* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] [Library Advisory Board on February 10, 2025.] CAMPBELL AHEAD. UM, SO, UM, SO THIS IS THE PART THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S, SO BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO ADDITIONAL CHAPTER, HOWEVER MANY THAT MAY BE DOWN HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE WHAT WE NEED IS HOW GET THIS SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN AND BASICALLY, I KNOW I HAD WEBSITE OR SOMETHING COULD BE SOME ISSUES ON SIDE OF THINGS LOOKING. UM, I DO, I'M CHECKING ON SOMETHING. SO BACK, UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT DIGITAL COPY ADDED DIGITAL COLLECTION IN, I'M DOUBLE CHECKING THAT. SO, UM, I WANTED TO GET THAT UP FOR KNOW. UM, SO THROUGH OUR DIGITAL LIBRARY, WE ACTUALLY THROUGH OUR, AND SO WE, WE HAVE COPIES ON LIBBY THAT OUR PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO. WE COULDN'T HAVE IT WHERE EVERYONE CAN CHECK IT OUT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE JUST ABLE HAVE A, SO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHECK OUT FOR TWO WEEKS PERIOD AND IS ONE AVENUE THAT WE NOW SPREADING THE WORD. RIGHT. UM, AND SO THESE GUYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, AND AS LIBRARY GEORGIA, I WOULD LOVE [00:05:01] TO WORKSHOP OR TALK THAT JUST CARE OF A RIGHT THERE CHAPTER. THE REASON I'M HERE IS TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT INTEREST. ABSOLUTELY, YES. UH, SO FAR AS I IS NO FULL HISTORY OF . UM, BUT, UM, POSSIBLE. MR. MORRIS? YES MA'AM. I'M MORRIS. I REPRESENT, UM, TALKED WITH MORGAN, DEBBIE AND I TALKED, UM, IT'S HOW WE OF GREAT PROGRAM, IF ANYTHING THAT CAN DO ASSIST THE SEED PROGRAM FACILITATING OUR GARDEN SITE SEED WEATHER ISSUES. BUT WE DO HAVE LIKE LITTLE LIBRARY BOOK YOU, SO MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE SEED WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND WHATEVER WE GIVE OUT SEATS FUNCTION. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I WANTED. SAY THE SEED PROGRAM ATE OBVIOUSLY NOT AGENDA ITEM, BUT THERE IS AGENDA WE ON EVERY MONTH AND ALSO BE PUT ON THE, I'M NOT SURE LAST TIME OR TIME BEFORE, BUT RIGHT. WE DEFINITELY WANNA PARTNER BOARD. DO YOU KNOW THAT MS. HANNAH AND HER TEAM ADVISORY BOARD YES. HAVE ALREADY MADE SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY WE WANNA PARTNER. I KNOW DEBBIE'S BEEN MORE INVOLVED. I KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO PUT, OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID YES DURING THE DAY SIX O'CLOCK. USUALLY WE HAVING INSTEAD CREATING ANOTHER MEETING FOR YOU GUYS, MAYBE WE CAN JUST PUT ON THE AGENDA AND TECH AND YES, THAT [00:10:01] WORKS BEST. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO ALSO HAVING SOME SATURDAY SESSIONS BECAUSE WE USUALLY ONCE A ONCE A MONTH WE HAVE OFFICIAL YOUR WORK DAY DOWN THERE. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE DEMONSTRATION. WE ALREADY HAVE THE MASTER GUARD PROGRAM. WE'VE DONE SOME DEMONSTRATION SPEAKER, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A INDOOR EDUCATIONAL AND MAYBE A SATURDAY MEETING. WE WERE ACCUSTOMED MEETING ON SATURDAY. A VARIES. OKAY, I'LL SIX 30. OKAY. UM, BUT UM, MORGAN IS NOT HERE, BUT SHE DID PASS ALONG. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING UP. UH, ONE THING WAS THAT, UM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO, SHE REACHED OUT TO FIND OUT HOW MANY LANGUAGES WE HAVE REPRESENTED HERE BECAUSE I, BUT WE HAVE THE PRO PROGRAM THROUGH ONLINE RESOURCES THAT TEACHES HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND ALSO USE IT. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S 52, THAT NUMBER, IT'S 52. SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING ON OUR END ON LIBRARY'S END BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE OUT THE PRONUNCIATION BECAUSE IT, AND ONE OF THE POLICY CHANGES KIND OF TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THE LAST MEETING, ALL FREE LIBRARY CARD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY, THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE YOU GUYS DONE ANY, UH, INVESTMENT IN CROSS REFERENCING THE 52 LANGUAGES, MAKING SURE ALL 52 ARE ACCESSIBLE? NO, BUT THAT'S THE ONE. UM, THE PRONUNCIATION HUNDREDS, SO I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY, BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO CHECK. OKAY. UM, THE OTHER THING SHE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, OUR SATURDAY WAS REALLY WORKING WITH OTHER BOARDS AND HOW THAT'S GONNA BENEFIT US, NOT JUST, UM, NOT JUST THE IVY BOARD, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, A GREAT BOARD FOR US TO PARTNER WITH. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA BE, UH, MEETING WITH THEM AND TALKING WITH THEM, LIBRARY DIRECTOR, UM, TO SHOW MY SUPPORT, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE REALLY THEIR MESSAGE AND OUR MESSAGE. AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT A JOINT SESSION , UM, AND SHE WANTED JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY AND THEN, I DUNNO IF YOU NOTICED, I KNOW IS THIS, DID MORGAN DO THIS? AND THEN SHE MADE A PRETTIER ONE SHOWED ROUGH DRAFT. SO IT SAYS ALL THE SAME STUFF. BUT, UM, THIS IS OUR ROUGH DRAFT. I LEFT THAT UP JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE. I WAS SO INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF YOU. UM, AND LIKE REALLY TALKED, WE WE'RE ALL THE PAGE THAT, UH, THE NEXT THING WE'RE GONNA DO THOUGH IS I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE HEAR HOW WE'RE DOING THE LIBRARY, ACTUALLY GONNA SHARE SOME STATS. THE STA I THINK OCTOBER 1ST, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO WE PICKED, WE PICKED UP FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF OCTOBER 1ST. YEAH. SO WE ALLY THE START OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, [00:15:02] WE HAD PREPARATION. SO YOU'LL SEE I TOOK THE NUMBER ON THE LEFT AND BLUE AND THAT WAS SAME PERIOD OF TIME LAST, UM, VERSUS THE ONE PINK FOR WHAT OUR CURRENT, AND THIS IS PATRON AND THE INCREASE THAT WE'VE SEEN JUST WITHIN A YEAR. AND IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE YEAR, IT'S