[Library Advisory Board on September 25, 2023.]
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EXCELLENT IS CURRENTLY SEVEN PM MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH 2023 CALLED TO ORDER WIDER LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING. THAT OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT DEBBIE BEFORE WE DO THAT REAL QUICK.
LET'S JUST FOR THE RECORD SAY EVERYONE IS HERE, EXCEPT FOR TASHA. SO ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. EXCEPT FOR TASHA. SORRY, FRIEND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE DEBBIE MAYBE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE SO WE CAN GO ON AND DO CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT, SO ON THE CONSENT OF GINGER REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING. TO GIVE EVERYONE TIME TO KIND OF REVIEW GO OVER. DISCUSSING CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE FOR THOSE MINUTES.
THIS IS IRENE. I DID READ THESE ONLINE IN OUR IN OUR EMAIL AND I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. ALRIGHT MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT, ASSUMING THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING. THIS VOTE PASSES, 60. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT GOOD WORK NOW ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA WHILE WE WAIT FOR, UH, DEBBIE, UH, REVIEWED THE LIBRARIES THAT MEETING ROOM POLICIES OUR FIRST STEP TODAY. YES WE ARE. YES THAT'S OUR WORK SESSION. SO LET ME AGREE. LET ME GET TO THAT PAGE HERE. WHERE ARE WE? HERE WE ARE. PAGE. SIX GLASSES ON IS THAT RIGHT? I FORGOT MY GLASSES. SORRY GUYS. SO THIS IS OUR MEETING ROOM POLICY. THIS POLICY COVERS THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, WHICH ARE THE TWO MAIN ROOMS WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE LIBRARY ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT. THESE ARE ROOMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE. OBVIOUSLY WE ALSO USE THEM FOR A BUNCH OF OUR PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO, UM THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE GUIDELINES AND THE WHAT IS EXPECTED OUT OF THOSE ROOMS. SOME OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS YOU MIGHT NOTICE IS THEY ARE NOT. PARTY ROOMS ARE NOT MEANT FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS OF ANY KIND. BABY SHOWERS, BIRTHDAY PARTIES, SO WE USED TO DO THAT. UM BUT THOSE ROOMS HAVE CARPET. THERE IS NO SINK. UM AND IT JUST WAS A MESS. I MEAN, WE WERE CLEANING UP. WE'D HAVE TO BRING IN THINGS TOO. IT WAS JUST AWFUL. SO PLUS, WE REALIZED WE WERE THEN IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE REC CENTER WHO DOES HAVE ROOMS FOR PARTIES. THEY ARE SET UP FOR THAT THEY HAVE SINKS AND DISHWASHERS AND WHOLE KITCHENS AND THERE'S SO IT WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO, UM, WE CHANGED OUR FOCUS THERE SO NOW AND SEND ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER TO THE WRECK TO DO THAT, UM WE CAN'T USE OUR ROOMS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T SELL YOUR BREATH PRODUCTS OR YOUR WHATEVER YOUR HOMEMADE CANDLES OR WHATEVER IT IS IN THERE. IT'S REALLY TRULY MEANT TO BE USED AS A COMMUNITY ROOM AS A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR MEETINGS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE POLICY? ANYTHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU? QUESTION YES, MA'AM. HOW FREQUENTLY DO PEOPLE RESERVED THE ROOM ABOUT 100 TIMES A WEEK OR PRETTY MUCH YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY GOES IN WAVES, SO THEY'LL BE LIKE SAY A MONTH WOULDN'T YOU SAY, MICHELLE WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, BECAUSE USUALLY MICHELLE AND I ARE IN CONSTANT SET UP THE ROOM MODE. WHAT'S NEXT? AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL BE LIKE THERE. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ROOM THIS WEEK. YOU ALMOST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT'S WEIRD WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH NOTHING IN THERE. SO IT KIND OF GOES CYCLICALLY, BUT WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS AND THEN INTERSPERSED IN BETWEEN THAT OUR COMMUNITY USERS AS WELL, SO THEY'RE PRETTY CONSTANTLY IN USE. IT'S VERY
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RARE THAT WE HAVE. I THINK THERE WAS A WEEK IN AUGUST. WE WERE LIKE THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON IN THERE THIS WEEK. THIS IS VERY STRANGE SO MORE WHEN WE GET ONE OF THOSE WEEKS. WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE, HUH? THAT'S WEIRD. AND THEN IT ALL COMES BACK AND WE START ALL OVER. SO THEY'RE PRETTY HEAVILY USED. YES, THE NUMBER ONE MOST REQUESTED THING THEY WANT IS A PERMANENT MEETING SPACE FOR THEIR WHATEVER. AND WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT IT THAT IF WE DID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO END UP EXCLUDING A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. SO THE WAY WE GET AROUND THAT IS THAT THREE TIME POLICIES SO THEY CAN RESERVE UP TO THREE DATES. ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT THIRD DATE, THEY CAN RESERVE ANOTHER THREE OFTENTIMES WHEN THEY GO TO RESERVE THE NEXT THREE. IT'S ALREADY BOOKED BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, GROUP IN THERE SO THEY CAN EITHER CHANGE THEIR DAYTIME OR TRY AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE GET AROUND THAT. MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY UNDERSTANDING, THOUGH. YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTAND. NO. WE HAVE ALSO, IF I MIGHT ADD, STARTED LOANING THE ROOM TO WAYLAY I S D. AND SO THEY ARE IN THE ROOM PRETTY FREQUENTLY WITH TEACHING GROUPS , TEACHER GROUPS FOR ALL DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO A LACK OF SPACE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDINGS. SO. THIS IS ALL DONE.HANG ON, ROBERTA, WERE YOU ON DO YOURS OR HIS HIS LIFE. THERE HE COMES. GO AHEAD, ZACK. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS ALL DONE ONLINE THROUGH THE MAIN WEBSITE. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES. SO IF YOU GO UNDER THE ABOUT TAB ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE'S A MEETING ROOM LINK. IT'S GOT THE POLICY THERE. IT'S GOT THE CONFERENCE ROOM AND THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. TECHNICALLY THE CONFERENCE ROOM CAN HOLD 24. AND THE MEETING. THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM CAN HOLD 200. THAT'S WITHOUT FURNITURE.
