California’s Senate Rules Committee has appointed Senator Ellen Corbett of San Leandro to the California Public Library Construction and Renovation Board, and Elizabeth Murguia of Eureka to the Library of California Board.
Senator Corbett previously served on the Library Construction Bond Board while an Assembly member. She fills the California Public Library Construction and Renovation Board vacancy created when Senator Dede Alpert was termed out of office. Though this Board currently has limited duties, State Librarian Susan Hildreth anticipates it may meet early in 2009.
Long-time library supporter Elizabeth Murguia replaces Library of California Board member Susan Steinhauser. Murguia works for U.S. Representative Mike Thompson, who, as a California State Senator, authored the California Library Association’s 1/8 cent sales tax measure – SB 154-Thompson. Previously, Murguia worked for Senator Barry Keene when he authored the first Library Construction Bond Act ( Proposition 85) in 1988, and she attended the White House Conference on Libraries in 1991.