Hi Guy's, I just received this an moment ago and thought I would share it with you. I did cut out the persons name who sent it to me so she would not get into trouble. But , your not going to believe what this say's. Nancy Miller Info on DHR and archives and such several pages down. -----Original Message----- Subject: Fw: A message from the State Librarian > A Message from the State Librarian > Wednesday, February 12, 2003 > > As I read the daily newspapers published throughout the state, and review > the list-servs and e-mail I receive, I am dismayed by the amount of > misinformation being presented about the Governor's budget and its impact on > the Division of Library and Information Services. A few library > professionals and supporters have called me to clarify these issues, an > action I deeply appreciate. In this letter, I would like to share the > content of those conversations. > > Clearly, the Division is about to undergo change. However, these changes > will not be as detrimental to Florida's public libraries as some predict. > Governor Bush's budget includes $32.4 million for State Aid to Libraries, $6 > million in federal Library Services and Technology Act matching funds, $1.2 > million for library cooperatives, and $6 million for library construction > projects. These figures have been stable throughout the Bush administration, > signifying his commitment to libraries as an integral component of healthy > communities. Continuing current year funding levels for local public > libraries while reducing other state programs shows Governor Bush's > commitment to libraries and his understanding of their importance to > Florida's citizens. > > The Division of Library and Information Services is made up of several > components - the Bureau of Archives and Records Management, the Bureau of > Library and Network Services (more commonly known as the State Library of > Florida) and the Bureau of Library Development. There is no doubt the > Division in its entirety has contributed to the success of Florida's > libraries, and so the new state library administrative agency will continue > to administer, monitor, and evaluate grant funding; research and develop > alternative funding sources; provide technical assistance and consulting > services; and be the lead agency in the development of the Florida > Electronic Library. While it is almost certain that the circulating > collection of State Library will be the property of another entity, the > functions of the Division that most impact Florida's public libraries will > not be compromised. And, in our negotiations to place the circulating > collection, our goal will be to ensure access to that collection by the > public is not lost. The Governor and I agree that the circulating > collections of the State Library must be placed where they are accessible > and will be used. Negotiations for these collections are in progress and > within a few weeks, I believe we will be in a position to share an > innovative proposal with you. > > In the Governor's plan, the Florida Library Information Network (FLIN), a > joint product of the Bureau of Library and Network Services and the Bureau > of Library Development, is maintained. The functions of developing, > administrating and coordinating the State's system of interlibrary loans > will continue in the new agency. Please note the Division is not a primary > lender of interlibrary loan materials, as these figures generated by OCLC at > the conclusion of Calendar Year 2002 show: > > Top Ten Interlibrary Loan Lenders in the State of Florida: > > Library Number of Items Loaned > > 1. University of Miami 32,682 > 2. University of Florida 23,496 > 3. University of Central Florida 23,433 > 4. Florida Atlantic University 19,734 > 5. Nova Southeastern University 17,422 > 6. Florida International University 13,517 > 7. Volusia County Public Library 12,548 > 8. Florida State University 12,504 > 9. University of South Florida 11,553 > 10. Jacksonville Public Library 10,085 > > Top Ten Public Library Interlibrary Loan Lenders in the State of Florida: > > Library Number of Items Loaned > > 1. Volusia County Public Library 12,548 > 2. Jacksonville Public Library 10,085 > 3. Orange County Library System 8, 193 > 4. Miami-Dade Public Library 7,750 > 5. Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library 7,030 > 6. Lee County Library System 5,350 > 7. State Library of Florida 4,168 > 8. Brevard County Library System 4,022 > 9. Sarasota County Library System 3,976 > 10. Alachua County Library District 3,692 > > > Many librarians are concerned about the continued availability of government > documents. The Governor understands that libraries have always and will > continue to play a vital role in helping people access information about > Florida's government. The 24 libraries that serve as depository centers for > Florida government documents will continue to receive copies of state agency > publications. A list of these can be found at > <http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/deplist.html>. > > The Florida Library Youth Program will be continued. The 2003 manual is > ready and training workshops are occurring now. The new state library > administrative agency will continue to coordinate this and other statewide > library initiatives and provide the broad range of consulting services and > technical assistance libraries have come to depend on. > > Some of you are deeply concerned about the future of the Bureau of Library > and Network Services. Please be apprised of these facts: BLNS had just over > 60,000 circulations last year. If you include articles delivered online via > EBSCO and Newsbank to the circulation statistics, the number climbs to just > over 78,000. Please note this includes ILLs generated by the other > libraries. This is a circulation statistic that is similar to the smallest > and least-visited of Florida's other