Executive Summary of SALS 2009 Survey Responses

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

100% of the respondents are satisfied with our services.

SALS services rated the most used and most valued:

  • Polaris and Polaris support
  • Delivery and resource sharing among the membership
  • Continuing Education and Consulting
  • Acquisitions, Cataloging and Processing

Chart 1 – Use and Value of SALS services

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Effective Meetings Workshop

Meetings are a fact of work life. Meetings can advance understanding and informed decisions – or feed frustration and waste time. In “Control Is Not A Dirty Word: Effective Meeting Management,” Upper Hudson Library System presents a workshop in which you will learn how to:

o Determine when to hold a meeting

o Design a meeting to get the outcome you want

o Keep the meeting on track by managing difficult personalities, conflicts, and interruptions

o Positively influence productivity of meetings you are attending but not running

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ALA and Scholastic Library Publishing 2010 National Library Week Grant

Libraries across the United States are invited to apply for the $3,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2010 National Library Week theme, “Communities thrive @ your library®.”

The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA).

This year’s application deadline is October 16, 2009.   National Library Week is April 11-17, 2010.

For more information visit the ALA press release