Staff members representing Sarasota County
and the Sarasota County School District have
been meeting regularly on plans for a shared
library in the Sarasota County Technical
Institute (SCTI) that will be constructed in
North Port, Sarabeth Kalajian, the county's
director of libraries and historical resources,
told the County Commission during a budget
workshop on June 25.
Another meeting of
the group was set for
June 26, she added.
It would focus on the
site selection process
for the new school.
Last week, district staff told the Sarasota
County School Board a parcel had been
selected in the Toledo Blade corridor, but
a number of challenges were related to
that site.
In the meantime, Kalajian said, she and
her staff "have been reviewing information
f r o m o t h e r p u b l i c
libraries co-located
on school campuses,
i n c l u d i n g b u i l d i n g
p l a n s , o p e r a t i o n s
and details of inter-
l o c a l agreements."
A proposal for a public library within the new Sarasota County Technical Institute in North Port won
community support in January. Photo by George Chriss via Wikimedia Commons
SHARING A LIBRARY
THE COUNTY COMMISSION VOICES COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATING
WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE/PUBLIC FACILITY
IN NORTH PORT
There is such an advantage to
having this plan for a college campus.
Sarabeth Kalajian
Director
Libraries and Historical Resources
Sarasota County
By Rachel Brown Hackney
Editor