ST. TAMMANY PARISH LIBRARY WELCOME BUILDING PLANNING COMMITTEE April 21, 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM

ST. TAMMANY PARISH LIBRARY

WELCOME

BUILDING PLANNING COMMITTEE

April 21, 2004

6:30 – 8:30PM


Process Roadmap

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


Tonight’s Agenda

• Process & Agenda Bob Wilson

• Preliminary Action Bob Wilson Steps

• National Library Anders Dahlgren Standards & Trends

• Next Steps Bob Wilson


Tonight’s Objectives

• Update Committee on Preliminary Action Steps taken by Library Staff and LBOC

• Increase committee’s understanding of National library trends & standards through:Anders’ PresentationQ & A with Anders

• Schedule next steps


Preliminary Action Steps

• New Pontchartrain Branch Rental Facility

• Library Marketing Plan

• Liaison with School Board


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 24’x32’, seats 60• Teen Center with booths• Sufficient staff work areas & office space• Patron & Staff restrooms• Space for 6 Patron Computer Workstations


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.


Liaison with School Board

• School Growth/Building ProposalHandout shows enrollment growth and nearest

branch library

• Library Director and School Superintendent have met to pursue mutual interests


National Library Trends & Standards

Anders Dahlgren


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)


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)


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


Benchmark / volumes held

St. Tammany 434,046

50th %ile 75th %ile 80th %ile 90th %ile Average

All Louisiana 86,294 171,076 194,754 346,576 166,926.28 LA 100,000+ pop 383,265 707,716 744,019 920,996 534,636.55 US 175K-225K pop 409,650 530,371 565,865 733,850 466,890.73 US 275K-375K pop 619,308 785,198 924,546 1,172,525 779,028.02


Benchmark / magazines

St. Tammany 810


All Louisiana 238 468 506 861 472.80 LA 100,000+ pop 895 2,238 2,635 2,820 1,620.91 US 175K-225K pop 808 1,289 1,388 1,787 966.97 US 275K-375K pop 1,442 2,117 2,320 3,445 1,781.80


Benchmark / audio recordings

St. Tammany 15,307


All Louisiana 1,471 3,012 3,870 11,075 3,531.78 LA 100,000+ pop 15,307 19,437 20,663 21,892 13,730.55 US 175K-225K pop 15,307 27,728 31,510 42,076 21,075.47 US 275K-375K pop 21,463 38,154 42,265 70,377 30,860.05


Benchmark / video recordings

St. Tammany 18,511


All Louisiana 2,503 4,814 6,351 14,402 4,760.00 LA 100,000+ pop 15,813 19,457 20,402 28,528 16,220.55 US 175K-225K pop 11,325 18,371 19,979 30,622 15,214.47 US 275K-375K pop 18,332 27,738 28,370 36,868 20,767.39


Benchmark / non print as % print

St. Tammany 7.79%


All Louisiana 4.19% 5.76% 6.43% 8.49% 4.49%LA 100,000+ pop 5.37% 8.38% 8.96% 9.27% 6.23%US 175K-225K pop 7.00% 9.55% 10.95% 13.19% 7.79%US 275K-375K pop 6.53% 8.96% 9.23% 10.88% 7.72%


Benchmark / public use PCs

St. Tammany 69


All Louisiana 18 34 41 66 31.05 LA 100,000+ pop 69 138 146 156 90.00 US 175K-225K pop 74 107 112 139 83.81 US 275K-375K pop 125 169 180 227 128.12


Standards for Library Facilities

• Old ALA standard related square footage to population (0.70 sq.ft. per capita)

• Convenient, but…• Cookie cutter• Doesn’t account for variations from one

community to another• Louisiana standard is 1.0 sq. ft. per capita of

20 year projected population


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


Public Library Space Needs….

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


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


Technology & Libraries (Cont.)

• Physical requirements for computing Flat & folding screens? Keyboards options? Wi-Fi?

• Laptop access• Shifting technologies for nonprint


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


Service to Target Populations / Children

• Continuing emphasis• Shift toward adding craft activities / motion

exercises to traditional story times• Children’s rooms

Vibrant, colorful, flexible PCs dedicated to children’s use Separate preschool / grade school – newborn???

• Family restrooms


Service to Target Populations / Seniors

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


Meeting Rooms

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


Art & Libraries

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

associations


Amenities

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


Next Meeting

• June 9, 2004 Time 6:30 PM• Focus will be Prototype Buildings &

Preliminary Recommendations• Bob Wilson is Contact Point:

[email protected] phone # 504-813-7515

mailto:[email protected]


Future Meetings:

• June 9 - Prototype Regional & Community Libraries & Preliminary

Recommendations

• July 7 - Final Recommendations

• TBD - Report to LBOC

Documents

ST. TAMMANY PARISH LIBRARY WELCOME BUILDING PLANNING COMMITTEE April 21, 2004 6:30 – 8:30PM