SO ONCE YOU PUT THE FURNITURE IN, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. WE ACTUALLY DO PUT 200 PEOPLE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM DURING SUMMER FOR THE KIDS PROGRAMS, BUT WE JUST PUT CHAIRS AROUND THE PERIMETER FOR ADULTS, AND THEN ALL THE KIDS SIT ON THE FLOOR. UM AND SOME ADULTS DO TO BE HONEST, SO THAT'S HOW WE GET 200 PEOPLE IN DURING THOSE UM, BUT THE CONFERENCE ROOM. YOU KNOW, WE USED TO PACK 24 PEOPLE IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DID IT INSTEAD, ESPECIALLY POST COVID. IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. SO USUALLY I SAY, MAX IN THERE WITH THE TABLES, INSURERS IS USUALLY WE CAN COMFORTABLY DO ABOUT 18 WHAT WE RECOMMEND. SO IS THERE. UM. HE SAYS ON I DON'T SEE APPLICATION IS RECEIVED. PAID FOR A FEE. YES, VERY END OF THE, UM POLICY ON PAGE. NINE THANK YOU. YOU'LL SEE THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM IS $30 PER HOUR FOR A NONPROFIT GROUP. AND FOR ALL OTHER USERS, IT'S 45 CONFERENCE ROOM. NONPROFITS, UM . OUR USERS OTHER THAN NONPROFITS IS $20 AN HOUR IF THEY'RE NONPROFIT, IT'S FREE. AND THEY DO HAVE TO PROVIDE PROVE THAT THEY ARE PART CORRECT. THEY NEED A 501 C THREE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. AH ABOUT THE FEES. I KNOW THE ROOMS ARE IN PRETTY REGULAR DEMAND. UH THE MONEY THAT'S GENERATED FROM USE OF THESE ROOMS. DOES THAT GO TO GENERAL LIBRARY AND A FUND OR GOES TO THE GENERAL CITY FUND? IT IS NOT COME BACK TO THE LIGHT. AH! THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION WITH THAT. I KNOW THAT NOVEMBER IS COMING AROUND. AND I KNOW THAT THIS LIBRARY HAS BEEN A VOTING LOCATION FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. IS THAT GOING TO BE REMAIN THE CASE NOW THAT COLLIN COLLEGE ACROSS THE STREET IS COLLIN COLLEGE HAS OFFERED TO TAKE ON ALL VOTING SO SINCE THEY'VE OPENED THEY'VE TAKEN OVER THE VOTING, AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE NOT AND I MEAN WE LOVE HAVING THE PEOPLE THERE. THE PROBLEM IS, IT TAKES UP ALL OUR ROOMS, AND THEN IT CAUSES A HUGE SCHEDULING DILEMMA FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE WE PUTTING THE KIDS BOOK CLUB. WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THE KIDS SCIENCE CLUB WHERE WE PUTTING, YOU KNOW, IT BECOMES A REAL, UM AH, STRESSFUL THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A FEW DAYS. IT'S TWO WEEKS AND THEN EARLY VOTING'S TWO WEEKS AND THEN IT'S VOTING AND THEN YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY KEPT EXTENDING IT. AND SO THANK GOD FOR CALLING COLLEGE WHO CAME IN AND SAID WE WILL TAKE THAT OVER AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, YEAH, TAKE IT OVER. SO THEY YES, THEY'VE OFFERED TO TAKE IT OVER. AND, UM WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS CONCERNS ABOUT OUR MEETING ROOM POLICY. THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE BIG THREE POLICIES. WE DID THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. THE AH! OH MY GOSH. MY MIND JUST WENT BACK AND BLANK. WHICH ONE DID WE DO LAST TIME? PATRON BEHAVIOR. THANK YOU. AND THEN THIS ONE. SO THOSE
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ARE THE LAST OF THE BIG THREE. I CAN KEEP BRINGING OTHER POLICIES. IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, OR WE CAN JUST MOVE ON AND TRUST THAT WE'RE GONNA POLICIES. WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT POLICIES. ANYBODY INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER POLICIES? YOU JUST DYING TO READ THE BORROWER POLICY. DYING TO READ THE, UH, INTER LIBRARY LOAN? NO PROBABLY NOT. SOMETHING COMES UP. OKAY WE'LL DO THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, I SEE HER LOVELY USE SERVICES SUPERVISOR HAS MADE IT IN. YOU WANT TO COME ON UP, MISS DEBBIE? I FIGURED I FIGURED YOU GOT STUCK AT THE DESK. WELCOME WELCOME. SO THIS IS DEBBIE NOW LING. SHE IS OUR YOUTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR, AND SHE'S BEEN WITH US NOW FOR 13 14. ALMOST 14 YEARS. UM. SHE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT WITH THE OLD BUILDING. UM SHE WAS THE NOW THE THIRD PROFESSIONAL CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND WE'VE HAD, AND NOW SHE IS, UM IN CHARGE OF ALL THE YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM IF YOU WILL TURN ON YOUR MIKE THERE, DEBBIE. THAT LITTLE BUTTON. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT AND IF YOU WANT TO JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU DO. I'M THE YOUTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR. THERE ARE WE HAVE FOUR FULL TIME LIBRARIANS. UM A TEEN LIBRARIAN BETWEEN LIBRARY AND A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AND MYSELF. WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANT WE HAVE THREE PART FOUR PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANCE. WE DO. SEVEN STORY TIMES A WEEK. WE DO A SENSORY STORYTIME MONTHLY. WE DO A BOOK CLUB FOR 1ST AND 2ND. GRADERS TWEENS, 4TH AND 6TH GRADERS AND SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS MONTHLY. WE DO A STEAM PROGRAM FOR THIRD GRADERS MONTHLY. UM WE CIRCULATE. THE MAJORITY OF WHERE THE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMMING AND THE CIRCULATION AT THE LIBRARY SO WE ARE VERY BUSY. BUT VERY HAPPY. YEAH. HAVE A GOOD TIME. WE ALSO DO. QUITE A LOT WITH THE KICKOFF PARTY AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER READING WHERE WE HAD 3000 PEOPLE. COME THIS YEAR. WE AT THE END OF SUMMER READING, WE DO A HARRY POTTER BIRTHDAY PARTY BECAUSE SHE WAS BIRTHDAYS. JULY 31ST SO WE ALWAYS DO IT THE LAST FRIDAY OF JULY WE HAD OVER 700 PEOPLE. ATTEND THAT SO. WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH TO WILEY WILEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DO, UM, A LOT OF IN HOUSE TOURS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR JUST FOR WE DO A LOT WITH THE PHASE PROGRAM AT WIRELESS SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UM LAST SATURDAY, THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN WENT TO THE COUNCIL OF CHEETAHS AT OLD CITY PARK. IT'S A BIG BACK TO THE FUTURE BACK TO THE FUTURE. YES IT'S A BIG THAT THEY DO EVERY YEAR BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK, AND WE ALWAYS GO . AND THIS YEAR VERONICA WENT AND WE PRESENT WHAT THE ABBEY AWARD AND THE ABBEY AWARD IS A WAR AND AWARD WE HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN DOING THE APPY AWARD? LONG TIME. LONG TIME, AT LEAST 10 YEARS. YES THAT IT'S THE AWARD FOR THE SCHOOL THAT, UM, HAS THE MOST PARTICIPATION TURNING IN LOGS FOR SUMMER READING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. YES ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND ONLY WILDLY. I SD WE DON'T DO LIKE, UM DID THE LIKE MURPHY AND ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS. BUT THIS YEAR FOR THE FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW, IT WAS TIBBLES ELEMENTARY, SO THEY ARE LIKE, KIND OF UNSTOPPABLE, BUT I'LL FEEL YOU AND I WENT TO, UM TO VISIT WITH THE NEW CHILDREN WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THE MEDIA SPECIALISTS AND ALL THE LIBRARIES TO ELEMENTARY LIBRARIES. THEY HAVE A NEW PERSON. SO OPHELIA AND I WENT, AND WE EMPHASIZE THAT AT THE TIME THEY HAD WON IT THREE YEARS IN A ROW, AND YOU ALL NEED TO CATCH UP AND THEY WERE JUST CLOSE THIS YEAR, THOUGH, TIBBLES ONLY ONE BY THREE. SO AKIN WAS TAKEN WAS SECOND TO STEP IT UP, BUT THEY ONLY WON BY THREE BUT STILL ONE ANYWAY. ANY QUESTIONS ? I DON'T I CAN'T. I MEAN, I'M SURE WE DO MORE THAN I'M NOT REMEMBERING. BUT UM, WE DID IN THE LAST SPRING, WE DID A DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS MINNIECON.THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. IT WAS ADULT AND, UM, ADULT AND YOUTH YOUTH SERVICES. YEAH WE DID IT TOGETHER. SO OUR TEAM LIBRARIAN AND THE ADULT LIBRARY AND DAVID SAWYER, WHO IS LEAVING AND WE WILL MISS HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE HE'S HE'S GREAT. BUT NOW HE'LL GET TO HAVE SUMMERS TAKE
