California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 2 - California State Library › Chapter 3 - California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 › Article 2 - California Library Construction and Renovation Program › Appendix 4 - Library Plan of Service Components

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As required in section
					 20440(d)(3), all
					 applicants shall submit a copy of a Library Plan of Service that highlights major
					 services to be provided and how they respond to the needs identified in the
					 Community Library Needs Assessment. The plan shall include, but is not limited to,
					 the following components:
1. Library Plan of Service
Applicants shall submit a Library Plan of Service that describes
					 how the needs of the residents in the library service area, as identified in the
					 Community Library Needs Assessment, will be met by the proposed project.
The Library Plan of Service shall include:
2. Executive Summary Provide an Executive Summary of the Library
					 Plan of Service, highlighting major services to be provided and how they respond to
					 the needs identified. The Executive Summary shall not exceed two typed pages.
3. Mission statement a. Describe the mission of the public
					 library.
b. For co-located joint use projects, also include the school's
					 mission statement for providing library services to their students.
4. Goals and objectives
Describe the goals, objectives, roles, and service indicators
					 for library services for the library project service area and how they respond to
					 the information gathered in the Community Library Needs Assessment.
5. Types of services to be offered
a. All applicants
Provide a detailed description of the types of services that
					 will be offered as well as an implementation plan. Describe staffing, programming,
					 hours of service, collections and any special services along with other relevant
					 community services or partnerships such as adult education, senior citizen, literacy
					 and after school programs, etc. Indicate how the overall plan of service meets the
					 needs of the residents of the library service area.
b. Co-located joint use projects
Applicants with co-located joint use projects shall describe how
					 the project's Library Plan of Service will meet the needs of the K-12 student
					 population identified for this project. Describe how this service is different from
					 what would be provided for the proposed project's clientele if there were no joint
					 use cooperative agreement.
c. Joint venture projects
Applicants with joint venture projects, describe how the
					 project's Library Plan of Service will meet the needs of the K-12 student population
					 identified for this project. Describe why the specific service(s) (homework center,
					 career center, family literacy center, computer center, subject-specialty learning
					 center, shared electronic and telecommunication library services, or other
					 collaborative library services that directly benefit K-12 students) was selected to
					 meet the student needs.
6. Jurisdiction-wide service
Describe how the proposed project fits into the overall plan of
					 service for the library jurisdiction.
7. Technology
a. All applicants shall describe how the Library Plan of Service
					 integrates appropriate electronic technologies in response to the service needs
					 identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment and shall include a description
					 of how information technologies will be implemented to integrate, support, or extend
					 the delivery of library services to the residents of the service area.
b. Applicants with joint use projects shall also describe how
					 electronic technologies will be used to meet the needs of K-12 students as
					 identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment.
c. The applicant shall provide an Executive Summary which will
					 give a narrative overview of how the Library Plan of Service integrates appropriate
					 electronic technologies in response to the service needs identified in the Community
					 Library Needs Assessment. Include a description of how information technologies will
					 be implemented to integrate, support, or extend the delivery of library services for
					 the proposed project now and in the future. Joint use project applicants shall also
					 describe how electronic technologies will be used to meet the needs of K-12 students
					 as identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment. The summary shall not
					 exceed two, single-spaced typed pages. Limit type size to no smaller than 11 point
					 if using a computer, or 12 pitch (elite) if using a typewriter.