REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 10/04/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
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ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION OF $22,991 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOR THE ZIP BOOK PROJECT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to accept and appropriate the California State Library Zip Book grant to purchase books and an Amazon Prime membership. The total award for the Fiscal Year 2024 beginning July 1, 2023, is $22,991.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Accept grant funding from the California State Library for the Corona Public Library's Zip Book Grant project through the California Library Services Act (LSTA) funds.
b. Authorize an appropriation and estimated revenue increase in the amount of $22,991 to the Community Services Department's operating budget in the Library - Other Grants Fund 415.
c. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to adjust the budget accordingly if Grantor distributes additional funds to grant participants.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The Zip Books project began as a pilot project in 2011, funded by the LSTA grant from the California State Library. Zip Books is an additional purchasing option that is meant to provide patrons with access to materials not owned by the library. A patron simply requests an item that is not currently in the collection, the library purchases it from Amazon, and the book is shipped directly to the patron's home. When finished, the patron returns the book to the library, and the library adds it to the collection. The program gives patrons the ability to participate in the development of our collection and has proven to be extremely popular with libraries and library users throughout the state over the past decade. In early 2022, the number of participating libraries expanded further to include 96 jurisdictions. In a recent two-year survey, over 95 ...
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