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CnrnewT • <br /> • <br /> • • <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> • ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> • Meeting Date: May 20, 2008 • <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 3- <br /> SUBJECT: . Presentation by the Library Services Task Force <br /> DEPARTMENT: Library PUBLIC HEARING:•(YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A.. Executive Summary Dr. Evelyn Daniel, Chair, Library <br /> B. Attachment 1 Services Task Force <br /> C. Attachment 2 Brenda Stephens, Director,.245-2528 <br /> • <br /> • <br /> PURPOSE: To present the 2007 Library Services Task Force Report Executive Summary <br /> outlining its recommendations, a follow-up report highlighting gaps and needs of the Library <br /> Services Standards for Orange County, and a facility needs update from the 2004 Library <br /> Services Task•Force. <br /> BACKGROUND: In January 2007, the BOCC formally re-convened a Library Services Task <br /> Force and provided it with the following charge: <br /> ® Review the report and recommendations of the Carrboro Library Workgroup (April 20, <br /> 2004); <br /> • Review the report and recommendations of the Library Services Task Force report of <br /> October 19, 2004 as they specifically relate to a "southwest regional branch library <br /> combining the collections, staff, and services presently located at McDougle Middle <br /> School and the Century Center Cybrary"; <br /> • Prepare and present to the BOCC a report which addresses in conjunction with Orange <br /> County management, the following concerns and considerations expressed by elected • <br /> and community leaders: Recommended Facility Size, Time Horizon for Facility <br /> Construction,funding Facility Construction. . <br /> • Report its recommendations to the BOCC for action in,context of capital investment <br /> program planning. <br /> At the December 3, 2007 BOCC meeting, the Library Service Standards, which are attached, <br /> and a Capital & Operational Needs Request were presented to the Board of County • <br /> Commissioners for acceptance. The information.was accepted by the BOCC, but the Service <br /> Standards were not formally adopted at that time. <br /> • <br /> • • <br />