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          GOOD EVENING. IT IS JULY 24TH 2023 AT 7 P.M. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A QUORUM. AND I WILL CURRENTLY 
          [Library Advisory Board on July 24, 2023.]
CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT SEVEN O'CLOCK P. M. THANK YOU, TASHA. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY NEW MEMBERS. I JUST LIKE TO GO DOWN THE LINE OR MAYBE EVEN START WITH TASHA AND SHE'S UM, OUR VICE CHAIR. AND, UM HAVE YOU ALL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND JUST TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY YOU'RE HERE? JUST SOMETHING QUICK. NOTHING TO IN DEPTH. WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT? YES, IT STARTED. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM TASHA KIMBALL. THIS IS MY SECOND TERM, AND I'VE BEEN IN WYLIE FOR 13 YEARS. WELCOME. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JUSTIN STRETCH. UH THIS IS MY SECOND TERM. UM I'M LOCAL WYLY, I SD TEACHER. UH, AND CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY MASTERS IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. GAVE ME MY NAME IS MONICA MUNOZ AND THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TERM ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. AND, UM, I'VE BEEN A WILY RESIDENTS. SINCE 2008. I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT AND, UM, BEING INVOLVED IN A PART OF THIS EXCITES ME, AND I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY. HELLO BRIAN ORTIZ. UM I'VE SERVED ON THE P AND Z AND ALSO SERVING ON THE CONSTRUCTION CODE BOARD, UM THAT THIS IS MY FIRST TERM WITH LIBRARY. HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED. I HAVE A ONE YEAR OLD AND A THREE YEAR OLD. YOU OFTEN FIND ME AT THE LIBRARY USING ALL THE RESOURCES I CAN OR THEM TEARING UP STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. I'M IRENE. CHEZ VERA AND I DID TWO TERMS ON THE LIBRARY BOARD TOOK A YEAR OFF AND I'M BACK AGAIN. 
          I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RILEY FOR 20 YEARS. HELLO MY NAME IS ROBERTA SCOFFS MMA. THIS IS MY FIRST TERM ON THE BOARD. I'M A RETIRED LIBRARIAN, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THANKS FOR LIBRARIES. HI I'M ZAK TODD. I HAVE BEEN IN WILDLY FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW. AND MY MOM WAS A LIBRARIAN. I GREW UP GOING TO THE LIBRARY WITH HER ALL THE TIME, AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD FIT. SO HERE I AM. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR DOING THAT. WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HOURS SO PLEASED TO HAVE TASHA AND JUSTIN COME BACK, AND THEN ALL OF OUR NEW FACES WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY, WE WILL NOW. REVIEW OUR COMMENTS OR NON AGENDA ITEMS . WE HAVE OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT. 
          MISS LISA GIULIETTA, OUR ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR. COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT OPHELIA SAID. I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT BOARD. I'M VERY EXCITED. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU ALL UP HERE TONIGHT. AND UM IT'S JUST GOOD. I HAVE VERY GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THIS IS A WINNING GROUP. UM SO, LIKE I SAID GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. OPHELIA, MICHELLE, UM MY NAME IS LISA GOLETA, AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ABOUT MY ROLE FOR THE CITY OF WILEY AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AS WELL. UM SO I HAVE BEEN THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. FOR THE LAST YEAR AND MAYBE TWO MONTHS OR SO. MICHELLE AND I STARTED, UM, BACK AT THE END OF MAY. SO LAST YEAR, UM. BUT AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, I OVERSEE OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN THAT DEPARTMENT. I ALSO, UM ALSO SUPPORT OUR CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR AND IMAGINE YOU WILL MEET HER AT ONE OF THESE. SPOTLIGHT EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. UM I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OPHELIA ON I MEAN EVERYTHING FROM ALL THE STUFF YOU YOU WILL BE EXPOSED TO IN THE NEXT YEAR POLICIES. BUDGET ITEMS. JUST MANAGING STAFF. AND OPERATIONS AND SERVICES ON A DAILY BASIS. AND THE BUILDING. WE HAVE WONDERFUL BUILDING. I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT. UM, BUT MICHELLE OPHELIA AND I, IT TAKES A WHOLE TEAM TO KIND OF MANAGE ALL OF THAT, AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY'RE THE BEST. UM SEE, WE ALSO WORK ON WHAT THE LONG TERM PLANS SO WE'LL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN THE FUTURE AS 
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WE GO ON FOR THE LIBRARY. AH OPHELIA, AND I BOTH WORK ON THE REFERENCE DESK WHEN REQUIRED. SO IF STAFF THEIR SHORT THAT WEEK, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP OUT WHETHER IT'S IN OUR TEEN ROOM. THE CHILDREN'S DESK, UM, THE HELP DESK FOR ADULT SERVICES. UM I WORK CLOSELY, UH, THE CIRCULATION DESK AS WELL. OR YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE ME SOMETIME AT THE WINDOW. GIVING YOU YOUR HOLDS, UM, JUST TRY TO, YOU KNOW, STAY INVOLVED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT ALL OF OUR TEAM DOES SO I CAN HELP WHENEVER THEY NEED ME. UM AND OF COURSE, WHEN OPHELIA IS OUT OF THE OFFICE, WHETHER THAT'S FOR A LONG EXTENDED TIME, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST A COUPLE HOURS OF THE DAY. UM I'M THE PERSON WHO WILL KIND OF OVERSEE, LIKE I SAID DAILY OPERATIONS AND SERVICES AND THE GO TO PERSON FOR STAFF IF SOMETHING SHOULD COME UP. UM SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I DO FOR STUDIO WILEY. UM PERSONALLY, I CAN TELL YOU, UM I'M PRETTY MUCH A DALLAS NATIVE. MY FAMILY IS FROM NEW YORK. BUT WE MOVED DOWN HERE WHEN I WAS VERY LITTLE, ABOUT TWO YEARS OLD. UM SO DALLAS IS KIND OF HOME. I LIVE IN DENTON. RIGHT NOW. THAT'S BEEN MY HOME FOR ABOUT THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. SO IT'S HOME TO ME. UM BEFORE BEFORE I GOT INTO LIBRARIES. I WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS. SO I GOT WITH MY B, A AND MY MLS THERE ONCE I AH AND ACTUALLY GOT INTO LIBRARIES BECAUSE I WAS A BOOKSELLER FOR THE BOOKSTORE. UM, BORDERS, BOOKS AND MUSIC. DO YOU REMEMBER THEM? THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS A WHILE AGO, BUT VERY FOND MEMORIES OF THEM. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT GOT ME STARTED ON THE PATH WITH LIBRARIES. AND IT WAS 2011 WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE LIBRARY AND DENTON UNIVERSITY, TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY CIRCULATION MANAGER THERE FOR TWO YEARS WHILE I WORKED ON MY DEGREE. ONCE I GOT THAT DEGREE, MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL POSITION WAS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO I WAS A LIBRARIAN AT THEIR CENTRAL DOWNTOWN BRANCH. GOT A LOT OF GREAT EXPERIENCE THERE. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BRANCH , YOU KNOW THAT THEIR PATRONS ARE PRIMARILY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SO IT WAS GOOD TO GET A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. THAT POPULATION RIGHT AFTER THAT. RIGHT AFTER THAT. I WENT TO THE CITY OF WILEY, NOT WIFE. THERE'S SO MANY HOME MIXED UP THE CITY OF KELLER. SO I WAS AT THE KILLER PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM THE BIG DIFFERENCE. THERE WAS REALLY DALLAS WAS VERY TEAM ORIENTED. THEY YOU KNOW THEY HAD THE BUDGET TO DO, UM, HAVE SEVERAL LIBRARY ASSISTANCE ON STAFF, SO IT WAS A LOT OF TEAM EFFORTS TO DO PROGRAMMING AND OUTREACH. WHEREAS IN KILLER IT WAS A LOT SMALLER. SO WE HAD ONE LOCATION AND I WAS JUST IT FOR ADULT SERVICES, SO THAT WAS A LOT OF GOOD EXPERIENCE LEARNING HOW TO DO OUTREACH ON MY OWN PROGRAMMING ON MY OWN. BUILDING MY OWN COLLECTION COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, GETTING A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THERE. HELPING OUT WITH OR KIND OF OVERSEEING INTER LIBRARY LOAN. SO GETTING MY GETTING MY FEET WET AND ALL DEPARTMENTS AFTER KELLER. I MADE MY WAY TO THE HAZEL MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND HAZEL, TEXAS. THEY'RE JUST OUTSIDE OF WHAT WORTH IT'S A GREAT LITTLE LIBRARY AND THERE I WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AS WELL. SO THAT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I STARTED RIGHT WHEN COVID STARTED . I MEAN, IT WAS TO THE POINT WHERE, LIKE I GOT THE POSITION AND THEN COVID HAPPENED AND I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF I WAS GOING TO HAVE THAT POSITION ANYMORE. SO I WAS IT WAS IT WAS CHAOTIC TIME FOR EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY STARTING A NEW JOB. IT WAS THE CHALLENGE. I WAS THERE FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND GOT A LOT OF GOOD EXPERIENCE THERE. UM WE HAD A BOOK CHALLENGE THERE, SO I GOT EXPERIENCE WITH THAT. FEEL GOOD HAVING THAT UNDER MY FEET IN CASE THAT'S SOMETHING WE EVER HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UM EXPERIENCE HERE. AND AFTER TWO YEARS IN A CELL I CAME I FOUND MY WAY TO WILEY. AND I THINK THIS IS MY FOREVER LIBRARY NOW. UM BUT, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, BEFORE I LOVE CITY OF WILEY, EVERYONE WHO WORKS THERE IS PHENOMENAL. OUR PATRONS ARE INCREDIBLE. VERY LUCKY. VERY BLESSED. AND THAT'S ME. IN A NUTSHELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. HAVE A QUESTION YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I WONDER WHEN A BOOK CHALLENGE COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT WAS? YEAH, SURE. SO IN HAZEL, WE HAD CONCERNED, PATRON, THEY, YOU KNOW. SO A BOOK ON DISPLAY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. 
