[Library Advisory Board on March 4, 2024]
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I CALL THIS MEETING FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO ORDER, WE'LL START BY, UH, ROLL CALL TANYA WARD.
UM, STEPHANIE ALBA IS UP TODAY.
BRUCE A. ANDERSON APPEARS ALSO TO BE ABSENT.
UH, TARA CHAPPELLE IS OUT FOR WORK.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE OUR ATTENDANCE TAKEN.
UM, SO THE NEXT THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
CHRISTIE, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF PUBLIC? NOPE.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL SKIP ON THROUGH THAT.
UM, SO TONIGHT IS INTENDED TO BE A WORK SESSION.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME WE MET, WE HAD SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE THROUGH.
UM, SO THE AGENDA IS, IS, UM, AS POSTED IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO COVER, UM, IT IS NOT POSTED.
WE'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN THOSE ITEMS FOR A FUTURE AGENDA, UM, AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
AND SO JUST KIND OF JOT DOWN THOSE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS AND AS THEY COME UP.
SO THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FOUR ONE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
ON THE APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 5TH, 2024, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE MINUTES.
GIVE EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHEN WE'RE READY.
GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. MATLOCK TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE, UH, CHAMBER SLASH LIBRARY FUNDRAISER.
SO I ASK STAFF TO BRING WITH THEM THE FUNDRAISING POLICY, UM, JUST SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT, WHAT SORTS OF TOPICS THE BOARD CAN TAKE UP.
UM, SO, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
UM, SO THE LIBRARY DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAVE A FUNDRAISING POLICY, AND I DID CHECK TO SEE IF THE CITY HAS AN OVERALL CHAIN FUNDRAISING POLICY.
UM, AND THE, I TOUCHED BASE WITH THE COUPLE HIGHER UPS, AND THEY SAID RIGHT NOW, NO.
UM, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO BRING THE CURRENT POLICY, BUT THERE IS NOT ONE, UM, TO GO OFF OF.
UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, IF THAT ACTUALLY ON MY RADAR TO MAYBE PICK UP POLICY.
SO TANYA, IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAVE HUB, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF A, UM, AN ORGANIZATION OF, OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ATTACK DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS OF THE CITY.
SO, UM, I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENCE HUB, UM, ALONGSIDE, UM, THE
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A HUB ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY.
UM, IT'S AN OVERALL SPONSORSHIP POLICY FOR THIS CITY.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDRAISING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
THEY'RE KIND OF, UM, INTERLINKED.
SO AS FAR AS THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING STANDING, UM, THAT'S IMPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
SO CLARIFYING QUESTION I HAVE, AND, AND MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT, UM, I KNOW AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION DURING THE, UM, THE ALL COMMITTEE WORK DAY MM-HMM.
SO MY QUESTION IS, AS WE CURRENTLY UNDERSTAND IT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THIS BODY CAN TAKE ON FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE? UM, I WOULD SAY NO.
UM, NOT TO SAY THAT YOU AS INDIVIDUALS OR THE BODY, YOU ULTIMATELY CAN PRETTY MUCH PUT TOGETHER YOUR POLICIES THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT AS IT STANDS, UM, OR AS IT WERE, THERE IS A GROUP, THE FRIENDS OF THE HEAD OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH IS KIND OF A, THAT'S THEIR, UM, THEY ARE THE 5 0 1 C, UM, KIND OF THE FUNDRAISING BAR FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO IT MAY, IT MAY BENEFIT THE BOARD TO MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AS AN AREA OF MAYBE, UM, IMPROVEMENT OR OR ASSISTING IN THAT ORGANIZATION AS IT'S, IT IS A STANDALONE FROM THE CITY, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, POLICIES AND I BELIEVE THEY, UH, BOARD MEMBER CHAPEL IS, IS INVOLVED OR WAS INVOLVED WITH
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THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, YES.UM, AND IT'S BEEN, UH, A GROUP THAT IS, UH, BUILDING BACK THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND TRYING TO WORK.
SO WE, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, I MIGHT HAVE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEIR HEAD AND SEE IF THERE IS ONE ALREADY.
I COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING, UM, WITH OUR INFORMATION ABOUT FUNDRAISING POLICY UNDER THEIR BRANCH.
BUT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT THEY, SINCE THEY ARE THE 5 0 1 C THAT CAN ACTUALLY COME UP, THEY MIGHT BE.
AND SO ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, I KNOW YOU ME MENTIONED, UH, CHAPEL, BUT ALSO, UH, BRUCE ANDERSON, HE'S, UH, HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES.
LIKE YOU SAID, THEY ARE TRYING TO BUILD IT BACK UP.
HE KNEW MORE IN, IN PRIOR MEETINGS.
HE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE, UH, I GUESS PROCESS FOR FUNDRAISING THROUGH THE FRIENDS OF PUBLIC LI UH, FRIENDS OF HUDDLE LIBRARIES.
UM, BUT, UH, IT DID SEEM AS IF IT WAS A, IT HAD TO GO THROUGH, THROUGH THAT GROUP, WHICH I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
HOW DO WE DISTINGUISH, UM, HOW DO WE SUBMIT A REQUEST? HOW DO WE APPROACH THAT SITUATION AT THAT TIME? UM, I THINK CURRENTLY, UM, I'M SORRY, I INTERRUPTED YOU AFTER I SAID WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SPEAK, RIGHT? NO, PLEASE.
NO, I WAS, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.
YOU WERE ALREADY ANSWERING MY QUESTION, PLEASE.
I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY PERSON ON THAT BOARD THAT'S, UM, LIKE REGISTERED AS AN OFFICER FOR THAT NONPROFIT IS MS. CHAPPELLE.
AND SO I THINK, UM, IN MY MIND, WE WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO HER AND EXPRESS AN INTEREST.
WE, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IF THERE'S CROSS MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF THE WALKING FORUM PIECE.
SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY INTENTIONAL IN, UM, LIKE FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT COMMUNICATION CONDUIT IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA, UM, THAT THAT HAS SOME COMMUNITY INTEREST IN AS WELL.
SO PERHAPS WE THINK ABOUT IF WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE WORK STREAMS THAT WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THAT NONPROFIT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH STAFF AND STAFF IS THE ONE THAT PROVIDES THE COMMUNICATION, OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD DO.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNICATION INADVERTENTLY OF WALKING FORUM.
WE MIGHT BE BEING OVERLY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SMALL BOARD, BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE ONE MEMBER THAT'S CURRENT ON THAT BOARD IS ALSO ON THIS BOARD.
I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE TAKE ALL THE APPROPRIATE STEPS, AND IF I HAVE TO HAVE THE CHAMBER APPROACH MS. CHAPPELLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEN I, BY ALL MEANS, I CAN DEFINITELY GET THE CHAMBER INVOLVED WITH REDIRECTING TO MICHELLE AND THE FRONT DOOR HEAD OF THE LIBRARY SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS WITHOUT OVERREACHING.
IS THERE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATION OR GUIDANCE ON THAT? IT IS, NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UM, WAY TO APPROACH.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I THINK THAT BEEN KIND OF STUCK IN THE WATER, THE FRIEND SCREAM, AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN WANTING TO BUILD IT BACK, UM, UP AND HAVING CONTACT PEOPLE MIGHT ACTUALLY GENERATE SOME LIFE INTO THEM.
ONE LAST, WAIT, SORRY, ONE LAST.
SO ONE LAST, UM, JUST BIT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE WITH IT WHAT YOU WILL.
SO THE CHAMBER IS A 5 0 1 C SIX, AND THE GROUP IS A 5 0 1 C3.
SO IT MAY BE, UM, BENEFICIAL TO, IF, IF IT IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE LIBRARY BOARD OR, OR
IF IT'S AN EVENT, THEY CAN TICKET THE EVENT AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WORKING WITH THE FRIENDS GROUP AND KIND OF MORE OR LESS SIGN THE CHECK OVER TO THEM, GIVE THEM A CHECK VERSUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FRIENDS GROUP HOSTING AN EVENT AND THEN THE CHAMBER PROV, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IT MAY BE THAT SHOULD BE, COULD BE THE STRUCTURE THAT MAY WORK BETTER.
UM, IF IT'S A JOINT VENTURE, JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND.
C SIX AND C3 HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UM, OPERATIONAL STRUCTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION RELATED TO ITEM FOUR TWO? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS OF IT.
UM, LET'S FIND OUT MAYBE
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WOULD THOSE DOLLARS BE COMMINGLED WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENT'S DOLLARS? OR DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE ITS OWN ACCOUNT? YEAH, SO THE LIBRARY HAS, UM, ITS OWN BUDGET AS PART OF THE CITYWIDE GENERAL FUND.UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING HOT AND HEAVY INTO BUDGET PLANNING SEASON.
UM, AND THAT REMINDS ME SINCE WE'RE, WE ARE ON THE TOPIC A BIT OF BUDGET.
MARCH 23RD IS THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC, UM, PLANNING SESSION, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THERE, THE BUDGET CALENDAR HAS BEEN POSTED TOO, BUT, UM, SO THE, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF THEORETICALLY THAT THIS CHAMBER LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUP DEAL HAPPENS AND THE CHAMBER WANTS TO GIVE MONEY TO THE FRIENDS GROUP THAT IS SEPARATE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE LIBRARY, AND THEN THE FRIENDS GROUP KIND DECIDES HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND SUPPORT THE LIBRARY MM-HMM.
AND IN YEARS PAST, THEY BASICALLY WOULD COME TO THE LIBRARY AND ASK, OKAY, WHERE ARE YOU SURE OF FUNDS? WE HAVE THIS TO GIVE, WE'D LIKE TO GO.
AND IT WAS HOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF LIBRARY MANAGER AND STAFF WHERE THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION POINT TO LAY THAT ITEM? WHAT IS THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE LIBRARY FOR 2024? BECAUSE THAT'S FROM LAST YEAR'S CITY COUNCIL, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT BUDGET OVERALL? OVERALL, I HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THERE'S AN OVERALL KIND OF BUCKET OF MONEY, BUT THEN LIKE, THERE'S DIFFERENT LIGHT ITEMS. SO LIKE, THERE'S SALARY, WHICH EMPLOYMENT STAFFING, THERE WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL EVENTS, PROGRAMMING.
IT, IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT, UH, BUT, UM, IT IS ALL POSTED ON CLEAR GOV, WHICH IS, IT IS ON CLEAR GOV.
AND THAT IS, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT, I BELIEVE THE FINAL, THE FINAL, UM, APPROVED BUDGET, UM, WAS POST IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AND I CAN SEE IF THEY'RE GONNA FIND THAT.
UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT BUDGET IS, IS SALARIES AND INSURANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT NECESSARILY, UM, BOOKS AND SPACES AND COMPUTERS.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KIND OF DRILL DOWN ON THOSE NUMBERS.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
I WOULD LOVE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO, WHENEVER THAT POLICY IS CREATED, TO BRING IT BACK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WAS CREATED OUTSIDE OF JUST FRIENDS.
UM, SO WE CAN PUT THAT DOWN AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, AND WE CAN JUST HAVE IT AS A SITTING ITEM UNTIL IT'S READY.
SO THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE IN JUNE, WE'LL CONFIRM THAT DATE, UM, BEFORE WE LEAVE HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE MEETING NEXT.
AND SO, UM, IF WHEN JUNE COMES AROUND AND WE MEET AND IT'S NOT AVAILABLE, WE WILL JUST DEFER THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOURCE OF ACTION.
THAT WAY WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT.
SO IF WE JUST KEEP IT AS A STANDING ITEM.
SO MOVING ON, 4.3, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE REVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY.
SO IN YOUR HANDS, I WENT THROUGH, UM, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AS IT WAS POSTED ONLINE.
AND I, I STARTED BY PULLING OUT ANYTHING THAT WAS FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN I WENT BACK AND I LOOKED AT WHAT WERE THE OTHER STRANDS OF CONVERSATION FROM OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD AS A WHOLE BOARD WITH THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO TRY TO LOOK AT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PIECES OF FEEDBACK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT IS KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE WORK THAT WE SAID THAT WE WANTED TO DO? UM, SO FOR THIS NEXT PART, IT REALLY IS US TALKING ABOUT WHAT IN, IN THE SURVEY, UM, PERHAPS WOULD BE A GOOD AREA TO, TO FOCUS, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS ALREADY KIND OF IDENTIFIED, UM, HERE.
THIS IS, UM, THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FROM THE OTHER FORCING COMMISSIONS AS THEY IDENTIFIED THEM.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT PRESENT WAS THE ETHICS, UM, COMMITTEE.
