Board Meeting Calendar
Library Board meetings are generally held on the second Wednesday of each month, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There is no Board meeting in July or August. Please consult the calendar for exact dates. The meetings take place in the Library Board Room, MCPL Administrative Offices, Suite 310, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20850. For more information, please call 240-777-0016.
The Montgomery County Library Board
consists of twelve
members appointed by the County Executive
and confirmed by the County Council. The
thirteenth member is an Ex-officio School
Board Representative.
A complete list of current Library Board
members follows. There are twenty-three subcommittees
of
the Library Board that are called Library
Advisory
Committees, one for each library branch,
the Correctional Center, the Disability Resource Center, Multicultural Services,
and Mobile Services.
The twelve-member Advisory Board makes recommendations
to the County Executive on matters affecting the
public library systems, including the acquisition
and location of new library facilities, the adequacy
of book collections, services to outlying districts,
and personnel needs of Montgomery County Public Libraries.
Board members are also liaisons to branch Library
Advisory Committees (LAC), attending LAC meetings
and reporting the concerns of the LACs to the Library
Board.
Library Board Members serve up to two, three-year terms without compensation. Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM in Library Board Room, the third floor of 21 Maryland Avenue (Rockville Library), or at different libraries. Members of County boards, committees, and commissions may not serve on more than one such group at a time.
Approximately three Library Board members' terms
end each fall. At that time the Public Information
Office sends out news releases to County newspapers,
libraries, and local organizations announcing that
the County Executive is seeking applicants for Library
Board vacancies. Occasionally, these notices appear
at other times during the year when a Board seat
becomes available unexpectedly.
Library Advisory Committee (LAC) membership forms
and applications for a given library can be obtained
by asking at the information desk of that library.
LAC members serve up to two, three-year terms, and
membership must be approved by the Library Board.
To respond to a news release regarding a vacancy
on the Library Board or for more information about
the Board and its LACs, please contact Regina Holyfield-Jewett
at 240-777-0016, regina.holyfield-jewett@montgomerycountymd.gov,
or write to Director's Office, Montgomery County
Public Libraries, 21 Maryland Avenue, Suite 310, Rockville,
Maryland 20850.
Library Board Membership
Board Member
1st or 2nd Term and End Date
Liaison / Region
Dr. Syed Amir
1st, 2014
Gaithersburg / II
Quince Orchard / II
Mr.
Arthur R. Brodsky
2nd, 2012
Wheaton / II
Twinbrook / II
Rev. Richard Bryant
1st, 2012
Aspen Hill / I
White Oak / IV
Ms. Andrea Christman
N/A
MCPS Ex-Officio School Board Representative
Ms. Jeanette Cotter
Partial, 2013
Little Falls / III
Ms. Paulette Dickerson
2nd, 2014
Noyes / II
Silver Spring / I
Friends of the Library
Ms. Florence Jewell
1st, 2014
Damascus / IV
Ms. Gillian Lewis, Chair
2nd, 2012
Davis / I
Disability Resource Center / I
Mr. Otto E. Lewis, Jr.,
Vice Chair
2nd, 2012
Bethesda / IV
Chevy Chase / III
Dr. Lois
H. Neuman
2nd, 2013
Germantown / II
Poolesville / II
Potomac / I
Dr. J. Sri Ram
Partial, 2013
Kensington Park / III
Ms. Robyn Watts
1st, 2013
Correctional Center / II
Long Branch / IV
Marilyn J. Praisner / III
VACANT
Children's Resource Collection / I
Rockville Memorial / I
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