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2 LIBRARY 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

3 LIBRARY 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

4 LIBRARY SERVICES (cont.) State Depository Collection Online Databases Computer Services Adult, Children & Young Adult Programming Meeting Rooms Class Visits Forms (Passports, Tax, Voter, etc)

5 REFERENCE SERVICES In-house Reference Telephone Reference Reference

6 CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMS Summer Reading Storytime Crafts Prime Time Monthly Teen Programs

7 ADULT PROGRAMS Cultural Programs Book Clubs LEH Reading Programs IRS Help Author Visits

8 COMPUTER SERVICES Computer Classes Internet Databases Word Processing Educational Software Children’s Software Genealogy Software

9 SPECIAL EVENTS Walker Percy Symposium Whisperings Cemetery Tour Genealogy Open House Christmas Around The World Exhibits

10 BRANCH LOCATIONS

11 ABITA SPRINGS Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1973 Collection: 17,772 items (3.4%) Circulation: 18,303 (1.8%) Square Feet: 1,600

12 BUSH Date Established: 1952 Current Building: 1975 Collection: 16,499 items (3.2%) Circulation: 21,151 (2.0%) Square feet: 1,600

13 CAUSEWAY Date Established: 1999 Collection: 19,248 items (3.7%) Circulation: 51,846 (5.1%) Square feet: 4,900

14 COVINGTON Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1987 Collection: 114,154 items (22.3%) Circulation: 204,444 (20.00%) Square feet: 18,252

15 ELECTRONIC RESOURCE CENTER Date Established: 1999 Workstations: 19 Scanners: 4 Genealogy Data Disks: 300 CD-ROM Software Study Room Square feet: 2,000

16 FOLSOM Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1987 Collection: 21,775 items (4.2%) Circulation: 20,754 (2.0%) Square feet: 2,000

17 LACOMBE Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1993 Collection: 15,193 items (3%) Circulation: 26,966 (2.7%) Square feet: 1,500

18 LEE ROAD Date Established: 1987 Current Building: 1987 Collection: 19,057 items (3.7%) Circulation: 21,502 (2.1%) Square feet: 2,000

19 MADISONVILLE Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1987 (Built in 1906) Collection: 22,937 items (4.5%) Circulation: 23,619 (2.3%) Square feet: 2,000

20 MANDEVILLE 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

21 PEARL RIVER Date Established: 1950 Current Building: 1987 Collection: 23,664 items (4.6%) Circulation: 24,525 (2.4%) Square feet: 2,000

22 PONTCHARTRAIN Date Established: 1993 Collection: 20,727 items (4%) Circulation: 33,156 (3.2%) Square feet: 1,900

23 SLIDELL Date Established:1950 Current Building: 1989 Collection: 137,549 items (27%) Circulation: 322,572 (32%) Square feet: 22,000

24 Pontchartrain Branch No Patron Restrooms No Patron Restrooms No Meeting Room No Meeting Room Inadequate space for Children’s Activities Inadequate space for Children’s Activities Insufficient Seating and Study Areas Insufficient Seating and Study Areas Insufficient staff working area Insufficient staff working area No room for additional books No room for additional books

25 Mandeville Storytime

26 Mandeville Storytime

27 Mandeville Storytime

28 Your 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 21 st 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?

29 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 Board

30 Space needs assessment calculations Establish the design population Projection of population (20 yrs preferred) Accommodate extended service population Collection space 10 volumes per square foot Periodical 1.0 titles per square foot Periodical 0.5 square feet per title per year retained Nonprint 10 items per square foot Patron computer network 50 square feet per station Reader seating space Allow 30 square feet per reader seat

31 Space needs assessment calculations Staff work space Allow square feet per work station Meeting room space General meeting 10 square feet per seat (plus 100 square feet for a presenter) Conference 25 square feet per seat (plus 10 square feet per seat in gallery) Children’s programming square feet per seat (plus 80 sq.ft. for a presenter) Computer training 50 square feet per seat (plus 80 square feet for a presenter)

32 Space 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

33 POPULATION GROWTH

34 Parish Growth Parish Growth 2002 Population – 201,502* 32.4% Growth Since 1990* Fastest Growing Parish 5 th Largest Parish in State* 4 th Largest Parish by 2010 *LATEST CENSUS

35 Checkouts Per Resident in 2002 Checkouts Per Resident in 2002 East Baton Rouge Parish6.3 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

36 Public libraries nationwide serving 175,000 to 225,000 population St. Tammany50 th %ile75 th %ile Books 434, , ,371 Audio 15,307 15,307 27,728 Video 18,511 11,325 18,371 Nonprint % 7.79% 7.00% 9.55% Public PCs Circulation 1,012,841 1,118,899 1,613,136