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Austin Public Library
800 Guadalupe Street
Austin ,TX
78701-2314-00
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http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library
Projects
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | website creation [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2006-09-28 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Fall 2006 |
| Genre: | Web Site |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | Create a site in myspace.com to promote awareness of Austin Public Library, including events, services and the November 2006 Bond Election for a new central library. |
| Contact: | Patricia Fraga |
This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Austin Public Library's Wired for Youth Program - Community Outreach [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2006-02-06 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Spring 2006 |
| Genre: | Youth |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | In the course of this Capstone project, I will specifically be working with the APL to provide outreach for their Summer Reading Program. The main objective of this outreach is to conect with middle school aged children, grab their interest, and encourage their participation. It also means outreach to community members and organizations which may support the program, monetarily or by providing awards. |
| Contact: | Anita Rizley |
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Advanced Training Resources for Storytime Connection Volunteers [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2006-01-11 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Spring 2006 |
| Genre: | Youth |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | While Austin Public Library provides basic program training for new Storytime Connection volunteers, there is currently a lack of advanced training resources for more experienced long-term volunteers. These persons would benefit from opportunities to improve and expand their skills and to gain a more in-depth understanding of the educational and developmental aspects that underpin storytelling. My project will address this need to providing experienced volunteers with information, ideas, and resources that will help them to present more substantial and effective storytime programs. |
| Contact: | Anita Rizley |
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Summer Reading Program at the Gardner Betts Juvenile Justice Center [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2005-06-14 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Summer Whole 2005 |
| Genre: | Youth |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | Student will work approximately ten hours a week during the months of May, June and July to help facilitate the SRP. She will complete the preparations for this program during the month of May. This will include securing donations and programs, as well as writing up a guideline for the SRP at Gardner Bettts. The student will help enroll youth in the SRP, assist youth find books that meet their interests, provide booktalks, and keep track of SRP's signup forms. Student will provide a reflective essay of the summer reading program. |
| Contact: | Patti Wardell Cook |
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Austin Public Library - Services to Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Facility [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2005-02-04 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Spring 2005 |
| Genre: | Community Outreach |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | The objective of the project is to gain experience in design and operation of a public library outreach program and to develop skills for serving youth and incarcerated users. The expected product for this effort will be a 15-20 page report for use in planning future activities at Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Facility. |
| Contact: | Blair Parsons |
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| Title: | Trucks, Penguins, and Pirates - A Popular Themes Database for Picture Storybooks [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2005-01-28 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Spring 2005 |
| Genre: | Database |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | Objective - to provide librarians and users of the Austin Public Library (APL) with a resource tool that will assist them in finding picture storybook titles that exist within the APL system on popular themes or topoics. The APL will acquire a searchable database containing popular topics and titles, that are available through the APL that will assist librarians, parents, teachers, etc. in finding picture storybook titles in the library. The database will allow users to search for specific topics and print bibliographies to be displayed for the public. |
| Contact: | Jeanette Larson |
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Policy Inventory and Organization at the Austin Public Library [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2004-08-26 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Spring 2005 |
| Genre: | General Library |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | The purpose of this project is to complete an inventory of the internal policies and procedures of the Austin Public Library (APL) and create an organizational framework for making these policies available to staff through a page on the library's Intranet. At minimum, the policy page will provide direct access to policies that have a digital format and list the physical locations for printed policies. If time permits, printed policies will be digitized and added to the Inranet page. Based on the inventory and review of policies, I will make recommendations for possible retention and revision of policies and procedures. Thkrough this professional experience, I plan to learn more about the process of public library policy creation and manaeement and gain practical records management experience. |
| Contact: | Diane Palan |
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| Title: | New Immigrants Project Outreach Coordinator [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2003-09-15 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Fall 2003 |
| Genre: | Community Outreach |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | The objective of this position will be to educate the Austin immigrant community about U.S. public libraries, the services of Austin Public Library (APL) - specifically with regard to APL's New Immigrants Project centers, and to increase use of these centers. Position will entail creating and delivering an outreach package, consisting of a mobile multimedia presentation, to community organizations. Position will also involve making an assessment of the immigrant community of Austin in general, creating a database of organizations that work with immigrants, and contacting these organizations to schedule outreach presentations or to have immigrant clients tour the libraries with centers. Position will also involve helping to organize an English language conversation volunteer program that is a new service of the New Immigrants Project effort. |
| Contact: | Jennifer Thomas |
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| Title: | User Requirements for New Library Site [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2003-01-01 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Open |
| Genre: | Demographics |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Desc: | Research requirements for new library building; perform demographic studies, assess technological needs; evaluate effectiveness of requirement studies for recent library construction. |
| Contact: | John Gillum |
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This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
| Title: | Competitive Analysis [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2003-01-01 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Open |
| Genre: | Database |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Desc: | Benchmarking report by collecting and comparing stastistics with other libraries of similar size.
