Is a Combined School/Public Library Right for Your Community?

The State Library regularly receives requests for information regarding the legal and practical issues involved in creating a combined school and public library.  There are significant obstacles inherent in combining libraries.  Is a Combined School / Public Library Right for Your Community?, 2006, was written to assist Iowa communities in making informed decisions on whether to combine school and public library services. 

It provides decision-makers with a means of assessing the feasibility of establishing a combined library and, if the decision is made to proceed, with a Planning Guide that addresses the many areas of library operations that need to be considered if the combined library is to be successful.  For more information, see http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/combined-sch-pl