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SUMMER SOCKS. SO YEAH. WE DON'T GET TO TAKE SUMMERS OFF. WELL, WE CHANGED IT SO THAT NOW WE CAN TAKE LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE AND THE LAST WEEK OF JULY JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO RESTRICTED, BUT IT'S SUMMER. READING IS SUCH A MADHOUSE THAT IT'S HARD FOR ANYONE TO TAKE OFF. SO ALL HANDS ON DECK. YES ALL HANDS ON DECK ALL DAY EVERY DAY. WELL THIS IS THIS IS A THAT INCREDIBLE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TIBBLES TIGERS RUNNING. UH DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS SHAKE UP IN NOVEMBER.THERE MAY BE MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHICH WE CAN CERTAINLY GET IN THAT BIG BOND. HOW MUCH IS THAT BOND THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR PLENTY. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH IT WAS 98. SHE SAID. OKAY THANK YOU. 100 190 LISTEN WAS THERE THERE WERE THREE NUMBERS THEREFORE, YES. HOLY OKAY SCHOOLS AND JUST YEAH. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS IS THIS IS INCREDIBLE. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE QUITE BUSY DOING DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN FOR ALL OF OUR OVER YOUTH PATRONS ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE STORY TIME . I KNOW THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS THING WAS A BIG HIT.
YES, IT WAS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN. AND IT'S JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE. ALL THAT ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING WELL, ONE OF THE PRO ONE OF THE TEAM PROGRAMS IS D AND D ONCE A MONTH, SO THEY HAVE A THEY HAVE AN ONGOING PROGRAM, ALBEIT I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE TEAM DOES. THERE WAS A TEAM BOOK CLUB JAPAN A MATION, WHERE THEY JUST GO AND EAT JAPANESE SNACKS AND WATCH ANIMATE AND WE D AND D BOND AND ONGOING. IT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF AN ONGOING CAMPAIGN. SO ANYWAY. OKAY THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT REAL QUICK COMMENT TO, UM MISS DEBBIE. I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE, UM WE FIRST MOVED HERE. YES THIS BIG BEFORE THAT WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO, UM WILEY AND, UM, UM, I WAS PRAYING WITH JACOB. MY SECOND ONE. SO JOSHUA WAS 17 MONTHS LIKE 8 FT. TALL YET? YEP. AND SO YOU HAVE JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ICONS THAT WE SEE COMING TO THE LIBRARY. AND WE'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED WE SAW YOU OVER AT THE PORTABLES. WE FOLLOWED YOU OVER HERE TO THIS BUILDING, AND IT HAS BEEN ENJOYING A PLEASURE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO WITH YOU AND MISS OPHELIA. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND JUST YOUR WELCOMING HEART AND JUST EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR ALL CHILDREN, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH , BECAUSE WE DO LOVE THOSE KIDS AND IT SHOWS AND WHEN THERE AND WHEN THEY'RE 8 FT, TALL AND WE REMEMBER THEM WHEN THEY WERE AND THEN, LIKE I HAVE TO SAY EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT BEING A LIBRARY AND I LEARNED FROM DEBBIE BECAUSE I STARTED WORKING. IN PLANO. PART TIME IN W WAS THERE FULL TIME AND THIS WAS 20 YEARS AGO. WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. AND SO OF SCANDALS SCANDALS THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE CALLED PATTY GATE. WE WON'T GET INTO IT. BUT IT WASN'T IT WAS WE GOT CALLED INTO THE OFFICE FOR THAT ONE. Y'ALL ANYWAY, BUT IT WASN'T OUR FAULT. POWERFUL LATELY AND AS ALWAYS, WE WERE INNOCENT.
