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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021316 RES - 01/07/1992A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM. WHEREAS, the Corpus Christi Policy Statements, an element of the Comprehensive Plan, includes the following policy statement: "DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MASTER PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM;" WHEREAS, the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation provided funds for consulting service in connection with development of a long range plan for the Public Library System; WHEREAS, the Library Board and staff with assistance of groups of parents, teachers, students, retirees, leaders from business, government, education and industry, and a consultant, developed a long range plan for library services. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Long Range Plan for the Public Library System, a substantial copy of which is hereby attached as Exhibit "A," is hereby accepted. AIIEST: City Secretary MAYOR ' THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI APPROVED: 8TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1992 JAMES R. BRAY JR., CITY ATTORNEY By: City�Attofney AG5000.084.kp 021316 MICROFILMED CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES LONG RANGE PLAN 1991 - 1996 Executive Summary In the summer of 1989, the library received unanimous support from the Library Board to proceed with a long range planning process. The Kenedy Foundation provided funds to hire the Librarians Consulting Group. During a 16 month study utilizing focus groups of parents, teachers, students, retirees, leaders from business, government, education and industry, surveys, and a carefully selected community planning group and library staff, a blueprint for library services was developed. The long range plan specifies three major roles for all the system's libraries: (1) Reference Library -- offering comprehensive reference services at the Central Library and basic reference services at branch libraries. (2) Children's Door to Learning -- meeting the learning and educational needs of children of all ages in environments that are stimulating, encouraging and friendly. (3) Popular Materials Library -- identifying and providing sufficient quantity and quality of materials to satisfy a diverse range of user needs, interests and concerns in a reasonable amount of time. A fourth role, the Family Learning Center, has been targeted for the Greenwood Branch Library -- affording opportunities for families to come to the library together to learn, study and read in an atmosphere that reinforces and supports personal achievement. These roles are the cornerstone of our mission and are supported by the twelve goals identified in the plan. The first four goals detail the actions that must be taken to make the library roles a reality. The next eight goals detail internal mechanisms essential to fulfill the roles. Good public libraries are the core of a community's intellectual, cultural and democratic expression. The quality of library service, like the quality of schools, is a standard by which communities are judged and rated. EXHr8/T "P" COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP Mrs. Inez Adams, Chair, Library Board Mrs. Virginia Ayars, President, Junior League of Corpus Christi Mrs. Mary D. Bell, President, Corpus Christi Public Library Foundation, Inc. Mr. Gary Bushell, President, Corpus Christi Area Economic Development Corporation Mr. Herbert G. Canales, Director, Corpus Christi Public Libraries Mrs. Phyllis Colon, Tax Assessor -Collector, Flour Bluff Independent School District Mrs. Kay Didear, Chair, Planning Committee, Library Board Mrs. Lilias Hammerick, Chair, Building Committee, Library Board Mr. Jace Hoffman, President, First City Texas -Corpus Christi Mrs. Ceatrice Kitchen, Retired School Service Consultant, Department of Elementary Education, Corpus Christi Independent School District Mrs. Alma Meinrath, Community Volunteer Mrs. Patty P. Mueller, Vice-President/Finance, Mueller Engineering Mrs. Deirdre Norton, Chair, 1990 Corpus Christi Education Summit Mr. Orby G. Roots, President, Roots/Foster Associates MISSION STATEMENT 4 ROLES GOALS STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OBJECTIVES MISSION STATEMENT The Corpus Christi Public Libraries share books and other materials with people of all ages and backgrounds in a way that will make library patrons of most and book lovers of many. We furnish popular materials for leisure and study; we provide reference and information to the fact seeker; and we introduce the young to the wonderful world of books. Our helpful, informed staff provides books, answers questions, and presents programs in welcoming surroundings. In a world of credit cards, the library card is free to any resident of Nueces County and interest is measured only in lifelong learning and enjoyment. PRIORITY ROLES FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES: 1991-1996 Reference Library: The library will provide services and collections to meet daily information needs of people of all ages --to aid people in their work and to provide information to support students in their schoolwork. The Central Library will continue to serve as the Resource Center, providing in-depth reference and information services. In a new direction for services, each branch will develop basic reference services to respond to users' everyday questions and assist preschoolers and students in elementary, middle, and high schools by providing information to