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• 3: Physical Plant
• 4: Planning & Personnel
• 5: Collections & Library Services

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• Physical Plant
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• Collection Management
• Intellectual Freedom
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Resources - All topics

Governance

• Library Laws and Regulations
• Library Systems in New York State
• Useful Websites

Financial Management

• Essentials
• NY Library Development
• IRS
• Other NYS Resources

Physical Plant

• Barrier Free Libraries
• Capital Campaigns
• Children’s and Teen Space Planning
• Disaster Planning
• Needs Assessment
• Space Planning
• Wayfinding

Planning

• Planning and Assessment
• General Resources and Online Tutorials for Community and Public Relations Strategies
• Advocacy
• Getting the Word Out in the Media
• Quotes, Talking Points, Photos, Clipart, Bookmarks, etc.

Human Resources

• General Resources
• Compensation
• Staffing and Supervision
• Professional Development
• Managing Employee Job Performance
• Employment Laws and Regulations

Friends Groups

• Essential References
• Friends Groups around the State and the Country
• Sample Membership Forms
• Websites to Facilitate Activities
• Regulations

Collection Management

• Tutorials and other General Resources
• Sample Collection Development Policies
• Materials Selection
  • Review Journals
  • Graphic Novels
  • Distributors
  • Resources for websites
  • Making the Most of a Small Budget
  • Online Databases
• Weeding
  • Criteria and Process
  • Identifying Rare Books and purchasing out of print books
  • Repair, Replace, or Discard?

• Essential References
• Celebrating the Freedom to Read
• ALA's Intellectual Freedom Statements and Policies
• Laws
• Intellectual Freedom Policy
• Resources for Addressing Challenges
• Youth and Intellectual Freedom

Library Services

• General Resources
• Book Awards - Adult
• Book Awards - Youth
• Children's Literature
• Book Groups
• Graphic Novels
• Information Literacy
• Online Booklists - Youth
• New Directions in Library Service
• Reader's Advisory - Adults
• Reader's Advisory - Youth
• Reference
• Teen Services
• Youth Services

Additional Topics

• Continuing Education
• Sample Policies

Training Session Scenes

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Last Updated: April 26, 2007