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RIGHT.[Library Advisory Board on September 21, 2026.]
RECORDING IS GOING.IT'S SIX O'CLOCK AND I'LL CALL THE, UH, MEETING TO THE ADVISORY BOARD TO ORDER.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH ROLL CALL.
UM, EVERYBODY IS HERE EXCEPT FOR VERONICA MAXEY AND, UM, JAMES
THEY BOTH HAD A CONFLICT THAT WOULD BE ROLL CALL.
UM, WE'LL JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND I WILL DO, UM, UNDER CHAIR COMMENTS.
I WILL INTRODUCE OUR TWO NEW MEMBERS.
SO KRISTEN, DO YOU WANT OH YEAH.
SO THE, UM, HOW THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS, UH, PRESIDENT SENT THIS OVER TODAY.
UM, SHE WANTED ME TO KIND OF READ WHAT, SO IT WASN'T IN YOUR PACKET AHEAD OF TIME FOR YOU TO REVIEW.
UM, I WON'T READ LIKE EVERY SINGLE THING, BUT HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, IT'S IN THE QR OF THE PAPERWORK, I BELIEVE.
IT'S FRONT AND BACK AND IT SAYS FEDERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS AT THE TOP.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A TREASURER.
UM, THEIR FORMER TREASURER NOW WORKS AT THE HEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND SO, UM, SHE, UH, SHE WAS FANTASTIC, BUT THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR TREASURER.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE THE INFORMATION TO, UH, THE TEAM.
UH, THESE ARE THE, UM, THE PROGRAMMING UPDATES.
SO THEY JUST FINISHED THE BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK LAST WEEK.
UM, THEY HAVE ONE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
UH, WERE YOU THERE? I THINK I REMEMBER SEEING THE PICTURES, YES.
UM, WE'RE DOING A TEEN BOOK CLUB RIGHT NOW THAT MEETS, UM, ONCE A MONTH IN THE EVENINGS.
UH, THE SENIOR BOOK CLUB IS, UM, I DO THAT ONCE A MONTH ON THE SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH OVER AT TRAILS.
UM, AND THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE, UM, BOOKS.
UM, SUPER, SUPER CAN KEEP THEM IF THEY WANT TO.
UM, THEY ALSO PURCHASED A STORY TIME TOY CART, UH, WITH A BUNCH OF BRAND NEW TOYS.
OUR TOYS WERE LOOKING
UM, AND THEN UPCOMING, UM, THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING TACOS WITH SANTA.
UM, I THINK THAT WE WERE, UM, WE WEREN'T DONATING, TACOS WEREN'T DONATED TO US, BUT I THINK THEY ONLY PAID A DOLLAR PER TACO, BUT IT WASN'T A FUNDRAISER.
IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST, UM, SO THAT, WELL, PARENTS COULD BRING IN THOSE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURES WITH SANTA, UM, JUST SO THAT THERE WAS LIKE A FREE OPTION OUT THERE.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THE TACOS DONATED THIS TIME.
UH, BUT IT WAS NOT A FUNDRAISER, IT WAS JUST FOR, FOR FUND DISEASE.
AND THAT WAS HERE IN THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND WE HAD, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE MAYOR WAS OUR SANTA, UM, THE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING.
UM, SO THE, THE COUNCIL MET WITH, UM, CHRISTINE MARKS, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY CULTURE SERVICES.
UM, WHO'S, WHO'S KIND OF OVERALL OF THE OUTSIDE, UM, AGENCY FUNDING STAFF.
UM, THEY MET YOU CAN, UM, YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH IT.
'CAUSE I WASN'T PRESENT AT THE MEETING, BUT I WENT BACK AND WATCHED IT THE NEXT DAY.
UM, THE TONE WAS, UM, WHEN IT CAME TO THE LIBRARY SPECIFICALLY, 'CAUSE THERE WAS LOTS OF APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PUT IN, BUT SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THE LIBRARY WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THEY ASKING, UH, FOR MONEY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE A WHOLE, THEY'RE A FUNDRAISING BODY ESSENTIALLY, SO WHY ARE THEY ASKING FOR MONEY? UM, IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, UM, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON, HE SAID, I CAN SEE THEM ASKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP WITH FUTURE FUNDRAISING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BANNERS OR, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT WAS, UM, SOMETHING THAT I SHARED WITH THE, UM, HPL FRIENDS TO PUT ON OUR NOTE FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN I, I THINK THEY JUST CHOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, SUBMITTED AND THEY SPLIT THE FUNDS.
I THINK THERE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING OF LIKE, HBL FRIENDS IS NOT LAB, IT'S NOT THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND SO MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO BE MORE DILIGENT AND KIND OF LIKE MAKING SURE THAT WE REPRESENT THOSE ARE LIKE THREE SEPARATE ENTITIES.
AND SO WHEN WE DID THAT WHOLE MOU ABOUT HOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, I WONDER IF THAT NEVER REALLY CREATED SOME LIKE, MISUNDERSTANDING.
I THINK THERE WAS A FEW QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DURING THAT MEETING WHERE, UM, IT WAS LIKE, OOH, LIKE THAT'S NOT WHAT, UM, HPO FRIENDS DOES.
SO, UM, MAKING SURE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I'M MONTHLY SHARING THINGS WITH COUNCIL, BUT MAKING SURE THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF MY MONTHLY SHARE THAT
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MEMORANDUM.BUT JUST LIKE A SUMMARY OF IT AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY EACH OF US ARE DOING TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE, THE, THE, THE REASON WHY THE LIBRARY WAS JUST A NO BEGINNING, UH, JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING.
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION BECAUSE IT HELPS US PLAN FOR NEXT TIME.
UM, ON THE BACK, THEY HAVE SOME, UH, SOME OTHER ACTIVE, UH, FUNDRAISERS.
WE DO THE FILL A BAG AT BOOK SALE ALL OF THE TIME.
UM, THAT'S GONE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, WE HAD BAGS DONATED BY FIBER FIRST, SOME CAMPUS BAGS, SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE.
AND THEN WE JUST LET PEOPLE FILL THE BACKUP FOR $10.
UH, AND THAT'S GONE REALLY WELL.
I'VE ALSO CLEANED OUT OVER A THOUSAND BUCKS FROM MY OWN HOUSE,
IT'S LIKE A SELF CHECKOUT, RIGHT? SELF CHECKOUT CHECKOUT WITH THE QR CODE.
THOSE FUNDS GO DIRECTLY TO HBL FRIENDS.
SO THE LIBRARY IS NOT REQUIRED TO LIKE, HAVE ANY CASH HANDLING.
UM, I'M, DO YOU GUYS EVER GET CASH? WE DO, AND WE DO.
UM, AND LACEY COMES AND PICKS IT UP ONCE A WEEK.
UM, WE ARE SELLING FLAGS FROM THE FLAG PROGRAM.
UH, FOR EVERY FLAG THAT WE SELL FOR $5 FRIENDS GETS $2 OF THAT $5.
UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE SPIRIT NIGHTS.
THEY TRIED A SPIRIT NIGHT AT PANERA THAT WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO REDO THAT AND, UH, MAYBE LOOK AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
UM, AND THEN MEMBERSHIP VIEWS IS ALWAYS ONGOING.
SPIRIT NIGHTS AREN'T D THE PROGRAM WITH HRC AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN SENT THOSE, SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A FRIEND UP.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THEY, UM, THEY HAVE THE OPERATIONAL UPDATES.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO KEEP UP WITH THEM, JOIN THEIR HPL FRIENDS, UH, FACEBOOK PAGE.
I KNOW THEY APPRECIATE SHARE OUTS, JUST LIKE WE DO AT THE LIBRARY TO KIND OF, UM, INCREASE THE VISIBILITY.
AND THEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT, UH, PRESIDENT LACEY RANON HUDSON, UM, HAS COMPLETED.
SHE'S COMPLETED, UH, THREE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN, UM, THEIR GOALS ARE LISTED BELOW.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE THAT, UM, IT WITHIN THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT KEEPS US SORT OF KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING FOR.
AND THEN WE CAN SORT OF POSITION OURSELVES, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THAT WE LIBRARY AND ADVISORY REPORT.
UM, SO THEY YOUTH PROGRAMMING SUPPORT, UM, COMMUNITY BREEDING ENGAGEMENTS, AND THEN FUNDRAISING AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO THEY HAVE SOME ACTIVE REVENUE STREAMS. SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO CONTINUE TO GET THOSE, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT MONEY IN.
UM, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IDEAS.
UM, THEY ALSO, IT, IT'S NOT LISTED HERE, BUT I RECALL, UM, IN A MEETING, THEY, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REALLY FOCUS THEIR FUNDING ON PROGRAMS AS OPPOSED TO THINGS.
AND SO WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, WE, WE, WE LACKED SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY WENT AHEAD AND PURCHASED THOSE FIRST.
BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT PROGRAMMING.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE PAYING FOR, UM, A LOCAL, UH, COOKIE ARTIST, UM, TO COME IN FOR HALLOWEEN COOKIE DECORATING WITH FAMILIES, AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR HER SO THAT IT'S FREE TO THE PUBLIC TO COME IN.
AND SOME OF THE SUMMER PROJECTS ALSO, RIGHT IN THE SUMMER WE HAVE SUMMER TECHNIQUES AS WELL.
SO JUST GONNA ASK, UM, IF THERE WAS A TIME OR SOMETHING I LIKE COULD COLLABORATE WITH THEM OR TALK TO THEM ABOUT.
BECAUSE I WORKED FOR, UM, HUMANITIES TEXAS AND WIRE GRANTS, UM, FUNDING ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN I ALSO, UM, HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS.
UM, THEY ALSO GIVE OUT GRANTS FOR, YOU KNOW, ARTS BASED PROGRAMMING.
UM, SO WHILE I, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WOULDN'T BE REVIEWING ANY APPLICATIONS COMING FROM HURO, UM, I COULD HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTAND THE BASIC KIND OF GRANT WRITING THINGS.
UM, SO YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
AN ACTION ITEM FOR MYSELF, I'LL JUST SEND EVERYBODY, WHEN I DO THE, UM, SORT OF THE RECAP A FEW MINUTES IN THE, THE VIDEO, I WILL SEND OUT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.
IT'S KIND OF OF LIKE MY FRIEND
BUT I'LL SEND IT OUT IN THAT EMAIL AS WELL.
AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE THAT.
AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GOALS AT THE BOTTOM, A L FRIENDS, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, WE ALL MET TO STRATEGIC PLAN TOGETHER.
SO WE WERE ALL KIND OF SWIM IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
AND SO THE GOALS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED FOR THEMSELVES ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE GOALS THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED FOR OURSELVES TO THE LIBRARY.
SO THAT PARTNERSHIP IS CERTAINLY CRITICAL.
ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE ON THAT? NOPE.
UH, NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST MEETING.
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A FEW MINUTES TO REVIEW THAT.AND IT INCLUDE EVERY SINGLE THING IN THAT, UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE I WANTED EVERYONE TO GET TO CATCH UP AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
SO IT'S FROM PAGES TWO TO B 24.
ONCE SOMEONE'S COMFORTABLE, I WANT THE MOTION.
SECOND, MELANIE MOVES TO APPROVE THE, UM, AGENDA ADD.
SORRY, THE MINUTE THAT'S PRESENTED.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM KYLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY EXCITING THINGS JUST TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
THE FIRST THING I WANNA POINT OUT IS OUR, WE HAVE OUR TWO NEWEST MEMBERS.
THIS IS THEIR VERY FIRST, UH, MEETING.
UM, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE INTRODUCING YOURSELVES SINCE YOU, MAYBE ONE THING THAT INTERESTS YOU IN JOINING THE LAB BOARD.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN HURO FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, BUT I, UH, GREW UP IN ROUND ROCK, SO VERY CLOSE, UM, BY, UM, I JUST LOVE ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH CULTURE AND ARTS.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN ARTS MANAGEMENT, AND OF COURSE, UM, I, I WORK WITH THE HUMANITIES, SO LIBRARIES.