libraries. > > Statistics for FY 2001-2002: > > Items loaned 2001-02 > Books and videos from State Library's collections, > items via ILL: 60,871 > Full text articles delivered online via EBSCO: > 8,395 > Full text articles delivered online via NewsBank: > 8,953 > TOTAL ITEMS LOANED > 78,219 > > Reference questions answered for all users 2001-02 > State employees @ R.A. Gray location: > 7,038 > Legislative staff and SEs using Legislative Library: > 4,318 > General public > 18,958 > TOTAL REFERENCE TRANSACTIONS > 30,314* > * Of these, 7,672 were Ask a Librarian e-mail > reference queries > > > Statistics for the first half of FY 2002-2003: > > Items loaned July - December 2002 > Books and videos from State Library's collections, > items via ILL: 25,725 > Full text articles delivered online via EBSCO: > 5,262 Full text articles delivered online via NewsBank: > 3,426 > TOTAL ITEMS LOANED > 34,413 > > > Reference questions answered July - December 2002 > State employees @ R.A. Gray location: > 2,930 > Legislative staff and SEs using Legislative Library: > 2,219 > General public > 16,638 > TOTAL REFERENCE TRANSACTIONS > 21,787* > * Of these, 9,720 were Ask a Librarian e-mail > reference queries > > > Please note that nearly half of the queries generated so far in FY 2002 are > submitted via e-mail, a fact that bodes well for the Florida Electronic > Library. In fact, the Division was seriously considering discontinuing > Saturday hours due to lack of walk-in use. No other library would continue > to offer full service with these statistics. > > With this in mind the Governor's budget proposes to reorganize library and > information services functions enabling cost savings while enhancing > services to communities. Together, the Division of Library and Information > Services' senior managers and I made recommendations regarding which > positions could be eliminated within the parameters set by the Governor's > budget. In the Division, 55 out of a total of 120 positions are proposed > for elimination, and 11 of these are currently vacant. Of the remaining 65 > positions, some will be transferred to the Department of Environmental > Protection to oversee the state's historical records (Archives), others will > be transferred to the Department of Management Services to continue the > state's records management functions, and the remainder will become part of > the new state library administrative agency. > > One of the goals is to integrate the important historic materials in the > State Archives into the State's Park Services, along with the Museum of > Florida History, under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. > The historical documents of the State will not be compromised and a smooth > transition will be facilitated. In fact, the preservation of these documents > has been one of the highest priorities in the planning process for the > proposed reorganization. Furthermore, the Governor is aware that public > access to these collections is a concern of the library community. He is > working closely with the administrative staff at the Division of Library and > Information Services and other library and information professionals as well > as the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to explore > innovative ways of maintaining these collections while controlling costs. > > Archives have a symbiotic relationship not only with libraries but also with > museums, since they possess items that document the history displayed in the > museums. Moving the Archives to the Department of Environmental Protection, > which will also manage Florida's historical sites and museums, makes sense > as long as trained archivists continue to be responsible for the materials. > Please note that the Florida Memory Project will continue to be part of the > Archives. > > The new state library administrative agency will continue to play a > leadership role in the continuing development of the Florida Electronic > Library, which will be launched in Spring 2003. At the conclusion of the > 3-year implementation plan, the Florida Electronic Library will provide a > union catalog that will list the holdings of every library in the State of > Florida. Additionally, patrons will be able to place their own interlibrary > loan requests, increasing public access to the holdings of Florida's > libraries. With the Florida Electronic Library, students and other users > will be able to perform a single search to access results from every > component of the portal, or it will allow an individual to target specific > resources; access a suite of databases which will offer information about > hundreds of thousands of topics, written from the grade school to > post-graduate levels; place a hold on any resource in any public library and > have it delivered to their home library; access full text articles from the > nation's leading periodicals, journals, magazines and newspapers; and get > real-time 24/7 assistance with any question. > > No other state has developed a plan as ambitious as this. The Florida > Electronic Library's director, Mark Flynn, is pioneering the program, which > was developed in collaboration with Florida's universities, community > colleges, and the public, school and special libraries, and he will see the > project though its 3-year implementation plan. The project's success is tied > not to the State Library but to the continued dedication of its partners and > financial support, neither of which is threatened. > > Many librarians are afraid that the partnerships they so carefully developed > will be compromised with the reorganization of the Division. Developing > partnerships, always an integral part of the Bureau of Library Development, > will be a major focus of the new state library administrative agency. The > incoming Secretary, Glenda Hood, has a long track record of partnership > development, as has the State Librarian