HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-2RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 02
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY: 1.
APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
AND THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE CENTER FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE TO DIGITIZE 209 REELS OF NEWSPAPERS ON
MICROFILM IN THE AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED $59,468; 2. AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT; 3. ACCEPTING A DONATION FROM
THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$59,468 TO DEFRAY THE COST OF DIGITIZATION; AND 4. AUTHORIZING THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY DONATION FUND APPROPRIATION OF $59,468
AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, In October 2014, The California State Library highlighted a
resource that may be useful to California public libraries that were considering a local
newspaper digitization project; and
WHEREAS, the California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC), a project of
the Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California,
Riverside, provides full -text online access to over 100,000 historical newspaper issues is
a freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers from 1846 to the present;
and
WHEREAS The Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR)
began digitizing newspapers in 2005 as one of the initial participants in the National Digital
Newspaper Program (NDNP) run by the Library of Congress; and
WHEREAS, in 2007 the CBSR launched the California Digital Newspaper
Collection (CDNC) with the initial 100,000 pages contributed to NDNP and about 50,000
pages digitized through a grant from the California State Library through the Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA), which they administered; and
WHEREAS, to date CBSR received twelve LSTA awards, 2005-2019, to
digitize historic California newspapers and added them to the CDNC; and
WHEREAS, for California and other repositories contemplating newspaper
digitization projects, the CBSR offers free professional consultation to help guide these
institutions through the complexities of digitization, standards, access, preservation and
copyright; and
WHEREAS, Libraries can collaborate with the CBSR to have their
California newspaper collections digitized and made publicly available through the
CDNC; and
WHEREAS, the CDNC serves nearly 1.25 million users per year and is
considered one of the best online newspaper repositories in the country and is supported
in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the
Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian;
and
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WHEREAS, after thorough deliberation and comparison between the
contractors, National City Public Library determines that the Center for Bibliographic
Studies — UC Riverside through its California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC)
Project offers high quality product at a lower cost of $59,468; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the newspapers on microfilm's digitization will be
defrayed by a donation from the Friends of the National City Public Library.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby
approves the Agreement between the National City Public Library and the Regents of the
University of California on behalf of California Riverside Center for Bibliographic Studies,
University of California Riverside to digitize 209 reels of newspapers on microfilm in the
amount not -to -exceed $59,468. Said Agreement is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the
City Manager to execute the Agreement between the National City Public Library and the
Regents of the University of California on behalf of California Riverside Center for
Bibliographic Studies, University of California Riverside to digitize 209 reels of newspapers
on microfilm in the amount not -to -exceed $59,468.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby accepts the
donation from the Friends of the National City Public Library in the amount of $59,468 to
defray the cost of digitization.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the
establishment of a Library Donation Fund appropriation of $59,468 and corresponding
revenue account.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of January, 020.
Alejandra ote o-Solis,
ATTEST:
Fn Michael R. Dalla, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ayor
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
January 21, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-2 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on January 21, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy