Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, div. 2, ch. 3, art. 2, app 4
As required in section 20440(d)(3), all applicants shall submit a copy of a Library Plan of Service that highlights major services to be provided and how they respond to the needs identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following components:
1. Library Plan of Service
Applicants shall submit a Library Plan of Service that describes how the needs of the residents in the library service area, as identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment, will be met by the proposed project.
The Library Plan of Service shall include:
2. Executive Summary Provide an Executive Summary of the Library Plan of Service, highlighting major services to be provided and how they respond to the needs identified. The Executive Summary shall not exceed two typed pages.
3. Mission statement a. Describe the mission of the public library.
b. For co-located joint use projects, also include the school's mission statement for providing library services to their students.
4. Goals and objectives
Describe the goals, objectives, roles, and service indicators for library services for the library project service area and how they respond to the information gathered in the Community Library Needs Assessment.
5. Types of services to be offered
a. All applicants
Provide a detailed description of the types of services that will be offered as well as an implementation plan. Describe staffing, programming, hours of service, collections and any special services along with other relevant community services or partnerships such as adult education, senior citizen, literacy and after school programs, etc. Indicate how the overall plan of service meets the needs of the residents of the library service area.
b. Co-located joint use projects
Applicants with co-located joint use projects shall describe how the project's Library Plan of Service will meet the needs of the K-12 student population identified for this project. Describe how this service is different from what would be provided for the proposed project's clientele if there were no joint use cooperative agreement.
c. Joint venture projects
Applicants with joint venture projects, describe how the project's Library Plan of Service will meet the needs of the K-12 student population identified for this project. Describe why the specific service(s) (homework center, career center, family literacy center, computer center, subject-specialty learning center, shared electronic and telecommunication library services, or other collaborative library services that directly benefit K-12 students) was selected to meet the student needs.
6. Jurisdiction-wide service
Describe how the proposed project fits into the overall plan of service for the library jurisdiction.
7. Technology
a. All applicants shall describe how the Library Plan of Service integrates appropriate electronic technologies in response to the service needs identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment and shall include a description of how information technologies will be implemented to integrate, support, or extend the delivery of library services to the residents of the service area.
b. Applicants with joint use projects shall also describe how electronic technologies will be used to meet the needs of K-12 students as identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment.
c. The applicant shall provide an Executive Summary which will give a narrative overview of how the Library Plan of Service integrates appropriate electronic technologies in response to the service needs identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment. Include a description of how information technologies will be implemented to integrate, support, or extend the delivery of library services for the proposed project now and in the future. Joint use project applicants shall also describe how electronic technologies will be used to meet the needs of K-12 students as identified in the Community Library Needs Assessment. The summary shall not exceed two, single-spaced typed pages. Limit type size to no smaller than 11 point if using a computer, or 12 pitch (elite) if using a typewriter.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 5, div. 2, ch. 3, art. 2, app 4