BUILDING PLANNING COMMITTEE

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WELCOME

• BUILDING PLANNING COMMITTEE
• April 21, 2004
• 630 830PM

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Process Roadmap

• St. Tammany Demographics
• St. Tammany Parish Library
• Peer Libraries
• Library Standards
• Prototype Regional Branch Libraries
• Recommendations (Draft)
• Recommendations (Final)

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Tonights Agenda

• Process Agenda Bob Wilson
• Preliminary Action Bob Wilson Steps
• National Library Anders Dahlgren Standards
  Trends
• Next Steps Bob Wilson

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Tonights Objectives

• Update Committee on Preliminary Action Steps
  taken by Library Staff and LBOC
• Increase committees understanding of National
  library trends standards through
• Anders Presentation
• Q A with Anders
• Schedule next steps

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Preliminary Action Steps

• New Pontchartrain Branch Rental Facility
• Library Marketing Plan
• Liaison with School Board

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New Pontchartrain Branch Rental Facility

• Pontchartrain Branch was identified by Building
  Committee as a critical need
• Increase from 1,900 to 7,000 Square Feet
• New Meeting Room 24x32, seats 60
• Teen Center with booths
• Sufficient staff work areas office space
• Patron Staff restrooms
• Space for 6 Patron Computer Workstations

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Library Marketing Plan

• Objectives
• Create consistency in image logo, signage, etc.
• Improve community knowledge of the scope of
  library services its value to the community.
• Library must be seen as a parish-wide entity.
• Library Board of Control approved preliminary
  contact with marketing consultants.
• Library staff has begun process of soliciting
  marketing proposals.

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Liaison with School Board

• School Growth/Building Proposal
• Handout shows enrollment growth and nearest
  branch library
• Library Director and School Superintendent have
  met to pursue mutual interests

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National Library Trends Standards

• Anders Dahlgren

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Anders Bio

• President, Library Planning Associates (Since
  1984 150 libraries in 25 states abroad)
• Consultant for Public Library Construction for
  State of Wisconsin (1984-1998)
• American Library Association Library Building
  Awards Jury (4 years)
• Author
• Planning the Small Library Facility (ALA 1995)
• Public Library Space Needs A Planning Outline
  (1998)

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National Library Trends

• Shifts in service standards
• Shifts in building standards
• Technology issues concerns
• Services to specific populations (teens, youth,
  seniors)
• Library as community gathering place (meeting
  rooms, art in libraries)
• Amenities (bookstores, coffee shops, drive-up
  services, and more)

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Public Library Standards

• Significant shift AWAY from traditional
  quantitative standards
• Service communities across the country are too
  varied in need and capability to fashion a
  meaningful national standard
• A Planning Process for Public Libraries turned to
  a LOCAL focus on setting service goals
• The rise of benchmarking

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Benchmark / volumes held
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Benchmark / magazines
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Benchmark / audio recordings
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Benchmark / video recordings
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Benchmark / non print as print
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Benchmark / public use PCs
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Standards for Library Facilities

• Old ALA standard related square footage to
  population (0.70 sq.ft. per capita)
• Convenient, but
• Cookie cutter
• Doesnt account for variations from one community
  to another
• Louisiana standard is 1.0 sq. ft. per capita of
  20 year projected population

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Standards for Library Facilities

• Current recommendations focus on LOCAL service
  goals to develop a LOCAL estimate of space needs
• Service goals space needs
• Service goals by building type a parish-wide
  model for facilities planning
• Main
• Regional
• Community
• Satellite

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Public Library Space Needs.

• Collection space
• Reader seating space
• Staff work space
• Meeting room space
• Special use space
• Nonassignable space

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Technology Libraries

• Impact of electronic info resources will the
  Web make the library obsolete?
• Impact of e-books?
• Roaming reference staff / concierge service
• Self-check-out
• Self-service reserve retrieval
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification systems

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Technology Libraries (Cont.)

• Physical requirements for computing
• Flat folding screens?
• Keyboards options?
• Wi-Fi?
• Laptop access
• Shifting technologies for nonprint

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Service to Target Populations / Teens

• Increasing emphasis
• Teen rooms
• Vibrant, colorful, flexible
• PCs dedicated to teen use
• Program spaces
• Young Adult collections
• Graphic novels
• Nonprint / media

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Service to Target Populations / Children

• Continuing emphasis
• Shift toward adding craft activities / motion
  exercises to traditional story times
• Childrens rooms
• Vibrant, colorful, flexible
• PCs dedicated to childrens use
• Separate preschool / grade school newborn???
• Family restrooms

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Service to Target Populations / Seniors

• Reach heights
• Lighting levels
• Supportive seating with arms
• Bifocal concerns
• Hearing concerns

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Meeting Rooms

• The library as community centers
• Multi-use / divided
• Kitchens
• Separate access (after hours access)

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Art Libraries

• Display / gallery space
• Cultural programs
• Partnerships with museums and art associations

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Amenities

• Shared buildings, shared sites
• Coffee shops
• Gift book sale shops
• Drive thru book drops pick-up

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Next Meeting

• June 9, 2004 Time 630 PM
• Focus will be Prototype Buildings Preliminary
  Recommendations
• Bob Wilson is Contact Point
• bob_at_mail.sttammany.lib.la.us
• Cell phone [phone]

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Future Meetings

• June 9 - Prototype Regional Community
  Libraries Preliminary Recommendations
• July 7 - Final Recommendations
• TBD - Report to LBOC