NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

January 8, 2004 at 7:00pm

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL Meeting of the Santa Monica Library Board will be held at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, January 8, 2004 in the Conference Room, Montana Ave. Branch Library, 1704 Montana Ave., Santa Monica for the purpose of conducting the following business:

AGENDA

I.

Call to Order

II.

Roll Call

III.

Communications from the Public

ACTION

IV.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of December 4, 2003

V.

Report from the December 8, 2003 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

·         Update on the Friends of the Library Fundraising Activities

VI.

Small Claims Court Case

Carlos Franklin Bell-Outlaw vs. City of Santa Monica Board of Trustees

ACTION

VII.

Approval of Changes in the Image Archive Fees – Cynni Murphy, Image Archive Librarian

VIII.

New Library Budget and Expenditures – Estimated Additional Positions

IX.

Schematics and Elevations of the Architect’s Design to Display the Stanton Macdonald-Wright Mural

X.

Citywide Reads Update – Susan Annett, Principal Librarian for Public Services

XI.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

·         FBI Issues Alert Against Almanac Carriers

XII.

Secretary’s Report

1.       Main Library Building Update

2.       Visibility, Advocacy and 21^st Century Library Service – CALTAC Workshop

3.       Collaboration and Creation of a Photo Book Using Images From the Library’s Image Archive Collection – Update

XIII.

Agenda building for the next meeting

XIV.

Adjournment

No other business will be conducted at the SPECIAL meeting.

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            Kenneth Breisch

            Chairperson