LSTA - GRANTS CURRENT DATES January 14 – Announcement Mid-February – Webcast May 1 – Grants will be due July 1 – Award letters

Statewide Reference Project Update INTRO Over the past several months, we have been creating a plan for rethinking and retooling the Statewide Reference model. Our plan has been built on past surveys and studies, and is designed to gather more data to complete our understanding of information usage, and to create a process that will help us truly innovate how we can best provide information services to our communities. THE PLAN STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5 DEC-MARCH 2008 DATA COLLECTION APRIL 2008 THINK TANK PREP FALL 2008 THINK TANK CLA 2008 STATEWIDE INPUT END 2008-2009 BUILDING IT ZOGBY polls to understand how Californians find and use info. Poll I via email was completed in January 2008 Poll 2 link via library websites statewide to be completed in March 2008. Think Tank Creators group to meet with futurist facilitators to design a statewide reference think tank process. This group will also look at all of the data gathered relating to statewide ref., and develop new combinations to help the think tank be more informed. Participants from across the state will gather for 1 ½ days to think about information trends and data, and create 3 scenarios for what statewide ref. could become. Presentations at CLA and other venues will be given to share data and the 3 scenarios. Input from participants will be gathered. They will be asked to identify what scenarios or pieces of scenarios they think would be most beneficial to all. A Builders Group will be formed to analyze the feedback from the input sessions, and to develop an action plan for creating the new statewide reference model. NEXT STEP MAKING IT HAPPEN

More Statewide Input WEBCAST JANUARY 16, 2009 Presentation about Statewide Information Services Project Opportunity to vote for concepts that we should pursue as next steps.

Next steps Develop an action plan for creating pilot projects Builders Group Review Scenarios Analyze Input Develop an action plan for creating pilot projects Target date: by end of FY2009

Town Hall Meetings: Resource Sharing

Town Hall Meetings Register @ http://califa.org/townhall.php Dates and Locations December 8:      San Jose Public Library: Martin Luther King, Jr. Library December 10:    Solano County: Fairfield Civic Center Library December 15:    Shasta Public Library: Redding January 6:            San Diego County Library January 7:            Burbank Public Library January 8:            Fresno County Public Library: Fowler Branch January 15: Sacramento Public Library: South Natomas Branch