There is something about being a library director that leads friends and customers to believe you’ve read every book on the library’s shelves, or that you read only “good” books, as in exemplary literature. I assure you I do not live up to either of those lofty goals, but people still tend to apologize to […]
The building is finished, now what? We’ve been working on a new Strategic Plan this year, which will serve as our guidebook for the next three years. In my first library director job in California some years back, I inherited a 20-year plan. When I first tried to say tactfully that a 20-year plan was […]
I started to write a much more lighthearted blog post, but what’s in my mind right now are the numerous questions I’m receiving concerning safety and security. Today’s libraries are more than just books and movies, and places where programs and classes abound for all ages. They are all of those wonderful things, but also […]
