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SECTION H -- LIBRARIES
TEN-YEAR HISTORY - DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES
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FY 1997
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FY 1998
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FY 1999
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FY 2000
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FY 2001
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FY 2002
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FY 2003
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FY 2004
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ADOPTED
FY 2005
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PROPOSED
FY 2006
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AUTHORIZED
POSITIONS
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PERMANENT
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Full-Time
Equivalents
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121.9
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122.5
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121.5
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129.5
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130.7
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130.7
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131.7
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132.4
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132.4
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134.0
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TEMPORARY
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Full-Time
Equivalents
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24.4
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23.8
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25.8
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25.8
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25.6
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25.6
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24.1
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23.4
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23.4
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21.8
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GRANT FUNDED
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Full-Time
Equivalents
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-
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TOTAL FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENTS
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146.3
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146.3
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147.3
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155.3
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156.3
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156.3
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155.8
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155.8
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155.8
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155.8
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EXPENDITURES
(000s)
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8,737
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8,547
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8,947
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9,579
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9,919
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10,215
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10,532
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11,291
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11,720
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11,928
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REVENUES (000s)
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Fees
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510
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449
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439
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507
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561
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450
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429
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470
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472
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479
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Grants
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263
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232
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246
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260
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391
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388
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224
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216
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216
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209
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TOTAL REVENUE
(000s)
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773
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680
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685
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767
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952
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838
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653
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686
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688
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688
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NET TAX SUPPORT
(000s)
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7,964
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7,867
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8,262
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8,812
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8,967
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9,377
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9,879
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10,605
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11,032
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11,240
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PROGRAM HISTORY - DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIES
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FY 1997:
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Doubled
fines for adult and children materials from $.10 to $.20 and increased the
maximum rate per item from $5 to $8.
Also increased the maximum overdue fine amount for videos to $10 and
the service charge for interlibrary loan materials from $1 to $3 per
item. An overall increase of $145,000
will be used to increase the materials budget by the same amount.
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Upgraded
the Integrated Information System to make available more advanced electronic
services for both the public library and public school customers including a
children's catalog with graphical users interface and periodical indexing
with full text and patron initiated reserves.
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FY 1998:
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Instituted
a new fee at $.10 per page for printing materials from the library
information system and the CD-ROM LAN.
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FY 1999:
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Provided
additional funding to support outreach services ($22,000, 2.0 FTEs) at
four sites.
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Information
and Referral Unit restructured and 1.0 FTE transferred to DHS to assist
with their information and referral services.
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FY 2000:
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Provided
funding ($55,230) to upgraded six Student Aide FTEs to temporary Library
Assistant FTEs.
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Provided
funding ($95,460) and 1.0 FTE to create a Cyber Center at the Columbia
Pike Library.
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Provided
funding ($25,000) to upgrade the County homepage.
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Transferred
Channel 31, the County Homepage and the digital photographic project
(7.0 FTE and $546,442 operating costs) from the County Manager's Office
to the Library Department.
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FY 2001:
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Added
$230,493 and 1.0 FTE (transferred from DTS) for the web-based
applications program.
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Added
$55,000 to support full operating costs of the County's webpage.
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Reduced
DTS expenditures $226,791 reflecting the elimination of DTS charges for data
processing and personal computers as part of the transition of DTS from an
internal service fund to a general fund department.
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FY 2002:
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Began
major redevelopment of County Website.
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Moved
the Shirlington Library to an interim location, while the new co-located
library site is designed and built.
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Completed
Master Plan for Westover/Reed site.
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FY 2003:
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Unfroze
a Student Aide position (1.0 FTE) and converted it to an Assistant Webmaster
position.
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Eliminated
a frozen Library Assistant I position (0.5 FTE).
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Two
limited term positions (Program Analyst II and Library Assistant I) ended.
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Three
LANRU technology positions converted to Information Systems Analyst I
positions.
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Credit for turnover was increased by
$8,538 making the total $118,103.
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Fees for holds on materials eliminated.
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$10,000 added to fund furniture
replacement schedule.
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$35,000 added to library materials
budget.
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FY 2004:
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Information
Systems Analyst III position converted to a Communications Division Chief
position responsible for managing the County Website, Arlington Virginia
Network 71, and the Information and Referral Service.
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$40,270
removed from materials budget to off-set State Aid to Libraries reduction.
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One
full-time Library Assistant I position split into two part-time Library
Assistant I positions.
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Two
part-time Librarian I positions merged to create one full-time Librarian I
position.
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Library
Assistant I position was converted into a Security Guard II position to
provide 40-hour security coverage at Central Library.
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Transferred
$10,000 photography budget to the County's Communications Office in FY 2003
Closeout.
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FY 2005:
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Added
$35,673 for Library materials.
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Added
$23,039 for rental cost of Shirlington Library.
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