21st November, 2009 - Posted by JanieWilliams - No Comments
A picture speaks louder than words. Always when I am wearing my MO PPLD logo shirt when away from the Monument Library, strangers will tell me about their local branch. If they don’t have a library card, they will ask me, “How do I get a library card?’ The Summer Reading Program t-shirts that the » Read More
20th November, 2009 - Posted by David Rasmussen - No Comments
Visit www.springsgov.com Unfortunately I didn’t have time to make it to the Citizen’s Action Center, but I found an even neater place downtown: COPPR: Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region. They look like they do a great job promoting all the local cultural non-profit organizations. I don’t think the library is included in their listings, » Read More
19th November, 2009 - Posted by jlrodman - No Comments
PPLD is mentioned two different times on the Board of County Commissioners website. It is mentioned once on the web page of County Commissioner Wayne Williams. He represents PPLD to the board. PPLD is mentioned again on the Liason Responsibilities page. It is listed with thirteen other boards/committees that County Commissioner Wayne Williams participates in. Read More
19th November, 2009 - Posted by kerplunk - No Comments
Library funding comes from the federal government, mandetory state matching, other grants, and taxes. Fines could apply too. Read More
19th November, 2009 - Posted by kerplunk - No Comments
Colorado State Library – Denver, CO Year: 2008 Amount: $2,612,765 *  Grant: Grants to State Library Agencies Allotment of LSTA state grant funds AL FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 CO $2,579,074 $2,642,220 $2,650,213 $2,612,765 $2,834,875 The federal funding for libraries seems like a substantial aspect of library funding and success. The required state matching of funds is a great idea and probably particularly useful » Read More
18th November, 2009 - Posted by kpreller - 1 Comment
The city website is pretty good, but try to get a close look at their budget – 45 million for “other expenses” is pretty vague. I think it’s a large enough sum to deserve more explanation. Read More
18th November, 2009 - Posted by Melody - No Comments
PPLD.TV is cool, fresh, ready to use. I hope the video department is ready to make MORE handy, dandy videos. Through PPLD.TV I was able to watch the groundbreaking ceremony for High Prairie – I was unable to attend, so this was cool. And, thanks to a coworker who already knew this, I watched the » Read More
18th November, 2009 - Posted by kerplunk - No Comments
I subscribed to Libnet. My email was so packed, alomst immediately, that I’m unsubscribing today. I got tons of messages about stuff that doesn’t pertain to me, to PPLD, or to this area in any direct way I can decipher. Libnet seems like a fantastic waste of time and resources for most people. Thank you so » Read More
18th November, 2009 - Posted by kerplunk - No Comments
It’s interesting to me that the statewide strategic plan only goes through 2010. There doesn’t appear to be a plan from 2010 onward. Most goals are for funding: The six priority objectives selected by the library community are: (1A) Provide sustainable access to statewide virtual services, (1B) Provide statewide access and funding for electronic resources, (2A) Create a statewide continuing » Read More
17th November, 2009 - Posted by Bennu - 1 Comment
I think we should do the next one on the electronic reference and web picks. make like a puzzle, this will also help the patrons. Read More