I WORK WITH LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS EVERY DAY.
UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S JUST WHAT DREW ME HERE.
MY NAME IS JACQUELINE, AND, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO HUDDLE IN 2022, SO ALMOST, UH, IT'LL BE FIVE YEARS IN JANUARY.
I HAVE, UM, I'M RETIRED AS HE IS AS WELL.
I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, SO I'M RETIRED.
UM, I, I WOULD SAY ALSO WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS I'M WRITING, SO I'M WORKING ON A NOVEL AND A MEMOIR.
SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO LIBRARIES.
AND I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TAKING US TO THE LIBRARY EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THE LIBRARY SERVED REALLY ENJOYED.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S AMAZING FOR SHARING YOUR GIFTS WITH US.
UM, AS YOU COME TO GET TO KNOW YOUR OTHER LAB COHORTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT GIFT THAT THEY BRING.
AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY GONNA ROUND OUT REPORT, AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST CELEBRATION.
SECOND CELEBRATION IS, IF YOU GUYS SAW THE OUTREACH, CHRIS HAD ASKED IF ANYBODY WAS AVAILABLE TO GO TO HOWARD NORMAN FOR THEIR READING NIGHT OR LITERACY NIGHT.
SO MYSELF, UM, AND KRISTEN AND CONNIE GOODING, WE WENT OUT THERE AND WORKED HOWARD NORMAN, AND WE SIGNED UP 30, RIGHT? 30 NEW LIBRARY PARTS WERE ISSUED.
AND THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO SEE THOSE KIDS SUPER LIBRARY PARTS.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU KRISTEN, FOR, UM, PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WE ALWAYS TRY TO FIND ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO KINDA ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY.
SO IF YOU LOVE WORKING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITERACY NIGHT, IF THAT'S YOUR GIFT AND YOU WANNA DO THAT, NEXT TIME SHE SENDS AN OUTREACH, FEEL FREE TO SAY, YES, I'M AVAILABLE.
UM, SOMETIMES IT IS SHARING OUT THINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST SHARING ABOUT PROGRAMS ARE UPCOMING, UM, AS WE COME TO LIKE, IT'LL BE A WHILE, BUT THIS TIME, WELL, AROUND MAY OR SO WE MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, DOES ANYBODY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN JOINING THE LAB? BECAUSE THAT'S AROUND THE TIME WHEN WE START RECRUITING NEW MEMBERS.
AND SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
KRISTEN ALSO PROVIDED A COPY OF OCTOBER'S, UM, ACTIVITY FOR THE LIBRARY.
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SCHEDULE TO ATTEND ONE OR TWO OF THEM, I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS APPRECIATED.BUT ALSO JUST SHARING OUT, YOU KNOW, THE CALENDAR TO YOUR, YOUR NETWORKS STATUS, ALL THAT IS A FORM OF ADVOCACY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF ALL OF THE, UM, ONLINE RESOURCES THAT COME WITH THEIR LIBRARY, UM, CARD.
AND SO, UM, IF, IF THAT'S A GIFT, LIKE YOU'RE SUPER HIGH TECH AND, AND YOU CAN WALK PEOPLE THROUGH HOW TO NAVIGATE THEIR WEBSITE, THAT MIGHT BE A WAY THAT YOU KIND OF SHOW VALUE IN THE MEMBERSHIP.
AS YOU GUYS KNOW, OUR SPACE IS PRETTY LIMITED.
AND SO BEING REALLY CREATIVE ON HOW WE, UM, KIND OF SERVE THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IS IMPORTANT.
UM, ALSO, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE ANYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW, I'M STILL KIND OF WAITING TO FIND OUT WHAT COMES OF IT.
BUT IF YOU GUYS, UM, WATCHING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT CHANGING, UM, KIND OF THE, THE DIRECTION OF THE DEIB COMMISSION.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE TOPICS OF CONVERSATION WAS THAT THE, THE LIBRARY, THE LAB SPECIFICALLY WAS DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK.
AND SO PERHAPS THERE DIDN'T NEED TO BE, UM, SEPARATED, UM, I GUESS EFFORTS IN THOSE SPACES.
SO I'VE OUTREACHED LEADERSHIP TO ASK IF THEY CAN COME AND GIVE US KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT WE ARE DOING? UM, I KIND OF COMMUNICATED THAT I, I NEVER FELT LIKE WE WERE COM COMPETING WITH ANYTHING.
LIKE, WE'RE JUST NATURALLY, THE LIBRARY PROGRAMMING REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO HONOR DIVERSITY AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO IT WAS NEVER OUR INTENT TO COMPETE WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING.
BUT, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, KYLE, YOU MAY BE THE ONLY ONE LEFT OVER.
SO, UM, WE WERE UPSTAIRS IN THE MEETING ROOM AND IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THERE WAS NO EXTRA FUNDS FOR THE LIBRARY.
AND SO AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A BIG PUSH TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WHICH I THINK AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW, THERE WILL EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE A LARGER LIBRARY.
UM, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY, WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED WAS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY AND ASK OURSELVES WHAT IN THE PRIORITIES AS THE COMMUNITY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED, WHERE COULD WE SUPPORT IN THAT WORK? AND SO, AT THE TIME, THE, THE THREE BIG AREAS WERE UMING SENIOR CITIZENS, UH, FINDING THINGS FOR THE YOUTH TO DO.
AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE CASE NOW, BUT AT, AT THAT SNAPSHOT IN TIME, UM, THERE WAS SOME EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LIKE, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE TOOK ON WAS CREATING TIME AND SPACE TO BRING FIRST RESPONDERS INTO THE LIBRARY TO ENGAGE IN A WAY THAT'S FUN AND EXCITING.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER COME ACROSS A POLICE OFFICER.
YOU GET TO ESTABLISH A POSITIVE RAPPORT.
UM, SO WE HOPE THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY HAS TO HAVE A CRISIS INTERVENTION WITH A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRST RESPONDER.
BUT IF THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS IN A SPACE LIKE THE LIBRARY, IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE FUTURE ENCOUNTERS LESS INTIMIDATING OR LESS SCARY.
UM, SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, UM, THE ENTIRE TIME WE'VE TRIED TO BALANCE CERTAINLY THE NEEDS OF OUR LIBRARY PATRONS AS THEY HAVE EXPRESSED THEM, BUT ALSO GENERALLY THE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED THROUGH THESE COMMUNITY SURVEYS.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NECESSARILY CHANGED, CHANGES THE WORK THAT, THAT WE ARE DOING.
I THINK THE LIBRARY NATURALLY IS A, A PLACE WHERE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE CAN BE INCLUDED BECAUSE ALL THOSE IDEAS ON THE SHELVES KIND OF LEND THEMSELVES TO THAT.
UM, SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE NEXT MONTH WE POSSIBLY WILL HAVE AN UPDATE.
I THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO ACT OFFICIALLY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION.
AND, AND I THINK THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED AND THEY ARGUED SOME FACT FINDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, AGAIN, MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT US, BUT SINCE WE WERE A BIG PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, I WANTED TO BRING THAT HERE.
SO, UM, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO, UM, EVERY JANUARY-ISH WE HAVE AS A CITY, USUALLY IT'S IN CITY, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE HAVE ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS COME TOGETHER TO DO A STRATEGIC PLAN AMONGST THEIR BOARDS, BUT ALSO TO COMMUNICATE WHAT EVERYONE IS DOING SO WE CAN, UH, COLLABORATE SO THAT WE, AND SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG PUSH IN JANUARY WHEN WE WENT TO, UM, THAT, AND SO WE WERE ALREADY COLLABORATING WITH DEIB, SO WE DECIDED TO COLLABORATE WITH, UH, PNZ, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
SO WE WERE REALLY, UM, IN A SPACE
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OF LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE THE MERRIER.LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER, UM, AND, AND WORK.
AND SO THE SEPTEMBER 3RD MEETING WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT I HOPE THAT THERE'S DIRECTION SOON ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
ALSO, UM, JUST FOR AWARENESS, AND, AND YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT FOR AWARENESS, UM, THE LIBRARY, EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE LIBRARY, IT AUTOMATICALLY, UM, RESPECTS AND HONORS ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO DIVERSITY IS INTERWOVEN THROUGH EVERYTHING WE DO, WHETHER THAT'S COLLECTION, DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAMMING, ANYTHING REALLY.
SO WE DON'T LOOK AT IT LIKE AN EXTRA SORT OF, UM, TASK.
IT'S EMBEDDED ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME.
AND SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE CHAIR OF WHAT IS NOW THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, I THINK.
UM, AND, UM, HIS NAME
UM, AND TOLD HIM THAT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHERE, WHAT, WHERE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS.
BUT THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO STILL HAVE A, HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THE COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT.
AND I THINK TOO, UM, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE NAVIGATE THIS, BUT IF, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS OF US OR LIBRARY STAFF SPECIFICALLY, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I EXPRESSED A CONCERN ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE AT SOME POINT, THE FUNDING HAS TO CATCH UP WITH THE WORK THAT THE LIBRARY'S BEING ASKED TO DO.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE I HAD SEEN THE SPREADSHEET WITH ALL OF THE BUDGET REQUESTS THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY FUNDED, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ALSO CONCERNING.
UM, BUT AS ALWAYS, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATIVELY WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE, THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT PERHAPS OUR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE ARE UNAWARE OF THAT WILL MEET THESE THEMES BECAUSE LIKE LIBRARY COLLECTION SUBSCRIPTIONS, OH, WAIT, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE FROM FOR LAB COMMENTS OR MEAN FOR THE CHAIR COMMENTS.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING I SHARED? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
I WAS CONCERNED AT THE MEETING, UM, LISTENING TO, UM, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
I DO SEE, I DO KNOW I DID PARTICIPATE IN JANUARY, AND I THOUGHT THAT OUR
AND IT, UM, AT THE MEETING, MY PERCEPTION WAS THAT OUR COLLABORATION SEEMED TO HAVE MAYBE MISUNDERSTOOD, UM, AS TO WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, THE LIBRARY, I DON'T, THE LIBRARY IS BEING SUPPORTIVE AS FAR AS THE LITERACY ROLE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WERE TAKING ON OTHER, UM, ROLE OR OTHER POINTS THAT THE, THAT THE DIB IS TRYING TO MAKE WITH TEAMS AND SENIORS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR SPEAKING ON OUR BEHALF, BECAUSE LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WAS EXACTLY, AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THAT EVENING AND WHAT OUR APPROACH TO THE WHOLE COLLABORATION WAS.
IT, TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE, WITH CITY COUNCIL MORE OFTEN, PERHAPS HAVE THEM COME JOIN OUR MEETINGS THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS.
I'M THANKFUL THAT OUR MEETINGS ARE RECORDED, BECAUSE THAT ALSO PROVIDES, LIKE, INSIGHT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS IN GENERAL.
BUT, UM, YEAH, I THINK I, I HOPE IT DOES NOT INADVERTENTLY DISCOURAGE OTHER BOARDS FROM WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I'M, I'M ALSO GONNA REACH OUT TO THE PULL KIT BECAUSE IF WE OWE SOME SORT OF AN, AN, AN APOLOGY FOR MISUNDERSTANDING FOR PUTTING THEM IN THE CHALLENGING POSITION, LIKE THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT MY INTENT.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE, LIKE NONE OF US ARE COMPETING WITH IT.
LIKE, WE ALL WANT TO FIND HOW WE COLLECTIVELY CAN SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO ANYWAY, SO OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS, AND ALSO JUST TO ADD IN, UM, WE CAN SIGN UP FOR A WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS WHAT THE FORMER DEIB DID, UM, AT THAT LAST MEETING.
THEY, UM, WORK SESSIONS RUN, UM, AN HOUR BEFORE THE ACTUAL MEETING STARTS AT SEVEN.
