PUBLIC LIBRARY CERTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE

POWER LIBRARY PROGRAM

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LIBRARY NAMEADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NUMBER

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LIBRARY SYSTEM NAMECOUNTY

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STREET ADDRESSDISTRICT LIBRARY CENTER NAME

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CITY/STATEZIP + EXTENSION

The ______Library

  • Agrees to share resources statewide and agrees to comply with the Interlibrary Loan Code of the Commonwealth.
  • Agrees to the partnership and terms of the plan attached to this certification.
  • Understands that continuation of this agreement is subject to continued annual State funding from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries and contractual agreements with vendors.
  • Agrees not to share password authorizations with sites not participating in the project.
  • Assures the Office of Commonwealth Libraries that filtering software and firewall technology will not interfere with patron access to the periodical and reference databases.
  • Agrees to send staff to training scheduled by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries.

Recognizing that library service within the Board’s direct service area and throughout the Commonwealth will be

improved by having access to periodical and reference databases:

The Board of the Library listed above certifies its agreement to participate in the POWER (PA Online World of Electronic Resources) Library program operated by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, Department of Education.

The Library understands that the Office of Commonwealth Libraries reserves the right to make revisions to the program or terminate the program based on the availability of funding and program needs.

On behalf of the above named Library and with the authorization of its Board of Directors/Trustees, we, the undersigned, hereby submit this certification for participation in this program. We understand that the Library will not be eligible for participation if the Agreements attached are violated.

PLEASE SIGN AND TYPE NAME

President, Board of Directors/Trustees / Date
Library Director / Area Code/Telephone Number / E-mail Address
Contact Person / Area Code/Telephone Number / E-mail Address
IP Address Range or Public Proxy IP Address * / Library’s Web Page (URL) / Access PA Database Location Code

INSTRUCTIONS:Independent Libraries:Submit this certification form with original signature

to your District Consultant.

System Members:Submit this certification form with original signature

to your system headquarters.

System Headquarters:Submit corrected forms to your district consultant.

District Consultants:Submit all corrected forms to:

Keep a copy for your files and submit one original and three copies to Cindy Pitchon.

Mailing Address:Cindy A. Pitchon

Director of Public Services

HSLC

3600 Market Street, Suite 550

Philadelphia, PA 19104

ATTACH A PRINTOUT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S HOME PAGE.

* IPAddressRange or Public Proxy IP Address required for sites with local area networks, not dial access.

GUIDELINES FOR THE POWER LIBRARY PROGRAM

  1. PURPOSE OF PROGRAM. The purpose of this program is to provide Pennsylvania public libraries, school libraries, and library users online graphical and full-text access to periodical and reference databases (newspaper, magazines and other resources) covering a broad range of subjects.
  1. ELIGIBILITY.

1.State-aided public libraries that participate in the Access Pennsylvania Statewide Library Card program.

2.School libraries participating in the Access Pennsylvania Database. All school libraries with a participating public school district are eligible. Each private school becomes eligible individually by participating in the Access Pennsylvania Database project.

3.Public library cardholders in good standing that have home computers can access the database via entry through their public libraries’ home pages.

  1. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION.

1.Library Participation Agreement. Every library participating in the program shall file withThe Office of Commonwealth Libraries a Certification of Participation, passed by the library board of directors or approved by the school district superintendent or head master. The Certification of Participation shall contain all assurances required by The Office of Commonwealth Libraries and be filed in such form, manner and time as specified by The Office of Commonwealth Libraries. It shall attest to the library’s compliance with the requirements of this program.

2.Beginning Date: Applications will be processed as received.

3.This program will supplement, not supplant, local funding from municipalities or school districts.

4.Participating school libraries must agree to plan and expand their partnership with their participating public library.

The partnership plan must include the following required activities:

  • An annual meeting of the partners to discuss and review and, if necessary, revise the plan of cooperation.
  • The development of a plan to register students as public library patrons in cooperation with the local school district. Such registration will allow student access to the periodical and reference databases from home through the public library’s home page.

The partnership plan must also include AT LEAST ONE of the following suggested activities that would satisfy the partnership requirement. Check the activities which will occur:

□Piggybacking the school’s high speed Internet connection.

□Establishing links to each other’s web page.

□Developing a system for homework alerts to the local public library.

□Training school librarians and/or students to access the public library’s electronic card catalog.

□Cooperation with Public Library Summer Reading programs with publicity and dissemination of information, or awarding certificates of completion to the students at the local school in the Fall.

□Providing one copy of current textbooks for student use while at the public library.

□Providing some level of technical computer support to the public library.

□Providing some level of mutually agreed upon computer training for public library staff members.

□Hosting a home page for the public library.

□Providing E-mail accounts for the public library.

□Attending School Library/Public Library Cooperative Conference(s) with your School Library or Public Library partner.

□Other: (please specify)

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PARTNERSHIP DATA

1.School Libraries: Complete the following:

Public library partner______

Name of public librarian______

Address of public library partner______

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Phone number of public library partner______

If the school library has more than one partner, please attach additional sheets.

2.Public Libraries: Complete the following:

School library partner______

Name of school librarian______

School District______

Address of school library partner______

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Phone number of school library partner______

If the public library has more than one school library partner please attach additional sheets.

3.If a public library is not interested or eligible in participating in the program, the eligible schools in its service area will automatically become part of the public library District Library Center Plan. Contact your Access PA consortium director for the name of your public library district center.

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