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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

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

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

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 Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

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.