Session 14 - Reading Assignment

Please come to class prepared to discuss the following information. Assigned Web sites require you to read and familiarize yourself with the home page and then browse through the site, unless specifically asked to read certain pages.  You are not required to read everything on the site.  Articles should be read in their entirety.

• Balas, Janet, "Do You Know What Your Mission Is?," Computers in Libraries (February 2007): 30-32.
• Dixon, Sandy, Iowa Trustees Handbook, chapter 7.
• Farkas, Meredith, "The Evolving Library," American Libraries (June/July 2007): 50.
• Garcia, June and Sandra Nelson, "Public Library Service Responses 2007," p. 3.  [In your Resource packet.]
• Bettendorf Public Library's "Plan of Service: 2005-2008."
• Manson (IA) Public Library, "Planning Document 2006-2008," used with permission.