PLSA Materials Levies Review

The Brief To review the current application of levies to Public Library Grant funding, and make recommendations on the future direction of these while maintaining public library customer access to a collection of contemporary specialist resources chosen to meet local and state-wide needs.

Specifically... Identify a mechanism for providing contemporary specialist resources Determine the type and level of levies Confirm how the levies will be funded and the funds allocated to them to better meet emerging and future demands

Why? OneCard has changed the goalposts Increase in the cost of digital media Forecast changes in State Government funding Feedback from member libraries on the application of current levy processes

The Working Group Lynn Spurling (PLSA) Janice Nitschke (PLSA) Hanlie Erasmus (PLSA) Geoff Strempel (PLS) Kristine Peters (KPPM)

Process Working group meetings (and modelling) Library survey Targeted consultation Analysis of 1LMS/Bibliostat data Workshop with big CL libraries

The big questions....

Do we need levies? "Yes, we definitely need both E-Resources and Community Languages Levies"

Do we need to vote every year? Benefits of secure forward planning Lower cost service agreements CL tied to Census Flexibility years?

E-resources levy Good support for this levy, currently set at 10%, trending upward

Community Languages Inequitable cost allocation at present Issues identified for further exploration (selection, DVDs, user demand, new arrivals) Recommendation: Levy based on Per NESB Capita

Playing with the options No library pays more for CL [$1.11 per NESB capita] Levy total = $260,258 Generates $115k less than the current CL Levy of $375,601 Metro libraries pay average $3658 less Country libraries pay average $924 less Joint Use libraries pay average $266 less 7 'large CL' libraries pay up to $3k more (all other libraries pay less) [$1.30 per NESB capita] Levy total = $304,807 Generates $70k less than the current CL Levy Metro libraries pay average$1,580 less Country libraries pay average$847 less Joint Use libraries pay average$256 less CL Levy amount unchanged 12 Metro libraries pay more (some up to $13k) (all other libraries pay less) [$1.60 per NESB capita] Levy total = $375,147 Generates $454 less than the current CL Levy Metro libraries pay average$1,701 more Country libraries pay average$725 less Joint Use libraries pay average$240 less

From another perspective $1.11 per capita, total CL levy $155k less Comm Lang POP'N 2011 CENSUS COMM LANG CURRENT $ COMM LANG NEWDIFF ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL14,50820,876 16,1044,772 CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL15,83117,634 17,57262 CITY OF CHARLES STURT28,22533,742 31,3302,412 CITY OF NORWOOD PAYNEHAM AND ST PETERS8,62210,633 9,5701,062 CITY OF ONKAPARINGA9,52225,872 10,56915,303 CITY OF PLAYFORD7,41315,142 8,2286,914 CITY OF TEA TREE GULLY10,30718,826 11,4417,385 CITY OF WEST TORRENS15,89918,504 17, ALEXANDRINA COUNCIL6703, ,552 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST1741, ,015 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL FLINDERS MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PETERBOROUGH CITY OF PORT LINCOLN4902, ,477 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROBE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ROXBY DOWNS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COOBER PEDY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ELLISTON FLINDERS RANGES COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KIMBA NORTHERN AREAS COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF TUMBY BAY

$1.30 per capita, total CL levy $70k less Comm Lang POP'N 2011 CENSUS COMM LANG CURRENT $ COMM LANG NEWDIFF ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL14,50820,876 18,8602,015 CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL15,83117,634 20,580-2,946 CITY OF CHARLES STURT28,22533,742 36,693-2,951 CITY OF NORWOOD PAYNEHAM AND ST PETERS8,62210,633 11, CITY OF ONKAPARINGA9,52225,872 12,37913,494 CITY OF PLAYFORD7,41315,142 9,6375,505 CITY OF TEA TREE GULLY10,30718,826 13,3995,427 CITY OF WEST TORRENS15,89918,504 20,669-2,164 ALEXANDRINA COUNCIL6703, ,424 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST1741, KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL FLINDERS MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PETERBOROUGH CITY OF PORT LINCOLN4902, ,384 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROBE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ROXBY DOWNS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COOBER PEDY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ELLISTON FLINDERS RANGES COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KIMBA NORTHERN AREAS COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF TUMBY BAY

$1.60 per capita, total CL levy unchanged Comm Lang POP'N 2011 CENSUS COMM LANG CURRENT $ COMM LANG NEWDIFF ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL14,50820,876 23,213-2,337 CAMPBELLTOWN CITY COUNCIL15,83117,634 25,330-7,695 CITY OF CHARLES STURT28,22533,742 45,160-11,418 CITY OF NORWOOD PAYNEHAM AND ST PETERS8,62210,633 13,795-3,162 CITY OF ONKAPARINGA9,52225,872 15,23510,637 CITY OF PLAYFORD7,41315,142 11,8613,281 CITY OF TEA TREE GULLY10,30718,826 16,4912,335 CITY OF WEST TORRENS15,89918,504 25,438-6,934 ALEXANDRINA COUNCIL6703,295 1,0722,223 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST1741, KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL FLINDERS MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PETERBOROUGH CITY OF PORT LINCOLN4902, ,237 DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROBE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF ROXBY DOWNS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COOBER PEDY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF COPPER COAST DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ELLISTON FLINDERS RANGES COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KIMBA NORTHERN AREAS COUNCIL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF TUMBY BAY

Taking it off the top? For the same value Digital Levy: Less $$ in operating More $$ in materials

Where to from here...