[Library Advisory Board on August 28, 2023.]
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THERE WE GO. ALRIGHT THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN PM, AUGUST 28TH MONDAY , 2023 CALL TO ORDER THE WHITE ELABORATE BOARD OR ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING. UH, HERE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF SPOTLIGHT. UH MISS DAVIS OR ADULTS SERVICES LIBRARIAN. COME ON DOWN. MM HMM. BOB BARKER.
OKAY IN PEACE. YES. PLEASE TURN. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT? YEAH. HELLO EVERYONE. WELCOME I'M NINA DAVIS. I'M ONE OF THE ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS HERE AT THE LIBRARY. UM MY MAIN DUTIES ARE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT. AND PROGRAM PLANNING. AS WELL AS THE UBIQUITOUS OTHER DUTIES AS A SIGN. UM, I'VE BEEN HERE. FOR 13 YEARS. I'VE BEEN A LIBRARIAN. ALMOST THIRTIES, ABOUT 29 YEARS.
START I CAN START IN ACADEMIA. I WORKED MY WAY TO MID SIZED PUBLIC IN THE MIDWEST. AND THEN FIND MY WAY BACK HERE. I'M ACTUALLY A NATIVE TEXAN. I'M FROM FORT WORTH. UM SO KIND OF BEEN THIS PICKED CIRCLE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAPPEN. WILL YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BOOK CLUBS AND GENEALOGY? BECAUSE THAT'S JEAN NINA IS OUR GO TO GENEALOGY . GENEALOGY QUESTION. NINA'S GOT THE AND HAVE KIND OF BECOME THE FACT THAT GENEALOGY LIBRARIAN UM , GENEALOGY IS JUST A PASSION OF MINE IN GENERAL. UM I'VE BEEN DOING IT PRACTICALLY SINCE I GOT OUT OF GRAD SCHOOL AND STARTED WORKING IN ILLINOIS MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY MOONS AGO. UM, SO I'VE GONE FROM HAVING TO GO TO THE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER, UM, WAITING FOR MY TURN AT THE MICROFILM REEL FOR THE CENSUS RECORD. OH TIMES HAVE CHANGED CHANGE TIMES HAVE CHANGED. UM SO I WE DO A LOT OF SEMINARS HERE AT THE LIBRARY. IN FACT, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COMING UP IN OCTOBER. UM, WELL, NOW PART OF THE GENEALOGY NETWORK OF TEXAS, WHICH IS SPEARHEADED BY THE WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY LIBRARY. UM SOME WONDERFUL SERVICE THAT THEY DO, PROVIDING WEBINARS. UM, FOR LIBRARIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE THAT THEY CAN USE TO CREATE THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING ON SPECIFIC DAY OCTOBER 20TH. AND, UM SPACE OF PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO LOG IN AND ENJOY THOSE WEBINARS THAT WILL BE RECORDED ONLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEMINAR ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY. UM I ALSO RUN ONE OF THE BOOK CLUBS. UM, BOOKED ON FRIDAYS. SOME OF YOU MAY BE SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR. WE HAVE ONE IN OUR MIDST HARVEST. THAT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING JOURNEY I JUST MENTIONED IN OUR WE JUST HAD OUR AUGUST PLANNING MEETING AND I JUST MENTIONED IN THAT, UM IN THE COMMUNICATION FOR THAT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR AND 11 YEARS THAT WE HAVE HAD MORE. MORE PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED SUGGESTIONS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD BOOKS. WATTS. UM WHICH IS KIND OF A GOOD ACCOMPLISHMENT, CONSIDERING THAT WE WENT FROM BASICALLY HAVING THREE PEOPLE. AND BOOK CLUB.
ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT NINE OR 10 ATTEND OF EACH MONTH. GREAT, OKAY. AND SO UNTIL WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS HAS CAUSED LIKE THIS? LIKE THIS GROWTH? I MEAN, GOING FROM THREE PEOPLE TO A PRETTY SIZABLE GROUP. IS IT JUST AND TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW WE GET MORE PEOPLE IN THERE. I THINK IF SOMEBODY WAS JUST GETTING THE WORD THE WORD AND AS IT BECOMES, IT BECAME STABLE. UM PEOPLE STARTED GOING. OH, HEY, THERE'S THIS WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THERE TO DO AT THE LIBRARY? UM AND IT JUST KIND OF GREW. IT WAS REALLY ORGANIC. I WISH I HAD THIS REALLY WONDERFUL. MASTERFUL IDEA THAT I COULD SAY BECAUSE, FRANKLY, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE. I WOULD BE ON MY PRIVATE ISLAND SOMEWHERE. AH YEAH. BECAUSE IT REALLY THE THREE OF US WERE ACTUALLY STAFF. AND THEN YOU GOT A FOUR AND THEN YOU GOT 1/5. AND THEN SOME OF SOMETIMES THAT'S SIX BROUGHT OF SEVEN AND IT JUST REALLY GREW AND I THINK WITH THE BOOK CLUB IS SPECIALLY YOU DO DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN THE GROUP. UH, WHICH KEEPS PEOPLE COMING? AND THEN AGAIN ONCE YOU KIND OF START WITH THAT LONGEVITY, THEN PEOPLE START GOING. OH THERE'S THIS BOOK CLUB. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. AND SO WE'VE WE'VE ALMOST COME FROM A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. SUCCESS. UM ANOTHER LIBRARY. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SENIOR CLUB A BIT MORE. UM, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY GROWN IMMENSELY.
