NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

April 5, 2007 at 7:00pm

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL Meeting of the Santa Monica Public Library Board will be held at 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, April 5, 2007 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

·         Email from Yvonne Raphael

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

ACTION

IV.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of March 1, 2007

 

V.

Montana Branch Facility Tour – Terrie Dorio, Branch Manager

 

VI.

Report from the March 12, 2007 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

VII.

Report on the April 14 Event - A Million More: Celebrating Our Visitors

 

VIII.

Further discussion of a Tribute to the First City Librarian, Elfie Asenath Mosse

 

IX.

Update on the Main Library Dedication Plaque 

 

X.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

·         America Gone Wrong: A Slashed Safety Net Turns Libraries into Homeless Shelters

·         Shelters for Dickens, Shakespeare and the homeless

 

 

XI.

Secretary’s Report

1.       2007 Annual Board and Commission Dinner Attendance

2.       Update on the Youth Services Review of the Children’s Internet Policy

3.       Library Staff Recruitments

4.       DVD Shelving

5.       Santa Monica Historical Society Museum Update

6.       Vehicle Replacement

7.       Wrap-Up Report on the Nordic Lattitudes Exhibit

 

 

XII.

Agenda building for the next meeting

 

XIII.

Adjournment

 

 

No other business will be conducted at the SPECIAL meeting.

 

 

 

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Edward Edwards

Chairperson