SO THEY START AT SIX, AND THEY'RE REALLY ONLY 45 MINUTES, BUT PLUS YOU, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS SIGN UP FOR, UM, A WORK SESSION I DID LAST YEAR, UM, JUST BECAUSE I, THERE WAS AWARENESS IS LITERALLY OUR, OUR TOP PRIORITY.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MISCONCEPTIONS, MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE DO OR DON'T DO.
UM, AND JUST GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT, THAT
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AWARENESS OUT.I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAD WITH BOTH BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT THERE WAS, UM, FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO, UM, TO, TO, UM, TRY TO FIND OUTSIDE FUNDING, NOT JUST FROM THE CITY, BUT FROM, UM, COLLABORATION WITH, UM, BUSINESS AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT
YEAH, MY ASK WOULD BE IS IF WE DO HAVE A WORK SESSION, I WOULD LIKE IT.
I MEAN, THIS IS MY OPINION, IT'S OPEN UP TO EVERYBODY.
I, I FEEL LIKE WORKING SESSIONS OR OUR BENEFICIAL WHEN YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A LEVEL OF CONVERSATION AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS, AND I DON'T, I DID NOT FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON GIVING THEM CUT UP TO WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND SO NOW THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND SO WE CAN HAVE AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS TO SEE LIKE, PERHAPS LIKE DEIB, PERHAPS WE ARE NOT EXECUTING WHAT THEY HAD ANTICIPATED FOR US.
SO I THINK THAT LIKE, CALIBRATION OF DIRECTION WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TOO AFTER THEY DECIDE HOW THE WANT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IN THE WORK THAT MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT'LL ALSO CHANGE OUR ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS TOO AS A BOARD, UM, TO KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW, UM, IF ANY OF THOSE CHANGED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING COMPLIANT WITH WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO, AND DO YOU HAVE THE TIME OF ADVANCE AND THE CAPACITY TO, LIKE, THERE MAY BE A POINT WHERE PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE TIME THAN I HAD INITIALLY ANTICIPATED WHEN WE STARTED OUT.
WE WERE MEETING QUARTERLY, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN BUSY ENOUGH WHERE NOW WE MEET MONTHLY.
UM, AND WHICH IS IN LINE ON, WHICH I THINK MOST OF THE OTHER BOARDS DO WITH WHERE EXCEPTIONS MEET MONTHLY ANYWAY.
SO IT WAS TIME FOR US TO COME AND GO ON THAT CYCLE.
BUT IF THERE ARE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE AT THE BODY OR FUNDRAISING, I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT ASK, RIGHT? UM, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE JAY THAT HAS ALL THIS LIKE GRANT WRITING EXPERIENCE AND, AND INSIGHT INTO THAT.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT GIFT.
AND SO I THINK IT MAY JUST BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF RECALIBRATE, GET RECENTERED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR ASK IS.
SO, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THERE? HOW YOU LOOK? LIKE YOU HAVE THOUGHT? NO.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE ARE ON TO ITEM THREE, FOUR.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON HERE, BUT THERE'S NO WAY.
I JUST WANNA SAY, WELL, THERE'S NOBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE THE LIBRARY REPORT,
WELL, I DID INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKET AND ON PAGE STARTING ON PAGE 35, THE LIBRARY REPORT.
BUT, UM, SINCE THEN I'VE, A FEW OTHER THINGS HAVE COME UP THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO SHARE.
SO LET ME SHARE WHAT'S NOT IN THE PACKET FIRST.
UH, BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE NOTES OF MINUTES WHENEVER I SHOW THOSE OUT.
UM, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT LIBRARY CARD ASSIGNMENT MONTH, THAT'S EVERY SEPTEMBER IS A HUGE PUSH TO, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GET THEIR LIBRARY CARDS, REALLY BRINGING AWARENESS TO WHAT THE LIBRARY CARD MEANS, UM, BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL SAY, WELL, I DON'T READ.
WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU CAN USE IT FOR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
SO BRINGING THAT AWARENESS, UM, OR I DON'T HAVE TIME TO COME IN.
THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT WORKS ON LIBBY AND ALL THESE OTHER DIGITAL APPS.
AND WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT DON'T EVER PHYSICALLY COME IN.
UM, AND SO, UM, SO FAR WE'VE SIGNED UP 183 PEOPLE THIS MONTH.
OUR GOAL IS 400 BECAUSE, UM, JUNE WE HAD HAD OUR BEST MONTH EVER.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR SUMMER READING PROGRAM, AND THEY WERE OFFERING DISCOUNTS AT THE REGISTER IF YOU SHOW THEM YOUR CURRENT, UM, FEDERAL PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD.
UM, AND SO, UM, THE OUTREACH, I THINK I HAD THREE OUTREACHES THIS LAST WEEK THAT I DID, AND THEN I HAD TWO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT, THAT DID DIFFERENT OUTREACHES.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SIGN PEOPLE UP THROUGH THAT.
BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO, UM, NEEDS A CARD, I GAVE YOU A LITTLE QR CODE, YOU CAN, UM, EITHER POST ON SOCIALS OR IF YOU WHATEVER SURE.
CAN, UH, CAN WEAVE IN COPIES OF IT, UHHUH THAT WE SHARED AT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
WE CAN USE THE, UM, THE PRINTER, UM, UH, FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WHAT MORGAN AND CONNIE AND I DID LAST THURSDAY, AND WE, I JUST GOT A PHONE CALL TODAY FOR ANOTHER FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT.
THIS ONE'S AT VETERANS HILL ELEMENTARY, OCTOBER THE EIGHTH FROM FIVE
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30 TO SEVEN.UM, AND I'LL PUT THIS IN THE NOTES TOO, BUT I'M SEEKING ONE TO TWO VOLUNTEERS TO GO WITH ME.
I HAD MY LAPTOP, SO I WAS DOING ALL THE SIGNING UP, BUT MORGAN AND CONNIE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THE LIBRARY CARD, YOU KNOW, ONLINE AND IN PERSON AND ALL THOSE THINGS WHILE I WAS DOING THE, THE ACTUAL SIGNING THEM UP FOR LIBRARY CARDS.
AND IT MADE IT GO REALLY SMOOTHLY AND GOT ALL OF THE INFORMATION OUT.
SO THAT'S JUST GONNA BE AN ASK ON THE NOTES FOR OCTOBER THE EIGHTH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN.
I WONDER IF WE COULD PRE-PRO PROMOTE IT WHERE WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE AT VILLE.
THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME AND JUST PICK UP THEIR CARD.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, ALRIGHT.
UM, THE OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS, YOU HAVE THE, THE OCTOBER CALENDAR.
UM, YOU WE'RE NOT EVEN ACTUALLY FINISHED WITH ALL OF THE PICTURES THAT WE PUT ON THERE.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL ARE, ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH A COPY.
UH, BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE SET ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, AT LEAST ALL OF THOSE ARE CORRECT.
UM, AND WE ARE TEAMING WITH THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION THIS MONTH.
AND, UH, OR IN OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER EACH SATURDAY, THERE IS, UM, LIKE A HUDDLE HISTORY TO CELEBRATE THE 150 YEARS.
AND THEY'RE EACH ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
SO THEY'RE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, LIKE MIKE FOWLER'S, ONE OF THEM, HE'S A LOCAL HISTORIAN AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, TOPICS.
SO YOU CAN EITHER COME TO ONE OR YOU CAN COME TO ALL OR MIX AND MATCH WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE.
BUT, UM, WE'D LOVE TO GET THE WORD SPREAD ON THAT BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE, UM, COLLABORATING WITH, UM, WITH OTHER COMMISSIONS.
AND THEN ALSO SUPPORTING, UH, THE HISTORY OF QTO.
I MEAN, WE WANT, UM, WE LOVE WHEN PEOPLE FIND OUT THINGS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
UM, AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, INFORMATION TO SHARE.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BRING UP THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, BOOK HEARING AND BALANCE, WHICH I, WHICH OPENED, I THINK RIGHT DOWN THIS WAY OVER THE SUMMER.
THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, PROVIDING SNACKS AND DRINKS EVERY SINGLE SENIOR YEAR PROGRAM SINCE JULY.
UM, AND THEY REACH OUT EACH MONTH.
DR. LYNN REACHES OUT EACH MONTH AND, UH, SAYS, SEND ME A LIST OF ALL OF THE, UM, SENIOR, UH, PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS MONTH AND ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATE WILL BE THERE.
AND THEN SHE LITERALLY HAS FOOD AND DRINKS DELIVERED LIKE CLOCKWORK ON THOSE DAYS, AND THE SENIORS ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF IT.
THAT'S, UM, WHERE WE GOT THE, THE TIFS TREATS COOKIES, UM, TODAY.
UM, THEY JUST WEREN'T ALL EATEN DURING THE, UM, DURING THE SENIOR, UM, PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TODAY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HIGHLIGHT TO THEM.
AND, UM, AND ON THE RECORD AS WELL THAT THEY, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT.
SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY APPRECIATIVE, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, WE, WE HAVE LIKE HER BUSINESS CARDS AND A SIGN THAT WE PUT OUT, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T PROMOTE ANYONE SPEND ANY MONEY ANYWHERE.
IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT SHE PROVIDED, UM, THE SNACKS.
BUT IT ALSO, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP NOW THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED, ONE OF MY NEXT TASKS IS TO LOOK FOR SOME MORE SPONSORS LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A CERTAIN GROUP.
MAYBE THEY WANNA, UM, THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, OUR, UH, THE INFANT AND THE PRESCHOOL PLAYTIME AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANNA HELP WITH.
AND SO JUST KIND OF, UH, WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THAT BEFORE.
KRISTEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAME THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE THAT, I WONDER IF NEXT TIME WE MEET WE CAN HAVE THANK YOU CARDS AND WE CAN ALL JUST FIND IT.
YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A FEW, UH, FIBER FIRST IS ANOTHER ONE.
UM, THEY COME, EVERY COUPLE OF US, WE'LL BRING US PIECES OF WATER SO THAT WE CAN HAND OUT WATER.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK AND THEN THEY COME IN THE LIBRARY FOR SOME AC AND THAT WAY WE HAVE WATER TO HAND OUT AND AT OUR PROGRAMS. UM, WHO ELSE? I KNOW THAT HEB WILL DO IT.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW IT'S NOT IN HATO, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
BUT I SANDWICHES THEY WILL ALSO PROVIDE, UH, FREE FOOD FOR NON-PROFITS.
SO, OH, THAT'S, LEMME DO THAT IN A MINUTE.
UH, BUT IF YOU, UH, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHERS LIKE THAT, MAYBE ONES THAT YOU THINK WILL BE A, A GOOD, UH, GOOD FOR WE REACH OUT TO, UM, LET ME KNOW.
UH, WE JUST, WE'RE KIND OF JUST DABBLING IN THAT AND JUST HAPPY WITH WHATEVER WE GET.
UM, BUT WE, WE'VE BEEN REALLY LUCKY THUS FAR.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THEN, UM, SO ONTO, UM, WHAT'S ALREADY IN YOUR T ON PAGE 35? UM, SO, UH, THESE ARE THE STATS.
THESE ARE, WE TAKE STATS ON PROBABLY THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF WHAT THIS INFORMATION SHOWS, BUT THESE ARE THE STATS THAT PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY,
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UM, ASK US ABOUT.YOU KNOW, WE, WE PROVIDE THESE FOR COUNSEL, WE PROVIDE THESE FOR LIKE ADVISORY BOARD, WE PROVIDE THESE, SOME OF OUR HBL FRIENDS, WE EVEN PUT THEM ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE, THE, THE MAIN TALKING POINTS THAT PEOPLE WANT.
SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY, I DID USE AI TO FIND PATTERNS, UM, IN THIS.
AND THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU IS BECAUSE WE'RE FINDING OUT, UM, AS THEIR, YOU KNOW, AI'S ALREADY RELEASED AND NOW THEY'RE BACKTRACKING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A LAW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WITH AI, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO STAY WHEN YOU USE AI FOR SOMETHING.
