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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 3, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ` - I-Y,\ <br />SUBJECT: Library Services Task Force <br />DEPARTMENT: Library <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Brenda W. Stephens, Library Director, <br />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: To re-convene the members of the Library Services Task Force and review the <br />recommendations from the Library Services Task Force Report submitted to the Board of <br />County Commissioners in November 2001. <br />BACKGROUND: In June 2000, the BOCC created the Library Task Force to study library <br />services in the County and prepare a draft plan for Orange County libraries, Commissioner <br />BarryJacobs served as Chair for this Task Force. The recommendations were presented in <br />November 2001 to the BOCC. <br />The principal recommendations were 1) New library projects should come online simultaneously <br />in southern and northern Orange County and should be viewed as complementing rather than <br />competing, 2) Raise the funds directed to library services to the state average over a three year <br />period, 3) Facilities should be located where there is considerable public support, including but <br />not limited to financial contributions, 4) Replicate the co-location model (i.e., Library/School) to <br />draw on expertise of participating entities and to reduce costs, and 5) Uniform hours of access <br />to the public should be provided, <br />At the BOCC meeting in December, the Commission expressed an interest in re-convening the <br />Task Force to review the recommendations contained within the original Report and have it <br />report back to the Commission. <br />The proposed charge for the re-convened Task Force is shown below: <br />CHARGE: To review the Library Services Task Force Report submitted to the BOCC in <br />November 2001 and to subsequently make recommendations to improve library services/ <br />facilities in Orange County specifically related to the expansion of the Central Library in <br />Hillsborough and the branch library in Carrboro.