          EXPOSED TO AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS A WHOLE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND UM CITY 
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ADMINISTRATION. UM, BUT IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO GO TO GO THROUGH. THERE WERE A LOT OF HOLES AND POLICY THINGS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT GOOD WAYS TO REALLY BE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT. SO, BUT IT ENDED UP. REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO GO THROUGH, AND I THINK ALL PARTIES WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME. YEAH. I REALIZED THAT MICHELLE AND I DIDN'T REALLY DO AN INTRODUCTION , BUT LISTENING TO, UM LISA, I JUST THOUGHT IT'S SO GREAT BECAUSE WE COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER SO WELL. SO LISA IS ALSO A DATA GIRL. SHE LOVED NUMBERS. I DO NOT SO THIS WORKS OUT. IT'S GREAT. I'M LIKE YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND TELL ME IF WHAT I FEEL IS GOOD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, LISA HAS ALL THIS GREAT EXPERIENCE FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, SYSTEMS AND I WORKED FOR PLANO BEFORE I CAME TO WILEY. BUT I'VE BEEN IN WYLIE FOR 16 YEARS, SO IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE THAT FOIL. SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS DOING, AND SHE'S GOT A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. YOU KNOW, SO THEN WE CAN KIND OF COMBINE OUR EFFORTS THAT ARE REALLY GOOD. WE'RE ALSO REALLY, UM, COLLABORATIVE NATURALLY. SO AS SOON AS SOMETHING COMES UP, I'M IN HER OFFICE OR VICE VERSA. LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW? YES. SO UM, YEAH. SO WE WORKED REALLY WELL TOGETHER SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER HAPPY TO HAVE MICHELLE, TOO, AND I'LL LET MICHELLE INTRODUCE HERSELF AND TALK ABOUT HERSELF. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA. THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY. I'M MICHELLE RIBEIRO. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PLANO AND THEN GOT MARRIED AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS. UM CAME BACK ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND I WORKED FOR THE LOVEJOY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A WHILE. AND THEN I WENT TO PLANO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WAS ON THE CAMPUS IS THERE FOR A WHILE AND THEN I MOVED TO THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENT BEFORE COMING HERE TO WILEY. I'VE LIVED IN WILDLY ALL THIS TIME, AND I'M NOW. FINALLY WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. 
          YEAH, NICE TO MEET ALL OF YOU. SO MICHELLE IS OUR ADMIN ASSISTANT FOR THE LIBRARY, AND SHE ALSO GETS TO PLAY THE ROLE OF SECRETARY FOR OUR BOARDS. SO I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ONE MORE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY. AND I DON'T KNOW WAS IT WILL COME TO ME, OKAY? VERY WELL. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA WHERE WE APPROVED THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 26TH MEETING. YOU ALL CAN TURN TO PAGE THREE IN YOUR PACKET. AND JUST DO A QUICK RUN THROUGH IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AND WE WILL COME TO A VOTE AND JUST A MOMENT. WE DID HAVE THE QUESTION EARLIER ON. HOW CAN WE APPROVE THE MINUTES IF WE WEREN'T AT THE MEETING, AND I DID ASK THE CITY SECRETARY THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY AT THE MEETING AND SHE SAID, WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES YOU AREN'T ATTESTING TO WHAT WAS SAID. OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU JUST ADMIT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE MINUTES AND THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH ADDING THEM TO THE RECORD. AND OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE TWO OF YOU THAT WERE THERE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL WAS MISREPRESENTED OR NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, JUST LET US KNOW. MHM. 
          I MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED , UH FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          I SECOND THAT IRENE. OKAY THANK YOU, IRENE. I WILL START THE VOTING. IT'S A TOUCH SCREEN. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ALL OF YOU IN AND THE MOTION PASSES 727720. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. MHM. MY NEW YEAR'S CAN STAY ON. OKAY WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ALRIGHT THE FIRST ITEM 
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ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS TO NOMINATE AND VOTE ON A NEW BOARD CHAIR. SO USUALLY IN THIS SITUATION WITH SO MANY NEW PEOPLE. WHAT WE DO IS WE ASK IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION, UM AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING THE BOARD CHAIR, UM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF AS THE NEW BOARD CHAIR FOR THIS CURRENT TERM. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT'S INTERESTED? OKAY THEN SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO MAKE A MOTION STATING THAT, UM, NOMINATING JUSTIN FOR THE NEW BORDER. I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION OF JUSTIN, TOO, AS THE NEW BOARD CHAIR. IRENE. YOU'RE ON. TASHA SECOND. 
          IT SHOULDN'T OKAY. YEAH WE CAN DO THAT. UM SORRY WE HAD WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY EARLIER. SO, MY GUESS IS THAT DIDN'T SAVE UM, BUT WE DID HAVE IT. OKAY SO ALL I NEED TO KNOW IS A MAYBE BE EASIER TO SAY. IS THERE ANY CAME UP? DID IT COME UP? OH GOOD. IT'S FAIR. 
          WONDERFUL THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LIKE I KNOW, WE PUT IT ON US. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. NO. PERFECT AND. A 70 THE MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS, JUSTIN. OKAY? JUSTIN, YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER AND WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT, CONTINUING ON WITH OUR REGULAR AGENDA. NOMINATING VOTE ON NEW BOARD VICE CHAIR. UH CURRENTLY THAT ROLES FILLED BY OUR WONDERFUL TASHA. UH, AND I WOULDN'T I WOULD MOVE THAT I WOULD GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE TASHA TO CONTINUE FILLING THAT ROLE. A SECOND. OKAY WE WILL PUT THIS TO A VOTE AS WELL. GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MM HMM. AS YOU CAN SEE , WE HAVE VOTING HERE. 70 MOTION PASSES TO ELECT TASHA AS OUR VICE CHAIR. THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, TASHA. ALRIGHT NOW MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION. FIRST ITEM REVIEW THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY. YOU CAN FIND THAT POLICY ON THAT WOULD BE PAGE SEVEN. 
          THANK YOU, JUSTIN. A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS POLICY. AS LISA MENTIONED, SHE HAS HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING THROUGH A BOOK CHALLENGE AS YOU I'LL PROBABLY ARE AWARE THIS IS A VERY HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES. SO UM, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SLEPT TOGETHER. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DID QUICKLY. IT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO DO. WE ALREADY HAD A COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN PLACE, HOWEVER. UM LIKE, WHICH IS THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION . THAT'S KIND OF THE, UM WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE NOT THEY DON'T OVERSEE US, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF THE LEADERS IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES . YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF HELP US OUT WHEN WE NEED DIRECTION OR ASSISTANCE. UM THEY WERE DOING A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS. THEY DID ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO TRY TO HELP PUBLIC LIBRARIES TIGHTEN UP THOSE POLICIES. SO WE AT LEAST A ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE. WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THEM A LOT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WORDING BURBAGE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S HEAVILY INVOLVED BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT OF ANY KIND, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO GET INVOLVED. SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS IN ALMOST A YEAR LONG PROCESS WE REVIEWED. I DON'T KNOW A GOOD GILLIAN. 
          COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND HONESTLY, THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THIS POLICY IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS WAS, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE ONE OR TWO SENTENCES, AND I'M HAPPY TO POINT THOSE OUT THE PART THAT'S REALLY BEEN UPDATED AND CLARIFIED IS THIS SECTION AT THE VERY END, WHICH IS THE STATING CONCERNS ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A BOOK 
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CHALLENGE OR BOOK CHALLENGES. UM AND THAT'S THE PART WHERE T SLACK AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY FELT THAT OUR PREVIOUS POLICY WAS NOT CLEAR ON THE STEPS, SO THERE WAS TOO MUCH AMBIGUITY AND WE HAD TO BE MUCH MORE CLEAR. SO JUST STARTING AT THE BEGINNING, I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST WAY TO DO IT. YOU'LL JUST NOTICE A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT WHAT THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY IS WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS POLICY, ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT T SLACK DID RECOMMEND THAT WE ADD INTO THIS POLICY IS UNDER THE FOURTH BULLET, AND THEN 1234 DOTS IN THE PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS RETAIN RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE SEE THEIR CHILDREN'S SELECTION AND USE OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. THE LIBRARY STAFF DOES NOT SERVE IN LOCAL PARENTAL OR IN THE PLACE OF A PARENT. UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANTED US TO ADD TO THIS POLICY AS WELL AS TO OUR BORROWER POLICY TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, UM IT WAS UP TO THEM. AND THEN, UM RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RESOURCE SELECTION, SO I OVERSEE . TECHNICALLY IT'S YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S MY FAULT. WHATEVER HAPPENS IS MY FAULT. BUT WE HAVE 10 LIKE BRAINS ON STAFF. UM ONE OF THEM IS TECHNICAL SERVICES. LISA'S ONE I'M ONE SO THAT LEAVES US WITH SEVEN LIBRARIANS THAT DO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TECHNICALLY EIGHT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY COLLECT FOR THE SPANISH COLLECTION SINCE I SPEAK SPANISH. UM SO EACH LIBRARIAN HAS A COLLECTION THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. UM AND I'VE SAID THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU WILL NEVER MEET. SEVEN MORE OBSESSED LIBRARIANS ABOUT THEIR COLLECTIONS IN THE SEVEN THAT WORK AT OUR LIBRARY. UM THEY KNOW EVERY SINGLE THING WE'VE GOT. THEY KNOW WHAT WE DON'T HAVE. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN'T GET THE IF IT'S PARTICULARLY WITH OUR TEEN JUVENILE COLLECTORS, LIBRARIANS , YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM LIBRARIAN MIGHT LOOK AT SOMETHING AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS CODED HIS TEAM. BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. AND SO SHE'LL ORDER IT AND READ IT. THEN SHE'LL HAVE THE JUVENILE LIBRARIAN READ IT. THEN SHE'LL HAVE THE ADULT. I MEAN, THEY ALL READ AND GO. WHERE SHOULD THIS GO? I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST VERY, VERY DEDICATED AND VERY CONSCIENTIOUS. OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. SO UM, WE DO ACCEPT STAFF. UM. I'M SORRY. WE DO ACCEPT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          SO WE DO WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS BOOK. I CAN'T FIND IT WAS HOPING YOU GUYS HAD IT. WE HAVE A LIST. WE WRITE ALL THAT STUFF DOWN. WE REVIEW ALL THOSE THINGS AND IF WE CAN AFFORD THEM, AND THEY FIT THE POLICY, WE SHOULD WE DO TRY AND GET THEM. UM WE DO RUN OUT OF FUNDS WAY BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF MATERIALS TO BUY AH, UM SELECTION OF MATERIALS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ANY APPROVAL OR AGREEMENT BY THE LIBRARY. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING TO UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IF UM IF I GOT TO CHOOSE ONLY THINGS THAT I WANTED IN THE LIBRARY, EVERYTHING WOULD BE ABOUT KITTENS AND GHOSTS, AND NO ONE WOULD COME. IT WOULD JUST BE FOR ME, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE VERY THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS BIG THINGS THAT YOU LEARN IN LIBRARY SCHOOL RIGHT TO REMOVE YOURSELF AND TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A WELL ROUNDED COLLECTION THAT TRIES TO COVER EVERYTHING SO THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING THAT ALL VIEWPOINTS REPRESENTED. UM WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO PLEASE SOME PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO UPSET SOME PEOPLE. HOWEVER THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH IS TO REPRESENT EVERYONE OR TRIED TO REPRESENT EVERYONE. UM YOU'LL NOTICE ON PAGE EIGHT. WE HAVE A LIST OF SELECTION CRITERIA. UM SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO. LOOK FOR IN EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE COLLECTING. UM WE ALSO, UM HAVE COLLECTION MAINTENANCE. MEANING WE DO WITHDRAW BOOKS LIKE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SHOCKED . YOU KNOW? WHY ARE YOU GETTING RID OF THIS BOOK AND LIKE IT CIRCULATED ONCE IN FIVE YEARS? IT'S GOTTA GO. UM SO WE DO HAVE A MANUAL THAT HELPS US DECIDE WHAT STAYS AND WHAT GOES. SEARCH STATISTICS ARE PART OF THAT. BUT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT AFFECT WHY SOMETHING MIGHT BE WITHDRAWN CONDITION BEING A BIG ONE, PARTICULARLY IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA, WHERE THINGS JUST GET USED AND USED AND USED UNTIL THINGS ARE FALLING APART. UM GENERALLY WHEN WE DO DISCARD MATERIALS, IF WE CAN GIVE THEM TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, IT'S A WIN WIN BECAUSE THEN WE CAN SELL IT IN THE LOBBY. AND THEN THOSE FUNDS COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S KIND OF A NICE LITTLE ECOSYSTEM GOING THERE. UM BUT NOT ALL MATERIALS CAN DO THAT, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE FALLING APART. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. UM SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE THE WEALTH AND GIVE SOME TO SCHOOL AT THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES. IF THEY NEED MATERIALS, SO THAT'S ALWAYS NICE TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ADDED, IF YOU WILL LOOK ON PAGE NINE. IT'S THE COLLECTION MAINTENANCE PART IS CONTINUES AT THE TOP OF PAGE NINE. THE SECOND BULLET THERE AT THE TOP THAT WE'RE NOT A JUDICIAL BODY. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD IN THE MEDIA ABOUT HOW THERE'S PORNOGRAPHY AND LIBRARIES. THAT ISN'T TRUE PORNOGRAPHY. OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF IT. BUT PORNOGRAPHY AS DEFINED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE CANNOT HAVE THAT WE WOULD BE SHUT DOWN. THAT IS NOT ALLOWED, SO WE DO NOT HAVE PORNOGRAPHY IN THE LIBRARY. UM WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY THE POWER TO DESIGNATE SOMETHING AS PORNOGRAPHY THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN FROM A JUDGE IN 
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TEXAS WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COURTS. IF A JUDGE DOES QUITE, YOU KNOW, END UP CATEGORIZING SOME THINGS AS SUCH THAN THAT MATERIAL WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE REMOVED. HOWEVER WE OR ACTUALLY, I GUESS ANYONE REALLY CAN'T DO THAT. IT HAS TO BE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WE WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TO ADD IT IN THERE, I BELIEVED WAS THAT ONE OF THE TWO SLACK THINGS I CAN'T REMEMBER POSSIBLY YEAH. OR THE ATTORNEY. 