OH, ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT IT'S ALMOST HARD TO HANDLE. BECAUSE THIS BOOK CLUB SO WHEN
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YOU YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT 20 PEOPLE IN THE CLUB GETS HARD TO SHARE OPINIONS. GOOD SORRY TO SHARE OPINIONS FOR BOOKED ON FRIDAY. NINA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU GUYS DO IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL, RIGHT? YOU CAN JOIN EITHER WAY. YES WE ARE HYBRID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, HAS LASTED BEYOND THE COVID YEARS. UM, IT'S THE HYBRID BOOK CLUB. SO YOU CAN JOIN BOTH. WE RUN AT THE SAME TIME. IT ACTUALLY TAKES TO STAFF MEMBERS NOW TO RUMBLE CLUB BECAUSE ONE PERSON MANAGING THE TAX SIDE OF IT. UM WHILE THE OTHER PERSON IS DEALING WITH THE GROUP SO IT'S BUT IT YOU KNOW IT WORKS. IT STILL WORKS, AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE MEMBERS. UM THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FOR VARIETY OF REASONS. JUST AREN'T ABLE TO COME IN PERSON. SOMETIMES IT'S TEMPORARY. IT MAY BE A MEETING. IT MAY BE AN ILLNESS. AND THEY CAN STILL JOIN IN THAT MONTH, EVEN IF THEY NORMALLY COME IN PERSON. BUT THE THING THEY ABSOLUTELY DID NOT WANT TO DO. WHAT'S THE BREAKING SO HYBRID. NINA ALSO IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP FOR OUR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS, NINA DOES THOSE. SO UM, IF YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING IN THERE, YOU'RE HAPPY ABOUT OR MAYBE NOT HAPPY ABOUT YOU CAN CONTACT ME. NO JUST KIDDING. DON'T YOU? DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. AND IF YOU'RE NOT SIGNED UP FOR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTERS, LET ME KNOW. AND I CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NINA? AND THIS, UH, BOOK CLUB. HOW OFTEN DOES IT MEET? AND AT WHAT TIME? SO BOOKED ON FRIDAYS MEETS ONCE A MONTH, MEET SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH AT 12 NOON. SO WE STARTED OUT AS A LUNCHTIME BOOK CLUB. UM BRING YOUR FOOD SINCE WE'VE TRANSITIONED. WITH ACTUALLY TRANSLATE INTO A DIFFERENT SPACE, SO NOT AS MUCH EATING UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU BRING A DRINK, BRING A SNACK. OUATTARA. THE QUESTION. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT BECAUSE I DID ACTUALLY JUST LOOK AT THE NEWSLETTER. I AM SIGNED UP AND YOU DO A REALLY I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU DID THOSE YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB REALLY COVER EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW PROGRAMS FOR EVERYONE, AND I DID SEE THE BOOK CLUB ON THERE LIKE IT DID REALLY WELL, YEAH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. REALLY GOOD AND IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU. IT'S IT WAS ONE OF MY EARLIER GOALS A FEW YEARS BACK. UM ONCE WE GOT THIS TOOL TO REALLY TRY TO USE THAT TO GET OUT THE WORD OF WHAT WE DO. THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES. WE KNOW WHAT WE DO. OUR OUR STAUNCH USERS KNOW WHAT WE DO. UM, SOMETIMES THE GENERAL PUBLIC ISN'T ISN'T AS AWARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND HELPING BUILD THE COMMUNITY AROUND BOOK CLUBS AND LIBRARIES . SO SO GLAD TO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NINA. ALRIGHT TYPICALLY, THIS IS A COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS FROM OUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. BUT ALAS, WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 24TH MEETING.AND THERE ARE NO. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNS. WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES
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FROM OUR JULY 24TH MEETING, AS PRESENTED CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? ON THE UNDERSTAFFED SPOTLIGHT.UNDER THE SECOND SENTENCE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S A RUN ON BUT IT KIND OF GETS TRICKY AFTER THE COMMA DAILY. SEEMS NOT TO MAKE SENSE. IN EXPLAINING THE STATEMENT. OKAY WE CAN. WE CAN MAKE THAT TWO SEPARATE SENTENCES. WE CAN CLEAR THAT UP. THANKS, MAN. YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU KNOW THE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS REVISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE TO OUR MINUTES. YOU WERE ALL SET IN MOTION TO REVIEW AND APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE 24TH MEETING. THIS IS IRENE. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THAT ONE CHANGE. GO AHEAD WITH BETTER. ROBERTA, YOU'VE GOT I WAS GONNA SECOND GO RIGHT AHEAD. OH I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT BEFORE I PUT MY MOUTH. I'M SORRY. SHE'S GOT HER MICAH'S ON. SO SHE'S THE ONE THAT'S GOT IT. YEAH SO, ROBERTA , WILL YOU SAY IT OFFICIALLY FOR THE RECORD? OFFICIALLY, SECOND PROMOTION. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MICHELLE GET A VOTING READY TO GO. NOT YET.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE SOFTWARE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WE CAN JUST DO AN, UH, AUDIO SO . THERE IT GOES. THANK YOU. I HAVE A VOTE 70 MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU, MICHELLE. HMM EXCELLENT. NOW ON TO OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION, I DON'T WANT TO REVIEW THE LIBRARY LIBRARIES, PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. SO A COPY OF THE POLICY IS THEY'RE STARTING ON PAGE SEVEN. BASICALLY WHAT WE USE THIS POLICY FOR IS WHEN SOMEONE IS MISBEHAVING IN THE LIBRARY, AND WE NEED TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. SO TYPICALLY, WE APPROACHED THEM WITH THIS POLICY. ASKING THEM TO CEASE WHATEVER BEHAVIOR IT IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PARTAKING IN, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE THERE KIND OF AS THE AS THINGS ARE LISTED OUT. THAT'S NOT A UM COMPLETE LIST OF POSSIBLE DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS. BUT IF IT'S ON THE LIST, IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE IT HAPPENED. UNFORTUNATELY AND SO WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL THINGS STATING YOU CAN'T DO THIS. SO, UM THIS IS PROBABLY THE POLICY WE USE MOST OFTEN AND GO TO MOST OFTEN. NOT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE LIBRARY. BUT IF WE GO ON THE POLICY CAN THEY DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL GO AND LOOK AND SEE. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S HOT. THEY COME IN. IT'S COLD. THEY SIT DOWN AND READ, AND THEY TEND TO NOD OFF. YOU KNOW, IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE COMFY CHAIRS, WHICH IS AGAINST THE POLICY, BUT SOMETIMES WE JUST LET HIM HAVE A LITTLE CATNAP. I MEAN, IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, I KNOW. UM SO THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE
