Item B06
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
MEETING DATE: APRIL 17, 2002
DIVISION: COMMUNITY SERVICES
BULK ITEM: NO
DEPARTMENT: LIBRARY
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Presentation of Years of Service Award for 15 years of service to John Brown, Head of
Technical Services, Monroe County Public Library, Key West Branch, Community Services Division.
ITEM BACKGROUND: See Attached
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: N/A
CONTRACTIAGREEMENTCHANGES: NM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Present Award
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REVENUE PRODUCING: N/A
AMOUNT PER MONTH /YEAR: N/A
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DISPOSITION:
YEARS OF SERVICE AWARD
JOHN BROWN
HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
KEY WEST BRANCH
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION
John Brown has led the Technical Services Unit of the Monroe County
Public Library for fifteen years. In that time he has had the responsibility of
overseeing all the new library materials that come into the system,
processing them for the collections in five branches, and making sure that
they have been cataloged for easy access by staff and patrons.
Under his leadership, the Technical Services unit has processed over
130,000 new books for the library, in addition to videotapes, audiotapes,
and most recently DVD's.
When the time came for the library to make the transition from a manual to
an automated circulation system, John again led the way, working with
staff across the system as well as with vendors to effect the necessary
changes with the least negative impact on staff and patrons. His efforts
were a major factor in the changeover taking place as smoothly and
seamlessly as possible, despite a number of administrative and technical
staff changes during that period.
Throughout his career with the Library, John has kept the core of the
library processes, the technical services program, functioning smoothly
and efficiently. Though his contributions have always been behind the
scenes, there is no doubt that he has performed essential functions in a
way that has benefited all library patrons for 15 years, and we are glad to
have this opportunity to thank him publicly for his years of excellent
service to Monroe County.