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AT SIX O'CLOCK[1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER]
I CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH TO ORDER[3.1. Hutto Public Library--Annual Update, Community Impact, and Strategic Direction (Kristin Phillips)]
OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, ANNUAL UPDATE, COMMUNITY IMPACT AND STRATEGIC ELECTION.MS. CRYSTAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, CHRIS PHILLIPS, I'M THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR HERE.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR IN OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARY WITHOUT THERE BEING ANY KIND OF A FOCUS ON BUDGET, YOU KNOW, OR THE, THE NORMAL THINGS THAT, THAT WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN CITY COUNCIL.
I WANTED JUST TO SHARE THE GREAT NEWS WITH YOU GUYS AND BRING AWARENESS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
UM, SO, UH, WE REALLY ENJOY PUTTING THIS, UM, PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT OUR YEAR, UH, AND CELEBRATING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER WITH YOU TODAY ARE KEY STATS FROM FISCAL YEAR, UM, 25, AND THEN I ALSO COMPARE THEM TO, UH, FISCAL YEAR 24.
SO YOU CAN SEE GROWTH, UH, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT THE LIBRARY PROGRAM HAS.
UH, OUR PROGRAM IN OUR SERVICES, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS HERE TODAY, UM, AS WELL AS OUR HPL FRIENDS GROUP WHO ARE CURRENTLY MEETING DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT NOW.
UH, AND THEN SOME GOALS LOOKING AHEAD.
I KNOW DATA IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP DATA ON IN THE LIBRARY.
UH, PROBABLY KEEP DATA ON THREE TIMES THIS AMOUNT, BUT SOME OF THAT DATA IS JUST REALLY LIBRARY WORLD DATA.
IT HELPS US TO DRIVE OUR PROGRAMMING.
IT HELPS US TO DRIVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE TYPICALLY THE LIBRARY STATS THAT WE WOULD SHARE OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, OUR NUMBERS ARE REALLY GREAT.
UM, NOTHING TO, YOU KNOW, COMPLAIN ABOUT AS FAR AS THOSE NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED.
UH, AND IN FISCAL YEAR 25, WE HAVE AN INCREASE ON ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS EXCEPT FOR ONE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE GET THERE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE, UH, WE COUNT FIRST IN THE LIBRARY, AND WE ACTUALLY STILL COUNT OLD SCHOOL WITH ONE OF THOSE HAND COUNTERS, UM, IS PATRON VISITS.
AND SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL PATRON VISITS, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE CROSSED THAT THE THRESHOLD OF THE LIBRARY AND THEY COME INSIDE.
UH, WE, WE WENT UP 6.7% ON THOSE, UH, FOR NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID GO UP 2.9%, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT NUMBER DOESN'T SEEM HUGE CONSIDERING, UH, LAST MONTH WAS OUR SEPTEMBER NATIONAL LIBRARY CARD SIGNUP MONTH, AND WE SIGNED UP OVER 200 PEOPLE FOR LIBRARY CARDS, WHICH WAS OUR BIGGEST ONE YET.
THE REASON THAT NUMBER LOOKS SMALLER IS BECAUSE WE WENT FROM, IN THE, THE CHANGEOVER, WE WENT FROM A ONE YEAR TERM OF ON A LIBRARY CARD TO A TWO YEAR TERM.
SO WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNING UP, UH, FOR RENEWALS OR FOR NEW CARDS BECAUSE IT'S A LONGER TERM.
UH, SO NEXT YEAR, AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 26, WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE DATA THERE TO, UH, COMPARE THAT WITH.
SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RENEWALS TOO? IT DOES.
UH, FOR PHYSICAL CIRCULATION OR PHYSICAL CIRCULATION, UM, THOSE ARE OUR, UH, OUR PHYSICAL BOOKS AS WELL AS OUR DVDS.
WE HAVE, UM, SOME PLAYBOOKS LIKE AUDIO BOOKS, BUT THEY COME WITH THE CD AND THE BOOK.
UH, SO THAT COUNTS FOR ALL OF THAT.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 3.1 PER, OR 3.8%.
OUR DIGITAL CIRCULATION, UM, HAS ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE.
WE HAVEN'T, UH, THE ONLY INCREASE OF OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR DIGITAL CIRCULATION ARE THE AMOUNT OF EBOOKS.
UH, WE ARE GONNA SEE A CHANGE IN THAT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING LEVEL, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR EBOOKS COME THROUGH TS SLACK, WHICH IS FUNDED BY IMLS, WHICH AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IS HAVING, UM, HAS BEEN CUT OFF FOR FUNDING.
SO WE MIGHT SEE, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT ANY NUMBERS GO DOWN ON DIGITAL CIRCULATION BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TAKING AWAY WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ADDING AS MUCH.
COULD YOU SHARE WHAT THE ACRONYMS MEAN? OH, YES.
UM, TS SLACK IS TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES AND COMMISSION.
UM, AND THAT'S OUR STATE LEVEL, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT, THAT FUNDS LIBRARIES LIKE OURS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, UH, THAT MEET ACCREDITATION EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN IMLS IS THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES, UM, WHICH WAS,
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UM, DEFUNDED RECENTLY.AND SO, UH, T SLACK HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET OUTSIDE, UM, SPONSORSHIPS AND DONORS SO THAT WHEN THEY CAN CONTINUE THINGS LIKE THEIR, UH, THE PROGRAMS WHERE, LIKE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN THAT NEEDS BOOKS IN BRAILLE, WE CAN TURN TO TS, SLACK AND WE CAN ORDER A WHOLE HOST OF BOOKS FOR THEM TO BE DELIVERED HERE TO THE LIBRARY.
SO, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT HAVE BEEN DEFUNDED AS FAR AS THE MONEY THAT'S COMING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DONORS AND SPONSORS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE SERVICES WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN COMPUTERS IN THE LIBRARY THAT PEOPLE CAN EITHER, UH, RESERVE ONLINE OR THEY CAN JUST WALK IN AND USE.
UM, I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE STATISTIC BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WENT DOWN 8.5%, BUT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, THE REASON THAT IS SHOWING A DECREASE.
SO WE GOT WIFI PRINTING IN DECEMBER OF 24, AND SINCE GETTING WIFI PRINTING, PEOPLE CAN PRINT FROM THEIR PHONES.
SO BEFORE WIFI PRINTING, THEY HAD TO, UM, NOT RENT, BUT BORROW A, A COMPUTER SO THEY COULD SIT DOWN, PULL UP WHAT THEY NEEDED, AND THEN PRINT IT OFF TO, UH, THE PRINTER WITH WIFI, WIFI PRINTING, THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, THE STATS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THERE.
UH, FOR STUDY ROOMS, WE HAVE TWO STUDY ROOMS. UH, ONE SEAT'S, EIGHT, UH, PEOPLE COMFORTABLY.
UH, THOSE ARE RESERVED ONLINE OR PEOPLE COME IN AND USE THEM.
I WILL SAY THAT COMING IN HERE, I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH THE STUDY ROOMS ACTUALLY GET USED.
AND IT'S, THEY'RE BOOKED LITERALLY FROM THE TIME WE OPEN UNTIL THE TIME WE CLOSE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT USE THEM FOR THINGS LIKE JOB INTERVIEWS OR IF THEY'RE WORKING REMOTELY, THEY MIGHT COME IN AND USE ONE TO WORK REMOTELY.
UH, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO TUTORING, UM, IN SOME OF THE STUDY ROOMS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO THOSE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF 25%, THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. THAT'S OUR BIGGEST JUMP AT 54.9%.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROGRAMS. UH, THERE'S A REASON THAT WE HAVE MORE PROGRAMS. THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS, ACTUALLY, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.
UH, BUT THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS HAVE INCREASED, BUT ALSO THE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE HAS INCREASED BY 23%.