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NOTICE THEY'RE DOING THAT EVERY DAY OR WE START SEEING A PATTERN WITH PEOPLE. THEN WE MIGHT APPROACH THEM AND FIND OUT. ARE THEY OKAY? SOMETHING WRONG? IS SOMETHING MEDICALLY WRONG? MAYBE THERE, UM AND HOMED AT THAT MOMENT OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THEN WE MIGHT DO SOME DIGGING.UM OTHER THINGS, SUCH AS, LIKE THE ILLEGAL ACTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THAT IS THINGS THAT ARE AGAIN RECOMMENDED BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION OR OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE AREA. WE BORROWED THEIR WORDING AND DID THAT SO YOU IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THE WORDING TENDS TO BE THE SAME BECAUSE WE JUST KIND OF ALL, UM, PIGGYBACK ON EACH OTHER. UM THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE GET BY FAR AS FAR AS BEHAVIOR IS NOISE. UM JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK LIBRARIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE QUIET SPACES, AND THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE ANYMORE, PARTICULARLY IN THE WAY THAT OURS IS BUILT WITH THOSE HIGH CEILINGS AND THE HIGH CEILING IS ON THE CHILDREN'S SIDE. SO UM, AND NOISE ECHOES. WE DO HAVE A QUIET ROOM THAT IS, UH, INSULATED FOR SOUND. SO EVEN WHEN STORYTIME IS GOING ON, AND WE HAVE A BIG OLD ROAR HAPPENING OUTSIDE IT'S PRETTY QUIET IN THE BLUEBONNET ROOM, SO WE ALWAYS OFFER PEOPLE THAT ALTERNATIVE. WE DO HAVE STUDY ROOMS. PEOPLE CAN CHECK OUT. THOSE ARE LIMITED. IT'S ONLY TWO HOURS. BUT STILL IF YOU'RE THERE ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING, WHEN STORYTIME IS GOING ON, THAT'S ONLY TWO HOURS. SO THAT COULD GET YOU THROUGH. UM THAT'S BY FAR THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE GET ON. BEHAVIOR OR ANYTHING THAT'S IN THIS POLICY WOULD BE NOISE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME NOISE ABSORBING PANELS IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA. UM I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD REALLY KEEP NOISE OUT WOULD BE IF WE WALLED IT OFF AND MADE IT AN AQUARIUM. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO BUT ANYWAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED IN THIS POLICY? ONE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO POINT OUT AT THE VERY END ON PAGE NINE, YOU'LL NOTICE WE DO HAVE AN UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN POLICY. SO ANY CHILDREN AGED NINE AND UNDER, UM NOT ONLY THAT HAVE THIS, UH, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PICKED UP AT CLOSING TIME WE DO. CALL THEIR PARENTS. BUT EVEN IF WE JUST FIND OUT THIS HAPPENS ON THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY GET DROPPED OFF AT THE WRECK THE WRECKS POLICY AS THEY CAN BE THERE FROM SEVEN YOUR AGE SEVEN AND UP. AH BY THEMSELVES. WE DO NOT ALLOW THAT. THE REASON IS THE WRECK. IN ORDER TO GET IN THE WRECK. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PAST A PICTURE ID. THEY KNOW EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO'S IN THEIR BUILDING AT ONE TIME WE DO NOT. WE ARE A PUBLIC BUILDING. ANYBODY CAN WALK IN. SO, UM, WE WERE VERY ADAMANT THAT KIDS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST TEND TO BE THERE BY THEMSELVES, AND IT'S JUST A SAFETY THING. UM BUT IN THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW KIDS GET DROPPED OFF AT THE WRECK. THEIR FRIENDS ARE GOING NEXT DOOR, SO THEY WANT TO GO NEXT DOOR. TO US AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEN WE'LL FIND OUT THROUGH EITHER BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING RAMBUNCTIOUS, OR SOMETIMES THEY JUST TELL US, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST ARE CHATTY. THEY WANT TO COME TALK TO YOU. AND IN TALKING TO YOU, YOU REALIZE OH, YOU'RE ONLY HOW OLD NO, NO, NO. OKAY HERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS. YOU CAN GO BACK LIKE DID MOM AND DAD DROP YOU OFF AT THE REC. THEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE WRECK. OR WE CAN CALL MOM AND DAD AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO COME HANG OUT WITH YOU AT THE LIBRARY. BUT YOU CANNOT BE HERE BY YOURSELF. SO USUALLY THE KIDS ARE THEY UNDERSTAND? IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEM WILL SAY WELL, I CAN BE AT THE REC BY MYSELF, AND I'M LIKE, YES, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF ALL KINDS OF OTHER RULES. SO ANYWAY, UM AND THEN TEEN SERVICES ARE FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12. WHEN WE FIRST OPENED THE BUILDING, IT WAS FROM SIX THROUGH 12. THAT WAS THE TREND AT THE TIME, HOWEVER, THE WAY OUR SCHOOLS ARE BROKEN UP WE HAD ON THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WERE 5TH AND 6TH.
GRADE. HALF THE KIDS GO THE TUNER, BUT HALF THE KIDS COULDN'T AND THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A MESS AND KIND OF THE WAY THINGS ARE SKEWING MORE MATURE AS FAR AS WHAT THE THINGS ARE IN THE TEEN ROOM, SO WE DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT A FEW YEARS AGO AND MADE IT SEVEN THROUGH 12. SO, UM ANYONE CAN GO INTO THE TEEN ROOM AND GET BOOKS CONSULT WITH STAFF. BUT IN ORDER TO HANG OUT IN THEIR PLAY THE GAMES USE THE CHROMEBOOKS. YOU HAVE TO BE IN SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THAT MAKES SENSE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. AND YES, SIR, PROBABLY ALREADY COVERED WITH I THINK THERE ARE SIGNS BUT DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE ANYTHING ABOUT EATING AND DRINKING, WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION FOR LIKE CLOSED WATER BOTTLES JUST BELIEVE IT'S IN THERE. UM, MAYBE I'M WRONG. BUT YEAH, WE DEFINITELY DO HAVE SIGNS ALL OVER THE PLACE ABOUT THAT. UM THERE'S SECTIONS IN THE LIFE. I THINK MAYBE WE DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN HERE BECAUSE THERE ARE SECTIONS IN THE LIBRARY THAT WE DO ALLOW FOOD LIKE THE LOBBY IN THE STORYTIME ROOM. WE ALLOW FOOD FOR A LOT OF TIMES WITH STORY TIME WITH THE LITTLE ONES.
