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STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARY. Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference March 12-14, 2009. STATE OF OUR BUDGET. Overview 2008-09 Budget Mid-Year Cuts Concerns. STATE LIBRARY BUDGET OVERVIEW. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
0
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
We’d Like to Hear from YOU Our questions:
What more can we do for you? What can we do better? What should we stop doing?
Grade our services, response time and professionalism
Share your vision with us Give us feedback on our common goals