          ONE OF THOSE. THEY SUGGESTED THAT BOURBON TO BE ADDED. IN THERE. UM AS WELL AS THE NEXT BULLET, WHICH IS LIBRARY RESOURCES WILL NOT BE MARKED OR IDENTIFIED TO SHOW APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE CONTENTS. NOR WILL ITEMS BE SEQUESTERED OR ACCESS DENIED, EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING RESOURCES FROM DAMAGE OR THEFT. THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADD IN. SO THOSE WERE THE REALLY ONLY CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL POLICY BEFORE THE STATING CONCERNS ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS, EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN, UM. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SO FAR? I FEEL LIKE I'M TALKING REALLY FAST. I WATCHED THE GILMORE GIRLS LAST NIGHT. SO I'M JUST LIKE, SO I'M SORRY. YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES, MA'AM, EIGHT AND NINE THAT YOU JUST READ OVER THERE. UM THOSE THREE BULLETS. 
          THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLORS THERE THAT FOR A REASON, NONE OTHER THAN WHEN I PRINTED IT. I THINK I JUST MUST BE LIKE THAT ON THE PDF AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UM IT'S PROBABLY CAUSE THE LAWYER PUT HIM IN THAT COLOR AND I FORGOT TO CHANGE IT. SO I WILL FIX THAT. AND WITH REGARD TO BOOK CHALLENGES ARE STRAIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS . DOES THIS INCLUDE? UH THE MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY'S ELECTRONIC ELECTIONS. YES I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT IS BOUGHT BY MANY, MANY, MANY LIBRARIES. SO DO ALL THESE LIBRARIES HAVE TO AGREE, OR DOES IT I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING HOW IF I IF I HAVE A E RESOURCE , AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ITS MATERIAL, AND I GO THROUGH THE CHALLENGE, IS IT THAT MATERIAL IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT THIS PARTICULAR LIBRARY, OR DOES THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE VENDOR OR THE CATALOG? VERY GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, VERY GOOD COMMENT. I'VE THOUGHT AND MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT UM THE RESOURCES AND IT SAYS THAT WE ARE PART OF A CONSORTIUM. SO ON YOUR RIGHT ON SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE PART OF A CONSORTIUM IN ANOTHER LIBRARY BUYS IT, UM, TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE DIDN'T PURCHASE IT, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE DID. AND THERE IT IS, UM SO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER. MATERIALS. UM. IT'S NOT TOO CONCERNING BECAUSE MOST OF THE THINGS YOU CAN GET ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC. EVERYBODY THINKS EVERYTHING'S ON E BOOK, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. THERE ARE ESPECIALLY FOR LIBRARIES. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET ALL MATERIALS ON E BOOK. UM DO YOU CALL PUTTING THAT? I REMEMBER PUTTING THAT IN THERE, BUT NOW I CAN'T FIND IT. YEAH, RIGHT. IT'S IN HERE SOMEWHERE. I KNOW IT IS. I THINK YOU NEED TO COME UP TO THE MIC LISA BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE RECORDING. I KNOW WE PUT IT IN THERE AND WE PUT IT IN THE POLICY. I REMEMBER DISCUSSING THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE IT ADDRESSES EXACTLY WHAT JUSTIN'S REFERRING TO UM. BECAUSE SOME LIBRARIES AND THE CONSORTIUM WILL BUY BOOKS. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE IT WITH US. SO THERE MAY BE A WAY THAT YOU CAN IF IT WAS OR AT LEAST COULD I JUMP IN MANSOUR? IT'S THAT LAST SENTENCE ON THE FIRST, VERY FIRST UNDER COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, BRIAN. YES AND ROBERTA FOUND IT TOO. YES, NO WONDER BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE RIGHT SO PAGE SEVEN. IT'S THE VERY LAST SENTENCE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH , PLEASE. NO DIGITAL COLLECTIONS MAY CONTAIN TITLES OWNED BY MULTIPLE LIBRARIES, AND THEREFORE THIS POLICY APPLIES. 
          ONLY TWO TITLES OWNED BY THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. I THINK I'D BE LIKE KOREAN. THIS IS MAYBE FOR MY OWN CURIOSITY AND SAY WE HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY OF SOME CHALLENGE BOOK IN THE LIBRARY GETS CHALLENGED. OKAY WE HAVE TO TAKE IT AWAY, BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN ELECTRONIC CATALOG AND SORT OF, LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I CAN STILL USE MY SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD TO ACCESS IT. I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS. WHAT IS THE, UH, SORT OF BALANCE BETWEEN THOSE THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          HOW DO WE OR IF THERE IS A WAY BECAUSE IT'S NEVER HAPPENED, SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD THINK THAT, IF DETERMINED DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO REMOVE FROM THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION THAT WOULD ALSO BE MOVED FROM THE DIGITAL IF IT WAS SOMETHING WE PURCHASED. IF IT'S NOT, THEN WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION. VERY GOOD QUESTION. ONE OTHER 
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SORRY. GO AHEAD TO THEIR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. BUT MAYBE NOT. WITH THE POLICY PERCENT. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, UM. IS THE LIBRARY AT THE POINT IN TERMS OF ITS CAPACITY. THAT WHEN A BOOK IS ADDED, ANOTHER NEEDS TO BE WEEDED OR DO YOU HAVE GROWTH SPACE? WE STILL DO HAVE GROWTH SPACE. UM WE'RE RIGHT AROUND HOVERING RIGHT AROUND 122,000 ITEMS. 100 WE FLUCTUATE 1 20 TO 1 20 123 PHYSICAL 123,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS. UM. WE DO BIG WEEDING PROJECTS PROBABLY ONCE TO TWICE A YEAR. AND LIKE I SAID, ESPECIALLY THOSE CHILDREN'S MATERIALS, MAN, THEY'RE FALLING APART. YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM. SO UM, IT KIND OF TAKES CARE OF ITSELF. OKAY FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE ALSO, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MAJOR INFLUX OF MONEY TO PURCHASE NEW MATERIALS IN YEARS WHERE OUR BUDGET HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN FLAT. SO WHAT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE KEEPS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE EXPENSE EXACTLY. SO UM, THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN A PROBLEM. AS OF YET, OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION RELATES TO I'M A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE BOOK CLUBS AND I KNOW MULTIPLE COPIES ARE PURCHASED SO THAT THE MEMBERS CAN READ IT. 
