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Budget and Finance

Leadership Academy: Budget and Finance

Instructor: Mary Wilkins Jordan

Sponsoring Institution: North Suburban Library System, Wheeling IL

Course Fee: $275

Course Schedule: September 6, 2007

Course Structure/Delivery: Online - The first meeting of this class may be taken as an optional in person session at NSLS on Sept. 6, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.-noon. The instructor will be present and lunch will be provided from noon to 1:00 p.m. at no cost to attendees.  Those who choose not to attend the first session in person will receive assignments via the internet. The remaining 10 sessions will be provided in an online format.

In this core course, required of all candidates in the certification program, participants will be introduced to the concepts and tools surrounding the budgeting and financial management of public libraries in order to understand where the money to run a library "really comes from."  Students will also discuss the behind the scenes work involved in creating different types of budges, and also be able to identify the individuals involved in creating a "good" budget.

At the end of this course participants will be able to:

--Describe the relationship between budgeting and overall planning for the organization's goals and objectives
--Comply with standard accounting principles
--Convert a line-item budget to a program budget and be able to perform a cost benefit analysis for specific library services
--Develop performance measures and operations inedicators for specific library functions
--Identify and evaluate the feasibility of using various potential sources of funding for a major capital project
--Present a program budget or a capital budget and financing plan to the library's governing authorities' or administrators' needs

Enrollment Process:

Register online at http://www.nsls.info/events.

Technology Requirements:

Computer and Internet access

Contact: Anna Yackle, ayackle@nsls.info

Why become an ALA-APA CPLA Provider?

It is an opportunity to participate in a national certification program in a library specialty.

If you are already offering a course the meets the standard, approval provides you with an additional audience for your courses.

If you are already offering a course that meets the standard, you may receive approval for two previous years of offering the course, meaning your students will qualify for completion of one standard even before they apply to become a CPLA candidate.

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