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Our recent Strategic Planning meetings included talk of the Public Library Associations proposed Planning for Results Service Responses. How does our library meet (or not meet, dare say) the needs of our community with the resources, programs, and services we provide? Details aside, Jenn and I shook out our Web site to see how we fit into each of the proposed Service Responses. We’ve got some great staff-authored indexes, original content, and program information on our Web site and much of it serves one or more of the 18 Responses. It’s one long list, so grab a bottle, cup, or can of whatever keeps you going and take a look around our Web site. We’re open 24/7.
- Be Informed Citizens: Local, National, and World Affairs
- Build Successful Enterprises: Business and Non-Profit Support
- Celebrate Diversity: Cultural Awareness
- Connect to the Online World: Public Internet Access
- Create Young Readers: Early Literacy
- Discover Your Roots: Genealogy and Local History
- Express Creativity: Create and Share Content
- Get Facts Fast: Ready Reference
- Know Your Community: Community Resources and Services
- Learn to Read and Write: Adult, Teen, and Family Literacy
- Make Career Choices: Job and Career Development
- Make Informed Decisions: Health, Wealth, and Other Life Choices
- Satisfy Curiosity: Lifelong Learning
- Stimulate Imagination: Reading, Viewing and Listening for Pleasure
- Succeed in School: Homework Help
- Understand How to Find, Evaluate, and Use Information: Information Fluency
- Visit a Comfortable Place: Physical and Virtual Spaces
- Facilities and Floor Maps
- Meeting Rooms
- Permanent Art Collection
- Computer Resources for Adults and Teens
- Computer Lab
- Laptop computers
- Wireless Internet access
- Computer Resources for Kids
- Computer Lab
- Homework computers
- Preschool computers
- Adapted computer for children with disabilities
- Welcome to the United States: Services for New Immigrants
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My name is Ruth and I am a technology coordinator at a large public library in the town where I grew up. I also have another title that’s so long I can’t remember all of the words and their order. It has something to do with Library 2.0, innovation, implementation, and change. I share that very long title with my colleague, Jenn.
The Utopian Library has existed in my mind for several years as a place where library enthusiasts can gather to work, play, learn, and share what they know about what they do best. I’ve always envisioned that my next job would be at The Utopian Library. Since no such place exists in brick and mortar, I created its virtual space while sitting in the lobby of the Crystal City Hyatt between sessions at Computers in Libraries 2007. I’ve been inspired by the work and wisdom of CiL2007 presenters and dinner companions, bar buddies, twitterers, and flickrphiles who made the week so enjoyable.
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Thank you Skokie Public Library for the best examples of identifying services delivered under the PLA Service Responses.