RE: Last Call for Long Range Planning - Next week in Lampasas and Hillsboro

[Jennifer Patterson]

This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- Stephanie – The required planning horizon is five years. We are requiring members to send CTLS a copy of your current plan for our files; for TSLAC you just have to say YES, you have a long range plan on your annual report next spring. This is all that has been written, taken from P. 23 of TSLAC’s Library Systems Act and Rules for Administering the Library Systems Act 2005:   “By Local fiscal Year 2006, a public library shall have a long range plan that is approved by its governing board. This plan must be reviewed and updated at least every 5 years and must include a collection development element. Library systems shall provide public libraries with the consulting and continuing education services necessary to develop these plans as part of the services provided under section 1.47 of this part.”     From: Langenkamp, Stephanie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:21 AM To: Jennifer Patterson Subject: RE: Last Call for Long Range Planning - Next week in Lampasas and Hillsboro   I would still like some clarification on the requirements for the long range plan. Are there required components? What is the required planning horizon?  Five years?  Ten years? Did you say that it had to be approved by the library board? Or governing board? Do we submit it to CTLS?  To the state library?  Or do we just have a plan. I’m sorry if I missed some previously posted information on this topic.               Thanks, Stephanie   From: Jennifer Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:34 PM To: 'ctls-l' Subject: Last Call for Long Range Planning - Next week in Lampasas and Hillsboro   DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY!  You can’t make Long range planning easier than this. Michele Otstott comes equipped with sample Mission Statements, vision statements, goals and objectives, as well as a template for what to include in a long range plan. To register, go to ctls.net and sign up. These ate the last two planning workshops we’ll do for a while and Texas State Library is requiring every member library to have a plan when you file your report next spring. April 6 - Lampasas - Holiday Inn Express April 7 – Hillsboro – First United Methodist Church   Please come! We’ll miss you if we don’t get to see you,J Jennifer Patterson