| Mary Dolven/Judy Register Shared-Use Libraries: Two Perspectives |
August 10, 1.00-3.30 |
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Shared-use libraries have been
a part of library services for many years - some more
successfully than others. In the last decade the
concept has gained momentum in the wake of budgetary
concerns that have public dollars going as far as
possible without impacting services. While the concept
of shared use libraries has its advantages, it is not
suggested that it will work in every instance in every
community. Clearly attention to advance analysis and
time for input from all stakeholders is the critical
foundation to determining if shared use is likely to
succeed. This presentation will give an overview of two
very different projects - a public library with K-12
school libraries THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL and a
community college library with a public library THAT IS
IN THE PLANNING STAGE. The
planning for these libraries and the operational
aspects of the open facilitY will be explored.
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| Mary Dolven has a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin and an MLS from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been Director of Library Services at Diablo Valley College for the past 25 years. Her prior experience included positions as Director of Learning Resources at Merced College, Head of Library Cataloging and Processing at SRI International, Librarian with US Army and Air Force in Germany, and Librarian with CSIRO in Australia. Mary is active in national, state, and regional library organizations. Planning library services and spaces are big issues at DVC this year. The DVC Library has just moved to a temporary location and construction on a library addition and remodel is beginning this month. And the Contra Costa County Library, the City of San Ramon, and DVC are currently working with consultants on planning a joint use library in a new development in the Dougherty Valley. | ||||