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LIBRARY BOARDLIBRARY BOARD

• Kevin Davis - Parish President• Ann Torczon - President • Dr. Argiro Morgan - Vice President • Meg Cammatte - Secretary/Treasurer• Kristin Lyons• Barbara Morgan • Silvia Muller • Kristen Scott

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LIBRARY SERVICESLIBRARY SERVICES

• Adult, Children, & Young Adult Book Collections

• Video and Audio Collections• CD/DVD Collection• Magazines & Newspapers • Genealogy & Local History Collection• Family History Center• Reference Services

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LIBRARY SERVICES LIBRARY SERVICES (cont.)(cont.)

• State Depository Collection• Online Databases• Computer Services• Adult, Children & Young Adult

Programming• Meeting Rooms• Class Visits• Forms (Passports, Tax, Voter, etc)

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REFERENCE SERVICESREFERENCE SERVICES

• In-house Reference

• Telephone Reference

• E-mail Reference

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CHILDREN & YOUNG CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMSADULT PROGRAMS

• Summer Reading• Storytime• Crafts• Prime Time• Monthly Teen

Programs

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ADULT PROGRAMSADULT PROGRAMS

• Cultural Programs• Book Clubs• LEH Reading

Programs• IRS Help• Author Visits

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COMPUTER SERVICESCOMPUTER SERVICES

• Computer Classes• Internet• Databases• E-mail• Word Processing• Educational Software• Children’s Software• Genealogy Software

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SPECIAL EVENTSSPECIAL EVENTS

• Walker Percy Symposium

• Whisperings Cemetery Tour

• Genealogy Open House

• Christmas Around The World

• Exhibits

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BRANCH LOCATIONSBRANCH LOCATIONS

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ABITA SPRINGSABITA SPRINGS

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1973• Collection: 17,772

items (3.4%)• Circulation: 18,303

(1.8%)• Square Feet: 1,600

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BUSHBUSH

• Date Established: 1952• Current Building: 1975• Collection: 16,499

items (3.2%)• Circulation: 21,151

(2.0%)• Square feet: 1,600

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CAUSEWAYCAUSEWAY

• Date Established: 1999• Collection: 19,248

items (3.7%)• Circulation: 51,846

(5.1%)• Square feet: 4,900

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COVINGTONCOVINGTON

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1987• Collection: 114,154

items (22.3%)• Circulation: 204,444

(20.00%)• Square feet: 18,252

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ELECTRONIC RESOURCE ELECTRONIC RESOURCE CENTERCENTER

• Date Established: 1999• Workstations: 19• Scanners: 4• Genealogy Data Disks:

300• CD-ROM Software• Study Room• Square feet: 2,000

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FOLSOMFOLSOM

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1987• Collection: 21,775

items (4.2%)• Circulation: 20,754

(2.0%)• Square feet: 2,000

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LACOMBELACOMBE

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1993• Collection: 15,193

items (3%)• Circulation: 26,966

(2.7%)• Square feet: 1,500

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LEE ROADLEE ROAD

• Date Established: 1987• Current Building: 1987• Collection: 19,057

items (3.7%)• Circulation: 21,502

(2.1%)• Square feet: 2,000

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MADISONVILLEMADISONVILLE

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1987

(Built in 1906)• Collection: 22,937

items (4.5%)• Circulation: 23,619

(2.3%)• Square feet: 2,000

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MANDEVILLEMANDEVILLE

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1986

(Enlarged in the 1990s)• Collection: 83,156

items (16.2%)• Circulation: 208,002

(20.5%)• Square feet: 10,000

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PEARL RIVERPEARL RIVER

• Date Established: 1950• Current Building: 1987• Collection: 23,664

items (4.6%)• Circulation: 24,525

(2.4%)• Square feet: 2,000

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PONTCHARTRAINPONTCHARTRAIN

• Date Established: 1993• Collection: 20,727

items (4%)• Circulation: 33,156

(3.2%)• Square feet: 1,900

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SLIDELLSLIDELL

• Date Established:1950• Current Building: 1989• Collection: 137,549

items (27%)• Circulation: 322,572

(32%)• Square feet: 22,000

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Pontchartrain BranchPontchartrain Branch

