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CALTAC Workshops 2006

Northern
Saturday, February 25
2006, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cupertino Community Hall
10800 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014

Southern
Saturday, March 11
2006, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Buena Vista Branch - Burbank Public Library
110 North Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502

"Making the Case for Libraries: Library Elections and Advocacy"

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Program Highlights


Susan Hildreth
State Librarian of California
"Making the Case for Libraries"Slides[pdf]
Mary Minow
Library Law Consultant and Attorney
"Say What? A Legal Perspective on Trustee Speech in California"Slides 
Lessons Learned from Library Elections"We Did It, You Can Too"  
Melinda Sisson Cervantes
County Librarian Santa Clara County Library, California
"What Next? After the Library Measure Passes (or Doesn't) Pass" [pdf]
Nancy Tucker
Former School librarian and Los Altos Library Commissioner
"Local campaign efforts used to pass 2/3 vote operating ballot measure" [pdf]
Susan Gallinger
Director, Livermore Public Library
"MA Three-agency General Obligation Bond Measure"Slides 
Fontayne Holmes
Director of Los Angeles Public Library
"Bond Election"  
Judith Auth
Riverside Library Director
"Parcel Tax Election: The Crowning Event of my Career" [pdf]
Ann Cousineau
Library Director, Solano County Library

Mark Smith
Administrator, Riverside County Library System
"The Bond Act: The Need, What It Can Do"