NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A REGULAR MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

November 3, 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, November 3, 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

 

ACTION

IV.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of October 6, 2005

 

V.

Report from the October 10, 2005 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

VI.

Update on the New Main Library

·         Update on Final Construction Activity

·         Move-in Status and Plans

·         Grand Opening Plans

 

VII.

California Association of Library Trustees And Commissioners (CALTAC) Letter Regarding the Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2006

 

VIII.

Follow up on the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium

 

IX.

Letter From Library Board to Sylvia Anderle, Winner of the New York Times Librarian of the Year Award

 

X.

Report on Main and Branch Library Security

 

XI.

City Activities to Support the Gulf Coast City of Bayou La Batre

 

X.

Report from the Teen Council

 

XI.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

 

 

XII.

Secretary’s Report

1.       Report on Staff In-Service Training Day

2.       Update on Staff Recruitments and Promotions

3.       Closure of the Temporary Main Library

 

 

XIII.

Agenda building for the next meeting

 

XIV.

Adjournment