help them with their school work. Popular Materials Library: People of all ages will find books and materials at the library to make their lives more enjoyable and productive. From best sellers to popular books on crafts, from mysteries to good children's books, the library will develop a lively, up-to-date collection of materials to meet the demands of people throughout the area. Cl ildren's Door to Learning. Collections, programs, and information will help children, their parents, and other care givers nurture the love of reading and develop skills that will support learning. The library will provide popular materials and information to create and sustain a sense of the joy of reading and learning that will reinforce the formal educational process. Family Learning Center: Library planners defined a fourth role to be carried out by the Greenwood Branch. Through collections, programs, and services that branch will meet the unique needs of the people it serves by providing opportunities for life -time learning and involvement of families as partners in education for both children and adults. As the center for literacy programming and the home of the Corpus Christi Literacy Council, the branch will provide opportunities for reading, learning, and fun for students of all ages. GOAL 1 PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ACCURATE, TIMELY INFORMATION FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO HELP THEM IN THEIR JOBS, SCHOOL WORK, PERSONAL INTERESTS, AND DAILY DECISIONS. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Continue to develop the Central Library as the primary reference center. 2. Develop strong basic reference collections and services at each of the four branch libraries. 3. Improve telephone reference service at the Central Library. 4. Promote and monitor the Career Information Center at the Central Library to respond to the career and employment information needs of the community. 5. Develop comprehensive collections, programming, and services in the Central Library's Local History Department to promote the study of area history, Texas history, and genealogy. OBJECTIVES 1. By July 1996, answer at least 64% of all reference questions to the satisfaction of library users. 2. By July 1996, increase number of requests answered in the Local History collection by 35% from 21,950 to 29,650. 3. By July 1996, increase the number of requests answered in the Career Information Center annually by 20% from 12,150 to 14,575. 4. By July 1996, increase the number of telephone reference questions answered annually from 45,000 to 63,000, an increase of 40%. 5. By July 1996, increase the number of reference questions answered annually by branch staff from 102,725 to 143,800, an increase of 40%. GOAL 2 PEOPLE OF ALL AGES FIND LIBRARY MATERIALS FOR READING, INDEPENDENT LEARNING, AND PERSONAL ENJOYMENT AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Develop and update library collections to emphasize high - interest, popular materials. 2. Develop merchandising techniques to help people find interesting materials in the library. OBJECTIVES 1. By December 1996, 25% of materials in each branch collection will have been published within the last five years. 2. By December 1996, turnover rate for circulating collections will increase from 3.3 to 4.0. 3. By December 1996, annual circulation average of three books per capita to books per capita. 4. By December 1996, patrons will find shelf 64% of the time. 5. By December 1996, patrons will find subject or author 72% of the time. will increase from an an average of five specific titles on the materials by specific 6. By December 1996, all books in branch collections will have circulated at least once during the previous five years. GOAL 3 CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE 14, THEIR PARENTS, AND OTHER CARE PROVIDERS FIND BOOKS, INFORMATION, AND PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP AND NURTURE A LOVE OF READING AND LEARNING AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Children have equal access to well developed, well managed, and carefully maintained library collections. 2. Provide quality reference service to any the Corpus Christi Public Libraries. 3. Develop merchandising techniques to help interesting materials in the library. child who visits children find 4. Identify and respond to the library needs of preschool children, ages birth through five, introducing them to and library services. 5. Encourage and promote reading and library children, ages five through fourteen. use by school 6. Provide library services to children with special needs at -risk children, hospitalized children, and displaced children who are otherwise unserved. OBJECTIVES books 1. By August 1991, Children's Services will provide an average of 10 planned programs a month at each library that will be rated as successful by children, parents or care givers. 2. By December 1992, attendance at all planned programs will average 15-20 children. 3. By August 1993, volunteers in children's outreach services will provide library materials four times each month to children with special needs in an effort that will be rated as successful by children and their care providers. 4. By July 1994, Children's Services staff will conduct four outreach programs a year for special needs children that will be rated as successful by children and care providers. 5. By July 1996, annual circulation of children's materials will increase 25% from 360,000 in 1990 to 450,000. 