UM, I DIDN'T, AND IN MY OPINION, THOSE THINGS DID NOT REALLY SEEM TO BE IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE WORK OR THE SCOPE THAT WE WERE WANTING TO, UM, TAKE.
HOWEVER, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER, UM,
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I CAN, UH, I, WE ALL GOT COPIES OF THOSE ANCHOR CHARTS, SO WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.WE CAN PULL THAT AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
BUT THEY, THOSE THINGS SEEM TO BE MORE ABOUT LIKE PUBLIC INTEGRITY SORTS OF THINGS, AND EVERYTH THINGS SEEM TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO WE CAN GO ABOUT THIS HOWEVER YOU GUYS WANT.
SO IF SOMEBODY HAD A PARTICULAR DATA POINT THAT STUCK OUT TO THEM THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, WE CAN START THERE.
OR WE CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES, DO SOME QUIET READING, JUST TO KIND OF RETRENCH OURSELVES IN THAT AND THEN START A CONVERSATION.
HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD THE 10 MINUTES, I BELIEVE? SURE.
SO THERE'S A WORKSHEET IN HERE TOO THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU, SO THAT HELPS YOU WITH KIND OF ORGANIZING YOUR THOUGHT.
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I'M JUST GONNA DO A QUICK PULSE CHECK.UM, DOES THERE ANYBODY NEED MORE TIME? OKAY.
SO IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IS TO START OFF WITH WHEN YOU WERE READING THROUGH THIS, UM, DID, WERE THERE ANY PARTICULAR STRENGTHS THAT CAME ACROSS ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY? THINGS THAT ACCORDING TO THE PARTICIPANTS, FELT LIKE WERE GOING PARTICULARLY WELL SPECIFIC TO THE LIBRARY? SO, MM-HMM.
I WOULD SAY STAFF FRIENDLINESS.
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A WELCOMING PLACE, AND I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT CURRENT STAFF AND PAST STAFF HAVE DONE HAS, HAS CREATED THAT, THAT WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.SO THAT IS A PLUS, UM, FACTOR.
YEAH, I MEAN, STAFF, I, I ALSO SEEMS, THIS SEEMS TO ME LOOKING AT IT THAT, UM, MOST PEOPLE WHO USE THE LIBRARY ARE QUITE SATISFIED WITH IT, WHICH REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BIGGER LIBRARY, BIGGER LIBRARY, BUT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE CASE FOR AN IMMEDIATE NEED, WHICH KIND OF FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
THAT ACTUALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME THE MOST.
AND IT SURPRISED ME BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WANTING A LARGER LIBRARY.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT A FUTURE NEED, BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT STUCK OUT.
IN FACT, UM, ON PAGE, ON PAGE FOUR, I GUESS FIGURE NUMBER NINE, IT'S ITEM 13, CITY SERVICES THAT SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST EMPHASIS FROM THE CITY.
SO THE WAY I READ THAT PARTICULAR GRAPHIC, UM, WAS LIKE, PRIORITIZING WHAT NEEDS THE MOST LASER FOCUS CURRENTLY.
AND GIVEN THE OPTIONS, THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ACTUALLY INDICATED THAT THE LIBRARY SERVICE OR THE LIBRARY IN GENERAL DOESN'T NEED AS MUCH ATTENTION AS ANY OF THOSE OTHER ITEMS. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING I, I REALLY TOOK AWAY FROM, FROM THE SURVEY MYSELF.
UM, AND I'M NOT SURE IF I APPRECIATE WHOEVER ALL THIS DOWN FOR US, UH, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW OF THE CHARTS AND GRAPHICS THEY HAVE, THE EXCLUDING DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THAT DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WERE THE, UH, IN GENERAL ABOUT 80% MM-HMM.
UH, EACH TIME IT WAS, I DON'T KNOW.
UH, IT'S THE, I THINK ON ONE OF THE CHARTS, IT HAD TWO OR 3% WERE VERY, EXTREMELY SATISFIED.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT VOICES THAT WE NEED TO HEAR, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.
UH, WE'RE NOT GETTING A, A GOOD RANGE OF DATA.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN, UH, TO JUSTIFY THAT.
AND OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO TO CONSIDER.
UM, MAYBE, MAYBE THEY HAD, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS HAD ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY BEEN IN THE LIBRARY.
I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION RELATED TO HAVE YOU ENGAGED WITH THE LIBRARY, USE THE PROGRAMS, HAVE YOU GO INTO THE EVENTS? HAVE YOU, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT THAT REALLY STOOD OUT WAS THAT EVERYBODY WAS AGREEMENT ON THE HOUR.
SO CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED? AND, AND MOVE ON TO THE OTHER LINE ITEMS AS POSSIBLE, UM, FOCUSES FOR OUR GROUP BASED ON OUR CHARTS.
OH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WAS FEEDBACK THAT WAS IN THE SURVEY THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THE STAFFING ALREADY CHANGED THE HOURS AND THEY'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT.
WE NEED TO GIVE IT TIME TO SEE HOW THE NEW HOURS WORK FOR EVERYBODY BEFORE WE GET, WE TABLE THAT ONE AND COME BACK TO IT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING IN THE SURVEY THAT WE FEEL LIKE DOESN'T MEET OUR EXPECTATIONS.
I THINK WE ALL HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE SERVICES, THE LIBRARY, AND BECAUSE WE OURSELVES WANT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE AND ACCESSIBILITY, BUT IT'S ALSO UNREASONABLE THINK WE CAN FIX EVERYTHING.
RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE WANNA PRIORITIZE WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THIS GROUP FEELS LIKE IS MOST WORTHY OF OUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, AND WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO? THESE ARE LIKE OUR SHORT TERM GOALS THAT WE HOPE TO TAKE ACTION ON.
WE ALREADY HAVE KIND OF, I IDENTIFIED SOME LONGER TERM BIGGER, UH, PRO PROGRAMMATIC IDEAS.
AND SO I THINK LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A MORE QUICK IMPACT ON WOULD BE THE BEST PATH FORWARD.
IT'S A, IT'S A BOARD DECISION, SO SOMETHING WE'LL ALL HAVE INPUT IN.
BUT, UM, AND ALSO I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS NOT A LIBRARY, UM, LIKE CENTRIC SURVEY.
THERE WERE, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, AND I THINK IT WAS FAIRLY IN DEPTH, BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE INDICATIVE, IN MY OPINION, OF LIKE A, A TRUE, LIKE DEEP DIVE ON LIBRARY.
IT WAS A HOLISTIC SCOPE OF ALL THE THINGS IN THE CITY.
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SO, AND JUST TO THAT POINT, I KNOW BEINGAND SO THEY MAY HAVE RANK THOSE HIGHER THAN SOMETHING LIKE THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO SOMETHING LIKE, I, I THINK THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY MM-HMM.
UM, YOU, YOU, YOU WANNA BE SAFE AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY, RIGHT?
UM, AND SO IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LEADERS DOWN THE ROAD, A LIBRARY CENTERED, UH, SURVEY MM-HMM.
UM, SO WE, ONE OF THE RELATIVE STRENGTHS WE FEEL LIKE IS LIBRARY, THE, THE STAFF.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OVERWHELMINGLY IN GENERAL SATISFACTION OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANNA SAY WERE HIGH LEVEL BLEEDS FROM THE SURVEY? UM, I DON'T THINK SO, ACTUALLY.
I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FOR ME AT LEAST.
I'M SORRY, THIS ONE BE HOW, HOW COMPARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
I THOUGHT A GOOD TAKEAWAY WAS JUST, UH, I THINK THIS MAY JUST HAVE BEEN AN OVERALL FIGURE FOUR, PAGE 11 MM-HMM.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UH, A, A GOOD TIMING POINT.
AND THAT'S NOT A MINOR DIFFERENCE.
ALMOST IT'S 12.5% THAT A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.
SO THAT'S A MARKET THAT WE ARE PROVIDING PATIENTS.
SO NOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE FELT LIKE WERE SHINING STARS RELATIVE GOING RELATIVELY WELL.
UM, WERE THERE ANY, WERE THERE ANY CHARTS OR CABLES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT CLOSE MORE CLOSELY? AND THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ANYTHING THAT WASN'T LIBRARY CENTRIC.
DID YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU FELT LIKE, HUH, THAT DOESN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY? MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH ANOTHER GROUP AND, AND MAKE SOME MOVEMENT THERE.
THE, UH, THE TABLE, UH, FOR QUESTION 19, WHERE IT SAYS POLICE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAMS, IT'S THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ON THAT ONE? THE GRAPHIC PRIME DOG IS STILL REAL, STILL RELEVANT.
THEY STILL HAVE THE COSTUMES IN THEIR CLOSETS.
WHY NOT OFFER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT AGE-BASED PROGRAMS PARTNERING WITH THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GET CHILDREN FAMILIAR WITH, WITH OFFICERS.
THEY SEE THEM ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'VE ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
I, I KNOW THAT, UM, ONE OF MY OWN KIDS WAS ACTUALLY AFRAID OF MC, GRAPHIC CRIME DOG THAT WAS HAPPILY TO RUN UP TO THE SCHOOL MASCOT AND HUG THE MASCOT.
AND WE DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD A FEAR OF PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, WHICH WAS WEIRD BECAUSE I WORKED IN SCRUBS.
SO FOR HER TO HIDE FROM POLICE OFFICERS AND POWER BEHIND ME WAS NOT OKAY.
SO WE SCHEDULED PLAY DATES WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE OFFICERS.
SO SHE BECAME ACCLIMATED TO PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, BEING ABLE TO APPROACH THEM AND JUST SAY, HI.
MM-HMM,
SO KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN, I NOTED, UM, TABLE NUMBER 20 Q 20.
AND SO THE TITLE WAS POLICE SERVICES THAT SHOULD RECEIVE THE MOST EMPHASIS FROM THE CITY.
SO RANK TO PRIORITY, THE THING THAT THEY FELT LIKE WAS MOST
IT SEEMED LIKE, UM, OVERALL POLICE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY HAS AN AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I FEEL LIKE THE OTHER TWO ABOVE COULD BE IMPACTED IF THAT THIRD ONE UH, SHIFTED SLIGHTLY.
AND SO I COULD SEE THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE, THE LIBRARY BOARD, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS, PROVIDE MAYBE MORE ACCESS OF VISIBILITY, UM, MAYBE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHERE THEY COME IN AND DO SOME HIGH LEVEL, UM, TALKS ON POLICING, UH, MAYBE SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT ARE RELEVANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT THAT WAS ONE THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UM, SUPPORT, UM, IF THERE'S INTEREST IN IT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DNI COMMISSION,
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THAT SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.AND THEY'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN WORKING WITH US COLLABORATIVELY ON SOMETHING THAT COULD SEE SOMETHING WHILE IT DOESN'T IN INVOLVE BOOKS DIRECTLY, AND COULD SEE THERE BEING AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE THERE.
UM, SO KIND OF WHEN WE'RE FRAMING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT WOULD BE, UM, WHY WOULD THIS BE IMPORTANT TO THE LIBRARY'S WORK STREAMS? THOSE PROBING QUESTIONS, UM, THAT ARE ON YOUR WORKSHEET.
UM, MAYBE THIS IS A WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO THE LIBRARY THAT HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE.
MAYBE THAT WOULD DRAW MORE TRAFFIC, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, REGULAR, UM, LIBRARY USERS.
SEE IF CHIEF WOULD BE WILLING TO READ A BOOK.
OH, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY GOT THE TEDDY BEAR PROGRAM, BUT WHAT IF WE FOUND SOME CUTE LITTLE BOARD BOOKS OR PAPER BOOKS THAT ARE MASS PRODUCED THAT WE CAN GET FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS TO CARRY ALONG WITH THE TEDDY BEARS.
SO JUST, UM, HISTORY ABOUT THE LIBRARY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE WERE, UM, I WANNA SAY FULLY OPERATION BEFORE NOW.
UM, OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, WE ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY FOR STORY TIMES.
AND IT W DIDN'T JUST, IT WASN'T JUST THE POLICE, IT WAS FIRE, IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS, UM, PARK AND REC.
UM, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME READ A STORY.
UM, AND IF WE COULD FIT THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE EQUIPMENT.
UM, ACTUALLY HANNAH, OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, NOW WE'VE BEEN BRAINSTORMING BRINGING UP THAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
UM, SO IN HEARING, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE, UM, OUTLOOK TOWARDS THAT, I'M LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.
UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THE LIBRARY, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY MOST LIBRARIES DO IT, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WELL WITHIN OUR WHEELHOUSE.
