Purpose/Duties
To serve as a resource body and liaison to the Board of Supervisors, the Director of County Library Services, and the community and to find ways and means of enlisting public interest in supporting and improving Library services. To serve as the Measure B Advisory Committee to provide independent citizen oversight for Measure B, a special tax for the Marin County Free Library.
For more information about the Library Commission, please visit the Board of Supervisors, opens a new window page.
How to Apply
Applications may be obtained from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Room 329, Administration Building, Marin Civic Center (415-473-7331), or access the Application online.
Meetings
The next Library Commission meeting will be held at 4pm on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at Los Gamos Technical Services.
For agenda and additional information, please see October 2025 Agenda.
Regular meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month, unless it's a holiday. Location rotates among Library branches. For information, please call 415-473-6051.
Members
Sally Hauser
District 1
First appointed 01/27/2015
Linda Ward
District 1
First appointed 01/27/2015
Doug Sides
District 1
First Appointed 11/05/24
Sue Ream
District 2
First appointed 07/18/2017
Patricia Anya Schandler
District 2
First appointed 03/03/2015
Vacant
District 2
Ann Laner Kaplan
District 3
First appointed 03/03/2015
Amelia Lahn
District 3
First appointed 03/07/2023
Vacant
District 3
Ted Ridgway
District 4
First appointed 07/16/2024
Nick Javaras
District 4
First appointed 02/03/2015
Claudia Wilson
District 4
First appointed 01/11/2022
Crystal Lewis
District 5
First appointed 06/04/2024
Vacant
District 5
Glynda Christian
District 5
First appointed 12/06/22
President