Jim is Director of the Central Kansas Library System and the Great Bend Public Library, as well as author of Librarian's Guide to Genealogical Research, Automating Small Libraries, Fundraising for the Small Library, and Working Together. He also teaches basic genealogy classes for the Great Bend Recreation Commission. It starts with the basics and touches all the bases along the way.
Programs are also available for the public.
The presentation covers assessing the need for automation, planning and selecting an automation system, data conversion, installation and training, orienting the users to the system, and evaluation. 1- 2 hours. In fairly specific details it outlines proven activities on how to organize a capital campaign, how to get more money from the governing body, increasing funding through referenda, organizing a friends group and a foundation, how to decide on and secure the services of a professional fundraiser, using direct mail effectively, and much more. Librarians and their trustees often find themselves in competition over the same turf, when they should be working together. This presentation covers all the bases, including how to create job descriptions for both librarians and trustees.