The Library’s Contribution to Your Community

Here\’s A Great Resource, put together by dmA Planning and Management Services,
for the Southern Ontario Library Services.

The Library\’s Contribution to Your Community:
A Resource Manual for Libraries
to Document their Social and Economic Contribution
to the Local Community. Here\’s the summary:

  • is a manual
    designed for self-use by public libraries

  • identifies 12
    social and 9 economic benefits

  • describes the
    information required to document how the library delivers each of the
    benefits

  • provides tools for
    collecting the information needed

  • outlines a
    communication strategy, which includes constructing the argument and
    preparing for counter-argument, for delivering your message to
    municipal politicians and administrators

  • illustrates how to
    use the manual at a level of involvement comfortable for your library

  • includes an
    extensive bibliography of related publications

  • has been
    distributed to all public libraries in Ontario

  • is available in
    English and French

Here\’s A Great Resource, put together by dmA Planning and Management Services,
for the Southern Ontario Library Services.

The Library\’s Contribution to Your Community:
A Resource Manual for Libraries
to Document their Social and Economic Contribution
to the Local Community. Here\’s the summary:

  • is a manual
    designed for self-use by public libraries

  • identifies 12
    social and 9 economic benefits

  • describes the
    information required to document how the library delivers each of the
    benefits

  • provides tools for
    collecting the information needed

  • outlines a
    communication strategy, which includes constructing the argument and
    preparing for counter-argument, for delivering your message to
    municipal politicians and administrators

  • illustrates how to
    use the manual at a level of involvement comfortable for your library

  • includes an
    extensive bibliography of related publications

  • has been
    distributed to all public libraries in Ontario

  • is available in
    English and French