NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A REGULAR MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

November 2, 2006 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 2, 2006 in the Administrative Conference Room, Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica for the purpose of conducting the following business:

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

I.

Call to Order

 

II.

Roll Call

 

III.

Tour of Youth Services Department & Report on 2006 Summer Reading Program – Ellen Braby, Head of Youth Services

 

IV.

Communications from the Public

·         Bike Racks at the Main Library – Siel

·         Self Checkout Inconsistencies – C. Sang

(Public comment is permitted only on items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the body.)

 

ACTION

V.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of October 5, 2006

 

VI.

Report from the October 9, 2006 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

VII.

Citywide Reads Selection for 2007

 

VIII.

Survey Says… Santa Monica Loves the Arts! – Cultural Affairs Division

 

IX.

No-fault Library Card for Foster Children in Los Angeles County

 

X.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

·         Library Hotline, July 24, 2006, City of Redding, CA, Library Moves Toward LSSI Contract

 

 

XI.

Secretary’s Report

1. Report on the October 30 Staff In-Service Day

2. Report on the October 21 Fairview 50th Anniversary Celebration

3. Library Staff Recruitments

4. Library Grand Opening Campaign Receives Prism Award from the Public Relations Society of America

5. New Main Library Photograph to Appear in SirsiDynix Calendar for 2007

 

 

XII.

Agenda building for the next meeting

 

XIII.

Adjournment