Exciting library news in the SF Chronicle today (though we've known about it for a while, it's nice to see publicity about it):
In the money: The Los Altos Library is the recent recipient of a $1.6 million bequest, and a community forum has been set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, to discuss how to use the money."It is not often that a library has the opportunity to hold this type of meeting," Santa Clara County Librarian Melinda Cervantes said in a statement. "It will be a pleasure to focus on how we might want to expand services, facilities or the collection with this generous gift of funds."
The bequest came from the estate of Virginia Whipple, who died on March 24. She was a library volunteer and a member of the Friends of the Los Altos Library. Her bequest, which totaled $2.8 million after estate expenses were paid, was divided between the Santa Clara County Joint Powers Authority ($1.2 million) and the Los Altos Library Endowment ($1.6 million). The Santa Clara County Library operates the community library in Los Altos and the Woodland branch, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill and Saratoga libraries.
hmmm... what would you dream up for the library to do with the money?
Posted by Emily at October 28, 2005 01:04 PM