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  • Essay / System Overview of the Lake County Library System

    System Overview The Lake County Library System consists of an administrative office located in Tavares, nine member libraries, and six branch libraries. Member libraries include: Fruitland Park Library; Helen Lehmann Memorial Library in Montverde; Lady Lake Public Library; Leesburg Public Library; Marianne Beck Memorial Library in Howey-in-the-Hills; Minneola School Library; Public Library of the City of Tavares; Umatilla Public Library; and the WT Bland Public Library in Mount Dora. Branch libraries include: Astor County Library; Cagan Crossings Community Library in the Four Corners area; Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont; East Lake County Library in Sorrento; Marion Baysinger Memorial County Library in Groveland; and the Paisley County Library. The Lake County Board of Commissioners governs the library system. The Cooperative operates through interlocal agreements between the governing bodies of its member libraries and its branches. The system has reciprocal borrowing agreements with Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk and Volusia counties that allow patrons in Lake County to borrow library materials from these libraries. The library system has an Internet Use Policy, which is currently being revised to include wireless access. The Lake County Public Library website is available at http://www.mylakelibrary.org/. The site allows the public to search the library's catalog and databases, log into their account, reserve materials and provides information on library hours, library news, information and much more. The library's collection includes printed materials, audio and video materials, software, audio-visual equipment, and a variety of other resources. According to Florida Public Library statistics for fiscal year 2008,...... middle of paper ......approximately 30,000 square foot, two-story facility, including only the first floor, of a area of ​​19,000 square feet, is currently in use. The Cagan Crossings Community Library has a 10 Mbps connection which was upgraded from 5 Mbps in July 2010. The service which was reported as slow during pre-assessment has greatly improved since the upgrade . The library has 20 staff workstations in addition to the 36 public workstations in its network. Although the speed could be improved, Hayes' team calculates that a speed of 15 to 25 Mbps is recommended to provide adequate access and speed to library computers and guest users. Of the 36 user workstations: 24 are between one and three years old, five between four and five years old and the other seven are over five years old. As computers age, they need to be updated or replaced. A computer refresh schedule must be followed.