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Home My WebLink About05 - Arroyo Seco Library Network ApplicationAgenda Item No. ? August 14, 2001 COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARTS - LIBRARY - RECREATION - SENIORS To: Mayor and Members of City Council From: Board of Library Trustees Re: Application for Membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network of the Library of California RECOMMENDATION Approve the attached Resolution No. 2001- _, A Resolution Of The City Council of the City Of Newport Beach Authorizing the Newport Beach Public Library to Join the Arroyo Seco Library Network of the Library of California. BACKGROUND The Board of Library Trustees considered the application for membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network of the Library of California at their meeting of July 17, 2001, it recognized the need for membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network to benefit library services in the City, and unanimously approved the application and requested that it be forwarded to the City Council for approval. The Arroyo Seco Library Network is a new state funded library cooperative under the Library of California. The Newport Beach Public Library has been a member of a similar state cooperative library, the Santiago Library System, since 1969, under a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the ten participating library jurisdictions in Orange County. The original JPA was replaced with a revised document, approved by the City Council on September 11, 1989. The Santiago Library System was part of the state funded plan for the library, authorized in 1967 by the California Public Library Service Act (CLSA). By virtue of the library's membership in this cooperative agency, the residents of the City have benefited from expanded library services, including: • Reimbursement from the state ($413,000 in FY 2000/01) for loaning materials to other libraries and customers of other libraries. • Participation in full -text database subscriptions at no cost. • Participation in statewide negotiated contracts for full -text databases at reduced /subsidized costs. • Regional reference services to augment local service • Access to a statewide network of resource libraries to provide library customers with resources and materials not in local or regional libraries. • Regional administrative support for library functions, including communications and delivery services between libraries. Application for Membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network and the Library of California Page 2 In 1998, to increase statewide access to information sources, the legislature passed the Library of California Act, creating 7 regional library networks, each organized to develop library services among all types of libraries in the respective region. For Newport Beach, membership in the new Arroyo Seco Library Network (one of the seven regional networks), will provide the continuation of services without cost, now received through the Santiago Library System, from which customers of the Newport Beach Public Library have benefited for over 30 years. It will also expand the resources available to include those of academic, school and special libraries. The Arroyo Seco Library Network was incorporated January 1, 2001, as a California non - profit public benefit corporation and became one of the authorized regional library networks under the Library of California. Membership is open to public libraries and qualified academic and school libraries in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. There are no local costs; funding is provided by state appropriations. The State Library is currently in transition, funding both types of cooperative library agencies — the original CLSA library systems, such as the Santiago Library System, and simultaneously, initial funding for the new Library of California Networks, such as the Arroyo Seco Library Network. It is anticipated that all funding for cooperative library efforts will be transferred to the Library of California, e.g. Arroyo Seco Library Network, at the end of this fiscal year. When that occurs, the benefits and substantial funding which have become an integral part of the library services of the Newport Beach Public Library would cease — unless the library has joined the Arroyo Seco Library Network. Loss of this funding and other services would have a significant negative effect on the quality of library services, the size of the library collections, the number of hours of library services, even the number of branches to be supported. Thus, to continue library services at the same standard and in the same manner as is currently, it is necessary for the Newport Beach Public Library to be come a member of the Arroyo Seco Library Network. The Board of Library Trustees urges the City Council of the City of Newport Beach to approve this application for membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network and the Library of California. -� Patrick Barto fc, Chair Walter GHowald, Vice Chair