1. SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT

2. THE PLAN: 1.Survey libraries for existing partnerships 2.Do a gap study 3.Make recommendations 4.Train 5.Celebrate

3. PROGRESS (Up to October Eureka Meeting) Had finished initial round of presentations, Had finished initial interviews, data collection. Reconsidering use of technology: wiki vs. database Waiting for grant funds to arrive

4. ROADBLOCK: Financial crisis hits City Government gets jitters; imposes spending barriers. Library must get Board of Supes and Mayor’s approval to expend grant money. Finance Dept. balks

5. PROGRESS : Chief of Main Library steps up. Everything repeated again, with “Whereas’” statements applied. Board of Supes approves.

6. ROADBLOCK : Mayor has to sign off for final approval. Where’s the Mayor?

7. PROGRESS : Timeline keeps us on track

8. PROGRESS : Started outline of report to Administration Started “Partnership Toolkit” training materials

14. PROGRESS: Finished database structure, w/ search features.

20. CURRENT STATUS Grant hire to start on May 7 th! Limited to 15 hours per week; won’t use all of grant money…about 2/3. Slow groundlaying… now it will go into high speed.