Patricia,
In challenging financial times, you do what you have
to do to maintain your mission, or in this case, to
maintain the missions of both institutions.
In the 1990s, I was a Life Trustee with the Andrew
Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie,
Pennsylvania; the Library includes a small Civil War
Museum. During my five-year tenure on the Board of
Trustees, the Library almost closed twice, due to
financial problems. However, we were able to keep the
Library open, and today the Library is in better [if
not great] shape, financially.
I am happy to hear that you are thinking about a way
of maintaining both institutions. I would just hope
that if either the Library or the Museum is in a
historic facility, you would find some way to maintain
that important history.
gaw
--- Patricia Linville <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:03:55 -0900
> From: Patricia Linville
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Combining public library and
> museum services in a small community
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> I would appreciate comments, positive or negative on
> the proposed plan below. Comments on the
> feasibility of this idea and why or why not you
> think it is workable are appreciated.
>
> Seward, Alaska is a small community located 120
> miles south of Anchorage on the coast of
> Resurrection Bay. I am the director of the
> community library which is a department of the City
> of Seward. We are working on combining the Seward
> Museum with the Seward Community Library under one
> roof. We are planning on constructing a 16,500
> square foot building with space for both programs.
> We will be combining like services such as
> administration, programming and share some staff.
>
> The library has 4.5 FTE including one full time
> person serving as a part time museum aide. The
> library currently operates in 7000 square feet, 3500
> of which is usable. The museum is run by
> volunteers, operates in 3500 square feet with +-
> 3000 items. The space is all open, on one floor
> with no storage or work space.
>
> Thanks in advance for your insight.
> Patty Linville, library director
gaw
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