[Library Advisory Board on May 6, 2024]
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WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, FIRST THING WE'LL DO IS TAKE ROLL.
STEPHANIE ALBA IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, BRUCE SANDERSON HAS RESIGNED FROM THE BOARD.
SO, UH, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING WHEN WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, NEXT WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? EMAIL SOMETHING IN? WE DON'T.
NO, HONESTLY, I LOOK AROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD ASSUME THE WAY MY MIND IS.
NO ONE DID EMAIL ANY COMMENTS FOR ME TO MEET.
SO WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, IN CASE ANYONE IS WATCHING THIS, YOU ARE ABLE TO EMAIL YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS IN, UM, PRIOR TO 4:00 PM THE, UM, BEFORE OUR MEETING.
SO THERE'S AN EMAIL ADDRESS COMMENT@IDAHOTEXT.GOV THAT CAN BE USED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS TO BE EMAILED IN.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR, STAFF COMMENT.
AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO YOU, TANYA.
SO I, UM, REAL QUICKLY AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, I KNEW THAT I WAS GONNA GET YOU GUYS SOME STATS COMPARING JANUARY TO APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO THIS CURRENT JANUARY TO APRIL.
UM, TO MAKE SURE I HAD THE NUMBERS IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING, I TOOK THE NUMBERS FOR THIS YEAR AS OF APRIL 27TH.
SO DO BE AWARE, I THINK I HAVE IT ON EACH GRAPH STATING THAT.
UM, BUT THE LIBRARY STATISTICS I TOOK, I TOOK GENERAL, UM, PATRON VISITS, CIRCULATION COMPUTERS, STUDY ROOMS, UM, THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, THE NUMBER OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.
UM, ALL IN ALL, EVERY SINGLE GRAPH ON THERE IS SEEN MARKED IMPROVEMENT.
UM, I CAN CERTAINLY GO THROUGH EACH ONE WITH YOU, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO LOOK IT OVER, ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM UM, A LIBRARY STANDPOINT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.
UM, IN MY, IN THE STAFF DOWNSTAIRS WHEN I SHARED THIS WITH THEM, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS LET THEM KNOW WHEN I'M COMPILING STATS, UM, FOR ANOTHER REASON, I SAY, HEY, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.
AND ALL OF THEM WE'RE LIKE, WE ALMOST DOUBLED THE NU WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN OUR PROGRAMS AND WE JUST ADDED MAYBE A, A FEW MORE PROGRAMS. WE DIDN'T LIKE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. SO THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED, REALLY HAPPY AND REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THIS.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE AS WELL.
UM, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I AM WORKING ON GETTING CANOPY AND, AND LINKEDIN LEARNING STAFF.
UM, BUT BY OUR NEXT ONE I SHOULD BE IN THE ADMIN PORTION OF LINKEDIN.
UM, AND THE TRANSITION, UM, I HAD TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF HOOPS TO GET ADDED TO, AND THEY ARE FINALLY WORKING ON THAT.
AND SO I WILL HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME, IF Y'ALL STILL WANT TO HAVE THOSE STATS, I CAN PROVIDE LINKEDIN LEARNING AND CANOPY, UM, NUMBERS AS WELL.
THEY WON'T BE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'LL BE FROM THE START OF THEIR, UM, SERVICE.
SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EASY FOR YOU TO INCORPORATE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATISTICS THAT SHE SHARED? JENNY, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING, UH, STUDY ROOMS. UH, AS WELL AS YES, THE COMPUTERS STUDY ROOMS SLIDE.
UM, WHILE THE WELL I DO SEE, UH, UH, INCREASES A LARGE INCREASE IN COMPUTERS AND, AND EVEN THE STUDY ROOMS JUST OVER THAT ONE, THAT SHORT PERIOD, THREE MONTHS, UH, THAT INCREASE IS THERE BEEN, I GUESS WHAT DOES THE, UH, TYPICAL USER LOOK LIKE AND ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD IN THOSE YOUTH, IN THOSE STUDY ROOMS OR THAT THEY'RE MISSING? THAT IS A, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO TO ADDRESS THE WHO'S USING IT, UM, WE'VE HAD PRIVATE TUTORS WHO ARE MEETING WITH THEIR STUDENTS BOOK OF STUDY ROOMS. AND SO THEY'LL TEACH KIDS AS YOUNG AS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVELS IN THERE.
WE'VE ALSO HAD COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO ARE MEETING WITH THEIR STUDY GROUPS, BOOK THOSE ROOMS. UM, WE'VE ALSO HAD ADULT STUDENTS WHO ARE JUST NEEDING TO ESCAPE THE HOUSE AND THEY NEED QUIET TIME AWAY FROM WHATEVER, DISTRACTING 'EM AT HOME.
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OCCASIONAL PEOPLE WILL BOOK THE ROOMS TO DO JOB INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE.UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD BOTH OF OUR ROOMS BOOKED OUT ALMOST EVERY DAY LAST WEEK.
AND ALMOST EVERY CAPACITY WAS MET.
SO PEOPLE WERE MEETING IN LARGER GROUPS.
UM, SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE IN THAT MEETING GROUPS.
AND AS FAR THEY'RE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH THE AMOUNT THAT WE DO OFFER IN THOSE ROOMS FROM THE AMOUNT OF TABLES AND CHAIRS TO THE WHITEBOARDS IN EACH ROOM.
UM, ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS WE DID MAKE THIS PAST YEAR IS THAT THERE WAS NOT A WHITEBOARD IN THIS SECOND ROOM, JUST IN ONE OF THE ROOMS. SO WE ACTUALLY ADDED A WHITEBOARD INTO THE SECOND ROOM.
SO THEY'RE BOTH EQUIPPED WITH THAT AND THEY BOTH GET USED.
WE KNOW BECAUSE PART OF OUR HOLISTIC AND MAKE SURE IT'S READY FOR THE NEXT PERSON.
UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, THE PATRONS THAT UTILIZE THOSE ROOMS ARE VERY CARING AND CONSIDERATE OF THE PEOPLE COMING AFTER.
AND THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BACKING THE BOARDS DOWN, CLEANING THEIR SPACE.
IT IS A REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY'RE GOING INTO THE ROOM, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
UM, WE'VE, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY PARTICULARLY ASK FOR ANYTHING SUCH AS MORE, UM, MORE WHITEBOARD SPACE OR MORE TECHNOLOGY IN THE ROOMS. NOT YET.
UM, ONE ROOM DOES HAVE A MOUNTED TV.
SO IF ANYBODY'S DOING A GROUP PRESENTATION, THEY CAN HOOK UP WITH AN HDMI BOARD, WHICH WE DO EQUIP IN THAT ROOM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
NO ONE'S HAD A BIG ASK FOR ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
WE GIVE THEM DRY ERASE MARKERS AND ERASERS AT THE DESK.