YEAH BUT EVERYTHING I LEARNED ABOUT STORYTIME AND WORKING WITH KIDS FROM THAT LADY. SO MY MOM WAS A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN KIND OF HAD BOTH HATS. SO I SPENT A LOT OF SUMMERS WORKING WITH HER HELPING HER OUT OF THE LIBRARY. AND SO THAT YOUR PARTICULAR ROLE HAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. BECAUSE CUTE IT'S VERY IT'S VERY REWARDING. IT REALLY IS. WE WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE DO. WE'RE DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I AM A LITTLE CURIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE TOO MUCH MORE TIME. BUT WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS? FOR WHAT? OR HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOUR PROGRAMS YOU'RE GONNA OFFER? LIKE PRINCESS DON'T DIGIT DRAGON THING, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA. WHAT SPARKED THAT? WELL A LOT OF IT IS LIKE JUST COMMUNITY NEED. WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT OUR SENSORY STORY TIME ? THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT AS WE THERE WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE THEY NEEDED A STORYTIME STORYTIME CZAR PRETTY WHAT? AND IF YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO HAS AUTISM FOR YOU KNOW, KIND OF A SENSORY THERE ON THE SPECTRUM. THAT DOES NOT WORK FOR THEM. SO THEY AND, LIKE D AND D. I THINK IT WAS JUST THE SAME THING. ALSO OUR TEAM. MY BRAIN IS A GENIUS, SO A LOT OF IT A LOT OF IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON ELSEWHERE, LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS PAYING ATTENTION TO OTHER LIBRARIES ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING. IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE DOING? YOU KNOW, UM THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIBRARIES AND IDEAS EXCHANGED THAT WAY. WE GET A LOT OF IDEAS FROM AND ALSO, UM LIKE VERONICA. VERONICA MCKAY, OUR CHILDREN'S I BRANCH. SHE WORKED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A WHILE, SO SHE'S GOT CONNECTIONS IN THERE. AND SO SHE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW A LOT
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OF THE LIKE MEDIA SPECIALIST. SPECIAL SCHOOL LIBRARIANS WERE LIKE A LOT OF OUR KIDS CAN'T GET TO THE LIBRARY. THEIR PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CAN'T GET THERE, BUT THEY WANT TO DO A BOOK CLUB, SO SHE, IN BETWEEN LIBRARIANS STARTED A BLUE BONNET BOOK CLUB WHERE THEY WE BOUGHT SOME BOOKS FOR THEM, AND THEY GO OUT AT LUNCHTIME TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES. AND DO, UM THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY GET A CERTAIN CERTAIN BLUEBONNET BOOK EVERY MONTH. AND YEAH, SO YEAH, WE BROUGHT THE BLUE BAR. WE BROUGHT THE BOOK CLUB TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T SO, YEAH, WE DO OUR BEST TO FIT IN WHATEVER YOU KNOW ANYBODY NEEDS , SO IT'S YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY NEED LISTENING TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER LIBRARIES AND GENIUS . THAT'S OH, THAT'S ALL. SUPER SIMPLE FOR THEM. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE TEAMS ARE UP. WILL YOU TURN THAT MIKE OFF? THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. THANKS, DEBBIE. ALL RIGHT. LOVELY UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON IN OUR WORK SESSION.
UH LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND REVIEW THE MONTHLY REPORTS. PLEASE REPORT PAGE 10 IS WHERE IT STARTS AND I KEPT THAT FORMAT FOR HOURS STATISTICS, SO YOU'LL SEE THIS REPORTING PERIOD IS AUGUST 24TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20TH. SO THAT ARE RIGHT AFTER LABOR DAY IS WHEN OUR PROGRAMMING STARTED BACK UP SO YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING BACK UP FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO WE'RE JUST STARTING TO GET THOSE BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS. I DID WANT TO MENTION LAST MEETING. WE WERE ASKED HOW MANY CARDHOLDERS WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU BECAUSE I FORGOT TO WRITE IT IN HERE, BUT IT'S 60,139 CARDHOLDERS CURRENTLY, AND, UM, THE CENSUS I CHECKED RIGHT BEFORE I CAME IN HERE. TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE OFFICIALLY ARE CONSIDERED WILDLY . RESIDENTS. THE POPULATION OF WILEY IS 57,526. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE CARDHOLDERS THAN WE DO HAVE SO, UM OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S SOME OF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. NOT JUST WILEY. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT NUMBER BEFORE I FORGOT. UM THEN WHEN WE SKIP ON DOWN TO OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES AS USUAL, THOSE ARE DONE BY CALENDAR MONTH AS OPPOSED TO WONKY. AS FOR THE WAY OUR WEEKLY REPORTS DONE AT THE TOP, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES ARE STILL GOING STRONG, STILL BEING USED PRETTY HEAVILY, YOU'LL SEE LIBBY DROPPED JUST HARDLY ANYTHING THAT WELL, ACTUALLY, NO, THE UNIQUE USERS WENT UP A BIT, DIDN'T IT? BUT THE CHECKOUTS DROPPED A LITTLE BIT. USUALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS. WE DO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS STARTING TO GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BRINGING ALL THEIR BOOKS BACK THERE TRYING TO GET FOCUSED. AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THEIR ROUTINE DOWN, THEY COME RIGHT BACK. SOME HOOPLA, YOU'LL NOTICE OUR CIRCULATION IS STILL PRETTY HIGH ON THAT, UM, I THINK WHO PLIES THE BUZZ IS KIND OF GETTING OUT ON THAT. AND THAT INSTANT BURROWS IS VERY, UM POPULAR THAT YOU DON'T WAIT ON ANYTHING. AND THEN CANOPY STILL GOING GOOD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM MAY COMPARED TO AUGUST, THAT'S HUGE. SO THAT'S GREAT.