UH, ADULT PROGRAMS, ACTUALLY I WISH WE HAD, THIS WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 25 THAT WE TOOK STATS ON ADULTS VERSUS SENIORS.
UH, AND WE, AND WE PULLED THE SENIOR GROUP OUT OF THAT.
SO THAT, 'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT WITH OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND SO I DON'T HAVE THAT TO COMPARE TO 24.
SO WE JUST STILL HAVE, UH, THE SENIORS, UH, WORKED IN WITH THE ADULT NUMBER, BUT THOSE WENT UP 26%.
OUR TEEN PROGRAMMING WENT UP 30%.
AND THAT'S DUE TO OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WE STARTED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF AROUND 15 LOCAL TEENS WHO GET TOGETHER ONCE A MONTH AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEY ACTUALLY DRIVE THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING.
SO, UH, WE TEACH THEM HOW WE GIVE 'EM A BUDGET, WE TEACH THEM HOW TO PLAN FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN, UM, PARTICIPATION, MOSTLY BECAUSE WE'RE LETTING THEM DRIVE, UH, THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING.
UH, AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. UM, WHEN I GOT HERE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASKS AS FAR AS PROGRAMS WAS CONCERNED, WAS TO HAVE MORE FOR KIDS, BUT TO ALSO HAVE MORE AVAILABLE FOR HOMESCHOOL.
BECAUSE OUR HOMESCHOOL POPULATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH INCREASE WITH EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT'S A 50% INCREASE ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE STATISTICS SPECIFICALLY? YEAH, A COUPLE THINGS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THESE NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEW LIBRARY CARDS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE JUST NEW PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE.
I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
I, I, I ANSWERED YOU INCORRECTLY.
UM, BUT I CAN FIND THE INFORMATION.
I'M JUST SAYING GOING FORWARD, JUST COLLECT THE DATA FOR BOTH RENEWALS AND NEW PATRONS.
AND THEN ON THE COM COMPUTER SESSIONS, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN LOOK, KINDA LOOK AT WHAT IS JUST PRINT ONLY SO THAT, SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PROVIDE MORE COMPUTERS FOR YOU IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY, I MEAN, IF, IF THERE'S MORE WIFI FROM YOUR PHONE OR YOUR, YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE MM-HMM
I WANNA UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NEED FOR COMPUTERS IRS OR EDUCATION OR HOMESCHOOL.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I NEED TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT ING CONFIDENTIALITY WITH THAT.
BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T ASK PEOPLE, WHY DO YOU USE THE COMPUTER? WE JUST, WE WOULD DO THIS FROM AN IP.
JUST NOT, NOT FROM LOOKING AT THE CONTENT.
YOU WOULD JUST KNOW WHERE'S TRAFFIC'S GOING SO WE CAN JUST GET SETS FOR USING THE RIGHT COMPUTER FOR PRINTER ONLY.
WELL, I MEAN, JUST MY, MY CONCERN.
WHAT MY CONCERN, I WANNA KNOW PIECES.
WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS HOW MANY COMPUTERS ARE BEING USED
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BY AN EDUCATION RESEARCH.I MEAN, WHAT A COMPUTER CAN DO ONLY WHERE WHITE OR A PHONE OR YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD BIG SCREEN ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN SUPPLY MORE COMPUTERS AS THAT NEED GOES UP.
AND AGAIN, I DON'T NEED THE DATA TODAY.
I JUST THINK TRACKING FORWARD.
YEAH, WE CAN ACTUALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN OUR LAST TEAM MEETING, UH, WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, SEVEN COMPUTERS, BUT PREDOMINANTLY USING MAYBE TWO COMPUTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN JUST TO PRINT.
IF THEY, IF THEY TELL US AHEAD OF TIME MM-HMM
UM, WE CAN'T ALWAYS STICK TO THAT.
'CAUSE OUR COMPUTERS ARE JUST LIKE OUR STUDY ROOMS, BUT IT CAN DEFINITELY
ANOTHER ONE IS ON THE, ON THE SENIOR ONLY PROGRAMS. MM-HMM
UM, YOU, YOU SPLIT OUT FOR ADULTS.
SO JUST CURIOUS WHAT WE'RE SENIOR O ONLY AND AGAIN, IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT.
AGAIN, I DON'T NEED CURRENT NUMBERS JUST GOING FORWARD.
AND ON THE CHILDREN PROGRAMS IS, AND, AND AS, UH, LOOKING AT ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. BUT CAN YOU SPLIT THAT UP BY AGE GROUP? NOT SO MUCH.
I MEAN, IS IT WATCHING CARTOONS OR, OR, OR, I'M NOT SAYING ABOUT THAT, WHAT THEIR CONTENT IS IS, BUT ARE THERE BASICALLY JUST ELEMENTARY OR, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TWO BUCKETS, IF NOT THREE BUCKETS FOR AGE? I'M GLAD THAT YOU ASKED THAT.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ONE CHILDREN'S AND YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN WHO JUST STARTED LAST WEEK ACTUALLY.
UM, AND SO SHE'S, UM, SERVING FAMILIES WITH INFANTS ALL THE WAY TO 17 YEARS OLD.
AND SO A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS, WHAT YOU'LL SEE, AND I'LL, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT SORT OF OUR PROGRAM CALENDAR AND HOW WE PUT IT TOGETHER.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE TRY TO CATER TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE LIKE WHO'S GONNA COME.
AND PLUS WE, WHEN WE DO HAVE THINGS LIKE TEENS AND TWEENS SPECIFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A CRAFT HOUR OR WHATEVER, WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE LITTLES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME AS FAMILIES.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO, TO LOOK AT, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY START.
IT'S MORE, LIKE I SAID, GOING FORWARD LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR IS WHATEVER Y'ALL ARE CAPABLE OF AND WORKING WITH IT, YOU KNOW, YOUR INTERNAL IT IS HOW YOU CAN TRACK WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT AND INVITE WHATEVER AGE GROUP, BUT SURE.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY LOOKS GREAT, THANK YOU.
JUST TO ADD ON TO SOMETHING THAT THE CUSTOMER SAID, WHEN WE'RE DOING, UM, LIBRARY CARDS, CAN WE, I GUESS SAME THING GOING FORWARD, CAN WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN CITY LIMITS ETJ AND NOT ETJ BRINGING UP? 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES, ONCE THEY'VE HAD A BIG LIBRARY EXPANSION, THEY DO KIND OF START CHARGING ETJ PEOPLE SOME COSTS.
BECAUSE AS I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMITTEE, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WHO ALL'S PAYING? I'M LIKE, WELL IT BE THE CITY.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HOW DO THESE PEOPLE PAY IT? I'M LIKE, WELL, AT SOME POINT WE'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT TO WHERE IF THE, IF THE PEOPLE, THE CITY PAY MONEY, PEOPLE ETJ GOT HELP, EVERYBODY'S GOTTA HELP FIND THE BUILDING.
BUT, BUT IF IT'S 50 OF THE 19 HOUR CARTS OR ETJ, IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH DOING.
IF IT'S 1400 OF 'EM ARE ETJ, IT'S LIKE, HOLY COW.
I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS THAT BIG OF A YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY START, UH, PULLING THAT.
WE CURRENTLY, WE DON'T EVEN JUST SAY HU RESIDENTS, WE SAY HU ISD, UH, BOUNDARIES.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ROUND ROCK ADDRESSES THAT ARE ACTUALLY, UH, THEY GOT THE FREE HU LIBRARY CARD BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE ISD.
UH, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T, WE, WE CHARGE RIGHT NOW WE CHARGE $10 FOR TWO YEAR, A TWO YEAR TERM.
SO $5 A YEAR ROUGHLY, UH, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S OUTSIDE OF, UM, THE HU ISD, UM, BOUNDARIES OR THAT AREN'T WORKING FOR HU ISD OR U CHECK.
'CAUSE WE DID EXPAND, UH, FREE CARTS FOR THOSE AREAS.
BUT, UM, THERE ARE, BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER LIBRARIES LIKE ROUND ROCK FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE AND PAY THE $10 FOR THE TWO YEARS THAT LIVE IN ROUND ROCK AND ROUND ROCK BOUNDARIES, UM, OR OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF ROUND ROCK BOUNDARIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SORT OF A SYSTEM WHERE WHEN YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP, YOU DON'T GET ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.
AND THEN IF, SINCE I DON'T LIVE IN ROUND ROCK, IF I WANTED A ROUND ROCK CARD, IT WOULD COST ME $125 A YEAR.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE BIGGER, BIGGER PLACES CAN HAVE LIKE DIFFERENT KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT YES, FAMILIAR I'M GOING WITH THIS IS MM-HMM
PEOPLE, OH LOOK WHAT ROUND ROCK HAS, WELL, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PRICING STRUCTURE.
AND SO IF YOU WANT AMENITIES LIKE OTHER CITIES IN COMPARISON, OTHER CITIES, THEN WE NEED TO AT LEAST ENTERTAIN THE PRICING STRUCTURE THAT THE CITIES HAVE.
BECAUSE THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE SAME AMENITIES BUT NOT THE SAME COST WHERE THERE'S A WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO FUND THAT.
OR LEANDER, I THINK CEDAR PARK IS BUILT ON A BRAND NEW LIBRARY.
AND SO ALL THIS STUFF IS BEING DONE DIFFERENT WAYS.
OUR SYSTEM I THINK IS GREAT NOW.
I THINK LIBRARIES OUGHT BE OPEN TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT'S ALSO NOT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, I WOULD SAY YOU ALL ON THE BOARD WANT, IF YOU GO SPEND 20 OR $30 MILLION, SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
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RIGHT.IT, IT MAY NOT ALL JUST BE THE CITY OF HU.
IT MAY ALSO BE ISE BOUNDARIES, NOT IN THE CITY.
IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE AROUND 150 BUCKS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT.
BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING, JUST ENOUGH FOR ME AND, AND HOPEFULLY OTHERS, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY NOT IN THE CITY? HOW MANY ARE OUT? IS IT EVEN WORTH MESSING WITH? I DON'T THINK IT, IT'S, BUT I DON'T KNOW IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY, WE DID AWAY ON FINES, IT WAS LIKE MM-HMM
YOU'RE SPENDING MORE THAN THAT ON LABOR COLLECTING THE NICKEL THAN YOU WERE JUST SAYING.
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT MAKING, YOU KNOW, MONEY ON THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO DO YOU, DO YOU EVEN HAVE THE DATA TO LOOK IT UP? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A HOW TO ADDRESS AND THEY'RE NOT IN HOW TO, RIGHT.
SO, UM, MY DATA PERSON, MY STATS PERSON IS TANYA.
UM, SO I WILL HAVE TO ASK HER SPECIFICALLY IF SHE CAN PULL THAT DATA FROM WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO GO IN WHEN WE, WHEN I, WHEN I CREATE A LIBRARY ACCOUNT FOR SOMEBODY, LET'S SAY THEY HAVE A ROUND ROCK ADDRESS, BUT THEY'RE WITHIN, HOW DO ISD BOUNDARIES, THERE'S SOME TOGGLES THAT I HAVE TO, UM, SWITCH OVER IN THEIR ACCOUNT SO THAT IT BECOMES A FREE CARD.
SO THERE MAY BE A WAY TO TRACK THOSE TOGGLES, BUT THAT WOULDN'T COVER THE HU ETJ BECAUSE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE HU ETJ NOT IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR'S GETTING AT IS I SEE.
I WOULD SAY SOMETHING MAYBE JUST GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SPEND, RIGHT.
I ALWAYS TELL JAMES ALL THE TIME, I, I'M NOT IN FOR MORE FTES.
AND SO YOU DON'T WANNA CREATE MORE WORK AND GO BACK WHEN, WHEN IT'S GONNA, WE GOT A FEW YEARS TO GATHER THE INFORMATION, SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT GOING FORWARD THAT, YOU KNOW.
CAN I OFFER A SUGGESTION? YEAH.
I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO CROSS REFERENCE, LIKE IF YOU DUMP ALL OF THE ADDRESSES AND COMPARE IT AGAINST THE CITY UTILITY EMAIL OR, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
ADDRESSES AND YOU COULD KIND OF SEE IT FROM THERE.
'CAUSE IF THERE'S NOT, YOU COULD SEE ISSUES.
UM, THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO ARE NOT ON CITY UTILITIES.
SO THAT PRIVACY ISSUES AT THAT POINT, WELL, I MEAN, THE CITY WOULD HANDLE IT, BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST HALF AT LEAST AT SEEING AT WHAT THE LANDSCAPE OF CURRENT LIBRARY.
BUT MAYBE IT'S MAYBE THE MEMBERSHIPS AND THEN NOW THEY, MAYBE WE POTENTIALLY THE MEMBERSHIPS COST MONEY, BUT IF YOU SHOW LIKE A HU UTILITY BILL OR SOME OTHER THING, THEN THE MEMBERSHIP HAS WAIVED.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET TO THAT POINT.
AND I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT PRIVACY BECAUSE LIKE TO ME, ANYTHING YOU PRINT ON A PRINTER DOWN THERE IS PROBABLY COULD BE ARGUED AS PUBLIC RECORD.
THE UTILITY BILLING IS ALL INTERNALLY ANYWAY.
AND SO ALL THAT STUFF IS, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALIZE, UH, JUST 'CAUSE YOUR PHOTO COPY AND SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN LIKE IT JUST STAYS WITH YOU.
UM, AND SO I THINK A LOT OF THAT STUFF WE CAN FIGURE OUT.
WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE WE HAVE SAFEGUARDS.
AND I, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT ADVOCATING RAISING, BUT IF YOU CAME BACK AND SAID 1500 PEOPLE ARE LIVING OUTSIDE E TJ, THEN I'M LIKE, MAYBE PAY $15 A YEAR BECAUSE WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RATE? EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS NOW PAYING MORE, BUT IF IT'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE, IT'S NOT WORTH MESSING WITH BECAUSE WE'LL SPEND MORE MONEY COLLECTING THAT, THEN I'LL DO MORE RESEARCH AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A CLOSE NUMBER.
AT LEAST SOME, SOME WAY TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
YOU LOOKING AT THIS AS A, A REVENUE SOURCE TO HELP FUND? UH, THE, FOR ME IT'S, IT IS MORE FAIR IF WE BUILD, AGAIN, 20 MILLION LIBRARY, LET'S SAY PEOPLE'S TAXES IS GOING UP TO A HUNDRED BUCKS A YEAR.
AND THE CITY, IF THE CITIZENS' GOTTA PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR, TO ME, ETJ AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN E TJ, THEY'LL PAY YOU A HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WAY WE ALL, AT LEAST THERE, RIGHT.
IN THE CITY, YOU'RE PAYING WHETHER YOU PARTICIPATE OR NOT.
IN E TJ, YOU ONLY PAY IF YOU PARTICIPATE.
BUT THE NUMBERS, AGAIN, IF WE'RE ONLY RAISING THREE GRAND DOING IT, THAT'S NOT GONNA COVER THE DEATH.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU SAID FOR $10 MILLION AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS A LIBRARY CARD, UH, YOU'D NEED, YOU KNOW, 20, 20,000 PEOPLE FOR FIVE YEARS TO OFFSET THAT 10 MILLION.
I'M SEEING THAT SEARCH, THE ADDRESSES THAT MATCH E PJ, YOU CAN DO A BOUNDARY SEARCH AND LOOK FOR ADDRESSES THAT SPECIFICALLY TRIGGER ETJ.
AND THAT WAY YOU'RE STILL JUST USING THE RECORDS THAT YOU HAVE VERSUS HAVING TO, TO DIG DEEPER.