and many members of her team. Any > partnership that currently exists which is producing tangible results can be > expected to continue. > > As Library Day approaches, many of you have voiced concern about legislative > visibility. Please remember that the 469 Florida libraries and their > thousands of Friends are highly visible in the legislators' districts. Each > year, these supporters come to Tallahassee for Florida Library Days. As a > Governor's agency, the Division is not to lobby. Libraries should depend on > their Friends and their professional association to make the case for local > public library services. > > Similarly, list-servs show that some librarians are concerned about the > Legislative Library. The Florida Legislature is aware that the Legislative > Library Services are an integral part of the State Library. The Legislature > is assessing its information needs at this time. > > The Governor is fully aware of the history of the Division and its > importance to Florida's citizens. He is working with me and other > administrators to preserve elements of the Division that are utilized either > directly or indirectly by the citizens of Florida and their libraries. The > core mission of the proposed state library administrative agency will be to > support the efforts of local libraries by providing direction and technical > assistance, access to funding opportunities, and coordination of statewide > initiatives, which has been the mission of the Division of Library and > Information Services since the 1920s. Please be patient as the plans for > the new state library administrative agency are developed. If you have any > questions or comments, please direct them to me or to the Secretary of > State. We would be happy to provide accurate information at your request. I > will also keep you informed of developments as I can. > > Judi Ring, State Librarian > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 850-245-6600 > > This report is based on the State Librarian's report delivered to the > Florida Library Association's Executive Board in Sarasota on February 7, > 2003 and reflects clarifications requested by that entity and/or members. >

> Negotiations for these collections are in progress and within a few weeks, I believe we will be in a position to share an innovative proposal with you.> That statement scares me. Negotiations imply holding talks with private agencies. I do NOT like that thought. Why would the person not want their name on the document? Negotiations also imply to me that the Legislature is being bypassed. In fact they are beginning to feel that way. That is just wrong. Why can't the state library remain where it is and where it has been? The word "innovative" bothers me also. When I hear that word I now think profit for businesses. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: [FLORIDA] Re: State Library > Hi Guy's, I just received this an moment ago and thought I would share > it with you. I did cut out the persons name who sent it to me so she > would not get into trouble. But , your not going to believe what this > say's. > > Nancy Miller > > > Info on DHR and archives and such several pages down. > > -----Original Message----- > > Subject: Fw: A message from the State Librarian > > > A Message from the State Librarian > > Wednesday, February 12, 2003 > > > > As I read the daily newspapers published throughout the state, and > review > > the list-servs and e-mail I receive, I am dismayed by the amount of > > misinformation being presented about the Governor's budget and its > impact > on > > the Division of Library and Information Services. A few library > > professionals and supporters have called me to clarify these issues, > an > > action I deeply appreciate. In this letter, I would like to share the > > > content of those conversations. > > > > Clearly, the Division is about to undergo change. However, these > changes > > will not be as detrimental to Florida's public libraries as some > predict. > > Governor Bush's budget includes $32.4 million for State Aid to > Libraries, > $6 > > million in federal Library Services and Technology Act matching funds, > > $1.2 > > million for library cooperatives, and $6 million for library > construction > > projects. These figures have been stable throughout the Bush > administration, > > signifying his commitment to libraries as an integral component of > healthy > > communities. Continuing current year funding levels for local public > > libraries while reducing other state programs shows Governor Bush's > > commitment to libraries and his understanding of their importance to > > Florida's citizens. > > > > The Division of Library and Information Services is made up of several > > > components - the Bureau of Archives and Records Management, the Bureau > of > > Library and Network Services (more commonly known as the State Library > of > > Florida) and the Bureau of Library Development. There is no doubt the > > > Division in its entirety has contributed to the success of Florida's > > libraries, and so the new state library administrative agency will > continue > > to administer, monitor, and evaluate grant funding; research and > develop > > alternative funding sources; provide technical assistance and > consulting > > services; and be the lead agency in the development of the Florida > > Electronic Library. While it is almost certain that the circulating > > collection of State Library will be the property of another entity, > the > > functions of the Division that most impact Florida's public libraries > will > > not be compromised. And, in our negotiations to place the circulating > > > collection, our goal will be to ensure access to that collection by > the > > public is not lost. The Governor and I agree that the circulating > > collections of the State Library must be placed where they are > accessible > > and will be