Board of Library Trustees Board of Library Trustees Attachments 7. Resolution No. 2001 - _ 2. Jurisdiction Membership Application for ASLN 3. Participating Library Member Application for ASLN RESOLUTION NO. 2001 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY TO JOIN THE ARROYO SECO LIBRARY NETWORK OF THE LIBRARY OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, Arroyo Seco Library Network is authorized under the Library of California Seq. (the "Act "); and a library resource sharing network organized and Act, California Education Code, Section 18000 et. WHEREAS, the Newport Beach Public Library desires to join the Arroyo Seco Library Network; and WHEREAS, the Board of Library Trustees of the Newport Beach Public Library agree to comply with all provisions of the Act and regulations and conditions of membership applicable within the network. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Newport Beach authorizes membership of the Newport Beach Public Library in the Arroyo Seco Library Network; and authorizes and directs the Chair of the Board of Library Trustees to sign the Arroyo Seco Library Network membership application and to take such other actions and execute such other documents as are deemed necessary to complete the membership process. RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. ADOPTED this _ day of _ 2001 Garold B. Adams MAYOR ATTEST LaVonne Harkless CITY CLERK ARROYO SEGO LIBRARY NETWORK Institution /Jurisdiction Membership Application Form SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM 1. Institution /Jurisdiction Name NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY 2. Mailing Address 3. City NEWPORT'BEACH 1000 AVOCADO AVENUE 5. Street Address (if different from above) 6. City 8. Authorized Signature/Title LADONNA T. KIENITZ, CITY LIBRARIAN 9. Contact Person/Title (if different from above) 10.Telephone 11.Faa 12.Email 13. URL 949 - 644 -3157 (LIBRARY - 949- 717 -3800) 949 - 644 -3155 LKIENITZ @CITY.NEWPORT- BEACH.CA.US WWW.NEWPORTBEACHLIBRARY.ORG 14. Designated Representative to Arroyo Seco Library Network Council 15. Designated Alternates LADONNA T. KIENITZ 4. 41660 7. Zip LIBRARY The NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC requests membership in the Arroyo Seco Library Network, and (Name or institutionijurisdicdou) agrees to comply with the provision of the Library of California Act and Regulations, and the conditions for membership within the network. The duly authorized action or resolution of the appropriate governing authority of CITY OF NEWPORT BEAC%uthorizing membership is attached. (Name or iosdtudodjurisdiction) Authorized Signature Name Title: CHAIR, BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES AAMembership App•Ins1i.Formrev2.doc May 22, 2000 Date: 1 ARROYO SEGO LIBRARY NETWORK Participating Library Membership Application Form SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING FORM 1. Institution /Jurisdiction Name NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY 2. Library Name NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY 3. Mailing Address 1 000 AVOCADO AVENUE 4. City NEWPORT BEACH 6. Street Address (if different from above) 7. City 9. Librarian LADONNA T. KIENITZ 10. Contact Person (if different from above) _ 11. Telephone 949- 644 -3157 (L 12. 13. Email 949 - 644 -3155 - 949 - 717 -3800 LKIENITZ @CITY.NEWPORT- BEACH.CA.US 14. Library URL WWW•NEWPORTBEACHLIBRARY.ORG 5. Zip 92660 8. Zip A. The participating library will provide at least one of the following access service programs (check one or more): 6 Interlibrary Loan ® Patron Referral/Onsite Services ® Direct Loan W Electronic Direct Access I A.Tarticpating Library Appl.Applic.doc May 22, 2000 ARROYO SEGO LIBRARY NETNVORK Participating Library Membership Application Form B. The participating library meets the following eligibility requirements: 6 A written explicit mission statement and service objectives M A fixed location in California a Established hours of service ® An organized collection of information and materials accessible for use by its primary clientele M Designated, onsite, paid staff for library services. At least one staff person shall have a master's degree in library or information science or a California library media teacher credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, but equivalent graduate education or demonstrated professional experience may be substituted for this requirement. ❑ Equivalency substitution requested (provide information that substantiates the equivalent graduate education or demonstrated professional experience of the individual in the library on an attached sheet) M An established funding base. I certify that the participating library will provide the above checked access service programs and that it meets all the above eligibility requirements. 7 Current California Library Services Act (CLSA) public library member exempt from eligibility requirements. Signature Name: Title: CHAIR BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Date: A.Tarticpating Library Appl.Applic.doc May 22, 2000