NMCAL Legislative Committee
2014 Library GO Bond B
NMCAL Retreat August 7-8, 2014
Ruidoso, New Mexico
NMCAL MEMBER LIBRARIES – 2014-15
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STATE FUNDED LIBRARIES
Central New Mexico Community College
Clovis Community College
Eastern New Mexico University-Portales
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso
Luna Community College
Mesalands Community College
New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
New Mexico Junior College
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
New Mexico State University-Carlsbad
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
New Mexico State University-Grants
Northern New Mexico College
San Juan College
Santa Fe Community College
University of New Mexico - Albuquerque
21. University of New Mexico-Gallup
22. University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Library
and Informatics Center
23. University of New Mexico-School of Law Library
24. University of New Mexico-Los Alamos
25. University of New Mexico-Taos
26. University of New Mexico-Valencia
27. Western New Mexico University
PRIVATE LIBRARIES
1. Carrington College
2. Dine College
3. Institute of American Indian Arts
4. Navajo Technical College
5. St. John’s College
6. Santa Fe University of Art and Design
7. Southwest Acupuncture College – Albuquerque
8. Southwest Acupuncture College – Santa Fe
9. Southwestern University of Visual Arts
10. Southwestern College
11. Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
12. University of the Southwest
VOTING DATES
• Absentee voting starts October 7, 2014
• Early in-person voting October 18 - November 1, 2014
• Election Day is November 4, 2014
Funding Proposed vs. Funding Approved
Year
Proposed by NMCAL
Approved by State Legislature
% Difference
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1994
$20.5 million
$ 8 million
39%
2002
$35 million
$16 million
46%
2004
$42 million
$16.1 million
38%
2006
$53.5 million
$ 9 million
17%
2008
$40 million
$ 9 million
23%
2010
$20.3 million
$ 7 million
34%
2012
$29.6 million
$ 9.7 million
30%
2014
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$11 million
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2014 GO BOND B = $11 Million
$3.5 Million
– Academic Libraries
$3 Million
– Public Libraries
$3.5 Million
– School Libraries
$800,000
– Tribal Libraries
Why Support GO Bond B?
• Helps build stronger libraries in New
Mexico
• Promotes information literacy and
lifelong learning
• Contributes to local and statewide
economic development
• Provides improved access to
information
• Supports library services critical to
rural and underserved populations
• Provides the ability to acquire current
and relevant library materials
Cost to Taxpayers
Estimates suggest it would cost
homeowners an additional $.65 cents per
$100,000 of fair market value.
Typical Uses for GO Bond Funds
Collaborative Collection
Purchases
Electronic Resources
Books
Journals
Technology & Equipment
True or False?
•
Everything is available online - False
•
E-books are generally more expensive to
purchase then print books - True
•
New Mexico libraries are adequately
funded - False
•
Libraries serve only students – False
•
GO Bond funds for libraries have decreased
over time - True
2012 STATE BOND ISSUE "B" FOR LIBRARIES
Official Election Results from Secretary of State Webpage
Voter Turnout
Around 750,000 ?
Bernalillo
Catron
Chaves
Cibola
Colfax
Curry
De Baca
Dona Ana
Eddy
Grant
Guadalupe
Harding
Hidalgo
Lea
Lincoln
Los Alamos
Luna
McKinley
Mora
Otero
Quay
Rio Arriba
Roosevelt
San Juan
San Miguel
Sandoval
Santa Fe
Sierra
Socorro
Taos
Torrance
Union
Valencia
TOTAL
VOTES
CAST
232,086
1,788
18,192
6,558
4,894
