June 4, 2024
Library and Community Services
DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Deputy City Manager of Community
Services
Kate Eppler, Deputy Director of Community Services -
Library
Subject:
Accept and Appropriate Pacific Library Partnership Grant for Link+
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Expenditures will be funded by Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) grant funds. There will be no net
expense to the General Fund.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
n/a
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Public Library has been granted $8,130
from the Pacific Library Partnership to support the Link+ lending services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPOPRIATE into
the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Library budget a Pacific
Library Partnership grant for Link+ in the amount of
$8,130 – Community Services Department (LaShonda
White 510-620-6828/Kate Eppler 510-620-5452).
AGENDA
REPORT
June 4, 2024
DISCUSSION:
The Pacific Library Partnership (PLP) has allocated California Library Services Act funding for costs related to resource sharing between libraries. As a PLP library, the Richmond Public Library has been allocated $8,130 for FY 2023- 2024. The Richmond Public Library intends to use these funds to offset the costs of delivery of materials among member libraries via a system known as Link+.
The Link+ lending system is comprised of more than 70 academic and public libraries located throughout California. Cardholders at Richmond Public Library can request items from any participating Link+ library. The requested books are then delivered via courier service to a Richmond Public Library location, where they can be borrowed and returned.
PLP is a cooperative of four library systems: Bay Area Library and Information System (BALIS), serving Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco Counties; Peninsula Library System (PLS), serving San Mateo County; Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System (MOBAC), serving Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties; and Silicon Valley Library System (SVLS), serving Santa Clara County. PLP administers California Library Services Act funds to support the cost of providing communications and delivery services to member libraries. The California Library Services Act facilitates equal access to library resources, with a specific focus on underserved communities.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Claim Form