From the desk

This week's reading.

A new post every week, on advocacy, funding, AI, library systems, and the real work of running a library with limited resources. Always free.

Week 1

Libraries and the SDGs: the case your funders already believe

Why the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are the most useful funding argument your library already has.

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Week 2

What AI actually requires, and what it doesn't

What's actually changing in research support and instruction, and where librarians still beat the chatbot.

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Week 3

The funding you're not applying for

A look at IFLA and international funding most under-resourced libraries skip, and why.

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Week 4

Why your weeding policy is probably too vague

The CREW method, adapted for libraries with no time and no extra staff.

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Week 5

Ask the Librarian: "My board wants more programs, no budget"

A reader question, answered, plus three partnership ideas that cost nothing.

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Week 6

What a real collection audit actually looks like

A walkthrough of an actual engagement, week by week: data first, board conversation last.

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