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| Contact: | Dixie Tischler |
This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Volunteer Services Database [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2002-03-07 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Fall 2002 |
| Genre: | Database |
| Salary: | Unpaid |
| Desc: | Create a comprehensive database for the Volunteer Services Program. This includes evaluating the current and future needs for information both from the public and staff and creating a database, which includes designing queries, reports and forms that provide ready access to information needed.
End product: The database will be used to create an online volunteer application to be added to our Volunteer Services website; which will decrease the time lag between interest/placement of Volunteers.
The database will be used to process volunteer services information more efficiently and as a recruiting tool to evaluate things such as: how much of our total volunteer hours are contributed by youths? Who makes up our volunteer resources and how can we encourage sustained support from those resources? |
| Contact: | Sharon Edwards |
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| This Project Has Been Filled |
| Title: | Libraries 101 - Workshop for Non-Librarians [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2002-03-07 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Fall 2003 |
| Genre: | Training |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Desc: | This project is to develop a course that provides an overview of the field of library and information science; e.g., "Introduction to Library and Information Science" or a similar title. The target audience will consist of Austin Public Library staff who are non-librarians; e.g., clerks, pages, administrative staff, and other APL staff who have not attended library school. This course should focus on the big picture and should bring the learner from the point of "I don't know what I don't know" about the field to "I know what I don't know." After attending the training, the participant will be more familiar with the common library roles and services (e.g., cataloging, circulation support, reference), issues and problems encountered (filtering of Internet sites, unruly customers), terms, history, changes in the field that impact services and products, a basic understanding of what customers want, future trends, special needs of customers (access to facilities, needs of homeschoolers) and more. This broad overview is intended to be useful to all library staff in understanding the field and the services and products that we provide to our customers. The course may even serve to interest some in pursuing a career as a librarian. A portion of the class should address the need to provide excellent customer service and may address how to meet some of the challenges in doing so. The end product would consist of a course outline, handouts, trainer notes, and should be delivered two different times to allow more APL staff to attend. The course materials should be provided to APL with full rights for APL staff to provide the class at a future time. The length of the class should be three hours (can be negotiated but should be a minimum of two hours and no more than four hours) and it should be delivered on two different dates to allow more APL staff to attend. APL facilities and equipment will be used for the course delivery. |
| Contact: | Sharon Edwards |
This project has expired and is displayed for archival purposes only.
| Title: | Library Signage Study [ more details ] |
| Submitted: | 2001-07-19 00:00:00 |
| When: |
Open |
| Genre: | Administrative |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
| Desc: | Evaluate existing signage at the Faulk Central Library. Recruit a number of diverse individuals not familiar with the building and including varying ages, ethnic and language backgrounds, educational levels, and physical disabilities. Using a standard list of questions and soliciting comments about each public floor of the Library, have them report on how successfully they were able to find the things a typical customer would look for. Gather information from other library systems and from other public facilities and businesses about the type of signage used, the wording, placement, etc. Produce a report on how signage in this building should be changed to make it more attractive, user-friendly and self-explanatory. |
| Contact: | David Spradling |
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