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0 <br />Library Services Alternatives: <br />1) Institute Universal Card for accessing both CHPL and OCPL collections <br />2) CHPL to continue services to citizens in Orange County with no charge <br />3) CHPL to eliminate services to non-residents of Chapel Hill immediately <br />4) CHPL to phase out services to non-residents of Chapel Hill <br />5) Orange County to phase in funding to CHPL for services. Town provides <br />time for County to phase in equitable increases in library support <br />6) Orange County government phase funding in to meet minimum standards <br />and long-range goals for OCPL. , <br />7) Pursue collection development goal for OCPL and phase in <br />8) Identify additional funding through taxes for both CHPL and OCPL <br />9) Pursue Chapel Hill /Carrboro municipal library system <br />10)Pursue a regional library system between CHPL and OCPL <br />11)Pursue a regional library system between CHPL and Hyconeechee Library <br />System (Orange County is a member of the Hyconeechee Library <br />System) <br />12)Establish a UNC /Carrboro /Chapel Hill `lab-rary' for shared operational / <br />personnel support from the UNC -School of Information and Library <br />Science students <br />In addition, there are four no cost alternatives that can be implemented in the <br />2009-10 fiscal year. <br />1) Block booking of performers for Summer Reading and special <br />programs. These are discounts for booking a performer in more than <br />one location within the same week or day. <br />2) Shared staff development and training between OCPL and CHPL. <br />3) OCPL and CHPL purchase books and materials from Ingram Library <br />Services. Ingram is a wholesale retailer of library materials to public <br />and academic libraries. The Directors will contact Ingram to inquire <br />about additional group discounts for these purchases. <br />4) Coordinate the Friends support groups of both library systems to work <br />together on programming, book sales, and long-term support. <br />Staff will continue to work during the summer on this collaboration in order to <br />provide the financial and managerial background for the Assembly of <br />Governments meeting, as well as implementation of no-cost actions that build <br />stronger service connections. Please let me know if you have questions or <br />concerns about the progress being reported. <br />