STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARY

STATE OF THE STATE STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARYLIBRARY

Rebecca HamiltonState LibrarianLouisiana Library Association Annual ConferenceMarch 12-14, 2009

STATE OF OUR BUDGET

Overview 2008-09 Budget Mid-Year Cuts Concerns

STATE LIBRARY BUDGET OVERVIEW

State funding $9,710,094Self-generated $20,905 Federal funding $2,936,757Total budget $12,682,196

Total Budget FY08-09Total Budget FY08-09

CURRENT FY 2008-09 BUDGET

Personnel

Travel

Operating Svs

Supplies

Prof Svs

Other charges

Acquisitions

IAT

OTHER CHARGES

Book Festival $250,000 ILL $210,000 SOLINET $90,000 Databases $1,109,674 LD workshops $70,000 iPrism $8,000 Bibliostat $7,000 KLAS $17,500

OTHER CHARGES CONT’D

Children’s $50,000 Admin $2,000 Horizon $18,000 State Aid $3,000,000 Internet $500,000 Utah Braille $16,875 Books & Mat'ls $360,614

Total Other Charges $5,709,663

OSL OPERATING BUDGET

Personnel

Travel

Operating Svs

Supplies

Prof Svs

Other charges

Acquisitions

IAT

MID-YEAR BUDGET CUTS

Salaries (7 vacancies) $336,937 Operating Services (postage) $32,000 Supplies $3008 Other Charges $116,909 Total $488,854

BUDGET CONCERNS FOR FY 2009-2010

Book Festival Loss of some student positions 7 unfunded positions Acquisitions Internet funding State Aid

OSL BENEFITS TO LIBRARIES

Databases $1,109,674 ILL $210,000 Lanter $220,000 Internet $500,000 State Aid $3,000,000 SBPH $857,750 Wkshp & Childr $120,000 TOTAL = $6,017,424

HURRICANES 2008

Public Library Update

121 of 339 libraries closed after Katrina & Rita 326 of 338 are open today – 4 hurricanes later 13 are in Gates temporary facilities Temporary building will open in New Orleans

by Summer 2009

Gustav & Ike: Everyone Better Prepared

Contact information Web site ready-to-go Blog Backup server in

Monroe New IT infrastructure

IT Preparations: Used

Generator Power Server Room Backups Backup server Disaster website Wireless access

IT Preparations: Not Used

1. Matching servers so hardware was interchangeable

2. Secured non-essential servers in closet

3. Core services backed up identically on all servers

4. Tape backups stored in safe, in closet and off site

5. Inexpensive backup hard drive

Next Steps

More functionality needed for backup server in Monroe

Set up command center with cable, Internet, computers, phones, printer, etc.

Develop pre-written press releases and media alerts for local media

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Summer Reading Program Louisiana Young Reader’s

Choice Award Children’s Collection

Development

LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL

Premier celebration of books and reading in Louisiana

This year featured more than 125 authors along with exhibitions, performances, and demonstrations for all ages

Nearly 21,000 visitors from across the nation attended the 2008 festival

Will be held October 17, 2009

LA BOOK FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE

7,50010,000

12,000 12,500

15,800

21,000

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Louisiana Gumbo Project

Louisiana Voices Talking Books

SBPH

196,257

186,582

181,977

186,341

170,000

175,000

180,000

185,000

190,000

195,000

200,000

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

TECHNOLOGY

Databases Internet Upgrades Early Literacy

Workstations Training and Consulting

OTHER ITEMS

New ILL System Staffing State Library Improvements Statewide Staff Day Public Library Site Visits

WHAT’S COMING…

Summer Reading Program Support Staff Certification Leadership Grant 2009 Exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate:

America and the Nazi Book Burnings

Collaborative Summer Library Program

Recently joined the Collaborative Summer Library Program, a grassroots consortium of 47 states all working together to provide the best summer reading program possible

www.cslpreads.org

CHILDRENS’ SUMMER CHILDRENS’ SUMMER READING PROGRAM READING PROGRAM

20092009

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2009

First ever TSR manual First time the State Library has been able

to offer LA libraries teen incentives including: T-Shirts, Book-Bags, and a variety of other TSR themed prizes

ADULT READING PROGRAM First ever state sponsored Adult Summer

Reading Program in 2009 Theme: “Master the Art of Reading”

Support Staff Certification

Library Support Staff Certification Program National program funded by IMLS and ALA Help standardize expectations for support staff

and master job competencies Providing content for one of the core

competencies State Library participating in pilot test. (March-

November 2009) Program will launch January 2, 2010

Leadership Grant

Executive Leadership Training for Louisiana Public Librarians Provides statewide training program tailored for

public library leaders and potential leaders Funded through a grant from IMLS matched by

the State Library Phase 1 completed in the Fall Phase 2 set to begin this Spring

Exhibit

2009 Exhibit: Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings Coming late summer from the United States

Holocaust Memorial Museum

Also in the Works…

Distance education options for public libraries Websites for all public libraries Update State Library website and Extranet State Librarian is teaching Public Libraries

course at LSU-SLIS this semester Secure grant for statewide tutoring

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