NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A REGULAR MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

August 4, 2005 at 7:00pm

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a REGULAR Meeting of the Santa Monica Library Board will be held at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, August 4, 2005 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

 

 

IV.

Swearing in and Oath of Allegiance - Reappointment of Boardmember Dan Stern

 

V.

Public Parking at the New Main Library – Susan McCarthy, City Manager and Gordon Anderson, Assistant City Manager

 

VI.

City Librarian Appointment Process – Susan McCarthy, City Manager and Gordon Anderson, Assistant City Manager

ACTION

VII.

Election of Library Board Chair and Vice Chair

ACTION

VIII.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of July 7, 2005

 

IX.

Report from the July 11, 2005 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

X.

Update on the New Main Library

·         Tour of the  Construction Site

·         Recent Construction Activity

·         Opening Plans

 

 

XI.

Library Policy on Suspending Borrowing Privileges

 

XII.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

 

 

XIII.

Secretary’s Report

1.       Staff Recruitments for the New Main Library

2.       Docent Program at the New Main Library

3.       Receipt Printers Installed at the Branches

4.       American Library Association Report

5.       Discussion of Long Range Library Board Agenda Items

 

 

XIV.

Agenda Building for the Next Library Board Meeting

 

XV.

Adjournment