WE JUST HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO IT A CERTAIN WAY, MAKE SURE IT WORKS FOR US WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENT, UM, AND BE MORE, MORE COLLABORATIVE.
I THINK IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, COLLECTIVELY FEEL LIKE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING TO, TO TAKE FORWARD, UM, CERTAINLY BEFORE TAKING UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDER LEADERS TO SAY, HEY, DO YOU HAVE TIME, CAPACITY, INTEREST IN THIS BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON A PIECE OF PAPER? UM, SO, UM, I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WHEN WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WANT IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S MEASURABLE, RIGHT? SO HOW WOULD WE FRAME SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN A WAY THAT'S MEASURABLE, WHETHER OR NOT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS THING THAT WE'VE, WE FELT LIKE WAS IMPORTANT? WOULD IT, UH, JUST BE NUMBER TENS? SURE, YEAH.
HONESTLY, I FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE ALL THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL I THINK WE NEED AT THIS POINT IS JUST ALMOST EVERYTHING WE CAN OF, OR ANYTHING WE SUGGEST SHOULD BE GEARED TOWARDS RAISING AWARENESS, ATTENDANCE, VISIBILITY, LIBRARY, AND, AND MAYBE ONE OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS IS TO INCREASE, UH, LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP.
AND THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY THE, THOSE ACTIONABLE STEPS THAT WE SUSPECT WOULD DRIVE MORE, UH, CARDHOLDERS AND CIRCULATION.
WE USED TO HAVE A INE UNIT TO THE LIBRARY AND VERY TIME WITH THEIR BLOODHOUND THAT THEY USED TO HAVE ON THE STAFF MANY YEARS AGO.
AND SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING A DOG THERE.
THEY'RE ALSO JUST FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE SCARED OF THE POLICE.
THEY WORK AND TRAIN, YOU KNOW, DOGS SPECIFICALLY TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE POLICE.
IT WAS A GREAT, I KNOW BECAUSE A CHILD MIGHT BE MORE WILLING TO APPROACH THE DOG THAN THE, THE TRAINER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GO UP AND LIKE PET THE DOG AFTER.
THIS IS ALREADY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND WE'RE TAKING MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS SO WELL RECEIVED.
UM, THE THING WE'RE GONNA, WE'VE SEEN IN OR BIGGER PROGRAMS THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO IS WE'VE HAD TO BOOK BIGGER, BOOK BIGGER
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SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE PLACES.UM, SO DOWN THE LINE, INSTEAD START DOING THAT, YOU'LL SEE IT NOT JUST BEING HOST IN THE LIBRARY.
MOST LIKELY WE'LL TAKE OVER THE CHAMBERS AGAIN BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOALS.
GOALS, OH, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE WE ACCEPT IT, BUT LET'S GO.
UM, BUT OUR MEETING ROOM HOLDS A SMALL GROUP, AND WHEN WE HAVE VISITORS COMING IN, WE'VE NOTICED THAT IT JUST INCREASES THE PROGRAM, UM, ATTENDEES.
SO THEY POTENTIAL TO HAVE A BIG, WE DECIDE TO, NOT JUST THE STORY TIME, BUT THE STORY TIME, CLASS, SPEECH, PRESENTATION, SPEECH.
I CAN SEE IF YOU, AND YOU'RE LIKE, YEAH.
MAYBE HE HAS A CHILDREN BOOK THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT
YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA WRAP.
WHAT WOULD BE KIND OF CUTE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT THOUGH WOULD BE LIKE A MONTHLY PASSPORT THAT KIDS, THEY ATTEND AT LEAST ONE PRESENTATION EVERY MONTH, ONE STORY TIME EVERY MONTH.
THEY, THEY GET SOMETHING SPECIAL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
LIKE A SPECIAL BOOKMARK THAT'S COMMEMORATIVE OR LIKE ONE THAT THEY CAN MAKE THEMSELVES.
IT ADDS A DIFFERENT BEAD TO THEIR BOOKMARK.
OR EVERY MONTH THEY ATTEND AN EVENT.
AND MY MOM WENT TO LIKE, NOT JUST THE POLICE, BUT IF YOU ATTEND TO FIRE HIM, HE WOULD BE A RED BE FOR THE FIRE OR BLUE BE FOR THE POLICE AND SO FORTH AND SO ON EACH MONTH.
SO, UM, ONE THING I, I WANTED TO MAYBE TAG ON TO THIS CONVERSATION, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, FIGURE 11, PAGE 69.
IT'S A VERY SMALL DIFFERENCE BECAUSE DEALING WITH SMALL POPULATIONS, IT, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE WAY I WAS READING THIS CHART, UM, AND A LOT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CHILDREN'S COLLECTION AND STORY TIMES ARE, ARE REALLY GEARED TOWARDS OUR, OUR YOUNGER POPULATION, WHICH I THINK IS, IS GREAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE LIFELONG READERS.
UM, BUT I I, I THINK THAT TAKING THAT NEXT STEP UP TO THE, THE YOUNGER DOPE, UH, COLLECTION WHERE NOW WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY FIGHTING AGAINST TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEO GAMES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT.
UM, EVEN AT THE, LOOKING AT THE MONTHLY CALENDARS, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS MAYBE ONE EVENT FOR THAT KIND OF ADOLESCENT AGE.
UM, HOW DO WE, KIND OF A STRATEGIC QUESTION.
HOW DO WE MAKE THE LIBRARY COOL FOR THEM? RIGHT? HOW DO WE GET THEM INTO THE LIBRARY? WE'VE HAD, FROM THE PROGRAMMING ASPECT, WE'VE HAD KIND OF A DROUGHT TRYING TO GET YOUNG ADULTS IN THE TEENS.
UM, SO IN FOR US IT'S GOING TO WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS TO SEE WHAT OTHER PLACES ARE DOING, TRYING TO GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND SEE WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE FOR THEM TO DO, UM, ARE, IT'S BEEN A GOOD STRUGGLE.
MEANING WE'VE HAD TAKERS FOR SOME OF IT AND SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETE MISSES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A TEEN ADVISORY BOARD GOING.
UM, WE HAVE APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING THAT WE KNOW VERY WELL, WE ARE NOT TEENAGER AS MUCH AS WE CAN LEARN IN, UM, WE, ONE OF THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL THINGS THAT HAPPEN ONCE A BOARD GETS CREATED IS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY TO THE TEAMS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND SEEING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT ANOTHER, THEIR LIBRARY.
UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TAKERS YET THAT WE'VE TO GET THAT ADVISORY BOARD UP AND RUNNING.
UM, IT'S STILL A GOAL OF OURS TO ALSO GET BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.
WE USED TO GO AND DO OUTREACH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND DO OUTREACH IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND HAVING A STAFF TO KEEP THE LIBRARY OPEN AND WE'RE ABLE AND DO MORE OUTREACH TO GET THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, WE TAKE THE APPLICATIONS AND TALK COOL.
MM-HMM
UM, IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING WORK EFFORT.
THE KIDS AND THE ADULTS, I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO WILLING TO TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT.
TEENS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESERVED AND THEY DON'T REALLY ASK AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY GETTING A FAIR FEW THAT ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME IN AND JOIN THE
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ADVISORY BOARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAP INTO THEIR TEEN BRAIN.I KNOW LIKE, JUST, YOU KNOW, A STORY TIME FOR THE YOUNGER, UH, YOUNGER KIDS IS VERY EASY.
YOU CAN DO A WHOLE STORY IN 30 MINUTES IF YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
UH, BUT FOR THE TEENAGERS OR ADOLESCENTS, YOU CAN'T DO STORY TIME ON A CHAPTER BOOK UNLESS IT'S A SERIES, SO TO SAY.
UM, SO YOU, YOU HAVE TO HOOK 'EM ENOUGH FOR THEM TO KEEP COMING, WANTING TO COME BACK.
AND SO, UM, EVEN THAT TO THE ADULTS, THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK CLUBS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN, AN OPTION TO DISCUSS THOSE, BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, THERE SHOULD BE SOME EMPHASIS ON THAT ADOLESCENCE, YOUNG ADULT ERA.
'CAUSE AS OUR COMMUNITY GROWS AND THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, GROWS AS WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE OFFERING THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN APPRECIATE.
WE TRY TO ALSO BE STRATEGIC IN PLANNING THOSE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXTRACURRICULARS THAT THEY DO.
UM, SO SPRING BREAK TO SEE A LOT OF WHEN THE SCHOOL'S OUT.
UM, SO WE CATER TO A LOT OF HOMESCHOOLED FAMILIES AS WELL ALREADY TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
I SEE BREAKS PLAY A HUGE FACTOR WHEN WE START PLAN THOSE.
UM, AND WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, I REMEMBERING I BROUGHT MARCH CALENDARS, I SHOULD JUST REFER TO THAT.
BUT HAVE TWO, THREE TEAM GOING UP BREAK SO THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY ONLINE TO COME DO SOMETHING FREE, MAKE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE OF THEIR AGE BECAUSE THOSE, WE HAVE A STAFF IN THERE, BUT WE DON'T REALLY TRY TO, YOU KNOW, CONTROL THAT GROUP BECAUSE IT'S MOSTLY THE KIND OF SHUT DOWN THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND WE, WE TRY TO LIKE TELL WHAT TO DO.
WE'RE LIKE, HEY, YOU DO THIS AND IF YOU WANT MORE, JUST LET US KNOW AND KIND OF LET THEM DO THEIR OWN.
AND THAT'S WHEN, WHEN THEY COME WORKS REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, BUT YES, WE, UH, WE WANNA BUILD MORE OF THOSE PROGRAMS BACK IN THE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE MORE STRATEGIC.
AND NOW WITH OUR HOURS BEING OPEN MORE, HOW, UM, HOW CAN WE AS A BOARD SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO BUILD MORE TEAM PROGRAMMING? I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU NEED IDEAS OR IF, IF IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, SO SORRY.
THIS TIME'S OUT ON ME LIKE CRAZY ENOUGH TO KEEP A AND JUST TELL ME YOUR IDEAS.
'CAUSE WE MIGHT BE, I MEAN THIS IS NEW TERRITORY.
I MEAN, I, A BIGGEST PART OF US IS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY YET TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE'RE STILL TRYING TO STRATEGIZE WHEN TO GO OUT FOR OUTREACH.
UM, A LOT OF IT IS VERY MUCH, UM, NOT MANY PEOPLE STILL KNOW WE'RE HERE OR THAT WE EVEN OFFER CERTAIN AGE GROUP PROGRAMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
OR THE ADVISORY BOARD HAS NOT BEEN REALLY AS MUCH AS RELEVANT TO ME.
UM, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS? SO ONE THING IF WE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO KIND OF BUILD THE YOUTH LIBRARY BOARD, UM, I KNOW THAT EACH OF THE SECONDARY CAMPUSES, THEY DO HAVE LIBRARY AIDS AND THOSE ARE PEOPLE GENERALLY THAT ENJOY BEING IN THE LIBRARY SPACE.
AND SO PERHAPS THOSE ARE THE, THE STUDENTS THAT YOU, UM, KIND OF PARTNER WITH THE CAMPUS LIBRARIANS TO SAY, HEY, WOULD ANY OF YOUR AIDES LIKE TO APPLY? AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER, LIKE A REMINDER, ANOTHER OUTREACH AVAILABILITY.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK WITH MY, I OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SENT THIS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD APPLICATIONS.
UH, BUT I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT I THINK IS A GREAT WAY.
I MEAN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HAVE THOSE, THOSE TEENS THAT ARE JUST INTERESTED IN BEING COMMUNITY HELPERS AND THEY DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IN THE LIBRARIES, THEIR SAFE PLACE.
LIKE THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE LIBRARY.
SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
AND THEN I KNOW BOARD GAMING IS REALLY BIG AND TRENDY AGAIN.
AND SO MAYBE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE LIKE A, A GAME NIGHT I LINK AT YOU BECAUSE YES.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AT OUR, ONE OF OUR BUDGET LINES IS SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO UPDATE BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM
I NEED TO FIND A HOME FOR SOME DONATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, WE, I HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND THAT
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OWNS A LARGE GAME STORE IN THE AUSTIN AREAS.IT IS LIKELY THAT IF WE PUT TOGETHER A REQUISITION, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HELP WITH THE SPONSORSHIP.
UM, BUT IF THAT'S, I, I FEEL LIKE THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WOULD DRAW IN YEAH.
THE KIDS THAT FEEL LIKE THE LIBRARY IS THEIR PLACE.
