5711086 Library, Public - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking -Cost Recvoery Fees

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

The District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees, pursuant to the authority set forth in An Act To establish and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia, approved June 3, 1896, as amended (29 Stat. 244, ch. 315, § 5; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); Section 3205 (jjj) of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); Section 2 of the District of Columbia Public Library Board of Trustees Appointment Amendment Act of 1985, effective September 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-17; D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Supp.)); the Procurement Reform Amendment Act of 1996, effective April 12, 1997, as amended (D.C. Law 11-259; 44 DCR 1423 (March 14, 1997)); and Section 156 of An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, approved October 21, 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, Pub. L. 105-277; codified at D.C. Official Code § 39-105 (2012 Repl.)); hereby gives notice of its intent to amend Section 809 of Chapter 8 (Public Library) of Title 19 (Amusements, Parks, and Recreation) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

The Board of Trustees has appointed the Chief Librarian/Executive Director, through D.C. Official Code § 39-105(a)(10) (2012 Repl.), to establish rules and manage the day-to-day operations of the library.  On January 15, 2015, Executive Director of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) approved the adoption of the proposed amendment to the District of Columbia Public Library Regulations regarding Cost Recovery Fees.  The proposed amendments will accurately reflect the cost recovery fees for new services in the District of Columbia Public Library.

 

Chapter 8, PUBLIC LIBRARY, of Title 19, AMUSEMENT, PARKS AND RECREATION, is amended as follows:

 

Section 809, COST RECOVERY FEES, is amended to read as follows:

 

809                  COST RECOVERY FEES

 

809.1               District of Columbia Public Library is authorized to establish cost recovery fees for the following services:

 

(a)                The DCPL Washingtoniana Division shall charge the following reimbursement cost for the scanning of photo images:

           

Size of Photograph/Image                                                    Charge

 

5 x 7                                                                            $10.00

8 x 10                                                                          $15.00

11 x 14                                                                        $20.00

 

1.  Any larger scanned photograph/image will be charged at a comparable rate and scale as set above.

 

(b)        The DCPL Passport Office shall charge the following reimbursement cost for services related to the passport office:

           

Service                                                                                    Charge

 

Photo                                                                                       $15.00

Application Processing Fee                                                     $25.00

Overnight Mailing                                                                   $15.00

 

(c)        The DCPL shall charge the following reimbursement costs for the Espresso Book

           

Machine service:

 

1.   $.03 cents per page for black and white printing.

2.   $.25 cents per page for color printing.

3.   $25 for barcode registration.

 

(d)       The DCPL shall charge the following reimbursement costs for 3D printing services:

           

1.  $.05 cents per gram (of object’s weight) plus a $1 charge. 

2. Customers may bring their own materials and conduct their own                printing free of charge.

 

(e)        The DCPL shall charge the following reimbursement costs for 3D Scanning services:

                                   

1.      $5 per object.

 

 

Any person desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments in writing not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.  Comments should be submitted to Grace Perry-Gaiter, DCPL, General Counsel, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 ‘G’ Street, N.W., 4^th Floor, Washington, D.C.  20001. Telephone: [phone].  Copies of the proposed rulemaking may be obtained by writing to the address stated above.