Does anyone else feel that eliminating the non-resident fee could actually
work against the development of strong local funding for public libraries?
I am not talking about the loss of revenue from non-resident fees but the
incentive county governments might have to provide funding to city libraries
so that their rural residents can have access to those libraries. I am also
talking about city councils feeling more like they are funding something for
their own citizens -- as opposed to their funding a library that anyone can
use on an entirely equal basis. I am also talking about citizens forming a
strong attachment to a local library and wanting that library to be great
because it is their local library.
I am also not talking about participation in TexShare. When a person
participates in TexShare they have to approach their local library and
develop a relationship at some level with their local library -- thus
increasing the potential for that person to develop an appreciation for the
services offered by their local library and an incentive to make sure they
have a decent local library.
I am not expressing myself very well but ... do you catch my drift?
Stephanie Langenkamp
Library Director
San Marcos Public Library
625 E. Hopkins St.
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: 512/393-8212
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale Ricklefs [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 11:51 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: TexShare Card/Direct Aid clarified
>
> Thanks. Actually, the documentation from the state was clear on that.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dale L. Ricklefs, Library Director
> Round Rock Public Library System
> 216 E. Main, Round Rock, TX 78664
> 512-218-7010 (voice); 512-218-7061 (fax); [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.ci.round-rock.tx.us/library/library.html
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sharon Herfurth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:04 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: TexShare Card/Direct Aid clarified
>
> Here's what I learned from Deborah Littrell of the State Library about
> TexShare Card participation and its relation to the new Loan Star
> Libraries
> direct aid program:
>
> * If you don't have non-resident fees, you don't have to participate in
> the
> TexShare Card program to get full funding.
>
> * If you keep your non-resident fees, but you participate in the TexShare
> Card program, you get 85% of the matching funds + the base amount.
>
> * If you keep your non-resident fees, and you don't participate in the
> TexShare Card program, you get 75% of the matching funds, but no base
> amount.
>
> I hope this clears up some of the confusion.
> Thanks,
> Sharon
> Sharon Herfurth
> Central Texas Library System
>
>
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