SO ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS WE HAD STARTED TO BUILD UP, 'CAUSE BEFORE WE WERE NOT HAVING ANY ADULT PROGRAMS, NOT AS MANY AS WE WOULD LIKE.
SO WE WERE BUILDING THAT BACK UP AND THEY'RE GOING VERY STRONG, VERY GOOD.
ONE OF THE ONES THAT DID NOT DO WELL WAS ADULT TIME DAY ON SATURDAYS.
JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, COME AND JUST SPEND LIKE TWO OR THREE HOURS IN THE LIBRARY PLAYING TOWN WITH PEERS.
SOMETHING FOR ADULTS TO DO WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ON A SATURDAY.
WE RAN IT FOR I THINK ABOUT THREE MONTHS OF SATURDAYS AND NOT EVERY SATURDAY.
WE WERE, UM, DOING IT ENOUGH SO THAT WE WEREN'T BURNOUT.
'CAUSE WE WERE STILL NOT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF.
IT DID NOT DO WELL, BUT EVERY TIME WE PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR, WE GOT INTEREST.
OH, OH, YOU KNOW, COULD THEY COME? AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME THIS.
SO IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THE ADULTS, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING TO UPDATE OUR BOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MAJOR UPDATES THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE LIKE, NOW WE CAN BOARD.
WE USED TO HAVE GAME DAYS MM-HMM.
WE OPEN THE ENTIRE MEETING ROOM, WE JUST COULD BRING YOUR OWN USE WHAT WE HAD.
AND WE JUST OPENED THE ENTIRE MEETING ROOM UP FOR LIKE A FOUR HOUR, JUST EIGHT DAY SESSION.
UM, IT WORKED OUT WELL FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT WERE HOMESCHOOLED, THAT WERE PRETTY IN THE AREA.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OPEN HOURS TO REALLY TAP INTO THE EVENING OR SATURDAY, BUT NOW THIS IS GOOD.
I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO LIKE A LOW RISK THING TO, TO TEST THE WATERS FOR ENGAGEMENT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE DO IS WE, WE DO CLUE BY CLUE, WHICH IS WHERE WE WATCH THE MOVIE CLUE AND THEN PLAY THE GAME CLUE.
AND IT ENGAGES THE KIDS BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM INTO THE CHARACTERS.
WASN'T THERE A UNCHARTED VIDEO GAME THAT WAS TURNED INTO A MOVIE RECENTLY? UNCHARTED.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WE DO IS BEFORE ONE OF THE KIDS MOVIES COMES OUT, IF THERE'S A BOOK ABOUT IT, I MAKE THE KIDS READ THE BOOK FIRST.
WE, UH, AND THEN THE MOVIE AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES AFTER.
ACTUALLY, I THINK MY MISS HANNAH ACTUALLY HAS THAT ON ONE OF HER IDEAS TO PITCH TO THE TEENS BEING MORE LIKE TEAM CLUB, MOVIE CLUB, THAT KIND OF VIBE.
LIKE YOU CAN READ THE BOOK OR YOU CAN JUST WATCH THE MOVIE, BUT THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I WAS GONNA ASK, HAS WE DONE LIKE MOVIE NIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? HAD MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PAST? WE'VE HAD SOME MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PAST.
WE EACH, WE EVEN HAD A TEAM NEW YEAR E NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY AND WE HAD ONE FAMILY COME AND I KNOW ONE IS BETTER THAN NONE.
UM, BUT IT WAS SOMEONE WHO HADN'T COME TO THE LIBRARY BEFORE AND THEN THEY SAW THE CALENDAR AND THE EVENTS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME.
UM, SO WE'VE
NOT HIGH ATTENDANCE, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAD A COUPLE FAMILIES.
AND I SAY FAMILIES, MEANING LIKE SIBLINGS, IT BECAME NOT LIKE THE WHOLE FAMILY STAY, IT WAS DEFINITELY JUST TEENS IN THE ROOM.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE OUR OWN POPCORN MACHINE.
WE MAKE FRESH POPCORN AND WE TRY TO ALWAYS HAVE SNACKS ON HAND FOR THAT AGE GROUP BECAUSE THEY LIKE TREATIES AND DOESN'T.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA STIFLE ANY, ANY CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND THE BOARD THAT THIS MEETING IS FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE AND THEN THE STAFF CAN OFFER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO BRAINSTORM WHATEVER IDEAS YOU HAVE.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE IT TO US STAFF AND WE CAN SAY, HEY, YEAH, ACTUALLY WE'RE WORKING ON THIS.
OR ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE THIS COMING UP OR WHATNOT.
SO I JUST WANNA REMIND THE BOARD, THIS IS YOUR TIME, SO IF YOU'D LIKE, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OR TALK ABOUT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
UM, SO GOING BACK INTO THE SURVEY, SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND AREA OF OPPORTUNITY OF, UH, COLLABORATING WITH EMERGENCY RESPONDERS
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TO PERHAPS DRIVE TRAFFIC.IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A GENERAL INTEREST IN COMING UP WITH SOME, UM, MAYBE A REFRESH OF THE TEENAGE PROGRAMMING OR THE EARLY ADULT.
THE YOUNG ADULT, EXCUSE ME, PROGRAMMING OR ENHANCEMENT.
UM, UH, WHEN I WAS LOOKING ON, LET'S SEE, UH, QUESTION 29, WHICH I THINK IS THE VERY LAST PAGE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SATISFACTION WITH THE FOLLOWING PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, THE TWO LOWEST ONES FOR SENIOR RECREATION PROGRAMS AND NATURE DAY PROGRAMMING.
AND SO WONDERING I HAD IS, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO THROUGH THE LENS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO KIND OF ASK SOME SUPPORT IN THAT AREA AND, AND PARTNER WITH PARKS AND REC OR AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THE D AND I COMMITTEE, UM, AND THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD TO KIND OF MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THAT.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THIS ONE, BUT DIDN'T WE JUST HAVE A SPEAKER A WEEK OR TWO AGO FROM THE NATURE ABOUT LOCAL? WE HAVE PARTNERED BIG TIME.
WE HAVE A SERIES PETERSON GARDEN.
WE, UM, IT'S A MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE TEXAS MASTER GARDEN ASSOCIATION AND TEXAS A AND M, UM, AGRI AGRILIFE AGRI.
AND THEY BRING A MONTHLY CLASS, THE FREE WORKSHOP THAT, UM, IS OPEN.
WE'RE, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO BE ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY HAVE A MASTER GARDENER ON HAND TO TALK TO.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A SPRING VEGETABLE GARDENS FOR BEGINNERS AND THEY'VE BEEN, WE'VE DONE IT SINCE JANUARY AND EACH CLASS HAS BEEN SO WELL ATTENDED.
UM, AND ACTUALLY WE, IN OUR FIRES AND STUFF, WE'VE HANDED OUT A BUNCH OF STUFF AND EVERYONE THAT'S TAKEN ONE, IT'S LIKE, I HAD NO IDEA WE WERE DOING THIS.
AND SO THEY'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE SENIORS.
WELL WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PREDOMINANTLY SENIORS ATTENDING.
WELL, NO, NO INFORMATION IS COVERED.
UM, SO THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES LIKE PICKLEBALL IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT, ONE, IS THIS AN AREA THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO TAKE ON IF WE ARE LOOKING AT, IF THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO INCREASE LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP AND, AND THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE ACTIONABLE STEPS THAT TAPS INTO ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC THAT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING MORE TIME AND RECREATION DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
IT COULD BE FELLOWSHIP TIME TOGETHER.
UM, IS THIS AN AREA THAT WE, WE WANT TO EXPLORE? IT HAS POTENTIAL.
I WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE SENIOR CENTER IN GLENROSE AND THEY OFFERED DOMINO'S CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
THEY OFFERED, UH, THEY DID QUILTING AS A GROUP.
THEY DID, UM, FLOWER MAKING, CAKE DECORATING.
THEY BROUGHT IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND, UM, IT WOULD BE ALONG THE LINES OF THE MASTER GARDENING PROGRAMS, BUT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GEARED TOWARDS THEIR MOBILITY AND WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.
OBVIOUSLY NEEDLEPOINT IS NOT SOMETHING EVERY 80-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA CAN DO, BUT THEY DID A LOT OF PUZZLES AND YOU CAN GET PUZZLES IN A VARIETY OF, OF SHAPES AND SIZES THESE DAYS FOR ALL TYPES OF MOBILITY.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, AGAIN, THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE THE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY WITH THE ACTIVITIES.
WE, UM, WE'VE, WE HAVEN'T BRANCHED OUT TOO MUCH IN THE SENIORS IN THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
WE'VE DONE MORE THAN ANY OTHERS BEFORE A SENIOR DISCUSSION GROUP.
JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO OTHER SENIORS ABOUT ANY OTHER TOPICS UNDER THE SUN.
UM, IT, IT RAN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TAKERS.
WE HAD ONE KEPT ON COMING EACH TIME AND THEN JUST NO ONE EVER JOINED HER.
AND SO, UM, WE REUTILIZED THE SPACE FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S BEEN A VERY WELL ATTENDED PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEEN AS STAYING POWER.
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TWO HOURS JUST TO COME IN WITH SOME SMALL CRISIS.SO IT IS, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT ALONG THE LINES OF THE TEEN AND ADULT AND YOUTH PROGRAMS THAT WE WANNA WANT TO BUILD UP.
'CAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT INTEREST.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE IN APRIL PLAN ON BRINGING BACK A SOCIAL HOUR FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO DO BUILDING NEEDLE WORK CROCHETING AS A WAY TO GET THEM MORE INVOLVED AND TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT DO THE SAME KIND OF PROJECT.
UM, BUT IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF
YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY TO IT.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO FILL THAT VOID AS MUCH AS WE'RE ABLE TO.
IT DID, WHEN I MOVED HERE, THERE WAS A BUILDING.
WAS THERE WHERE, AND YOU KNOW WHERE THE NEW ADMIN BUILDING IS OVER ON 200TH STREET IS THE LITTLE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT BUILDING.
WHEN I FIRST MOVED, MOVED DOWN HERE IN, IN, AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED COMING DOWN TO HA IN 2004 BEFORE I MOVED DOWN HERE, THAT BUILDING WAS LABELED SENIOR CENTER.
AND I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, HEY, THAT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF THEY, BUT THEN THE SCHOOL TOOK OVER AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL TOOK NOW.
SO BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE LABELED FOR SENIOR CENTER, UM, UP UNTIL, I WANNA SAY AROUND 2010, 2011 WHEN IT, I GUESS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE USED IT.
I KNOW MY WORK WITH THE RESOURCE CENTER OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT, THERE WAS THIS REQUEST, THIS OUTCRY FOR TIME FOR SENIORS TO GET TOGETHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, EVEN IF IT'S JUST LIKE GETTING TOGETHER AND DOING HAND WORK SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY A SPACE ANYWHERE DESIGNATED.
A LOT OF THE CHURCHES HAVE KIND OF FILLED THAT ROLE.
AND I KNOW THE FEDERAL RESOURCE CENTER HAS SOME SENIOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE GENERALLY FAIRLY WELL ATTENDED.
UM, AND SO IF THERE'S APPETITE TO LOOK INTO THAT, PERHAPS ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE PARTNER WITH COULD BE THE HEAD OF RESOURCE CENTER.
UM, OFTENTIMES THEY HAVE, UH, GRANTS ALREADY THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO FUND, UM, SOME SOCIAL ELEMENTS, UM, FOR THAT PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC BECAUSE IT FEEDS INTO QUALITY OF LIFE AND OVERALL LIKE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM BEFORE.
UM, JUST RECENTLY THEY'VE HELPED US, NOT THIS PAST SUMMER, BUT THIS PAST SUMMER THEY GAVE US, UH, TRAIT BAGS FOR, UM, STORY TIMERS.
UM, PRESCHOOL STORY TIME I BELIEVE.
AND SO THAT, I THINK WE TRIED TO ABUSE THEM AS MUCH AS, AS WE COULD AND UM, ACTUALLY NEED TO GIVE THEM A CALL
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO GET SOMETHING OFF THE GROUND EVEN MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.
AND I, UM, I WISH WE COULD DO MORE.
UM, BUT I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SIMILAR TO THE TEAMS, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS PROBABLY, SO A SEPARATE SURVEY, AGAIN THAT'S CATERED SPECIFICALLY.
I ACTUALLY PUT A NOTE HERE, INTEREST SURVEY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT THINGS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE INTERESTED IN IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC MEANING.
I JUST WONDER IF THIS IS, MIGHT MEAN THE OFF TOPIC, BUT, UM, WE
UM, WE HAVEN'T GONE FORWARD WITH THAT 'CAUSE WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT WOULD LOOK.
