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Funding Action Plan
Submitted Student Work
University of Tennessee School of Information Science
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Abstract
This paper describes a funding action plan to improve the professional development
collection at the Jefferson City Public Library. Funding support will be solicited from the
Jefferson City Rotary Club and the Friends of the Jefferson City Public Library group. The
initiation of this potential partnership, the ongoing support of the project, and its evaluation and
benefits will be discussed below.
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Funding Action Plan
Analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) of the
Jefferson City Public Library revealed a need for greater development in the professional
collection. Specific areas such as resume writing, networking, interview skills, job searching,
writing cover letters need to be increased and in some areas created. Then looking to the local
market creating industry specific mini-collections, i.e. education, healthcare, electronics,
technology, etc. Other helpful items may include leadership, communication and customer
service skill sets. The library would agree to buy one title in each specific area and then seek a
partnership with a local community civic or professional organization to help supplement the
further development of this collection.
August 11th the library director is speaking to the Jefferson City Rotary club. In this 15
minute presentation, the library director will share the resources and services on offer and reveal
this recently identified need to the club. The library will ask request consideration of a joining
the Rotary in a partnership, where the library will match the funds to a total of $600, $300 from
the library budget and $300 from the Rotary. Each book will have a bookplate stating the
purchase of this item was made possible through this partnership. In the fall of every year a
press release will be sent to the local papers and placed on the library’s Facebook page giving
thanks and sharing the benefits received through the partnership. Each year the library and the
rotary will evaluate the collection, its circulation and determine if this collection, or another is in
need of the partnership’s focus.
This partnership offers benefits to the library, the Jefferson City Rotary Club and the
community as a whole. For the library, the development of a professional collection is created
and stocked to meet the needs of the un-employed and the under-employed within the
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community. The Jefferson City Rotary Club assists in strengthening and educating its
community as well as introduces itself to a wider professional audience by assisting in their
development. The Jefferson City and County community gains skills and techniques to improve
self-esteem, wage potential and secure career paths.
References
Jefferson City Public Library. (2014, June). SWOT Analysis. Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States of
America.
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