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Catalyst Premier’s instruction to Ministry (2001)

Process Consultation with community

Opportunity & Challenge $12 M new funding Commitment by government to initiatives Review/Evaluation after 3 years

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Strategic Directions:

Equitable Access to Information Collaboration and Partnerships Governance Reform Technology and Equity Grants

Strategic Direction #1Facilitate Equitable Access to Information

All public libraries connected to high speed Internet - Broadband

Province-wide suite of licensed database products

Virtual Reference Network One Card for all British Columbians Staff training opportunities Province-wide marketing of public

libraries/services

Strategic Direction #2Encourage Collaboration and Partnerships to improve service delivery and cost-effectiveness

Establish library federations Improve library and citizen access

to government information Multi-type library partnerships Provincial ministry partnerships Federal departments Private sector and NGOs

Strategic Direction #3Initiate Governance Reform

Review of Library Act

Development of Performance Measures

Strategic Direction #4Targeted Grant Program

Technology Grants Example: Standards-based

Hardware/Software problems Example: Collaborative System Solutions

Equity Grants Match Government Program Objectives Example: Early Childhood Learning Example: Literacy Example: First Nations Example: Persons with Disabilities Example: New Immigrant Communities

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Funding:

FY 2005/06 - $3,303,000 FY 2006/07 - $4,178,000 FY 2007/08 - $4,978,000

$12,459,000

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Strategy 1 (over 3 years): Broadband (approx. $400,000) Databases (approx. $2,000,000) Virtual Reference (approx.

$175,000) Gateway (approx. $1,000,000) One Card (approx. $400,000) Marketing (approx. $495,000)

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Strategy 2 (over 3 years):

Federation Grants (approx. $2,500,000)

[includes current level of expenditure for Public Library InterLINK]

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Strategy 3 (over 3 years):

Governance Review (approx. $300,000)

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Strategy 4 (over 3 years):Technology Grants

($2,500,000)

Equity Grants($2,500,000)

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Reaction…

Provincial Partnerships

Public libraries participation in other provincial programmes:Example: HealthNowExample: Early Childhood

LearningExample: Network BC

Virtual Reference

Funding (projected): FY 2005-06 - $25,000 FY 2006-07 - $50,000 FY 2007-08 - $100,000

Process: Practitioner’s Task Group Based on Vancouver Public Library as

Provincial Resource Symposium in Spring

Virtual Reference

Scope Distributed Reference Network? Software? Tools? (VRD, Homework Centre)

School partners? Partners

BC Post Secondary Libraries? Virtual Reference Canada?

Provincial Suite of Licensed DatabasesBasic suite for every man, woman

and child in the ProvinceFunding (projected):

FY 2005-06 - $300,000FY 2006-07 - $600,000FY 2007-08 - $1,000,000

Process:Practitioner’s Task Group

Provincial Suite of Licensed DatabasesScope Determine products to be included Potential for partners

K-12 sector? Post-secondary sector? Health sector?

RFP process where appropriate Evaluation

Library Gateway

Funding (projected):FY 2005-06 - $200,000FY 2006-07 - $300,000FY 2007-08 - $550,000

Process:Practitioner’s Task Group

Library Gateway

Scope: Inventory of existing systems /

functionality; Authentication requirements

PartnershipsEvaluate softwareRFP

One Card

Funding (projected): FY 2005-06 - $200,000FY 2006-07 - $200,000FY 2007-08 - $200,000

Process:Committee (s)Pilot projectResearch / Surveys