AND THEN, UM, WE COULD VERY WELL, UM, OPEN A CAN OF WORM SOMEWHERE AND PARTICIPATING.
OR TO YOUR POINT WITH THE SUGGESTION BOXES, THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY COMING TO THE LIBRARY.
SO HOW DO WE GET, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO PUT THINGS IN THE SUGGESTION, BLOCK EMAIL, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL HERE.
I'M, I'M WONDERING, SO DO WE HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC ON THE ATTENDANCE, THE CURRENT ATTENDEES OF THE LIBRARY? LIKE WE KNOW WHERE WE, WE SKEW, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.
WE, WE DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE DEMOGRAPHICS OF, OF VISITORS THAT COME IN.
WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC, CARDHOLDERS AND PROGRAM.
UM, BECAUSE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS DO HAVE AGE REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, RESTRICTIONS.
UM, SOME ARE REQUIREMENTS YOU TO BE AT LEAST
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HAVE GONE, YOU KNOW, INSTRUCTION FOR SOME PROGRAM.UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, CLICKER COUNT DEMOGRAPHICS.
I'M JUST WONDERING AROUND MEASURING SUCCESS OF ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS. MM-HMM.
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO PROVE THAT WE PLAYED ANY SORT OF HEADWAY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I WONDER IF WE COULD ASSUME THE BASELINE OF WHATEVER THE CARD HOLDERS ARE CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LIKE A CARD HOLDER FOR A FAMILY.
YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SIX CHILDREN, WOULD YOU? OR UNLESS THEY ALL GOT LIBRARY CARDS.
WELL SO THAT'S STILL A KIND OF A GOOD BASELINE.
MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE, THE THING IS THAT WE ENCOURAGE EVERY MEMBER TO HAVE THEIR, BECAUSE THE CARDS ARE FREE.
CARDS ARE FREE FOR HEAD RESIDENTS, FREE FOR HEAD ISDS.
WE PULL FROM THOSE TWO JURISDICTIONS.
I KNOW WHEN WE GOT OUR FAMILY LIBRARY CARDS, ME AND MY WIFE GOT 'EM 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE THE KIDS AREN'T GONNA CHECK OUT 20 BOOK SEATS.
AND IF THEY DO, THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEM.
THERE'S NO NEED TO GIVE MY 4-YEAR-OLD OR OWN CARD.
BUT AGAIN THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CHECKING OUT BOOKS AND THEY'RE COMING TO THE LIBRARY, THEY'RE IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC COUNT.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE DEMOGRAPHIC.
DO DO YOU GUYS LIKE AT THESE EVENTS, DO YOU LIKE HAVE FORMS AND STUFF FOR GETTING A LIBRARY CARD FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T RECOMMEND IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? TRY AND PUSH IT.
WE UM, WE DON'T HAND THEM OUT DURING OUR PROGRAMS. UM, UH, WE'LL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS SAYING DON'T FORGET
UH, WE DO, UM, A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, WE BRING THOSE APPLICATIONS TO US, UH, TO US TO THEM
SO WHEN WE, THE FARMER'S MARKET, WE HAVE
WHEN WE DO OUTREACH AT ANY BIG EVENTS, WE'LL HAVE APPLICATION THERE AND YOU CAN PULL 'EM OUT AND RETURN 'EM RIGHT THERE.
AND UM, WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH HANDS, WE'LL ACTUALLY ISSUE THE CARD AND LET THEM KNOW THAT ONCE WE INPUT IT INTO OUR SYSTEM, IT'LL BE ACTIVATED.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO COME INTO LIBRARY TO GET YOUR CAR AS LONG AS WE SEE YOUR ID AND FILL FORM RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE'D WANT TO CAUSE ANY UNDUE ADDED WORK.
SO LIKE IN YOUR CASE, YOUR SITUATION IN YOUR FAMILY, THERE MAY NOT BE A WHOLE LOT OF VALUE THROUGH EACH OF YOUR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHAIRS HAVING THEIR OWN CARD.
YOU MIGHT DO IT IF WE SAY, OH, WE WANNA GET OUR NUMBERS UP, BUT THEN IT IS THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT OUR STAFF ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THESE LIBRARY CARD REQUESTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ISSUE OR NOT.
SO THE BEAUTY OF HAVING MORE, WE HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF STAFF IN THE LIBRARY THAT WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.
WE WERE SEEING THAT PAY OFF BY BEING ABLE TO TAKE MULTIPLE FAMILY APPLICATIONS AT A TIME AND NOT FEEL OVERBURDENED BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE DESK.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT DOING PROGRAMS. IT DOES FEEL, YOU KNOW, AT THE DESK A LITTLE BIT, UH, NOT OVERWHELMING, BUT IT'S A GOOD OVERWHELMING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY SEE HOW BUSY WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE WILLING.
SO HAVING THE STAFF THERE DOESN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES US REALLY HAPPY TO INCREASE THOSE CARD NUMBERS 'CAUSE WE CAN HANDLE IT.
WHEREAS BEFORE WE WERE LIKE, YES, WE CAN HANDLE IT.
AND BACKGROUND GOING, HOW ARE WE GOING? AND THE PROGRAMMING AND DOING BASIC LIBRARY FUNCTIONS.
WHAT IS A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP? WE DON'T HAVE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP.
WHAT WAS THE IMAGE IN MY HEAD? THE LIBRARIES DO HAVE FAMILY CARDS.
THAT'S SO I'M NOT DELUSIONAL ON THAT.
THERE REALLY ARE BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD STILL GIVE YOU THE DEMOGRAPHICS BECAUSE YOU'D SAY, OKAY, THIS PERSON IS REGISTERED WITH A HOUSEHOLD OF EIGHT.
BUT OURS IS, OURS IS JUST STRICTLY THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND WE'LL HAVE PROGRAM NUMBERS AND WE KEEP ALL THOSE STATISTICS.
SO IF WE DO BUMP UP ANY OF THESE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO QUICKLY TELL.
BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR STATISTICS GO INTO OUR STATE ANNUAL REPORT AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY ADULTS BEING, UM, JUNIORS AND I CALL IT ADULTS, BUT THEY'RE THE CHILDREN.
SO I GUESS A QUESTION FOR US TO CONSIDER IS WE'RE LOOKING AT METRICS TO LIKE, WHAT IS THE THING THAT'S GONNA TELL US THAT WE'RE MAKING THE HEADWAY THAT WE HAD HOPED? IS IT NEW CARDHOLDERS? IS IT THE NUMBER OF LIKE, NOT TRANSACTIONS,
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BUT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT? BUT EVERY TIME I COME IN AND I CHECK OUT A BOOK, THAT'S EACH UNIQUE SITUATION OF SOMEONE CHECKING OUT BOOKS OVER TIME, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.LIKE WHAT DO WE FEEL LIKE WOULD TELL US, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE LIBRARY IS GROWING? I THINK THAT IF IT'S THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL IT, CHECKOUTS OR TRANSACTIONS.
THAT CAN BE, IT CAN JUST BE THE SAME GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS.
AND NOT JUST THE, BUT NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ATTEND OUR, UH, EVENTS.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO MAKE 'EM QUOTE UNQUOTE STICKY.
AND TO MAKE THE STICKY CUSTOMER MM-HMM.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE INCREASED, UH, ATTENDANCE TO THE PROGRAMS. LOVE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE CHECK OUT, BUT I THINK THE GOAL THAT'S MEASURABLE IS GONNA BE THE NUMBER OF NEW CARDS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE SAME CONCLUSION I'M COMING TO.
THIS HAS GOTTA BE MEASURED IN JUST CARDS.
I KNOW THIS, SORRY TO BACKTRACK.
AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THERE WAS
UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE BOARD WAS INTERESTED IN HAVING NEXT ONE'S IN JUNE.
UM, WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO SEE THE INCREASE OR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JANUARY TO MAY THIS YEAR VERSUS JANUARY? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
LIKE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, WE HAVE THOSE.
WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UM, NOT TONIGHT NECESSARILY, BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THAT MARCH 23RD BUDGET MEETING FOR YOU TO GIVE US A SENSE OF CURRENT ACTIVE CARD HOLDERS AS OF LIKE TODAY? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE OUR BASELINE.
WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE MEASURE GROWTH, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO AS AT THE END OF THE MONTH AT THE, UH, FEBRUARY 29TH.
IT BE HARD TO GET IT MID MIDWEEK.
IS THAT FEASIBLE? YOU KNOW, I AM IN OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM SO OFTEN, SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE REPORTS.
IS IT NEW OR CURRENT ACTIVE? WELL, THE, THE ASK IS CURRENT ACTIVE.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL KNOW AS THE CARDHOLDERS ARE ADDED, WE KNOW AT LEAST WHERE WE'RE STARTING AT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BASELINE IS.
I THINK IN JUNE, GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE TYPICAL GROWTH THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT GIVES US A SENSE OF TRENDS.
UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE WHATEVER THESE THINGS ARE THAT WE ARE GONNA SAY, THESE, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL AND URGENT TO THIS BOARD, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALIGNED WITH.
WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A BASELINE.
OTHERWISE WE CAN'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS REASONABLE GROWTH OR A REASONABLE END GOAL, SAY BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT MADE ME QUESTION WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
SO YOU JUST SAID THE WORD ACTIVE AND THEN THAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, UH, WHEN SHE RUNS HER REPORTS, IF A CARD IS FIVE YEARS OLD, BUT IT'S STILL IN OUR SYSTEM, IS IT A TRUE CUSTOMER OR A TRUE THAT'S BASED ON THEIR DETERMINATION, I GUESS? WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU TALKED ABOUT NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS EARLIER.
BUT CAN WE GET A, A GROSS, A, A NUMBER OF, NUMBER OF CARDHOLDERS WHO HAVE VISITED THE LIBRARY AT LEAST ONCE IN THAT PAST YEAR VERSUS A TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE HAVE? BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CAR FROM FIVE YEARS AGO THAT YOU PROBABLY LOST, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE LIBRARY IN FIVE YEARS, ARE WE REALLY SERVING THAT PERSON? MM-HMM.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR, UM, LIBRARY SYSTEM, IT'S ABLE TO RECORD THE ACTIVE LIBRARY CARDS, MEANING ONES THAT HAVE BEEN RENEWED SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE LIBRARY CARDS, BUT FROM WAY BACK WHEN, AS LONG AS THEY KEEP IT ACTIVE AND RENEWED, IT COUNTS AS AN ACTIVE ORDER.
WE ALSO HAVE A RECORDING OF HOW MANY HAVE NOT RENEWED THEIR CARDS.
UM, SO WHEN WE SUPPLY STATISTICS, WE'LL ACTUALLY USE THOSE NUMBER HERE.
MOST CURRENT ACTIVE CARD NUMBERS, HERE'S AN ACTIVE, RIGHT? WE'VE DEFINITELY HAD FOR THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS, MORE INACTIVE LIBRARY CARDS.
'CAUSE PEOPLE MOVE AWAY, COME IN.
UM, AND I, I JUST THINK THAT ANSWERS THAT IS DEFINING ACTIVE.
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YOU DOING, I THINK THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.AND THEN IF WE BRING A PROGRAM THAT IS COMPELLING, LET'S SAY YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO LIBRARY 10 YEARS, YOUR CARD HAS EXPIRED, YOU HAVEN'T RENEWED IT.
YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE, OOH, I WANTED TO GO TO FAMILY GAME DAY.
AND THAT IS WHAT BRINGS YOU INTO THE LIBRARY AND YOU RENEW YOUR CARD.
NOW THEY'RE, THE NEXT TIME THE REPORT IS RUN, THAT'S GOING TO APPEAR AS A NEW ACTIVE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THEY'VE MOVED FROM INACTIVE TO ACTIVE.
SO I THINK THAT'S A METRICS WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK AS WELL.
SO THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR SYSTEM NEEDS TO DO, BECAUSE I LIKE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT LIKE MY DAD THAT WAY.
SO RIGHT NOW I CAN SEE, AND I'LL PUT THIS, MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS NICER FORMAT THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NEARLY 6,000 ACTIVE CARDHOLDERS.
JUST THIS MONTH WE'RE AT 27 AND WE'RE ONLY FOUR DAYS INTO IT.
AND WE HAVE FEBRUARY, WE HAD 153 NEW ACCOUNTS CREATED.
SO WE'VE ALREADY SEEN AN INCREASE BETWEEN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
SO I'M EXCITED TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS ALL THE WAY
THOSE WERE MUCH BIGGER NUMBERS, HONESTLY, THAN I WAS EXPECTING.