11,645
720
58,042
15,575
11,088
720
402
919
14,507
8,222
9,679
6,261
16,454
1,902
17,125
3,037
11,863
5,292
37,851
9,065
47,615
59,827
4,181
5,861
12,539
5,482
1,446
24,631
YES
153,823
720
10,304
4,268
2,581
6,201
415
35,803
8,705
6,879
483
205
601
8,357
4,412
5,780
3,106
11,568
939
8,501
1,635
7,526
3,058
21,064
5,585
27,867
39,704
2,120
3,829
9,028
2,942
710
14,245
NO
78,263
1,068
7,888
2,290
2,313
5,444
305
22,239
6,870
4,209
237
197
318
6,150
3,810
3,899
3,155
4,886
963
8,624
1,402
4,337
2,234
16,787
3,480
19,748
20,123
2,061
2,032
3,511
2,540
736
10,386
Totals
665,469
412,964
252,505
62.06%
2012 County Bonds
TVC
Yes
No
231,209
160,525
70,684
% Yes
69.43%
Bernalillo
11/07/12
js
2012
% YES
MARGIN
66.28%
75,560
40.27%
(348)
56.64%
2,416
65.08%
1,978
52.74%
268
53.25%
757
57.64%
110
61.68%
13,564
55.89%
1,835
62.04%
2,670
67.08%
246
51.00%
8
65.40%
283
57.61%
2,207
53.66%
602
59.72%
1,881
49.61%
(49)
70.31%
6,682
49.37%
(24)
49.64%
(123)
53.84%
233
63.44%
3,189
57.79%
824
55.65%
4,277
61.61%
2,105
58.53%
8,119
66.36%
19,581
50.71%
59
65.33%
1,797
72.00%
5,517
53.67%
402
49.10%
(26)
57.83%
3,859
160,459
RANK
% CHANGE
ORDER FROM 2010
5
10.7%
33
4.4%
19
9.8%
8
8.3%
26
10.3%
25
15.4%
17
8.8%
11
9.3%
20
10.5%
10
9.5%
3
18.7%
27
9.3%
6
13.1%
18
13.5%
24
9.7%
13
5.7%
30
9.0%
2
3.7%
31
6.7%
29
7.6%
22
12.5%
9
8.3%
16
7.0%
21
5.8%
12
12.1%
14
11.9%
4
4.9%
28
8.6%
7
7.1%
1
11.0%
23
6.1%
32
10.8%
15
11.8%
9.6%
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
TOTAL
VOTES
CAST
177,813
1,602
14,247
4,926
4,097
8,909
764
42,062
11,909
8,860
1,301
429
1,395
11,027
6,779
7,858
5,267
12,079
1,768
14,171
2,538
8,656
4,031
29,729
7,264
37,928
46,573
3,651
4,671
9,757
4,802
1,249
19,335
2010
YES
98,846
574
6,674
2,797
1,738
3,371
373
22,039
5,407
4,653
629
179
729
4,869
2,978
4,246
2,137
8,045
755
5,960
1,049
4,773
2,048
14,805
3,593
17,681
28,643
1,537
2,722
5,953
2,285
479
8,909
NO
78,967
1,028
7,573
2,129
2,359
5,538
391
20,023
6,502
4,207
672
250
666
6,158
3,801
3,612
3,130
4,034
1,013
8,211
1,489
3,883
1,983
14,924
3,671
20,247
17,930
2,114
1,949
3,804
2,517
770
10,426
517,447
271,476
245,971
% YES
MARGIN
55.6%
19,879
35.8%
(454)
46.8%
(899)
56.8%
668
42.4%
(621)
37.8%
(2,167)
48.8%
(18)
52.4%
2,016
45.4%
(1,095)
52.5%
446
48.3%
(43)
41.7%
(71)
52.3%
63
44.2%
(1,289)
43.9%
(823)
54.0%
634
40.6%
(993)
66.6%
4,011
42.7%
(258)
42.1%
(2,251)
41.3%
(440)
55.1%
890
50.8%
65
49.8%
(119)
49.5%
(78)
46.6%
(2,566)
61.5%
10,713
42.1%
(577)
58.3%
773
61.0%
2,149
47.6%
(232)
38.4%
(291)
46.1%
(1,517)
52.46%
25,505
RANK
ORDER
6
33
18
5
25
32
15
10
21
9
16
28
11
22
23
8
30
1
24
27
29
7
12
13
14
19
2
26
4
3
17
31
20
55.6%
35.8%
46.8%
56.8%
42.4%
37.8%
48.8%
52.4%
45.4%
52.5%
48.3%
41.7%
52.3%
44.2%
43.9%
54.0%
40.6%
66.6%
42.7%
42.1%
41.3%
55.1%
50.8%
49.8%
49.5%
46.6%
61.5%
42.1%
58.3%
61.0%
47.6%
38.4%
46.1%
52.46%
Making the Case for the “YES” Vote
Everyone plays a role in helping to get the
message out
• Distribute flyers, bookmarks, fact sheets,
yard signs, etc.
• Present to community groups, such as
Kiwanis, City Council, Rotary, etc.
• Utilize social media, local newspapers and
other creative communication outlets
ADVOCACY – legal, ethical issues
Guidelines for Municipal, Public School and Academic Library
Employees
Compiled by the NMLA Legislative and Intellectual Freedom Committee. Rev. 10/2/02
Legal
Dissemination of information only materials within city/school property or in one’s
official capacity as a public employee.
Not Legal or Unethical
Dissemination of materials that advocate voting for an issue on city/school property or in
one’s official capacity as a public employee.
Printing or copying information only materials using public funds or copiers.