IT IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOG DOWN AND IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST, UH, WELL IT'S, IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING NUMBER TO SEE FOR SURE.
UM, SO I REALLY WANTED TO, THIS IS THE SORT OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF ACTUALLY THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT, UM, THAT I FOCUSED ON BEING HERE IN THE LAST 15 MONTHS IS BRINGING AWARENESS TO WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I HAVE CONVERSATIONS DAILY WITH PEOPLE, UM, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT DO COME TO OUR PROGRAMS WHEN I GO GRAB LUNCH,
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YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT ABOUT WHAT HU DO PUBLIC LIBRARY DOES.SO THIS IS REALLY A SORT OF AN AWARENESS OF AWARENESS PIECE.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THIS, BUT, UM, EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER GOT A CALENDAR THAT HAS OUR OCTOBER OFFERINGS AND ON ONE SIDE AND OUR NOVEMBER OFFERINGS ON THE OTHER.
AND IT'S, IT, IT'S REALLY MORE FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT WE'RE OFFERING THE, THE, THE RANGE IN WHAT WE'RE OFFERING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, THREE THINGS.
WE HAVE TWO THINGS THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UM, GOING ON DOWNSTAIRS BECAUSE OUR, UH, HPL FRIENDS IS NOT LISTED ON OUR PROGRAMS CALENDAR, BUT WE HAVE, UM, A WHOLE GROUP OF, UH, MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT NOW.
UM, BEFORE THAT WE HAD WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
WE'VE JUST STARTED THIS WITH THEM.
THEY'RE, THEY ARE, UH, WITH US EVERY THURSDAY NOW FROM TWO TO FOUR.
AND IT IS JUST OPEN OFFICE HOURS.
WE RESERVE, UM, ONE OF THE STUDY ROOMS FOR THEM DURING THAT TIME SO THAT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND NEEDS ASSISTANCE, THEY CAN DO THAT PRIVATELY AS THEY TALK WITH THE PERSON FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR MONTHLY HOMESCHOOL MEETUP.
WE HAD ABOUT 25, UM, KIDDOS OUT.
AND TODAY THEY GOT TO MEET ROCKET FROM THE CANINE, UH, UNIT, WHICH WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, AND KIND OF HEAR ABOUT HIS TRAINING AND WHAT HE DOES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, SO THAT'S JUST IN ONE DAY.
UM, YOU CAN SEE OTHER TRADITIONAL OFFERINGS, LIKE STORY TIMES.
UH, SENIORS ARE REALLY WHERE WE PUT OUR FOCUS SENIORS AND TEENS.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, OUR SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR, UM, WAS A, A REALLY EASY AND QUICK, UH, WAY FOR US TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER TO REALLY BRING OUR SENIORS IN TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, TO FEEL WELCOME, TO MAKE CONNECTIONS, BUT ALSO TO TALK TO AND SEE WHAT IT IS THEY NEED.
UM, SO DURING THAT SOCIAL HOUR, WE ACTUALLY TALK TO 'EM AND SAY, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN? AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS AFTER WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU'LL SEE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT MAYBE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, UH, BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE SAID, UM, TO US.
AND THEN US ASKING AROUND A BIT MORE.
UH, WE ALSO DO PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE 20TH, WE HAVE GOLDEN TOUCH CRAFTS FOR SENIORS THAT WE ACTUALLY DO AT THE TRAILS OF CARMEL CREEK.
SO WE, WE USE OUTSIDE SPACES AS WELL.
UH, THE REASON THAT WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR LIBRARY, UM, AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS, UH, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE IN OUR SPACE, UM, OUR LIBRARY CAN HOLD 48 PEOPLE.
AND OUR LARGE MEETING ROOM, WE CALL IT THE LARGE MEETING ROOM, UM, IS 36, IS THE MOST THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE.
AND SO IF WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS EITHER GOING TO GO OVER THOSE NUMBERS OR WE NEED MORE SPACE, LIKE FOR MOBILITY, LIKE FOR SENIORS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE TRY TO FIND, UM, SPACES OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY THAT WE CAN USE.
I KNOW OVER THE SUMMER WE PROBABLY AN ANNOYED EVERYBODY IN CITY HALL BECAUSE WE'RE CONSTANTLY USING, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR OUR PERFORMERS, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HOLDS I THINK ALMOST 200 OR 2 25 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL STAFF? I DON'T KNOW.
UH, WELL, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT ANNOYING ANYBODY, BUT WE DO GET KIND OF LOUD AND, AND THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME.
BUT WE DO THAT ALSO DURING THE YEAR FOR LIKE, OUR CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS.
THINGS WHERE WE NEED MORE SPACE, WHERE WE KNOW FAMILIES ARE COMING IN, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE.
UM, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO UTILIZE SPACES OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A THERAPY DOG THAT COMES FROM DIVINE CANINES EVERY MONTH.
AND WE HAVE KIDDOS THAT ARE STRUGGLING READERS AND THEIR PARENTS BRING THEM TO, UM, TO MISS HANNAH.
UM, AND SHE, THEY GET TO PRACTICE READING FOR HER AND, WHICH IS SO MUCH MORE FUN THAN SITTING AT HOME AND TRYING TO SOUND IT OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT COME EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR, UH, TO SEE MISS HANNAH AND DO THAT READING.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE DECIDED.
UM, 'CAUSE WE USUALLY DID LIKE A BOO BASH AND IT WAS ONE EVENT REALLY CLOSE TO HALLOWEEN, BUT WE DECIDED THAT BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES, ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEEDBACK, UH, POINTS THAT THEY KEPT GIVING US WAS EVERY, ESSENTIALLY EVERYONE'S BUSY.
SO IF I ASK YOU WHAT DAYS, WHAT EVENINGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS, WHAT EVENINGS ARE GOOD FOR YOU, EVERYBODY'S GONNA SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT, RIGHT? UH, SO WE DECIDED TO HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE EVENING DURING, UH, THE WEEK OF HALLOWEEN SO THAT FAMILIES CAN PICK AND CHOOSE AND THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A PERFORMER COMING.
SHE LIVES IN THE AUSTIN AREA, AND SHE'S GONNA DO, UH, SPOOKY STORIES.
WE, UH, RECEIVED A MATCHING GRANT FOR THAT, FOR HER TO COME.
UM, AND JUST TO BRING UP, AS FAR AS PERFORMERS, WE TRY TO CHOOSE PERFORMERS THAT ARE LOCAL SO THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR, UM, OVERNIGHT STAYS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OR THAT CAN TRAVEL HERE WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO.
UM, AND WE ALSO USE THE TEXAS, UM, COMMISSION OF THE ARTS FOR THEIR MATCHING GRANTS.
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OF THOSE, UM, THREE DURING FISCAL YEAR, UH, 25.AND THEN WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, ANOTHER ONE ALREADY FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 26.
UM, AND WE TRY TO USE THOSE TO HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THOSE PERFORMANCES.
AND THEN I THINK THAT'S, YOU, YOU CAN JUST, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE BUSY FOR OCTOBER AND THEN NOVEMBER.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME DAYS, LIKE THURSDAY SEEMS TO BE OUR BIGGEST DAY AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED.
AND SO THERE ARE DAYS THAT WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
UM, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN REALLY LUCKY WITH ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT I'VE DONE AND JUST VISITING LOCAL BUSINESSES, TALKING TO PEOPLE, ATTENDING, UM, YOU KNOW, CHAMBER EVENTS.
JUST DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I HAVE FOUND, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LOCALLY THAT WANNA HELP AND THAT WANT TO, UH, VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.
UH, SO EVERYBODY THAT YOU SEE ON OUR NOVEMBER CALENDAR, WE DIDN'T PAY, UH, WE DIDN'T PAY ANY MONEY FOR ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, UM, TO COME TO THE LIBRARY.
THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, OR THROUGH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SAID THAT HAVE MADE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU KNOW, TO COME TALK TO ME AND SAID, WHERE CAN I FILL IN? WHERE IS THE NEED? HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT I'M AN EXPERT IN OR WHAT I DO WELL, HOW CAN I HELP? AND SO WE FOUND WAYS, UH, TO UTILIZE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS REALLY WANT US TO DO SOME KIND OF VOLUNTEERING THING.
AND WHAT WE WERE KIND OF TOLD THEN, AS I REMEMBER, WAS IT JUST DOESN'T WORK OUT.
AND IT WAS LIKE, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A LIBRARY THAT DIDN'T HAVE SOME SORT OF VOLUNTEER SYSTEM.
WE, WE DE THESE ALL THE YEARS I SPENT IN THE LIBRARY CAMPED OUT.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D BRING UP IS NOT NECESSARILY A CRITIQUE AS MAYBE A SUGGESTION OR AN OPINION.
I SHOWED IT TO JAMES WHILE BACK.
I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE CALENDAR, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE SOMETIMES THERE WAS LIKE, AND MAYBE YOU GUYS DO THIS, THERE'D BE LIKE A LEGO HOUR.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, HE, HE TOLD ME, I THINK HE SAID WHAT THE, THE LIBRARY SYSTEM'S CHANGED SINCE I WAS, SPENT MY HIGH SCHOOL THERE.
I STILL THINK IT OUGHT TO BE SOME SORT OF ALERTING.
I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH, YOU KNOW, ESL TYPE SITUATIONS.
OUR READING SCORES OUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, FOR ME, IT'D BE NICE IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LEGO HOUR.
IT IS TIED TO SOME KIND OF BOOK OR SOMETHING THAT THEN SOMEONE'S READING.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I REALLY, I'M GONNA STRUGGLE WITH FOR A WHILE IS THERE WAS LIKE A BACK TO THE FUTURE MOVIE MM-HMM
AND I WAS JUST LIKE, IF I'M BEING HONEST, I WAS LIKE, I CAN'T SUPPORT BUILDING A BIGGER LIBRARY FOR MOVIE.
BUT, BUT JUST IMAGINE MM-HMM
IF WE, WE GOT A FAIR WAY TO TIE IT TO ME.
WE GOT A FAIR WAY TO TIE SOME EDUCATION INTO IT SO THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY START SCRUTINIZING EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE'RE NOT GOING LIKE, WELL, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS.
WE CAN SAY, LOOK, YOU SHOULD GO TO, THEY GO, YOU SHOULD GO TO THIS, YOU SHOULD GO TO THE REPTILE.
BECAUSE IT DIDN'T JUST PET SNAKES.
THE KIDS ALL CHECKED OUT, YOU KNOW, BOOKS ON REPTILES.
AND SO THEY GOT IN, I SAID, NOT SEEING YOU GUYS DO IT OR YOU DO DO IT, OR WHATEVER.
IT'S JUST THINGS THAT OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IF WE CAN WORK TO COMMUNICATE SURE.
THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, SO THAT WHEN WE COME TIME TO BORROW MONEY AND CHARGE PEOPLE, WE COULD DO AN ADVANTAGE WHERE THEY'RE SUPER SUPPORTIVE.
LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY WANTS A NEW POLICE STATION BECAUSE THEY IMPACTS 'EM EVERY DAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY'S IMPACTED BY A LIBRARY AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO THINK SO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WELL, AND TO SPEAK TO THINGS LIKE THE LEGO HOUR, THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST NEEDS THAT JUST LIBRARIES IN GENERAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES FILL IS CONNECTION.
UM, THERE'S ALSO AN EPIDEMIC OF ISOLATION AFTER, UH, COVID.
UM, A LOT OF THE, THE TRAINING AND, AND THINGS THAT I, UM, DO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON, OR SPECIFICALLY HOW THE LIBRARY CAN MEET THE, UH, THE NEEDS OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE, LIKE SENIOR SENIORS OR OTHER PEOPLE, UM, WHO, UM, ARE NOW HAVE NOW BECOME ISOLATED, UH, IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID.
SO OUR, LIKE OUR LEGO, LEGO TIME.
UM, NOW I'M NOT GONNA TAKE PICTURES OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, BUT WHAT WE SEE IS WE SEE FAMILIES THAT ARE GETTING TOGETHER.
THEY'RE MEETING OTHER FAMILIES, THEY'RE MAKING PLAY DATES AFTER THAT.
SO IT'S, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS MAY NOT HAVE A, AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THEM.
MEANING I MAY NOT DO A STORY TIME WITH IT OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME HANDS-ON LIKE SEPARATE ACTIVITY.
UH, BUT IT IS, IT IS MEETING THAT NEED FOR CONNECTION.
SO SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS JUST ABOUT CONNECTING.
UM, AND OUR FAMILIES, ONE OF, ONE OF THE, UH, SURVEYS THAT WE DID WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I KEPT HEARING, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FAMILIES HERE IN HUDU, HOW DO I MEET OTHER FAMILIES THAT HAVE SMALL KIDS? AND WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, WHAT DO I DO? I'VE GOT THESE, YOU KNOW, INFANTS OR, UH, LITTLE ONES, WHERE DO I MEET PEOPLE? AND SO THE LIBRARY HAS COME BECOME THAT SPOT FOR THOSE, THOSE FAMILIES.
UM, AND SO, AND YOU'LL SEE IN SOME OF THESE PICTURES THAT I SHOW YOU, THIS IS JUST SORT OF A LITTLE PHOTO
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MONTAGE OF SOME OF THE FUN WE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE WITH SMALL KIDS OR DIFFERENT AGES OF KIDS.
AND WHAT WE FIND IS AFTER EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU WERE SITTING NEXT TO OR WHO THE KIDS GRAVITATED TOWARDS, THEY'RE MAKING, UH, PLANS AFTERWARDS.
SO I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP.
IT'S NOT, UM, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LIKE, EDUCATION IS, IS OBVIOUSLY NUMBER ONE, LITERACY IS NUMBER ONE, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE JUST THERE FOR THAT CONNECTION PIECE.
AND TO BUILD COMMUNITY IT'S BALANCE.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID THIS SUMMER.
UM, THIS IS A GENTLEMAN THAT GOES BY THE TERRANCE TAPS, AND HE CAME AND, UH, THE KIDDOS HAD AN AMAZING TIME AND HE DOES AN ENTIRE PROGRAM, NOT JUST WHERE HE PERFORMS FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BUT HE ALSO TEACHES THE CHILDREN HOW TO DO, UH, MOVES OF THEIR OWN.
UM, HE ALSO HAS A FREE TUTORING SERIES THAT HE DOES.
UM, AND SO HE WAS ABLE TO GIVE ALL OF THE, UH, THE PARENTS, UH, BEFORE THEY LEFT A LINK TO THAT SO THAT THE KIDS COULD CONTINUE TO LEARN AFTER THE FACT.
SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE, UH, WHEN WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER OUR SUMMER PROGRAM, WE WANTED IT TO REALLY ENCOMPASS MORE INTEREST, BECAUSE IT ISN'T ALWAYS JUST ABOUT STORY TIME, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT, UM, SOME CHILDREN MUSIC IS THEIR JAM, RIGHT? OR MAYBE, UM, SOME SORT OF LIKE DANCE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE TRIED TO REALLY HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF INTERESTS.
UM, MET WITH ALL OF OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM, UM, PERFORMERS.
AND WE TOOK A TON OF DATA FROM THAT SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHAT WAS SUCCESSFUL, WHAT WASN'T.
WELL, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, IT WAS ALSO SUCCESSFUL.
UM, WE HAD, UH, ONE OF THE BEST SUMMER WE'VE EVER SEEN, UM, AS FAR AS ATTENDANCE, NOT JUST TO THE PROGRAMS, BUT IN, UH, OPENING LIBRARY ACCOUNTS AND, UM, PARTICIPATING IN OUR READING PROGRAM.