used. Negotiations for these collections are in progress > and > > within a few weeks, I believe we will be in a position to share an > > innovative proposal with you. > > > > In the Governor's plan, the Florida Library Information Network > (FLIN), a > > joint product of the Bureau of Library and Network Services and the > Bureau > > of Library Development, is maintained. The functions of developing, > > administrating and coordinating the State's system of interlibrary > loans > > will continue in the new agency. Please note the Division is not a > primary > > lender of interlibrary loan materials, as these figures generated by > OCLC > at > > the conclusion of Calendar Year 2002 show: > > > > Top Ten Interlibrary Loan Lenders in the State of Florida: > > > > Library Number of Items Loaned > > > > 1. University of Miami 32,682 > > 2. University of Florida 23,496 > > 3. University of Central Florida 23,433 > > 4. Florida Atlantic University 19,734 > > 5. Nova Southeastern University 17,422 > > 6. Florida International University 13,517 > > 7. Volusia County Public Library 12,548 > > 8. Florida State University 12,504 > > 9. University of South Florida 11,553 > > 10. Jacksonville Public Library 10,085 > > > > Top Ten Public Library Interlibrary Loan Lenders in the State of > Florida: > > > > Library Number of Items Loaned > > > > 1. Volusia County Public Library 12,548 > > 2. Jacksonville Public Library 10,085 > > 3. Orange County Library System 8, 193 > > 4. Miami-Dade Public Library 7,750 > > 5. Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library 7,030 > > 6. Lee County Library System 5,350 > > 7. State Library of Florida 4,168 > > 8. Brevard County Library System 4,022 > > 9. Sarasota County Library System 3,976 > > 10. Alachua County Library District 3,692 > > > > > > Many librarians are concerned about the continued availability of > government > > documents. The Governor understands that libraries have always and > will > > continue to play a vital role in helping people access information > about > > Florida's government. The 24 libraries that serve as depository > centers > for > > Florida government documents will continue to receive copies of state > agency > > publications. A list of these can be found at > > <http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/deplist.html>. > > > > The Florida Library Youth Program will be continued. The 2003 manual > is > > ready and training workshops are occurring now. The new state library > > administrative agency will continue to coordinate this and other > statewide > > library initiatives and provide the broad range of consulting services > and > > technical assistance libraries have come to depend on. > > > > Some of you are deeply concerned about the future of the Bureau of > Library > > and Network Services. Please be apprised of these facts: BLNS had just > > over > > 60,000 circulations last year. If you include articles delivered > online > via > > EBSCO and Newsbank to the circulation statistics, the number climbs to > > just > > over 78,000. Please note this includes ILLs generated by the other > > libraries. This is a circulation statistic that is similar to the > smallest > > and least-visited of Florida's other libraries. > > > > Statistics for FY 2001-2002: > > > > Items loaned 2001-02 > > Books and videos from State Library's collections, > > items via ILL: 60,871 > > Full text articles delivered online via EBSCO: > > 8,395 > > Full text articles delivered online via NewsBank: > > 8,953 > > TOTAL ITEMS LOANED > > 78,219 > > > > Reference questions answered for all users 2001-02 > > State employees @ R.A. Gray location: > > 7,038 > > Legislative staff and SEs using Legislative Library: > > 4,318 > > General public > > 18,958 > > TOTAL REFERENCE TRANSACTIONS > > 30,314* > > * Of these, 7,672 were Ask a Librarian e-mail > > reference queries > > > > > > Statistics for the first half of FY 2002-2003: > > > > Items loaned July - December 2002 > > Books and videos from State Library's collections, > > items via ILL: 25,725 > > Full text articles delivered online via EBSCO: > > 5,262 Full text articles delivered online via NewsBank: > > 3,426 > > TOTAL ITEMS LOANED > > 34,413 > > > > > > Reference questions answered July - December 2002 > > State employees @ R.A. Gray location: > > 2,930 > > Legislative staff and SEs using Legislative Library: > > 2,219 > > General public > > 16,638 > > TOTAL REFERENCE TRANSACTIONS > > 21,787* > > * Of these, 9,720 were Ask a Librarian e-mail > > reference queries > > > > > > Please note that nearly half of the queries generated so far in FY > 2002 > are > > submitted via e-mail, a fact that bodes well for the Florida > Electronic > > Library. In fact, the Division was seriously considering discontinuing > > > Saturday hours due to lack of walk-in use. No other library would > continue > > to offer full service with these statistics. > > > > With this in mind the Governor's budget proposes to reorganize library > and > > information services functions enabling cost savings while enhancing > > services to communities. Together, the Division of Library and > Information > > Services' senior managers and I made recommendations regarding which > > positions could be eliminated within the parameters set by the > Governor's > > budget. In the Division, 55 out of a total of 120 positions are > proposed > > for elimination, and 11 of these are currently vacant. Of the > remaining 65 > > positions, some will be transferred to the Department of Environmental > > > Protection to oversee the state's historical records (Archives), > others > will > > be transferred to the Department of Management Services to continue > the > > state's records management functions, and the remainder will become > part > of > > the new state library administrative agency. > > > > One of the goals is to integrate the important historic materials in > the > > State