and other users so that
> our constituents recognize what they are receiving and strongly support
> funding for libraries and their centers of knowledge.
>
> Fred Beisser
> Trustee
> www.elbertcountylibrary.org
> (Colorado)
>
>
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