UM, THEY DO HAVE TO ASK, WE DON'T NEED THEM IN THE ROOM JUST IN CASE.
SOMETIMES LITTLES GO IN THERE AND THEY HIJACK STUFF.
BUT WE'RE LIKE, WAIT, HOLD ON.
UM, BUT THEY, RIGHT NOW THE ROOMS HAVE BEEN SERVICING THE COMMUNITY IS WHAT THEY NEED IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT WE ALWAYS TELL THEM, LET US KNOW IF SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING.
WE HAVE
I KNOW THAT WE UTILIZED IT THIS LAST YEAR FOR THE CLEF EXAM FOR ONE OF THE KIDS.
AND THE CLE PROCTOR EXAMINER WAS ASKING FOR A MIRROR, WHICH WAS JUST REALLY RANDOMLY MADE, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE ROOM.
SO THEY WANT YOU TO USE A MIRROR OH.
TO SHOW THEM WHAT ELSE IS IN THE ROOM.
AND I WAS LIKE, WE ARE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THEY DON'T HAVE A MIRROR FOR US TO USE.
WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE DO ONLINE PROCTORING AND THEY, THEY, UM, IT'S NOT FREQUENT ENOUGH.
UM, BUT THEY ASKED IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT THEY COULD COVER THE WINDOW.
'CAUSE THE PROCTOR SAW THAT THERE WAS A WINDOW IN THE DOOR.
AND THAT WAS NOT ALLOWED AT ALL.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SCREEN OR COVER THAT CAN PULL DOWN AT THE MOMENT.
THE OTHER COMPLAINT THAT THERE WAS IS THAT THE PROCTOR COULD HEAR THE OTHER ROOM.
THE WALLS ARE, THE WALLS ARE KIND OF THIN DOWN THERE.
SO, UM, AND WE DO GIVE FAIR WARNING.
AND IF THERE'S EVER SOMEONE WHO COMES TO US, WE ASK THAT THEY COME TO US AND NOT GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM AND DISTURB THE OTHER ROOM, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT.
AND THERE'S BEEN OCCASIONAL, AND WE'LL HAVE TO SAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROOM'S NOT SOUND PROOF, SO JUST CONSIDER IT.
SO THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN ENLARGING THE LIBRARY, GIVING THICKER WALLS OR, OR MORE INSULATION TO THOSE ROOMS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE COMPLETE PRIVACY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT DISTRACTIONS.
I THINK IF YOU WERE IN THAT PAGE SPACE, LIKE IF YOU DID, UM, OH, LIKE A WEWORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE PAYING FOR THAT LEVEL OF SPACE OF SPACE, BUT A FREE SPACE, YOU KNOW.
IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS TO CONSIDER IS THE THICKER WALLS.
I WONDER, UM, I MEAN, CURRENTLY WE'RE HEARING THAT THE NEEDS ARE BEING MET THERE.
I I'M CURIOUS IF MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING LIKE A, HOW DO WE DO LIKE A QR CODE WHERE SOMEONE COULD GIVE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THEIR, THEIR, THEIR BOOKING WENT.
UM, THAT MAY BE A WAY TO COLLECT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NEEDS BECAUSE IF, IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK, WE MAY JUST NOT GET ANY.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ROOMS. UM, IT STATES OUR POLICIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND WE DO A WORD OF MOUTH WHEN THEY'RE CHECKING OUT AND IN.
UM, BUT, AND IF THE LIBRARY AS A WHOLE, THERE'S NOT A ELECTRONIC WAY TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK OTHER THAN JUST PROVIDING THE LINK TO OUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE START WITH, IS PROVIDING A LINK TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS THEY CAN, UM, SEND FEEDBACK TO.
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I'M GONNA MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT REPORT? JAMES HAS A QUESTION.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, BUT JUST A COMMENT BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
UH, IN REGARDS TO ELIMINATING BARRIERS FOR INFORMATION.
UM, AND A FREEFORM EMAIL OF WHAT YOU LIKED OR DIDN'T LIKE, MAY BE A LITTLE TERRIFYING.
UM, IF THERE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE A A GOOGLE FORM OR, OR OR SOMETHING THAT, WHERE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, DID YOU, WHAT DID YOU USE? YOU USED THE THE ROOM, WHAT WOULD, UH, WHAT WENT WELL? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOME OTHER THAN JUST, HEY, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, EMAIL US.
SOMEONE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY NEED.
WELL, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO NARROW THE FOCUS OF THE FEEDBACK BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAD.
SO DID I USE IT? MAYBE IT IS LIKE, WHAT DID YOU DO AT THE LIBRARY TODAY? MAYBE ONE OF THE THINGS WAS I BOOKED A ROOM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CHECKED OUT A BOOK AND THEN YOU GET QUESTIONS BASED ON, AND IT COULD BE THOSE EXPERIENCES.
JUST SIMPLE ONE OR JUST CLICK.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME LIBRARIES THAT USE A FEEDBACK, UM, TOOL SUCH AS THAT SUCCESSFULLY.
AND I'LL, I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND SEE WHAT'S WORKED FOR THEM.
AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AS A TEAM BECAUSE, UM, THOSE THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR HAVE A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK THAN THOSE THAT MIGHT BE OFF THE DESK MORE OFTEN THAN ANYTHING.
SO I WILL MAKE A NOTE TOO, BEFORE ENACTING IT, MAKING SURE IT'S THE, NOT AS BROAD, BUT UH, AS A WAY OF ALSO ACTING AS A SURVEY.
IT'S, UH, GETTING FEEDBACK BUT ALSO SEEING WHAT THEY'RE REALLY USING.
IT ALSO GIVES US SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO THE CITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EXPANSION, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO, WELL, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID.
AND IT'S MORE DETAILED THAN THE CITY SURVEY THAT EVERYBODY JUST FILLED OUT THAT WE WENT OVER OUR LAST MEETING.
WHAT I THINK TOO, IT GIVES SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN USE TO TALK THROUGH, EVEN LIKE THE DEPARTMENT, BUDGETARY PROCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO.
SO DEFINITELY COULD BE USED FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR SURE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
ONE THING I WOULD ADD, AND I DON'T, JUST AS A A, A POSSIBILITY, SO NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO, BUT UH, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE RESEARCHING THINGS THAT HAVE WORKED WELL, IF ANYWHERE ALONG THAT PROCESS YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT, HEY, THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL AT ANOTHER CITY OR WHATEVER, LET US KNOW SO WE DON'T GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE.