I'M GETTING INTO THAT AFTER THAT.
SO I USED IT TO JUST, UM, ANALYZE THE CHART AND SEE WHERE THE TRENDS ARE.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT THEM OUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR UNDERSTANDING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR BIG MONTHS ARE JUNE AND JULY AND THEN AUGUST ABOUT HALF OF THE MONTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SUMMER PROGRAMMING MONTHS, RIGHT? UH, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T STILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE LIBRARY.
WE, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT SORT OF STRATEGY THAT WE USE FOR THAT.
UM, SO THE OVERALL PHYSICAL TRAFFIC DID, UM, DECLINE, BUT THE DEMAND FOR CERTAIN SERVICES INCREASED.
UM, SO WE, COMPUTERS THAT ARE USED, STUDY ROOMS THAT ARE BOOKED, OF COURSE, MATERIALS THAT ARE CHECKED OUT, UM, ANY NEW MATERIALS.
AND THE THE REASON, UM, I, I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED NEW MATERIALS IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY, BASED ON WHAT BUDGET WE GET FOR LIBRARY, UM, COLLECTION MATERIALS, WE HAVE A A 12 MONTH PLAN SO THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY NOT ALL AT ONCE, BUT, UM, IT'S SPACED OUT THROUGH ALL 12 MONTHS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW MONTH TO MONTH WHAT IS GONNA GET DAMAGED OR LOST SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO SPIKE QUICKLY.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN NEW THINGS COME OUT, WHEN NEW BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASED, IF WE SPEND ALL OF OUR MONEY, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THEN IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE, THE REQUESTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE OR THE BIG THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE KEEP IT AROUND, UM, THAT MANY MATERIALS EACH MONTH.
UM, AND THAT'S TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENT REFERENCE QUESTIONS REFER TO ANYBODY WHO ASKS US A QUESTION.
IT REQUIRES US TO TALK ABOUT A SERVICE OR, UM, ONE OF OUR, UM, PROGRAMS OR A COLLECTION IN SOME KIND OF WAY.
UM, I LOVE THE AMOUNT SAVED, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE MATERIALS THAT ARE LENT OUT, NOT JUST PHYSICAL, BUT DIGITAL AND WHAT PEOPLE WOULD'VE SAVED BECAUSE IT'S FREE AT THE LIBRARY AND IF THEY WOULD'VE PAID, PAID FOR IT IN THE STORE OR ONLINE, WHAT IT WOULD'VE COST.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT'S A REALLY, UH, GOOD NUMBER, UM, TO LOOK AT BECAUSE, UM, EVEN FROM A VERY BASIC LEVEL, IT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT LIBRARIES ARE TO COMMUNITIES.
UM, ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN EVERYBODY'S, UM, STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY.
THE LIBRARY, WE'RE SEEING, UH, MORE USE IN LIBRARIES ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, BECAUSE WE DO CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE FOOD SERVICES.
JUNE WAS 3 24, JULY 2 91, AUGUST 2 39.
UM, AND THEN I STARTED KEEPING THE LAST STATS WHEN I CAME ON TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY TROUBLING TO ME IS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR, WE CALL IT OUR LARGE MEETING ROOM, MY FRIEND
AND WE WERE HITTING THAT SOMETIMES BEFORE THE PROGRAM EVEN STARTED BECAUSE PEOPLE REALIZED, OH, I'VE GOTTA COME EARLY TO MAKE SURE I GET IN.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH NO, WE WERE TURNING AWAY LIKE DOUBLE DIGIT, UH, PEOPLE TO PROGRAMS. AND SO THE NUMBERS ARE LOW NOW BECAUSE WE ARE USING THIS, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR ANYTHING THAT WE THINK IS GONNA BE OPEN FOR THESE STATES.
WE ALSO HAVE USED, UM, THE HU DISCOVERY EVENT CENTER.
UM, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.
BUT WE'VE USED THAT FOR, UM, THE CHEMISTRY ROAD SHOW THAT WE DO OVER THE SUMMER.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO, WE CAN'T INCREASE OUR SPACE HERE, BUT TRYING TO FIND NEW AND CLEVER WAYS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO ATTEND, ATTEND.
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS AUBRY TWO SESSIONS OF ONE THING, LIKE WE'RE DOING THE
BUT, UM, BUT OUR NUMBERS HAVE, HAVE DEFINITELY GONE DOWN.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, WE, WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A REGISTRATION PROCESS.
PEOPLE JUST COME TO OUR PROGRAM.
BUT THAT NUMBER HAS DECREASED.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE OTHER REASON FOR TRACKING THAT IS WE WERE HAVING TO KIND OF EXPLAIN THE DEMAND AND JUSTIFICATION FOR USING A LARGER SPACE.
NO, AND WE COULDN'T PAINT THAT PICTURE UNLESS WE STARTED ACTUALLY TRACKING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
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THAT GOT YOUR RIGHT.UM, COMPUTER VOTINGS INCREASED.
UM, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE THAT WERE, ARE RETIRED.
UM, AND THAT WASN'T LISTED THERE.
BUT WHEN I READ THAT STAT, I, WE'VE, I HAVE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE RETIRED AS THEY, UM, TRIED TO SEARCH FOR JOBS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, USE THEIR EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS THEY'RE GOING BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
THAT'S, UM, THAT'S BEEN, WHY IS THAT, WHY HAS THAT INCREASED? BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE EVERYONE'S STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY, THE THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER, UM, EXPENSES.
THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE, UM, STATISTIC, BUT WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT.
UM, THE PROGRAM VOLUME, IT DECREASES SIGNIFICANTLY IN AUGUST, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE LITERALLY WEAR OURSELVES OUT.
UM, WE'RE A TEAM OF SEVEN AND ALL OF US, IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE ANY OF US RUNNING PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, HELPING IN ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS.
AND WE USUALLY TAKE SORT OF A BREAK IN AUGUST, LATE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, JUST TO RECOUP, GET READY FOR FALL PROGRAMMING.
AND SO YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE A DECLINE IN PROGRAMS, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A HUGE DECLINE.
UM, IT'S, UH, WE STILL HAD 30 PROGRAMS IN AUGUST, SO, UM, AND THEN, UM, IT SAID MATERIAL CIRCULATION, FOLLOWING THE VISITOR TREND, UM, CHECKOUTS.
UM, IT SAYS THAT IT DECREASED, BUT WE, UM, HAD 677 NEW MATERIALS ACQUIRED OVER THE THREE MONTHS.
SO, UM, I GUESS IT'S DOING KIND OF LIKE, WELL, THIS HAPPENED, BUT THEN ALSO THIS KIND OF HAPPENED.
UM, THE NEW CARDS THAT WAS BIG FOR JUNE, WE WERE SUPER PLEASED WITH THAT.
UM, FACE, UM, IS BECOMING A MEASURABLE ISSUE.
LIKE I WAS JUST SAYING, IN JUNE WE HAD ZERO PEOPLE WE HAD TO TURN AWAY, BUT WE HAD TO TURN AWAY THREE PEOPLE IN, UH, JULY AND EIGHT PEOPLE IN AUGUST.
AND WHAT I THINK, UM, IS HAPPENING THERE IS MORE PEOPLE ARE, UH, BUILDING AWARENESS OF WHAT WE OFFER.
AND SO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING TO PROGRAMS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD.
AND SO IT'S HARDER TO ANTICIPATE A SPACE AHEAD OF TIME.
WE CANNOT BOOK COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT WE DO.
SO WE HAVE TO REALLY, UM, LOOK AT PAST STATS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, TO JUSTIFY, UM, USING THAT SPACE.
UM, STUDY ROOMS, THEY'RE BOOKED UP ALL DAY EVERY DAY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.
THEY'RE USED FOR ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.
UH, OF COURSE THE STUDY, OUR FAVORITE THINGS ARE WHEN PEOPLE USE THEM FOR LIKE, JOB INTERVIEWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE THEY'LL COME IN DRESSED UP AND THEY'RE PULL UP JOB WHEN YOU SAY AND WHEN THEY COME OUT.
AND, UM, SO FAR, SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY GOOD RESPONSES.
LIKE PEOPLE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR, UM, THEIR, UH, INTERVIEWS.
ALSO, WE HAVE SOME LOCAL, UM, TEACHERS THAT USE IT FOR TUTORING.
UH, THERE'S NO MONEY THAT'S EXCHANGED ON OUR SITE, BUT, UM, THEY COME IN AND THEY USE THAT, THE ROOMS FOR THAT.
SO IT'S, IT IS USED FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE ECONOMIC VALUE OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, UM, IS OVER $300,000.
BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THE LIBRARY.
SO WE SEE A WEB, AN EBB AND FLOW OF NEEDS, RIGHT? UM, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS IN AUGUST, PEOPLE ARE COMING, FAMILIES ARE COMING, UH, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A GOAL MAYBE OVER THE SCHOOL YEAR TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR LITTLE LEADERS.
YOU, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME FOR THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERED RECENTLY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT AND TO REALLY HYPE UP OUR LINKEDIN LEARNING, UM, OFFERING THAT WE DO, UH, WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, SO, UM, THAT'S JUST LITTLE SIDE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE FOR NATIONAL CARD, UM, LIBRARY SIGNUP MONTH.
I PRINTED THIS OFF ON THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER, SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT, UM, LOWER.
UM, BUT WE'RE STILL SHOOTING FOR 400.
I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD BREAKDOWN TO SHOW YOU.
WE, WE OFFER FREE CARDS TO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.
UM, AND SO EACH ISD, UM, TEACHERS, FACULTY, UM, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, THEY ALL GET FREE CARDS.
YOU CHECK ALL OF THE SAME THING.
UM, IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE ZONED FOR
UM, AND, UM, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU HOW MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE CURRENTLY, AND THESE ARE ACTIVE NUMBERS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, 6,623 ACTIVE ADULT MEMBERS, AND WE COULD READ THE REST OF THOSE STATS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S BEEN VERY HARD.
BUT, UM, AND THEN WE DO HAVE 140 THAT ARE DIGITAL ACCESS ONLY.
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SO, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, PAGE 37 ARE VOLUNTEERS.UM, IT'S LISTED AS A, AS A CARD.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY VOLUNTEERS GET A CARD BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE A CARD AS A HUDDLE RESIDENT.
BUT, UM, JUST AS AN ASIDE, OUR, UM, VOLUNTEER NUMBERS HAVE BEEN WAY UP.
UM, LAURA, WELL, WHO, UM, WORKS ALL STAFF IS GREAT WITH VOLUNTEERS AND SHE HAS THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO SHE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT.
UM, ALSO WE RECENTLY, UM, ALLOWED FOR HU BUSINESS OWNERS TO GET FREE CARDS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE HAD ONE PERSON, UM, UH, THAT DOESN'T LIVE IN HU BUT TELL A BUSINESS THAT GOT A MY GRADE CARD.
AND THEN, UM, I, I PUT A SMALLER VERSION OF IT, BUT, UM, I'LL GO OVER THE, THE BUDGET, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 27TH, IT WAS APPROVED.
UM, I TOOK OUT EVERYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, SALARIES AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, UM, THAT'S SEPARATE.
UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, FIRST THE WAY THAT OUR BUDGET WORKS, WE HAVE OF COURSE OUR BUDGET LINE ITEM, AND THEN WE HAVE ITEMS THAT GO UNDERNEATH THAT.
SO I, IN YELLOW, I HIGHLIGHTED THE MAIN BUDGET LINE ITEM, AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH ARE HOW WE BROKE IT UP.
UM, OFFICE SUPPLIES STAYED THE SAME.
WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN OUR SPENDING FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE, UM, SOME OF THE EXTRA FUNDS WE HAD IN ANOTHER, UM, AND TRAVEL AND LAUNCHING ACTUALLY, UH, TO MOVE OVER, UH, TO THAT.
UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS, WE WENT, UM, UP $1,009.
AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH JUST THE STATS, THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION, THE INCREASE IN PERFORMANCE, UM, THAT WE HAVE THAT COME IN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE KIND OF DIVIDE THAT OVER SO THAT WE'RE BEING FAIR TO ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND THEN WHAT'S NOT LISTED THERE IS ANY OUTSIDE FUNDING THAT I CAN, UM, I CAN GET.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE CITY HAS APPROVED.
UH, WE DO NOT DO CLOTHING AND UNIFORM, SO THAT'S ZERO.
UM, OUR FURNITURE AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT, WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS, UM, WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO GET LIKE NEW THINGS, BUT MEANING LIKE, SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IS MOSTLY GROUP.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, WHERE THAT FUNDING WENT.
WE DID GET AN INCREASE TO THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING MORE THINGS KIND OF BREAK OR WEAR OUT.
UM, AND LIKE THIS YEAR WE HAD TO MOVE FUNDS FROM ONE ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER TO COVER, UM, SO THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT STUFF.
AND SO WE WANNA BE, WE WANNA ANTICIPATE THAT WE KNOW EVERYTHING HAS, HAS BEEN A LIFE.
UM, FOR TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAD LIBRARY SECURITY CAMERAS LISTED THERE, AND I PUT A STRIKE THROUGH, UM, IN FIRST ROUND OF, UH, BUDGET DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, SOME MAJORS OFFICE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDS TO, UM, MAKE THAT HAPPEN NOW.
UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY USED IT MULTIPLE TIMES TO IDENTIFY, UM, DIFFERENT MEANS THAT IT HAPPENS IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND BEFORE WE COULD ONLY SEE WHEN PEOPLE WALKED IN OR WALKED OUT.
NOW WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, A VIEW OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE HAVE A, A BETTER AWARENESS.
CAN YOU SHARE KIND OF WHAT PROMPTED THE REQUEST? YES.
SO WE HAVE TO CALL HPD PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY WE CARED.
UM, AND SPECIFICALLY LIKE A THREE MONTH PERIOD, WE HAD TO CALL THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS FOR A REALLY HUGE CASE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T JUST OUR LIBRARY, BUT IT WAS HAPPENING IN OTHER, UH, MOBILE LIBRARIES.
AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL WHEN, UM, THAT HUGE ONE HAPPENED, WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE PERSON, HE CAME INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT HE HAD KIND OF A HAT ON.
UM, AND WHERE HE SAT, YOU COULD NOT REALLY SEE HIS FACE THE WAY THAT THE CAMERA WAS ANGLED.
UM, AND, AND, AND NOT EVEN YOU SAW ENOUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FILE A POLICE REPORT.
I'LL SAY THAT, BUT WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM, UM, THAT BECAUSE OF THE CAMERA ISSUE.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH MY STAFF, UM, AND WITH HPV WAS, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THOUGHT OF, BUT THE LIBRARY, WE ARE OPEN WHEN CITY HALL ISN'T OPEN IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SATURDAYS.
AND SO WE'RE THE ONLY BODIES IN HERE, AND ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN, THAT'S LIBRARY, RIGHT? BUT THAT CAN ALSO MEAN THAT WE ARE HERE ON OUR OWN.
UM, AN ISSUE MIGHT HAPPEN AND WE DON'T HAVE SUPPORT, UM, TO HELP WITH THAT.
UM, BEING ABLE TO ALSO WITH EMERGENCY DRILLS, ME BEING ABLE TO USE THAT SYSTEM TOO TO KIND OF QUICK CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE EVERYBODY, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS
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LIKE THAT.KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE LIBRARY AT ONE GIVEN TIME, UM, IS ANOTHER REASON FOR THOSE.
BUT, UM, HPV, UH, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT INCIDENT, UM, GOT US PANIC BUTTONS AT OUR, AT OUR DESKS.
SO, AND THEY, THEY PROVIDED AND FUNDED THOSE.
AND THEN, UM, OUR CAMERAS WERE INSTALLED I GUESS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UM, AND WE'VE USED THEM FOR MANY, MANY THINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WENT MISSING, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
IT ALSO HELPS FEEL THE STAFF FEEL SAFER.
I GLAD YOU GOT THOSE, I KNOW WAS A BIG CONCERN.
UM, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CRISES HERE IN THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, AND THOSE WERE SOME OF OUR OTHER CALLS.
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT WILL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT JUST A HE SAID, SHE SAID TYPE OF SITUATION.
UM, THE VASCO TRANSLATORS, THAT'S A HUGE CELEBRATION.
WE CURRENTLY JUST USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE ON OUR PHONES.
UH, BUT THE VASCULAR CODE TRANSLATORS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR TWO WAY COMMUNICATION IN A WAY THAT IS NOT FRUSTRATIONAL.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR GOOGLE, LIKE, WAIT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, IT, IT, IT, IT CAN BE FRUSTRATIONAL.
AND WHAT WE ENVISION IS ANYBODY WHO'S COMES TO LIBRARY, NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, IS ABLE TO HAVE, UH, A CONVERSATION WITH EASE AND IT NOT BE ANOTHER BARRIER.
AND SO, UM, THOSE WE WE'RE GONNA BE USED, WE'VE GOT THREE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO USE ONE AT EACH OF OUR DESKS AND THEN HAVE A BACKUP IN CASE ONE IS NOT WORKING.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT, UM, LETTING, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS NOT THINKING ABOUT, WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA LET OTHER DEPARTMENTS KNOW THAT THEY CAN CHECK THEM OUT.
UM, WE'RE NOT CHECKING THEM OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT THEY CAN CHECK 'EM OUT WITHIN SEEING ALL IF THEY NEED THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED THEM.
AND WE HOPE THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS.
UM, LIBRARY COLLECTION MATERIALS, WE WENT UP 60 CENTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT, UM, INFLATION.
IT SAYS THAT WE, UH, WENT DOWN $901.
UM, THE REASON THAT WE DID, YOU'LL LOOK UNDER THAT WE HAVE LIBRARY OPERATING SYSTEM, THEN WE HAVE LINKEDIN LEARNING THREE-WAY COST.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS SPENDING THE SAME AND HR WAS SPENDING THE SAME TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEY DECIDED TO MOVE THAT TO TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE IT, THERE'S NOT GONNA HAVE IT, IT'S JUST BEEN MOVED OVER.
SO IT LOOKS AS IF, UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR LESS.
BUT WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO OR TO FUND AN OUR WIFI PRINTING FOR THE YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE HAD TO GET, UM, WE HAD TO REQUEST FOR, TO GO FRIENDS TO FUND $1,600 OF THAT COST.
AND THEY DID, BUT THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING WE WANTED ALWAYS.
UM, FIVE OF US WILL BE GOING TO DIFFERENT CONFERENCES.
MOST OF THEM ARE JUST RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, TWO, THE, UH, LIBRARY ASSISTANT TWO AND THE LIBRARY TECHNICIAN, THEY DECIDED INSTEAD OF GOING TO CONFERENCES HERE, THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD DO AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LIBRARY CARE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION.
AND IT'S A VERY ROBUST, IT'S A 12 MONTH, UM, SORT OF COURSE.
SO THEY'RE DOING THAT IN PLACE OF GOING TO A CONFERENCE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT NUMBER FOR THEM IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR TRAVEL BUDGET IS WAY LOWER.
UM, MEMBERSHIP AND DUES THAT, UM, THAT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE REASON THAT IT DID IS BECAUSE OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE STUDENTS, AND SO THEY GET A, A SMALLER, UH, FEAST.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF THAT.
UM, TRAVEL AND LODGING, UH, AGAIN, WE WENT DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE TRAVELING.
UM, EXCEPT FOR WE ALL GO TO THE, UM, TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER.
THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN CLOSED ON THAT SATURDAY AND WE GO AS A
AND SO ARE THERE ANY THINGS LIKE, UM, FUNDING REQUESTS WISE THAT, THAT YOU REQUESTED AND WERE DENIED SO WE CAN SEARCH BRAINSTORMING, LIKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES? YES.
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TO KIND OF LAY IT OUT, WE ACTUALLY START IN THIS IN JANUARY.THEY DON'T, UM, ADOPT IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, BUT WE START THE PROCESSES IN JANUARY AND THEN WE HAVE SORT OF ROUNDS, UH, WE MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE MEET THE FINANCE, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND WE ALREADY KNEW AHEAD OF TIME THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A REAL SLIM YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE DOING NO NEW REVENUE.
AGAIN, THAT WAS COMMUNICATED THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO THAT AGAIN.
AND SO WE HAVE THIS VERY LITTLE POT THAT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IS, UM, ADVOCATING FOR FUNDS FROM.
AND SO THE THINGS THAT WERE CUT FOR US, UM, I WAS REQUESTING A HARD TIME PERSON IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SATURDAY, UH, SPECIFICALLY ON THE, IN THE EVENINGS AND ON SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE MORE EYES IN HERE, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN SEE ALL OF THE AREAS OF THE LIBRARY A LOT BETTER.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
UM, AND THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS, UM, LAST YEAR, YEARS PRIOR, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A LIBRARIAN BECAUSE WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN ADULT SERVICE LIBRARIAN.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS NOT EVEN SOMETHING I ROACHED THIS FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR WAS SORT OF THE, THE OUTLOOK THAT THEY GAVE US I PART TIME.
UM, AS FAR AS THINGS, HP PRESS HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB PURCHASING A LOT OF THE THINGS WE NEEDED.
WE NEEDED A NEW REV FOR STORY TIME WHO PURCHASED US A NEW RUG.
UM, WE, WE WENT INTO THIS WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH A VERY, UH, SET MINDSET OF ONLY ASKING FOR THE ABSOLUTE MEETINGS.
UM, AND SO THAT KIND OF HOW WE APPROACHED IT.
SO, UM, IT WAS JUST THE PART-TIME, UM, CIRCULATION CLERK THAT I REQUESTED THAT WAS DECLINED WITHIN ONE OF THOSE ROUNDS.
THAT WASN'T DEFINED BY COUNCIL REASON, IT WAS IN THE ROUNDS.
UH, BUT I DID, UM, WANT TO BRING UP WITH THAT SEPTEMBER, UM, OUTSIDE FUNDING THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY KEPT SAYING IS, WHY ISN'T THE LEVERAGE OF THAT FOR THAT FUNDING? WHY IS HPO FRIENDS ASKING FOR 3,500? AND UM, IT'S BECAUSE TYPICALLY WE GET DECLINED WITH THAT FUNDING.
BUT I'M GONNA CONTINUE BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT MAYBE THEY'RE READY, UM, TO START FUNDING SOME MORE THINGS WITH THE LIBRARY.
SO FOR, UH, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I'LL PUT THAT IN MIND.
UM, AND THEN JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, TAYLOR, WE HIRED HER, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER SHE STARTED, SHE CAME TO US FROM HU ISD.
SHE WAS A LIBRARY AID FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THEY CUT LIBRARY AIDS AND HU ISD.
AND SO, UM, WE, UH, HAVE HER HERE.
SHE HAS LIKE A WHOLE BAND CLUB THAT OF, OF KIDS THAT COME UNDER SCHOOL TO BE THERE.
UM, WE HAVE A NEW READING THERAPY DOG THAT COMES ONCE A MONTH.
I BAILEY, SHE'S A LITTLE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD, UM, SUPER SWEET.
AND THEY, UH, THEIR CADENCE IS MONDAYS FROM FOUR 30 TO FIVE 30 AND THEY ALSO HAVE A FAN CLUB.
WE HAVE LIKE A LOT OF TIMES THE SAME FAMILIES.
THEY COME AND OUR BOOK BUDDIES OCTOBER 5TH.
UM, WE, WE RECENTLY, UH, WORKED WITH COMMS TO A LAUNCH OUR C CHILDREN'S BOOK COLLECTION, WHICH WAS FUNDED, UH, 500 OF IT WAS FUNDED BY ATMOS ENERGY AND 500 WAS, UH, FUNDED BY OUR HBL FRIENDS GROUP.
