Rebecca Hamilton State Librarian Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference March 16-18, 2011

Budget Overview of Current Budget 2011 – 2012 Projected Budget Concerns & Issues Accomplishments Initiatives BTOP/Stimulus Grant Update

State Funding$5,586,761 Self-generated$40,905 Federal Funding$7,372,675 Total Budget$13,000,341

ILL$168,400 OCLC Cataloging $48,000 Databases$650,000 LD Workshops$25,000 Bibliostat$7,000 KLAS$18,000 Children’s$20,000

IMLS Leadership Grant$120,000 Horizon$16,000 State Aid$874,012 Internet$500,000 Utah Braille$16,000 Books & Materials$202,857 Total Budget$2,665,269

Databases$650,000 ILL$168,400 Lanter$220,000 Internet $500,000 State Aid$874,012 Bibliostat $7,000 IMLS Leadership Grant$120,000 BTOP$3,541,745 Workshops & Children$45,000 Total $6,126,157

State Aid is flat at $874,012 Losing 11 more positions BTOP Stimulus funding makes our budget look larger Not meeting MOE

Letters About Literature Louisiana Writer Award Best of LSU Fiction Continuing Literary Bloodlines: Celebrating the Recipients of the Ernest J. Gaines Award History of Charity Hospitals

Let It Be A Dark Roux Edwin Edwards, Governor of Louisiana: An Authorized Biography by Leo Honeycutt Washed Away? The Invisible Peoples of Louisiana’s Wetlands Reflections of a Vanishing Ecosystem & Culture: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon Ecological Disaster

New Name SBPH to TBBL (Talking Books and Braille Library). The emphasis of the name is on the services provided and not on the people served. New Department Head – Jerome Cummings, Digital books account for almost half of overall TBBL circulation; and, BARD accounts for 10% of circulation.

Executive Leadership Training for Louisiana Public Librarians Currently in Phase 4, Evaluation Assessment meeting is scheduled for April Received grant extension from IMLS Will repeat eight workshops from August 2010 to June 2012 PHASE 4 Evaluation PHASE 3 1 Week Institute PHASE 3 1 Week Institute PHASE 2 8 Workshops PHASE 2 8 Workshops

Statewide Staff Day IT Staff Technology Visits More Online Training Supervision & Management for Support Staff (LSSCP – Certified)

Children - One World, Many Stories Teens - You Are Here Adults - Novel Destinations

28,000 students voted in 2011 for their favorite book. This year's participants read over 80,000 books.

3-5th Grade Two Bobbies by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery and illustrated by Jean Cassels 6-8th Grade Found by Margaret Paterson Haddix

This is the new high school component for students in grades The State Library has a dedicated web site especially for teens. The site has summaries, guides and videos of the nominees: First ballots will be cast February 2012.

Funded by $8.8M competitive BTOP grant Statewide workforce training – over 2500 classes over 3 years in computer applications and soft skills HomeworkLouisiana Jobs & career resources

Most classes in public libraries 1,047sessions through February 5,999 students trained through February Overall satisfaction rate is very high – hovers about on a 5-point scale Training presented or scheduled in 32 parishes. More to come

Career Cruising Learning Express Testing and test preparation Online computer applications tutorials Teen Health & Wellness

10 laptops per parish; 1 accessible workstation per parish with JAWS and MAGIC software installed; 1 CCTV reader per parish; 277 licenses for MAGIC for branches; and, 1 wireless router for each library building.

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

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