IT'S NICE, FAVORABLE SNACK. THAT KIND OF KEEPS HIM CALM. UM THE SAME WAY. YEAH. I CAN I CAN RELATE TO. UM YEAH. SO, UM AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S WHY THAT WASN'T PUT SPECIFICALLY IN HERE BECAUSE WE DO ALLOW IT IN CERTAIN AREAS. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT . WE DO HAVE SIGNAGE IN OTHER PLACES, IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T BRING YOUR ENTIRE CHICK FIL A LUNCH TO HAVE LUNCH. THEY'RE IN THE LIBRARY. SO GOOD. ALMOST AT THE END OF PAGE A UNDER THE HEADING WHILE USING THE LIBRARY PATRONS ARE REQUIRED TO THEN THE LAST THING IS SORT OF. IT'S A COMPASS UNDER COMPLIED BY ALL SIGNAGE BECAUSE, YES, WHAT RELATES TO FOOD AND
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YES, SCIENCE INDICATING DESIGNATED AREAS FOR FOOD AND DRINKS. THAT'S HOW WE HANDLED THAT. YEAH IT'S SORT OF ENCOMPASSES. YES YES, THANK YOU, ROBERTA. I KNEW IT WAS IN THERE SOMEWHERE. I JUST COULDN'T FIND IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS POLICY, AND THIS POLICY IS, UH, IS ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE POSTED FOR OUR PATRONS CORRECT THERE.IT'S POSTED ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE. IT'S ALSO WE HAVE COPIES OF IT ALL THE DESKS LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE PULL OUT MOST OFTEN WHEN WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AN ISSUE. MOST PEOPLE ARE REALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE OR AREN'T AWARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NOT. BIG DEALS. SOMETIMES IT CAN GET UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT, UM IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE ABOUT TAB AT THE TOP, THERE'S A WHOLE SECTIONS LIBRARY POLICIES. YOU CLICK THERE AND THEY'RE ALL THERE. AND THIS ONE IS THERE AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE THE LAST WHAT TIME THIS WAS REVIEWED WAS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. JULY 25TH 2022, SO IT'S STILL UM OKAY, WE REVIEW OUR POLICIES ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS, AT LEAST, UNLESS THERE NEEDS TO BE A MAJOR CHANGE, LIKE WITH THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY. SO THIS ONE IS STILL WELL WITHIN THAT TIME. THE NORTHERN QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE LIBRARY. PATREON BEHAVIOR POLICY. WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR MONTHLY REPORT. ALRIGHT SO OUR MONTHLY REPORT IS GOES A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL . THIS TIME. IT GOES FROM JULY 20 THROUGH AUGUST 23RD JUST A FEW LITTLE DAYS EXTRA. UM BUT I REALIZED WE DID ALL THE OTHER REPORTS AND WE HAVE THE PREVIOUS MONTHS TO LOOK AT. WE DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR THE PROGRAMMING. SO I CHANGED THAT UP A BIT. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I CAN CHANGE IT BACK. BUT IF YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT. WE'LL JUST KEEP IT THAT WAY FROM NOW ON, SO THE REASON THAT STORYTIME NUMBER IS SO MUCH SMALLER IS BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY ONE WEEK OF STORY TIME. THEN WE TAKE A BREAK FROM STORY TIME FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND WE START BACK UP IN SEPTEMBER. AND THE REASON WE DO THAT IS A TO PREPARE FOR ALL THE FALL PROGRAMS, BUT TO BECAUSE WE DON'T ALLOW STAFF TO TAKE VACATION IN JUNE AND JULY BECAUSE SUMMER IS SO BUSY, SO THAT'S PRIME VACATION TIME FOR OUR STAFF IS TO TAKE TIME OFF IN AUGUST. AS THE KIDDOS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, AND THEY SEEM TO GO BACK EARLIER AND EARLIER EVERY YEAR. SO UM, THEY'RE KIND OF READY, YOU KNOW, TO START CONCENTRATING ON THAT STUFF. BY THAT TIME. OUR KID EVENT NUMBER IS SO BIG FOR JULY BECAUSE OF THE HARRY POTTER PARTY. WE HAD A HUGE TURNOUT. WE HAD 600 65. I BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS YEAR. THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD EVERY YEAR. I THINK NO ONE'S GOING TO COME TO THIS THING. HARRY POTTER IS OVER. AND THEN HERE WE GO. UM SO I'M ALWAYS WRONG. SO THAT'S GOOD. UM THEN WE HAD YOU KNOW THE OTHER NUMBERS LIKE I SAID, KIND OF GET A LITTLE LOWER BECAUSE AGAIN, UM , WE'RE WINDING DOWN SOMEWHERE AT THAT POINT. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, YOUR CIRCULATION NUMBERS ARE STILL VERY STRONG AS WELL AS OUR VISITORS OR KNEW ABOUT BORROWERS ALL STILL HOLDING PRETTY GOOD. UM OUR DRIVE THROUGH WAS REALLY BUSY, AND I THINK IT'S THE HEAT. YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO GET ALL THE KIDS OUT OF THE CAR.
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
I'M SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE SPELLED THAT OUT. I DIDN'T EVEN CATCH THAT. UM I'LL DO THAT FOR NEXT TIME A PROGRAM WE DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAMBER WILEY CHAMBER COMMERCE EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, EIGHT O'CLOCK 8 TO 9 AT THE LIBRARY, WHERE WE INVITE BUSINESS OWNERS AND NONPROFITS, PEOPLE HAS NON PROFITS TO COME. GIVE THEIR 32ND COMMERCIAL ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS OR THEIR NONPROFIT. MAKE CONNECTIONS, UM, PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS TRYING TO GET JUST A PLACE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND NETWORK AND DO THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WE'RE THERE EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 8 A.M. IF YOU HAVE A NONPROFIT OR BUSINESS, OR, YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT DOES SEND THEM. IT'S REALLY , UM THEY'RE VERY POSITIVE, VERY AFFIRMATIVE, VERY HELPFUL GROUP, SO I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST IF YOU WANT TO DO BUSINESS AND WILDLY COME TO B C OF COURSE. NOW