SO WE DON'T, DON'T YOU MAKE A MONITOR, KEEP GO DOWN THE HOUSE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA, I MEAN, IN SAYING THAT, WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA, IF THERE IS A SERVICE, UM, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT'S VERY SIMILAR ALMOST TO THE T OF WHAT THEY DID AND IT DID NOT WORK.
NOW THERE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AT THAT LIBRARY THAT IS THE REASON THAT THEY DIDN'T WORK.
WHETHER IT BE JUST A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, UM, ATMOSPHERE, UH, TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAD.
BUT TAKING IN THOSE FACTORS AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, RESEARCHING WHAT DID WORK WELL AND WHY AND WHAT DID DIDN'T.
AND WHY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T WORK THERE.
WELL, MAYBE THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAD WAS JUST NOT PART.
BUT WE HAVE ACCESS TO MAYBE BETTER TECHNOLOGY OR RESOURCES THAT MIGHT HELP.
BUT YES, DEMOGRAPHICS CAN DEFINITELY PLAY A PART IN THAT TOO THOUGH.
ANYBODY ELSE? I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.
I MEAN, WE'VE ALMOST DOUBLED IT AND I WAS WONDERING, IS MOST OF THAT COMING FROM THE NEWER PROGRAMS WE ADDED? OR ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION ACROSS THE BOARD? SO WE'VE SEEN INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN ON A, ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN, WE'VE ADDED SATURDAY AND SOME EVENING PROGRAMS ONCE A MONTH.
THINGS THAT BASED ON PEOPLE'S FEEDBACK OR THE MORNING STUFF THAT'S OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS.
UM, AND WE ARE ADDING THAT IN.
LIKE OUR PLANT SWAP, THAT WAS IN APRIL.
UM, WE HAD TONS OF INTERESTS AND WE ENDED UP HAVING A COME AND GO EVENT OF ABOUT 38 TO 40 PEOPLE COME AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.
UM, FOR US IN THE SIZE MEETING ROOM THAT WE HAD, THAT WAS PERFECT.
IF IT WAS MORE THAN THAT, WE WERE GOING TO UTILIZE THE PATIO AND HAVE AN INDOOR OUTDOOR FLOWING EVENT BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING NEAR 300 PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ON FACEBOOK.
UM, SO A LITTLE BIT IS THE NEWER PROGRAMS ADDING MORE STUFF THAT'S, UM, EYE CATCHING AND INTERESTING, BUT ALSO, UM,
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WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS SENT TO THE LIBRARY.AND SO WHEN THEY COME UP TO THE DESK, WE'RE GIVING THEM A BROCHURE.
WE'RE ALSO POINTING OUT THE EVENTS CALENDAR.
AND THE FIRST THING THEY ASK IS, DO YOU HAVE PROGRAMS FOR KIDS? OR DO YOU HAVE PROGRAMS FOR MY SENIOR MOM? AND WE'RE AT THE DESK ABLE TO TELL THEM, YES WE DO.
HERE'S CALENDAR, WE UPDATED EVERY MONTH.
AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN MORE PEOPLE IN WHICH, SO MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE STORY TIMES AND COMING TO THE CRAFTY CORNERS AND OUR EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER A YEAR NOW AND WE'RE ADDING MORE, IT WAS COMING FROM BOTH SIDES WAS REALLY NICE.
I'M SURE TOO, IT HELPS THAT NOW WITH THE EXPANDED HOURS YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A WIDER HOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO HOLD THESE THINGS.
AND SO SOME OF THE EVENTS MAYBE ARE BEING HELD AT TIMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, SEEING, I THINK BENEFITS FROM THE EXPANDED HOURS.
'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING BACK OUR, UH, WE HAVE A MONTHLY SOCIAL HOUR FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO WHEEL NEEDLES, UM,
UM, UH, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HELD ON A TUESDAY OR TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.
AND I WAS LIKE, REALLY THE ONLY TWO DAYS THAT WE COULD HOLD IT LATE.
NOW WE'RE OPENING BACK UP AND DEPENDING ON HOW WE SEE THE PROGRAM GOING, THERE'S NOW THREE DAYS TO CHOOSE FROM.
IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY WANT MORE OPPORTUNITIES, WE HAVE MORE.
UM, THERE'S, UM, IT'S FUNNY YOU MENTIONED OUR HOURS IN EXPANDING.
I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING REALLY FUNNY.
WE WERE BUSY THIS PAST SATURDAY, NO PROGRAMS. THE ONLY THING WE HANDED OUT WAS MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU STICKERS AND, AND LIGHTSABER PENCILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE WERE HOPPING, WE HAD ABOUT 140 PEOPLE IN THE FIRST FOUR HOURS.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE, BUSY.
AND THEN IT KIND OF, AT LIKE TWO 30 THINGS KIND OF WEIGHED DOWN.
WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, DO PEOPLE NOT KNOW THAT OUR HOURS ARE EXTENDED? DO WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE POSTING, A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTREACH? UM, AND SO IN TALKING WITH THE TEAM, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HERE'S THE THING.
WE'VE SEEN MORE PEOPLE COME ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE MORNINGS VERSUS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS DURING THE WEEK.
THEY JUST WANT THEIR WHOLE DAY OPENED UP.
SO THEY COME EARLY IN THE MORNINGS.
AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO LIKE SEE THE RUSH OF PEOPLE, BUT THEN IT WAS ALSO LIKE, ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE HOURS? UM, SO WE'RE STILL GONNA, WE'RE WE'RE STILL GONNA POST A, A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FOR THOSE EXTENDED HOURS BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE PROGRAMS IN THOSE HOURS.
BUT I WERE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT REGISTERING THE EXTENDED HOURS AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE.
'CAUSE WE'LL STILL GET THE OCCASIONAL PEOPLE WHO WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL GO, OH, WE DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE OPEN AT 10 O'CLOCK ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WHEN BEFORE WE WERE OPEN AT 11 MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LIKE, OH REALLY? OH, OKAY.
WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME FOOT TRAFFIC IN AND PHONE TRAFFIC THAT ARE, UM, NOT RECOGNIZING THOSE EXTENDED HOURS.
SO IT WAS KIND OF A, IT WAS A GOOD WAKE UP CALL SATURDAY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALL CAN DO TO HELP ADVERTISE THOSE HOURS.
SO WITH OUR NETWORKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SHARING POSTS FROM THE CITY OR, UM, ON YOUR LINKEDIN, IT'S VERY EASY TO DOWNLOAD A PICTURE OF A FLYER AND UPLOAD IT THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO, TO HELP SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE NEW HOURS ARE.
AND I JUST, I DID THE HEAD OF CITIZENS UNIVERSITY PRESENTATION FOR THE LIBRARY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I MADE SURE I MENTIONED.
