[Publib] Re: core library services

[Andy Barnett]

>Core services can only be determined after you identify your 
>mission. If you are running a free bookstore / DVD outlet, you have 
>a different set of core services than if you are an educational 
>institution. For example, you don't need any professionals, just a 
>director and a bunch of clerks.

Strategy/mission first, then operational matters, finally tactics. 
Librarians tend to focus on this backwards, starting with tactics, 
thus never getting to a real strategy. In defending and defining your 
institution, it is vital to start with the basics - your library's 
mission. Nothing else will earn you public funding.



Andy Barnett, Asst. Director            McMillan Memorial Library
490 East Grand Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494
                 www.mcmillanlibrary.org
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that 
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