UH, WE PARTNERED WITH HU OISD SO THAT, UM, THOSE STUDENTS WERE, UM, THEY ALSO GOT TO HEAR ABOUT OUR READING PROGRAMS. WE DID OUTREACH WITH THEM.
AND SO A LOT OF THEM CAME AND GOT CARDS AND PARTICIPATED.
SO WE BECAME, WE FILLED THAT GAP OVER THE SUMMER WHERE THEY CAN'T ACCESS THEIR LIBRARIAN, UM, AND THEIR LIBRARY.
THIS IS, UM, A LOCAL STORYTELLER.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET A MATCHING GRANT THROUGH TCA, THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF THE ARTS, UH, TO BRING HER, UH, YOU MAY HAVE, UH, MET MS. ELIZABETH KAHO.
SHE'S, UM, SHE IS A HU RESIDENT AND SHE TRAVELS ALL OVER, WELL, NOT JUST IN TEXAS.
I KNOW SHE, SHE TRAVELS ALL OVER THE NATION.
UH, SHE SPECIFICALLY DOES STORYTELLING, AFRICAN FOLK TALES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
I MET HER AT THE KWANZA CELEBRATION THAT WAS HAD AT THE, UM, DISCOVERY HU EVENT CENTER.
UM, AND SHE SAID, OH, YEAH, I LIVE IN HU DO I COME TO THE LIBRARY? AND I SAID, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN, UH, PERFORMING FOR US? AND SHE SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE SECOND TIME THAT WE HAD HER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A MATCHING GRANT, UM, TO BRING HER HERE.
UM, AND HER PERFORMANCE, YOU CAN SEE IS A BUNCH OF, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS.
MOVEMENTS, STORYTELLING, MUSIC, UM, AND SHE ALWAYS BRINGS OUT A REALLY GOOD CROWD.
WE ALSO, UM, REACHED OUT TO, UH, THIS GENTLEMAN WHO'S IN THE AUSTIN AREA, AND WE ASKED HIM IF HE'D BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING, UM, HE'S A, HE'S FAMOUS, I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T, UM, HIS, WHAT HIS NAME WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BUT, UM, HE DOES INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC.
AND SO HE BROUGHT WITH HIM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO KNEW WHO HE WAS.
UM, AND THEY CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY JUST TO SEE HIM.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF PODO AS WELL THAT CAME.
UH, WE EVEN HAD A LADY WHO, UM, SHE GREW, SHE GROWS INDIAN VEGETABLES IN HER PERSONAL GARDEN.
AND BECAUSE SHE KNEW WE WERE HAVING THIS PROGRAM, SHE BROUGHT A WHOLE, UH, BUCKET OF INDIAN, UM, VE VEGETABLES TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
THAT'S THE KIND OF FELLOWSHIP AND CONNECTION THAT WE SEE AT THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE EVEN HAD A PIRATE, BECAUSE WHO DOESN'T LOVE PIRATES? RIGHT? PIRATES.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, WELL, YOU CAN SEE ONE PART OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, WE HAD A, WE HAD A LOT OF KIDDOS OUT, UH, FOR THAT, THAT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF OUR, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, NOT PICTURED OR THINGS LIKE OUR CHEMISTRY ROAD SHOW.
UM, OUR REPTILE, UH, GUY THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS A TON OF DIFFERENT SCARY LITERARY REPTILES.
UM, AND WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME UP FOR THAT ONE AS WELL TOO.
AND I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP.
AND I, AND I WILL SAY THIS, I AM A VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE NEXT FEW SLIDES BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH MY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, GETTING ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THEM, UM, HAVING THEM HELP ME WITH FINDING CONNECTIONS
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OUT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THESE THINGS.BUT THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE ALL OF THE, THE INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH, EITHER FOR A PROGRAM, FOR AN EVENT, OR FOR SPONSORSHIP OR ANY OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHAT EACH PERSON OR EACH, UM, PLACE THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW.
I JUST WANNA BE AWARE OF TIME.
SO HOW DO WINE BAR, UM, WE HAVE DONE A WOMEN'S TRIVIA NIGHT FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WITH THEM.
WE, UM, OUR HU UM, PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUP HAS A QUARTERLY BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK WITH THEM THAT IS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.
NOT JUST FOR THE HURO PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS GROUP, BUT ALSO FOR MS. MEG WHO OWNS, UM, HURO WINE BAR AND HER EMPLOYEES WHO BEGGED TO WORK ON BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK NIGHT.
BECAUSE APPARENTLY PEOPLE WHO READ ALSO TIP VERY WELL
SO, UH, THEY REALLY, REALLY LIKE THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE JUST A STANDING EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS WE, WE DO THAT.
WE HAD, UM, AN AFTERNOON BOOK TASTING AT LAMPPOST COFFEE.
THEY'VE ALSO, UM, DONATED, UH, COFFEE AND SNACKS FOR OUR SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR IN THE PAST.
UM, I WORK WITH TRAILS OF CARMEL CREEK.
UM, THEY HAVE, I I WANNA SAY IN THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, THEY'VE HAD SOMETHING CRAZY, LIKE 20 DIFFERENT MANAGERS.
UM, AND THEY DO NOT HAVE REALLY A, A PROGRAM SCHEDULE AT ALL.
AND SO I WENT, I WENT TO COFFEE.
I GOT INVITED TO COFFEE BY MISS LUCINDA, UM, WHO IS KIND OF LIKE THE KEY HOLDER TO IT ALL RIGHT? UM, AND I SAID, I WOULD LOVE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU GUYS NEED.
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU, UH, THROUGH OUR HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO COME TO YOU.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A BOOK CLUB FOR THE LAST YEAR WITH, UM, AS A SENIOR BOOK CLUB.
AND, UM, WE DO, UM, OUR GOLDEN TOUCH CRAFTS, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY EXTENDED THAT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF BECAUSE THEY TOLD US THAT THEY, THEY LOVE THAT TIME SO MUCH.
THEY NEEDED AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO TALK BEFORE THEY GOT STARTED ON THE CRAFTS.
SO NOW IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF INSTEAD OF AN HOUR.
UM, THE DISCOVERY EVENT CENTER, WE DID, UM, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET, UM, SHE BROUGHT BEFORE HER BOARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RENT THAT SPACE FOR FREE.
THEY DID NOT APPROVE THAT, BUT WE DID GET A DISCOUNTED RATE.
UH, SO WE USED THAT, UH, SPACE FOR OUR CHEMISTRY ROAD SHOW SIMPLY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS BLOWING UP AND, AND IT'S CRAZY.
AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO USE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND, YOU KNOW, BE IN THE PAPER ESSENTIALLY.
UM, ROCKABILLY BREWING, I HAVE A, I DO A TRUE CRIME BOOK CLUB EVERY MONTH THERE.
UM, AND THEY DO THINGS FOR THE GROUP OF PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE EXTEND HAPPY HOUR OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO IT'S BENEFICIAL TO BOTH THE LIBRARY AND, UM, THE BUSINESS.
UM, WE'VE DONE A BRUSH AND BOND, WHICH WAS A, A HAIR TUTORIALS FOR CAREGIVERS AND PARENTS.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A, UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY MY HAIRDRESSER AND I ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD PLEASE COME AND SHOW CAREGIVERS, OR EVEN LIKE DADS HOW TO DO THEIR LITTLE GIRL'S HAIR OR THEIR LITTLE BOYS' HAIR.
UM, AND SO WE, WE HAD A A A GREAT SHOWING FOR THAT.
AND SOME OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES ARE OF THE DADS WITH THEIR DAUGHTERS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE JUST BOTH AS PROUD AS CAN BE BECAUSE THEY DID IT, WHETHER IT WAS PIGTAILS, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, BUT, UM, WE WERE ASKED TO CONTINUE THAT.
UM, THAT PROGRAM, UH, WE'VE GOT REALTORS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN, UM, DOING FREE CLASSES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOME BUYERS.
