STATE OF THE STATE LIBRARY Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference March 11-12, 2010

STATE OF OUR BUDGET  Overview  Budget  Concerns

SLOL BUDGET OVERVIEW Total Budget FY09-10, Revised State funding$6,471,389 Self-generated$40,905 Federal funding$2,936,757 Total budget$9,449,051

CURRENT FY BUDGET Travel Inter Agency Transfers Other Charges Professional Services Supplies Operating Services Personn el 0 Acquisitions

OTHER CHARGES Book Festival$250,000 ILL$210,000 OCLC Cataloging $90,000 Databases$650,000 LD workshops$70,000 Bibliostat$7,000 KLAS$17,500 Children’s$30,000

OTHER CHARGES CONT’D Administration$2,000 Horizon$18,000 State Aid$1,308,878 Technology Audits$25,000 Internet$500,000 Utah Braille$16,875 Books & Materials$271,754 Total Other Charges $3,467,007

SLOL OPERATING BUDGET Travel Inter Agency Transfers Other Charges Professional Services Supplies Operating Services Personn el 0 Acquisitions

SLOL STAFFING Total TO Actual Employees

FY SLOL BENEFITS TO LIBRARIES Databases$650,000 ILL$210,000 Lanter$220,000 Internet $500,000 State Aid$1,308,878 SBPH$850,000 Workshops & Children$100,000 Total $3,838,878

BUDGET CONCERNS FOR FY  State Aid is at $1,028,000  Losing 2 more positions  Expect to be cut an additional $364,306 or 3.8%  Louisiana Book Festival

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CHILDREN’S SERVICES  Summer Reading Program  Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award  Children’s Collection Development

LOUISIANA BOOK FESTIVAL  Premier celebration of books and reading in Louisiana  Ranked 2 nd in Top 25 Book Festivals  2009 over 200 author/panelists  Over 25,500 visitors  Next Date: October 30, 2010

LBF ATTENDANCE

OTHER CENTER FOR THE BOOK PROGRAMMING  Ernest J. Gaines and “Those Twenty-Six Letters” of Influence  The Sultana Sinks as Lincoln’s Funeral Train Crosses America  Letters About Literature writing contest

SBPH DIGITAL PLAYERS  Receives & distributes 150 players every 2 weeks  1,200 distributed, still taking requests  1,600 digital titles; 5,000 copies  Expect to add 2,000 titles this year  Braille & Audio Reading Downloads (BARD) Program

LEADERSHIP GRANT Executive Leadership Training for Louisiana Public Librarians  Phase 3 will be the 1-week institute  Provides statewide training program tailored for public library leaders and potential leaders –Funded through a grant from IMLS matched by SLOL –Now in Phase 2 –Expect to offer Phase 3 in late Summer

OTHER ITEMS  Statewide Staff Day  Public Library Site Visits  Library Support Staff Certification Program (LSSCP)

WHAT’S COMING…

LA LIBRARIES: CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THEIR POTENTIAL  $8,797,668 BTOP stimulus grant  3-year grant  Will be coordinated from the SLOL  Requires 20% in kind match which will be provided primarily by vendors  6-7 contractors added to SLOL IT staff  4 mobile laptop labs for training

STIMULUS GRANT CONT’D Public libraries will receive:  Assistive technology  Laptops to be checked out  Wireless routers for every branch  Over 2,770 training sessions for the general public and library staff  Additional electronic resources: online after school tutoring, career development resources and health and medical database

STIMULUS GRANTS, ROUND 2  State Library will reapply for a second grant: –Upgrade internal public library connections –Improved technology support –Additional high-level technology training for library staff –Partner with community colleges for training sites  Application deadline March 15th.

COLLABORATIVE SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM  Children  Teens  Adults

CHILDRENS’ SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2009

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM 2009

ADULT READING PROGRAM

ALSO IN THE WORKS…  Distance education – Moving from Wimba to AT&T.  Websites for all public libraries  Upgraded bandwidth at SLOL from 3 mbps to 20 mbps.

WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU  Our Questions: –What more can we do for you? –What can we do better? –What should we stop doing?  Grade our services, response time and professionalism  Share your vision with us  Give us feedback on our common goals