Summit Wrap Up - Group 3

At the close of the summit we all reconvened and each group gave a short summary of what they had discussed.

Group 3: Issue Category E

Big Picture of Our Value to Capture the Support
and Respect of Decision Makers

1. What value do we provide to our users and communities that is unique and necessary?

2. What are the most compelling arguments for getting decision makers to support libraries in bringing this value to users?

3. What specific new endeavors can libraries undertake that would be compelling to decision makers in solving emerging needs?

Summary points:

• values
• we crossed into other areas - started talking about values and what was important
• found out a lot of traditional values were our values
• big questions
  
• what can we do to get our decision makers attention?
• how can we show our value?
• how do we say we are worth the money?
• big answers
• our demographics are not readers, don't have access to information - we as libraries must form partnerships to tackle this literacy issue
• state level literacy czar to coordinate literacy efforts in libraries and with any organization who can throw down with us
• would like at state level an assessment values databank
• as we measure our value there is a place to see how others are doing it
• open access
• universal card
• 5 and 10 year marketing and advocacy plan