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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02072006 - C.50 s y TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ;. (D( �0. ;s FROM: Anne Cain,County Librarian DATE: February 7,2006 SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE the Contra Costa County Librarian to Apply for and if Approved, Execute an Agreement with National Video Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities to Present Looking at: Jazz, America's Art Form at the San Ramon Library SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION AUTHORIZE the Contra Costa County Librarian to apply for a Looking at:Jazz,America's Art Form grant and if approved, execute an agreement with the National Video Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities, in collaboration with the American Library Association and Jazz at Lincoln Center, to accept materials and resources, training on program presentation, and a cash grant of$1,000 to present a series of community programs around themes in jazz history at the San Ramon Library. FINANCIAL IMPACT The grant will consist of a full set of DVDs for the series,a$1,000 cash grant(to be used for a 1 %2 day national training workshop to be held in Chicago), publicity materials, downloadable handouts of introductory essays and bibliographies for each program, and national publicity for each program. The San Ramon Library will provide staff time to implement these programs and the San Ramon Library Foundation will provide funds for additional programs and performers. BACKGROUND In 1996, the San Ramon Library competed for and won the only California appearance of the Smithsonian Institute's first traveling jazz exhibit, "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington." Since then, the San Ramon Library has presented hundreds of jazz programs and concerts, and built a substantial jazz collection. The collection now contains over 2,500 CDs,more than 600 videos,and over 500 books for both children and adults, many of which are out of print. It is one of the largest collections of public access jazz materials in Northern California and has been written about in the Bay Area media as a"unique collection".It is available for borrowing and is heavily used both locally and across the nation,as many of these items are not available in any other collection that is accessible to the public. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: ❑ YES SIGNATURE: _ ©'RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ❑RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ❑APPROVE ❑OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ' ACTION OF B R ON i�E!:aY'��I/ 1 / APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED RI OTHER❑ VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF UNANIMOUS(ABSENTd� -jl AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED Contact: Laura O'Donoghue,Deputy County Librarian:Public Services JOHN SWEETEN,C K OF THE BOARD OF (925)927x272 ORSANU OUNTYADMINISTRATOR cc: County Library Administration SUPER County Administrator l County Auditor By f Deputy O V305Uay.(hvu1D06.da