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THERE, I JUST REALIZED THERE'S NO LONGER A C. IT'S JUST CALLED BUSINESS EXCHANGE. SO I NEED TO FIX THAT. IT'S REBRANDING. UM OUR DIGITAL, UM. PLATFORM STREAMING PLATFORMS. WELL, LIBBY'S JUST THE DIGITAL, SO YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBERS THERE FOR JULY. UM THE DIGITAL RESOURCES.THE USAGE IS DONE BY MONTH, NOT BY EXACT DATE SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST JULY 1ST THROUGH THE END OF JULY. HOOPLA IS ONE OF OUR STREAMING SERVICES. THIS IS CANOPY, SO THOSE ARE STILL GOING REALLY STRONG CANOPY HAS GOT BEEN GOING REALLY, REALLY STRONG . UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I THINK PEOPLE HAVE FINALLY DISCOVERED IT. I THINK MAYBE PART OF THE DIFFERENCE, TOO, IS WE USED TO ONLY OFFER FIVE CREDITS ON CANNA BE AND 10 ON HOOPLA, AND NOW WE OFFER 10 ON BOTH. AND SO I THINK THAT REALLY HELPED. I THINK PEOPLE WERE MORE HESITANT TO USE THEIR CREDITS ON CANOPY BECAUSE ONLY HAD FIVE AND NOW THEY HAVE 10 THERE. LIKE WHO, YOU KNOW. LET'S USE THEM ALL SO YEAH. THANK YOU. JUST A SHOUT OUT FOR LIBBY. I'VE BEEN USING IT, UH, JUST FOR AUDIOBOOKS. MM HMM. AND IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE. EASY TO USE AN APP AND IT CONNECTS TO OUR LIBRARY CONSORTIUM AND IT'S REALLY EASY. I REALLY ENJOY USING IT. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. AND YOU'LL SEE ON HOOPLA BY FAR AUDIO IS THE BIGGEST THING PEOPLE USE ON THAT, TOO. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND ABOUT THE HOOPLA THAT LIBBY HOW OFTEN ARE THOSE CATALOGS SORT OF EXTENDED EXPANDED OR THEY JUST CONSTANTLY GROWING, ADDING MORE THINGS TO BE. WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE CONTENT, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON OUR BUDGET AND WHAT WE HAVE.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MANY ALLOCATED EVERY TIME FOR THAT, OR EVERY QUARTER FOR THAT, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. WELL, WE JUST DID THE LAST PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR WAS OCTOBER 1ST. THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH. SO WE'RE WINDING DOWN OUR FISCAL YEAR RIGHT NOW, UM, HOOPLA. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE WHAT'S IN HOOPLA. THEY DO WHAT IT'S CALLED INSTANT BORROWERS. INSTANT BORROWS. EXCUSE ME, AND SO WHATEVER CONTENT THEY HAVE IS WHAT THEY HAVE, AND IT'S AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO HOLD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY COLLECT ANYTHING. THEY DO THE COLLECTION. UM IT'S JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BORROW, SO HEY. CAN I GO IF I GO BACK? MHM FIRST CHART? YES MA'AM. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NEW BORROWERS. YES, MA'AM. SO ARE THESE. THESE ARE BRAND NEW BORROWERS. THESE ARE NOT THREE NEWS BRAND NEW. OKAY, SO DO YOU KNOW? HOW MANY LIBRARY CARDS. OR OUT THERE AT THIS POINT, I MEAN , TOTAL. HAVEN'T RUN A REPORT LATELY. LAST TIME I CHECKED, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT 52,000 HOLDER LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS RIGHT AROUND THERE. 52 53,000. YEAH, ALMOST.
WELL, NOW WE'RE I THINK OUR OFFICIAL POPULATION IS CLOSER TO 63,000. BEFORE THE LAST CENSUS.
WE WERE AT LIKE 58. SO ALMOST EVERYBODY IN WYLIE CARD, ACCORDING TO THAT CENSUS DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE WIDELY POPULATION POPULATION RIGHT NOW? I BELIEVE THAT THE LESSON IT SINCE WE ALL KNOW FOR SURE IT WAS 63 66 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 1000 I CAN GET YOU THAT EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST THROUGH THAT LAST CENSUS. UM BECAUSE I KNOW WORKS LOADING. YES WE ARE SO I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER AND I CAN GET YOU THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY CARDS BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO. AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. WE RUN ALL THOSE NUMBERS FOR ALL OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTS, SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. I MEAN, NOT ONLY IS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BUT AND I'M SURE YOU DO THIS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GO TO DEFEND YOUR BUDGET INTO OH, ABSOLUTELY NOT GIVE YOU MORE MONEY FOR BOOKS. ABSOLUTELY YEAH, NUMBERS OF BORROWERS. EVERY TIME WE PRESENT ONE WE USED TO DO. THEY DON'T DO THIS MUCH ANYMORE, OR THEY HAVEN'T BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY WHEN THEY HAVE A WHOLE NEW COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE US DO DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WHAT YOUR NUMBERS ARE ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. KIND OF LIKE WHAT I PRESENT YOU ALL BUT MUCH MORE SUCCINCT. AND, UM ANYTIME I SHARE THAT NUMBER OF CARDHOLDERS , THEIR EYES ARE LIKE WHAT WE'RE LIKE. YEAH PEOPLE LIKE US. SO UM , YEAH, IT'S A STAGGERING STATISTIC, BUT I'LL GET THAT EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU FOR NEXT TIME QUESTION RELATED TO THAT CARDS EXPIRE IF NOT USED, LIKE IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING. CARDS EXPIRE EVERY THREE YEARS, AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION. UM SO EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE AN AVID USER, IT'LL EXPIRE JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE STILL GOT YOUR CORRECT EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER ALL THAT STUFF AND THEN WE JUST RENEW IT AND YOU'RE READY TO GO. UM THEY DON'T ACTUALLY GET DELETED OUT OF THE SYSTEM LIKE IF IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY USAGE OVER THOSE THREE YEARS , THEN I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE DELETED. IF THERE IS USAGE. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING CRAZY. LIKE SEVEN YEARS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS DELETED. I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WITH MY CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR. BUT WE'RE NOT QUICK
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TO GET RID OF THEM. NO THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, BECAUSE CALLING COLLEGE ACROSS THE STREET. THEY DIDN'T USE IT IN THE YEAR AND THEN I WAS, LIKE, TOTALLY OUT OF THE SYSTEM. YEAH YEAH, NO, NO, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE HANDLE IT, BUT I'LL GET THE DETAILS ON THAT.ALRIGHT THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS THOMAS CONCERNS ABOUT OUR MONTHLY REPORTS. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. LOOK AT OUR AH! AN UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGETS PERHAPS YES. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. SO UM, I JUST WANTED TO. IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING BUDGET YEAR. SO UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO ADOPT THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE RATE THAT THE STATE SETS FOR, UM TAXABLE TO BE THE TAX RATE. THEY HAD TO RAISE IT TWO CENTS DUE TO THE DEBT THAT WE OWE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE BUILDINGS. