Sky River and CVPL Saving Time Saving Money

Sky. River and CVPL Saving Time Saving Money A Story About Survival

Chula Vista is the 2 nd largest city in San Diego County Population: 240, 000 50% are Hispanic 50% are under 18 years old Civic Center South Chula Vista Otay Ranch

Today Collection size: 375, 000 volumes Average number of items processed: 3, 000 per month Digital/Technical Services Staff: 2. 5 benefited (Me, Erni & Maureen). 75 FTE of hourly

Hard Times @ CVPL 2007 to 2012 § § § 4 directors Budget cuts and layoffs Materials budget $75, 000 2012

2007

Statistics on Visitors & Usage Drop 2006 -2011

The Switch was easy. . . Really easy § Our previous Bibliography Utility was reasonable § The City was impressed by annual savings $15, 000+ § Vendors providing fully catalogued materials and records for ebooks had no issues § A full day on onsite training § Training new staff is a breeze

Less expensive, easier to use, cleaner records & more functionality

Continued Challenges 1. Our firewall Skyriver staff is eager to help us resolve this 2. No more World. Cat or OCLC Interlibrary Loan

Momentum § § § We began using Skyriver March 2011 July 2011 City Council wrangled $500, 000 to help us keep the doors open Last April we opened the Otay Ranch Branch in a beautiful new shopping center (rent free) Last 2 months all statistical indicators are up (circulation, visitors, program attendance) We are hoping to have more of a materials budget next year The future is starting to look bright again

Thank you for listening to my library’s story. Jodie Sawina Digital Services Manager jsawina@chulavista. lib. ca. us