Marshall Allen
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- The new library at La Canada High School could
be open for public use as soon as April 15.
The library, which is officially called the Information Resource
Center, opened in early February and will be shared by the La Canada
Unified School District and the city. An agreement approved by the school
board in its Tuesday meeting has the facility open to the public
beginning April 15. The hours would be from 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.
The agreement still needs to be approved and possibly amended by the
City Council, said Assistant City Manager Mark Alexander. The issue will
be on the council's April 1 agenda.
As the agreement stands now, the city will pay around $75,000 annually
for its share of operating costs, Alexander said. In the event someone is
injured during the extended hours, the city would take responsibility for
the incident, Alexander said.
The public will primarily benefit from the use of the $3.5-million
facility by using its 50 999 MHz computers with their high-speed Internet
access.
"The wealth that's being offered to the community is the technology,"
librarian Lindsay Ward said.