• No Patron RestroomsNo Patron Restrooms• No Meeting RoomNo Meeting Room• Inadequate space for Children’s ActivitiesInadequate space for Children’s Activities• Insufficient Seating and Study AreasInsufficient Seating and Study Areas• Insufficient staff working areaInsufficient staff working area• No room for additional booksNo room for additional books

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Mandeville StorytimeMandeville Storytime

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Mandeville StorytimeMandeville Storytime

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Mandeville StorytimeMandeville Storytime

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Your missionYour mission• We think St. Tammany deserves better.• The library board needs your help to articulate a vision of

library service for St. Tammany Parish in the 21st Century:– How should St. Tammany’s library system grow? Are there

“peer” libraries for the library to emulate? How does future growth support current long-range plans?

– How should the library system be configured in the Parish? Main or “co-main”? Regional or community libraries? What is the appropriate mix?

– What defines a “main” or a “co-main” or a “regional” or a “community” library?

– How large should the branches be?

– Where should branches be located?

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How do we get there?How do we get there?• Review existing resources and information

– Demographic, political, economic conditions in the Parish today and in the year 2015 (New Directions 2025)

– Local library use trends – Peer library comparative benchmark analyses– Other data sources???

• Develop alternate service scenarios– Simultaneous focus on the Parish at large and its individual communities– Type of branches– Number of branches– Distribution of resources

• Estimate space needs based on resource distribution models• Recommend the optimum facilities scenario(s) to the Library

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Space needs assessment calculationsSpace needs assessment calculations

• Establish the design population• Projection of population (20 yrs preferred)

• Accommodate extended service population

• Collection space• Bookstock @ 10 volumes per square foot

• Periodical display @ 1.0 titles per square foot

• Periodical backfiles @ 0.5 square feet per title per year retained

• Nonprint holdings @ 10 items per square foot

• Patron computer network stations @ 50 square feet per station

• Reader seating space• Allow 30 square feet per reader seat

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Space needs assessment calculationsSpace needs assessment calculations

• Staff work space• Allow 125-150 square feet per work station

• Meeting room space• General meeting space @ 10 square feet per seat (plus 100 square feet

for a presenter)• Conference space @ 25 square feet per seat (plus 10 square feet per

seat in gallery)• Children’s programming space @ 10-15 square feet per seat (plus 80

sq.ft. for a presenter)• Computer training space @ 50 square feet per seat (plus 80

square feet for a presenter)

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Space needs assessment calculationsSpace needs assessment calculations

• Special use space• Add the allocations for collection space, reader seating space, staff

work space, and meeting room space

• Divide that total by a factor ranging from 4 (which produces a generous allocation) to 6 (for a minimum allocation)

• Nonassignable space• Add the allocations for the first five types of space

• Divide that total by a factor ranging from 3 (for a generous allocation) to 4 (four a minimum allocation)

• Add all six allocations for a space needs estimate tailored for your library

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Parish GrowthParish Growth

• 2002 Population – 201,502*

• 32.4% Growth Since 1990*

• Fastest Growing Parish

• 5th Largest Parish in State*

• 4th Largest Parish by 2010

*LATEST CENSUS

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Checkouts Per Resident in Checkouts Per Resident in 2002 2002

• East Baton Rouge Parish 6.3 per resident • St. Tammany Parish Library 5.0 per resident• Shreve Memorial (Shreveport) 4.0 per resident• Jefferson Parish 3.6 per resident• Orleans Parish 2.2 per resident• National Average 2.8 per resident

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Public libraries nationwidePublic libraries nationwide serving serving 175,000 to 225,000 population175,000 to 225,000 population

St. Tammany 50th%ile 75th%ile

Books 434,046 409,650 530,371

Audio 15,307 15,307 27,728

Video 18,511 11,325 18,371

Nonprint % 7.79% 7.00% 9.55%

Public PCs 69 74 107

Circulation 1,012,841 1,118,899 1,613,136