AND THE SERVICES UPDATED AT THAT.
JUST MORE SO THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE AND HALF THE ROOM KNEW AND HALF THE ROOM WASN'T AWARE OF THOSE EXTENDED HOURS.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON FOUR ONE MOVE FORWARD? JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE CIRCULATION.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE GOT INVENTORY COMING UP.
RIGHT? WE HAVE INVENTORY SCHEDULED, UM, THE WEEK THIS COMING WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER FOR THE 22ND AND THE 20 THROUGH THE 24TH.
SO WE, UM, CIRCULATION, I WILL TELL YOU IN PART WE'RE GETTING MORE FOOT TRACK TRAFFIC INCREASE IN CIRCULATION ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE LIMIT INCREASE THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO THAT'S A FACTOR IN THE BIG JUMP.
BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF NEW LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS AND THAT'S
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ALSO BEEN A GREAT FACTOR.AND WITH INVENTORIES, IT'S A YEARLY, WE DO INVENTORY YEARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CATCHING ANY COLLECTION SHELVING STAKES, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S MARKED AS MISSING AND IT'S JUST MIS SHELVED OR IT'S BEING EATEN BY OTHER BOOKS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH, WE'LL PULL EVERY BOOK OUT, SCAN IT, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT EATING ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE SOME OF OUR BOOKS ARE VERY THIN AND SOME OF THEM JUST, PEOPLE PULL 'EM OUT AND PUT SOMETHING BACK AND PUSH THE OTHER BOOK INTO THE OTHER BOOK AND IT HAPPENS.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH AND SCAN EVERY BOOK.
WE'LL LOOK THROUGH EVERY SHELF BEHIND UNDERNEATH.
WE'LL REACH TOLD THE GIRLS THAT LIKE, WE ARE NOT IN SKIRTS AND DRESSES DURING THESE TIMES.
WE WEARING IN COMFORT CLOTHES.
NOW SKIRTS, DRESSES ARE YOUR THINGS JUST BE WORN.
YOU'LL BE ON THE GROUND,
BUT I JUST WANT BE THEM TO BE WORN.
'CAUSE THERE WILL BE, THERE'S NICHES AND CROOKS IN THE LIBRARY THAT THINGS CAN GET SHOVED IN.
YOU DON'T SEE 'EM UNTIL YOU GET A FLASHLIGHT AND YOU LOOK DOWN.
AND IF THEY'RE DOWN THERE, WE HAVE TO TRY THEM UP.
IT'LL BE A CHANCE TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP, STRAIGHTEN EVERYTHING BACK UP, SEE WHAT REALLY IS, UM, SO WE CAN MARK IT AS LOST.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES WITH SELF-CHECKOUT, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SELF-CHECKOUT, THEY JUST AREN'T CORRECTLY SCANNED OUT.
AND SO THOSE WILL COME BACK IN AND GET CHECKED IN AND ONCE MONTH THEY GET CHECKED IN AND THEY'LL GET CLEARED OFF THE DOOR TOO.
DO YOU NEED, UM, THAT'S THE 23RD AND 24TH IS THERE, DO YOU GUYS VOLUNTEERS? YES.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE AREN'T MEETING VOLUNTEERS.
'CAUSE WE INC WE DOUBLE OUR STAFF THIS TIME THAN LAST IN, LAST, LAST YEAR.
WE TOOK A WEEK, FIVE FULL DAYS TO INVENTORY WITH JUST TWO, THREE FULL-TIMERS AND ONE PART-TIMER.
AND ACTUALLY AT THE TIME, WE WEREN'T EVEN THREE FULL-TIMERS YET.
WE DID IT FOR, SO WE WERE TWO FULL-TIME AND TWO PART-TIMERS.
SO OUR STAFF HOURS WERE REALLY LOW.
UM, THIS YEAR WE, OUR SIX FULL-TIME PEOPLE AND ALL OF OUR SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO COME NO LATE DAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO COME DURING THE DAY TO INVENTORY.
AND THAT WILL BE THE FULL FOCUS.
SO THE WAY IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE IS WITH EVERY, EVERY HAND ON DECK THAT WE HAVE WILL BE ABLE TO COVER.
UM, WHAT WE NOW IS OUR SYSTEM GETS BIGGER AND IF OUR STAFF DOES NOT INCREASE, WHICH IT SHOULD, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL MOST LIKELY.
BUT A LOT OF THE INVENTORY STUFF, UM, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO MOST LIKELY WILL BE STAFF LED FOR MAJORITY OF IT.
BUT, UH, WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF STAFF TO TAKE CARE OF IT IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME.
LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEMS FIVE.
ONE IS, UM, LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.
SO I'LL GIVE PEOPLE A FEW MINUTES TO KIND OF LOOK THAT OVER.
ONCE YOU'VE GIVEN IT, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION THAT YOU NEED TO JUST GIMME A THUMBS UP AND THEN I'LL KNOW THE PEOPLE ALREADY MOVE ON.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.
LET ME ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS REGISTERED.
ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES? NO.
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FAVOR SAY AYE.UM, NEXT ITEM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO COVER WITH YOU GUYS.
THE FIRST THING IS, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THERE'S A BLANK ITEM AGENDA REPORT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS FOR IF THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, WE WOULD JUST ASK TO FILL OUT SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THAT WAY STAFF CAN FILL OUT THE AGENDA FOR OUR NEXT MEETING WITH ENOUGH BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
UM, AND THIS LETS THEM ALSO KNOW, LIKE IF THERE'S SOME RESEARCH ON THEIR PART THAT GIVES SOME MANAGER NEED TO, UM, DO THAT RESEARCH OR IF THERE'S SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AVAILABLE, WE KIND OF FRONT LOAD THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILL IT OUT.
LIKE IF YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA REQUEST AN ITEM TONIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT.
BUT I WOULD JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE IT SUBMITTED TO STAFF WITHIN A WEEK.
THAT WAY THEY CAN TAKE ACTION AND DO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO FOR THAT.
UM, THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER WITH YOU GUYS, WE ARE IN MAY, WHICH MEANS TWO OF THE POSITIONS, UM, WILL COME TO, UH, OR TWO TERMS WILL BE EXPIRING IN JUNE.
ONE BEING MYSELF, THE OTHER ONE BEING, UM, BRUCE'S.
SO HE'S ALREADY STEPPED OFF OF THE BOARD.
UM, SO HIS POSITION IS BEING POSTED AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND.
I THINK IT'S CURRENTLY POSTED.
UM, SO I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE START THINKING AHEAD, THAT IF WE THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEEK ANOTHER, UH, APPOINTMENT, UH, GO AHEAD AND, AND KIND OF MAKE THAT KNOWN.
