HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03032009 - C.40RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $66,368
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to develop a programming prototype within the Glenn
Seaborg Learning Consortium at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center for the period of November 1, 2009
through October 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Library will provide in-kind cost sharing in the amount of $9,072 in staff salaries.
BACKGROUND:
The new Lafayette Library and Learning Center (LLLC) is scheduled to open in late Fall 2009. The LLLC will be
home to the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium, bringing programs, exhibits, and workshops to the library from
twelve of the Bay Area's most prestigious educational and cultural institutions. With the IMLS grant, the library will
work collaboratively with the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation, University of California at
Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science,
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/03/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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Contact: Anne Cain (925) 927-3201
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of
the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 3, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson , Deputy
cc:
C.40
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Anne Cain, Librarian
Date:March 3, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:IMLS Grant for the Lafayette Library and Learning
Center
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and the Commonwealth Club of California to develop a programming prototype. The prototype will create a
framework and demonstrate how the County Library and the Foundation will provide sustained Consortium
programming. This programming will be for the local community as well as for outreach to other audiences in the
San Francisco Bay Area.