Douglas County News Press – Castle Rock,CO – wonders Are successful libraries worth reinvestment?:
“Those of us in government often hear this suggestion: run it like a business! If our library were a business, the market would call for investment. Double digit growth in use every year, and a proven record of tight fiscal management? By any measure, the Douglas County Libraries is successful: performance-oriented, forward-looking, an industry leader.”
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That’s not so much the newspaper asking the question–it’s Jamie LaRue’s column. LaRue is the library director and has been doing excellent newspaper columns for a very long time–some of which also show up at the PALINET Leadership Network, PLN.
This is one of the LaRue’s Views that is, indeed, at PLN (along with some prefatory material: you’ll find it here)–and linked to some related resources, including the current LLN Peer Panel discussion on library approval ratings, where LaRue contrasts the library’s high approval ratings with difficulties in getting a mill levy approved.