Archives into the State's Park Services, along with the Museum > of > > Florida History, under the Florida Department of Environmental > Protection. > > The historical documents of the State will not be compromised and a > smooth > > transition will be facilitated. In fact, the preservation of these > documents > > has been one of the highest priorities in the planning process for the > > > proposed reorganization. Furthermore, the Governor is aware that > public > > access to these collections is a concern of the library community. He > is > > working closely with the administrative staff at the Division of > Library > and > > Information Services and other library and information professionals > as > well > > as the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to > explore > > innovative ways of maintaining these collections while controlling > costs. > > > > Archives have a symbiotic relationship not only with libraries but > also > with > > museums, since they possess items that document the history displayed > in > the > > museums. Moving the Archives to the Department of Environmental > Protection, > > which will also manage Florida's historical sites and museums, makes > sense > > as long as trained archivists continue to be responsible for the > materials. > > Please note that the Florida Memory Project will continue to be part > of > the > > Archives. > > > > The new state library administrative agency will continue to play a > > leadership role in the continuing development of the Florida > Electronic > > Library, which will be launched in Spring 2003. At the conclusion of > the > > 3-year implementation plan, the Florida Electronic Library will > provide a > > union catalog that will list the holdings of every library in the > State of > > Florida. Additionally, patrons will be able to place their own > interlibrary > > loan requests, increasing public access to the holdings of Florida's > > libraries. With the Florida Electronic Library, students and other > users > > will be able to perform a single search to access results from every > > component of the portal, or it will allow an individual to target > specific > > resources; access a suite of databases which will offer information > about > > hundreds of thousands of topics, written from the grade school to > > post-graduate levels; place a hold on any resource in any public > library > and > > have it delivered to their home library; access full text articles > from > the > > nation's leading periodicals, journals, magazines and newspapers; and > get > > real-time 24/7 assistance with any question. > > > > No other state has developed a plan as ambitious as this. The Florida > > Electronic Library's director, Mark Flynn, is pioneering the program, > which > > was developed in collaboration with Florida's universities, community > > colleges, and the public, school and special libraries, and he will > see > the > > project though its 3-year implementation plan. The project's success > is > tied > > not to the State Library but to the continued dedication of its > partners > and > > financial support, neither of which is threatened. > > > > Many librarians are afraid that the partnerships they so carefully > developed > > will be compromised with the reorganization of the Division. > Developing > > partnerships, always an integral part of the Bureau of Library > Development, > > will be a major focus of the new state library administrative agency. > The > > incoming Secretary, Glenda Hood, has a long track record of > partnership > > development, as has the State Librarian and many members of her team. > Any > > partnership that currently exists which is producing tangible results > can > be > > expected to continue. > > > > As Library Day approaches, many of you have voiced concern about > legislative > > visibility. Please remember that the 469 Florida libraries and their > > thousands of Friends are highly visible in the legislators' districts. > > Each > > year, these supporters come to Tallahassee for Florida Library Days. > As a > > Governor's agency, the Division is not to lobby. Libraries should > depend > on > > their Friends and their professional association to make the case for > local > > public library services. > > > > Similarly, list-servs show that some librarians are concerned about > the > > Legislative Library. The Florida Legislature is aware that the > Legislative > > Library Services are an integral part of the State Library. The > Legislature > > is assessing its information needs at this time. > > > > The Governor is fully aware of the history of the Division and its > > importance to Florida's citizens. He is working with me and other > > administrators to preserve elements of the Division that are utilized > either > > directly or indirectly by the citizens of Florida and their libraries. > The > > core mission of the proposed state library administrative agency will > be > to > > support the efforts of local libraries by providing direction and > technical > > assistance, access to funding opportunities, and coordination of > statewide > > initiatives, which has been the mission of the Division of Library and > > > Information Services since the 1920s. Please be patient as the plans > for > > the new state library administrative agency are developed. If you have > any > > questions or comments, please direct them to me or to the Secretary of > > > State. We would be happy to provide accurate information at your > request. > I > > will also keep you informed of developments as I can. > > > > Judi Ring, State Librarian > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > 850-245-6600 > > > > This report is based on the State Librarian's report delivered to the > > Florida Library Association's Executive Board in Sarasota on February > 7, > > 2003 and reflects clarifications requested by that entity and/or > members. > > > > >