Vote National Library - Supplementary Estimates 2011/12

Information Supporting the Supplementary Estimates Vote National Library#

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister of Internal Affairs (M41)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Department of Internal Affairs

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Minister of Internal Affairs

Part 1 - Summary of the Vote#

Part 1.3 - Trends in the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity

Part 2 - Details and Expected Performance for Output Expenses#

Part 2.1 - Departmental Output Expenses#

National Library Services MCOA (M41)

Scope of Appropriation

Explanation for Use of Multi-Class Output Expense Appropriation

All four output classes directly contribute to maintaining and enhancing the delivery of National Library services to preserve, protect, develop and make accessible national collections of documents relating to New Zealand and its people, to supplement the work of other libraries and to work collaboratively with other similar institutions.

Expenses and Revenue

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $3.363 million to $74.837 million for 2011/12.

The increase in the Access to Information output expense relates to:

• an expense transfer from 2010/11 to 2011/12 due to a change in timing for Building a National Library for the 21st Century (increase of $2.629 million), development of the Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa (increase of $697,000) and Digitisation of the Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (increase of $73,000)
• an increase in funding for an ongoing programme of initiatives to enable the Department to position for efficiency savings from 1 July 2012 ($99,000)
• an increase in demand for interloans ($160,000).

The increases are partially offset by the following decreases:

• a realignment of third party revenue and expenditure (decrease of $41,000)
• expense transfers from 2011/12 to 2012/13 due to a change in timing for the Kotui implementation (decrease of $100,000), development of the Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa (decrease of $429,000) and due to delays in the New Generation Implementation Programme (decrease of $290,000)
• a reallocation of shared services costs (decrease of $849,000)
• a transfer of funding to Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors (decrease of $10,000).

The decrease in the Collecting and Preserving Information output expense relates to:

• a reallocation of shared services costs (decrease of $978,000)
• an expense transfer from 2011/12 to 2012/13 due to delays in the New Generation Implementation Programme (decrease of $191,000).

The decreases are largely offset by the following increases:

• an expense transfer from 2010/11 to 2011/12 for Building a National Library for the 21st Century (increase of $733,000)
• a realignment of third party revenue and expenditure (increase of $229,000)
• an increase in funding for an ongoing programme of initiatives to enable the Department to position for efficiency savings from 1 July 2012 ($78,000).

The increase in the Library and Information Services to Schools output expense relates to:

• a reallocation of shared services costs (increase of $1.879 million)
• an expense transfer from 2010/11 to 2011/12 for Building a National Library for the 21st Century (increase of $151,000) and Public Programme World Cup (increase of $50,000)
• an increase in funding for an ongoing programme of initiatives to enable the Department to position for efficiency savings from 1 July 2012 (increase of $45,000).

The increases are partially offset by the following decreases:

• a realignment of third party revenue and expenditure (decrease of $193,000)
• a transfer of funding from 2011/12 to 2012/13 due to Curriculum Services efficiency savings (decrease of $100,000)
• an expense transfer from 2011/12 to 2012/13 due to delays in the New Generation Implementation Programme (decrease of $135,000).

The decrease in the Policy Advice and Statutory Servicing output expense relates to:

• a reallocation of shared services costs (decrease of $188,000).

The decrease is partially offset by the following increases:

• an expense transfer from 2010/11 to 2011/12 for Building a National Library for the 21st Century (increase of $37,000)
• a realignment of third party revenue and expenditure (increase of $5,000)
• an increase in funding for an ongoing programme of initiatives to enable the Department to position for efficiency savings from 1 July 2012 ($2,000).

Memorandum Account

The National Library of New Zealand, in conjunction with the Association of Public Library managers, is developing a subscription based library system service for public libraries in New Zealand, that will be known Kotui.

The service will be a modern library resource discovery interface that public library customers will use to discover any/all of their library's resources through a single search. This service will integrate with the library management system.

Part 2.2 - Non-Departmental Output Expenses#

Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors (M41)#

Scope of Appropriation

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation has increased by $10,000 to $2.010 million for 2011/12 due to a transfer of funding from Access to Information.