          WHAT HAPPENS THEN TO THOSE MULTIPLE COPIES? UM I. AT THE END OF THE DAY. VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO WE'RE PART OF A PROGRAM BAKER AND TAYLOR LEASE PROGRAM, SO A LOT OF THOSE COPIES COME FROM A LEASE. SO THEN WE JUST SEND THEM BACK WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THEM. IF IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN THAT LEAST PROGRAM AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU DO IT. IF YOU NEED MULTIPLE COPIES OF SOMETHING PARTICULARLY BESTSELLERS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE HUGE, LONG WAITING LIST, BUT YOU DON'T WANT 16 COPIES SITTING AROUND ON YOUR SHELVES AFTER THE POPULAR ITEM IS DONE. UM THAT'S WHY WE GO THROUGH THE LEASE PROGRAM SO WE CAN LEASE THAT MANY COPIES FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED IT, AND THEN WE CAN JUST SEND THEM BACK AND KEEP THE TWO WE WANT. UM SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT GET CERTAIN TITLES BY LEASE. IN THAT CASE. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL SHARED ABOUT WEALTH. WE EITHER CALL OUT TO OTHER LIBRARIES, SMALLER LIBRARIES THAT MAY WANT COPIES OR WE'LL DO BOOK CLUB KITS LIKE READY MADE BOOK CLUB KIDS. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME AND BORROW A KID AND DO A BOOK CLUB ON THEIR OWN, THEY COULD DO THAT. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO YOU MENTIONED THE POLICY MENTIONS. CERTAIN MATERIALS. YOU SAY YOU CAN'T LEGALLY GET RID OF IT. OR WHERE ? WHERE DOES THE ROLE OF THE DISCRETION YOUR DISCRETION COME IN? WHEN IT COMES TO AND SO ANY OF THESE MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED INTO QUESTION RECENTLY. YOU SAID THE POLICY STATES THAT YOU CAN'T GET RID OF IT UNTIL YOU GET A COURT ORDER. NO, I SAID, WE CAN'T HAVE IT IF IT'S PORNOGRAPHY. RIGHT BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CATEGORIZED AS PORNOGRAPHY. SO WHAT WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE'RE, UM, ORDERING ITEMS FOR THE COLLECTION IS IF YOU LOOK THERE ON PAGE EIGHT, YOU HAVE THAT SELECTION CRITERIA. SO IF WE CAN SAY IT'S ACCURATE AND CURRENT, IT'S GOT, UM A GOOD REPUTATION OF THE PUBLISHER, THE AUTHOR, WHATEVER THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING UM, WE REALLY RELY ON AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, JOURNAL REVIEWS BECAUSE THAT TELLS US A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE MATERIAL, UM , SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS AND KIDS, AND EVEN A LOT OF TIMES GIVES US AN AGE RANGE OF WHAT WHO THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR UM, LIKE I SAID, THE LIBRARIANS ARE VERY OBSESSED WITH THEIR COLLECTIONS. THEY ALSO KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PAID TO DO SO THEY KNOW. WHAT MIGHT FIT WHAT MIGHT WORK AND WHAT MIGHT WORK BETTER IN A DIFFERENT COLLECTION, RIGHT? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE TEEN LIBRARIAN ORDERS SOMETHING THAT SAYS IT'S CODED FOR TEEN, SHE READS, IT GOES. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA WORK FOR TEAM HERE AND THEN SHE'LL TALK TO THE ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS ABOUT PUTTING IT IN THE ADULT DEPARTMENT IF THEY IF THEY FEEL LIKE STRONGLY THAT IT STILL NEEDS TO STAY IN THE COLLECTION, BUT MAYBE JUST NOT IN THE TEAM. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? KIND OF? YEAH I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE BALANCE BETWEEN HOW? WHERE WHERE? HOW MUCH DISCRETION IS INVOLVED. WHEN IT COMES TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GONNA PURCHASE THAT, YOU KNOW IT MAY MAY OR MAY NOT BE LISTED AS, FOR INSTANCE, PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, THIS THERE'S STILL SOMETHING OFF ABOUT THIS, UM BUT THERE'S NOTHING THE COURTS HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT YET. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESSES WHEN IT GOES INTO WHETHER OR NOT YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE OR EVEN KEEP IT RIGHT. SO LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH KNOWING THE COLLECTION KNOWING WHAT ELSE IS IN THAT COLLECTION THAT MAY BE SIMILAR. OR MAYBE NOT. MAYBE IT'S WAY AN OUTLIER THAT MIGHT INDICATE THAT IT NEEDS TO GO INTO A DIFFERENT COLLECTION. UM AN EXAMPLE THAT I'M SORRY. JUST NATASHA. BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS A MILLION TIMES IS, 
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UM, WE HAD A MOM UPSET. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT PUBERTY BOOK IN THE JUVENILE COLLECTION , WHICH WAS AN AMERICAN GIRL'S GUIDE TO GROWING UP KIND OF THING, AND IT SAID IT WAS ON THE BOOK. IT SAID IT WAS FOR GRADES FOUR THROUGH SEVENTH OR SOMETHING FOR YOUNGER. READERS UM, BUT SHE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE CONTENT SO THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP SPURRING A WHOLE REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT THE BOOKS AND THE JUVENILE COLLECTION GET INTO HOW MUCH DETAIL AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE BOOKS AND THE TEAM COLLECTION AND HOW MUCH DETAIL THEY GET INTO. AND THAT PARTICULAR BOOK REALLY DID FIT MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE TEAM BOOKS DISCUSSED. SO WE ENDED UP MOVING THAT UM SO SOMETIMES THINGS CHANGE, SO THAT CAN HAPPEN TO SO, YEAH. I MEAN, THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCRETION AS FAR AS UH WHAT? JUST THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POPULATION THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COLLECTION. WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED? WHAT PARTICULAR TOPIC? WHAT OTHER BOOKS ON THAT TOPIC? THERE MIGHT BE THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. SURE. UM. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, UM TOP OF PAGE EIGHT. THERE'S A LISTING OF THE RESOURCES THAT THE LIBRARIANS USED. UM, FOR BOOK REVIEWS. UM, THESE ARE STANDARD. RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN USED BY LIBRARIANS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. UM THEY WILL NOT BE, UM, REVIEWING PORNOGRAPHY. OR SUGGESTING IT TO LIBRARIES. THESE RESOURCES SIMPLY WILL NOT DO THAT. UM IT'S POSSIBLE THAT. ONE RESOURCE, MAYBE MORE FAVORABLE TO A BOOK, THEN ANOTHER RESOURCE, BUT THAT'S WHY THE LIBRARIANS READ MULTIPLE REVIEWS. TO GET A BALANCE. UH, OKAY. WILL THIS REALLY BE RIGHT FOR US OR NOT? AND THERE'S OFTEN TIMES THAT SOMETHING WILL GET A HORRIBLE REVIEW AND WILL END UP ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST. AND SO GUESS WHAT? AND YOU'VE GOT A MILLION PEOPLE ASKING YOU FOR IT EVERY DAY. SO OUR PURCHASE REQUEST LIST IS THE SAME TITLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. SO THEN WE END UP HAVING TO BUY IT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOT A TERRIBLE REVIEW, ITS IN DEMAND, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP GETTING REQUESTS FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST. WE HAVE TO HAVE IT SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO AND WE'RE GONNA GET MORE INTO HOW WE DECIDE HERE IN THE NEXT LITTLE PRESENTATION. BUT ROBERT IS RIGHT. THOSE REVIEWS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT? UM HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET COMPLAINTS? ON AVERAGE, AND HAS THAT CHANGED LIKE LET'S SAY WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS. UM YOU GET THE MONTH TO MONTH ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS. I'D IMAGINE THAT WITHIN THE LAST 3 TO 5 YEARS, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU GET BLANK? ACTUAL LIKE DOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS HARDLY EVER. COMMENTS A LOT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD EVEN SAY ONCE A WEEK. MAYBE, UM, LATELY THAT HAS CERTAINLY INCREASED. UM RECENTLY WE HAD A PATRON WHO WAS PUT IN CERTAIN TYPES OF BOOKS ON HOLD TO CHECK OUT SO THAT NOBODY ELSE COULD CHECK THEM OUT. UM AND MENTION THAT TO ONE OF THE CIRCULATION STAFF. SO, UM WE KIND OF HAD TO TALK WITH HER AND BE LIKE, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN KEEP CHECKING THESE ITEMS OUT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RAISE CIRCULATION STATISTICS WHICH SHOW HEY, WE NEED TO BUY MORE OF THESE ITEMS. SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING BY DOING THAT? UM SHE WASN'T VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF IT'S MORE LIKE, UM OR VERY PASSIVE COMPLAINTS. UM, SOMETIMES WE DO GET A PARENT THAT WILL JUST SAY I WAS JUST SHOCKED TO SEE THIS IN HERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS IS IN HERE IN IN THAT YOU WILL BASICALLY STATING. ARE YOU SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT COLLECTION, BUT THEY DON'T EVER WANT TO TAKE IT FURTHER. THEY'RE NOT ASKING TOO. 
          YOU KNOW, DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UM, ACTUAL CHALLENGES CHALLENGES LIKE WHERE IT GOT TO THE LIBRARY FOR ADVISORY BOARD. I'VE BEEN HERE 16 YEARS AND THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED. ALRIGHT IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY, JUSTIN. WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SECTION TO REVIEW SORRY. I WAS WAITING TO REVIEW THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS THE BIG ONE. SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UM THAT WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF, UH, CLARIFYING AND JUST MAKING THINGS REALLY, REALLY CLEAR AND THIS IS WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD COME IN. SO THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO REVIEW THIS WITH Y'ALL SO. 
          THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS IN THIS PART OF THE POLICY. WE'RE STARTING WITH STATING CONCERNS ABOUT LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED. THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT A WILY RESIDENT IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THIS OFFICIAL PROCESS, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT WHOSE TAX 
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DOLLARS SUPPORT THE LIBRARY. THE REASON BEING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT EVEN IN TEXAS ARE NOT FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S FROM POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS OR OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET IN AND CAUSE DISRUPTION. UM, SO T SLACK WAS A BIG PROPONENT OF SAYING, UM, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMING FROM. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO LISTEN TO ANYONE WHO'S UPSET ABOUT ANYTHING. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOUR COMPLAINTS IF YOU'RE NOT IN WYLIE, BUT IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THIS FORM. I MEAN, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FORMAL PROCEDURE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A WILY RESIDENT BECAUSE THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY PAY FOR THOSE BOOKS. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD GET A SAY IN WHAT GETS TO STAY AND WHAT DOESN'T GET TO STAY OR GETS TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT COMPLAINT. THE CARD HOLDER AT LEAST SIX MONTHS IN GOOD STANDING. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. THAT TOO SLACK SUGGESTED FOR THE SAME REASON SO THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY WEREN'T JUST KIND OF COMING IN, FLY BY NIGHT TO KIND OF STIR UP THE POT AND THEN LEAVING. UM SO WE ASKED THEM TO HAVE COMPLETED READING, WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THE ITEM IN QUESTION. A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WILL COME ACROSS A PASSAGE OR READ SOMETHING OUT OF CONTEXT AND GET UPSET, SO WE DO ASK THEM TO MAKE SURE TO HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK. UM WE ASKED IF THEY READ THE POLICY IN ITS ENTIRETY. UM THE FIRST STEP IS TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS WITH A SUPERVISOR OVERSEES THAT COLLECTION. SO IF IT'S IN THE JUVENILE SECTION THEY WOULD SPEAK TO THE SERVICES SUPERVISOR IS THE ADULT SECTION. THEY SPEAK TO THE ADULT SERVICES SUPERVISOR ABOUT WHAT THEIR OBJECTION IS WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS, UM, SO THAT SHE IN BOTH CASES, IT'S A SHE RIGHT NOW SO SHE WOULD KNOW WHAT TO REVIEW WHAT THEY'RE READING FOR, UM. AT THAT POINT, TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET A COMPLAINT LIKE THAT? THAT THAT LIGHT? THE LIBRARIAN WHO ORDERED FOR THAT COLLECTION IN THE SUPERVISOR WOULD READ IT OFTEN? I'M GETTING INVOLVED, OR LISA GETS INVOLVED AS WELL WILL READ IT AS WELL. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IT. LIKE OKAY. IS THIS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MOVE? THIS IS THIS YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT REVIEWS IS, ARE THERE IS IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE REVIEWS ARE SAYING? YOU KNOW WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND THEN FROM THERE? UM WE MIGHT SAY, HEY, MAYBE MAYBE THIS PERSON HAS A POINT, LIKE THE ONE WITH THE AMERICAN GIRLS. EXAMPLE WE DECIDED THAT SHE DID HAVE A POINT AND WE MOVED IT. UM SOMETIMES IT'S WE FEEL LIKE IT'S RIGHT EXACTLY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. SO IF NOTHING HAPPENS AND THEY'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT, THEY CAN TALK TO ME DIRECTLY AND THEN I CAN REVIEW WITH THEM. THE STEPS WE TOOK WHY WE MADE THE DECISION WE MADE. SHOW THEM THE REVIEWS THAT WERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE READ THE MATERIAL AND ENTIRELY AND WHY WE MADE THAT DECISION. UM IF THEY'RE STILL NOT SATISFIED AFTER STALKING WITH TALKING WITH ME, THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS GET INVOLVED, SO THEY MAY SUBMIT A FORMAL LETTER OF CONCERN TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, AND IT JUST GIVES YOU SOME DETAILS ON WHAT HAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT LETTER. ANONYMOUS REQUESTS MAY NOT BE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT THAT POINT WHEN WE GET A FORMAL LETTER HERE AT THE BOARD LEVEL, THEN YOU GUYS HAVE, UM TWO OPTIONS. I WOULD SAY WE ARE. YOU KNOW, WE THIS IS WHAT I WOULD BASICALLY EXPLAIN HERE. THE STEPS WE TOOK ALREADY. HERE IS WHAT WE DID. UM AND IF YOU ALL ARE SATISFIED WITH THAT, YOU MAY SAY OKAY, I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS ALREADY DID YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. 