Printing up materials of any kind that advocate voting for an issue using public funds or
copiers.
“Ask me about the library bond issue” buttons worn by staff on city/school property or
when speaking in an official capacity as a public employee.
“Vote for the library bond issue” buttons worn by staff or when speaking in an official
capacity as a public employee.
Informing people about that the bond issue is, how it will impact the local library, and
how much it will cost can be done on government time.
Advocating people to vote for any issue while on government time.
Bulletin board policies differ by organization, so check with your city, library, school, etc.
first. You may post information only materials on the board if this does not conflict with
local policy.
“Vote for” materials on city/school property.
Using government e-mail to disseminate information about that the bond issue is, how it
will impact the local library, and how much it will cost.
Using government e-mail to urge people to vote for an issue.
Friends of the Library can advocate, register to vote or otherwise promote the bond issue
on city/school property, but they cannot block the business of the library.
Any advocacy that blocks the business of the library, including disturbing users. Not
allowing opposing groups or other groups advocating an issue to have the same
privileges as those advocating the library bond issue.
Reach Out
Contact and inform your Institution’s
President
Foundation
Board of Regents
Faculty &Staff
Student Organizations
Government Relations Office
Your Library Staff
Communicate to your Community’s
Mayor & City Council
PTA and School Board
Chamber of Commerce
County government
Non-profits (Big Brother, Big Sister, Literacy Council)
Examples of Promotional Items
GO Bond B!
You Need Libraries… Libraries Need You!
Date: September 18, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Kristina Martinez, NMSU Library, (575) 646-3642, krismart@lib.nmsu.edu
The New Mexico State University Library will benefit from passage of a bond issue that will
appear on the ballot in New Mexico’s November General Election.
GO Bond B is one of three bond issues in Senate Bill SB 66, the General Obligation Bond Bill,
signed March 7, 2012 by Governor Susana Martinez.
If passed, GO Bond B will provide $9,700,000 for New Mexico Libraries, $3 million each to
public, academic and school libraries statewide for the purchase of library materials and
$700,000 to tribal libraries for the purchase of library materials and construction.
GO Bonds provide up to 25% of New Mexico academic library materials. Libraries at the
NMSU Las Cruces campus, Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Grants and Dona Ana Community College
will all benefit from this bond. If approved, the $9.7 million bond issue would cost taxpayers
56 cents per $100,000 of their assessed property value and NMSU Libraries would receive the
following estimated amounts:
NMSU Las Cruces Library - $386,090
Doña Ana Community College Library - $83,349
NMSU Alamogordo Library - $26,442
NMSU Carlsbad Library - $13,539
NMSU Grants Library - $10,461
The cumulative total for the NMSU Library system would be $519,881.
“The NMSU Library relies on bond funds in order to maintain its collection. We encourage New
Mexicans to get out and vote on November 6th or to vote early,” said Dr. Elizabeth A. Titus,
Dean of NMSU Library.
Early voting begins October 9th at the Doña Ana County Government Center and at alternate
locations on October 20th.
The statewide Bonds for Libraries Special Interest Group of the New Mexico Library
Association is conducting an informational campaign to assist library supporters in providing
voter information about GO Bond B. For more information, visit the group’s website at
http://www.bondsforlibraries.org/.
Libraries Change Lives Video
New Mexico State University
2014 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND C
NMSU Facts at a Glance
 Approval of General Obligation Bond C will not result in a tax increase
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Total of $25,100,000 for the NMSU System in GOB C
$19.2 million for NMSU-Las Cruces, for Jett Hall, Jett Annex, and Rentfrow Hall
$1 million for NMSU Alamogordo, for infrastructure upgrades and replacement
$1.6 million for NMSU-Carlsbad, for infrastructure upgrades and replacement
$2 million for NMSU-DACC, for infrastructure upgrades and replacement
$1.3 million for NMSU-Grants, for infrastructure upgrades and replacement
 Jett Hall, Jett Annex and Rentfrow Hall at NMSU-Las Cruces were built in the late
1950s and are in need of renovations to provide improved learning spaces
 Jett Hall and Jett Annex house the chemical, aerospace and mechanical engineering
programs
 Rentfrow Hall was built as a gymnasium and houses learning spaces for the College
of Education’s growing Department of Human Performance, Dance, and Recreation.
Enrollment in that Department has tripled in the last six years, mostly due to
increased demand for kinesiology degrees
 General Obligation Bond B includes funding for higher education academic
libraries, including about $500,000 for New Mexico State University
 Dates to remember:
October 7
October 18-Nov 1
November 4
Absentee Voting
Early in-person voting
Election Day
Questions?
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