SO SINCE THE ONLY OTHER PERSON IS ME, I INTEND TO, TO OFFER TO SERVE AGAIN.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THOSE DATES ON OUR RADARS BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE SIGN UP FOR THINGS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THE TERM ENDS.
SO THEN WE HAVE STEPHANIE, JAMES, AND TIARA.
YOU GUYS WOULD, UH, YOUR TERM WOULD END IN 2025.
AND THEN KYLE AND TANYA, YOU GUYS HAVE UNTIL 2026.
SO YOU'RE OUR LONG TIMERS THERE.
UM, SORRY, YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME.
IT'S RELATING TO THE TERMS. UM, I WILL.
SO NEW MORGAN WAS GONNA BRING IT UP.
SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE AWARE IF THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO, UM, STAY ON AND, AND REAPPLY.
I WILL BE SENDING OUT A EMAIL.
UH, THERE'S AN APPLICATION THAT WILL HAVE TO BE, YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF THAT ALREADY.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU THE CORRECT APPLICATION.
UM, IT CAME DOWN ON THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARDS MEMBERS THAT WERE COMING UP NEAR THE CORRECT PROCESS.
SO I'LL JUST BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO OKAY.
UM, BUT FOR THOSE TERMS, THAT WOULD BE COMING UP.
ALSO, THE QUESTION, IF IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP IN A MEETING, YOU WOULD GET AN ACTUAL EMAIL DIRECTLY TO YOU LETTING, ASKING IF YOU'RE WILLING TO REAPPLY.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE PROCESS AFTERWARDS IF YOU ARE, THEY WENT BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE THIS LAST ROUND, THEY WERE JUST ALL LIKE, IF YOU WANNA STAY, THEY JUST KEPT YOU ON AND KEPT GOING.
I MEAN, THE, THE MEMBERS WHO ASSIGNED US, I MEAN, YEAH, THEY REALLY, I THINK THEY'RE JUST LIKE STREAMLINING AND, AND STANDARDIZING THAT.
SO ACROSS THE BOARD AND EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE DOING THE SAME.
AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION I HEARD MOST RECENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE REQUEST IS MOVING FORWARD.
THAT, UM, LIKE MOST TERMS END IN JUNE, I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH, I DON'T KNOW WHY KYLE AND TANYA ELSE'S SEPTEMBER, EVERYBODY ELSE IS JUNE.
THAT'S THE, WHEN WE GOT NAMED TO THE BOARD.
BUT I TOOK OVER SOMEBODY ELSE'S ON EXPIRED TERM.
SO USUALLY IT'S SEATS, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME THING.
CAN WE VERIFY THAT IT'S SEPTEMBER, NOT JUNE? 'CAUSE USUALLY IT'S A STANDARDIZED TIME OF YEAR.
UM, BUT AT ANY RATE, I THINK THE IDEA IS MOVING FORWARD EVERY MAY, ANYONE WHOSE TERM IS COMING UP AT THE END OF JUNE, THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED LIKE, HEY, YOUR TERM IS COMING TO AN END.
DO YOU INTEND TO REAPPLY? AND IF YES, HERE'S THE PROCESS.
AND IF NOT, THAT ALLOWS 'EM SOME LEAD TIME AND FINDING REPLACEMENTS OR ALLOWS US TO HELP ADVERTISE IT.
THERE WILL BE OPENINGS COMING UP.
SO YEAH, IF THERE'S A LINK FOR THE APPLICATION THAT WE CAN SHARE, IT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU GO TO, IF YOU GOOGLE, UM, CITY OF
LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A JOB, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR.
AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS, UM, IS THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO LIKE PRINT OUT SOMETHING, SIGN IT, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SCAN IT AND EMAIL IT IN.
IT JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SEAMLESS OF A PROCESS.
AND IT'S, I GUESS EASIER FOR CITY COUNCIL TO MANAGE WHO'S IN THE HOPPER AS FAR AS THE APPLICATIONS ARE CONCERNED.
SO YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE CAN DO.
LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK, ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND I ACTUALLY PUT IT ON MY LINKEDIN RECENTLY
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AS WELL.SO IT'S AS EASY FOR YOU TO COPY AND SHARE FROM THERE.
UM, SO, BUT YEAH, IT'S VERY EASY.
AND THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY EVEN, UM, THERE'S A PAGE THAT HAS LIKE A LIST OF VACANCIES.
IT DOESN'T SAY LIKE HOW MANY SEATS ARE EMPTY, UM, PER BOARD, BUT IT'LL TELL YOU THERE ARE VACANCIES ON THESE BOARDS.
YOU COULD LITERALLY COPY AND PASTE ALL OF THE, THE LIST OF BOARDS AND, AND COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE OPENINGS ON THEM.
THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, UM, SO FROM ALL OF OUR WORK SESSIONS TOGETHER, I TOOK THE CONSENSUS OF WHAT WE, WHERE WE KIND OF LANDED WITH OUR PRIORITIES.
I ALSO KIND OF TYPE UP A NARRATIVE OF, UM, WHERE LIKE THE CONTEXT OF THE WORK WHEN WE MET, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE INFORMATION WE CONSIDERED JUST BASICALLY A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF KIND OF HOW WE CAME TO THE PRIORITIES THAT WE CAME TO.
UM, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF SAID WERE MOST IMPORTANT TO US IS ON THE SECOND PAGE, SO ON THE BACK.
SO IT IS, UH, INCREASING THE ACTIVE, UM, CARD HOLDERS.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS WE THINK MIGHT DO THAT IS BY IMPACTING, UH, TEAM PROGRAMMING, SENIOR PROGRAMMING, AND THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
UH, GETTING THEM TO COME IN, UH, LIKE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALSO SHARING ABOUT THEIR, THEIR, UM, THEIR PROFESSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THAT CONVERSATION.
I HAD THAT FOR US FOR TWO REASONS.
ONE, EVENTUALLY WE WILL BE PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR PRIORITIES TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT IS GOING TO BE, BUT AS SOON AS I FIND OUT, I WILL LET EVERY, WELL TANYA WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT SO THAT WE'RE ALL INCLUDED.
SO IF YOU'RE SCHEDULE ALLOWS, IF YOU WANT TO BE THERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT TOO IS, UM, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LET THEM KNOW LIKE WHAT BUDGET BUDGETARY, UM, SET ASIDES THAT WE WOULD REQUEST.
SO THE ONLY THING COMING OUT OF THE BOARD, THIS IS SEPARATE FROM STAFF, UM, REQUESTS.
OBVIOUSLY THE ONLY THING WE LANDED ON THAT WOULD HAVE A TRUE FIXED COST WOULD BE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY, UM, AND STILL HAD A LOT OF GENERAL INTEREST IN.