UM, THESE ARE BOOKS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN NDI AND IN ENGLISH, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE, UM, THE TRANS, THESE CALLED TRANS A, IT'S CALLED TRANSLITERATION.
AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? WHERE IT ACTUALLY TELLS YOU THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE, OF THE LANGUAGE.
UM, SO YOU CAN, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S CHARACTERS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE, YOU COULD STILL SAY 'EM.
AND SO, UH, FAMILIES HAVE BEEN SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
KIDS COME IN AND THEY SHARE NEW WORDS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED.
UM, AND, UH, SO COMMS DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, HE BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER UP HERE AND THEY, UM, HE DID A VIDEO WHERE HE WAS READING TO HER, AND IT WAS SO CUTE.
BUT, UM, WE ALSO HAD RECEIVED A GRANT FROM, UH, THE TEXAS, UH, BOOK FESTIVAL THROUGH TLA FOR 2,500.
AND SO WE HAVE ORDERED, UM, RC AND A BOOKS AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE DO HAVE 11 LANGUAGES CURRENTLY, AND THAT WILL PUT US UP TO 13 LANGUAGES HERE IN THE LIBRARY.
AND, UM, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T ENGAGE SPACE, WE HAVE TO KIND OF WEED THINGS TO MAKE ROOM THESE THINGS.
WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S NOT AN INGREDIENT FOR US.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, FEEL AT HOME WHEN THEY COME IN THE LIBRARY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
UM, OUTREACH EVENTS, UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT, UH, WE DID LAST WEEK.
UM, AND THEN I PUT A LITTLE PICTURE IN THERE, AND SO I DIDN'T PUT IT IN COLOR.
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THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THIS LOVELY, UM, VINTAGE CARD CATALOG FOR OUR SEED LIBRARY, AND IT'S FROM A SCHOOL IN MICHIGAN, AND WE BOUGHT IT FROM AN ANTIQUES, UM, RESELLER.AND, UH, THERE'S A WHOLE THING, LIKE WE HAD TO GO GET IT OVER THE WEEKEND AND BRING UP HERE, BUT IT IS PERFECT.
UM, I JUST KIND OF WANNA SHOUT OUT THEM FOR DOING THAT FOR US.
MAYBE THAT CAN BE ALSO A BANKING CARD.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT THEY ACTUALLY FILL OUR SEED LIBRARY OFTEN, UM, AND HAVE DONE CLASSES ON HOW TO HARVEST SEEDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND THEY'RE MOSTLY NATIVE PLANTS, THINGS THAT WOULD THRIVE HERE.
UM, NOT JUST FLOWERS, ALSO, LIKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A, A GREAT WAY TO BRING NATIVE INTO THE LIBRARY.
BUT WE WERE USING THAT PIECE OF FURNITURE OVER THE TOP, JUST THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH.
AND, UH, IT QUICKLY BECAME WAY TOO SMALL.
SO WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO GET THIS.
AND NOW WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW BECAUSE WE FILLED UP, I THINK, THE FIRST THREE ROWS.
SO WE STILL HAVE THREE ROWS AT THE BOTTOM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT CELEBRATION.
UH, VERONICA ASKED IN THE LAST MEETING ABOUT OPENING OR STARTING A, UM, KIND PUBLIC LIBRARY LINKEDIN ACCOUNT, SO I WENT AHEAD AND STARTED THAT.
UM, WE HAVEN'T TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR.
THAT MAY BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
UM, BUT MAYBE FOR NOW WE CAN JUST BE THINKING LIKE, HOW CAN WE USE, UM, THE LINKEDIN LEARNING ACCOUNT.
I WILL SAY, I'M NOT ON LINKEDIN LEARNING PER LET, NOT LEARNING A LINKEDIN PERSON, SO I'M NOT ON THERE ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO IF ANYBODY ELSE, YOU KNOW, USES THAT PLATFORM AND KIND OF KNOWS, UH, ABOUT IT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL DURING THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, WHAT'S THAT? THAT IS IT FOR ME.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTEN? UM, ALL THE AMAZING THINGS SHE SHARED.
IT'S NICE TO KNOW, LIKE THE CALENDAR TELLS YOU COMPENSATED THAT SHE KEEPS THAT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S CRITICAL AND CAME FROM THE PICTURE.
SO WE PUT OUT OUTREACH REQUESTS.
WE HAVE, UM, STATISTIC TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS.
AND SO LOTS OF GREAT STUFF TO WRITE GRANTS WITH, WHICH IS WHY ACTUALLY I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THE MOST GRANTS EVER IN THIS LAST YEAR.
WE'VE GOTTEN SIX GRANTS, AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN BECAUSE, UM, I HAVE STAFF WHO, UM, HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO WRITE GRANTS.
UM, IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ANYBODY'S, UM, JOB DESCRIPTION.
UM, IT IS FOR ME TO FIND OUTSIDE MONEY.
IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY GRANT.
SO LAST YEAR I REVOLVED THE GRANT, AND THIS YEAR WE HAD, UM, SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT SAID, I WANT DO THAT.
AND SO AS A TEAM MEMBER, THEM, WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX SO FAR.
SET THE GOAL STRETCH, GOAL 12 NEXT YEAR.
OH,
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO THEN MOVING ON.
THE OTHER THING WE HAD ON OUR AGENDA, AND WE MAY DECIDE TO PIVOT AND, AND DO THIS NEXT TIME WHEN WE HAVE MORE OF US HERE, ALSO GETTING SOME MORE DIRECTION ON KIND OF IF THERE IS A, A REVISIONING OF OUR BOARD.
BUT, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A WHILE, GETTING TOGETHER AN ELEVATOR PITCH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MEMORIZE REALLY EASILY.
SO WE HAVE WAYS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WAYS THEY CAN SUPPORT THE LIBRARY, UM, OR THE PURPOSE OF THE LIBRARY.
SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU WOULD WANT TO PICK, LIKE, WHAT SORT OF PITCH DO YOU WANNA MEMORIZE? SO YOU MAY WANT TO MEMORIZE A PITCH ABOUT THE LIBRARY SERVICES.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOW TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY, BUT IN THAT CASE, THE PITCH WOULD BE HOW THE LIBRARIES CAN SUPPORT YOU AND, AND YOUR INTERESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IF YOU'RE REALLY CONNECTED IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, YOUR PITCH MAY ALL BE ABOUT LIKE HOW THE LIBRARY CAN SUPPORT YOUR BUSINESS GOALS AND HOW YOU CAN GIVE BACK THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS, ENDOWMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, OR MAYBE YOU JUST WANT TO SHARE, UM, THERE COULD BE ONE ABOUT LIKE THE DIVERSITY EFFORTS BEING MADE.
AND SO THE, AGAIN, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND AN ELEVATOR PITCH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SAY COMFORTABLY WITH CONFIDENCE IN ABOUT 10 TO 15 SECONDS.
UM, LIKE IF YOU'RE IN THE ELEVATOR CHATTING WITH SOMEBODY, THIS IS YOUR PITCH.
IT'S LIKE A SHORT FIRST, BUT SOMETHING THAT, IT'D BE EASY IF YOU REMEMBER.
AND OBVIOUSLY AN ELEVATOR PITCH OR ANY KIND OF ADVOCACY OUTREACH IS MEANINGFUL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU.
SO IT COULD ALSO BE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE LIBRARY THAT DRAWS
WE CAN TAKE THIS FOR HOMEWORK AND COME BACK WITH OUR, OUR
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PITCHES AND SHARE IDEAS, AND WE COME BACK TOGETHER IN OCTOBER.UM, OR THERE'S A THIRD OPTION.
UH, I THINK I ALWAYS HAVE TO MARINATE ON, YEAH.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU TOO, MS. JACQUELINE? YES.
SO THEN I WOULD SAY BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 5TH, YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE.
AND WE CAN ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT MESSAGE, RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IN OUR LIBRARY, AND SO IT IS, IT'S GONNA BE TOTALLY NORMAL AND FINE IF EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT ANGLE THAT'S JUST YOUR PERSONALIZATION, SOMETHING THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO YOU.
UM, AND KRISTEN, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND OUT SOME MY SENTENCE STEMS. OKAY.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEND IT OUT TO THE BOARD AS WE KIND OF WORK ON OUR HOMEWORK.
UH, SPELLING THIS ACCOUNT
AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE WHOLE THING ABOUT WHAT AN ELEVATOR PITCH IS.
SO IF YOU NEED SOME, SOME, UH, INSPIRATION, THERE'S SOME IDEAS THERE.
USUALLY MY PACKETS ARE NOT THIS LONG, UH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD IT.
SHE BEING EXTRA TO SHE'LL OFFER THE NEW PEOPLE.
OH, UM, THE LAST PART FOR THE, UH, THE SESSION.
SO WE WERE, UM, GIVEN FUNDS FROM, UH, COUNCIL TO, UM, SIGN UP FOR, UM, IT'S THROUGH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAVE UNDER THEIR UMBRELLA.
WE HAVE UNITED FOR LIBRARIES, WHICH SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH BOARDS, TRUSTEES, FRIENDS GROUPS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND EVERY YEAR IN JULY, THEY HAVE A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE.
AND THE ONE DAY WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR BOARDS.
ONE DAY WILL BE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, FRIENDS GROUPS, AND THEY'LL HAVE SET SESSIONS THROUGHOUT.
UM, SO THERE WERE, UH, FOUR SESSIONS THAT I THINK WE CAN LEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME, UH, KNOWLEDGE FROM.
UM, I CHOSE ONE THAT I KNOW THAT NOBODY HAS DONE THIS ONE, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH IT TOGETHER.
UM, BUT I HAVE ALL OF THESE, ALL FOUR OF THE SESSIONS AVAILABLE THAT, BUT WHAT WE PURCHASED WAS THEY CAN ONLY BE SHOWN ON MY LAPTOP.
SO, UM, WE CAN DO EITHER, YOU COULD, IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, LIKE AN HOUR THAT YOU WANNA COME UP HERE ONE DAY AND SAY, HEY, CAN I BORROW YOUR LAPTOP? UM, TO DO WHAT THOSE DRINKS DO, THAT I CAN ALSO, UM, I, I HAD A, A GOOGLE FORM TO SIGN UP, BUT I'LL PUT THAT OUT AGAIN.
UM, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR LIKE AN HOUR ON SPECIFIC DAYS THAT I'M AVAILABLE.
AND REALLY, I JUST GET YOU IN JUST TO HIT PLAY AND THEN YOU CAN WATCH IT.
AND THEN WHEN IT'S OVER, I HANG UP.
SO WE'LL DO IT THROUGH LIKE A TEAMS CALL.
UM, I DID PRINT OUT THE WHOLE, UM, THE WHOLE SESSION, UM, TO SAVE US FROM GOING IN AND LISTENING TO THE WHOLE SESSION, UH, FOR THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE ONLY BITS AND PIECES THAT WE CAN PROBABLY, UM, USE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, IMPORTANT BITS AND PIECES.
UM, JUST FOR A QUICK OVERVIEW, UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT USING, UH, THE MARYLAND, WELL, IT'S BY THE MARYLAND STATE LIBRARY, UM, AGENCY THAT DID THIS.
SO IN TEXAS, WE HAVE THE, UH, TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVE STATE MISSION.
AND SO THAT'S OUR STATE LIBRARY, UM, GROUP.
IT'S WHERE WE GET ACCREDITED EVERY YEAR THROUGH THEM.
IT'S WHERE WE GET OUR TEXTURE DATABASES TO SHARE WITH OUR, UH, PATRONS.
UM, IT'S WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE ILL, THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN BETWEEN TEXAS, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A BOOK, WE CAN, UM, ORDER IT ESSENTIALLY FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY AND IT GETS SENT OVER, AND THEN WE GET A BIT OF A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THEM.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE A TALKING BOOK PROGRAM.
IF WE HAVE A PATIENT THAT COMES IN THAT NEEDS MATERIALS AND BRAILLE, WE CAN ORDER BACK THROUGH THEM.
