Census and Community: Developing a Community Profile



As you well know, all of our communities have groups of people who are underserved, hard to reach or in need of additional services.  Identifying those groups and finding out what their needs are can be a challenge.  And, making decisions about allocating your resources can be difficult.

Library trainer and librarian,  Polly Alida-Farrington will help you find statistical data about your county and community to help you with decision making.

Through hands on practice with different online data sources and through group discussion, you will: Continue reading→

CPLA: Budget and Finance Workshop






Where: Saratoga Springs Public Library, Harry Dutcher Community Room

Gain the skills and knowledge to effectively manage all aspects of the library budget process, presented by Sandra Nelson.

At the end of the training program, participants will be able to assign budget responsibilities, describe the typical sources of library funding, identify typical budget categories, compare and contrast four types of budgets, prepare a program budget from a line-item budget, link the budget process to the library’s strategic planning priorities, develop performance measures and operations indicators for specific library services, complete a cost-benefit analysis, establish fiscal controls and manage their cash flow, evaluate sources of funding for a capital campaign, and develop an effective budget presentation.

SALS’ directors  should look forward to an email mid-summer.  Library managers outside of SALS, please go to the CPLA website for registration.

SALS 5 Year Plan Meeting





The planning process will be facilitated by Sandra Nelson

Where: Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library
Who: Member library directors and their Board presidents

Agenda to be determined.
Lunch will be served