THE VISITS AND THE PAGES SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE USING. WHAT UH HUH. DEVICE HOWEVER, THEY'RE WATCHING CANOPY IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO ME SO AND THEN IF WE MOVE OVER TO PAGE 12, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE SAMPLE OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND TRAININGS THAT WE DID THIS LAST. UM REPORTING PERIOD AS WELL AS JUST SOME MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. LIKE I MENTIONED WE DO HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. HER FIRST DAY WAS TODAY. HER NAME IS SENA. SO YOU GUYS WILL GET TO MEET HER NEXT WEEK. I JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS CRUEL TO BE LIKE, HEY, COME TO YOUR FIRST DAY OF WORK AND BY THE WAY STATE WHERE? LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. SO UH AND MICHELLE WAS SO GRACIOUS TO SAY I CAN BE I CAN DO THERE. SO THANK YOU, MICHELLE FOR HELPING US OUT, AND WE MISS YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. SO UM, ANYWAY, BUT ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS OR ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS, TRAININGS? HIGHLIGHT. AND. FOR THE ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL RESOURCES . HOW OFTEN ARE THOSE CONTRACTS RENEWED FOR THE LIBRARY? IS THAT WHERE THOSE ON A YEARLY BASIS OR OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ON WHO BLOOD. DIDN'T WE JUST SIGN SOMETHING? MICHELLE I THINK THAT ONE IS ANNUAL IS IT NOT WHO PLUS ANNUAL CANOPY? I BELIEVE THIS IS WELL, UM CANOPIES TWO YEARS. AND I AND LIBBY. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY WELL, LIBYA'S PART OF THE CONSORTIUM, SO THAT'S PROBABLY
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WE'RE KIND OF IN IT FOR LIFE. UNLESS WE CHOOSE TO GET UP, I THINK IS THE WAY IT IS ON LIVING. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING IS BEING USED APPROPRIATELY, SO IT'S YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING UP. I KNOW THAT RECENTLY. AND YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME ABOUT OUR PLAN TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY MINISTERS OF NORTH TEXAS. SO THE LOCAL ALL THE LOCAL DIRECTORS GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT STUFF, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT HAVE HOOPLA THAT HAVE HAD TO DROP IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. IT'S GOTTEN WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVEN'T WE AREN'T IN THAT BOAT YET. I HOPE THAT WE KIND OF ARE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP IT GOING. UM I DO KNOW, LIKE I SAID THAT WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY DVD BUDGET THAT WE KEEP LOOKING AT AND GOING.WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PUTTING MORE AND MORE TOWARDS THE STREAMING SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THINGS ARE BEING USED, SO WE STILL HAVE MONEY TO PUT IN THAT IF WE NEED IT, BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO PLAY THAT BY EAR AND SEE. BECAUSE THE THING WITH HOOPLA IS WHAT'S IT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S INSTANT BURROWS. BUT THEN WE PAY FOR EVERY TIME SOMEBODY BORROWS SOMETHING, SO IT CAN GET YOUR YOUR KIND OF GUESSING AS TO HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO WHEN YOU'RE BUDGETING.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING AN EDUCATED GUESS. AND IF THINGS TAKE OFF THEN YOU RAN OUT OF MONEY. WAIT, WAIT BEFORE YOU EXPECTED TO DO SO. THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO SOME OTHER LOCAL LIBRARIES. ONE THING ON THE DIGITAL IS YOU DEMI GETTING ANY TRACTION? UM THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE, YOU DEMI STATS. UM, THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, IT WAS SO NEW. IT ONLY HAD MAYBE A MONTH, SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF USAGE ON THERE YET. UM WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT MORE ABOUT IT. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING A PRESENTATION THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH. JUST TELLING OUR BUSINESSES YOU KNOW, OUR SMALL BUSINESS POPULATION AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT IT. SEE IF IT CAN HELP THEM, BUT I CAN BRING STATS FOR THAT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, ABSOLUTELY. I WISH MICHELLE. WE'RE HERE. SHE'S THE ONE THAT TRACKS ALL THOSE. SHE'S INTO THE DATABASE DEPTH. WE'LL GET THEM FOR YOU. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT. HAD BEEN GOING ON TO PAGE 12 WITH THE MEETINGS AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS. YES, SIR MET WITH ESTHER UNION FOR SAFETY TRAINING. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT THIS SAFETY TRAINING IS? ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TO UNDERGO SAFETY TRAINING. SO YES , THERE IS ONE OF OUR NEW PART TIME REFERENCE ASSISTANCE. LISA IS OUR SAFETY TRAINING LIAISON.