JUST WITHIN MONTHS WE STARTED. UM, SO THIRD YEAR WE GONNA ASK JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, WHEN DID THE HOURS CHANGE WISE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE EXTENDED HOURS AT SOME POINT DURING THAT. I, WE EXTENDED WHEN WE INCREASED OUR STAFF BY MEMBERS IN FEBRUARY 24. SO, UM, THAT RECORDING THAT WHEN GOT CHANGE, WE HAD LESS, WE HAD MORE STAFF. UM, AND THE NEXT ONE WE NEW LIBRARY, LIBRARY CARDS INCREASE THAT BECAUSE WE EXTENDED THE, HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A, EVEN THOUGH IT DON'T TO, UM, THESE ARE COMPUTER APPOINTMENTS MADE ON THE LEFT. UM, IN COMPARISON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SUBTLE INCREASE, MAKING SURE OUR COMPUTERS ARE UP TO DATE, WE ARE INCREASING THE AMOUNT SPACE. WE HAVE SLIGHT DECREASE MONTH OF COMPUTER USERS, BUT WE'VE SEEN INCREASE TENDER BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE MOBILE. SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A COMPUTER APPOINTMENT, PRINT OUT THEIR, JUST LOG ONTO THE NETWORK, FIND A PRINTER, SEND IT THROUGH AND WORK. SO WE RECENTLY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE DECEMBER WE ADDED THAT, UM, WE NEED MORE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SO TO SIT IN THE LIBRARY BECAUSE SURVEY RESULTS WE THEY CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK AND MOST OF THE TIME THEY SAY THEY THINGS THAT THEY ARE, UH, THAT IT'S NOT, THEY CAN STILL HEAR THINGS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM DOES NOT COMPLETELY SOUNDPROOF. UM, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THAT WE HAVE MORE, A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM, AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO SUPPLIES THAT LIKE THAT, EVERYONE HAPPY WITH IT. UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS ASK ON SURVEYS, PHYSICAL OR OTHERWISE, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD. UM, [00:20:01] AND TANYA AND I ACTUALLY TOMORROW, YEAH, TOMORROW AND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE GONNA BE AT HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BOOTH THERE TOMORROW WHERE THE TS BUILDING. AND THEN THE ONE IN A COUPLE WEEKS IS FOR THE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING UP THE STUDY ROOMS BECAUSE UM, THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN A LOT OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ROOMS ARE, UM, NOT RENTED, BOOKED, UM, UH, FROM STUDENTS. SO WE'RE GONNA EXPECT, SO WE HAVE, THIS IS OUR, BUT WE ALSO ARE RIGHT NOW ON AVERAGE ONLINE LIBRARY, SOMETIMES I HAVE DAYS WHERE I HAVE AT LEAST ONCE PER DAY THAT FEATURE THE LIVING DIGITAL COLLECTION. UM, WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN, AND ITS UP IN THE SUMMER AND UP IN THE, UM, WHAT I'VE, UM, BUT IT'S STILL ACTIVELY, SO WE HAVE A HEALTHY, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU, SHE CREATED A VIDEO. SHE CREATED A VIDEO TO TRY TO, LEMME LEMME DO IT THIS WAY, MAYBE SHE HASN'T SCHEDULED YET. UM, SO WE, WE'VE GOTTEN THIS IDEA FROM A AND SHE FINALLY CAME DOWN THERE, SHE FINALLY CAME AND SHE, SHE HAD MESSAGED US AND SHE WAS LIKE, LIBBY IS AMAZING. WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF LIKE, AMAZON PAPER. WE SHOULD DO LIKE SOME SORT OF TRY LIBRARY REAL. THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY MOST CERTAINLY AMAZING RESOURCE I WAS USING THE LONG BEFORE LIBRARY PUBLIC LIBRARY WHERE I LIVE. UM, AND I'LL [00:25:01] HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS, ABOUT, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S REALLY JUST, YOU SEE, UM, OUR POSTS ON NOW. SO SHARING IT OUT, I, YEAH, . UM, SO THOSE, OUR NUMBER, OUR NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, BECAUSE WE ADDED THAT, THE COMPARISON OF LAST YEAR AND THEN, UM, SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE ACTUALLY BEING PURPOSEFUL YEAR. I'M LIKE, OH MY GOSH, MONTHS ISSUES. WE SO DID THAT ON SATURDAY. JUST LEAVE IT DOWN. SO CAN, YOU KNOW, IS RELATIVELY AND THROUGH, UM, ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH NEWSLETTER INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MINUTES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VIEWING, UM, AND EXCUSE ME, VIDEOS, UM, AND THE NUMBER, AND RIGHT NOW MOST ARE STILL TELEVISION, TELEVISION SHOWS AND WE DID, DIDN'T HAVE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE, UM, BUT WE'VE, AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT THAT 77 JULY, AUGUST THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, BUT MAYBE USING IT FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, WE'VE ALSO MADE A PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTER WITH METHODIST CHURCH, UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR BOARD, TRY THAT SPACE EITHER COUNTED OR, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED. WE ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF THE ZEN BUILDING. UM, IT'S NOT THE, THE BEST OPTION IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, BUT IT'S NICE TO KNOW RESTROOMS THAT IS LIKE THE BIGGEST, FIRST OF ALL, THE BIGGEST WHY ON HER. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S NOT MY MY, UM, BUT IF WE HAVE LIKE A BIG, BIG SOMETHING OR WE NEED TO USE IT, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION OF FIGURE OUT WHICH VENDORS TO GO WITH. UM, SO IT IS AN OPTION. IT MAY NOT BE THE ABSOLUTE BEST OPTION, BUT IT'S AN OPTION. WE DO HAVE THE, THE LAWN THAT'S OVER HERE TOO. AND SO IF IT'S A NICE DAY OUTSIDE AND WE HAVE TO PIVOT, UM, WE, WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL. AND IT'S CLOSE BY. UM, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO DO THINGS. LIKE WE HAD OUR FUNDRAISER HERE LAST WEEK, SO USING LOCAL SPACES FOR THINGS. UM, SO THAT 77 WAS MOSTLY AT THE BEGINNING, UM, NOT THAT SUMMER. UM, ALSO MISS HANNAH, OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, SHE AND SHE'S DOING THAT. SHE'S DOING AN AMAZING JOB. WE ALSO, NOT, NOT [00:30:01] ONLY DO WE HAVE FOUR STORY , BUT WE UH, SHE HAD ONE THAT WAS LIKE PRESCHOOL AND ONE THAT WAS LIKE BABIES AND TODDLER. NOW WE HAVE BABIES, WE HAVE BABIES AND PELVIC, SO, BUT WE HAVE PRESCHOOL, WE HAVE PINS LIKE