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Table VI-5 <strong>com</strong>pares the <strong>County</strong>’s current LOS to the LOS standards established by the<br />

FLA.<br />

Table VI-5<br />

Comparison of IRC Current LOS to FLA Standards<br />

Library Materials and Computers<br />

IRC LOS FLA Public Libraries Standards (2)<br />

Item<br />

(per 1,000<br />

Residents) (1) Essential Enhanced Exemplary<br />

Buildings (square feet) 580 600 700 1,000<br />

Library Materials (3) 3,200 2,000 3,000 4,000<br />

Computers 0.7 0.3 0.5 1.0<br />

(1) Source: Table VI-4<br />

(2) Source: FLA, Standards for Florida Public Libraries, 2004<br />

(3) Library materials include books, online resource subscriptions, and other library items.<br />

IRC’s current level of service for buildings does not meet the FLA’s essential standards.<br />

However, the <strong>County</strong>’s LOS for library materials and <strong>com</strong>puters is between the enhanced<br />

and exemplary LOS standards established by the FLA. Given these figures, the <strong>County</strong><br />

decided to adopt the current LOS for buildings, materials, and <strong>com</strong>puters.<br />

The following table provides a <strong>com</strong>parison of the current IRC LOS to those of<br />

surrounding counties. IRC’s LOS is higher than surrounding counties in all areas, except<br />

for library buildings. In terms of building square footage, IRC ranks second after<br />

Brevard <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Table VI-6<br />

Comparison of IRC LOS to Surrounding Counties<br />

(Per 1,000 Residents)<br />

Per 1,000 Residents<br />

LOS Measure<br />

IRC<br />

Existing<br />

LOS (2) Brevard (3) Osceola (3) Okeechobee (3) St.<br />

Lucie (3)<br />

Library Buildings (square feet) 580 723 451 424 310<br />

Library Materials (1) 3,200 2,389 1,775 1,277 1,525<br />

Computers 0.7 0.3 0.5 N/A 0.3<br />

(1) Library materials for IRC include books, CDs, DVDs, videos, print and online resource<br />

subscriptions. Library materials for other counties include books, serial subscriptions,<br />

audio and video volumes.<br />

(2) Source: Table VI-4<br />

(3) Source: Department of State – Division of Library & Information Services, 2002 Library<br />

Directory with Statistics<br />

Note: IRC figures are for 2004 while the figures for other Florida counties are for 2002.<br />

Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.<br />

<strong>Indian</strong> <strong>River</strong> <strong>County</strong><br />

May 2005 VI-8 <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Fee</strong> <strong>Study</strong>

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