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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1983
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED245685 |
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- Options for New York City's Branch Libraries. A Report Prepared for the Library Study Committee. Branch Libraries Budgeting City Government Comparative Analysis Financial Support Library Administration Library Networks Library Planning Library Research Library Services Library Standards Library Surveys Public Libraries State Aid Use Studies This report of the findings of a year-long policy analysis of New York City's three public branch library systems, carried out by the Nova Institute in cooperation with a study committee composed of city and library officials, opens with a brief historic account of the development of the New York Public Library, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Queens Borough Public Library systems, followed by a comparative analysis of these libraries with established library standards. The principal purpose of the study was to examine a number of key issues affecting the library systems and their relations with city government. The study included surveys of branch libraries, community boards, and elected officials to obtain a broad range of facts and opinions about library strengths and shortcomings. On the key issues of trade-offs, restructuring, funding and budgeting, and performance, the report recommends: (1) a community-based planning process that could achieve improved services through branch consolidation rather than mandated closing of branches; (2) a new integrated policy planning function for the three systems; (3) some selected experiments in suburban-level funding and action to improve state aid prospects; and (4) an improved approach to budgeting and performance management. The report concludes with a statement supporting the significance of the library system for the City's future economy. (DMC)