Agenda

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. APPROVAL OF AGENDA                     

C. PUBLIC COMMENT

D. CONSENT

  1. Minutes of December 12, 2024 Regular Library Board Meeting
  2. 2024 Year End Financial Report

E.   CHIEF LIBRARIAN REPORT 

  1. Chief Librarian Report
  2. System Report
    1. Strategic Planning Implementation Groups – Jessica Smith, Strategy & Policy Advisor to Chief Librarian’s Office
    2. 2025 Seattle Reads Program: “You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World,” edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón – Stesha Brandon, Literature & Humanities Program Manager

F. OLD BUSINESS

G. NEW BUSINESS

  1. Software Acquisition and Artificial Intelligence
  2. Union Report
  3. Updates from Library Board Members

H. EXECUTIVE SESSION

I. ADJOURN

J. NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING: March 27, 2025

(For more information, call Laura Gentry, head of the Communications Office, at 206-915-9028.)