Library Directors Resources

Tracking Docs |  Strategic Planning  |  General Admin  |  Find It Virginia Resources  |  Associations  |  Disaster Planning Workbook  |  Other

Tracking Docs

• Master List – Data Resources – Virginia Public Libraries
  • Contains a document repository, various tracking spreadsheets, resource folders, and maps

Strategic Planning

• Strategic Planning Workbook for Virginia Public Libraries (2023)
• Standards for Virginia Public Libraries 2021:
  • Preface for Using Planning for Library Excellence
  • Planning for Library Excellence
    • • Checklists for Assessment
• IMLS Statistics:
  • Virginia Public Library Statistics
  • Research & Evaluation
• Mission, Vision, & Values Resources:
  • A Simple Introduction to Mission, Vision and Values  (6 minutes)
  • How to Write a Mission Statement that Doesn’t Suck  (4 minutes)
  • Mission, Vision and Value Statements  (6 minutes)
• Other Resources:
  • The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries
  • Library User Survey Templates and How-Tos
  • Basic Ingredients for Your Five Year Plan
  • An Overview of Strategic Planning or “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
  • “Getting ahead of the next stage of the coronavirus crisis,” from McKinsey & Company
  • “How to Do Strategic Planning Like a Futurist,” from Harvard Business Review
  • “The Strategic Plan is Dead.  Long Live Strategy.” From Stanford Social Innovation Review
  • “Scenario Planning:  Redefining Strategy In Disruptive Times,” from Chief Executive
• Websites
  • Scenario and Contingency Planning from The Bridgespan Group
  • Decision-making Tools from The Bridgespan Group
  • Center for Theory of Change

General Administration

• Records Retention Tips
• The Library Directors Group Resources
• Public Library Director 101 Series
• Know Thy Community: Tips For Rural Library Directors
• Community Tool Kits
• Library Space Planning (Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, 2020)
• Policy Development Resources
• Policy Samples:
  • Banning Procedure
  • Meeting Room Use Policy (ESPL – Rev. December 2016)
  • Library Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• Presentations & Support Docs:
  • Thinking About the Future Presentation
  • Thinking About the Future Worksheet
  • Applicant Basic Concepts Grant Presentation
  • Data Sources Useful in Grant Writing – updated April 2019

Find It Virginia (FIVA) Resources:

• Early World of Learning Sub-accounts and Passwords
• Complete list of FIVA URLs

Associations

Virginia:

• Virginia Library Association (VLA)
• Virginia Public Library Directors Association (VPLDA)

National:

• American Library Association (ALA)
  • Public Library Association (PLA)
  • Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA)
• Urban Libraries Council 
• Association For Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL)

Virginia Library Disaster Planning Workbook

Please note that you should download your own copies of the documents.  DO NOT work directly in the copies linked here as they are templates available for everyone to use.

The following documents may be downloaded HERE.

• Emergency Operations Planning Workbook
• Geographic Issues Worksheet
• Mapping Activity Worksheet
• Risk Assessment Matrix Worksheet
• Wallet Guide Template – Pocket Response Plan (PRep)

Access the recording from June 21, 2021 Training Session here: https://my.nicheacademy.com/libraryofvirginia-staff/course/31983

Other

• Listserv Summary Repository
• Regional Library Director Groups