RECOMMENDATION(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, 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.
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