Making the Case for your Building Project
 

Part 1: Data Collection as the Foundation to Effective Leadership of a Building Project

This webinar, based on the SOLS publication Making the Case for Your Building Project, will focus on the crucial role of data collection as the basis for a successful building project. Using data for decision making eliminates the danger of relying on fleeting personal impressions that may or may not be accurate. Data also provides convincing justification for your decisions to Municipal Council and the community. The session will emphasize the importance of conducting a thorough information gathering process that identifies the facility requirements as they relate to the library’s strategic plan and the future needs of the community.

Part 2: The Library Building Program as a Roadmap to a Successful New Building

This webinar enlarges upon the outline of the sample library building program that is included in the SOLS publication, Making the Case for Your Building Project. It focuses on detailing space requirements, library functions and their interrelationships and the preparation of room data sheets. A library building program clearly summarizes the facility’s needs on several levels, providing pertinent information necessary to guide the design professional throughout the decision-making process. The library building program is a vital communication tool that helps the librarian maintain her/his leadership of the project and ensure that the finished facility reflects the needs of the community.

Webinars are “live” training sessions in which participants view the presentation through their Web-browser and listen to the trainer via telephone.

Our Presenters: Robert Hubsher and Karen Watson, co-authored the SOLS publication Making the Case for Your Building Project, work that included the development of new space standards for Ontario public libraries. Robert Hubsher is the Executive Director of the Ramapo Catskill Library System in New York State, and he is a certified trainer for the Public Library Association’s Planning for Results program. He is the former CEO of the Cornwall Public Library in Cornwall, Ontario, where he managed the planning, design, and construction of a new library building. Karen Watson is a retired architect with 28 years experience, including residential, commercial, institutional and library design. Together, they have assisted numerous public library managers and trustees prepare library building programs that result in library designs which realize functional requirements and meet community needs.

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Dates and Times:
Part 1: Data Collection as the Foundation to Effective Leadership of a Building Project
Friday, April 23rd - 10:00 am to 11:15 am

Part 2: The Library Building Program as a Roadmap to a Successful New Building
Wednesday, June 23^rd 10:00 am to 11:15 am    NEW DATE

Price: $58.80 [$56.00 + GST] each