April 5, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: April 5, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Interim Director of Library and
Community Services
Melinda Cervantes, Deputy Director of Community
Services – Library
Subject:
Accept and Appropriate California State Library
NASA@MyLibrary CopyCat Grant Award
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Project expenditures will be funded by the California State Library grant funds. There will be no net additional expense to the General Fund.
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STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Richmond Public Library has been awarded a
$3,550 grant from the California State Library for the
purchase of NASA@MyLibrary kit materials for Children’s Services.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE into the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget a California State Library grant, in the amount of $3,550, for the purchase of NASA@MyLibrary program kit materials – Library and
Community Services Department (LaShonda
White/Melinda Cervantes 510-620-5452)
AGENDA
REPORT
April 5, 2022
DISCUSSION:
The Richmond Public Library applied for and was awarded a grant for $3,550 from the California State Library’s Library Services and Technical Assistance (LSTA) grant program. The grant award is for the creation of NASA@MyLibrary library program kits to expand Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programming for children.
With these funds, the Richmond Public Library’s Children’s Services division will procure materials for and create two NASA@MyLibrary program kits to enable participation in the NASA@MyLibrary program. These kits will provide additional opportunities for library STEM programming.
The approved FY 2021-2022 budget did not anticipate funding for the NASA@MyLibrary program. These grant funds will allow the library to expand STEM programming for children without requiring the diversion of programming funds from other initiatives.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution to Amend FY 2021-2022 Library Budget Attachment 2 – California State Library award letter