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Hennen's Public Library Planner:
A Manual and Interactive CD-ROM
Thomas J. Hennen Jr.
ISBN:
1-55570-487-5. 2004 .
8 1/2 x 11. 300 pp. $125.
Read the preface and
Chapter 1, then
Order it
from Neal-Schuman publisher.
 For any journey, it is always best to have a map.
For libraries and librarians, that map is often a living document that
speaks to where the organization is today, where the planners intend to take it
in the future, and how to get there. Here
is a structured tool for your public library’s planning process.
With Coverage in key issues—budgeting, governance and administration,
electronic services, collection development, technology, access and facilities,
staffing and personnel—a wide range of checklist s assess the quality of everything from the library
director, the integrated system, or even the meeting facilities.
Reference tables help evaluate your library’s needs for FTE staffing,
collection holdings, hours of operation, material expenditures, and more (even
better, the CD-ROM calculates many of these numbers for your particular
library). Policy development is covered with sample mission statements
and policies for Volunteers and Friends, Internet Use, Disasters, and more, for
large and small libraries alike. The
step-by-step structure answers key questions of how to create a committee, how
to create long-range directives, and how to communicate the results.
The numbers games of statistics, data, surveys, and even percentile
comparisons are tackled in a simple manner.
The companion, interactive CD-ROM features more than 50 checklists and
“fill in the blank” forms. This
is an essential resource for charting and navigating your public library’s
future.
Library
Journal calls the book a "must for library planners," adding that it is
"[an] excellent jargon-free planning guide...highly recommended."
HAPLR web site: http://www.haplr-index.com/
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