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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 13, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. E%j - ~ <br />SUBJECT: National Library Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Public Library <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Brenda Stephens, ext. 2525 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of April 18 through 24, 2004 as National Library Week in <br />Orange County, <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners is joining counties and states <br />across America in proclaiming the week of April 18 through 24, 2004 as National Library Week, <br />Libraries are modern community centers for education, information and entertainment and lay <br />a vital role in providing residents with resources they need to live, learn and work in the 21S <br />century, <br />As part of National Library Week in Orange County, there will be aribbon-cutting ceremony for <br />the new Cedar Grove Library at the Northern Human Services Center, The ceremony will be at <br />5:30 p.m. on April 21, 2004 at the new library on Highway 86 north of Hillsborough. <br />Libraries in Orange County promote the love of reading, foster the pursuit of knowledge and are <br />places of opportunity for all of residents. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the Proclamation <br />and authorize the Chair to sign it, <br />