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Past BOLT Meetings

Board of Library Trustees Meeting For April 18, 2007 (pdf)
Board of Library Trustees Meeting For March 21, 2007 (pdf)
Board of Library Trustees Meeting For February 2007 (pdf)

Past Newsletters

Berkeley Public Library Newsletter For January 2007 (pdf)


Berkeley Public Library Newsletter For December 2006 (pdf)

Berkeley Public Library Newsletter For November 2006 (pdf)

 

 




Meeting Announcement: Ad Hoc Committee For The Process of Selection of Trustees For the Berkeley Public Library, Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 5:00 PM. For meeting agenda and location information click here. (pdf)


AD HOC COMMITTEE WORKS ON PUBLIC PROCESS FOR POTENTIAL LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEES,BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY (pdf)

 

 


 


Ad Hoc Committee for Sunshining the Selection of Trustees for the Berkeley Public Library – May 1, 2007 Agenda Packet

Web Catalog & Circulation News

Enhanced Security on the Berkeley Public Library Web Catalog!

In order to protect library users' personal information, the Berkeley Public Library has implemented Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and a Security Certificate on the Web Catalog. By accepting the certificate when presented with it, when accessing the “My Account” feature on the Library’s Web Catalog, all transmissions between the client computer and the Library’s Catalog will be encrypted to prevent “sniffing” or other unauthorized capturing of users’ personal information.  Read the full announcement here. (pdf)



Check out your FREE PASS to the Berkeley Art Museum!

The Berkeley Public Library and the Berkeley Art Museum http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu have collaborated to bring you a service that's new this Spring. You can now use your Berkeley Public Library card to check out up to two passes for free admission to the Berkeley Art Museum. Just visit the Art & Music Desk on the 5th Floor of the Central Library and check out your passes, which are good for a three day period. Take a fifteen-minute walk to the museum (2626 Bancroft), or catch Bus Route 51. Enjoy the stupendous exhibits, and return your pass to Art & Music. Art is essential, and this way, it's also free. For more info, call 510-981-6241.

 


Has your library card been lost lost or stolen?
Contact the library during open hours to report your loss immediately. You can be charged for materials checked out on your card, even if it is no longer in your possession, until you report the card as missing. As soon as you report your card as gone, no one can use your library account.

 

Circulation e-mail notifications from the Library
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Information about RFID at the Berkeley Public Library

Ongoing Programs & Other News

Director of Library Services Appointed (pdf)

The Berkeley Board of Library Trustees voted December 6 to name Donna Corbeil as the new Director of Library Services. Ms. Corbeil will begin her duties on January 8, 2007.
Entrepreneurs!
Looking for help in starting or growing your small business? In order to serve the needs of the small business community, the Berkeley Public Library is collaborating with the small business experts at our local SCORE chapter (you can find out more about the Service Corps Of Retired Executives by visiting www.eastbayscore.org).

A SCORE volunteer is available for one-on-one small business counseling sessions at the Central Library on Monday evenings, from 5pm to 8pm. An appointment is required. Please call 981-6148 to set up your counseling session.

South Berkeley Community Assessment of Library Needs
Read the report

(pdf) Prepared By Hatchuel Tabernik & Associates for the Board of Library Trustees in October 2006.

Why Libraries Weed

An informational report explaining the "weeding" process at the Berkeley Public Library (pdf).