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST PART OF THE DEBT SCHEDULE, SO THAT WAS AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. UM VERY HAD ASKED. I THINK I TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE THEY HAD REQUESTED THAT THE AMBULANCE SERVICE BE BROUGHT IN HOUSE WHICH WAS ADDING, WHICH GAVE US A MILLION DOLLARS SHORTFALL IN OUR BUDGET, AND THEY WERE TAKING IT OUT OF THE STREETS. BUDGET UM, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE NUMBER THAT FINANCE HAD USED TO CALCULATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GUESS ALL OF THIS STUFF COMES OUT REALLY LATE IN THE BUDGET YEAR. KIND OF GUESS WHAT? IT'S GONNA BE AND USUALLY THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE. IT'S USUALLY MUCH LESS THAN WHAT THEY ACTUALLY COME UP WITH. THE STATE COMES UP WITH THIS YEAR THEY WERE OVER. SO WE ENDED UP BEING MORE LIKE $1.3 MILLION SHORT, SO IT BECAUSE OF THAT, AND BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME OTHER NEEDS IN THE BUDGET, THEY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND RAISE IT AN ADDITIONAL SENSE, SO THAT MAKES THE TAX RATE 0.538882 PER $100 ASSESSED VALUATION, AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK, AND UNFORTUNATELY I COULDN'T BE AT THAT MEETING, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING. ANYBODY BEING OR ANYTHING CHANGING, SO I ASSUME THAT THAT'S STILL OKAY. SO IT'S RIGHT AROUND 54 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSIST VALUATION THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TAX RATE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS. AN UPDATE ON THAT THAT'S GOING TO HELP COVER SOME ITEMS THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO TAKE OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS, UM, REALLY KIND OF BAD PRACTICE IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ONE TIME PURCHASES. THERE WERE THINGS THAT NEEDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP. UM AND IT WAS GONNA END UP HURTING THE CREDIT SCORE THAT THEY GET. LUCKILY BECAUSE OF THAT, EDITION OF THAT PENNY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN THE REGULAR BUDGET. AND THEN THAT WON'T HAPPEN SO THEY'RE STILL HAVING TO TAKE THAT MONEY OUT OF THE STREETS BUDGET TO COVER THE AMBULANCE COST. SO FOR OUR WONDERFUL SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT THAT THAT MEANS FOR US, OUR BUDGET WAS PRETTY MUCH KEPT FLAT. THAT'S TRUE OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST US, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ON THE AMBULANCE SERVICE, SO WE HAVE TO CUT ANYTHING WHICH IS GREAT. UM WE DID REARRANGE SOME THINGS TO TRY TO MAKE TO COVER OTHER THINGS AND ALSO BECAUSE THINGS ARE KIND OF SHIFTING MORE INTO DIGITAL AND STREAMING. WE TOOK MONEY AWAY FROM LIKE THE PHYSICAL DVD BUDGET BECAUSE THOSE AREN'T AS POPULAR AS THEY ONCE WERE, AND MOVE IT MORE TOWARDS THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN BOOKS BECAUSE THEY JUST KEEP GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE ARE PROCESSING ON THOSE KEEPS GOING UP. UM AND THERE'S JUST THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. EVERYTHING KEEPS GOING UP, SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T ASK US TO CUT ANYTHING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK FOR A BIT OF AN INCREASE ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT UPDATE ONWARD TO OUR MEETINGS. TRAININGS HIGHLIGHTS, UH AND MISCELLANEOUS. AFFILIATE. DO YOU HAVE, UM. ANY UPDATES ON HOW WE DID AT THE LIBRARY SALE? YES MA'AM. I'VE GOT THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. I CAN TELL YOU NOW OR I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FRIENDS, STUFF, IT'S UP TO YOU. FRIENDS ALRIGHT, IT'S NEXT. COMING UP NEXT DAY TUNED AWESOME. BUT BEFORE THAT, CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THE GARDENS DOING ? GARDEN IS DOING VERY WELL, UM , IT'S BEEN SO HARD THAT SEVERAL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS THEY ARE OLDER AND HAD SOME HEAT RELATED ISSUES WORKING OUT THERE, SO WE JUST TOLD THEM TO STAY UP. WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. UM SO HOPEFULLY NOW THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COOLING OFF A LITTLE BIT, IT WILL BE A LITTLE EASIER TO GET TO WORK OUT THERE. WE HAD THEM TURN. WE ORIGINALLY THEY USUALLY WE DON'T LIKE THEM OUT THERE. IF THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT IT WAS JUST TOO DARN HOT TO ASK THEM TO BE OUT THERE AT 9 A.M,
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BECAUSE EVEN AT NINE IT'S ALREADY, YOU KNOW. RIDICULOUSLY HOT, SO WE WERE TURNING THE WATER ON EARLIER SO THAT THEY COULD BE OUT THERE EARLIER. UM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S GOOD. UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GOT TWO MORE VOLUNTEERS COME SIGNING UP ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. AND I'M LIKE IT'S 110 DEGREES. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT, BUT THEY ALL SOUND GREAT. OKAY GREAT. SO ANYWAY, SO, YES. DOING VERY WELL. THANK YOU. ANY GOOD TAKEAWAYS FROM THE AUGUST 11TH PUBLIC LIBRARY. ADMINISTRATORS OF NORTH TEXAS MEETING AT ULIS THAT ONE THEY WERE FOCUSING ON EARLY LITERACY, SO THEY HAD SOME TWO OF THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES HIGHLIGHTED THERE. ONE OF THEM IS A FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY, WHICH WE ARE A FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY AS WELL. IF YOU'LL RECALL. I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE HERE LAST YEAR WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.FAMILY PLACES A GRANT FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM THAT YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU GET ALL THESE RESOURCES. AND, UM UM DIRECTIVES ON HOW TO TRAIN YOUR STAFF AND BE A BETTER AT PROMOTING EARLY LITERACY, SO THIS WOULD BE FOR LITTLE ONES FROM BIRTH TO ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS OLD. AND SO ONE OF THE LIBRARIES YOU SPECIFICALLY IS A FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY, AND THEY REVIEWED KIND OF WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED BUILDING.