NOTICE AND AGENDA OF A REGULAR MEETING OF

THE SANTA MONICA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

March 6, 2008 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, March 6, 2008 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.

Public Input

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

 

 

IV.

Approval of Minutes of the Library Board Meeting of February 7, 2008

 

V.

Report from the February 11, 2008 Board Meeting of the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library, a Library Support Group

 

VI.

Communication from the Public

·         Email Communication from Holly Hofmann Regarding the Friends of the Library Bookstore

 

VII.

Update on Reference Service Projects and a Tour of the Reference Department – Wright Rix, Principle Librarian for Reference Services

 

VIII.

Youth Services Reading Area for Parents/Caregivers and Young Children

 

IX.

National Library Week – Teen Advisory Council’s Culture Jam; The World is Round Be There or Be Square

 

X.

Discussion a Library Board Plaque at the Main Library

 

XI.

Nationwide Current Library Trends

Review of Library Journal Articles

 

 

XII.

Secretary’s Report

1.       January 2008 Library Monthly Statistics

2.       Library Board Report for the Board and Commission Dinner, April 1

3.       Report on the Santa Monica Historical Society Museum

4.       Report on Citywide Reads 2008

5.       Library Budget Request

 

 

XIII.

Agenda building for the next meeting

·         Location for the April Library Board Meeting

 

 

XIV.

Adjournment