SO SHE'S PART OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY. SO EVERYTHING FROM COORDINATING ACTIVE SHOOTER STOPPED THE BLEED TRAINING TO JUST BASIC FIRST AID KIND OF LIBRARY TRAINING, SAFETY TRAINING. UM ALL NEW STAFF GO THROUGH THAT, AND THEY ALSO DO CULTURE CITY TRAINING WITH LISA.
SO THAT WAS WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. SO THAT WAS THE LIBRARY SAFETY TRAINING THINGS LIKE EVERYTHING FROM FIRST AID. WHAT TO DO? UM TO YOU DON'T WALK OUT TO YOUR CAR AT NIGHT BY YOURSELF, YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, SO IT KIND OF A BIG RANGE OF THINGS. SHE ALSO IF I COULD ADD, DOES THE, UM MACHINE. THE NAME OF THAT MACHINE? YES, A D MACHINE. SHE LETS THEM KNOW HOW TO USE THAT. AND THEN SHE GOES OVER WHERE THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE LOCATED, SO IT'S QUITE A BIT YEAH, IT'S KIND OF ALL INCLUSIVE SAFETY THING. EMERGENCY EXIT PANIC BUTTONS ALL THAT STUFF. SORRY THERE ANY PLANS, OR IS IT SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING TO OFFER A SIMILAR TRAINING TO A BROAD GROUP OF PEOPLE? I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW THE STAFF ARE GOING TO NEED THAT. I'M SURE THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT COST. BUT SEVERAL THINGS YOU'VE MENTIONED ARE THINGS I'VE ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO PERSONAL, BUT I JUST COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING INTERESTING, LIKE A PROGRAM ON SAFETY NET PROGRAM . UM YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, I WAS LOOKING AT VARIOUS FIRST AID. SORT OF BASIS. REFRESH MY MEMORY ON BASIC FIRST AID AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I FOUND WAS CPR AND ONLY CPR. AND SO, UM I PERSONALLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY OR THE LIBRARY OR WHOEVER OFFERS SOME KIND OF TRAINING TO COVER SOME OF THOSE TOPICS. LIKE A LOT OF THE FIRST EIGHT TYPES OF THINGS, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW. WOULD, YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW? MORE OF A DISABILITY. ALL OF MY FINGER IS BLEEDING KIND OF STUFF, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT AVAILABLE WITH SOME SORT OF COST FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY CAN'T BEAR ALL THAT COST. BUT JUST THROW THAT OUT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL THAT KIND OF LIKE A WOUND PACKING, STOPPED THE BLEED ALL THAT WE DO THAT WITH, UM WILEY FIRE RESCUE TO FIND OUT IF THEY DO THAT, FOR THE COMMUNITY OR NOT. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
MICHELLE, HAVE YOU HEARD THAT THEY DO ANYTHING? BUT I WONDER IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US AND OFFERING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT IT DOWN.
THEY DO IT FOR US. I DON'T SEE WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, I'LL ASK HIM
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ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING IN THE SPRING THIS NEXT SPRING, PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DOING UM, PERSONAL SAFETY TRAINING FOR, UM INCOMING FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS, FRESHMAN COLLEGE STUDENTS. UM SO JUST KIND OF BEING AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS . WHAT TO DO IF YOU DO GET A CUT OR BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, UM WHAT TO DO IF THIS HAPPENS OR THAT HAPPENS, SO, UM PLANO DID ONE THIS LAST YEAR, AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR IDEAS? I SAW THAT. AND I WAS LIKE, WE GOTTA DO THIS TOO. SO I REACHED OUT TO OUR PD AND THE LADY THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THAT STUFF WAS LIKE, YES, WE NEED TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT IN THE SPRING. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MORE FOR LIKE KIDS GOING OFF TO COLLEGE. THAT'S A VERY SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. BUT I LIKE THAT IDEA. I WILL ASK, FIND OUT YEAH, I MEAN THINGS. PEOPLE GET INTO CAR ACCIDENTS, AND THERE'S SOME OFTENTIMES HEAVY TRAUMA. UH, WE LIVE IN A PRETTY SAFE AREA. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE OR SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENED, SO I, FOR ONE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PAY IT PAY FOR IT. IF SOMEONE COULD ORGANIZE IT AND GET IT TOGETHER, LOOKED IN VARIOUS PLACES, AND IT'S JUST CLOSEST ONES I FOUND WERE, YOU KNOW A TWO HOUR DRIVE AWAY TO GIVE ME THE KIND OF TRAINING I WAS LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? OH, GOSH. YEAH. THAT SUGGESTION THINKS THAT. IS THERE ANY ANY UPDATE ON THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY? LITTLE APPLICATION, A LITTLE PHONE APPLICATION THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY WHERE PATRONS COULD CHECK OUT PLACE HOLDS. HOW'S