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF STORAGE, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE REALLY COOL THINGS. UM AND THEN ANOTHER ONE OF THE LIBRARIES DID KIND OF THEIR TAKE, SO THEY'RE NOT OFFICIALLY FAMILY PLACE, BUT THEY DID KIND OF TAKE ON THAT AND HOW THEY PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY, SO ACTUALLY, WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS OUT OF IT. SO UM, DEBBIE, THE YOUTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR, AND I ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND MAYBE, UM, KIND OF DO A REFRESH ON OUR FAMILY PLACE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING AT THOSE THINGS AND THE FAMILY PLACES WHEN THAT YOU HAVE THE SENSORY BAGS. THAT'S CULTURE CITY. OKAY PLACES THE LITTLE PLAY AREA WITH THE CASTLE, AND IT HAS ALL THE PARENTING BROCHURES OVER THERE, AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE BEAD TABLES AND ALL THAT. THAT'S THE FAMILY PLACE. IS IT ALSO HAS INFORMATION FOR LIKE NEW PARENTS. CORRECT YES, WE HAVE ALL THE BROCHURES, PARENTING. UM, SUGGESTIONS AND DIFFERENT ISSUES. YEAH. AND THEN BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, I'D LOVE TO KNOW THE WILY I S D NEW TEACHER LUNCHEON ? YES 220 NEW TEACHERS TO OUR DISTRICT WAS INCREDIBLE. WE GAVE WE BROUGHT EXACTLY ENOUGH. I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH. I WAS LIKE WE'RE GONNA RUN OUT. BUT WE DIDN'T. WE HAD ONE FOR EVERYBODY . IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. THEY WERE ALL SO EXCITED AND, UM , JUST HAPPY TO BE THERE WAS A GREAT UH, POSITIVE, VERY ENERGETIC EVENT. SO IT WAS REALLY FUN. YEAH, IT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE. I BELIEVE THEY SAID THEY'VE EVER HAD. SO IT WAS GREAT. WE GOT TO TALK TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE WE ALREADY GO TO THE LIBRARY ALL THE TIME, WHICH WE LOVE TO HEAR. AND THEN NEW PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE, WELL, I DON'T LIVE IN. WYLIE. IS THAT OKAY? I'M LIKE WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE. SO IT WAS LOVE THAT TOO, SO YEAH. AND JUST A JUST A HEADS UP. THE WIDELY ICY CURRENT ENROLLMENT FOR STUDENTS IS OVER 19,000 AND I KNOW THERE'S A BOND ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR AN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
OH, MY GOSH, REALLY IS PLANNING ON GROWING SO THERE PLENTY OF LIBRARY CARDS UP FOR GRABS THEM ALL TALK HMM. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT THE. MANY NOTES. I WANT TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN TOWARDS EAST KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND BURNETT AND BECAUSE EVEN EVEN COOPER MY SCHOOL IS RIGHT AT ABOUT 1100 STUDENTS ACROSS TWO GRADES. FOR SURE. ALRIGHT ONWARD TO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, UPCOMING PROGRAMS, ALRIGHT, UPCOMING PROGRAMS. WELL, FIRST, LET'S GET TO THE VERY EXCITING FIGURE OF HOW MUCH WE MADE AT THE BOOK SALES. SO THE GRAND TOTAL FOR THE BOOK SALE THAT WE MADE THIS YEAR WAS $5686.80. SO YES, IT'S A VERY, VERY GENEROUS AMOUNT. UH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND UM, WHERE WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. BUT HONESTLY, ALL WE HAD A LOT LESS ITEMS, SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE REALLY MADE MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE MADE LAST YEAR, BECAUSE LAST YEAR AT THE END OF IT, WE STILL HAVE A TON OF STUFF WE HAD TO DEAL WITH FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT, WHETHER IT WAS TO DONATE IT OR SOME, IN SOME CASES, YOU HAVE TO RECYCLE.
THERE'S NOBODY WANTS. YOU KNOW A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE MASS MARKET PAPERBACK THINGS. NOBODY WANTS THOSE UM, A LOT OF STUFF WE SENT OFF TO CHARITIES AND OTHER THINGS. AND ANYWAY, THIS YEAR, I THINK WE HAD TWO CARDS. LEFT I MEAN, THEY CLEANED US OUT. IT WAS GREAT. WE WERE DONE IN TWO
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DAYS AFTERWARDS. I'M LIKE, SO THAT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL, SO THAT WAS A GREAT GREAT EVENT AND WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND OUR FRIENDS. THIS NEW GROUP IS SO ENERGETIC AND POSITIVE AND IT'S BEEN SO MUCH FUN WORKING WITH THEM. THEY REALLY KIND OF MELTED OVER THAT WEEKEND, UH, WORKING THE BOOK SALES SO THAT OUR LAST FRIENDS MEETING WAS THEY WERE JUST JOKING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER AND TEASING AND IT WAS REALLY FUN. SO THAT WAS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS UPCOMING THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. YOU'VE GOT THE FLYER THERE IN YOUR PACKETS ON PAGE 14 . THIS IS THE HOSPITAL JOHNSON HISTORY AND GHOSTLY GOSSIP, THE WILY GHOST TOURISTS SO THAT LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THIS. THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT BETWEEN THE LIBRARY WHAT THE WILY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE BROWN HOUSE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PART OF PARKS AND REC, WHICH IS WHY YOU SAY YOU SEE WILEY RECREATION ON THERE. UM WE START THE TOURS AT THE BROWN HOUSE, WHICH IS THE NICE WELCOME CENTER DOWNTOWN, THE OLD VICTORIAN HOUSE AND THEN WE WALK THEM ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN. UM BALLARD STREET NOW IT'S REALLY A HISTORICAL TOUR. BUT IT'S DRESSED UP AS A GHOST TOUR. SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE FUN, AND SO, REALLY, YOU'RE LEARNING.DON'T TELL ANYBODY YOU'RE LEARNING ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WILEY. THE PEOPLE OF WILEY AND THE CHARACTERS THAT ARE THAT DO THE TOURISTS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE. HANS IN HISTORY. YOU FOLLOW THE SPIRITS OF MARTIAL HOWRY, WHO WAS A REAL LAWMAN. HE IS THE LAWMAN THAT CLEANED UP WYLIE, TEXAS, SO HE HAD TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT HIM AND GEORGE WASHINGTON HOUSE RIGHT? WHO WAS ONE OF THE UNDERTAKER'S HERE IN WYLIE AND VERY PROMINENT CITIZEN AND A DISTANT RELATIVE OF MRS RITA SMITH. WHO IS? YES SHE WAS A HOUSE, RIGHT? THAT WAS HER MIDDLE NAME MADE A NAME ANYWAY. SO THESE ARE ACTUAL PEOPLE. AND THEN SAME THING. WITH MINI WALKER AND LA VILLA CREOLE. THERE WERE ACTUAL TELEPHONE OPERATORS HERE IN WYLIE. THEY GOT TO HEAR ALL THE GOSSIP WHEN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERRING THOSE LINES. UM SO IT'S A FUN EVENT. IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING. PLEASE DO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JUST IN VOLUNTEERING, WE LOVE VOLUNTEERS. THERE IS A BACKGROUND CHECK. IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, TO REMIND ME TO LET ME EMAIL THAT LINK TO YOU, UM IT'S REALLY EASY, BUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THE CITY REQUIRES IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AND IF YOU COME JUST FOR FUN IF YOU WANTED TO COME AND ENJOY ONE OF THE TOURS, I'M ACTUALLY PLAYING ONE OF THE TELEPHONE OPERATORS. SO YOU GET TO SEE ME AND THE GHOSTLY GOSSIP. ANYWAY, SO THAT'S THE BIG ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S COMING UP RIGHT AWAY HERE OCTOBER 6TH AND SEVENTH THE TICKETS FOR THAT GO ON SALE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. SO RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY, UM, SPOOKY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24TH FROM 5 TO 7 PM THAT IF YOU RECALL IS WHEN THE KIDS CAN COME, THEY DRESS UP THAT YOU TRICK OR TREATED ALL THE DESKS. WE HAVE LITTLE CRAFTS FOR THEM.