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Delaware County Law Library System updates district agreement, annual report and systemwide evaluation priorities
Summary
The administrator reported that annual reports are under review at the Office of Commonwealth Libraries; member libraries must verify a district-negotiated agreement by May 23; and a systemwide evaluation task force set priorities for advocacy, substitute staffing and training.
At the April 17 meeting of the Delaware County Law Library System, Administrator Annie Lappley updated the board on three administrative items: the annual state reporting process, the districtnegotiated agreement and the systemwide evaluation work.
Lappley said all member libraries completed initial annual reports to the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (due March 10) and those reports are now under review by the office; libraries should respond promptly to any edit requests from the statereviewer. She said the report data are used by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and IMLS for statewide analysis and local advocacy.
On the district-negotiated agreement, Lappley said DCL used a template from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and that a negotiating committee of member libraries, DCL staff and board members finalized the draft on April 10. The agreement was shared with member libraries for verification; a simple majority of member libraries must approve for it to move forward, and verifications are due by May 23. Lappley told the board that if a majority of libraries approve the agreement, it will enter into effect even if some libraries do not submit verifications.
The systemwide evaluation task force, composed of member-library representatives, DCL staff, the library foundation and board members, convened in mid-March and identified three initial priorities: advocacy support, creation of a substitute pool of library staff and expanded training and mentorship. Lappley said staff work groups are preparing implementation steps and that the full task force will reconvene after preliminary work is underway.
Lappley also described the strategic-plan implementation work, including outreach goals to expand events and an effort to collect impact stories via the DCL website for advocacy. She said examples of that outreach included participation at a county Senior Expo and the use of collected patron stories in a recent presentation to county council.
These items were presented for information; the board did not take formal votes on the negotiation draft or the evaluation priorities during the meeting.