BABIES IN ARMS AND THEN WE HAVE A SENSORY . SO THAT'S HER. AND SOMEONE WHO HAS A CHILD THAT MAY ACCESSORY SPECTRUM. SHE HAS, SHE HAS GONE TO TRAINING AT OTHER LIBRARY STORY TIME AND SHE, THE FORMAT IS COMPLETELY, I LOVE WATCHING THAT. SHE DOES AN AMAZING JOB. SHE'S BEEN PICKING THAT UP, BUT THAT IS WHY THAT NUMBER IS ACTUALLY NOT HIGHER. NOT, NOT THAT I WANTED, WE WE WANTED TO SAY ZERO, UH, BUT TO BE CLEAR, THAT WAS MOSTLY JULY, AUGUST. YES. SO, SO, UM, YES. SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT AND OUR GOAL IS TO NEVER ON THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT'S NOTED, USE IT TO SAY WE ABSOLUTELY, I TALKED TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE PROJECT OUTCOME. UH, SO IT DOESN'T REPLACE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY. I THINK I THOUGHT THE LIBRARY FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS, AND WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS A LOT MORE THAN JUST ACTUAL STUDY COLLECTING AND DATA. SO THIS DOES, IT DOESN'T REPLACE IT, BUT WHAT IT HAS DONE FOR US, PROJECT OUTCOME IS ASSOCIATION FREE. SO THAT'S THE BEST PRICE FOR US RIGHT NOW WITH OUR BUDGET. UM, BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PROGRAMS. SO I JUST KIND OF WANNA SHOW YOU, AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TRAINED ON MY STAFF BECAUSE EVERYBODY DOES PROGRAMS. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS A PROGRAM. AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IF YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF A PROGRAM THAT YOU CREATE THE SURVEY, LIKE I HAD SENIOR TODAY. SO SHE CREATED THE SURVEY FOR, FOR, UM, ATTENDEES TO TAKE RIGHT AWAY. UM, AND THEN I DO WANNA SHOW YOU THIS REALLY BEEN KNOCKING DON'T HAVE SURVEY. THE DATA IS JUST SO PRECIOUS TO US AND WE USE IT AND WE LOOK AT IT, WE ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT 40 RESPONSES FOR STORY TIME. AND SO WE CAN GO IN THERE AND ALL OF US, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THE, UH, DATA. IT HAS FIVE QUESTIONS. EACH TYPE OF SURVEY, WHETHER IT'S EARLY LITERACY OR DIGITAL LEARNING OR JOB SKILLS, UM, HAS FIVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY POPULATED. THEY'VE DONE ALL OF RESEARCH. ADD QUESTION AT THE BOTTOM. YOU CAN SEE HERE 95% OF THOSE 40 PEOPLE SAY THEY LEARN SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH THEIR CHILDREN. 95% INTEND TO SPEND MORE TIME INTERACTING WITH THEIR CHILDREN. 95% FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN HELPING THEIR CHILDREN LEARN. AND 93% MORE AWARE OF RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE LIBRARY, THAT SPORTING RANDOM GOOGLE THAT CAME TO OUR DIFFERENT FOUR TIMES. I LOVE THOSE NUMBERS. WE WANT THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS. THAT MEANS, UM, MS. HANNAH IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB IN SPREADING WORK AND SHE ALSO HAS A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION. SO SHE'S REALLY GOOD WITH HELPING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH PARENTS, CONNECTING THOSE RESOURCES AND USING THAT SAME LANGUAGE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HEAR WHEN KIDS IN SCHOOL. WELL, UM, HERE, OH, THIS IS US COMPARED TO OTHER, TO PEERS WITH ARE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT ARE OUR SIZE COMMUNITIES STATE AND THE NATIONAL. IT DOES LIKE 4.4 MAKES IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING HOT, BUT IT'S REALLY CLOSE. BUT, UM, THIS IS GOOD FOR US TOO BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THESE REALLY GREAT NUMBERS, THAT TELLS US, SO THIS IS, UM, IT, IT, UH, TAKES THIS DATA AND PUTS IT INTO THIS REPORT SO WE CAN PIVOT AS WE NEED TO. UM, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND, UM, SO IF WE, I DID THE FIRST ONE AND I DID A SPEED THREATENING ACTIVITY KIND LIKE WE DATING, BUT IT WASN'T DATING, IT WAS FRIENDING, IT WAS THE PARENTS AND THEIR KIDS, UH, BASICALLY THE PARENTS HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND THEN MAKE CONNECTIONS, RIGHT? [00:35:01] SO I HAD ONE TAKE THAT ONE. SO I DIDN'T GET MUCH, MUCH INFORMATION OUT OF THAT ONE. BUT AS WE USE THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED USING STAFF, WE'RE BUILDING MORE MOMENTUM. I, UM, GREAT THING. AND TO CREATE A SURVEY, IT LITERALLY IS YOU, IT'S NOT A TIME CONS THING. UM, YOU JUST CREATE A NEW SURVEY. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT THERE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT OBVIOUSLY RESUME. YEAH. SO THAT'S GONNA BE UNDER JOB SKILLS. AND THEN WE USUALLY DO IMMEDIATELY SURVEY WHILE WE'RE HERE. IT GENERATES IT FOR YOU EVERY FRIDAY TO GO IN AND MANUALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING TO COLLECT PROGRAM DATA. WHAT WE'RE USING TO COLLECT JUST OUR GENERAL SURVEY BECAUSE, UM, THE OUTCOME IS PROGRAM SPACE. SO THERE WASN'T A SURVEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE THAT WE COULD USE. IT WAS JUST A GENERAL SURVEY. UM, SO THIS, THIS IS, WE'VE BEEN USING FORMS BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, WITHIN OUR OFFICE SUPPLIES THAT WE USE. UM, IT'S ALSO A GREAT, UM, SURVEYS AND IT COMPILES THE DATA. UH, SO THE ONE THAT WE'RE DOING FOR GENERAL FEEDBACK, WE STARTED I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO AT 39 RESPONSES. I, I'M, UH, CHALLENGING MY STAFF. FOR EXAMPLE, I SAID IN THE FIRST WEEK, EVERY ONE OF US ASK BY PATRON TO TAKE SURVEY , WHATEVER SURVEY. THEN THAT WOULD BE, THERE'S SEVEN OF US, 35 PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THEM WILL ACTUALLY DO THAT. UH, BUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK, I HAVE A LIBRARY CARD KNOW I HAVE USED THE LIBRARY TOO AND WE HAVE THIS LONG LIST. AND THE REASON WE HAVE THAT LONG LIST , BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE LIBRARY IS NOT JUST A BOOK REPOSITORY AS WE SAY LOT, LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE HERE FOR. AND HONESTLY, EVERY, IT WAS IF EVERYBODY TOOK THE SURVEY LIKE WE WANTED TO TRACKING AS PEOPLE COME IN, UM, THE PRINTING ONE WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME AS THE, AS THE CHECKING OUT A BOOK BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, IN A DAY I'VE