NOT SPECIFICALLY TO GAIN BUSINESS FOR THEMSELF, BUT JUST AS AN EDUCATIONAL KIND OF PLATFORM, UH, TO SHARE RESOURCES.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, CHICK-FIL-A IS AMAZING.
THEY DID A, THEY DID A WHOLE THING FOR US, UM, HERE, AND THEY BROUGHT, UM, PRIZES FOR, FOR ALL OF THE KIDDOS.
WE DID SORT OF A FAMILY GAME DAY, AND THEY KICKED THAT OFF.
UM, THEY EVEN BROUGHT, DID YOU KNOW CHICK WAS A BIG BUS? THEY HAVE LIKE A HUGE BUS AND THEY HAVE A FAMILY OF COWS.
IT IS NOT JUST ONE COW, IT IS A FAMILY.
AND THEY BROUGHT THE WHOLE FAMILY.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE LOCAL BUSINESSES ON THERE, LIKE BAKED AND SCONES, STARBUCKS.
UH, WE DO OUTREACH AT THE LITTLE HIPPO DAYCARE.
UM, WE HAVE A KINDNESS ROCKS GARDEN.
IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, YOU'LL SEE IT.
THAT WAS WITH A GIRL SCOUT, LOCAL GIRL, GIRL SCOUT TROOP.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, STORY WALK THAT YOU GUYS APPROVED A FEW MONTHS BACK, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, WITH DAVID ON, UH, CHANGING OUT THOSE BOOKS AND KEEPING THAT STORY WALK GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UM, SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ARE THERE EVERY THURSDAY NOW, UH, FROM TWO TO FOUR, JUST OPEN HOURS, NO APPOINTMENTS NEEDED.
UH, WE HAVE DONE A FEW DIFFERENT RESOURCES FAIRS WITH U CHECK SO THAT WE CAN, UM, DO SOME OUTREACH THERE WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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SHOWING THEM THAT THEY COULD, THEY TOO CAN COME GET A HUDDLE LIBRARY CARD FOR FREE.UM, ALSO WE HAD HEARD THAT THEIR STUDY ROOMS ARE ALWAYS LIKE CRAZY BOOKED.
AND SO WE'RE LIKE, OH, COME OVER OVER TO THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, UM, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET ON, YOU'LL HAVE TO RESERVE IT, BUT WE HAVE THEM TOO.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME U CHECK, UM, STUDENTS COME OVER AND, AND USE OUR STUDY ROOMS. UM, I'M FROM ISD BACKGROUND.
I WORKED FOR 20 YEARS AND KALEEN, ISD.
AND SO THEY WERE MY FIRST CONTACT WHEN I GOT HERE.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING ON A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.
UM, A LOT OF IT IS COLLABORATIVE AS FAR AS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER ON DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY FUN THIS SUMMER WHEN THE READING PROGRAM THAT THEY USE AT HU DO ISD, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE BECAUSE THEY GOT TO USE IT AT HU PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
UM, AND THEN IN THE MONTH OF MAY, I VISITED PERSONALLY EVERY SINGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD, UH, AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH THE PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, THEY DO THEIR, UM, THEIR WELCOME, UH, BAGS THAT THEY DO.
UM, WE HAVE SOME SWAG IN THERE AS WELL AS OUR LIBRARY, UH, BROCHURE WHERE THEY CAN GET, UM, YOU KNOW, SCAN THE QR CODE AND GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD.
UH, COMMUNITIES IN ACTION IS WHO WE WORK WITH FOR OUR ESL CLASSES.
WE WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR FOOD DISTRIBUTION AS WELL AS THEIR GOLDEN CONNECTIONS DISTRIBUTION SO THAT WE CAN, UH, REACH SENIORS AS WELL, OF COURSE, THE CHAMBER.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I TALKED ABOUT.
WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS GROUP THAT, UM, HAS BEEN REVITALIZED.
I WOULD LOVE TO REPORT, I'M, I AM REPORTING THAT WE HAVE A FULL BOARD AND THAT WE ARE LIKE THIS CLOSE, UH, TO HAVING OUR 5 0 1 3 C STATUS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY IS.
I DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL, BUT, UH, WE'VE TURNED IN ALL THE PAPERWORK WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
UM, AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND WE'LL ACTUALLY GET TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE PROCLAMATION.
UH, WE WORK WITH THE COMMS DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF, UH, PARKS AND REC STUFF THAT WE DO IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING WITH EACH OTHER ON PROGRAMMING, BUT ALSO TO HELP SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
LIKE WE HELP SUPPORT THEIR, UM, THEIR CAMP, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY DO THE, THE CAMPFIRE.
UH, WEEKEND WE GO OUT AND WE READ AND WE DO, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE, WE WE'RE ALWAYS IN CONSTANT CONTACT TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
HURO PD, WE HAD THE, LIKE I SAID, THE, UM, CANINE, UM, OFFICER ROCK IT OUT TODAY.
UM, AND SO, UH, THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON REVITALIZING TOO, BUT WE'VE MET WITH THEM A FEW TIMES.
AND, UM, OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD IS REALLY INTERESTED IN WORK, PARTNERING WITH THEM FOR SOME FUTURE THINGS.
UM, AND ALSO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE, THROUGH OUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS, WE HAVE THE, THE BOOK THAT THAT COMMITTEE WORKED TOGETHER TO WRITE.
WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR ANYBODY WITH A HUDDLE, PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD.
UM, AND AS THEY UPDATE IT, THEY SEND US THE UPDATES AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE THAT, UH, DIGITALLY AS WELL.
DEIB COMMITTEE IS ALSO ONE WE'RE PARTNERS.
AND I CAN TALK ABOUT THEM IN A SECOND.
BUT YES, WE ALSO, UM, HAD A WORK SESSION WITH DEIB, WE, MEANING LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT THAT, UM, HERE, JUST A MOMENT.
BUT THAT WAS A, A GREAT COLLABORATION.
UM, HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOCAL AUTHORS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THESE NAMES, BUT THESE ARE HURO RESIDENTS WHO ARE PUBLISHED AUTHORS.
AND SO WE ARE BUILDING A GROUP OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY ONE DAY HAVE, UM, SORT OF A MEET AND GREET WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THE, THE AUTHORS HERE, AND PEOPLE CAN SEE WHO IN THEIR COMMUNITY ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED AUTHORS, UM, AND GET TO KNOW THEM.
TYSON, HE MIGHT BE THE YES, THE YOUNGEST ONE.
HE WAS DEFINITELY THE CUTEST ONE FOR SURE.
UM, HE WAS, HE GOT SO NERVOUS THAT HE COULDN'T READ DURING THE, UM, THEIR PRESENTATION.
BUT WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, HE CAME TO MY OFFICE AND HE SAID, I WANNA READ MY BOOK, THE OTHER KIDS.
I SAID, OKAY, YOU WANNA READ IT TO ME? AND HE SAID, SURE.
AND HE READ THAT THING FROM COVER TO COVER AND IT WAS AMAZING.
CHILDREN SPOKE WITH THE HIP HOP TEAM.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I TALKED TO HER, BUT I'LL REACH BACK OUT.
UM, AND THEN JUST IN THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AUSTIN AREA, THESE ARE ALL OF THE IN, UH, THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE WORKED WITH US IN SOME WAY.
UH, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SPEECH, UM, UH, COMMUN THE WOLF OAK CENTER FOR LANGUAGE DISORDER RESEARCH.
THEY CAME AND DID SPEECH SCREENINGS FOR FREE FOR, UM, FOR KIDDOS.
I THINK AGES FOUR TO EIGHT RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT, UH, PEOPLE LIKE MASTER GARDENERS, THOSE, THEY'RE THERE EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
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UM, A COUPLE OF THESE, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT LINE.UM, A COUPLE OF THESE I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER BECAUSE ONE OF, UM, ONE THING THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE STARTED TO GET SPONSORS AND DONORS.
