HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12151992 - 1.63 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Anne Marie Gold, County Librarian
DATE: December 1, 1992
SUBJECT: Federal Library Services and Construction Act Funds
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the County Librarian to apply for and accept Federal Library Services and construction Act funds
in the amount of $20,000 for the period January 1, 1993 to September 30, 1993 to purchase children's
materials for the branch libraries at Antioch, Brentwood, Pinole and San Pablo.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No matching funds are required. Some indirect costs such as processing materials and training staff are
included in the grant proposal.
BACKGROUND:
In 1988 the California State Library funded the Los Angeles Public Library to develop an experimental
program that recruits grandparent volunteers to read stories to children in libraries. This program, the
Grandparents and Books program, is currently in its fourth year and has been refined and replicated in thirty
branch libraries in Los Angeles. The Contra Costa County Library received two grants in 1991 for the
Pittsburg and EI Sobrante libraries where the Grandparents and Books programs are successfully operating.
The California State Library is again offering $5,000 grants for children's materials to those libraries willing
to implement this successful model in branches serving significant multi-ethnic populations. Included in this
proposal is staff training in recruiting and training the grandparent volunteers. The goal of this project is to
promote intergenerational library awareness, to increase use of libraries by children, and to improve our
service to our multi-ethnic communities.
Continued on Attachment: SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
_RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON DEC 15 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER_
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
_UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Attested DEC 15 1992
Contact: Rose-Marie Kennedy, 646-6421 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of S r ors and County Administrator
cc: County Library
County Auditor By Deputy Clerk
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