Comment: "If you would like to improve this library, see the library from Des Plaines, IL, or Mount Prospect, IL, and you can have a lot of ideas from them."
Reply: The libraries at Des Plaines and Mount Prospect are both great libraries that seem to serve their communities' needs very well. I haven't visited either of them recently, but everything I've heard about them is positive.
There are some significant differences between Sycamore Public Library and these two. Des Plaines Public Library serves a population of 58,000 people with an 82,000 square foot building, a staff of 103, and an annual budget of $6 million. Mount Prospect Public Library serves their population of 52,800 with a building that is 101,290 square feet, a staff of 171, and an annual budget of $7.8 million. In contrast, the Sycamore Public Library serves our community of 17,000 people with a 27,000 square foot building, a staff of 21, and an annual budget of just over $1 million.
We are currently undergoing a four-phase construction project that will increase the usable space in the library and repair leaking windows. In addition to these physical changes we are always looking to add programs, special events, and materials that our patrons want to see. Help us improve your library experience with specific examples of improvements and ideas you'd like us to incorporate into our library services.
Showing posts with label Library Funding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library Funding. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2012
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Charging for DVDs
Comment: DO NOT CHARGE FOR DVDs for residents
Response: We can stop charging 50¢ for DVDs rentals which we have been collecting for three years. If we do, we will also stop purchasing them as the revenue we get from the small fee pays for us to purchase, replace, and repair the movies.
Response: We can stop charging 50¢ for DVDs rentals which we have been collecting for three years. If we do, we will also stop purchasing them as the revenue we get from the small fee pays for us to purchase, replace, and repair the movies.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Book Pockets
Comment: It would be helpful if all the books have a pocket so the computer print out slip would have a secure place to stay in the book while it's being checked out.
Response: We stopped adding pockets to our books when we started providing due date printout slips in 2002. Each pocket costs 10¢ plus staff time to add the pockets and we felt that the money spent on pockets could be spent on other things like purchasing more books.
To help people remember when their materials are due, we also have offer every patron a plastic pocket for their library card which can be used to hold the due date slips, each individuals account information is available to the individual online, and if we have added an email address to the library account, we send a notice three days before the item is due as a reminder of the due date.
Response: We stopped adding pockets to our books when we started providing due date printout slips in 2002. Each pocket costs 10¢ plus staff time to add the pockets and we felt that the money spent on pockets could be spent on other things like purchasing more books.
To help people remember when their materials are due, we also have offer every patron a plastic pocket for their library card which can be used to hold the due date slips, each individuals account information is available to the individual online, and if we have added an email address to the library account, we send a notice three days before the item is due as a reminder of the due date.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Library Service Boundaries
Comment: Just because someone is not inside of the library limits, does not mean that they are outside of the city limits.
Response: Actually, yes, it does. The Sycamore Public Library is a City library and our boundaries are the Sycamore City limits.
Every household that is in the city limits pays property tax to support the Sycamore Public Library. Every household that lies outside of the City limits does not pay any property tax to the Sycamore Public Library. People who live outside of the City limits have the option to purchase a library card each year for the same cost as a person who lives in the City and has the fee automatically added to their tax bill.
Response: Actually, yes, it does. The Sycamore Public Library is a City library and our boundaries are the Sycamore City limits.
Every household that is in the city limits pays property tax to support the Sycamore Public Library. Every household that lies outside of the City limits does not pay any property tax to the Sycamore Public Library. People who live outside of the City limits have the option to purchase a library card each year for the same cost as a person who lives in the City and has the fee automatically added to their tax bill.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Money
Comment: Give People Money
Response: Would be nice wouldn't it? Kind of a crazy circle though since all the money the the library has is money that is paid out in property taxes, income taxes, fines, and fees paid by patrons directly to the library. We would be giving the money you gave us to run the library back to you. We could do that, but then there wouldn't be a library.
Response: Would be nice wouldn't it? Kind of a crazy circle though since all the money the the library has is money that is paid out in property taxes, income taxes, fines, and fees paid by patrons directly to the library. We would be giving the money you gave us to run the library back to you. We could do that, but then there wouldn't be a library.
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