The ‘My Open Library’ service is an initiative under Opportunities for All, the national public library strategy 2013-2017. It forms part of the overall strategy to address customer demand and grants members the freedom and flexibility to use the library at the hours that suit them best.
The initial ‘My Open Library’ pilot was introduced in three branches, namely, Tullamore and Banagher Libraries in Offaly and Tubbercurry Library in Sligo. The cost of introducing the service in Offaly was €80,950. My Department provided a contribution of €56,000 towards these costs. A breakdown of the costs is provided in the following table.
Description of costs
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Costs
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Self Service Access/hardware management software to control access control/lights/CCTV/alarms
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€ 40,000
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RFID/Self service kiosk/Security gates
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€ 19,000
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Staff/Project Management/Security
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€ 8,000
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ICT staff costs /firewall and SIP works/Security, Wifi
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€ 7,050
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Self service/mobile print/PC reservation
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€ 6,900
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€ 80,950
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