NOW YOU, WE HAVE A LOT OF INACTIVE LIBRARY.
WE'RE SITTING AT A DESK OVER 12 INACTIVE, BUT THAT'S FOR THE LIFESPAN OF THE SYSTEM, SO YEAH.
ALL SIX, ALMOST 16 YEARS THAT, SO WHAT POINT WOULD YOU PURGE THOSE? SO WE WON'T ACTUALLY PURGE THESE CARDS BECAUSE IF THEY ARE CHILDREN THAT GROW UP IN
AND SO IT'S ADDS TO AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND IT CREATES A CLEAR OUT OF THAT ACTIVE CARD.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY, I'M MOVING AWAY AND THEY'VE ASKED TO BE DELETED.
WE ACTUALLY WON'T TAKE AN ACTION ON THAT.
WE'LL LEAVE THEM IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD PEOPLE WHO RETURN TO
WE JUST UPDATE THEIR INFORMATION TO GET THEM REACT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE NUMBERS.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG IDEAS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL KIND OF MARCHING TOWARDS INCREASING OVERALL CARD ACTIVE CARD NUMBERS.
AM I HEARING THAT CORRECT? MM-HMM.
SO IN OUR, ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAD SAID THAT WE WANTED, SORRY, ON OUR PLANNING SHEET, WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER, WE SAID WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY THREE AREAS THAT WE COULD, UM, SAY WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THE THINGS I HAVE HEARD, UM, JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE CONVERSATIONS, EXPLORING SENIOR PROGRAMMING, EXPLORING TEAM PROGRAMMING OR REFRESHING THAT, AND THEN PERHAPS JUST GENERAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING ALONG THE FIRST RESPONDERS VEIN.
DOES THAT CAPTURE EVERYTHING? SO ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AS BEING THE, BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WITH THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF IF WE DO THESE THINGS AND WE'RE MEETING NEEDS, IDENTIFYING THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, UM, SURVEY, BUT WE'RE ALSO DRIVING INCREASED CARD MEMBERSHIP.
UM, SO THEN, UH, WE SAID, HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE GROWTH? WE'RE GONNA MEASURE GROWTH BASED ON AN INCREASED ACTIVE CARD MEMBERS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A BASELINE YET.
THAT'S EASY TO GET AND WE'LL GET IT.
UM, ACTUALLY WE DO, THE BASELINE IS 6,000, RIGHT? 6,000.
UM, SO MATH GUY, IF THERE WERE OVER 120 AND ONE MONTH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT IS 6,000? WELL, FIVE 5%.
SO WOULD WE SAY, UH, LIKE A 25% INCREASE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER? IS THAT RIGHT? OR IS IT AUGUST? UM, SEPTEMBER WOULD BE THE END.
THE END OF SEPTEMBER IS THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.
OCTOBER ONE STARTS SITTING FISCALLY.
SO DO WE FEEL LIKE A 25% GROWTH OF CARD HOLDERS, ACTIVE CARD HOLDERS IS REASONABLE IF WE'RE GAIN GROWING ABOUT 5% A MONTH?
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I, I THINK I'M OFF.I SAY THAT'S 900 FOR THE YEAR.
SO WE'RE TRENDING ABOUT A HUNDRED A MONTH, AT LEAST IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
THAT'S NOT INDICATIVE OF THE ENTIRE YEAR.
YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY INPUT OF, UM, OPERATIONALLY SPEAKING, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO HAPPEN A MONTH OVER MONTH WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY CONTROL OF HOW MANY LIBRARY CARD PEOPLE, BECAUSE A TON OF PEOPLE COULD ATTEND A PROGRAM AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY MAY NOT SIGN UP FOR, FOR A LIBRARY CARD.
UM, I WOULD PUT A JUDGE AS THE 10%, 15% MIGHT BE DOABLE.
UH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SET EXPECTATION TOO HIGH.
WELL, I, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH 10.
I MEAN, REALLY THIS IS JUST THE NUMBER KEEPS US FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE GONNA MOVE THAT NUMBER.
ARE THEY WORKING? AND IF THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THEN WE COME BACK AND SAY, MAYBE WE DID NOT IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST PRESSING URGENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, THERE IS APPETITE TO CROSS COLLABORATE.
AND WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED ABOUT WHO THOSE, THOSE PARTICIPANTS MIGHT BE.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IN ISOLATION.
WE'RE DOING IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE WHO ALSO HAS THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS.
UM, WHAT DOES THE CYCLICAL NUMBERS LOOK LIKE? IS IT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TYPICALLY HIRE, UM, NEW CARDS? OR IS IT AROUND, UH, SUMMERTIME AT SCHOOL TIME, CHRISTMAS, LIKE WHAT'S THE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT RIGHT NOW, OUR BIGGEST TIMES OF THE YEAR IS FOR INCREASE OF LIBRARY CARDS IS SUMMER, WINTER HOLIDAYS.
SO YEAH, THE SCHOOL, THE
SO IF WE GREW 1 50, 1 60, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER WAS, IT WAS 1 53 FOR FEBRUARY.
DURING THE LOW TIMES, THEN WE WOULD EXPECT, I THINK 10% WOULD BE CONSERVATIVE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING MEET IN THE MIDDLE, SAY 12.5 AND CHALLENGE OURSELVES.
WELL, I, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA PUT STAFF IN THIS SITUATION WHERE WE FEEL, THEY FEEL LIKE WE'RE HOLDING THEM TO THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HOLDING OURSELVES OURSELVES TO.
IT IS NOT FOR THEM TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO PUSH CARDS.
IT, IT IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SAY, CAN'T WE MAD IN THE BOOTH FOR YOU TO, TO, TO GAUGE RESPONSE OF THE PROGRAMS. I MEAN, FOR ME, I THINK IT'S JUST A BASELINE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING WITH SOME LITTLE DATA.
I'D MUCH RATHER BE WRONG IN THE DIRECTION.
AS OPPOSED TO WRONG IN THE OTHER DIRECTION WHERE YOU SAY, OH, 25% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD FOR ANYONE INVOLVED.
BUT IF WE SAY 10 AND THEN WE BLOW IT OUT OF THE WATER, GOOD FEELS ALL AROUND.
AND IT GOES POSITIVELY TOWARDS THE CITY AT THAT POINT TOO.
ULTIMATELY IT'S, IT IS QUALITY OF LIFE OR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA, RIGHT.
WE'RE GIVING 'EM ACCESS TO THINGS THAT PERHAPS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO PRIOR TO THAT AND POTENTIALLY RAISING AWARENESS ON THE LIBRARY.
SO MOST OF THAT DON'T KNOW COLUMN STARTS TO GET SMALLER.
AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE MORE TRAFFIC, THEN IT MIGHT BE REASONABLE TO REQUEST, LIKE, WE WANT A LIBRARY SPECIFIC SURVEY THAT IS A DEEP DIVE IN ALL OF THE THINGS LIBRARY.
SO FOR FUTURE BUILDING PLANS OR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UM, LAYOUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO USE AND NEED AND WHAT, WHAT'S MISSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I, I THINK RIGHT NOW FOR ME IT'S JUST LOOKING AT IT ON A PAPER AND SURVEYS.
PEOPLE WHO DO COME TO THE LIBRARY ARE SATISFIED.
AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR LIBRARY IS PROBABLY APPROPRIATELY SIZED AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT IT ALSO MEANS IT MIGHT NOT BE UNDER A STRESS OF A GROWING CITY LIKE WE'VE BEEN GROWING AT MM-HMM.
SO GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN THERE WILL SORT OF RAISE THAT UP TO EVERYONE'S POINTS AND POTENTIALLY GET MORE DATA POINTS TO SAY THIS IS MORE ACTION THAT MAKES MORE SENSE.
WHEREAS RIGHT NOW IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE NEED DATA, EVERYTHING.
JAMES, YOU HAD THOUGHT? YEAH, I THINK I WOULD BE OKAY WITH DOING WHAT TED, I'M GOOD WITH TO.
SO THEN I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A STAB AT MY OLD TEACHING DRAFT.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT FOR WATER ONE THAT JUST DON'T TRICK THE SCHOOL.
UM, OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO INCREASE ACTIVE CARD HOLDERS
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BY 10%, UM, BY THE END, UH, FISCAL YEAR.BASELINE CURRENTLY IS SITTING AT 6,000 NUMBERS ACTIVE.
SO THAT 6,000 WAS MOST RECENT OR WAS THAT AT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR? UH, JUST READ IT UP INTO THIS POINT.
SO, SO THAT BASELINE WOULDN'T BE 6,000.
BASELINE FROM NOW YOU NEED BASELINE FROM LAST YEAR.
WHAT WAS SELECT ME RUN THAT BACK THROUGH 24, 3 NUMBERS.
SO WE'LL GO BACK AND FIX THIS WHILE SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT.
SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO, UM, LOOK AT TEAM PROGRAMMING.
UMBRELLA TERM IT UNDER JUST LIKE TARGETED PROGRAMMING, BUT YEAH.
WE ALSO GOT SENIOR PROGRAMMING AND THEN COLLABORATION WITH COLLABORATION
AND, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I WAS THINKING THAT PERHAPS WE DO THIS IS THREE ITEMS IS BECAUSE WE SAID WE WANTED TO BRING THREE ACTIONABLE ITEMS. AND SO THIS IS KIND OF SITTING UNDERNEATH THAT UMBRELLA.
AND SO, UM, ONE WONDERING THAT I HAVE IS THE THREE UH, ITEMS MM-HMM.
UM, THERE'S, THIS IS OVERARCHING GETTING MORE PEOPLE IN.
BUT IT'S, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS ONE DEMOGRAPHIC.
THAT ONE DEMOGRAPHIC, THAT ONE DEMOGRAPHIC.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR ANYONE THAT JUST WANTS TO COME, WHETHER YOU FIT IN ONE OF THESE, UH, ONE OF THESE BUCKETS OR NOT? UH, WELL MAYBE THAT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY BEING SERVED WELL.
LIKE MAYBE THEY JUST WANNA COME TO THE LIBRARY AND WHAT THEY NEED IS ALREADY THERE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE INCREASED HOURS AND INCREASED PROGRAMMING, THAT GROUP IS ALREADY BEING SERVED TO MAKE YEAH, WE, WE HAD A SLOW BUILD AT THE BEGINNING WITH OUR INCREASED HOURS, BUT WE'VE SEEN IT FLOW EVENING SATURDAYS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY BUSY.
UH, FROM 10 TO 5:00 PM WHEREAS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT YEAH.
PEOPLE LIKE KIND OF STOPPED FROM TOO, THEN IT'D BE COMPLETELY DEAD UNTIL ABOUT FOUR.
NOW WE'VE JUST THERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED THOSE HOURS ON SATURDAY AFTER SOCCER, AFTER ALL THEIR SPORTING EVENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY COME AFTER.
FROM, THIS IS FROM THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS IS AS OF SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
SO FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO TODAY, NOT UNTIL TODAY.
5 4 0 4 WAS WHERE WE STARTED LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO JUST BY INCREASING THE HOURS, WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED THAT 10%.
SO PROJECTIVELY, IF YOU SAID WE COULD INCREASE WITH EACH DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING CHANGE 2.5%, THAT WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER 7.5%, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT 17.5%.
OVERALL, UM, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT REASONABLE, NOT REASONABLE ON THE 2.5 FOR EACH.
SO THAT 2.5 IS OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION THAT TEAM PROGRAMMING MAY ONLY BE A SMALL PORTION OF, OR IT MAY BE MORE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE A STRAIGHT ADD DOWN TO 17 MM-HMM.
BUT I DO AGREE WE DO NEED TO INCREASE THAT PERCENT MORE THAN 10% OUT TO THAT.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING WILDLY AMBITIOUS AND CHRISTIE, IT'S OKAY TO TELL ME NO, I'LL ACCEPT NO.
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WE ALREADY INCREASED 10% BECAUSE WE'RE FURTHER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR THAN I THINK WE'RE REALIZING.WE'RE ALMOST OCTOBER, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH.
SO THAT HALFWAY THROUGH WE GOT TO 10%.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO SAY 20% KNOWING THAT WE HAVE SPRING BREAK COMING UP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PEAK TIMES.
AND WE HAVE SUMMER, WHICH IS ANOTHER PEAK TIME SCHOOL START OF SCHOOL YEAR.
NO, WE'RE STILL START SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE COULD HIT HARD AND HEAVY AT THE STADIUM AT THE BIG EVENT BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY IF WE HAD A BOOTH AT THE BACK.