WORKING THE SURVEYS, HOW OFTEN SEE IT ALL, UM, IN A DAY, THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IT SEEMS LIKE COMING SERVICES HAS DO . SO THAT'S OUR SECOND BIGGEST. BUT I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING IN TO LEARN A NEW SKILL, TO MEET SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY, TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM. THIS SHOWS I NEED TO SHOW TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT CHANGES SHOULD THE LIBRARY MAKE THAT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY? WE HAVE SOME GREAT RESPONSES. I DO HAVE TO CHUCKLE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A STEVE LIBRARY GOT RIGHT THERE. SO I DID LIKE A LITTLE VIDEO WHERE I SAID, YEAH, IT, IT WASN'T CONDESCENDING AT ALL, BUT IT WAS LIKE, UH, HERE ARE SOME RESPONSES THAT WE GOT FROM OUR SURVEY. AND THEN IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER AS A LIBRARY DIRECTOR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SERVICE. THANKS SO MUCH. FEEDBACK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK PROGRAMING, BUT THEN LIKE COMMENTS LIKE SEED LIBRARY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, BOOK, WE HAVE A SEED LIBRARY, SO JUST SPREADING THE WORD. UM, BUT WHAT WE SEE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S MORE BIGGER. UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASK IS A SEPARATE CHILDREN AREA. SO THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF TRACKING ALL OF THOSE. UM, WHAT FEEDBACK DO YOU HAVE TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR PROGRAMS OR SERVICES, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT FIRST ONE. BUT I FOUND THAT I ASK THE SECOND QUESTION THAT, SO, UM, THEY'LL TELL ME EVEN MORE THINGS. BUT THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE WHAT WE, [00:40:01] AND THEN, UM, I ADDED THIS ONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE GENERAL SURVEY AND ALSO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TODAY. HAVE YOU TRIED GIVING OUT REWARDS FOR COMPLETING SURVEYS? YES. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY, WHICH ARE, WE HAVE LIKE FOUR CLOSET, DUNNO YOU GUYS KNOW THIS. THERE ARE THE DEPTHS OF CITY HALL, THEY'RE ALL HERE IN THE LIBRARY, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF THINGS. SO WE, WE SCOURED AND WE STICKERS AND ALL KINDS OF . I GAVE A FAMILY AND FAMILY OF FOUR THE PARENT CHILDREN CODE FOR FILL THE SURVEY BASED ON WHAT THEY DID AT THE, AND I THINK NEXT OH, SO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS UP TO SEVEN MEMBERS NOW. UM, AND I TOLD YOU ALL WHENEVER THE OF THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? SO WE'RE UP TO SEVEN MEMBERS NOW. UM, TWO OF WHICH ARE MY PARENTS . UM, SO WE HAVE HAD TWO FUNDRAISING EVENTS. THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THE SAME WEEK. UH, LAST MONDAY WE DID THE SILENT AUCTION. THAT WAS MY MOM WHO'S VERY LIKE, SHE'S A SUPER ORGANIZED LADY. SHE LITERALLY CALLED ME AND SAID, UM, I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF STUFF HAVING A SILENT WITH FRIENDS AND WE GO THE LOBBY AND HALL AND WE DID. AND CURRENTLY I PUT THE CASH THAT WE ALSO GAVE THE TO BY PAYPAL. SO HOPEFULLY, UM, INFORMATION. UM, AND THEN THE WINE BAR CUT YOU REAL QUICK. THIS IS OUR JAM. THIS IS OUR CITY'S JAM. I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WE DON'T EVER GO BY YOU. FACEBOOK DON'T GET, BECAUSE 55 PEOPLE MIGHT SAY THAT THEY'RE GOING AND WE DON'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WHEN WE MET WITH THE WINE BAR OWNER , SHE SAID LET'S DO 25 BOOKS. SO WE HAD PLANNED TO WRAP 25 OF OUR BOOKS THAT ARE ALREADY IN AT FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SALE THAT WE HAVE HERE. WRAP THEM, MAKE LOOK PRETTY AND WRITE IN THE GENRE AND WHETHER IT WAS AN ADULT OR A YOUNG. UM, SO ONE, OUR OWNER, SHE EVEN DID A PAIRING. SO, UM, OUR YOUNG READ, WE WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE GET THERE ABOUT 1245 TO START AT FIVE WITHIN EIGHT MINUTES BEFORE THE EVENT EVEN STARTED OF PEOPLE START COMING IN AND I'M CALLING MY, AND WE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE SOME WRAPPING PAPER, UH, IN ONE OF OUR CARS AND GRABBED SOME SCISSORS AND WE LITERALLY WENT OUTSIDE THE TABLE AND WERE FRANTICALLY WRAPPING THESE BECAUSE IT WAS BLIND, RIGHT? AND AS WE'RE WRAPPING THEM AND THEY'RE GOING OUT THE TABLE THEN RAN OUT OF RACK AND PAPER. SO WE CALL, WE WERE JOKINGLY CALLING IT DAY WITH A BOOK, NOT A BLIND DAY, IT'S DAY WITH THE BOOK. UM, WE WENT AND WE WERE SELLING THEM FOR $5 A PIECE. UH, SO YES. AND SO THE WINE BAR, UM, OWNER, SHE'S GONNA BE DROPPING OFF A CHECK BECAUSE GONNA GIMME A CHECK, WHICH WAS 24. BUT SHE'S ALSO DOING, IT WAS HER BUSIEST NIGHT EVER. AND HER, UH, STAFF WERE LIKE, THEIR APPARENTLY WERE REALLY GOOD AND IT WAS INSANE. I WAS, OKAY, SO THIS IS, UH, GOOD. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN APRIL OR MAY, BUT THEN THE CASH THAT WE BROUGHT IN WAS ESTIMATING [00:45:03] PAYPAL WE'RE GETTING IS. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR FUNDRAISER THAT. TARA, DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR PAYPAL? NO, I OFF HAND. I COULD PROBABLY, I CAN TRY PULL IT UP OR I CAN SEND OUT AN EMAIL LATER. OKAY. YEAH, THAT THAT, THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO, UM, WHAT WE HAVE IN TALKS COMING UP, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UH, WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS THAT WANTS PRINT, WE CAN SELL. UM, AND ANOTHER FUNDRAISER ABOUT WAS LIKE AN ADULT BOOK AND WE HAVE A, SHE, UH, SHE'S AMAZING. UM, BOOKS, FUN STICKERS AND THINGS LIKE ADULT FOLK. THAT'S KIND WHAT WE HAVE. YOU EVER TALK TO ANYBODY THAT INTERESTED IN THE LIBRARY AN ANNUAL FEE? IT, IT DEPENDS. THERE'S LIKE A SINGLE PERSON, A FAMILY PERSON. SO WE'RE SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM, WHATEVER, UM, THAT ARE NOT REALLY WANNA START WHEN WE'RE SO, UM, LIKE OUR WIFI , THIS IS THE GOOD VERSION, A PICTURE OF IT. SO THE SENIOR SURVEY, SOME THINGS THAT WE MIGHT WANNA ASK. I ALSO WANNA UPDATE THAT I AND THEM AND THEY, I ASKED THEM START AND THEY WANNA START THE CONVERSATION. UM, WHAT I'M WAITING TO HEAR NOW IS WHAT IS OUR