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN. IT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE YOUNGER KIDS. UM AND THEN WE ARE FIRST TIME WE ARE DOING A MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR FUNDRAISERS. THAT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 7 TO 9 P.M. SO IT'LL BE AFTER HOURS IF YOU'VE EVER ATTENDED A MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ONLY INSTEAD OF ARTISTS OR WORKS OF ART. IT'S GOING TO BE AUTHORS AND CHARACTERS FROM THEIR BOOKS. THAT ARE GOING TO BE STATIONED THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY. WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. BUT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID IT. YOU GOT TO KIND OF LIKE, CLUE WHO DID IT? WHERE AND WITH WHAT? SO UM IT'S GONNA BE REALLY FUN. THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE IT, BUT WE HAVE THE SECOND PLAYERS PRODUCTIONS. THERE ARE THEATER TROUPE LOCAL THEATER TROUPE. THEY USUALLY DO A SHOW FOR US THAT SPOOKY NIGHT. AND SO WE KIND OF APPROACH THEM WITH WHAT IF WE DO THIS INSTEAD THIS YEAR, AND THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO THEY'RE WRITING THE SCRIPT. THEY'RE DOING ALL THE STUFF DOING ALL THE PROPS AND THE COSTUMES AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S WE'RE NOT DOING THAT OURSELVES. SO IT'LL BE REALLY EXCITING. SOMETHING NEW. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK IT'LL BE FUN, TOO. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. OPHELIA I JUST WANTED TO IT. ADD THAT FOR THE LIBRARY BOOKS SELL FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LEFT OVER. IT REALLY MAINTAINED OUR LOBBY BOOK CELL FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND STILL WE UNTIL WE STARTED COLLECTING DONATIONS AGAIN, SO IT JUST REALLY WAS IDEAL THIS YEAR. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. WE WERE LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT ROOM FOR THIS STUFF. THIS IS GREAT, SO WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. A LOT OF EXCITING PROGRAMS COMING UP SUPER EXCITED ABOUT SPOOKED OBER AND ALL THOSE THINGS, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE, LIKE POSTERS UP AND ADVERTISING AND ALL THAT UP. AWESOMENESS ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET TO REVIEW ITEMS FOR OUR FUTURE AGENDA. AND JUST A QUICK MENTION SEPTEMBER 2023 ITEMS. UPCOMING PROGRAMS THERE ARE ON PAGES 15 THROUGH 17. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE LIST. STORYTIME STARTS BACK UP SEPTEMBER 6TH AND ALL THE KIDS CLUBS ARE BACK ALL THE THAT I DON'T BOOK CLUBS NEVER REALLY TAKE A BREAK, BUT
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EVERYTHING ELSE DOES. UM THEY'VE GOT A FUN LITTLE HALLOWEEN ORIGAMI THING ON TUESDAY, THE 19TH SO REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 5TH YOU'RE INTERESTED. AND I WOULD LOVE FLYERS TO HAND OUT TO OUR PUBLIC. FLAVOR. AIRES. NO. YEAH, WE COULD DO THAT. ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE TEAM STUFF. AND THEN, UM, ITEMS FOR A FUTURE AGENDA SO NEXT MONTH WILL BE BRINGING IN THE MEETING ROOM POLICY SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT POOR MICHELLE HAS TO DEAL WITH. ON ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS SHE GETS TO DEAL WITH THE MEETING ROOMS. UM THE FY 24 BUDGET SHOULD BE FINALIZED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH. SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT , UM, I MENTIONED THE TLC GO.WHICH IS THE LIBRARY APP. UM WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW TESTING IT DOING SOME TESTING ON THAT KIND OF LEANING HEAVILY INTO THAT RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN WORKING ORDER. FOR SURE WILL HAVE IT. UP AND READY BY THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, MAYBE BY MID END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT IT'LL JUST DEPEND ON IF WE HAVE ANY BUGS OR ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO FAR, IT'S BEEN A DREAM. IT'S A VERY CUSTOMIZABLE AND WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING WITH IT, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BEING STUCK AS THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE GETTING . THAT'S NEW. THAT'S A READING TRACKING PLATFORM WHERE YOU CAN EARN BADGES, AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT FOR US WE HAVEN'T REALLY EVER DONE THAT. THAT WAY BEFORE, BUT WE'VE GOT A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, SO I SHOULD HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT. ANY UPDATES ON ANY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS WILL HAVE THAT FOR YOU. AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE OR ANYTHING THAT WE COVERED? WE KIND OF WENT QUICKLY THERE THROUGH THE END. NO QUESTIONS FOR ME AS OF YET, I'D LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS BEAN STACK. BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF THE PIZZA HUT. YOU AGREED AND YOU GET THE PERSONAL PAN PIZZA, SO I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED PIZZA. NO, I'M SORRY.
OH, I DO HAVE ONE MORE THING TO TELL YOU ALL. GOOD NEWS, BUT KIND OF SAD FOR US. MICHELLE HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO THE CITY'S PAYROLL ANALYST. SO CONGRATULATIONS, MICHELLE.
SHE'LL BE LEAVING US WITH LEAVING THE LIBRARIES THIS SEPTEMBER. 13TH WILL BE HER LAST DAY, AND SHE'LL BE RELOCATING UP HERE TO THE THIRD FLOOR. UM, AND IT'S A HUGE PROMOTION FOR HER AND WE'RE REALLY GLAD WE'RE REALLY THRILLED FOR HER. BUT WE WILL REALLY MISS HER SO BUT I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS STEALING MY PEOPLE. SHE'S THE THIRD ONE THEY'VE STOLEN. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. I'M TEASING FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW I'LL BE CALLING YOU CONSTANTLY. MICHELLE. WE MAY. IF WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYONE TO REPLACE THAT WE MAY ROPER INTO COMING NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'LL SEE. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE DO. ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN AND GIVE OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO MICHELLE, ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS QUESTIONS CONCERNS. WELL, ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7 48. EXACTLY TO GO AHEAD. I'LL MOTION TO ADJOURN. EXACTLY YOU TURN YOUR MIC OFF, AND THEN SHE CAN. SECOND YOU'RE ON. YOU'RE GOOD AT AND WHAT I'M DOING. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YES. I'LL SEND YOU THE LINK FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEVEN VOTES. THIS MOTION PASSES 70. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I TOLD YOU ALL THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS LONG SEE SHORT
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