AND THEN NOT TO FORGET OUR, OUR WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL, LIKE LONG-TERM GOAL WOULD BE CONSIDERATIONS FOR LARGER LIBRARY.
SO I HAVE ALL THAT SUMMARIZED THERE.
UM, I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAD, UH, EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE BOARDS WORKING TOGETHER.
SO I KIND OF HAVE THAT NARRATIVE, UH, INTERWOVEN ON THE FIRST SIDE.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS SO YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED OR, UM, IF, CERTAINLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT FIT IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR CONVERSATIONS, I WOULD WANT TO LET ME KNOW THAT TOO, SO I CAN FIX IT.
BUT THIS IS, WE'RE NOT LIKE TAKING ACTION ON THIS.
THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION BASED ON, UM, OUR PREVIOUS WORK TOGETHER.
I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT VERY WELL.
I WASN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, SO I MISSED YOU.
SO ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE BEING RECORDED NOW.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT PARTNERING AND I WAS, I HATED THAT YOU WEREN'T HERE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU WOULD'VE BEEN A VALUABLE RESOURCE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS FOR SURE.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN YOUR HISTORY WITH NOT JUST THIS, THIS BODY HERE, BUT LIKE THE, THE HISTORIC LIBRARY AS A GENERAL, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.
UM, SO
SO, SO I GUESS MY, MY, IN REGARDS TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, UHHUH
I BELIEVE THAT WAS A YEAR AGO.
CHANCES ARE THAT NUMBER HAS CHANGED.
I THINK JAMES' QUESTION IS, WITH INFLATION THAT IS LIKELY CHANGE.
DO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION? I, I HONESTLY, I HADN'T BECAUSE THE, THE CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF AGREED TO, AND THEN IT GOT CUT KIND OF AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SO THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING OUTSTANDING I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I WOULD FIND OUT HOW MUCH A FEASIBILITY THE STUDY WOULD COST.
I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO THEM TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
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THEY FIND OUT WHAT THE COST IS AND IT DOESN'T FIT IN THE BUDGET, IT JUST DOESN'T FIT IN THE BUDGET.AND I THINK THE OTHER CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD A LOT, AND I WISH YOU WOULD'VE BEEN HERE FOR THIS PART, WAS WE REALLY DUG INTO THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND LOOKING AT HOW TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THESE PLATES THAT ARE SPINNING, UM, IN RELATIONSHIP TO ALL THE OTHER PRIORITIES.
THE, THE LIBRARY FARED REALLY WELL IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AS FAR AS LIKE PATRONS BEING GENERALLY HAPPY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE DID IS WE REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT THE, THE PUBLIC OR AT THE COMMUNITY STUDY THAT HAD SOME RED FLAGS THAT THEY NEEDED SOME WORK MM-HMM.
AND WHICH PIECES OF THAT WORK COULD WE INCORPORATE IN OUR WORK STREAMS THROUGH THE LIBRARY? WHICH IS HOW WE CAME TO LIKE, UM, THIS FIRST RESPONDER PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE THERE SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF NEED AND INTEREST IN KIND OF STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS, UM, IN THAT SPACE.
AND SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO, TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAN BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE INTO THE LIBRARY TO, TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, AND I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT TOO, AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE THAT ALSO.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR TANYA, YOU HAVE YOUR THINKING BASED ON I DO BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY COME UP WITH WAYS TO INCREASE THE TEAM PROGRAMMING, REALLY.
AND YOU'VE, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE SENIOR PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE, THINK THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY GEARED MORE TOWARDS THE PLANT SWAP, WHICH I'M SORRY I MISSED.
UM, I WAS BUMPED IN THIS SIDE TOO, HONESTLY.
SEE, HEARING INTEREST LIKE THAT, WE HEARD A LOT OF INTEREST LEADING UP AND AFTER THAT, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD CONFLICTS, THEY COULDN'T COME, BUT THEY WOULD TOTALLY DO IT AGAIN IF THEY POSTED IT AGAIN.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, IN, IN PLANNING FOR THAT PROGRAM MEETING WERE LIKE, EVEN IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PLANS, LIKE THEY'RE STARTING OUT, WE STILL WANTED THEM TO COME AND PARTICIPATE.
AND GOING FORWARD, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF OF COMMUNITY DISCUSSION GOING ON AT THE PLANT SWAP ABOUT PLANS PEOPLE WERE GOING, WHAT THEY LIKE, WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE, WHAT WORKED AND HOW TO AND WORKING WITH THEM.
SO AS FAR AS HOW TO IMPACT SPECIFIC LIKE DOWN TO TYPES OF PROGRAMMING, LIKE WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF WOULD, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE AS A BOARD CAN HELP WITH THOSE THINGS.
I, I MEAN, HONEST, ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE INDIVIDUALLY CAN IMPACT.
AND THEN CERTAINLY IF THERE'S A REQUEST COMING FROM STAFF WE THAT WE HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO ENTERTAIN AND SUPPORT WITH, WE WOULD DO THOSE THINGS.
BUT I, I WOULD NOT WANNA GET DOWN INTO THE WEEDS OF LIKE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE TEAM PROGRAM THAT MUST BE IN PLACE THAT'S, YEAH.
NOT THAT YOU WERE SAYING IT SHOULD, BUT NO, NO, FOR SURE.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE, THE THREE THAT WAS THE THREE THINGS THAT Y'ALL WANTED TO DO TO, UM, BASED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS.
UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, I HAVE THEM MARKED DOWN AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND COMMUNITY DEPART, LIKE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
HOW DO I SEE TRANSPORTATION WANTS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
LIKE THERE, THE OUTREACH WAS REALLY EXCITING.
IT ALMOST IMMEDIATE YESES FROM EVERYBODY THAT WE REACHED OUT TO.
SO THERE WAS, UM, WE'VE, I'VE LET MS. HANNAH KNOW WHO, UM, IS OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AND SHE'S ALL FOR IT.
UM, I TOLD HER WHAT MORGAN DID AS CHAIR OF REACHING OUT IS INTERESTED.
AND SHE'S LIKE, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
UM, WE'VE ALSO ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF OUR STORY TIMES THEY BROUGHT DOWN, UM, IT WAS BASICALLY DURING, OR LIKE IT WAS A BIRTHDAY THEMED KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED TO RAINWATER WHEN IT GOT MIXED WITH OTHER THINGS.
THEY BROUGHT DOWN THIS WHOLE APPARATUS.
UM, AND THAT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
'CAUSE THE KIDS THAT WERE COMING KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A SPECIAL GUEST AND THAT ADDED AN NARRATIVE MYSTERY TO IT.
