07.+Budget+Project

BUDGET PROJECT - 40 points - 10/03 You have discussed what four areas of the library you would renovate in building toward a learning commons. Now you are ready to seek the money for the project. Woolls gives an excellent description of the components that should be included in a budget proposal for additional services or equipment on pages 152-160. **Using her points as a guide:**


 * Excluding construction, come up with a project for implementing your plan over a three-year period. The only requirements for this plan are that your purchases cannot be all of one type (not all books, equipment, subscriptions, etc.)
 * Briefly restate the library situation that you decided to renovate from the previous project. (5 points)
 * Be sure to give me the information of what you plan for purchases over the three-year period.
 * Construct your budget along the lines of: Goal > Measurable objectives > Activities to meet the objectives > Evaluation for each of the objectives (15 points)
 * Include other points as described by Woolls for the project as a whole.
 * I am not asking you to provide reviews for the items to be purchased, although I would hope that you would purchase based on professional reviewing sources. One way to be more successful in your purchases is to buy from reliable and well-known vendors
 * In your plan I want you to list where the items would be purchased from. In a real situation you might be limited to certain vendors for your purchases by your district. I do want you to consult the following library vendors but you don't have to buy from them if you can find equivalent material elsewhere for a better price. Depending on your plan you may need to consult a number of other vendors.
 * Demco []
 * Highsmith []
 * Gaylord Brothers []
 * Brodart []
 * The Library Store (TLS) []
 * Insert images of what you are going to buy along with your discussion. (You would not do that in a real budget request but it will help me understand what you are trying to achieve with your three-year plan.) (15 points)
 * This is a proposal for your principal. You need to get her on board in order to get her assistance in getting the money you need. She’s busy. She doesn’t want //War and Peace// but rather “The Gettysburg Address” in your proposal. Limit your proposal to three pages. Your proposal doesn’t have to be completely narrative.
 * Construct your budget proposal in a word processing or spreadsheet document. I prefer spreadsheet.
 * Sign up for a free account in Scribd [|http://www.scribd.com]; log in, upload your budget proposal
 * Embed your Scribd budget proposal in your your blog.(5 points)
 * The advantage of using Scribd in your blog is that the reader does not have to download a word processing or spreadsheet file in order to read it.
 * Here is a video about how to open a Scribd account and upload a document. (Note Scribd is pronounced scribbed in this video but most people say scribed as in bribed) []
 * Here are instructions on how to insert a Scribd document into Blogger. []

Post a link to your blog on Bb when you have finished your project.