'CAUSE YOU NORMALLY HAVE A BOOTH, THE BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE WENT.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO SWING A PERSON BEING THERE, UM, LAST YEAR AFTER SCHOOL AROUND BEFORE WE HIRE OKAY.
SO I DO DON'T THINK WE HAD THAT.
SO EVEN IF THEY CAN'T, EVEN IF WE CAN'T SWING THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, I SUSPECT THERE ARE WAYS THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES IF FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY'S PRESENT, MAYBE AS A VOLUNTEER THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE THERE AND, AND HAVE BOOKMARKS AND APPLICATIONS.
IF, IF THE STAFF CAN'T BE THERE, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR ROUTE.
UM, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE.
I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO THINK.
LIKE, CAN WE DO, UM, THE FRIENDS, I WOULD FIRST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR MEMBERSHIPS PULLED UP BEFORE SENDING THEM OUT.
UM, IN THE BOOK WE WERE LAST TIME, WE HAVE MORE PERSONNEL THAN THEY DO.
UM, I, I KNOW OUR YOUTH CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN HAS BEEN, UH, IN CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY.
UM, AND SHE, I DON'T THINK SHE DID BACK TO THE BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT I KNOW SHE'S DONE SOME EVENTS AROUND, SO SHE MIGHT ALREADY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM WOULD BE IF SOMETHING ELSE I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.
SO HEAD DO ISD, UM, HAS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS AND THEY GO I THINK ONCE A MONTH AND THEY PHYSICALLY GO THROUGH THE NEW HOME AND BRING THEM A WELCOME PACKET.
MAYBE THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE WHERE WE COULD INCLUDE THE LIBRARY APPLICATION IN THAT, THAT BAG.
'CAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS ARE ENROLLING ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND WE ALSO KNOW ADULTS ARE MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AGAIN, ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A WAY TO KIND OF LEVERAGE THAT SORT OF INROAD TO PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE CAN ASSUME THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD.
THAT'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL WORK ON, ON Y'ALL'S PART.
HAVING THE OUTREACHES, MAYBE A CONDUIT.
IS THERE ANY PLACE I'M, I'M LAUGHING.
UM, SO WE JUST, WE LITERALLY JUST MET WITH THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT LAST WEEK AS PART OF OUR HUB FOR COLLABORATIVE, UM, CITYWIDE WELCOME KIT INITIATIVE.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THEY ALREADY DO THAT FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND AT THAT TIME THEY DID SAY IN THE INTERIM, AND SO WE CAN BUILD OUT A, A MORE ROBUST WELCOME KIT CITYWIDE, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE WANT FROM THE CITY TO ADD INTO THEIR BAGS.
SO GIVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT LAST YEAR, IF I REMEMBER.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, FROM HERE WHAT THE BOARD IS SAYING, JUST ON THE STAFF LEVEL SIDE.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, AND THE EMAIL OR HOWEVER WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT, UM, THEIR CONTACT AND JUST SEE IF THEY CAN INCLUDE YOU.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY GONNA DO THE HOME VISIT.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF THEM HAVING THE APPLICATIONS ON HAND SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THE BAGS TOGETHER, THEY JUST SLIDE THAT PIECE OF PAPER IN THERE.
THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS ARE A FLYER OF WHAT ALL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
THE APARTMENTS ALSO YOU WELCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE COULD ALSO, WE'VE, WE'VE ACTUALLY, SO A LOT OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE PEOPLE COME AND WANT TO DROP OFF THINGS AND IN THE LIBRARY
UM, WE OFFER THEM LIKE, HEY, AS PART OF YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UM, YOUR RESIDENT PACKET IF YOU WANNA INCLUDE OUR CALENDAR EVENTS FOR THIS MONTH.
HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE THAT COMING.
WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUT OURSELVES, BUT THE ONES THAT COME IN, WE'VE OFFERED OUR CALENDARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, UNLESS IT'S COMPLETELY OUTTA LINE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO KIND
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OF TAKE ON THAT BEING THAT LIAISON TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AS A MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND JUST LIKE RUSH CREEK JUST OPENED UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT.
IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING, IF WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GOOD CONDUIT TO GET INFORMATION OUT, THAT IS SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE IS IS LOW RISK ON STAFF WORK SIDE.
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE DROPPING STUFF OFF SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND THEN IF THEY TURN THE APPLICATION, CERTAINLY THAT DOES, THERE'S A, A WORK STREAM THAT IS IMPACTED BY THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT INVOLVING, LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMIT PEOPLE TO BE OUT OF THE LIBRARY TO DO THAT.
AND AS LONG AS WE AREN'T SHOWING BIAS TO ONE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS OVER ANOTHER MM-HMM.
SO I'LL, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND CHRISTIE, WE CAN KIND OF THOUGHT PARTNER ON MAYBE HOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD CAN SUPPORT YOU GUYS ON BECAUSE WE CAN ALL GO TO DIFFERENT COMPLEXES AND BE LIKE, HEY.
YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S, I MEAN, NOT THAT THERE'S NOT THAT MANY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR EVERYONE TO PUT TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND ONCE A MONTH WE DROP OFF A CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND A X NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS.
SO THEN I WILL JUDGE THIS UP TO INCLUDE KIND OF A, A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SOME OF THESE THINGS COULD BE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE MARRIED TO THOSE ACTIONABLE ITEMS, BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE FEEL LIKE IF WE IMPACT THESE SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, IT'S NOT ONLY MEETING NEEDS MENTIONED IN THE SURVEY, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALSO GOING TO DRAW MORE TRAFFIC TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO, AND THIS IS A DRAFT AND THIS IS ASSUMING THAT THESE PARTNERS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT MIGHT BE GOOD PEOPLE TO COLLABORATE WITH, HAVE INTEREST WITH AND ABILITY TO DO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE EMS POLICE AND RESOURCE CENTER.
RIGHT? THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE PAID.
AND SO FOR FIRST RESPONDER, I THINK WE JUST DO A BLANKET OUTREACH TO, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO TO JUST EMERGENCY SERVICES IN GENERAL.
UM, SO THE ESD, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE WE EVEN INCLUDE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE'S PARTS OF THE LIBRARY, UH, ZONE THAT IS IN THE E TJ.
THE CITY POLICE DON'T SERVICE MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IT MIGHT ALREADY BE A PART OF THE POLICE, BUT, UM, ANIMAL CONTROL, ANIMAL PATROL, THEY, THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED.
BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE ONE BADGE AND THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL UNDER ONE MM-HMM.
ALRIGHT, ARE WE GOOD WITH THIS? SO, UM, IS THERE A MOTION I MOTION WE STILL IN FOUR THREE? WELL, NO.
UH, WELL THESE ARE THE ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY.
SO THAT IS A SEPARATE, YOU'RE RIGHT.
MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE WHITEBOARD AS WRITTEN FOR PRESENTATION.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. WARD, A SECOND.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT BRAINSTORMING.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
YOU GUYS DUG THROUGH A LOT OF DATA, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ARE THINGS THAT NOT JUST OUR INTERESTS, IT'S BASED IN DATA AND, AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
THAT'S OUR FIRST GRADE PROJECT WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, UM, ANYWAY, TANYA, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS OR IF THERE'S ANOTHER NEED THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CONSIDER, PLEASE DON'T EVER HESITATE TO BRING THOSE ITEMS FORWARD.
'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED AND WE'RE SUPPORTING YOU, UM, AND YOUR EFFORTS AND NOT JUST COMING UP WITH RANDOM THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT MAKES SENSE.
SO IF YOU DO TRY TO BRING IT BACK, I'LL TRY TO DO THE SAME.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WITH THE CITY'S CORE VALUES, MAKING THAT A PART OF EVERY DECISION WE HAVE.
FOUR, FOUR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO IDENTIFY BOARD PRIORITIES TO PRESENT A CITY COUNCIL.
SO ON THIS LEVEL LITTLE CHART, THIS CAPTURED KIND OF HIGH LEVEL WHAT IT WAS THAT WE
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FELT LIKE WERE PRIORITY.SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN UNDER THE LIBRARY.
UM, WE HAD, WE WERE REQUESTING A BUDGET ITEM FOR A, UH, A LINE ITEM FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WAS SOMETHING I BELIEVE THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UH, DIDN'T, OR IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND IT, IT DIDN'T MAKE THE BUDGET.
AND SO THE REQUEST WAS BROUGHT BACK UP AGAIN, UM, FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THE PREMISE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IS TO GET A TRUE PICTURE AS TO LIKE, CITIES THAT ARE LIKE SIZE, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED IN A LIBRARY? AND THEN WITH THAT IN MIND, WHAT'S CURRENTLY A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR LIBRARY SIZE WISE.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE INTENTION OF THAT ITEM.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT GOT, UM, GROUP APPROVAL AND GROUP INTEREST IN.
UM, ARE WE GOOD WITH KEEPING THAT ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES TO BRING FORWARD? I THINK IS, UM, AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THIS LIST, WE, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS SOME GENERAL INTEREST IN, IN LOOKING INTO A LARGER LIBRARY FACILITY.
I THINK TODAY'S CONVERSATION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CURRENTLY WITH THE DATA WE HAVE AVAILABLE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT MAY NOT BE A BIG COMMUNITY PRIORITY AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BEING PRIORITIZED.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT COMING FROM CITY STAFF.
THAT IS COMING FROM LITERALLY THE SURVEY THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CHOSE TO TAKE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN KEEPING THAT LARGER LIBRARY AS OUR LONG-TERM GOAL.
SO THAT WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL, IF YOU'RE THINKING THE FOUR DX MODEL, UM, ARE WE, IS HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? DO WE WANNA KEEP THAT ON AS A, A LONG-TERM ITEM? IS, IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE TAKING FORWARD? I FEEL IT NEEDS TO STAY ON THERE JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT KNOWING HOW OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPS AS A WHOLE, AS LONG AS WE KEEP IT IN THE MINDS OF THE CITY PLANNERS AND CITY DEVELOPERS, THEY WILL LEAVE THE SPACE THAT THEY THINK WE NEED.
AND IF WE HAVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO GO ALONG WITH IT, THEY CAN GO, OKAY, WE KNOW WE NEED TO LEAVE ROOM FOR THIS POTENTIAL GROWTH FIVE TO SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THEN WE CAN, AND, AND AS LONG AS WE KEEP THAT ON THEIR AGENDA, KEEP BRINGING IT UP, THEY WILL ACTUALLY TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE DATA TO PROVE IT.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT, IF THE PROJECTED GROWTH IS, IS ADD AN EXTRA, YOU KNOW, 6,000 PEOPLE TO THE CITY IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WELL THEN WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA NEED A BIGGER LIBRARY WITHIN THREE TO FOUR.
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK KEEPING IT AS LIKE A LONG-TERM GOAL IS APPROPRIATE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THINGS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH LONG-TERM, LIKE FACILITIES PLANNING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO PLANT THE SEED AND START DOING THE WORK AND FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, WHAT, AND YOU'RE KIND OF PROJECTING WHAT IS THE FUTURE LIBRARY LOOK LIKE? MM-HMM.
UH, AND SO IF, IF THAT REMAINS ON THE LIST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST ALL BE REMINDED THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TOMORROW.
THIS IS A LONG-TERM GOAL AS IT FITS WITHIN THE CITY'S FACILITY PLANNING.
SO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION FROM YEARS GOING BACK.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE START TALKING THROUGH THE ACTUAL YEAR OVER YEAR GROWTH, WE CAN AND WE ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE, OF THE LIBRARY, WE CAN SAY, HEY, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS WE'VE GROWN 20% OR 30% OR, UM, WE'VE GROWN EITHER FASTER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION OR AT THE SAME RATE AS THE GENERAL POPULATION.
UM, SO WE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, WE NEED A LIBRARY THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AT LEAST FIVE YEARS MORE GROWTH.
A LOT OF THE STATISTICS IN THERE ARE VISITOR COUNTS, PROGRAM COUNTS.
UM, AND WE, SO WE KEEP ON RECORD ALL THE YEARLY STATS.
UM, AND I THINK IN TIMES PAST, UM, COME BUDGET SEASON, THOSE HAVE MADE INTO
IT WAS DONE I THINK TWO TO THREE YEARS BEFORE WE MOVED INTO, SO 2015 WAS WHEN THE YEARLY STATS DOCUMENT THAT I WORK OFF OF HAS BEEN.
SO WE AT LEAST HAVE THREE YEARS IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE OLD BUILDING THAT WE CAN COMPARE TO THE NEW BUILDING.
