Reporting to the Community

Seattle Public Library reports on the results of its 10-year building program "Libraries for All".
http://www.spl.org/pdfs/libraries_for_all_report.pdf

Technology Trends

Consoles, Clikers and Chat: Tools for the Library of Today [The Alliance for Information Science and Technology Innovation]
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/hubbardj/aisti/print.pdf

Stephen's Lighthouse

Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix Institute Chief Strategist and the past-President of the Canadian and Ontario Library Associations. He was listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries. His blog for library professionals is Stephen's Lighthouse: http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/

Libraries to Watch

In planning for our future, we need to be aware of what other library systems are doing in terms of innovation and trend-setting. These are some of the libraries that stand out as libraries to watch.

Richmond Public Library http://www.yourlibrary.ca/index_ie6.cfm
Ann Arbor District Library http://www.aadl.org/
Carnegie Library of Pittsurgh http://www.clpgh.org/
Charlotte-Meckleburg http://www.plcmc.org/
Cuyahoga http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/
Fayetteville http://www.faylib.org/
Gail Borden http://www.gailborden.info/m/
Hennepin http://www.hclib.org/
King County http://www.kcls.org/index.cfm
Maricopa http://www.mcldaz.org/default.aspx
Multnomah http://www.multcolib.org/index.html
Orange County http://www.ocls.info/Default.asp?bhcp=1
San Jose http://www.sjlibrary.org/