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FEB Z 6 1986 BOOK 63 F,,cr- 747 <br />PRESENTATION OF LIBRARY REPORT <br />Commissioner Lyons informed the Board that Dr. Cecil Beach <br />is a consultant of national stature and has done a number of <br />library plans. In addition, Virginia Grigg, Director of Library <br />Development in Tallahassee, is present today; she has been a <br />great friend to Indian River County, and Commissioner Lyons <br />wished to acknowledge her help. Members of the Library Committee <br />were also present. <br />Dr. Beach came before the Board to review his very compre- <br />hensive Library Organizational Analysis and Needs Assessment, <br />which report in its entirety is on file in the Office of the <br />Clerk to the Board. Dr. Beach first reviewed the study goals, <br />which are as follows: <br />to assess the current operations, governance, and facilities of <br />the Indian River County Library and the Sebastian Area County <br />i <br />j Library. <br />- to develop recommendations for improvements in governance <br />and organizational structure with a view to establishing one <br />county -wide library system. <br />- to develop recommendations regarding the initial operating <br />scope of such a county library system to include funding, <br />personnel, and materials. <br />- to develop recommendations for necessary improvements to <br />facilities both initially and long term, such recommendations to <br />include proposed site locations for new facilities. <br />- to develop a five year budget plan for achieving the recom- <br />mended initial operating scope. <br />- to develop a five year captial budget plan to support construc- <br />tion of initially required facilities improvements. <br />- to make recommendations for specific steps necessary to the <br />accomplishment of the recommended goals. <br />34 <br />