Salo library: presentation of a consolidation of municipalities

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    1. Consolidation of Municipalities: Salo
    2. Salo Public Library
      • library activities in the region since 1862
      • present library building from 1986; extension 2004
      • numbers from 2008 (before consolidation)
        • staff 27 (professional library staff 22)
        • gross expenditure 1,8 million euros
        • expenditure on library materials 354 263 €
        • loans / inhabitant 38,5
        • lending circulation 3,9
        • library visits / inhabitant 16,2
    3. Libraries in consolidation’s frontline
      • Salo’s library strategy from the year 2002:
      • ” In 2007 there will be only one library system in the Salo region”
      • Before the consolidation there was already a common understanding of the future of the libraries in Salo region
      • Change was not too dramatic for libraries!
    4. Salo 2009
      • Number of inhabitants grew from 25 500 to 55 000
      • The old municipalities were suppressed and the new city of Salo was established 1.1.2009
      • The agreement of consolidation was signed in summer 2007:
      • ” the level of services in the new Salo must be maintained at the same level as it was before the consolidation; it may not be weakened”
        • the agreement is binding for three years
    5. Library activities 2009
      • central library
      • 9 branch libraries
        • in six of them only one employee
        • multi-service centres
      • 2 mobile libraries
      • 2 hospital libraries (not open daily)
      • staff 45 (professional library staff 38)
      • appropriation for library 3,2 million euros
    6. What had to be done?
      • lots of cooperation even before consolidation
      • road map to get a timetable for necessary steps
      • regional meetings, agreements and decision-making over common library matters before the consolidation
        • rules
        • practices
        • fees
        • opening hours
        • changes to library program
      • internal education
    7. Consolidation’s effects on libraries department
      • all units continue as before; there were no demands for reductions
      • resources remained on the same level as before
        • even a little addition to opening hours and man-years
      • lots of independence remains in branch libraries (in acquisitions for example)
      • administration, information technology matters and budgeting were concentrated
      • customer service has improved!
        • common library rules for units
        • transportation of library materials between units has been started
        • co-operation has became tighter
        • common reservation list
    8. Future challenges
      • to maintain a good service level
      • branch libraries: equal development or specialisation in some subject fields
      • from successful history to bright future
      • space solutions
      • multi-service centres in branch libraries
      • internal and external communications
    9. Thank you. Kari Pohjola / kari.pohjola@salo.fi

    + Scottish Library & Information Council (SLIC), CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS)Scottish Library & Information Council (SLIC), CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS), 6 months ago

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