New York City Librarians Plan Zombie Walk

Join us on October 30th for our Librarian Zombie Walk to City Hall!!!.

So it’s time for mid year budget adjustments. What’s that you say? I thought we were done until next year! Nope. The mid year budget adjustment will result in a further cut of 5.4%. These new cuts will result in even less service hours and more layoffs.

Our library budgets have already been cut to the bone, and these further reductions in funding will just degrade library service further. We’ve already lost Saturday Service in most of the city. It’s likely these cuts will be the end of what we have left. So those working parents taking their kids to the library on the weekend? Tough, not open. Can’t return your books during the week because you work 60 hours just to live? Tough, closed on the weekend.

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Heroic Librarians

from i09, twenty supreme fictional librarians.

Now, if you were to add REAL librarians to the mix, that would rock…

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“Cutting librarians cuts out the heart of communities”

The Seattle Times editorial is here.

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“Little Librarian Playset” discussion on boingboing

Check it out

http://m.boingboing.net/2010/10/19/little-librarian-pla.html

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My Elevator Speech

So you meet someone new, and they say, “What do you do?”

I could start by saying, “I’m a public librarian.” But let’s be honest, that simple statement could be tainted by the myriad of perceptions and preconceptions the other person uses to color their own reality (and after all, we know there are a host of stereotypes out there about librarians). First impressions last, and I want to shape and frame this one-time opportunity.

So here’s my ten-second elevator speech:
“I help people change their lives, connect with their community, and boost their local economy, while enjoying the present and preparing for the future. I do this without a charge, because you have already paid for my services.”

Chances are, they will say, “Wow. Tell me more.”

And that’s my golden chance to tell them all about the wonders of public libraries, which can be summed up (and expanded upon) with four simple messages:
1. Libraries change lives.
2. Libraries build community.
3. Libraries mean business.
4. Libraries are a smart investment.

See also:
http://bhagcolorado.blogspot.com/
OCLC’s From Awareness to Funding

#savelibraries
#CObhag

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