          UM IF YOU IF THAT'S WHERE YOU BELIEVE THE BOOK IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OR WHATEVER, THEN THAT'S IT. YOU'RE DONE. THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. HOWEVER IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT DOES NEED FURTHER REVIEW. THEN YOU ALL CAN, UM UM, ELECTED TO CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE. UP TO THREE MEMBERS, AND THEN I WOULD COLLECT. I WOULD ALSO CHOOSE THREE MEMBERS, UM, TO SERVE ALONGSIDE THAT REVIEW COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION SO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD REVIEW THE MATERIALS INDEPENDENTLY. THEN THEY WOULD GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE ABOUT. WHETHER OR NOT IT FITS WITH THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY. AT THE END OF THAT DISCUSSION, THEY CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ME TO THE DIRECTOR, SAYING WE THINK THIS IS OKAY. IT DOES FIT THE CUT POLICY MAYBE NEEDS TO BE IN ANOTHER PLACE. AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T WHATEVER YOU ALL DECIDE YOU WANT TO DO. AND THEN ONCE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS MADE. THE FINAL DECISION STILL LIES WITH THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR, UM AS TO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MATERIAL IN QUESTION. ONCE A MATERIAL AND ITEM. EXCUSE ME HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM IT CANNOT BE CHALLENGED AGAIN OR RECONSIDERED AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. BECAUSE IT'S QUITE AND BART. SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO, I THINK BEFORE IT WAS VERY VAGUE, JUST SAID LIKE UM THE LIBRARY BOARD WILL REVIEW IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS. UM SO THE ATTORNEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO GET REALLY INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE HAD TO HAVE, UH, TIMELINES. WE HAD 
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TO HAVE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, 60 DAYS AND THREE PEOPLE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND ALL OF THIS ALSO GOES INTO PLAYS INTO OUR BYLAWS. SO WE HAD TO GO. BE SURE THAT WE WERE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BYLAWS ARE AS WELL. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, SIR. IN THE CASE THAT THERE MAY BE A BOOK THAT'S CHALLENGED AND REMOVED FROM THE LIBRARY. IS THAT FOREVER, OR IS IT HEY, WE CAN'T HAVE THIS BOOK FOR FIVE YEARS AND WE'LL COME BACK AND REVIEW IT. IS THERE A RECORD OF BOOKS THAT HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO BE RECONSIDERED AT A LATER DATE? TO MY KNOWLEDGE? THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BOOK REMOVED FROM THE LIBRARY DUE TO CONTENT. UM I WOULD IMAGINE THAT WHATEVER THAT HAPPENED, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PERMANENT DECISION. AND UH, THE FOLLOW UP . HOW BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT PAGE NINE. THE CARDHOLDER HAS TO HAVE BEEN CALLED CARDHOLDER FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. CORRECT. AT WHAT AGE CAN LIKE, SAY, LIKE MY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WANTING A LIBRARY CARD. WHAT'S THE AGE PARTICULAR LIBRARY CARD AND WILEY? WE DO NOT HAVE AN AGE SO AS LONG AS THE PARENT IS WILLING TO SIGN FOR THEM, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GET A CAR. UH, BUT I THINK LIKE IN THE SCENARIO, I'M IMAGINING. UH A STUDENT OR A TEENAGER GETS A BOOK BRINGS IT HOME. UH, PARENTS LOOKS THROUGH IT DECIDES. HEY, THIS ISN'T APPROPRIATE. MAYBE THE PARENT DOESN'T HAVE AN, UH, A LIBRARY CARD. ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO MAKE THAT THAT CHALLENGE OR IS IT? NO. YOU'VE GOT TO GO GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD FOR SIX MONTHS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A CARDHOLDER IN GOOD STANDING FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. WE ENCOURAGE ALL PARENTS WHEN THEY COME UP TO GET A CARD FOR THEIR KIDS THAT THEY SHOULD GET ONE TOO. THEY DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN TO US, BUT WE TRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PART OF THE POLICY. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. LET'S GO TO REMEMBER TO REVIEW CHOOSING BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY COLLECTION PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ON PAGE 12. SO I'M JUST SOME QUICK REMINDERS HERE BEFORE WE KIND OF GET INTO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE ORDERING BOOKS. UM AGAIN, ALL ITEMS PURCHASED HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY. I'VE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES WE RUN OUT OF MONEY AWAY BEFORE HE RAN A BOOKS. THE VAST MAJORITY, I WOULD SAY 98% MAYBE EVEN 99% OF OUR BOOKS ARE PURCHASED THROUGH INGRAM THERE A MAJOR RETAILER BECAUSE WE GET A HUGE DISCOUNT THROUGH THEM. AND DON'T PAY SHIPPING. SO UM, THIS IS MOST EVERY LIBRARY GOES THROUGH INGRAM OR ONE OF THE MAJOR BOOK DISTRIBUTORS. THE OTHER ONE IS A FOLATE IS ANOTHER ONE. THAT'S THAT'S USUALLY GEARS MORE TOWARDS SCHOOLS. UM SO INGRAM REALLY PROVIDES, UM. ITEMS NOT JUST FOR LIBRARIES, BUT RETAILERS AS WELL. SO UM, THAT'S WHO WE USE. UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL REVIEWS TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEST FOR EACH COLLECTION. EVERY LIBRARIAN HAS A SPECIFIC HAS SPECIFIC COLLECTION DUTIES. FIRST OUR COLLECTION RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SPECIFIC COLLECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO PURCHASE FOR AND AGAIN WE RUN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF BOOKS, SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ALL WHEN YOU PULL UP INGRAM AND SEARCH FOR A TITLE, AND THEY HAVE CURATED LISTS. THEY DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO MAKE THINGS EASY, SO BESTSELLER LIST. WHAT'S HOT AND TEEN RIGHT NOW IT'S HOT AND KIDS RIGHT NOW, UM, THINK TITLES THAT ARE UPCOMING THAT ARE GOING TO BE POPULAR. THE WHOLE THING. THEY'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, SO THEY MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PURCHASE BOOKS. UM I CHOSE THIS PARTICULAR TITLE AND BECAUSE IT'S A TEAM TITLE, AND ALSO IT'S USED IN OUR PARENT'S GUIDE TO WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE READING. SO I WANTED TO KIND OF TIE THAT BACK IN. THIS IS ME OR AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL. IT'S A MOVIE TIE. IN ADDITION, SO YOU'LL NOTICE IT GIVES YOU KIND OF ALL THE FACTS ABOUT THE BOOKS. THEY'RE THE RIGHT 17 95 IS THE LIST PRICE WE WOULD GET A DISCOUNT OFF OF THAT. UM, AND THEN WHAT? I REALLY WANTED TO KIND OF FOCUS ON WAS UNDERNEATH WHERE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SO YOU CAN SEE IN GRIMM'S ALREADY HAS THIS CATEGORIZED AS A YOUNG ADULT FICTION, SO WE KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY MEANT FOR THE TEEN ROOM. UM IF YOU GO A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, IT SHOWS TARGET AGE GROUP 14 TO 17. SO THAT KIND OF SUPPORTS THAT, UM, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WE GO THROUGH WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR A JUVENILE AND THEN FOR ADULTS. IT GIVES YOU KIND OF WHAT THE CATEGORIES ARE EXILE LEVEL. WHAT THE READING LEVEL IS, UM AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW THE PHYSICAL INFO THERE ON THE BOOK. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WHEN I TALK ABOUT PARTICULARLY WITH CHILDREN'S MATERIALS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHERE IT GOES. THIS ONE'S PRETTY EASY 14 TO 17. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED GOING TO BE THE TEEN ROOM. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S LIKE 12 TO 16. YOU'RE LIKE, AH, WHERE DOES THIS GO AND 
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MORE INDEPENDENT ON THE CONTENT OR THE READING LEVEL OR WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE ORDER IT AND READ IT AND FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE IT JUST DEPENDS ON ON THE BOOK. 
