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The Rochester Public Library (RPL) Board of Trustees and City of Rochester seeks competitive proposals for a consultant who shall engage in a robust, community co-design and collaborative process to submit proposals for a Facilities and Operations Master Plan for the Rochester Public Library. To support the library’s mission of “welcoming all to connect and learn” and to support the City Council’s commitments to equity, the selected firm should have experience in both service design and comprehensive planning for 21st Century Library Services.
The Facilities & Operations Master Plan must be aspirational in vision, but practical and manageable for implementation. Specific attention will be devoted to quantifying the service capacity of the existing main library, bookmobile, BookBox, digital branch, and evaluate other RPL service delivery methods in context of current and future service program needs. The plan will identify how to best address deficiencies in the current library service infrastructure for a rapidly growing city as well as prepare for future space needs and service delivery models.
This plan will also include an analysis of staffing profiles and market segmentation to serve as a compelling and tenable guide to managing the Library’s infrastructure as it seeks to provide high quality 21st Century library services that meet the evolving needs of its rapidly growing city and county. The plan will enable the Rochester Public Library (RPL) to respond effectively to changes in community demographics, technology and telecommunications, service expectations, aging facilities, and other future needs. This plan will also identify the optimal scope and location of potential additional facilities and/or service delivery methods. Once complete, this master plan will be a significant asset to the City of Rochester and RPL’s ongoing planning efforts for the next 20 years.