san francisco public library partnerships project
TRANSCRIPT
THE PLAN:
1.Survey libraries for existing partnerships
2.Do a gap study
3.Make recommendations
4.Train
5.Celebrate
PROGRESS (Up to October Eureka Meeting)
• Had finished initial round of presentations,
• Had finished initial interviews, data collection.
• Reconsidering use of technology: wiki vs. database
• Waiting for grant funds to arrive
ROADBLOCK:
• Financial crisis hits
• City Government gets jitters; imposes spending barriers.
• Library must get Board of Supes and Mayor’s approval to expend grant money.
• Finance Dept. balks
PROGRESS:
• Chief of Main Library steps up.
• Everything repeated again, with “Whereas’” statements applied.
• Board of Supes approves.
PROGRESS:
• Started outline of report to Administration• Started “Partnership Toolkit” training materials