SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

PARTNERSHIPS PROJECT

THE PLAN:

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

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

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

PROGRESS

: • Chief of Main Library steps up.

• Everything repeated again, with “Whereas’” statements applied.

• Board of Supes approves.

ROADBLOCK

: • Mayor has to sign off for final approval.

• Where’s the Mayor?

PROGRESS

: • Timeline keeps us on track

PROGRESS

: • Started outline of report to Administration • Started “Partnership Toolkit” training materials

PROGRESS:

• Finished database structure, w/ search features.

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.