THERE'S ALL KIND KINDS OF TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC, AND THEN ALSO FOR LIBRARY WORKERS FOR
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TEXAS PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR AGENCIES.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL IN THIS, UM, TRAINING, UM, IS REALLY USING EVERY ORGANIZATION, LIKE HOW WE'RE USING, UM, OUR LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, FRIENDS IN LIBRARY TO ELEVATE,
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YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAVING SORT OF THE SAME FOCUS AND USING WHAT WE HAVE A NORMAL TO US PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.UM, THEY, UM, ARE, THEY TALK ABOUT STATE LIBRARY AGENCIES, UM, AND HOW THEY'RE USING THEM, UM, TO AMPLIFY LOCAL LIBRARY SUCCESS, THEIR PLANNING, PARTNERSHIPS AND STATEWIDE INITIATIVES.
UM, PART OF, UH, THE HOMEWORK THAT, UM, THAT I WILL GIVE IT IS JUST A LINK TO THE T SLACKS IS WHAT WE CALL IT, UM, PAGE.
AND YOU CAN JUST DO A, A A ONCE OVER.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF REALLY INTERESTING THINGS AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE FREE.
UM, AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY DO, UM, FUNDING HAS BEEN, UH, SCOTTY LATELY, UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND, UM, THEY, THEY FOUND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE THE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, THAT OFFER OUR
UM, ALSO, UH, NONPARTISAN STRATEGIES.
WE DON'T WANNA GET POLITICAL ABOUT THINGS.
UM, I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT, UH, LITERACY IS IMPORTANT, UM, THAT CONNECTION IS IMPORTANT, RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT.
AND SO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF STAYING IN THAT MINDSET.
UM, THERE ARE SOME IDEAS THAT THEY SHARE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE IDEAS SOUND GOOD TO YOU, BUT I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD, UM, SHARE 'EM.
UM, LIBRARIES ARE NOT JUST BOOK REPOSITORIES ANYMORE.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST AWARENESS THINGS THAT YOU CAN HELP ME GET OUT.
WE ARE SO MUCH MORE, AND IT'S NOT JUST AT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, AFTER COVID, WE HAD TO BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS, UM, BECOMING SORT OF LIKE COMMUNITY HUBS.
UM, SO EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE AVAILABLE, WE CAN ALWAYS GET SOMEBODY TO THAT RESOURCE.
SO WE MAKE OUR BUSINESS TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR PATRONS.
SO, UM, WE, WE REFER PEOPLE TO THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER ALL OF THE TIME.
WE REFER PEOPLE TO THE BLUE BONDED TRAILS ALL OF THE TIME.
UM, AND SO, UM, ALSO WITH, UM, WITH COVID CAME THIS PERIOD OF ISOLATION.
UM, AND SO LIBRARIES ARE TRYING TO FILL THAT GAP AND, AND REALLY BRING, UH, TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL SKILLS FOR OUR KIDS, UM, WAYS FOR OUR SENIORS TO MEET OTHER SENIORS, UM, AND OTHER PEOPLE, AND HAVE, UM, A GROUP OF, OF, OF A SUPPORT GROUP FOR THEM.
UM, AND THEN WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.
HERE'S THE STATE LIBRARY ECOSYSTEM ON A 46.
UM, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT SORT OF EVERYBODY WHO HAS THEIR HANDS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
SO WE, THERE'S FEDERAL PARTNERS.
UM, SO THE, UM, IML LED THE INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM LIBRARY SCIENCE, UM, IS AT A FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STATE LIBRARY AND BOARD WITH JUST
AND THEN, UM, THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF LIBRARY SYSTEMS, UM, AND BRANCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN MARYLAND.
UM, I, WE WON'T REALLY TALK MUCH ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE ONE, ONE BRANCH HERE IN, IN THAT'S WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
UM, THEY TALK ABOUT GRANTS AND FUNDING, WHICH, UM, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF ADDRESSED AND TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT WE SUPPORT ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE A PA COMPLIANCE THAT ALL, UM, CITIES ARE, ARE WORKING THROUGH.
THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE.
WELL, IT GOES, IT'S THE SAME FOR US TOO, HERE IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, TRAINING OUR WORKFORCE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE ARE THINGS THROUGH
BUT JUST KNOWING THAT THOSE THINGS EXIST.
UM, AND THEN THE STATEWIDE DATA IS ALL ON TPO.
IF YOU'RE A DATA PERSON, YOU CAN LITERALLY GO IN THERE, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SOME OF THAT IN NORMAL LIFE.
BUT, UM, YOU CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WANNA SEE WHAT OTHER, LIKE 10 RANDOM TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES THAT HAVE ABOUT THE SAME POPULATION AS
WHAT THEIR STATS ARE, AND THEN COMPARE THEM TO MINE, IF YOU ACTUALLY CAN PUT ALL THAT IN, AND IT WILL CREATE THE, UM, THE STATISTICS FOR YOU ON THE BAR GRAPHS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE LIBRARY'S ACCREDITATION REPORT.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, TRENDS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY HELPFUL, UH, RESOURCE.
UM, THEY TALK ABOUT, UM, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LISTED HERE FOR, UM, INNOVATION THROUGH, UH, STATEWIDE PLANNING.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING IS AI EDUCATION.
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SOME THINGS, UM, FOR THAT HERE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REALLY COLLABORATE WITH LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT EVEN MORE.UM, UH, TECHNOLOGY, UH, LENDING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM GOING TO BE ASKING FOR, UM, PROBABLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS, UM, A SET OF EIGHT TO 10 TABLETS THAT WE CAN USE, UM, TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO OUR PATRONS WHEN THEY COME IN FOR, UM, TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T HAVE THE DEVICE TO EVEN COME IN THAT MAY PREVENT THEM FROM COMING IN.
SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, AVAILABLE, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, THAT'S HUGE.
UH, TELEHEALTH ACCESS, UM, JUST KNOWING WHO TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO BASED ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
UM, AND THEN EXPANDED LIBRARY ACCESS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES, FINDING NEW WAYS TO GET THE MATERIALS IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAYBE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN WORKING ON THAT, UM, TO TRY TO, UM, HELP SOLVE THAT.
HAVING THINGS LIKE A MOBILE LIBRARY, UM, OR A FOOD MOBILE, UM, HAVING MAYBE POPUPS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE TOWN.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE GET WITH.
I THINK THAT THE TALENT IS REALLY GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE A HIGH, UM, NUMBER SENIORS COMPANY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER PROBABLY EVEN OPEN ONE
AND IN FACT, YEAH, THEY, THEY COME IN A LOT WITH THEIR FULL DOSE AND THEY'RE LIKE, CAN YOU, UM, TELL ME HOW TO GET THE BOOK FROM LIBBY ONTO, ONTO THIS? AND SO WE SHOW THEM HOW TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT PRESSURE TAKEN OFF OF PEOPLE THEY NEED TO LOG INTO, PUNCH IN OR TO SUBMIT A REPORT.
UM, SO THEY, THEY TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE DOING JUST FOR AWARENESS.
WE HAVE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS THAT COME IN.
THEY HAVE TOLD OFFICE HOURS EVERY THURSDAY HERE IN LIBRARY, TWO TO FOUR.
WE RESERVE A COMPUTER SO THAT WHOEVER THEY'RE HOPING HAS A DEVICE, IF I CAN USE TO BUY A RESUME OR LIKE JOBS OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
WE, UM, WE ALSO, I WAS CONTACTED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTION.
THEY GOT SOME FUNDING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
SO I'M GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO THEM WHO CAN FIND OUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE EVEN MORE.
UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING.
UM, IT TALKS ABOUT SHARED SERVICES.
SO IN LIBRARIES, REALLY OUR WHOLE, UH, PREMISE IS TO PROVIDE AND WORK TOGETHER WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE, RIGHT? UM, THE INNER LIBRARY LOAN IS HUGE BECAUSE, UH, WE SIMPLY CANNOT BUY EVERY SINGLE BESTSELLER THAT THAT COMES OUT.
BUT IT ALLOWS US TO REALLY, UM, LOOK AT THE LIBRARIES THAT ARE CLOSE TO US, AND THEY MIGHT HAVE, SAY, THREE COPIES OF A BOOK.
WELL, THEN WE WILL SAVE OUR FUNDS AND NOT PURCHASE THAT.
SO WE CAN ORDER FROM, UH, THEM THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT PREVIOUSLY BY HAVING SOME WIDE SUPPLY, UH, HOTSPOTS AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT.
UM, THAT DID NOT WORK OUT, UM, BASED ON THE, UM, THE CITY'S, THE PROGRAM THAT IT USES THAT WOULD REQUIRE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.
AND WE GO YEAR TO YEAR, AND THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE COULD DO.
BUT IF YOU EVER, UM, THINK OF WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE WI MORE WIFI HOTPOTS AVAILABLE, THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE'RE IN THAT, UM, EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SO, SOMEBODY WILL BE DOING CONSTRUCTION AND HITS A LINE OR SOMETHING, AND THEN, THEN THERE'S NO THERE INTERNET, I MEAN THAT FOR ALL OF CITY HALL, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO HAVING WIFI, THAT HOTSPOTS AVAILABLE PEOPLE TO CHECK OUT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WHEN THE INTERNET GOES OUT, EVERYONE COMES TO THE LIBRARY, AND WE DO HAVE SOME WIFI HOTSPOTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LARGE POPUL OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FROM HOME.
SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, UH, WITH THEM.
UM, THE EBOOK CONSORTIUM, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN LIVING, UM, IF YOU USE LIVING, THAT'S AUDIOBOOKS, EBOOKS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS A CONSORTIUM, WHICH MEANS WE ACTUALLY DON'T GET ANY MONEY PER DIGITAL, UH, MATERIALS.
WE RELY SOLELY ON OUR, UM, LIVING CONSORTIUM, WHICH IS CENTRAL TEXAS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LOT MORE IN THEIR BUDGET, LIKE ROUNDROCK OR YOU KNOW, VILLE, WHEN THEY PURCHASE THOSE EBOOKS, OUR PATRONS GET ACCESS TO THOSE.
SO, UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY IS BECAUSE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BORROWING FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.
UM, CITY ACCESSIBILITY IS HUGE, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LOT HERE IN THE LIBRARY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF OUR SPACE AND OUR LIMITATIONS THAT
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WE HAVE, UM, WITH OUR SPACES.UM, WE WOULD LOVE TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF BEING MORE NEURODIVERGENT FRIENDLY.
UM, UH, ALSO WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN THAT HAS A WHEELCHAIR, IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TIGHT, THEY'RE, THEY FOLLOW, UM, THE, UH, THE RULES.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER, UM, A LOT MORE OF A, A SMOOTHER SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE, UM, THROUGH HERE IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, HAVING THINGS LIKE ACCESS THROUGH T SITE FOR, UM, THE TALKING BOOKS PROGRAM, THE BRAILLE, UM, WE CAN ALSO, UM, HAVE A TEXTBOOK PROGRAM PROGRAM AS WELL THAT WE CAN UTILIZE.
JUST KIND OF KNOWING THAT THOSE SERVICES EXIST IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE YOU MAY, YOU NEVER KNOW WE YOU'RE GONNA MEET WHEN THEY'RE GONNA MEET.
UM, THEY TALK ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
UM, THERE WAS A RECENT ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT, UM, I READ IT ON DALLAS MORNING NEWS, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN RELEASED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEWS CHANNELS, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE, WHAT, WHAT LIBRARIES, YOU KNOW, UM, THEY BRING IN, WHAT WAS IT, LIKE FOUR OR $5 FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S INVESTED IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND SO JUST, WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW ANY WAY TO, UH, RAISE FUNDS FOR A NEW LIBRARY, BUT WE KNOW BASED ON COMPLET SURVEYS AND, UH, WHAT WE HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DATA THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT WE DO NEED A PARTNER SPACE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO PARTNER WITH MAYBE SOME OF THESE BIG BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN.
