Proposed Demographic and Organizational Standards for Wisconsin Public Library Systems

Preliminary recommendation #6 from SRLAAW Progress Report, a draft dated 4/29/2013.

Replace the existing population standards for public library systems (s. 43.15) with the following demographic and organizationa lstandards:

Population 

• The library system has a minimum population size of 250,000. 
• The library system has a maximum population size of 2,000,000. 

Counties 

• The library system’sterritory includes contiguous counties.
• The library system has a minimum of three (3) participating counties. 
• The library system has a maximum of fifteen (15) participating counties. 

Member Libraries

• The library system has a minimum of fifteen (15) member libraries. 
• The library system has a maximum of seventy‐five (75) member libraries.

A blank rectangle in the following table indicates that a system does not meet a standard in the preliminary recommendations.

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