[PL-Directors] Please help the State Library better serve you!

[HANNING Darci C * SLO]

Hello Directors,

We would very much appreciate your input on how the State Library can better serve your communities in the future with this long-term federal funding Oregon receives via the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). To that end we are working with a third party to conduct a short survey, just 10-12 questions:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ORLSTAeval21

We would like your responses by end of day, Sunday, November 28 -- additional details are in the email below. I've also attached a copy of the questions for your convenience.

Last but not least, please send this along to your staff members, board members, or anyone else you think might be interested. We are very interested in hearing diverse perspectives.

Reach out to me directly if you have any questions, and many thanks in advance for your time and thoughtful participation.

Cheers,
Darci Hanning, MLIS (she/her/hers)
Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator
State Library of Oregon | Library Support and Development Services
971-375-3491 | darci.hanning at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:darci.hanning at slo.oregon.gov> | www.oregon.gov/library<http://www.oregon.gov/library>
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From: PL-Directors <pl-directors-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> On Behalf Of NIELSEN Buzzy * SLO via PL-Directors
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 8:28 AM
To: pl-directors at omls.oregon.gov
Subject: [PL-Directors] Please help the State Library better serve you!

** Please forgive cross-postings. We're trying to get feedback from as many people as possible! **

Public library directors,

We here at the State Library of Oregon would really appreciate your help. Every year, we're fortunate to receive about $2.5 million through the Library Services and Technology Act<https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries/Pages/LSTA.aspx> (LSTA), administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services<https://www.imls.gov/>. These federal funds help pay for several programs and services, in whole or in part, that you or your library likely has used, including but not limited to:


  *   Statewide databases like Gale and LearningExpress<https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/SDLP_FAQ>
  *   Answerland<https://answerland.org/>
  *   Expert consultants such as Greta Bergquist, Ross Fuqua, and Darci Hanning<https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries/Pages/Contact.aspx>
  *   Free continuing education for library staff<https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/conted>, such as the Librarian's Guide to Homelessness and training for library board members
  *   Library2Go<https://library2go.overdrive.com/>
  *   iREAD Summer Reading Program

How we spend our LSTA funds in Oregon is governed by a Five-Year plan<https://www.oregon.gov/library/libraries/Documents/LSTA/2018-2022LSTAFiveYearPlanFinal.pdf>, similar to a strategic plan you might see in a library. That plan ends in 2022, so we're currently working with the library consulting firm Constructive Disruption<https://www.constructivedisruption.info/> to evaluate how we've been spending LSTA funds and, more importantly, gather data to write our next Five-Year Plan, which will cover 2023-27.

And that's where we hope you come in! We really want our next plan to speak to the needs and priorities of Oregon libraries and the people they serve. Below is a link to a survey asking about you and your library's priorities for the coming five years.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ORLSTAeval21

The survey is short, 10-12 questions. It asks some basic library demographic questions (e.g. library type, your role in the library, etc.), a couple of multiple choice questions about priorities, and five open-ended questions where you can tell us about you and your library. The list of questions is attached. We ask that surveys be completed by the end of the day on Sunday, November 28.

Library directors, we'd really appreciate if you'd please share this survey opportunity with your staff members, board members, or anyone else you think might be interested. We really want to hear diverse perspectives.

If you're reading this message and wondering whether you're a person or library we'd like to respond to the survey, the answer is yes! We want to hear from as many people from the Oregon library community as would like to respond, no matter your library type, position in the library, amount of time you've been in libraries, or whether you're associated with a library at all. Your responses to these questions will help us determine how to focus the estimated $12-13 million in LSTA funds we'll be receiving over the next five years.

The survey won't be your only opportunity to give input about our next LSTA plan. There are also some upcoming town hall meetings<https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/lstagrants/eval> where you can share ideas with our consultants. More information on the town halls is available from the link, but I'll send out additional info next week, too.

Thank you so much for your time and thoughts as we plan how the State Library will support libraries moving forward. Your thoughts are most appreciated!

Cheers!

Buzzy Nielsen, MPP, MSI (he/him/his)
Program Manager, Library Support & Development Services
State Library of Oregon
buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:buzzy.nielsen at slo.oregon.gov> | 971-375-3486
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