WINDOW OF TIME THAT WORKS FOR THEM? AND THEN WE'RE, THE WAY THAT WE'RE KIND OF TALKING IS MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT STOPS WHERE THE, UM, PICK SENIOR PROGRAMING AND THEN WAIT AROUND UNTIL THE PROGRAMING IS OVER. THAT'S, UM, AS FAR AS THE SURVEY, I THINK ALONG THOSE LINES, LIKE I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T, I, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT REBRANDING AND REFRAMING, UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC . UM, AND ALTHOUGH WE DID THIS AFTERNOON, UM, WE DID NOT GET TO TALK, BUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THE THIRD PARTY THAT WAS SORT OF RUNNING THE MEETING, UM, AND WAS TALKING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES FOR COMMUNICATION AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING A CITY AND, AND DIFFERENT, HE MUST LOVE HIS LIBRARY BECAUSE HE ADVOCATED FOR LIBRARIES. AND, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RELEVANCY, HOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSTANTLY BE GETTING FEEDBACK FROM YOUR X, Y, Z LAST YEAR. AND SO HE SAID, YOU WANNA KNOW HOW TO DO THAT LIBRARY KNOWS HOW TO REMAIN RELEVANT AND BECOME COMMUNITY CENTERS. OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, ALL THE THINGS SAID WAS PERFECT, [00:50:02] BUT THAT IS OUR, THAT BASICALLY IS OUR FOCUS FOR EVERYTHING THAT AND THEN WAS THE FTES. I THINK THAT BECAUSE I SAID ONE, TWO, JUST SO LIKE THE BEST EVER WE HAVE, UM, WE KNOW THAT VOLUNTEERS ARE FANTASTIC VOLUNTEERS, MAYBE VOLUNTEER STORY. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUIRES. AND SO WE SAW THAT THOSE NUMBERS SHOOT UP WHEN THEY EXTENDED THE HOURS JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'D LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER PUSH EXTENDING THOSE HOURS. I WOULD LOVE STAY OPEN UNTIL SEVEN, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HAVE, INSTEAD OF US HAVING FIVE ON THIS DAY, SIX ON THIS DAY, I WOULD LOVE JUST BE 10 TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND THEN KNOW 10 TO SIX, SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON SATURDAY. THAT WOULD, I THINK BE EASIER TO REMEMBER, BUT IT WOULD ALSO ACCOMMODATE WE CAN'T, AND AS WE CHECK OUT, WE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE PROGRAMING BUDGET BECAUSE OUR, WE HAVE A VERY HEALTHY BUDGET, BUT OUR PROGRAM BUDGET IS, BUT REALLY WE NEED TO LEVEL. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE SENIOR SURVEY, WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE SURVEY RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE IF YOU'VE NOT USED FORMS, NOT FORMS. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK. TYPICALLY WE DO TEXT COULD BE YOU ONE SHORT OR LONG ANSWER. UM, A RATING. IF YOU HAD LIKE A SCALE, LIKE ON A SCALE OF ONE TO FIVE, UM, I HAVE NOT DONE A DATE. ONE THINKING WOULD BE WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PRIORITY IN BEING ABLE TO, AND I, I I HAVE NEVER USED, BUT I DO KNOW BECAUSE, UH, SURVEYS ARE WHAT WE DO , UM, IF WE HAVE MORE THAN LIKE FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS, VERY QUICKLY. SO I, UM, AS A, AS A BOARD, MAYBE WE CAN BRING SOME NOW HAVE SOMETHING AT OUR NEXT TO ACTUALLY SOLIDIFY. UH, BUT WHAT ARE THOSE FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS GONNA, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE MOST MAIN FOR OUR BUCK AS FAR AS REALLY GATHERING INFORMATION, NUMBER ONE TO OUR SENIOR POPULATION, WHAT THEY NEED, UM, AND THEN FIGURE OUT LIKE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE, COULD PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IF THAT'S SOMETHING WOULD, UM, WOULD, UM, ENTICE YOU TO COME, WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING? UM, THE ONLY OTHER PIECE ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION THAT CONCERNS ME IS I, I'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE OPTIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE. UM, WE CAN'T, ASIDE FROM PAST, UM, WHEELCHAIRS ON, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIRS OR WALKERS OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS. THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER BARRIER. SO I FEEL LIKE THE SENIORS ARE FINDING SOME, SOME SORT OF SEMI SOLUTIONS, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN 100%. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WANT, WANNA HONOR THAT GROUP. WE, THEM WHAT THEY NEED. UM, THE PROGRAM ALREADY KEPT GOING ON AT THE TRAILS IS GOING WELL, BUT PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, PROSPECT COMMUNITY ARE NOT COMING IN. WE'RE INVITING THEM, WHICH I GET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT MIGHT AWKWARD, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY LOVE IS OUR BOOK CLUB AND OUR CRAFT HOUR. UM, AND THEN TANYA HAS THE SENIOR HERE TODAY. SO SHE, SHE DID HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT ON THAT GENERAL SURVEY THAT I SHOWED EARLIER, I HAD AT LEAST FOUR OUTTA THE 39 RESPONSES THIS EARLIER TODAY THAT ASK FOR MORE SENIOR PROGRAM. SO WE KIND OF SIT WITH THIS, THIS ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TONY WILL HAVE A TIME BEFORE THEY HAD LIKE TWO. UM, SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONSISTENTLY KEEP THAT. SOME OF OUR [00:55:01] POPULATION MAY HAVE A WHEELCHAIR OR A WALKER. HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THEM AS WELL? THAT'S KIND OF THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT FOUR OR FIVE QUESTIONS BE THE BEST TO SURVEY. I DID TALK TO OTHER RESOURCE CENTER AND THEY GO OUT THREE TIMES A MONTH. IONS. NOW WE CAN'T USE THEIR VAN. I'VE ALREADY FOR THAT. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH LEGALITIES. BUT, UM, WHAT SHE WILL DO FOR US IS SHE WILL GET OUR SURVEY TO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY DELIVER, UH, WHICH IS A LOT. AND I WROTE THE NUMBER DOWN AND NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT IT'S A LOT. UM, ALSO GOTTEN PERMISSION FROM THE TRAILS TO, UM, ABOUT THE SURVEY TO RESIDENTS THERE AS WELL. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS FOR GETTING THE SURVEY OUT. YOU HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE THE WAY THEY, SO HOW DO WE GO TO THEM? HOW DO WE THEM AND MY QUESTION IS ABLE TO GET THE SURVEY OUT. ARE WE ABLE TO, SHE SAID WHAT SHE I FIRST, THIRD AND FIFTH, MAYBE IT'S THE FRIDAY. UM, SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD GIVE IT OUT TO EVERYBODY ON, ON THE ROUTE ON THE FIRST ONE AND THEN ASKED TO PICK IT UP THE THIRD ONE, WHICH DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE GET ALL OF THEM BACK. UM, I ALSO ASKED HER IF SHE COMFORT WITH ME WRITING WITH, UM, AND AND PRESENTING AND MYSELF, UM, AND MAYBE EVEN DICTATING, ASKING THEM, HEY, CAN I JUST ASKING A COUPLE QUESTIONS, I WON'T PUT YOUR NAME ON IT. SO THAT MIGHT BE, THAT WOULD BE MORE PERSONAL ANYWAY AND PAYPAL. UM, NOW THIS, AND THEN LASTLY THE POLICY. SEE, SO FIRST OF ALL YOU CAN SEE IT, IT SCANNED HERE, BUT IT'S ALL THERE. UM, I JUST, INSTEAD OF, UM, COPIES ENTIRE IS PAGES, UM, I JUST MADE COPIES OF ANYTHING I WROTE ON. I'M HOPING THAT WE LOOK THROUGH THESE AND I SOME NOTES WITH THAT. AND SO WHAT I'M PRESENTING IS, UH, WELL FIRST ON PAGE FIVE WHERE IT SAYS CIRCULATION PAID FROM THE MEETING, WE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY, UM, THE ADULT CARDS AS THAT'S, THAT'S ME PEN THERE HAVING THAT ALSO WE HAVE ONE, TWO AND THREE, THREE BEING THE CITY S AND WHAT I WANNA ADD IS ACTUALLY ON THE BACK I WANNA ADD TO THAT AND THE NUMBER BADGE CHANGE. [01:00:02] UM, ALSO AS TANYA TO SAY EARLIER, WE ABOUT THIS OUR RENEWAL IS TWO YEARS, IT'S NOT ONE YEAR ANYMORE. AND THAT WAS NEVER UPDATED, BUT I'D LIKE TO UPDATE THAT ON PAGE SIX, WHICH COVERS THE TWO YEAR TERM COURSE. OH, I WAS READING THIS. SO, UH, RIGHT BELOW THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE SIX THAT SHOULD, TRYING TO MAKE THE LETTERS WORK PRINT OFF WELL, AND THEN I MARK OUT ANNUAL, IT'S NOT AN ANNUAL ANYMORE, IT'S TWO YEARS. SO KIND OF CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE. AND THEN ON PAGE IT SAYS PAGE 11. UM, OUR LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING BECAUSE WE HAVE, I'M A LIBRARY DIRECTOR, I'M OVER THE LIBRARY AND WE HAVE LIBRARY, BUT THINGS LIKE, UM, GIFTS AND THE DONATIONS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, I WOULD ACTUALLY ON THOSE THINGS JUST CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE FROM, AND I ALSO, THIS I DO THAT AND THE REASON I KNOW THIS REALLY, LIKE WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKE APPROVAL, SO I FIGURED I'D READ THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UPDATED. SO WE FOR A WHILE. AND THEN, THEN ON THE VERY LAST PAGE, THIS IS WHAT WE, WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT ABOUT THIS AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME DATA WHICH I OFF, I ASKED, UM, AMELIA IF SHE WOULD, UM, LOOK AT LIBRARIES THAT HELP THAT SURROUND US AND WHAT ARE THEY FOR ? UH, BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES HAVE IT WORDED IS YOU CAN BE IN THE TECH PROGRAM IF YOU NEED ACCREDITATION, BUT AS FAR AS HOW YOU DISSEMINATE THOSE TECH SHARE CARDS AND, AND THE, THE RULES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, IT DEPENDS ON WHO WANT, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, I HAD BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST MEETING WAS I HAD, UH, A 16-YEAR-OLD WHO IS ACTUALLY ALREADY AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER AND WANTED TO, UM, GET A TEST SHARE CARD. AND THE WAY THAT OUR LANGUAGE READS CURRENTLY IS IT HAS TO BE A PRO CURRENT PUBLIC LIBRARY CARDHOLDER, 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. AND SO WE KIND OF HAD THAT CONVERSATION. WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL THE LIBRARY CONSIDERS, I KNOW IT'S NOT, I SAY IT IN THESE TERMS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY CONSIDER ADULTS, BUT AS FAR AS A LIBRARY CARD IS CONCERNED, 16 AND OLDER IS THE ADULT LIBRARY CARD. AND SO I REQUESTED CHANGE THAT FROM 18 TO 16 AND OF COURSE YOU GUYS WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE OTHER LIBRARIES? WHERE IS THE DATA BEHIND THAT? SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. UM, WE'RE THE FIRST ONE THERE AND OUR CURRENTLY, WHICH I, I DO THAT WE ASK THEM HAVE A LIBRARY BEFORE WE THEM CARD THAT'S REALLY JUST A, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE EARN THE, THE UM, THE ABILITY TO GET ONE. UM, BUT UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AND THEN WE HAVE THE TEXTURE MEMBERS , WHICH MEANS OUR COMING IN AND CHECKING OUT OUR BOOKS, NOT OUR DIGITAL, BUT THEN ROUND ROCK, YOU CAN SEE IN THE COLUMN THAT I'M REALLY FOCUSING ON IS, UM, JUST THE CARD ONE. WE DID GATHER DATA BASED ON WHAT THEY CONSIDER AND SHE ALSO TOOK OTHER NOTES. SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT LIBRARY, YOU GOT THAT AS WELL. SO IN ROUND ROCK THEY [01:05:01] CONSIDER 17 AND YOUNGER AS THEIR CHILDREN'S CARD. SO 18 AND OLDER, UM, YOU CAN GET A TECH SHARE CARD 30 DAYS AFTER GETTING A LIBRARY CARD. YOU HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING AND THERE'S NO AGE LIMIT. ANY ANYBODY IN CHILDREN GET THE SHARE CARD. UH, AT AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, THERE'S UM, THEY DON'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE UH, AN AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS ESSENTIALLY EVERY SINGLE PLACE HAS A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. UM, WE HAVE, UH, A LIMIT. PHYSICAL COPIES ONLY 10. SO IF THE HOLDER COMES INTO HUDDLE, PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY'RE LIMITED TO PHYSICAL. WE, WE ALLOW OUR PATRONS TO CHECK OUT SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE 20. SO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IF THERE'S NO, LIKE, UM, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT, IT'S JUST BASED ON WHAT, WHAT THAT, UM, BEST FOR THEM. GEORGETOWN 30 CARD, 30 DAYS AFTER GETTING YOUR LIBRARY CARD, YOU HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING AND THEY HAVE NO H UH, TAYLOR, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. THERE'S FOUR MONTHS YOU CAN GET A TEXTURE CARD AFTER HAVING A LIBRARY CARD. THEY SAY 18 YEARS OR OVER STANDING AND THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO JUST TWO ITEMS AT A TIME. AND