Executive Summary of SALS 2008 Survey

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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Calling All Photographers

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.

SALS 50th Annual Dinner

Over 180 trustees, staff and friends attended the Southern Adirondack Library System’s 50th annual dinner meeting in Saratoga Springs, NY. Recognition and awards for service were presented during the business meeting. Everyone was entertained by Nancy Pearl who ended the evening by sharing with us “The pleasures and perils of a life of reading.”

Check out some photos from the evening by clicking here.

Recognition and awards:

SALS board member service:
Meade Hutchins, Tonie Franz, & Paul Mays

SALS staff 10 years of service:
Candie Donovan, Linda DeMayo, Mary Hanley and Bill Rougier

Library Program of the Year:
Greenwich Free Library: “Only the message mattered”
Saratoga Springs Public Library: “Stengthening families”

Library Trustee of the Year:
Cynthia Fosberry, Hadley Luzerne Public Library
Joseph E. Mastrianni, Bolton Free Library