UM, PART OF WHAT THEY, THEY THEY DO FOR THE CITY IS BUILDING THE LIBRARY.
MAYBE ONE OF THEM CAN FIND OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY.
'CAUSE THAT'S STEP ONE, RIGHT? IS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WELL, AND YES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT WITH PNC FUNDING AND Z OF MONEY AND ZONING IS THE PUSH FOR THERE TO BE ONE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME ACREAGE OF LAND WHERE YOU HAVE LIBRARY SERVICES CENTER APART, YOU HAVE TRAIL THAT GOES AROUND IT, TIE IT ALL IN.
BUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST BARRIER HERE IN MEADOW, THAT WE HAVE A SPACE WHERE SOMEONE MAY ONLY HAVE TO GET OR RIDE TO ONE PLACE, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, AND ENJOY A LOT OF THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN ONE SPOT.
SO IF, IF PNC CONTINUES TO GO WITH THAT, THEY LIKED THAT IDEA, THEN IT WOULD BE ONE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE WHOLE SHEBANG AND NOT JUST SEPARATE ONES FOR EACH
I THINK THAT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE LIKE, I, UH, TOOK THE TOUR OF THE POLICE STATION, AND I THINK THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ARE PHENOMENAL, BUT THEY'RE SO MORE RAMPED.
SO, I MEAN, I PHYSICALLY FELT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN THERE.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STILL, YOU KNOW, LIKE YES, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT WE KNOW YES, IT IS GOING TO BE.
AND, UH, WHEN DID THEY BEEN FUNCTIONING? THEY PRESENT WHAT, WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS MM-HMM
UM, TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MAKE THE DECISIONS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND, UM, THAT WERE REALLY RECEPTIVE TO THE IDEA OF COMBINING SERVICES.
UM, BECAUSE PARKS AND REC, THEY ALSO DO, UM, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.
IF WE HAD ONE BUILDING THAT LIBRARIES COULD ACCESS AND PARK COULD ACCESS, THINK ABOUT WHAT WONDERFUL THINGS THAT COULD DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY DO HAVE US ON THE LIST, I THINK, FOR 2030, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUDGETING FOR NOW, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO, BUT I THINK, I THINK I WAS TOLD THE FEASIBILITY STUDY SHOULD BE FUNDED IN THE NEXT BUDGET.
IT'S NOT IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET.
WE'LL SEE, THEY KEEP PUSHING IT BACK.
THEY DO, BUT I'M GONNA HOLD OUT HOPE BECAUSE HONESTLY NOTHING ELSE, LIKE, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING UNTIL
UM, THIS, THE, THE NEXT SLIDE IS REALLY KIND OF THE ONE THAT'S ON GIVEN BY REALLY MORE ABOUT MY, SO, WELL, WELL, UM, THE AWARD, UM, GO BY THAT, UM, ADVOCACY IS A COMPONENT OF GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE.
I JUST THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD REMINDER BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE, THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO, WHAT I DO, WHAT OUR HBL FRIENDS DOES.
UM, YES, THERE ARE FUNDRAISING ARM, BUT WE'RE ALL BUILDING ADVOCATES, WE'RE ALL ADVOCATING
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FOR AWARENESS FOR SERVICES, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS.SO, UM, THAT KIND OF TIES IN WITH THE ELEVATOR PITCH.
YOU MAY, UM, YOU MAY, THAT MAY BE YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH TELLING THE, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR WAYS THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THAT MAYBE PEOPLE DID NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOW ABOUT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, UH, FINDING WAYS TO, HEY, I HERE, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LIBRARY CARD? OH, YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS AT HU? DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD GO GET A LIBRARY CARD, UM, FOR FREE, UM, THAT KIND OF STUFF, OR OFFER TO MEET PEOPLE AT THE LIBRARY.
SO IF YOU NEED TO MEET SOMEBODY IN THE PUBLIC, MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR THEM TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF JUST BEING IN THIS SPACE.
AND THEN, UM, UH, PAGE 59, UM, WHAT CAN
UM, SO THERE WERE, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SUMMER READING KICKOFF WITH THE, WITH THE GOVERNOR.
NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE GET THAT, BUT LIKE, JUST REALLY THINKING OF WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY EXPAND THE CELEBRATIONS AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR PROCLAMATION AT A COUNSELING FEE.
UM, ME DOING MY JOB OF MAKING SURE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DATA IS SO THAT YOU CAN TELL EFFECTIVE STORIES, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
UH, FINDING OTHER PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, WE HAVE SO MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE MOVING IN.
MY ADVICE TO THAT, IT'S NOT TO ME TO MAYBE MEET SOMEONE NEW AND, UM, SEE HOW WE CAN HELP SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
UM, AND THEN JUST STAYING, UH, CONNECTED, UH, WHETHER THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, MAYBE YOU'RE REALLY GOOD WITH SOCIAL MEDIA SO YOU CAN STAY, UM, YOU KNOW, ABREAST OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN LIBRARY.
YOU'RE SHARING THOSE TO PEOPLE, AND THAT'S SORT OF YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOUR PLACE.
I THINK THAT KIND OF WRAPS IT UP.
UM, I HAVE A, A WONDERING, BASED ON LOOKING AT WHAT TRUSTEES COULD DO, HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET WITH LIKE TAYLOR LAB MEMBERS? AND THERE HAS NOT, BUT BLOOMVILLE DID REACH OUT, UM, AND ASK ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT I GUESS THEY DROPPED IT.
BUT THAT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, EVEN SPEARHEAD HERE.
BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE, UM, LIBERTY HILLS, THEIR STRUCTURE IS DIFFERENT.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LIBRARY DISTRICT, AND SO LIKE THEIR LIBRARY MEMBERS, THEIR LAB ARE ELECTED.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT TO GET TOGETHER, LIKE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL LAB LEADERSHIP, OR I SHOULD SAY LIBRARY.
NOT EVERYONE'S IN A LAB FORMAT, BUT TO SEE ARE THERE ANY REGIONAL INITIATIVES THAT WE CAN EMBARK ON COLLECTIVELY, UM, FOR ADVOCACY OR SECURING FUNDING FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT WE COULD ALL BENEFIT FROM.
I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING FUTURE.
I MEAN,
UM, WE DO THE PROCLAMATION, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE IMPACT OF THE PROCLAMATION IS VERY SMALL.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT OUR OCTOBER MEETING HERE, THAT WE TALK ABOUT MAYBE WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, WHETHER IT'S WRITING THANK YOU LETTERS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT WOULD, UM, HELP DONATE TO A PARTY OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR OUR FRIENDS GROUP, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL THAN JUST, UM, A PROCLAMATION BEING REDDIT.
SO THE THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER IS SPRING'S WEEK.
AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITH THEM IN THAT THIRD WEEK, IT'S THE 18TH THROUGH THE 24TH.
I'M GONNA MY CALENDAR AND I'LL LOOK THROUGH THAT NOTES AS WELL.
UM, I'LL HAVE A SECTION FOR LIKE HOMEWORK AND A SECTION FOR THINGS THAT I'M HAVING TO DO TO HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO, TO REPORT BACK TO YOU AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT DATES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
ANYONE HAVE ANY LIKE, TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT, UM, OVERVIEW THAT, THAT KRISTEN GAVE US? WONDERINGS NEXT STEP.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE, THE FORMAL TRAINING, LIKE
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WATCHING THE WEBINAR, BUT KRISTEN SAYS, SO SHE'LL SEND OFF AT GOOGLE LINK, THEN YOU CAN SIGN UP.THAT ONE IS, UM, I DON'T WANNA WATCH OUT
THIS ONE WAS ONE THAT NOBODY DID.
BUT YOU DID PART OF THE FIRST TWO.
WELL THEN I GUESS WE CAN JUST GO TO, YOU CHOOSE PICTURE OF THE ITEMS. SO BRING ME BACK THE ELEVATOR PITCH.
WE'RE ALL GONNA DO OUR HOMEWORK, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT TIME WE COME TOGETHER.
UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD? TOPICS OF DISCUSSION OR LIKE GENERAL THINGS TO LOOK INTO THAT? KRISTEN PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT GIVES HER SOMETHING TO BRING BACK TO US NEXT MONTH SPECIFICALLY FOR AGENDA.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE HUNDRED 50TH THING MM-HMM
WE COULD REMIND PEOPLE OF THE PARTY THAT'LL BE HAPPENING ON THE SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA FORGET.
THEY GET REALLY INTO THE HISTORY IS GREAT.
UM, IS THERE A FLYER THAT'S CIRCULATING THAT WE CAN, UM, I WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
IF THERE IS, JUST SEND IT TO ME.
WE'LL JUST MAKE IT BIG AND LIKE CLOSE IT HERE AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY YEAH.
TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT WHO IS OUR OTHER MEMBER, BECAUSE TANYA WAS ON THAT WITH YOU.
SHE ALSO STEPPED DOWN FROM THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, SHE STEPPED DOWN FROM OLIVE BOARD WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
KYLE, CAN YOU FIND OUT IF WE NEED TO NOMINATE A SECOND PERSON BECAUSE IT'S, YOU DON'T WANNA FIND OUT? NO, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S TOO LATE.
OF THE 23, 24 MEMBERS WE HAVE, IT'S 20.
ONLY DO WE HAVE 20, BUT THERE'S BASICALLY LIKE, WE GET 12 OR SO A MEETING THAT ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND IT TENDS TO BE JUST LIKE THE CONSISTENT GROUP.
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT IN THE LIBRARY TO HELP, UM, MOVE OUT, JUST JUST SEND IT TO ME.
WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THOSE SORT OF CAMPAIGNS GOING ON AND KNOW WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, MARKETING, I CAN'T REMEMBER, ABBY.
AND SO THEY CAN LOOK TO THE WHOLE PLAN, LIKE THEY'RE SHARING THE FAX ALL THE TIME AND STUFF, SO IF WE CAN GIVE YOU A FLYER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I, BUT UH, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THE LIBRARY CAN DO TO VOLUNTEER DURING THAT TIME, IF THAT COULD BE A WAY THAT WE COULD SUPPORT IT VOLUNTEERING DURING THAT.
I GUESS BRING US A LIST OF WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS AS YOU REMEMBER DOING THIS AND THAT.
WELL YOU, MY, MY PRIMARY PART HAS BEEN THE FIELD MEMBER OF THE SPONSORSHIP SUB SUBCOMMITTEE WHERE I'VE GOTTEN ZERO RESPONSES
BUT I DID GET TO MAKE THE FLOOR PLAN, THE EVENT PLAN FOR THE LIKE, SHAPE OF IT.
SPONSORSHIPS HAVE BEEN CHALLENG BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR VOUCHER CI THINK WE'VE GOT MAYBE HALF OF WHAT WE NEED TO GET.
EVEN FOR LIKE DONATION,
WE'VE PICKED OUR LOCATION, WE'VE GOT A MAP MADE OUT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF VENDORS PICKED OUT.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE THROW OUT THE AGENDA SO I CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I CAN GIVE AN UPDATE ON HUNDRED 50TH AND FLYERS AND WAYS THE LIBRARY CAN HELP.
FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US TRAVEL.
I MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HOW I'VE BEEN REPRESENTING YOU.
ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE WANNA BRING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH? I JUST WANNA SHOUT OUT
UM, AND
ALL YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLUS ARE SO CUTE.
WE'RE DEFINITELY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
WELL IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO CLOSE.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 5TH.
FIFTH, AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE DAY.
WEDNESDAY YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTES, THE RECAP VIDEO AND HOMEWORK AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
UM, THERE IS AN LIKE A VERY JUST CHANCE THAT I MAY NOT BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE ZION AND WE FLY HOME ON SUNDAY, BUT IF THERE'S LIKE WEATHER OR WHATEVER, THEN
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I MAY NOT BE HERE.SO WON'T SKIP THE MEETING THEN.
WATCH A MOVIE WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE HAVING A SUB.