THEN CEDAR PARK, 30 DAYS THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE MAYBE ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'VE SEEN. UM, 18 YEARS OR OLDER AND LEANER, 18 YEARS OR OLDER FOR 30 DAYS, ONE MONTH AFTER GETTING A CARD, THEY HAVE TO HAVE BE GOOD STANDING AND THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT PRESCRIPTION UH, VILLE, THERE'S LITERALLY NOTHING ONLINE ABOUT. UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT UH, WELLS RANCH IS IN AUSTIN, UH, SIX MONTHS AFTER, BUT THERE'S EXPIRES AFTER SIX MONTHS. THAT'S THAT. UM, THEY HAVE PHYSICAL CIRCULATION ACTIVITY WITHIN THREE OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SO THAT IS AN EXTREMELY, UH, REQUIREMENT. ELGAN, UM, AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? I'VE NEVER KNOWN IF IT'S ELGAN OR ELGIN EL ELGAN. UH, THEY HAVE NO INFORMATION ON YOUR WEBSITE, IS IT? WELL, HERE'S THE THING BECAUSE I'M AROUND SAYING BLANCO FOR MOST OF MY LIFE BECAUSE IF THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT IN SPANISH AND I GOT TOLD NO IT IS BLANCO AND I'M LIKE, BUT WHAT? IT SHOULD BE BLANCO. OH NO. AND THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE EITHER. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S LIKE, THERE'S NO REAL CONSISTENT PATTERN EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A LOT OF 'EM CHOOSE 30 DAYS. OURS RIGHT NOW IS TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS. UM, BUT UH, AFTER LOOKING OVER THIS, DOES THIS CHANGE, UH, REVIEW MAYBE AN OPINION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON WHETHER WE SHOULD JUST KEEP THE LANGUAGE AS IS, UM, HAVE TWO MONTHS OF THE LIBRARY CARD NEXT YEAR AS WELL AS ONLY PHYSICAL COPIES HERE AND 18 YEARS OR OLDER OR, UM, MY REQUEST IS TO UM, CONSIDER THINGS 16 YEARS AND OLDER BECAUSE I HAD A PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 16 CARD AND THEN WE ONLY HAD THE ONE 16-YEAR-OLD COME IN CARD. BUT I DON'T AN BUT I WOULD LIKE THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM THE LIBRARY CARD, SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? THAT IS MY REQUEST. THOSE ARE UM, THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, WHICH I KNOW IS A LOT. UM, SO WHAT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO GO THROUGH THIS? SHOULD WE START AT THE BEGINNING AND MAYBE JUST LOOK AT, AT EACH ONE IN ORDER AND THEN DISCUSS? SO ON PAGE FIVE, VERY FIRST PAGE, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE, THIS INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS AGREE WITH THAT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? I GUESS I JUST IMAGINE IT MORE LIKE LINE TWO. SO IF YOU LOOK AT LINE TWO, IT STARTS UN UNDER 16 AND I THINK IF WE START WITH [01:10:01] LINE ONE WITH OVER 16 AND OVER, JUST TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH THAT, HOW THAT FLOWS. IT JUST FEELS, SO ADD ON NUMBER ONE OVER 16? YEAH. AND NUMBER TWO UNDER 16? YEAH, THAT, THAT EVERYONE, YES. YES. RESIDENCY AND THEN THE, YEAH, I UH, AND THEN SO AND THEN UM, ADDING IN THERE, UM, WITH LANGUAGE MATCHING, HIGHER EDUCATION CURRENTLY. AND I REMEMBER, UM, ONE BECAUSE WE HAVE A TWO YEAR IN, SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CURRENT ID, THEN THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNS? NUMBER FIVE? NUMBER FIVE. UH UH, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF TIED IN TO NUMBER FOUR, HOW WE'RE OFFERING UH, LIBRARY CARDS TO UM, EDUCATORS. UM, IS THERE, DO YOU SEE A NEED FOR ANY EDUCATORS WANT A LIBRARY CARD? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY STATING STUDENTS. YEP. SO I CAN SAY, UM, EAST ONE COUNTY HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS AND FACULTY, EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT? BECAUSE HONESTLY, UM, WE'RE NOT IN THE MONEY MAKING BUSINESS LIBRARY AND $10 EVERY TWO YEARS. LIKE I'D RATHER JUST HAVE ACCESS HERE ALL PAGE SIX ADDING IN WHICH COVERS THE TWO YEAR LIBRARY CARD REQUIRED WISE RESULTING AND I'M TAKING OUT THE WORD ANNUAL FEE QUESTION. KYLE, WHAT? THINK, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE PLACING ANNUAL TERM FEE. MIGHT MAKE SENSE THERE. YEAH, SO ANNUAL JUST SAY TERM FEE AND THEN WE DEFINED TERM EARLIER. SO THANK WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING KYLE? I'M A GAME DESIGNER. YOU'RE GOOD AT LOOKING. YEAH, THE DETAILS AND ALL. EVERYONE OKAY WITH THAT IN THAT NUMBER. PAGE 11. THIS IS JUST THE ME CHANGING OUT MANAGER WITH DIRECTOR AND THEN ALSO THAT TYPO, PAGE 12. AND THEN LASTLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TEXTURE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? LEAVE IT LIKE IT'S MAKE MODIFICATIONS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DATA, THIS IS WHERE YOU PROPOSED THE MODIFICATION OF ALLOWING 16 YEAR INSTEAD IT SAYING 18 YEARS AGE OR I THINK IT MAKES SENSE JUST TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT CARD. I SAID 16. NOW WHAT WE'LL WE'LL DO IS I HAVE TO TAKE IT, INVITE ISSUES, UPDATING THAT, BUT UM, I'LL SEND, I [01:15:01] GET IN AND ALRIGHT. WOULD THOSE BE SPEAKING RULES OR JUST, UM, I, I DON'T, SO JUST, JUST TO BE SO THAT ALL THESE CALLS WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I CAN'T PROMISE, DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER COMES OUTTA MY MOUTH. SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BETTER, UM, FOR US TO SIT ON THE SENIOR SURVEY OR MAYBE UH, TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT A BIT, MAYBE SPEND THE NEXT FIVE OR SO MINUTES. UM, JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORMING WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS NEED SURVEY, HOW DO WE REALLY TARGET THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE WITH THIS GROUP? THERE'S NO BARRIERS TO THEM. THOSE, I THINK YOU ACTUALLY JUST SAID ONE QUESTION. IS IT THE ACTUAL PROGRAMMING? IS IT WHATEVER IT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE CRUX OF WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND. JUST EVERYTHING I'M THINKING OF FALLS UNDER THOSE BARRIERS. