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Privatizing Libraries
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| Jane Jerrard, Nancy Bolt, and Karen Strege |
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Item Number: 978-0-8389-1154-9 |
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Publisher: ALA Editions |
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Price: $45.00 |
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This title is also available for purchase as an e-book or as a print/e-book bundle.
72 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1154-9
Year Published: 2012
AP Categories: A, B, C, D, Z
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This timely special report from ALA Editions provides a succinct but comprehensive overview of the "privatization" of public libraries. It provides a history of the trend of local and state governments privatizing public services and assets, and then examines the history of public library privatization right up to the California legislation introduced earlier this year to restrict cities in the state from privatizing library services.
The book also examines what happens when a private, for-profit organization takes over essential management tasks and decisions of a public library, including the effects this can have on services, patron satisfaction and staff, as well as legal issues. It provides in-depth recommendations for librarians who want to retain control of their own institutions. Complete with case studies, statistics, and a valuable checklist of to-dos for libraries that are facing partial or complete privatization.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Patricia A. Tumulty, Chair, ALA Committee on Library Advocacy and ALA Task Force on Privatization
Marci Merola, Director, ALA Office for Library Advocacy
Introduction
1 Privatization of Public Libraries: An Overview
2 How Privatization Works: RFPs, Contracts, and Data Analysis
3 A Closer Look at Privatization: Five Case Studies
4 Key Issues for Libraries Facing Privatization
Appendix: ALA Checklists
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Jane Jerrard is an independent author and editor based in Chicago. She has written books for
consumers, children, and librarians, including the ALA Special Report Crisis in Employment: A Librarian’s Guide to Helping Job Seekers.
Nancy Bolt was State Librarian in Colorado for eighteen years, leaving in 2005 to form her own library consulting company, Nancy Bolt & Associates. Since 2006 she has been Project Co-Director for the ALA’s Library Support Staff Certification Program. This book is her second project involving privatization of public libraries. She assisted in the development of Keeping Public Libraries Public: A Checklist for Communities Considering Privatization of Public Libraries. Bolt has a Master of Library Science from the University of Missouri and is certified as an advanced strategic planner from the Association of Strategic Planning.
Karen Strege is a co-director of ALA’s Library Support Staff Certification Program and a private library consultant, specializing in evaluation. This is her second project on the privatization of public libraries; she assisted in the development of the Checklist on Privatization for Public Libraries. Strege was the State Librarian in Montana for nine years. She has a Master of Library Science from the University of Washington and a PhD from Gonzaga University in Spokane.
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A Librarian’s Guide to an Uncertain Job Market
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Item Number:
978-0-8389-1105-1
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This Special Report provides the
compassionate guidance and pragmatic
support that librarians will need to survive
possible career crises and reenter the job
market with renewed confidence. |
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Price: $45.00 |
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Cost Control for Nonprofits in Crisis
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Item Number:
978-0-8389-1098-6
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The invaluable advice provided in this book allows libraries and other cultural institutions to
take control of their budgets by making their dollars go as far as possible. |
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Price: $75.00 |
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