Prepared for:
Yavapai County
Charter School
Association
Presented by:
Corey Christians,
YLN Manager
A Primer on
Yavapai
Library
Network
Membership
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What is the Yavapai Library
Network (YLN)?
The Yavapai Library Network is a countywide
consortium of academic, public, school, and
special libraries. Its purpose is to provide
Yavapai County residents with quality library
services, information, and materials.
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YLN Profile
Currently home to thirteen school libraries
including Beaver Creek, Camp Verde,
Chino Valley, Humboldt, and Prescott
School District libraries as well as the Orme
School of Arizona Library. There is also one
joint-use library.
Home to five academic libraries and
twenty-one public libraries.
Hosts eight special collections.
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YLN Profile Cont…
Total Items available: 1,204,407
School library items: 209,366
Avg. items per K12 lib: 16,105
Total Items Circulated*: 1,885,645
School Items circulated*: 148,913
Items shared between YLN libraries in FY12:
Total YLN Items shared: 238,832
YLN Items borrowed by K-12 libraries: 6,124
*Does not include Renewals
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YLN Library Services
Integrated Library System (ILS)
Administration and support
 Access to the most popular enterpriseclass ILS
 Access to the VuFind catalog
 24x7 support
 3 dedicated staff members
 Regular updates/upgrades applied offhours
 Purchase of a new ILS included in
membership
 Data center designed to maximize uptime
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YLN Library Services
Radio-Frequency Identification Services (RFID)
 Inventory scanner can be checked out
 Equipment installation services
 RFID tags included in membership at no cost
 RFID conversion equipment for use with
barcoded items
Access to materials
 Access to 1.2 million items
 Access to 100,000 ebooks
 Central sorting of items
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YLN Library Services
Access to subscription databases
 Mango languages
 Learnatest
 Remote authentication with the library’s
subscription databases
Access to many training opportunities
 In-service training available
 Staff Training Available
 Information-sharing usergroups
 Mailing lists
 Online portal for information
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YLN School-Specific Services
 Built-in
Accelerated Reader search
 Student Information System automated
transfer
 Library card printing services at no cost
 Grant partnership opportunities with
public libraries
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Membership Responsibilities
 Must
share collection of items
 Pickup/drop-off items at the transit center
 Attend committee/user group meetings
 Pay membership dues
 Sign a membership contract
 Providing adequate bandwidth to access
YLN services
 Providing technology that supports YLN
services
 Provide compatible item barcodes
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Financial Obligations
 All
YLN operational expenses (about
$400,000) is paid for by the Yavapai
County Free Library District
 YLN members are responsible for a capital
reserve “sinking fund”
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Obligation determined via formulary
Variables are constant while amounts
fluctuate
 Item
transportation costs
 Startup Costs
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YLN Formula
Formula Functional Areas
Transits, 25%
Core Access,
25%
Circulation
and Holds,
20%
Staff, 20%
Items and
Users, 10%
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YLN Formula
Formula Functional Areas - $175,000
Transits,
$43,750
Core Access,
$43,750
Circulation
and Holds,
$35,000
Staff, $35,000
Items and
Users,
$17,500
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Formulary Example - AJS
Core Access (25%): $1093.75
Staff (20%): 1 (0.694%): $242.75
Circulation (28,308) and Holds (1411): 29,719 (1.152%):
$403.07
Transits: 1406 (0.594%): $259.97
Items (13,000)and Users (968): 13,968 (1.069%): $187.04
Total: 1.249% of $175,000 = $2,168.48
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Formulary Example - PMH
Core Access (25%): $1093.75
Staff (20%): 1 (0.694%): $242.75
Circulation (6,539) and Holds (384): 6,923 (0.268%): $93.89
Transits: 309 (0.131%): $57.11
Items (10,270)and Users (785): 11,055 (0.846%): $148.03
Total: 0.935% of $175,000 = $1,635.53
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YLN Assessment
Assessment by Library Type
Joint-use,
$2,211.62
Publics,
$129,801.72
Schools,
$23,320.37
Academics,
$19,666.29
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Startup Costs
A
computer that will support Symphony
 A barcode scanner
 Bibliographic data entry
 Student data entry
 14-digit codabar barcodes if necessary
 Library cards if necessary
 RFID tag placement (tags are included)
 RFID Antennae (if desired)
 Cost to add library into Symphony
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Costs Versus Benefits
 Every
dollar spent equals nearly seventeen dollars
worth of services for school libraries
 This equates to $23,300 expended for $388,800
worth of services
 100% of funds expended will eventually go back
to the libraries
 The opportunity to get other donations from other
YLN members
 Existing resources are leveraged to access greater
resources
 New services added at no cost
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Services Coming Soon
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Zinio Digital Magazines
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Universal Class
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Hundreds of magazines
Provided County-wide to all libraries
Over 500 online classes available
Approved by the International Association for Continuing
Education and Training
Earn Continuing Education credits
Courses are self-paced
Example courses include ESL Grammar and Writing, Autism
101, Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies for Teachers, and
How to Be a Substitute Teacher
The ability to send notices via text message
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Contact Information
Corey Christians
Library Network Manager
Yavapai Library Network
1120 Commerce Dr.
Prescott, AZ 86305
O: (928) 442-5723
C: (928) 830-5996
corey.christians@yavapai.us