          INGRAM IS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT SEPARATING TEEN FROM JUVENILE, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW THINGS GET A LITTLE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE SO UM AND LIKE I SAID, SO, IF THERE'S EVER A QUESTION ARE LIBRARIANS REVIEW IT PRETTY THOROUGHLY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT SHOULD GO. AND JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT A FIELD TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE. UH, A JOURNAL REVIEW. LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHAT BOOK LIST IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR JOURNAL REVIEWS, UM, THAT WE USED REVIEWERS THAT WE USE. THEY DO A START REVIEW FOR THEIR TOP BOOKS EVERY MONTH. SO THIS IS ONE OF THEM, AND YOU CAN JUST READ THROUGH IT THERE. BOOKLIST DOESN'T HAVE AGED RECOMMENDATIONS, HOWEVER, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, WHICH WE LEAN HEAVILY ON FOR USE SERVICES MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY DO RECOMMEND BY AGE AND ITS EDUCATORS THAT ARE WRITING THOSE REVIEWS, TYPICALLY EITHER TEACHERS OR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, SO IF EVER, THERE'S ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUED CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL CONTENT . THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT TELLING YOU ABOUT IT IN THE REVIEW, SO THAT WAY WE WOULD KNOW UPFRONT. UM SO JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS WOULD JUST BE ONE REVIEW THEY WOULD READ. TYPICALLY LIBRARIANS READ 2 TO 3 REVIEWS TO DECIDE. WHAT TO GET AND WHATNOT. INGRAM VERY HELPFULLY HAS ALL THOSE REVIEWS RIGHT THERE. SO IF YOU WERE TO SCROLL DOWN FROM THAT SCREEN THAT I SCREENSHOT, I SHOWED YOU DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM. IT LISTS ALL THE DIFFERENT REVIEWS, SO IT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO GO THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT. WHAT YOU WANT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM? UM, FOR MY OWN EDUCATION. WHAT IS THE LEXICAL LEVEL LEVEL IS LIKE A READING LEVEL SO EVERYBODY USES SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW SOME CAMPUSES USING A R LEVEL SOME USE. THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ONES OUT THERE, BUT IT'S JUST KIND OF TO LET YOU KNOW. VOCABULARY WISE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE, IS IT IS IT GOING TO BE A HARDER READ, LIKE MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE DOLL? OR IS IT GOING TO BE EASIER FOR KIDS TYPICALLY WITH LEXICAL? THE LOWER THE NUMBER, THE EASIER IT IS. THERE USED TO BE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS, ROBERTA, BUT THERE USED TO BE VERY STRICT. UM I DON'T KNOW. 
          RULES GUIDELINES, I GUESS ABOUT LEXICAL LEVEL AND WHERE YOU WOULD PUT IT. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS FOR KIDS, YOU WOULD NEVER PASS THIS LEXICAL LEVEL. HARRY POTTER CHANGED ALL THAT. ONCE KIDS WERE READING, 500 PAGE BOOKS AND FOURTH GRADE THEY WERE, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL GOOD. MOVING ON TO PAGE 15. THIS IS KIND OF A SCREEN. THIS IS A SCREENSHOT OF A JUVENILE BOOK. 
          SO DARBY WIMPY KID, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY. MOST CIRCULATED BOOKS. 
          THIS IS BOOK NUMBER ONE, AND IF YOU NOTICE DOWN ON THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, YOU SEE IT, SAYS JUVENILE FICTION AND THEN AT THE TARGET AGE GROUP IS 9 TO 12. YOU'LL SEE THE LEXICAL LEVEL ON THAT ONE IS 9 50. WHEREAS ME, EARL AND THE DYING GIRL THAT ONE WAS EVEN LESS 8 20. HOW ABOUT THAT? MAYBE I HAVE IT CONFUSED. MAYBE IT'S HIRES EASIER. ANYWAY. BUT THERE YOU GO. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. IF YOU TURN THE PAGE TO THE REVIEW, THIS IS SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. SO THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TELLING YOU IS ALL THE REVIEWERS ARE EDUCATORS OF SOME KIND OR PROFESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, LIBRARIANS OR TEACHERS? UM AND THEY WILL TELL YOU IF THERE'S EVER ANYTHING THAT THEY FEEL MIGHT BE CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL. SO OUR YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT REALLY, REALLY LIKE SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, BECAUSE THEN THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO THEIR. THE FIRST THING YOU SEE ON THE REVIEW IS GRADES 5 TO 8. SO THAT'S WHO THEY'RE RECOMMENDING IT FOR. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO KIND OF CHECK THAT. LEVEL WITH WHAT INGRAM SAYING TO SEE IF THAT JIVES. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          MOVING ON TO PAGE 17. WE SHOULD HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF THE TITLE LESSONS AND CHEMISTRY. THIS WAS A SLEEPER BOOK. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. NOBODY HEARD ABOUT THIS AUTHOR AND, UM ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE BIG BOOK CLUBS ON TV OR SOMETHING HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THOSE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT DO WE HAVE THAT WE NEED TO GO GET THIS? UM BUT ANYWAY, SO YOU'LL NOTICE AND UNDER THE CATEGORY, THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CATEGORY JUST AS FICTION. IT'S NOT GONNA INDICATE THAT IT'S FOR YOUNG ADULTS OR JUVENILES. IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE A GRADE OR AGE LEVEL. WHICH KIND OF SHOWS YOU, UM IT'S NOT FOR KIDS. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE FOR ADULTS AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE REVIEW OF THAT TITLE. TRY TO FIND ONE THAT WASN'T 
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REVIEWED REALLY WELL, SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT I MEAN. BUT I WAS HARD TO FIND ANY THAT WEREN'T THIS IS A REVIEW FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. UM I BELIEVE FOR THEIR JUVENILE FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S MATERIALS USE SERVICES MATERIALS. THEY DO OFFER A GRADE LEVEL ON THAT, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS FOR ADULTS, THEY DON'T. AND THEN, JUST AS A FINAL EXAMPLE, I PUT IN AN ADULT NONFICTION TITLE. UM TECHNICALLY , I GUESS YOU COULD ALMOST SAY THAT LESSONS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY. IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE DUI, IT HAS NONFICTION 813. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT'S A FICTION. BUT ANYWAY, UM LIBRARIAN PROBLEMS ANYWAY. 
          AND ADULT NONFICTION. UH THAT ONE'S DEFINITELY A NONFICTION OUTLIVE THE SCIENCE AND ART OF LONGEVITY, SO YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT FALLS UNDER AGAIN. YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING. THIS IS YOUNG ADULT OR JUVENILE. SO YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS FOR ADULTS, AND THERE'S NO UM AGE OR GRADE LEVEL WITH THAT. UM THE REVIEW FOR THIS ONE'S ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. AND THAT'S KIRKUS . SO THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. I TRIED TO INCLUDE REVIEWS FROM DIFFERENT REVIEW JOURNAL, SO YOU COULD KIND OF SEE WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE AS WELL. AND I BELIEVE FOR JUVENILE MATERIALS. CURTIS DOES ALSO PROVIDE A GRADE SLASH AGE LEVEL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS BOOK'S REALLY GOOD SO FAR. 
          OH YEAH, YOU ARE YOU READING IT AUDIOBOOK HALFWAY THROUGH. OKAY LET ME KNOW OR ACTUALLY GIVE ME THE LIKE CLIFFSNOTES VERSION. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO? SO YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING WELL, THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS USE ALL THIS STUFF. BUT HOW IT ME AS A PATRON OR AS A PARENT OR JUST AS A CITIZEN, YOU KNOW, PATRON OF THE LIBRARY. HOW CAN I ACCESS THESE REVIEWS? WELL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON OUR CATALOG. SO MOST OF THE TIME EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, UM THEY CAN'T GET UPLOADED FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT IF YOU LET US KNOW WE CAN HUNT THEM DOWN FOR YOU, BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, I USED THE EXAMPLE AGAIN OF ME, EARL AND THE DYING GIRL. THIS IS ON PAGE 21, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT UNDERNEATH THE PICTURE OF THE BOOK, IT SAYS, DETAILS ALL COPIES AND THEN SAYS REVIEWS, SO IF YOU CLICK ON THOSE REVIEWS WHO'S YOU'LL GET A SCREEN? THAT KIND OF STARTS IT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE ON THE NEXT PAGE. UM AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK ON SEE ALL PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING ON THERE, SO THAT'S ONE WAY FOR TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT. SO WE TRY TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE. UM I ALWAYS SAY LIBRARIAN SHIP IS NOT A CAREER. IT'S A LIFESTYLE. SO, UM WHAT I SAY THEY KNOW WHAT THE LIBRARIANS KNOW WHO THE BIG AUTHORS ARE. WHAT'S COMING OUT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST IT'S LIKE BREATHING TO THEM. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. THAT'S YOUR JOB, SO THEY'LL GO INTO INGRAM INGRAM MAY HAVE THESE CURATED LISTS OF ALL THIS STUFF, BUT THEY MAY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE BIG BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE OR WHAT'S COMING OUT. BUT THEN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET LIKE I SAID, A LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, THAT KIND OF YOU GO. EVERY TOOK EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE. AND THEN YOU'RE RUNNING TO BARNES AND NOBLE TO BUY IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COPIES OF IT SO AND THE INGRAM DIDN'T PUBLISH ENOUGH. THEY DIDN'T KNOW. SO THAT HAPPENS, TOO. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS. LIKE THIS ON PAGE 23 UNDERNEATH THE REVIEWS FOR ME OR ON THE DYING GIRL. THE TOTAL HOLDS IN TOTAL CHECKOUTS. CAN ANY LIBRARY PATRONS YOU SEE, JUST KIND OF HOW POPULAR THESE ABSOLUTELY IT'S ON EVERY SINGLE ENTRY. WE TRY TO PUT AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT THERE AS POSSIBLE, WHICH CAN BE OVERWHELMING TO SO. SO JUST SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ON PAGE 23. WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER VENDORS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TITLES. UM INGRAM DOES NOT ALWAYS CARRY HAVE A GREAT SELECTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TITLES SINCE THE PANDEMIC. IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD TO GET HER HANDS ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES TARGET TITLE, SO THAT'S MADE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED. WE COLLECT IN SPANISH IN THE JUVENILE SECTION AND IN SPANISH, FRENCH AND VIETNAMESE IN THE ADULT SECTION. 
          THE FRENCH AND VIETNAMESE SECTIONS ARE SMALL, BUT THEY'RE THERE. BUT SOMETIMES INGRAM JUST DOESN'T HAVE THOSE TITLES, SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF GO OUTSIDE OF THAT TO EITHER SMALLER PUBLISHERS. UM SOMETIMES BARNES AND NOBLE HAVE THEM SURPRISINGLY , AND WE CAN GET THEM THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, WE DO HAVE TO RESORT TO AMAZON. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE HAS REQUESTED SPECIFICALLY UM, REVIEWS ARE NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF IT'S LIKE THE THIRD OR FOURTH BOOK IN THE SERIES. UM IF IT'S A NONFICTION SERIES THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED FOREVER. YOU KNOW 
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ABOUT THE STATE. YOU KNOW THE STATE BOOKS. YOU KNOW HOW YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL AND YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY AND HAD ALL 50 STATES AND YOU WOULD CHECK OUT 10 AT A TIME OR WHATEVER A LOT OF THOSE ROSEN A LOT OF THOSE NONFICTION KIDS PUBLISHERS. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY PUBLISH THOSE BOOKS. AND SO WHEN THE UPDATED VERSION COMES OUT, IT MAY NOT HAVE A REVIEW. 
          BUT WE ARE. WE TRUST THAT PUBLISHER. WE'VE BOUGHT THIS TITLES ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE QUALITY. THEY HAVE THE CORRECT INFORMATION SO WE CAN UPDATE THEM WITH THE NEW COLLECTION MAKES SENSE. CIRCULATION STATISTICS ARE GOING TO ALSO DRIVE WHAT WE PURCHASE. 
          SO UM, A LOT OF THAT KIND OF TIES INTO THE VERY LAST POINT, WHICH YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING IS HAVING A MOMENT IF EVERYONE'S MACRO, MEANING ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BULK UP ON THOSE KINDS OF BOOKS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT EVERYONE'S OBSESSED WITH AT THE MOMENT. UM, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE KIND OF REQUESTS WE'RE GETTING. THEN WE TRIED TO FULFILL THOSE AND, UM WE DO TRY IF WE HAVE VERY, VERY LONG HOLD LISTS FOR THINGS WE MAY FOREGO BUYING, UM MATERIALS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE, IF IN ORDER TO FULFILL THOSE HOLES ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND. I DON'T WANT TO WORK SESSION REVIEW THE PARENT'S GUIDE TO TEEN READS. SO WE CAME UP WITH THIS. HERE AND A HALF OR SO AGO. UM JUST TO KIND OF, UM WE HAD A COUPLE OF PARENTS ASK. HOW DO WE KNOW? HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT IS IN THESE BOOKS AND SO WITHOUT HAVING TO READ EVERY SINGLE TITLE OURSELVES, PARTICULARLY WHEN KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER, MAYBE WANTING TO EXPLORE MORE MATURE TOPICS. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH TO HELP. SO THE NUMBER ONE RESOURCE THAT WE RECOMMEND, OF COURSE, IS OUR ONLINE ONLINE CATALOG. SO JUST LIKE I SHOWED YOU GUYS JUST NOW. UM I HOPE YOU NOTICE THE TITLE OF THE BOOK. I DID THAT ON PURPOSE. AH, SO, UM. THE REVIEWS ARE ON THE CATALOG. BUT EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THE REVIEWS, IF YOU EVEN JUST READ, UM, EXPAND THAT SUMMARY, UH AND EVEN UNDER SUBJECTS IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 25 IF THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO AVOID, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'LL NOTICE RIGHT THERE UNDER SUBJECT. YOU HAVE THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION. SO YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT TITLE. UM, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF A QUICK WAY TO BE ABLE TO SEE. MAYBE THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I WANT MY CHILD TO READ. OR MAYBE IT DOESN'T MATTER. I MEAN, WHATEVER. UM THE NEXT NUMBER TWO RESOURCE WE MENTIONED ARE THOSE REVIEWS, SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAN FIND THOSE ON THE CATALOG. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S TRUE FOR ALMOST EVERY TITLE. IF FOR SOME REASON, THE REVIEWS ARE NOT LISTED, AND YOU NEED THEM. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THOSE. BUT HERE ARE SOME MORE EXAMPLES. IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 26 SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS TITLE, OPHELIA AFTER ALL, AND YOU HAVE THREE REVIEWS RIGHT THERE, BAM, BAM, BAM, BOOKLIST, KIRKUS AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY THAT WILL SHOW YOU, UM AGE RECOMMENDATION. IT'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING, UH, KIND OF WHAT THE BOOK CENTERS ABOUT, SO THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF KIND OF HAVING A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT, UM, CONTENT IS IN THERE. AND THEN IF YOU GO ON TO PAGE 27 WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD, YOU GET FREE ACCESS TO NOVELIST AND IF YOU HAVEN'T USED IT, THIS IS GONNA BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. 
          BECAUSE IF THERE IS A BOOK YOU LIKE THIS, THERE'S NOTHING BETTER FOR RITA. LIKE SHE PUT IN THE TITLE OF THE BOOK. IT GIVES YOU BAM, LIKE SIX OF THEM RIGHT THERE ON THE RIGHT AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK ON IT TO SEE IF THE LIBRARY HAS. IT'S WONDERFUL. BUT ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT NOVELIST IS HOW COMPLETE THEIR ENTRIES ARE SO AFTER SEARCHING FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOOK, UM, WHEN YOU GO THERE TO THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 27 UNDER THE GENRE RIGHT THERE, YOU SEE COMING OF AGE STORIES DEBUT TITLE LGBT Q. I A FICTION, REALISTIC FICTION, SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT AWAY. 
          YOU'RE UNDER CHARACTER AND MENTIONS LGBT Q. I A AND THEN, UM, WHO THE GRADE LEVEL THEY RECOMMENDED FOR IS DOWN THERE, TOO. AND THEN IF YOU OPEN UP THAT RECORD EVEN MORE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MORE ABOUT THIS BOOK, AND THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE THAT YOU CAN FIND ALL KINDS OF REALLY QUICKLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION. ABOUT WHAT THE CONTENT OF THAT BOOK MAYBE. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT WE RECOMMEND TO PARENTS. A LOT IS COMMON SENSE MEDIA .ORG. SO THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW SOURCE. UM, THEY, UNFORTUNATELY, DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING THEY TEND TO HAVE MORE OF THE NEWER POPULAR STUFF . UM BUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE THE IN DEPTH INFORMATION IS INCREDIBLE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS PARTICULAR BOOK, OPHELIA, AFTER ALL, BUT IF YOU SEARCH FOR ME, EARL AND THE DYING GIRL, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT I SHOWED YOU GUYS EARLIER IT IS IN THERE. AND IT HAS THIS WONDERFUL A LOT OR A LITTLE SECTION. THIS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 29. THIS IS SUCH A QUICK WAY TO SEE WHAT IS IN HERE. SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S 
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GOING TO BE SOME PROFANITY UNDER LANGUAGE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF VIOLENCE, BUT THERE'S NO PRODUCT OR PURCHASE TYPE PLACEMENT STUFF, OR, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU WANT AND EVEN MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF WHAT'S IN IT, IF YOU TURN THE PAGE, UM YOU'LL SEE IF YOU SCROLL DOWN RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT SECTION IS WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW. AND IT GIVES YOU A VERY HONEST THIS IS WHAT'S IN THIS BOOK. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SEE IF YOU WANT YOUR KIDS READING IT OR NOT. AND THEN THE FINAL RESOURCE AND REALLY, I ORIGINALLY PUT THIS FIRST, BUT PEOPLE ARE REALLY HESITANT TO ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BUGGING US OR SOMETHING. BUT THAT'S WE'RE NEVER BOTHERED. BUT ANYWAY, IS TO ASK A LIBRARIAN UM YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALWAYS ASK. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO AVOID, AND THEN TRY TO STEER YOU TOWARDS WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU DON'T WANT, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY FOR EVERYONE TO REPRESENT EVERYONE. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WITHOUT THIS OR WITHOUT THAT WE CAN FIND THAT FOR YOU. WE CAN DO THAT. I THINK PEOPLE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE JUDGY AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T CARE IF YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU NEED, YOU KNOW? THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE TO WHEN I RECOMMEND THINGS I'M LIKE, IF YOU START IT, YOU DON'T LIKE IT. JUST PUT IT DOWN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HURT MY FEELINGS. I DON'T DOES NOT MATTER TO ME. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. DOCUMENT. AND IS THIS DOCUMENT? UM LINKED TO THE WEBSITE, SO IT'S IN THE UNDER THE TEAM SECTION. IT'S RIGHT THERE, IT SAYS. WHAT PARENTS GUIDE. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A POINT OF THIS COMMON SENSE MEDIA AND BECAUSE, LIKE I TEACH SEVENTH GRADE, SO A LOT OF OUR OUR PARENTS ARE VERY MUCH CONCERNED WITH WHAT THEIR WHAT THEIR TEENS ARE READING BECAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO THAT. THAT THAT ZONE WHERE SOME THINGS MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. SO I LOVE THAT THE COMMON SENSE MEDIA AND I LOVE HOW IT JUST BREAKS IT DOWN FOR THE PARENTS. I'LL BE SHARING THIS WITH MY STUDENTS. PARENTS YES, PLEASE DO AND I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE READING. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN. UM SO THAT YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY YOU KNOW IF THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP THEM FIND THAT INFORMATION AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THEY'RE TRYING TO AVOID, WILL HELP HAPPY TO FIND THEM FIND THINGS THAT FIT THEIR NEEDS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. RIGHT. THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS. LET'S GO AHEAD AND REVIEW OUR MONTHLY REPORTS. OKAY SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW. THIS IS SOMETHING WE PUT OUT EVERY MONTH. I MEAN, YES. EVERY MONTH EVERY MEETING EVERYTHING. THURSDAY I HAVE TO SEND A REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND IT COVERS THE PREVIOUS WEEK. SO IT GOES FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS REALLY STRANGE. I KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS, UM SO I HAVE TO SEND THEM. UM ALTHOUGH HOW MANY PROGRAMS WE DID WHO ATTEND? HOW MANY WERE ATTENDEES? WE HAD ANY SORT OF MEETINGS OR TRAININGS THAT WE HAD ANY OTHER MISCELLANEOUS KIND OF THINGS. AND THEN, UM, JUST GENERAL USAGE STATISTICS FOR THE LIBRARY. SO EXCUSE ME. I TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO COMPILE IT FOR THE MONTH AND BRING IT HERE TO YOU GUYS. SO, UM, THIS FIRST PART COVERS JUNE 22ND THROUGH JULY 19TH SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED STORYTIME KIDS PROGRAMS, TEAM PROGRAMS, ADULT PROGRAMS. WE DIDN'T DO ANY OUTREACH IN JUNE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, REALLY BUSY. SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO LEAVE THE LIBRARY. UM AND THEN BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ONCE A WEEK. ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS, WE PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER FOR THAT. AND THEN OUR CIRCULATION STATISTICS FOR THOSE DATES. WHEN I GET INTO THE DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE, IT'S MUCH EASIER TO DO IT BY MONTH, AS OPPOSED TO A WEIRD RANGE LIKE THAT, SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE PRESENTED BY CALENDAR MONTH SO YOU CAN SEE FOR LIBBY. THAT'S THE FORMERLY OVERDRIVE. THOSE ARE E BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS. HOW MANY UNIQUE USERS THERE ARE. HOW MANY CHECKOUTS HOLDS PURCHASES AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE HOOPLA IS ALSO E BOOKS AUDIO, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TV MOVIES AND MUSIC. UM AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENT CHECKOUTS ARE. FOR ALL OF THOSE CLEARLY, AUDIOBOOK IS WHAT PEOPLE USE HOOPLA FOR THE MOST. AND UM, WHAT THE USAGE ON THAT IS, HOOPLA IS IN ON DEMAND OR WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? INSTANT BORROWS. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT INSTANT BARS. SO UNLIKE LIBBY , WHERE WORKS LIKE JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY, RIGHT, SO IF YOU IF SOMETHING'S CHECKED OUT, YOU HAVE TO PUT ON HOLD. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT IS ON WHO WHO BLOOD IS AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ALL THE TIME. IT'S ALWAYS CAN HAVE AN EVERYONE IN THE LIBRARY COULD HAVE A COPY. CHECKED OUT DOESN'T MATTER. WHICH IS REALLY NICE. 
