SALS and the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library (CPH) are co-sponsoring an information sharing meeting on the topic of Library Friends in October.
Your library does not need to have a Friends group to participate; just an interest in learning more about what local Friends groups do.

Topics to be discussed and shared at the meeting will be:
• How to form a Friends Group
• Fundraising
• Advocacy: Friends, Trustees and library staff working together to meet community needs
• Programs, Services, Events and Partnerships

Please help us reach our target audience — library staff, trustees, volunteers and friends.
• Spread the word to save the date: October 22, 2008; 10am to Noon, CPH Library
• We want to formally invite representatives from your library. Please send me the names and mailing addresses of people you would like to see attend (you may include yourself). We will send everyone a formal invitation in early September.

Please reply no later than Friday, August 8, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Ferriss.

Library staff and trustees were asked to complete a satisfaction and use survey as required by the SALS Plan of Service 2007-2010. Forty seven people completed the survey. Here are the survey highlights.

100% of the respondents were satisfied with SALS services.

SALS services rated the most used, and most valued:

• Polaris and Polaris support
• Delivery and Interlibrary Loan among the membership
• Acquisitions, Cataloging and Processing
• Continuing Education

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Help SALS celebrate 50 years of service by sharing your photographs of programs, activities, people and your building.

Photos can be emailed to Jennifer or uploaded onto your Flickr account. Please become a SALS contact on Flickr by clicking here: salsmembers . You can also join our group.

If you don’t have a Flickr account, remember to take advantage of SALS DIY days. All you need to do is email Jennifer with a time and day that you would like to work on a technology project at SALS. You will be able to work one-on- one with a SALS staff member at your convenience away from the hustle and bustle of your library.