Sussex County Library Plans

          New Castle County Staffing Plan (in progress)

          Library Services for People with Disabilities (in progress)

          Plan for Medical Library and Information Services (in progress)

          Delaware Public Library Construction Guidelines: Recommendations for Facilities and Services

          Delaware Public Library Service Guidelines: Excerpts from the 2005 Statewide Master Plan (in progress)

 

 

October 6, 2004 - Request for Proposal Released

The Request for Proposals for the Statewide Master Study (About PDF formatted files)

Statewide Master Plan for Library Services and Construction, February 2005.

Recommendations are under review by the Delaware Division of Libraries and the Council On Libraries.

The draft results are presented in three volumes.

The Executive Summary (Volume I) is intended for broad distribution. It contains the major findings and recommendations from the plan that formed the basis of the plan as well as a summary version of the plan itself.

Executive Summary

Volume II presents a more detailed discussion of the findings and recommendations from the study, a more detailed version of the study, and reports and documentation regarding the various information and data gathering efforts that were undertaken.

Full study and Documentation.pdf

Appendix A - Site Visits

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 1

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 2

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 3

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 4

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 5

Appendix B - Peer Comparison Reports - Part 6

Appendix C - Focus Group Report

Appendix D - Demographics; Not Yet Available

Appendix E - Part 1 - Telephone Survey Report

Appendix E - Part 2 - Base Survey Frequenices

Appendix E - Part 3 - User Non User Crosstabs

Appendix E - Part 4 - County Crosstabs

Appendix E - Part 5 - Length of Residency Crosstabs

Appendix F - In Library Survey Report

Volume III contains a complete set of the individual library profiles and includes geographic information system (GIS) maps generated from a sampling of actual library use that show the area effectively served by each library and a summary report of the demographic characteristics of each library's service population. The profiles also report each library's performance on a series of key measures and a spreadsheet that outlines the estimated space needs for each library at five year intervals through the year 2025. Click here to access Volume III with additional 2008 updates to library profiles.