SO WE'VE, WE IN GETTING IN THE SUMMER, WE'RE IS, WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS KIND OF ALREADY MAPPED OUT BECAUSE YOU KIND OF HAVE TO IN ADVANCE, WELL IN ADVANCE PLAN, ALL OF THOSE.
UM, WE ARE GONNA LOOK TOWARDS THINGS IN THE FALL, ON THE WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS, HOPEFULLY WITH THE SHERIFFS, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
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MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH DOING.UH, SO THERE'S, WE'RE GOING OFF OF THE HISTORICAL CONTENT OF WHAT WORKED REALLY WELL IN THE PAST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RE REACHING OUT PURPOSELY WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING TOO MUCH.
UM, AND ALSO WORKING WITH OUR SPACE SESSIONS.
UH, WE'VE ALSO ADDED TEAM PROGRAMS. UM, WE'VE ADDED A TEEN CRAFTY CORNER AND OPENED UP OUR WOVEN TOGETHER TO TEENS AS WELL.
SOME WE'RE GONNA ADD EVEN MORE MONTHLY STUFF FOR THEM.
UM, WE ALWAYS GET THEM INTERESTED.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I WANNA GO IN THE LIBRARY.
WE, WE, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO DO STUFF.
SO WE'RE HOPING WE'RE TAPPING INTO KIND OF WHAT THEY WANT.
WE'VE ADVERTISED MORE ABOUT THE TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO GET MORE APPLICANTS TO REALLY MAKE SOME, UM, PROGRAM PLANS FOR THE FUTURE THAT ARE JUST OUT OF THIS WORLD FOR THE TEENS.
MAYBE IT'S, UM, I DON'T KNOW, AN OBSTACLE COURSE LED BY THE FIREFIGHTERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE INTERESTED.
WE JUST HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM.
I MEAN, WE CAN SPITBALL IDEAS ALL DAY.
TAP INTO THE FEW TEAM VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE IN THIS LIBRARY THAT ARE WILLING TO TALK TO US.
UM, BUT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO GET THIS LIBRARY TEEN ADVISORY BOARDS INCIDENT.
UM, AND FOR SENIORS, THEY ARE, UM, REALLY WILLING, WELL, WITH OUR SENIOR BINGO AND OUR GREEN THUMBS, THERE'S EVEN MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THAT THAN EVER.
UM, WE'VE ADDED, AS I SAID BACK, THE WOVEN TOGETHER HOOKS AND, UM, NEEDLE WELDERS, UM, TO JUST GIVE THEM AN OUTLET.
WE'VE HAD, THE MOMENT WE TOOK IT AWAY WAS THE MOMENT WE WERE LIKE ASKED, OH, MY MOM WHO'S RETIRED AND SHE WANTS TO MEET PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO DO THIS.
WE'RE LIKE, OH, WHERE WERE YOU?
UM, SO I THINK THIS SUMMER IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY FUN.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME ATTENDANCE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WHERE IS THE, UM, THE TEAM LIBRARY ADVISORY APPLICATION? WHERE DO WE FIND THAT SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THAT OUT? IT'S IN THE GETTING INVOLVED.
UM, THE TAB IN THE, UM, ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBPAGE.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS AND TEEN ADVISORY, I BELIEVE, RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
UM, AND ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN WE HAVE OUTREACH TO THAT AGE GROUP, WE INCLUDE THE TEAM BOARD APPLICATION WITH IT.
UM, AND HAND IS HAND IS REALLY GOOD.
IT'S LIKE, HEY, TELL US WHAT YOU WANNA DO.
YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS YOUR AGE GROUP, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIBRARY CAN PULL OFF, HE'S REALLY GOOD AT TALKING TO THEM.
SHE WAS A PREVIOUS ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL TEACHER.
I LIKE TO, UM, AND THEN SHE WOKE UP AND BECAME LIBRARIAN
SO SHE'S, SHE HAS A WAY WITH TALKING TO KIDS OF ALL AGES.
UM, IT'S WORKED WELL TO BRING, UH, THAT AGE GROUP INTO THE LIBRARY SO FAR.
I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SHARE AND HELP.
EVERY YEAR, LIKE THEY HAVE THAT BIG BACK TO SCHOOL RALLY THING.
LIKE DO WE DO, WE HAD, SO LAST YEAR WHERE YOU GUYS GAVE OUT BOOKMARKS AND I BELIEVE MS. HANNAH HAD, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THREE TO FOUR OUTREACH THINGS AND JUST TO THE ISDS.
AND ONE OF THEM GOT THE CAREER DAY AND ONE OF THE LOCATIONS GOT PROPO POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL.
UM, BUT SHE JUST SPOKE AT A CAREER DAY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS.
UM, AND SHE SAID IT WAS REALLY TOUGH GETTING IN THERE BECAUSE I WENT UP AGAINST FIRE
AND SHE'S LIKE, BUT HERE'S THE THING.
I READ THE STORY, I READ THE STORIES AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY LIKE LOST FOUR CYCLES.
'CAUSE SHE WAS THERE FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME.
SHE'S LIKE THE LAST FOUR CYCLES THEY WERE REALLY INTO IT.
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DO IT MORE, YOU KNOW, EASIER.WE WOULD FEEL THIS IS ONE OF HER, LIKE VERY FIRST OUTINGS IN THAT CAREER DAY ASPECT.
UH, BUT YEAH, UH, THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE TIES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, GETTING GEARING BACK UP TO THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE ALL SCHOOL RALLY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I DO KNOW THERE, THERE'S, AUGUST IS THE BIG ONE.
IT'S THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS.
I'M SURE THE DAY HAS PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN LIKE INTERNALLY DECIDED.
SO MAYBE, UM, MAYBE STAFF CAN WORK WITH THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TEAM 'CAUSE THEY WOULD BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
TO GET SOME, I MEAN, AND, AND I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN ATTEND.
AND IF THERE'S GENERAL INTEREST BUT STAFF AREN'T AVAILABLE, MAYBE THEY'D BE WILLING TO ALLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, SIT IN SUPPORT WITH THAT.
BUT LET'S RESEARCH THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S AN EVENT THAT WE NEED REPRESENTATION AT.
UM, AND IF WE DO, IF, IF YOU GUYS NEED SUPPORT WITH IT, SO.
'CAUSE IT'S USUALLY GOOD GRIEF.
IT'S USUALLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS GENERALLY.
BECAUSE IT, IT FALLS IN WITH TAX FREE WEEKEND, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE IT'S AUGUST 10TH THIS YEAR.
I'M GONNA PULL REAL QUICK JUST TO CHECK AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALREADY ADDED TO MY CALENDAR.
BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY AN EVENT THAT WE COULD REPRESENT.
