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3a <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 19, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7- G <br />SUBJECT: Library Services Task Force Final Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Library <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Task Force Final Report <br />2. Consultant's Report <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dr. Evelyn Daniel, Chair, Library <br />Services Task Force <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair, BOCC <br />Brenda Stephens, Director, ext 2528 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: The Library Services Task Force has completed its charge and will present its <br />Final Report to the BOCC. <br />BACKGROUND: In January 2004, the BOCC formally re-convened a Library Services Task <br />Force and charged it with reviewing its original work from November 2001 and making <br />recommendations on improving library services/facilities - especially as they related to the <br />Central Library in Hillsborough and the branch library in Carrboro - by the fall of 2004. <br />The Task Force conducted a total of twelve meetings extending from May through October. A <br />consultant, retired Director of Durham County Public Library Dale Gaddis, was retained by the <br />Task Force (with financial assistance provided by the BOCC, the Friends of the Orange County <br />Library and Friends of the Carrboro. Library) in July to prepare a needs assessment of Orange <br />County library facilities. Ms. Gaddis' report was issued on September 30, 2004, and provided <br />material background for review and recommendations by the Task Force. <br />The Final Report at Attachment 1 addresses the following major areas, among other <br />opportunities as described: <br />• Construction of a new Central Library (including pros/cons on co-location at the planned <br />Durham Technical Community College satellite campus Waterstone site); <br />• Consolidation of the Cybrary and McDougle Branch Libraries in Carrboro; <br />• Establishment of an Orange County Heritage Center; and <br />• Establishment of a Branch Library to serve the Efland - Cheeks Township. <br />A copy of the consultant's report is included as Attachment 2.