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	Gathering the Stakeholders

"New Pathways to Planning" grew out of a series of workshops sponsored by Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) in 1998. Our goal was to provide a process that could be used by small public libraries to meet a system requirement for a written library plan, including a vision statement, goals and objectives. To create this process, NEKLS collaborated with Martha Hale.

The "New Pathways" web site has evolved as an online version of this planning workshop. It is intended for use by staff in small and medium sized Kansas libraries. The proposed planning process is not intended as a replacement for PLA's The NEW Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach (2001), Chicago: American Library Association, but rather as a customized alternative. Our hope is that "New Pathways" will continue to grow to include questions, answers, facilitators, discussions, archives, and links to plans created from this process.

This web site and all the materials contained herein are copyrighted by the Northeast Kansas Library System unless otherwise noted. Permission to download, print and copy is granted to any person or organization so long as credit is given to NEKLS, Martha Hale, Patti Butcher, and Cindi Hickey. Please feel free to email Cindi with questions and comments:

Patti Butcher

Cindi Hickey

Martha Hale

A comprehensive update in 2003 added more content and resources to the Pathways web site. This update was sponsored in part by a grant from the State Library of Kansasa.

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