Agenda Item
City Council
Item #: 3.10. 3/14/2023 File #: 23-0111
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, Interim City Manager
FROM: Dave Curtis, Library Services Director
1. SUBJECT
Appropriation of $36,414 in designated grant and disbursement funding received from California State Library and Santiago Library System.
2. SUMMARY
Grant and disbursement funds will be used to enhance and expand the Library’s eBook and eAudiobook collections.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Accept into the City’srevenue budget $36,414 in grant and disbursement funds from California State Library and Santiago Library System into the following revenue account numbers in the General Fund: $30,000 into account number 100.2001.45290.30223, Palace Implementation Project Grant; and $6,414 into account number 100.2001.48390.19988, Santiago Library System.
2. Authorize the appropriation of $36,414 in grant and disbursement funds into the following expenditure account numbers in the General Fund: $30,000 into account number 100.3001.53301.30223, Books - Palace Implementation Project Grant; and $6,414 into account number 100.2001.53301.19988, Books - Santiago Library System.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The total appropriation for this grant and disbursement is funded by the additional revenue received from California State Library and Santiago Library System.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 3: Enhance and promote quality of life in the community. b: Deliver high quality and safe recreational, social, environmental, educational and cultural services.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The Orange Public Library has been awarded a $30,000 Palace Project Implementation Grant for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 (FY23). California State Library has generously provided support in Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds to expand and enhance the Library’s digital collections.
The California State Library, in partnership with the Black Gold Cooperative Library System, has launched eBooks for All California. Created to equalize access across California, this statewide collection can be accessed by anyone with a California public library card and an internet connection.
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collection can be accessed by anyone with a California public library card and an internet connection.
Through its participation, Orange Public Library will be able to offer its cardholders access to the free, shared statewide collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks via the Palace app. Funds will purchase eBooks and eAudiobooks and must be spent or encumbered by the end of June 2023. Purchases will elevate the Library’sofferings from 0.028 eBooks per capita to 1.302 eBooks per capita, an increase of 4,560.85% that will benefit Library patrons.
The Orange Public Library has been presented a $6,414 disbursement from the Santiago Library System (SLS). SLS is a membership consortium of Orange County libraries that receives money from the state and disburses annually to member libraries. This disbursement to the Library has been provided for e-content products and services. Funds will purchase additional eBooks and eAudiobooks from cloudLibrary to expand the Library’s collection.
7. ATTACHMENTS
· Palace Implementation Project Grant Award Letter
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