AND I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET, LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT, UM, CONDUIT WE CAN JUST HOP ON, LIKE RIDE SOMEONE ELSE'S COATTAILS.
SO I THINK AGAIN, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, THEY'RE DOING SO MUCH STUFF.
THEY'RE DOING THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, WITH THEIR BOOKS.
SO THEY TAKE A BUS AND DO LIKE READING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SO MAYBE WE COULD PROVIDE APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, LIBRARY APPLICATIONS TO THAT TEAM.
SO WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THEY CAN JUST, I ALREADY GOT THOSE.
UM, THE BOOK, THE ISDS LIBRARY BUS DOES TAKE SOME APPLICATIONS FOR THE LIBRARY CARD APPLICATIONS, BUT LIKE GOODY BAGS PERFECT SWAG OCCASIONALLY FOR US.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY TO DOUBLE CHECK OUT THAT AND SEE WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA PENCILS ANYWAYS.
UH, BUT YEAH, THEY, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM IN THE PAST, BUT JUST ADDING THE BASICS.
THERE'S WHAT THE LIBRARIES HAVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE THAT YOU CAN STILL, WE'RE NOT OF SCHOOL ASSOCIATED LIBRARY AND THAT CLOSE.
I THINK, I THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, SOMETHING I WAS WONDERING IN THE FUTURE, TANYA.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA TRACK IS ACTIVE CARD HOLDERS, CAN YOU INCLUDE UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THAT GOAL? UM, AS KIND OF LIKE A MONTHLY STAINING THING TO GO WITH YOUR STATISTICS? YEAH.
STARTING WITH THIS MEETING OR WOULD WE WANNA START BACK IN MARCH? 'CAUSE I CAN PULL UP, I HAVE THE MARCH NUMBER.
UM, BECAUSE, WELL, WE TOOK THE BENCHMARK FROM SEPTEMBER AND I THINK IN MARCH WE WERE AT LIKE 6,000.
SO WE'D ALREADY GOTTEN LIKE 11%.
SO LET'S, WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, IF WE COULD JUST GET A PERCENTAGE OF WHERE WE ARE.
LIKE IF WE'RE CLOSE TO 20, I FEEL LIKE WE PROBABLY, BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHARED, I SUSPECT THAT WE'RE CLOSER TO 20% ALREADY THAN WE REALIZED.
AND I ANTICIPATE IN SUMMER WE'RE GONNA BE JUST AS BUSY AS WE WERE IN YEARS NOW.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL, WITH ALL THE NEW APARTMENTS, I'M HOPING SO.
AND I'M SURE AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN MORE SO THAN MOVING OUT.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA START NATURALLY HITTING THOSE NUMBERS PRETTY EASILY.
JUST TODAY I HAD, UH, FOUR LIBRARY CARD APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT JUST MOVED IN.
NOT ONES THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR A WHILE AND JUST REALIZING THEY JUST MOVED FROM AUSTIN.
THEY JUST MOVED, UM, ROUND ROCK AND THEY'RE, THEY WERE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS GET A LIBRARY CARD.
AND THEY SEE ALL THE HIPPOS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT'S WITH THE HIPPOS? IT'S LIKE, LET ME TELL YOU
UM, THEY, THEY ARE FASCINATED BY THE HIPPO AND I THINK THERE'S SLIGHTLY
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SO ALSO WE HAD TO PULL THE, UM, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH IN THE SWEET 16 RESOLUTION FROM OUR PROCLAMATION.THERE WERE SO MANY PROCLAMATIONS ON THE, THE MOST RECENT ONE, AND IT KIND OF, WE HAD MISSED OUR, THE TIME WHERE IT REALLY MADE MORE SENSE, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN IN APRIL.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED MOVING FORWARD IS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A STANDING PROCLAMATION ON THE AGENDAS FOR APRIL, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK IS.
SO IT CAN, IT KIND OF COINCIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE NATURALLY TO THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UM, THOUGHT ABOUT, LIKE THAT'S HOW WE CAN MITIGATE THAT, THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE AGENDA AND DON'T INADVERTENTLY MISS A TIMELINE.
UM, SO I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW KIND OF WHY WE GOT PULLED AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAD.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING, UM, EITHER, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UM, THAT YOU WANTED TO COVER OR ANYTHING ELSE GOOD FOR THE PAUSE? SO THE, UH, THE HIPPO FUNDRAISER THING IS KIND OF ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN PULL MONEY FROM TO DO THE DEPOSIT FOR THE INITIAL HIPPOS.
SO HAVE YOU GOTTEN WITH FRIENDS OF HU PUBLIC ING NOT? YES.
SHE'S, YOU GUYS SHOULD CONNECT YES.
OUT OF THIS MEETING THOUGH, TO MAYBE START GETTING SOME OF THAT WORK GOING IF, JUST TO SEE IF THAT'S EVEN FEASIBLE.
SO WHY, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE IN TOWN, SO I WROTE DOWN, UH, FRIENDS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAD A QUESTIONS.
UH, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS MY QUESTION ALREADY.
WE, WE WERE THINKING THE SAME THING.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT ORGANIZATION EXISTS, BUT IT DOES.
BUT YES, I'M THE ORGANIZATION RIGHT NOW, SO JUST IN CASE ANYONE IS WATCHING OUR MEETING, UH, LATER, THE FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS A, IS A NON-PROFIT THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A FUNDRAISING ARM TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE LIBRARY.
AND SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING TO BE A PART OF THE BOARD, THEY CAN CONTACT TARA.
ISN'T THERE A LINK ON THE LIBRARY PAGE FOR THAT OR THE CITY PAGE FOR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY? MAYBE WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE.
THERE'S A FACEBOOK PAGE AND THERE'S ALSO APPLICATIONS IN THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING OF.
YEAH, I KNEW I'D SEEN IT SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE LIBRARY STUFF AND SO YEAH.
BUT IF WE COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, MAYBE DO A PRESENTATION AT SOME POINT, EDUCATING EVERYBODY TO WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS ABOUT.
I COULD ASK STAFF TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A, AN ITEM ON OUR NEXT AGENDA WHERE YOU COULD GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW JUST FOR, AGAIN, NOW THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE RECORDED, THERE MAY BE SOMEONE THAT COMES AND WATCHES IT AND SAYS, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO JOIN THAT BOARD, BUT I WOULD LOVE IF I BRANDING LISTEN AND I WANNA JOIN THE OTHER BOARD.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THAT.
SO WE'LL JUST CHECK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO.
UM, SO CAN YOU PUT AN AGENDA ITEM TOGETHER AS YOUR CLUB
BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE DOWN HERE, HERE WORKS.
ANY OTHER, UH, FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS? NO.
THEN IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DISCUSS, THEN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6 56.