AND SO A COUPLE OF THESE ARE ON THAT LIST, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN JUST A MOMENT.
YOU ONLY GOT COUNCIL MEMBERS, SPONSORS AND DONORS.
THESE ARE JUST THE GRANTS THAT WE GOT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
UM, WE GOT THE SUMMER READING GRANT FOR 2000.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER MATCHING GRANTS, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO PUT THESE GRANTS IN, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE GRANTS.
THESE ARE, THE SPONSORSHIPS IS FOR DUPER SMALL, BUT THIS IS JUST LITERALLY MY SPREADSHEET.
YOU CAN SEE SEPTEMBER WE STARTED, WE HAVE THREE COMPANIES, LOCAL COMPANIES THAT REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, HEY, HOW CAN WE HELP? UH, WE IDENTIFIED NEEDS, UM, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING FOOD AND DRINKS DONATED FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, LIKE OUR SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE DID OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME SWAP.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, SOME COSTUMES DONATED, UM, CANDY FOR THE UPCOMING FRUITS AT ORAIN, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE GETTING, THERE'S MORE WRITING AS WE, AS WE MOVE ON.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY INTO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY JUST FOR AWARENESS.
THESE ARE THE SERVICES WE CURRENTLY OFFER.
AND THEN UNDERLINED OUR NEW SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE FISCAL YEAR 26 SERVICES, UH, GENEALOGY, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
UH, WE, WE ACTUALLY STARTED A LITTLE EARLY, UM, NOTARY SERVICES, UH, TANYA, WHO'S THE LIBRARY MANAGER AND MYSELF, ARE GOING TO BECOME NOTARIES BECAUSE WE GET PEOPLE AT LEAST WEEKLY THAT COME IN AND ASK US IF WE HAVE A NOTARY.
SO, UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY A NEED.
YOU THINK THAT'LL START THE TIMING OF THAT? UM, I'M GONNA, I'M HONESTLY, I HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT.
UM, SO SIX MONTHS OR, OR SHORTER.
WE'RE GONNA START THE TRAINING SOON.
AND, UH, AND WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE CERTIFIED FOR THREE YEARS AT A TIME.
UM, AND THEN WE ARE HOPING, UH, FOR WIFI HOTSPOTS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING VOTED ON DOWNSTAIRS, UM, AT OUR HPL FRIENDS GROUP RIGHT NOW.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, WHEN THE INTERNET GOES OUT IN HUDDLE, IT IT, LIKE EVERYONE PANICS, RIGHT? UM, A LOT OF LIBRARIES HAVE FILLED A NEED WHEN THINGS LIKE HA THAT HAPPEN FOR OUR, UM, REMOTE WORKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BY HAVING HOTSPOTS THAT WE ACTUALLY CHECK OUT LIKE BOOKS.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS A, THAT IS AN ASK THAT I HAD OF OUR HPO FRIENDS.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED BECAUSE I MADE IT, UH, I PUT IT ON THE LIST.
COULD YOU PARTNER WITH THE HU DO ISD HOTSPOTS THROUGH THEIR IT? WELL, I, I CAN ASK THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY, UH, PROVIDED HOTSPOTS DURING COVID FOR THE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET.
SO THEY MIGHT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE.
AND THESE ARE JUST, I JUST DECIDED IT WAS EASIEST JUST TO PUT, UM, SORT OF THE, THE LOGOS FOR ALL OF OUR ONLINE RESOURCES.
OUR BIGGEST ONES, UH, THAT ARE USED ARE LIBBY, WHICH IS ONLINE BOOKS, UM, AND EBOOKS AND LINKEDIN LEARNING, WHICH WE'VE REALLY TALKED TO, UM, SMALL BUSINESS, UM, GROUPS AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THAT.
WE'VE HAD WHOLE, UM, CITY DEPARTMENTS COME AND GET THEIR LIBRARY CARDS SO THAT IF THERE IS A, UM, YOU REMEMBER HOW LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD ONE OR TWO DAYS WHERE CITY HALL SHUT DOWN, UH, BECAUSE OF THE ICE.
THIS GIVES, UM, AN AVENUE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING IN A, IN A NOT JUST BUSY WORK WAY, BUT ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARDS DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN LEARN THOUSANDS OF LANGUAGES FOR FREE.
YOU CAN, UM, THERE'S EVEN LAW HELP, UH, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, TO FILE.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY.
UM, SO ANYBODY WHO'S DOING THE, IF YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR GED OR UM, DOING THE TEST, THEY DON'T NEED TO BUY ANY OF THOSE STUDY MATERIALS.
WE HAVE THEM FOR FREE THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UH, COLLEGE PREP CENTER, MY OWN PERSONAL CHILD, UM, RECENTLY JUST, UM, USED ALL OF OUR COLLEGE PREP STUFF FOR THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A JOB AND CAREER ACCELERATOR.
AND THEN, UH, OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, I'LL LET THEM TALK, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MORGAN.
ABOUT THE DEIB COMMISSION COLLAB AND THE INITIATIVES.
YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY GOT TWO MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES MAX, BUT YEAH, MORE LIKE THREE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST WEEK.
SO, UM, THE LAST TIME WE MET, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE BETWEEN THE DEIV COMMISSION AND THEN THE LAB.
AND SO KARINA AND I HAD DISCUSSED, UM, UTILIZING THE SENIOR PROGRAMMING AT THE LIBRARY AS A WAY FOR THEM TO ADVERTISE THEIR WORK GROUPS, JUST TO GET THAT STARTED.
SO THE WORK GROUPS CAN'T START UNTIL WE KNOW WHO WANTS TO BE A PART OF IT, AND THEN THEY GO THROUGH FORMAL TRAINING.
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AND SO, UM, KRISTEN IS WORKING ON PULLING TOGETHER A LIST OF, OF THOSE SENIOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES SO WE CAN START, UM, ADVERTISING THAT OPPORTUNITY LESS THAN A MINUTE.AND THE PROCLAMATIONS AND, AND THE PROCLAMATIONS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LIKE RECENTLY SINCE WE MET LAST.
WE DID TALK ABOUT THAT IN LAB MEETING EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THEN FOR HPL FRIENDS, LIKE I, I GAVE YOU AN UPDATE ALREADY ON THEM.
UM, LOOK, IF YOU LIKE, UM, DRINKING WINE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU JUST LIKE, UH, READING AND, AND WANNA BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, COME SEE US AT THE BLIND DATE WITH THE BOOK.
UM, AND I WON'T, UM, SPEND A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIME ON THIS.
MY GOALS, UM, ARE THE SAME THIS FISCAL YEAR AS THEY WERE LAST FISCAL YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS GOAL.
UM, I ADJUSTED THIS GOAL TO UM, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED.
UM, ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT AND SECURING OUTSIDE SUPPORT FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS, DONATIONS FROM THE HPL FRIENDS GROUP AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY UPDATE I HAD FOR AS FAR AS THE GOALS ARE CONCERNED.
ANY QUESTIONS? APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND I KNOW IT'S NOT TOUGH WHEN WE'RE KEEPING YOUR BOXED IN.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WITH A LOT OF THE OTHER GROUPS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I TOLD, I SAID JAMES, I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW AND ALL THE SURVEY RESULTS RATED ITEM IN OUR CITY IS TRUCTURE.
THE SECOND TOP RATED THING BY FAR IS THAT WORK YOU GUYS.
AND SO ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY ARE NOTHING AS GOOD JOB.
OH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? IS THAT RECORDING, FILLING THAT OUT? RIGHT NOW, THE LIBRARY IS THE HIGHEST RATED CUSTOMER SERVICE ITEM, SO THE REST OF US GOT A LOT WORK TO DO.
THE COUNCIL I THINKS AT THE VERY BOTTOM.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.