RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim County Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $20,000 from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation to provide library books and materials at the Juvenile Hall Library and Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility Library for the period June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Library Fund match.
BACKGROUND:
Grant funding from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation will allow the Juvenile Hall and Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility libraries to purchase new, current titles to augment the collection as well as materials to replace worn items. These items will be ordered on a monthly basis over the course of the project's two-year time span to ensure a continuous increase of new materials.
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