6. By July 1996, annual children's reference and reader's advisory questions will increase 25% over the number asked in 1991. GOAL 4 FAMILIES VISIT THE GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY FOR LEARNING, INFORMATION, AND ENJOYMENT. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Provide a library collection that supports the Family Learning Center, emphasizing literacy training, English as a Second Language (ESL), homework assistance, job skills, and family centered learning. 2. Develop a broad range of programs designed to encourage family use of the library. 3. Develop homework assistance program using high school honor students to help school children. OBJECTIVES 1. By September 1991, a minimum of 90 adults will be reading aloud to their children as a result of intergenerational programs at the Greenwood Branch. 2. By May 1993, school children will evaluate the high school homework assistance program as helpful. 3. By July 1994, at least 150 families with children under age 15 will use the library regularly. 5. By July 1995, 500 young adults and adults will evaluate the Greenwood Work Skills Improvement Program as useful in helping them achieve work related goals. 6. By July 1996, annual circulation will increase by 50o from 94,250 to 141,375. GOAL 5 PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES' SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND NEEDS AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENT. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Increase community awareness and use of library resources and services by the entire population served. 2. Improve communication and cooperation between the Corpus Christi Public Libraries and area libraries, especially those in public and private schools. OBJECTIVES 1. By December 1995, the library will implement at least one formal cooperative program with public and private schools in the city. 2. By December 1996, library use will increase as specified in objectives for Goals 1-4. 3. By December 1996, the library will have secured funding essential to implement its service priorities. 4. By July 1996, increase the percentage of the population who are registered library borrowers from 31% to 35%, an increase from the current 82,000 to 94,500. GOAL 6 CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES USERS RECEIVE SERVICES PROVIDED BY ADEQUATE NUMBERS OF MOTIVATED, ENTHUSIASTIC STAFF WITH APPROPRIATE SKILLS AND TRAINING. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Provide adequate numbers of staff and reassign current staff as needed to implement the service goals specified by the long-range plan. 2. Implement the library's classification plan and review every two years. 3. Provide opportunities for staff development through inhouse training, continuing education, formal education, and participation in professional organizations. 4. Develop regular program of staff communications to promote a common understanding of library philosophy, goals and objectives and to inform staff about library activities. OBJECTIVES 1. Annually beginning in August 1992, staff will attend four hours of inhouse training that she/he evaluates as useful. 2. By August 1992, the classification plan will be fully implemented. 3. By July 1996, the library will have achieved recommended levels of staffing. GOAL 7 MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD, BOARD OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, AND BOARD OF THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION PROVIDE INFORMED, EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Provide orientation and ongoing communication to assure that all the libraries' community leaders are informed of the libraries' programs, services, and plans. 2. Involve the libraries' community leaders in outreach and promotion of the libraries' programs, services, and needs. 3. Establish a formal volunteer program under the auspices of the Friends of the Library. OBJECTIVES 1. Annually, library support group activities will advance the accomplishment of the objectives for the library's service goals (Goals 1-4). 2. Annually beginning January 1992, Speaker's Bureau repre- sentatives will make presentations on the library's programs and services to four organizations or groups each year. 3. By July 1993, the average number of monthly volunteer hours will increase from 250 to 450 hours. GOAL 8 PEOPLE USING THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE ACCESS TO WELL MANAGED, WELL MAINTAINED LIBRARY COLLECTIONS. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Ensure that collection policies, planning, and acquisitions support the library's mission and service priorities. 2. Provide adequate funding for library materials. 3. Improve acquisition procedures to simplify purchasing, accounting and ordering processes. 4. Provide timely, accurate, and current information in the database for the online catalog. OBJECTIVES 1. Annually, the materials collection will support the achievement of the objectives for the service goals (Goals 1-4). 2. By July 1994, all agencies will have completed the first cycle of collection weeding, building and replacement. library materials in the online database. 3. By July 1996, the collection will contain at least 1.6 volumes per capita, 424,000 volumes. (Based on current population of 265,000; will be reviewed and adjusted annually, as needed.) GOAL 9 PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO LIBRARY SERVICES AND COLLECTIONS IN CONVENIENT, EASY-TO-USE, COMFORTABLE, AND ATTRACTIVE LIBRARIES. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Provide a well designed main library facility to serve a population of 300,000; provide well designed modular branch libraries built to serve populations up to 45,000. ♦ Expand and renovate the Greenwood Branch Library to 3,700 square feet. (Completed 5/91) ♦ Expand and renovate the Parkdale Branch Library from 11,500 to 14,200 square feet with 100 dedicated parking spaces. (In progress) ♦ Provide a library in the Flour Bluff area with 12,000 square feet and 46 dedicated parking spaces. ♦ Expand and renovate the Northwest Branch to 12,000 square feet with 46 dedicated parking spaces. ♦ Complete third floor shell of Central Library increasing space from 57,000 square feet to 78,000 square feet. Add 156 parking spaces. ♦ Develop plans and secure land for a branch library on the City's far southeast side to serve 45,000. 2. Provide adequate facilities maintenance. 3. Provide secure facilities. 4. Provide adequate signage in all libraries. 5. Provide appropriate service hours at all facilities. OBJECTIVES 1. By August 1991, make all services and collections in the Central Library accessible to users 70 hours a week. 2. By July 1993, decrease the number of directional questions asked each year in relationship to total number of reference questions asked by 25%. 3. By July 1996, provide access to collections and services in library facilities that total at lease 132,700 square feet. 4. By July 1996, at least 40% of the hours that each library is open will be after 6:00 p.m. and on the weekends. GOAL 10 TECHNOLOGY IS USED EFFECTIVELY AS A TOOL TO PROVIDE LIBRARY SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE USING THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Improve access to library materials and enhance services through planned acquisition of appropriate technologies. 2. Promote opportunities for cooperative automated networking with local libraries such as the project currently underway, LINCC (Library Information Network for Corpus Christi). OBJECTIVES 1. By July 1996, tools provided through technology will support the accomplishment of the objectives for the library's service goals (Goals 1-4). GOAL 11 SOUTH TEXAS RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MATERIALS AND INFORMATION FROM LIBRARIES NATIONWIDE THROUGH THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN ITS ROLE AS THE MAJOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS LIBRARY SYSTEM. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Ensure that the services available from the South Texas Library System and Interlibrary Loan Center are promoted locally to benefit both Corpus Christi Public Libraries users and staff. 2. Use state and federal funds that are granted to the Corpus Christi Public Libraries to carry out its role as a Major Resource Center to develop the circulating and professional collections to benefit the greatest number of local and regional library users. 3. Promote user access to South Texas Library System services and collections. OBJECTIVES 1. By July 1996, increase use of interlibrary loan by Corpus Christi Public Library users from 2,350 to 3,000 transactions annually, an increase of 25%. 2. By July 1996, increase the use of Reference Backup database searching for Corpus Christi Public Library users from 890 searches to 1,025 searches annually, an increase of 15%. 3. By July 1996, increase the circulation of the South Texas Library System media collection to Corpus Christi Public Libraries users from 3,062 to 3,370 annually, an increase of 10%. 4. By July 1996, at least ten Corpus Christi Public Library staff members will attend South Texas Library System contin- uing education programs each year that they judge as useful. 5. By July 1996, increase the number of interlibrary loans filled each year for area libraries from 6,449 items to 8,104 items, an increase of 25%. GOAL 12 ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI PUBLIC LIBRARIES. STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS 1. Secure adequate public funding to support library services including county support for establishment of a City -County library system. 2. Secure funding for the capital improvement program through a City bond issue. 3. Seek outside funding through the Library Foundation to support a private book endowment and to supplement other capital endeavors. 4. Sponsor selected programs and special projects annually through the Friends of the Library from revenue generated by their annual membership drive and other fundraising initiatives selected by their Board. 5. Identify opportunities for library staff to apply for grant funding, especially those that will enrich collections, underwrite special programs or exhibits, or sponsor experi- mental or pilot programs beyond the immediate scope of the regular operating budget. OBJECTIVES 1. Annually, beginning in 1991, receive funding for at least one proposal for projects that meet unfunded or underfunded library needs from state, federal, or foundation sources. 2. Annually, beginning in 1991, the Friends of the Library will sponsor at least one special project or program. 3. By July 1996, develop a one million dollar endowment to support the purchase of library materials. 4. By July 1996, secure adequate funding from public and private sources to implement the library's service priorities and the management goals that support those priorities. Corpus Christi, Texas rj day of TLUO(ty ,19(L1 The above resolution was passed by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Cezar Galindo Leo Guerrero Betty Jean Longoria Edward A. Martin Joe McComb Dr. David McNichols Clif Moss Mary Pat Slavik 066 (LLQ itt aka /tit 021316