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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.