Resolution No. 2612 - Authorizing Application From the Public Library Board of the State of California Under Public Library Development Act and Allied Sections of the Education Code

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PLAN OF SERVICE for the Colton Public Library A and the San Bernardino County Library System A M M w The Colton Public Library is at present an affiliated library of the San 1 Bernardino County Free Library, with the affiliation providing an exchange of services. Books are sent to the Colton Public Library from the San Bernardino County Free Library, and residents of San Bernardino County may check out books from the Colton Public Library and make use of reference • E 1 services. The County Library tax is collected from residents of the City of Colton, but returned to the Colton Public Library according to contract. i a 4 w1 It is desired that a cooperative Library system be established to extend and wA improve library service standards as follows: m. w u t' 1) Have cooperative book evaluation, and centralized book ordering, cataloging and processing. 2 O 2) Purchase additional books for the San Bernardino County Library, which at present does not have one book per capita, and for the Colton Pub- , lic Library. 3) Establish record collections at the major San Bernardino County Library branches so that with the record collection at the Colton Public Library, records will be available for the whole library system. 4) Establish collections of prints at major San Bernardino County Library branches and at the Colton Public Library, so prints can be borrowed by library users throughout the system. 5) Establish collections of films for the use of residents in the library system. 6) Subscribe to New York Times and local newspaper on microfilm and • purchase a reader-printer, so that material can be printed and sent to libraries in the system to answer reference questions. 7) Employ 2 library consultants who in addition to doing selection of • books and other materials, will supervise branch libraries. This will make it possible to have a library consultant who will make frequent visits to libraries which do not have experienced librarians in charge. Occasional visits will also be made by librarians who specialize in 1 different types of service, but a library consultant will go fre- 1 quently to the libraries under her supervision, so the library staff and the community can depend on services. She will be able to hold story hourR, give book talks to groups, and take part in the cultural life of the community. • PART A 1) Selection of materials can be coordinated as follows: a) By having cooperative evaluation of juvenile books thrd joint book evaluation meetings . By sending to the Colton Public