BECAUSE I, WITH ATIONS ON ALL THE COURSE OF
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THE PANDEMIC AND RIGHT.I THINK THAT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HELP PRESENT THE FUTURE GROWTH EXPECTATIONS OF THE LIBRARY.
JAMES, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I THINK ALSO, UM, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING INFORMATION TO LOOK AT, UM, WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT LIKE THE SWEET 16 PROCLAMATION TO DIS LIKE HOW MANY CARDHOLDERS WERE THERE IN YEAR ONE AND NOW WE'RE ON YEAR 16.
I THINK THAT ALSO TELLS AN INTERESTING STORY TOO.
I, I, UM, YEAH, I THINK THEY'LL KNOW IF I HAVE GOING BACK THAT FAR.
BUT THE CARDHOLDER INFORMATION I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCE OF WHEN WE MOVED BUILDINGS, WE WENT FROM THIS GROWTH TO THIS GROWTH, THIS PERCENTAGE.
WELL WE, WE'LL HAVE CARDHOLDERS, BUT WE'LL HAVE LIKE IN 2018 WHEN WE WERE IN THE OLD BUILDING TO WHEN YOU STARTED, YOU KNOW, BEING FULL LIBRARY AND BUILDING THE PANDEMIC, WE'LL SEE VISITOR COUNTS.
SO GOING BACK TO ITEM THE SECOND ITEM UP THERE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE WAS INCREASING ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.
UM, THIS SPOKE MORE TO THOSE THINGS LIKE THE LINKEDIN LEARNING, I THINK IS WHAT THAT WAS.
UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL PASSIONATE ABOUT? DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS KIND OF WELL SERVED THROUGH? COULD THAT FALL UNDER SOME OF THAT WORK? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE FOUR THINGS.
MAYBE WE COULD JUST TAKE THREE THINGS.
SO IN ORDER TO, AND I TRIED TO JUMP INTO LINKEDIN LEARNING IN ORDER TO GET ACCESS TO IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
IS THERE ANY, DO WE GET ANY TYPE OF MONTHLY OR ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE NUMBER OF LINKEDIN LOGINS THROUGH OUR LIBRARY CARDS? I THINK THERE IS AN AD.
I THINK THERE IS AN ADMIN, UM, FEATURE OF THAT THAT I CAN GET INTO AND LOOK THOSE UP.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THOSE, BUT SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN LINKEDIN, I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT.
UM, BUT I'LL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
A HUNDRED PERCENT SAY THAT THAT IS POSSIBILITY.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY WITH THESE KIND OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, THEY TRACK USERS AND, UM, UH, THE ONES I'VE BEEN GETTING INTO IN OTHER ASPECTS SUCH AS LIBBY AND CANOPY HAVE SIMILAR MONTH USER STATEMENTS THAT I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON LINKEDIN LEARNING.
IT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT TO SEE IF WE COULD ACTUALLY, UM, SEE THE PROGRESSION OF CREDITS ISSUED AS LIKE THAT'S THE VALUE ADDED.
PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DO SOME, LIKE RESUME BUILDING SKILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, THAT'D BE INTERESTING DATA TO PUT OUT THERE.
SO WITHOUT, WITHOUT THAT BEING LIKE A, A LINCHPIN, UM, WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THAT INCREASED ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM PARTICIPATION ITEM? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH AS A PRIORITY? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH GOING ON? I THINK WITH THE TEEN PROGRAMS, WITH THEM BECOMING YOUNG ADULTS, THAT THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES WITH THE INCREASED ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM.
IF WE CAN HIT THE SENIORS, THE, THE SENIOR CLASS MEMBERS 2020 FOURTH GRADUATING CLASS.
'CAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE READY FOR FULL COLLEGE, BUT THEY MAY WANNA JUST JUMP INTO A CAREER.
THE RESUME BUILDING WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO WITH THEM.
AND SO YOU COULD STILL TOUCH ON THAT INCREASED ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND STILL ACTUALLY HIT THAT TEEN CATEGORY AT THE SAME TIME.
I WAS JUST, I WASN'T THERE FOR THE INITIAL DISCUSSION, BUT I, I WOULD SAY WITH THE THREE ITEMS, IDENTIFI, IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE REDUNDANT TO ME.
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SO IF, IF IT IS THE WILL, UH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT THE WHOLE BOARDAND MAYBE THE PREMISE IS IF WE'RE TOUCHING LIKE REALLY IMPACTING TEENS AND SENIORS, YOU ARE BY DEFAULT GOING TO INCREASE ADULT PARTICIPATION.
I, I THINK WE CAN AGREE ON THAT.
NOT THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE FOCUSED IN, IN THE WORK AND IF WE HAVE TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY OF THEM WELL.
UM, AND THEN OUR THREE ACTION ITEMS, WHICH WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE POPULATIONS THAT WE FEEL LIKE SPEAK TO THE NEEDS BASED IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPACT WITHIN THE, THE, THE WORK STREAM THAT WE ENGAGE IN.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED AS OUR PRIORITIES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I WILL JUST STATE A MOTION AND SOMEONE CAN MAKE IT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IF IT NEEDS TO BE A FORMAL MOTION.
SO, UH, THE MOTION READS, WHICH MEANS I'M JUST READING IT.
THE MOTION READS TO BRING THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
A BUDGET ITEM FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY SPECIFIC TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, UH, AN ACTION ITEM, NOT ACTION, I'M SORRY.
UH, A PRIORITY TO INCREASE ACTIVE CARDHOLDERS BY 20% BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WITH A FOCUS ON TEAM PROGRAMMING, SENIOR PROGRAMMING, AND A FIRST RESPONDERS COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
AND OUR LONG-TERM GOAL BEING, UH, CONSIDERATION FOR A LARGER LIBRARY.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE MOTION.
WE'LL SECOND, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
SO WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION MADE BY MR. PARKINSON, SECONDED BY, UH, MS. WARD.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? NO.
SO TIME CHECK AT 7 56 WITH THIS MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN UNTIL EIGHT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED A QR CODE FOR ACCESS TO TRAINING RECOURSES.
UM, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION RESOURCES FOR LIBRARY BOARDS.
IT ALSO HAS FOR TRUSTEES OF, UM, AND IT WILL HAVE, IT'LL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, NOT ONLY WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS TO ATTEND, BUT YOU CAN READ ARTICLES AND, AND, UM, FURTHER YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT A BOARD COULD BE.
RIGHT NOW I AM STILL LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES.
THIS IS THE BEST ONE AND MOST
UM, AND THEY ALSO ON THAT SAME, UH, LINK, GIVE YOU CONTACT TO THE, OR THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.
AND YOU CAN ALSO
ARE THERE, ARE THOSE TRAININGS FREE? UM, I BELIEVE SO, YES.
UH, IF YOU RUN INTO ANY, LET ME KNOW.
UH, FROM WHAT I SAW, AND I TOOK ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE.
SOME OF THEM TAKE YOU TO WEB JUNCTION, WHICH, UH, PROBABLY THREE.
SO I DIDN'T CLICK ON EVERY SINGLE ONE IN ONE.
BUT, UM, THE ONES ON THAT MAIN WEBSITE SHOULD NOT HAVE.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU, DO THEY CHANGE SOMETHING FOR THE NEXT, SO WEB JUNCTION, YOU DO HAVE TO CREATE UP LOGIN, BUT IT'S STILL FREE.
AND THE ONE, THERE'S ONE ON, UH, THE ADVISORY BOARD IN WHICH AT THE VERY END WILL GET A CERTIFICATE.
UH, BUT THE, THE, THERE IS ONE THAT'S A FEW DIFFERENT VIDEOS.
MAYBE A 10, EIGHT OR 10 VIDEOS.
I'VE GONE THROUGH 'EM ALL, BUT IT'S FROM THE UTAH STATE LIBRARY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE VIDEOS I THINK ARE 13 YEARS OLD.
UH, AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO, UH, LOOK IN NEW PLACES FOR, FOR NEW TRAININGS, I THINK MAYBE THERE'S ANYTHING UPDATED THAT WOULD BE, UH, BENEFICIAL.
I, UM, IT WAS MY, I HAVE IT ON MY TASK LIST TO REACH OUT TO A LA, WHICH IS AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION AND GET DIRECT LINKS
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FROM THEM BECAUSE DOING MY RESEARCH THROUGH THEM, I COULD REALLY NAIL DOWN ONES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO A LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.THERE'S A LOT OF LIBRARY BOARDS CREATED THAT HELP LIBRARY ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE IT ON MY LIST TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT DIRECT HELP IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I MISSED, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE, UH, IF LIKE, COULD I REACH OUT TO ROUND ROCK AND WOODVILLE'S, UH, BOARD CHAIR FOR THEIR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD TO SEE IF THEY HAVE LIKE, AS A, COMING FROM ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER, IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR TRAINING THAT THEY FELT LIKE WAS PARTICULAR USEFUL, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? MM-HMM.
SO I'LL DO THAT AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, I'LL SEND IT THROUGH STAFF AND STAFF CAN SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.
UM, SO THERE'S NO ACTION REALLY TO BE TAKEN ON.
4.5, 4.6 WITH, UH, 30 SECONDS TO GO.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CONSIDER REQUESTING A PROCLAMATION BE READ AND IN THE MONTH OF APRIL AT CITY COUNCIL IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO EVEN GET ON THE AGENDA.
BUT, UM, I THINK OUR SUITE 16, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FUN THING TO CELEBRATE AND AGAIN, REGENERATING INTEREST, UH, IN THE LIBRARY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REQUEST A PROCLAMATION BE READ, UH, AN APRIL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO COMMEMORATE THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
MOTION MADE BY MORGAN, SECONDED BY MR. PARKINSON.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHO'S GONNA WRITE IT? UM, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE TO WRITE IT? SO NORMALLY THE REQUESTING BODY DOES WRITE IT.
WE CAN, LIKE, AS FAR AS FORMATTING, WE CAN PUT ALL THE WHERE AS IS, BUT WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO KNOW THE WHY BEHIND THE PROCLAMATION.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO WRITE IT AND THEN WE COULD HELP FORMAT IT.
SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE A FIRST STAB AT IT.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO INPUT FROM ANYBODY UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE IS SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
I'VE NEVER WRITTEN ONE BEFORE.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? CAN I MAKE A COUPLE JUST COMMENT? YES, PLEASE.
UH, SO JUST FOR AWARENESS, THE APRIL, THERE'S AN APRIL 4TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE TWO DAYS BEFORE, UM, THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WOULDN'T BE UNTIL APRIL 18TH.
UM, ALSO THE, BECAUSE Y'ALL DON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL MAY 6TH, UM, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SHARE IT, WE, YOU JUST SEND IT TO US AND THEN WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO Y'ALL, UM, FOR ANY FEEDBACK OR EDITS AND THEN SHARE IT BACK WITH THE GROUP.
SO JUST KEEPING IN MIND THE, THE TRAIN? YES.
COMMUNICATION TRAIN HAS TO STAY.
WHO SECONDED THAT? MOTION? VALOR.
SO JUST AS FAR AS DEADLINES ARE CONCERNED, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET IT ON THE AIRPLANE, UH, MARCH.
SO IT WAS TO BE THE WAY CITY COUNCIL PACKETS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, I THINK, UM, A SOLID HEALTHY GOAL TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO, UM, IS BY MARCH 22ND END OF DAY.
UM, AND THAT WOULD STILL GIVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, THAT'S USEFUL.
UM, SO A MISSION WITH WAS MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT BY THE WAY.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, UM, YEAH, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY? SO, ALL IN FAVOR TO SAY AYE.
SO THE MOTION WAS TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION READ THE MEETINGS ON THE 4TH OF APRIL.
YOU SAID THE SIXTH? I DIDN'T SAY THE SIXTH.
I SAID THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY I THINK BECAUSE IN THE AGENDA IT SAYS APRIL 7TH.
I AM APRIL 6TH WOULD BE THE 16TH BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY OF THE LIBRARY.
TO BE READ AT WHATEVER MEETING THEY HAVE TIME FOR US.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT DATE OF ANYTHING.
CONFIRMATIONS ARE ARE EASY AS LONG AS YOU RECEIVE IT.
WE CAN FILE PROCLAMATION ON ANY TIME, SO WE CAN, I CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT A PLACEHOLDER FOLDER ON APRIL 4TH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? NO.
UH, OUR NEXT MEETING WE SAID WAS MAY 6TH.
UM, ANY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO CONSIDER FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I KNOW THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO KEEP THE LIBRARY FUNDRAISER POLICY AS A STANDING ITEM.
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I WILL JOIN THIS MEETING.