NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

August 2, 2007 at 7:00 pm

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL Meeting of the Santa Monica Public Library Board will be held at 7:00pm, on Thursday, August 2, 2007 at the Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main Street, Santa Monica for the purpose of conducting the following business:

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

I.

Call to Order

 

II.

Roll Call

 

III.

Communications from the Public

(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 July 5, 2007

 

V.

Report from the July 9, 2007 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

VI.

Tour of the Ocean Park Branch Library

 

VII.

Library Security

·         Santa Monica Police Department Bulletin Regarding Pedophile

 

VIII.

Discussion of the Maricopa County Library District Perry Branch Library That Has Discontinued Use of the Dewey Decimal System

·         Pros and Cons of the Dewey Decimal System, the Library of Congress system and the book store model

 

 

IX.

2006/07 Library Annual Statistical Report

 

X.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

 

 

XI.

Secretary’s Report

1.       Report on the 2007 American Library Association Conference in Washington D.C.

2.       Upgrade of Unicorn Software (Library Catalog)

3.       City Custodial Service Review

4.       Event Management Software Implemented Library Wide

5.       New T1 Line Installed at the Main Library

 

 

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