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS IN YOUR THINK IT WOULD BE TO HAVE SOME CHOICES OF THOSE THINGS. NOT ENOUGH CANDY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. NO, WHATEVER YOU GET THE BALL ROLLING INSIDE THEIR I WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS THEY WOULD WANT ATTEND AND, AND WHICH YOU BE MOST LIKELY TO ATTEND. YES. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE COMMERCIALS, BUT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, A TWO MINUTE WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE ADVISORY. AMAZING. BUT I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING TO THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY COME UP WITH ON THEIR OWN IS THEY'RE GONNA GO IN MAY TO THE TRAILS AND WE'VE GOT UP 64 AND WE'RE FRIENDS OR SOME STUFF THE LIBRARY BUDGET, BUT IT'S JUST A GIFT. UM, SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP AND I THOUGHT EVEN SHARE THE SURVEY BUT ALSO JUST TO INVITE THEM FACE TO FACE THAT INTERGENERATIONAL PIECE. THIS IS JUST MORE FOCUSED ON GETTING THEM TO, I DUNNO HOW TO ASK THE QUESTION, BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS ESSENTIALLY IF WE PROVIDE, HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO MEET, HOW WOULD YOU SAY THIS TOO, IF WE HAD TWO OR [01:20:01] THREE STOPS AVAILABLE, HOW LIKELY WOULD YOU BE GO TO OF THOSE STOPS? OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO SAY ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT I SAID, BUT UM, THAT SENTIMENT. YEAH, I WAS, BECAUSE THAT FIRST QUESTION HELPS ALWAYS MORE RESPONSIVE. UM, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT'S BLEEDING. WHEN SURVEYS DO THAT LIKE ONE, UM, WHAT TOPICS DO WE HAVE THAT WHAT INTEREST, UM, THEN WHAT ARE THEIR TAKEAWAYS, RIGHT? SO IF THERE'S QUESTION THAT WE CAN ASK ON THE SURVEY, WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTED SOMETHING LEARN ABSOLUTELY FORMULA, THE CHOICES. OTHER YOU LOOKING FOR CONNECTION? ARE YOU LOOKING TO UM, LIKE-MINDED IN INDIVIDUALS? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SENIOR CENTER AND SO WHAT I'VE HEARD SO MANY TIMES COMMUNITY IS THAT SENIORS USED TO HAVE A SENIOR AND THAT IT WAS VERY ACTIVE. I DUNNO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THERE WAS A NEED. THEN STILL HEARING, SOMEONE BROUGHT UP TO ME ONE TIME HAVING LIKE A, A DANCE, LIKE A SOCIAL ESSENTIALLY AND PLAYING OLDER MUSIC ALL DRESSED UP SORT OF THING. SOMEONE SUGGESTED LIKE WHAT TIME, DAY, WHAT'S BEST? LITERALLY EVERYTHING . BUT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. UM, I KNOW THAT ASK THEM COMING OUR PROGRAM YEAR, A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THIS TIME HAS. MM-HMM. SO I'M THINKING OUR SWEET SPOT IS PROBABLY IN THE LATER MORNING, EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT ASK, NOT REALLY SPECIFIC LIKE MORNING, NOON, EVENING AND EVERYTHING. YES. WELL, I HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS. I'LL, AND THEN THE NEXT, NEXT FIVE THAT WE CAPTURE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AND UM, NOW SURVEY, THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT ABOUT CHURCHES? MM-HMM . MM-HMM . THAT, UM, I ACTUALLY ASKED, THIS IS BEFORE THE, I, I ASKED WOULD PEOPLE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE MAYBE NOT COMING TO THE LIBRARY OR GOING TO TRAILS, BUT MAYBE THEY COMFORTABLE MAYBE, RIGHT? AND SO THEY, SO WE DO HAVE OPTIONS. I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED. LIKE I WISH WE COULD JUST GET GOING RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A QUESTION ON THERE ABOUT LOCATION [01:25:08] AS ANOTHER. THAT'S IT. WE MIGHT BE DONE EARLY. GUYS. THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UH, COMMENTS, DO WE NEED TO ADD THOSE TO THE NEXT? YES. SO, UM, I WILL, UM, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I WAS GOING TO, UM, MESSAGE ALEX AND NORM TO SEE IF, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL LET THEM KNOW HOW TO ACCESS SO THEY HAVE, THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT BRIDGE IS TOGETHER. BUT UM, ALSO ASK THEM, GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AS FAR AS HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAD. LET'S SAY WE HAD A SERIES HERE, THE LIBRARY, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE INVOLVED IN KIND? WOULD YOU BE CONVERSATIONS? I THINK WITH, I'M REACH OUT TO DEBBIE AND SEE IF, UM, WE JUST, BUT UM, I'VE GOT THREE. THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT SPORTS AND BAND AND ALL THE THINGS AND EVERY WEEKEND IS LITERALLY JUST WEEK. SO SATURDAYS ARE SUPER HARD ME. UM, BUT I COULD, I COULD SWING SAID IT WAS TUESDAY. I'LL GROUP TO DECIDE ON, TALK ABOUT THAT AND HAVE LIKE A WORKSHOP SESSION SESSION WHEN WE DID THE PIECE ON HERE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY, UM, WITH SILO AND ALL THAT STUFF. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE VERY INTERESTED. FEELS WEIRD TO SAY, BUT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING PLACE ACTUALLY. I WAS LOOKING FOR PLACES TO MOVE AND I STARTED SEEING ALL THE HIPPO STATUES ALL OVER THE PLACE. I WAS LIKE LITERALLY IS EVERYWHERE. I'VE, I REMEMBER COMING IN RE BEFORE MY INTERVIEW I REALLY SAW BABY . I LOVE THAT THOUGH. I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY COOL MATTER WHO YOU'RE, OR ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE HIP, RIGHT? LOTS OF HIP. TARA STILL ON THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD, TARA? NO, I'M GOOD. OKAY. I DON'T, I HAD A HARD TIME HEARING. I DON'T KNOW. I'M REALLY, UH, I I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE WHEN IT'S NOT ON A PAYROLL WEEK BECAUSE DOING THIS ON ONLINE AS FOR THE BIRTH, I CAN'T, TARA, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND I MEANT TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY. YEAH, NO, I MEAN, IF THINGS HAPPEN FAULT, NO IT'S FINE. BUT THE, I GUESS THE ACOUSTICS OR [01:30:01] WHATEVER IS VERY HARD TO HEAR. SO, AND THEN THE CITY SECRETARY WAS SITTING WITH HER. SHE SAID YOU DIDN'T, YES I COULD LEMME SHOW YOU ALL OF IT AND IS STILL BLUE. I WAS LIKE, NO. SO THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE I'VE MADE THAT MISTAKE. SO THANK YOU. HAPPY TO GET OUTTA THE HOUSE. . ALRIGHT, I THINK WE ARE ADJOURNED AT IT. 7 36. 7 37. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.