          AND THEN OUR LAST STREAMING SERVICE. THEY'RE LISTED AS CANOPY CANOPY IS FILMS MOSTLY DOCUMENTARY ARTHOUSE TYPE FILMS . SO NOT LIKE YOUR MARVEL. NOTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S A LITTLE 
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MORE, UM, SCHOLARLY. I GUESS YOU'D SAY, UM, ALTHOUGH THERE'S SOME FUN STUFF THERE, TOO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE CANOPY KIDS AND CANNOT BE KIDS, ALL KINDS OF REALLY COOL THINGS LIKE SESAME STREET AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ANYWAY. AH, SO THOSE ARE OUR STATS FOR CANOPY AND NIGEL NOTICE IN MAY. IT JUST EXPLODED LIKE PEOPLE WERE LIKE, OH, CANOPY, AND, UM, THEY STARTED COMING TO VISIT THE PAGE. SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE. SO THAT'S KIND OF RESULTED IN A NICE LITTLE SWING UP ON THAT, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE WATCHING CANOPY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, WHEREAS THE OTHER TWO SERVICES DO NOT. SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE A WHAT? UM OH, I FORGOT TO PUT IN THE TABLET NUMBER. I HAVE TO GO BACK. AND LOOK, I GUESS WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT BASED ON THE OTHER THREE. BUT WHAT KIND OF DEVICE THEY'RE USING TO VIEW CANOPY. I WASN'T TOLD I HAVE TO DO THE MATH HERE. NO I'M SO SORRY. ZACHARY YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE. GET THE CALCULATOR. WE GOT THIS. AND THEN I ALSO I DON'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING BECAUSE IF I DID THIS DOCUMENT WOULD BE LIKE 18 PAGES LONG, SO I JUST TRY TO PUT THE HIGHLIGHTS IN TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UM UNDER THE MEETING AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS. UM I AM PART OF THE ROTARY WILEY ROTARY EAST FORK. 
          ACTUALLY, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE WILY MURDERER. EAST FORK THIS YEAR CLUB. SO UM, I DO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. UH THE ADMIN TEAM WORKED ON THE BUDGET THIS LAST, UM, MONTH. UH WE'VE ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING MEETINGS ANYTIME. ANYTHING KIND OF DIFFERENT GOES ON. I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE IT IN HERE. JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHAT'S UP WHERE WE WERE WERE UP TO. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS OR TRAININGS OR ANY OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. I'D LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS SOLAR ECLIPSE PROGRAMMING FOR 2024. GREAT IT'S GONNA BE EPIC. I'M SO EXCITED, SO WE JUST STARTED PLANNING IT, BUT, UM, WE HAVE, UM AN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY WHO ORIGINALLY GOT STARTED WITH THE CITY AT THE LIBRARY. SO SHE STARTED THE LIBRARY AND THEN SHE ENDED UP GETTING A FULL TIME JOB IN CITY HALL AND HER BEST FRIEND'S HUSBAND IS AN ASTRONOMER. AND HE BUILDS TELESCOPES. SO HE SAID, HEY, IF YOU YOUR FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY WANT ME TO COME UP, I CAN BRING LIKE SEVEN OR EIGHT TELESCOPES AND WE CAN DO A WHOLE ECLIPSE THING AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, WELL , IT WENT FROM DOING AN ECLIPSE THING TO DOING LIKE A STARGAZING AND A GLOW PARTY AND IT'S GOING TO BE EPIC. IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOOD TRUCK, SO IT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN, SO WE HAD TO GET IT. THE REC CENTER AND THE PARKS AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED SO WE'RE STILL IRONING OUT DETAILS. BUT IT'S GOING TO START THE SATURDAY BEFORE. UM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, UM, TALKS ABOUT FOR ADULTS OR OLDER KIDS IF THEY WANT TO COME IN ABOUT ECLIPSES AND ASTRONOMY IN GENERAL, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE FUN STUFF THAT NIGHT WITH THE STARS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THEN ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE THING THE ECLIPSES ON A MONDAY, WHICH ISN'T GREAT FOR THOSE OF US WHO WORK, BUT WE WILL BE HAVING AN ECLIPSE, LIKE BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC AND WE'LL GIVE YOU GLASSES. WE HAVE OUR GLASS. WE HAVE 2000 GLASSES READY TO GO. SO YOU CAN COME AND SEE THE ECLIPSE OF THE LIBRARY. FOUR. ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BOOK SALES? THE BOOK SALE WAS THIS LAST WEEKEND ARE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALES ARE BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR. UM THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE'VE DONE THE PREVIEW SALE ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE, AND WE MADE TWICE AS MUCH MONEY AS WE DID LAST YEAR, SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN SATURDAY WENT REALLY WELL, TOO, SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL SALE. OVERALL, I HAVE TO SAY WE DID HAVE SOME UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES WE HAD, WHICH I'VE HEARD ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TO OTHER LIBRARIES. BUT USUALLY IT'S THE BIG SYSTEM, SO I THOUGHT IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN HERE. AND THEN, OF COURSE IT DID. SO THAT'S WHAT I GET. UM WE HAD A BOOK RESELLERS THAT COME IN WITH THEIR LITTLE SCANNERS, AND THEY WERE KIND OF BEING PUSHY. AND, UM, SOME PEOPLE KIND OF SOME PEOPLE GOT UPSET ABOUT THAT. UM SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN RESTRUCTURE IT NEXT YEAR, SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS A FAIR SHOT AT EVERYTHING. BUT OVERALL, I THINK IT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL. AND UM, WE JUST HAVE SO MANY GENEROUS PATRONS. IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE. SO PLUS, WE HAD SOME GREAT MARCH THIS YEAR. WE GOT SOME NEW T SHIRTS AND BAGS AND SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. AND LISA WAS A BIG SPEARHEAD OF THAT. SHE DIDN'T MENTION THAT IN THE THINGS THAT SHE DOES, BUT SHE'S TECHNICALLY LIKE THE HEAD OF THE FRIENDS. SHE'S THE ONE THAT HANDLES THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY. I GO TO THE MEETINGS, BUT I'M JUST THE LIAISON. SHE'S KIND OF THE BOSS AND, UM SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB OF THEM. SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU PROFITED FROM IT? NOT YET, BUT I WILL HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU NEXT. AND WE'LL TRY AND HAVE OUR FRIENDS. PRESIDENT COME AT SOME POINT AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE DOING. SO THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN 
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THINGS IN THE WORKS, TOO. ALL RIGHT, LASTLY WAS CERTAINLY NOT LEAST. LEE REVIEW ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDA. ALRIGHT SO THIS IS THE VERY LAST PAGE. I'M SORRY . I KNOW I'VE KEPT YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT LONGER POLICY FAMILIARIZATION IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY REALLY, REALLY FAST. SO UM, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT IT OR WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT. JUST LET ME KNOW. AND WE CAN KIND OF SPILL THIS OVER INTO SEPTEMBER. IF YOU GUYS FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO PATRON BEHAVIOR. UM AND THEN, EVENTUALLY, THE MEETING ROOM POLICY. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG BIG THREE THAT WE DEAL WITH THE MOST. UM WE ARE AT THE TAIL END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 24 BUDGET WAS JUST THE NEXT BUDGET. TOMORROW IS THE LAST WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT BUDGET, SO IF YOU'RE CURIOUS YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. I WILL WARN YOU. THOSE TEND TO GO REALLY LATE. SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO WATCH IT FROM HOME IN YOUR PJS, I DON'T BLAME YOU. BUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE UP HERE UNTIL 11 30 MIDNIGHT, BUT THE CITY MANAGER SWEARS TO ME THAT'S NOT GONNA BE TOMORROW, BUT HE SWEARS THAT BEFORE WORK OUT THAT WAY, SO WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'LL SEE. UM THERE IS SOME INTERESTING THINGS THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO. SO RIGHT NOW THEY CONTRACT AMBULANCE SERVICE OUT, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT IN HOUSE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BIG REQUESTS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BECAUSE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE GOTTA DISORDER THIS YEAR, SO UM, WE WEREN'T GOING TO ASK FOR ANYTHING AFTER WE GOT $120,000 TO DISORDER. THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL, SO WE WERE PERFECTLY HAPPY. UM I WILL ALSO HAVE A RUNDOWN OF OUR FALL PROGRAMS THAT COMING UP. I TYPICALLY DO KIND OF UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR THE NEXT MONTH, BUT AUGUST IS KIND OF OUR QUIET MONTH AFTER SUMMER. EVERYBODY TAKES TIME OFF, AND IT'S KIND OF A DOWNTIME OF PLANNING TIME. SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH GOING ON IN AUGUST, BUT WE'LL PICK RIGHT BACK UP IN SEPTEMBER. AND THEN, UM, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS. THEY'RE PLAYING SOME REALLY FUN THINGS FOR THIS FALL, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT NEXT MONTH AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, LIKE BACK TO SCHOOL INITIATIVES THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING? HMM GOOD QUESTION. UH NO, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL STARTS SO EARLY AUGUST 10TH. WE ARE SUMMER READINGS ON DENTAL AUGUST 6TH. IT'S JUST LIKE HOLD ON. WAIT WAIT. SO UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. THEY KEEP CREEPING IT UP, YOU KNOW, USED TO BE THE END OF AUGUST NOVA NOW WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING. ALRIGHT WELL BEFORE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BECAUSE , LIKE I SAID, I'M A TEACHER HEARING AARON WILEY AND ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WILEY I SD AND SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY HAVE BEEN GREAT BELIEVE GOING TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON THIS WEEK. YES WE'RE GOING TO THE NEW TEACHER LUNCHEON TOMORROW AND THEN I'LL BE AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR ON SATURDAY. SO WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT WILEY ISD WERE OUT ON THE CAMPUSES ALL THE TIME. WE DO. BLUEBONNET BOOK CLUBS WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE TEAM LIBRARIANS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME. SO UM, WE HAVE A REALLY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. UM AND WE LOVE OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND VICE VERSA. YELLOW ARE ALWAYS SO KIND TO US, AND I DID WANT TO MENTION IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THIS. UM AGENDA THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING OR, UM, THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING. THAT'S NOT THERE. LET ME KNOW. BECAUSE I CAN I'M MALLEABLE. I'M FLEXIBLE. I CAN COME UP WITH WHATEVER YOU WANT, SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. EXACTLY. NO, DON'T GO. OH, HMM. I FEEL LIKE HERE GOES IRENE NOT WANTING TO ADJOURN AGAIN. NO. OH, MY SCREEN. THERE IT GOES. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL VOTES ARE IN THIS MEETING IS THIS ADJOURNED 7 TO 0 ? IT PASSED
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