Letters and email · April 2002Estimated date

Draft County data request with handwritten addition

Unsigned draft of the City's information request, including a handwritten question about Internet terminals.

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Transcribed from the scans and checked against them by Claude. Typed text comes first; handwritten notes follow it. [illegible] marks words that cannot be read and [?] an uncertain reading.

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DRAFT Ms. Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian County of Los Angeles Public Library 7400 East Imperial Highway Downey, CA 90242 Dear Ms. Todd: The City of Hermosa Beach is interested in reviewing the current service levels and costs of library services provided by the County to its residents, and in exploring the feasibility/desirability of alternative library service provider options. To aid the City in its review, I am requesting the information on the attached Data Request for the Hermosa Beach Library. I appreciate your cooperation and assistance in this review. Please call me if you have any questions. Sincerely,

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HERMOSA BEACH LIBRARY DATA REQUEST What are the numbers of staff in each classification assigned to the library? • FTE Librarians • FTE Library Assistants • FTE Library Aides • FTE Library Pages What is the materials budget for the library, and how is it divided between material categories, i.e. adult print, juvenile print, reference, periodicals, audiovisual? How many volumes are available at the library? • Adult print • Juvenile print • Reference • Audiovisual items (by format) • Periodical Subscriptions How many volumes/items are added to the collection annually? Please provide operating expenditure statements for FY 1998/99, FY1999/00, FY 2000/01, and projected expenditures for FY 2001/02. How many children's programs are provided and what is the annual attendance at these programs? What is the number of registered borrowers at the library, and the number of those borrowers who are Hermosa Beach residents? Please provide any data on the number of Hermosa Beach residents who are active patrons at other County community libraries. Please provide any usage statistics such as gate count or hourly head count for the library. What is the annual circulation for the library? What is the annual reference count for the library? How many volumes are requested on intralibrary loan from the County annually? How many non-County interlibrary loan requests originate out of the library annually? Please provide any other available information regarding the services provided and the usage of the Hermosa Beach Library.

Handwritten notes

• (bottom) How many terminals have internet access

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DRAFT
Ms. Margaret Donnellan Todd, County Librarian
County of Los Angeles Public Library
7400 East Imperial Highway
Downey, CA 90242
Dear Ms. Todd:
The City of Hermosa Beach is interested in reviewing the current service levels
and costs of library services provided by the County to its residents, and in
exploring the feasibility/desirability of alternative library service provider options.
To aid the City in its review, I am requesting the information on the attached Data
Request for the Hermosa Beach Library.
I appreciate your cooperation and assistance in this review. Please call me if you
have any questions.
Sincerely,

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HERMOSA BEACH LIBRARY DATA REQUEST
What are the numbers of staff in each classification assigned to the library?
? FTE Librarians
? FTE Library Assistants
? FTE Library Aides
? FTE Library Pages
What is the materials budget for the library, and how is it divided between
material categories, i.e. adult print, juvenile print, reference, periodicals,
audiovisual?
How many volumes are available at the library?
? Adult print
? Juvenile print
? Reference
? Audiovisual items (by format)
? Periodical Subscriptions
How many volumes/items are added to the collection annually?
Please provide operating expenditure statements for FY 1998/99, FY1999/00, FY
2000/01, and projected expenditures for FY 2001/02.
How many children's programs are provided and what is the annual attendance
at these programs?
What is the number of registered borrowers at the library, and the number of
those borrowers who are Hermosa Beach residents?
Please provide any data on the number of Hermosa Beach residents who are
active patrons at other County community libraries.
Please provide any usage statistics such as gate count or hourly head count for
the library.
What is the annual circulation for the library?
What is the annual reference count for the library?
How many volumes are requested on intralibrary loan from the County annually?
How many non-County interlibrary loan requests originate out of the library
annually?
Please provide any other available information regarding the services provided
and the usage of the Hermosa Beach Library.
How many terminds have internet access