THAT COMING ALONG? YOU CAN GO TO YOUR PLACE STORE RIGHT NOW AND DOWNLOAD IT. UM, IT IS NOT. ACTUALLY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADVERTISING IT TO THE PUBLIC YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL TESTING CERTAIN PARTS OF IT, BUT WE'VE ASKED THE CITY EMPLOYEES TO TEST IT OUT. YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO DOWNLOAD IT. IF YOU LOOK UP, I THINK IT'S SPL WILEY. LET ME DOUBLE CHECK THAT. UM. I THINK IT'S SPL WILEY, IF YOU GO TO EUROPE STORE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT. YOU CAN, UM SIGN IN AND LIKE MINE SAYS I HAVE A WHOLE READY FOR PICKUP SEE, SO IT'S LIVE. IT'S READY TO GO. YEAH. AND THAT CAN HELP YOU OUT. WE CAN LOOK AT IT IF THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING, BUT YEAH, IT'S HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO START ADVERTISING IT TO THE PUBLIC HERE IN ANOTHER WEEK TO START GOING FOR IT, UM CLICK AND COLLECT FEATURES SOMETHING WE'RE STILL TESTING. SO IF YOU HAVE HOLES AND YOU WANT TO PICK THEM UP WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, DO THE CLICK AND COLLECT SO WE CAN JUST AMOUNT AND SEE IF THAT WORKS. IF IT'S WORKING ON OUR END, AND IF IT DOESN'T PLEASE FORGIVE US BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S WORKING SO WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND IT, MONICA? WILEY? YEAH. YOU WILL HELP. BETA TEST. YES, PLEASE.ALRIGHT SNOW THE QUESTIONS LET'S GET INTO SOME OF OUR UPCOMING ARE OCTOBER PROGRAMS AND OUR FRIENDS THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE DURING OCTOBER. SO WE HAVE HANS IN HISTORY AND GHOSTLY GOSSIP TOURS ON THE SIXTH AND THE SEVENTH OF OCTOBER. THOSE TOURS IS OUR FUNDRAISER AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, UM FOR US, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WILEY PARKS RECREATION. THEY ALL START IN DOWNTOWN WILEY AT THE BROWN HOUSE, AND THERE'S JUST A TOUR OF BALLARD STREET. IF YOU COME TO THE GHOSTLY GOSSIP, I WILL BE ONE OF YOUR SPIRIT GUIDES. SO I PLAY. I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL I PLAYED LAVILLA LAST TIME AND I'M WRONG. I PLAY MANY WALKERS.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE, UM THE FUN WILL BE AT THAT WEEKEND. SECOND PAGE. WE HAVE SPOOKY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, SO IT'S OCTOBER 24TH FROM 5 TO 7 . IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. USUALLY WE HAVE TRICK OR TREATED ALL THE TASKS. THERE'S LITTLE CRAFTS GOING ON IN THE STORYTIME ROOM. IT'S JUST ADORABLE LITTLE FUND. TIME YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD TIME FOR MOSTLY FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, BUT EVERYONE'S WELCOME. OFTEN WE HAVE ENTIRE FAMILIES THAT COME DRESSED UP, WHICH IS REALLY CUTE. SO, UM IT'S A FUN NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEN THE OTHER BIG THING COMING UP IS ACTUALLY ON NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 7 TO 9. SO IT'S AFTER HOURS AFTER LIBRARY AFTER DARK. IT'S THE MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY. SO WE WORK WITH A LOCAL THEATER TROUPE CALLED SECOND PLAYERS PRODUCTIONS, AND THEY ARE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE DOING THIS FOR US. IF YOU'VE EVER DONE MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT AT THE D M A. IT'S VERY SIMILAR. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SUSPECTS LAID OUT
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IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LIBRARY. THEY'RE ALL EITHER CHARACTERS OR AUTHORS FROM BOOKS AND THEY THERE'S A WHO DONE IT, AND I WILL DIVULGE A LITTLE SECRET HERE THE UNFORTUNATELY PETER PAN MEETS HIS END, AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO DONE IT. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PREMISE OF THE FUN THAT NIGHT, SO AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER FUNDRAISER FOR THE LIBRARY. IT'S A GOOD TIME.GOOD FOR AGES, 14 AND UP, SO THEY GET TO GO AND INTERVIEW ALL THIS SUSPECTS AND TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE. WHERE WERE YOU? AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? AND YOU KNOW ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF SO THEY GET TO PLAY THE DIFFERENT PARTS AND THEN AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, WE REVEAL WHO DONE IT AND HOW THEY SHOULD HAVE FIGURED IT OUT. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE CLUE. YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO WE'RE WITH WHAT? YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF. IT'LL BE FINE. AND THEN, UM, OCTOBER 2023 PROGRAMS THERE, UM WE'RE DOING PUMPKINS WITH HIS. OURS IS ONE OF OUR SEASONAL PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS COMING UP OCTOBER 14TH SO KIND OF A PUMPKIN DECORATING, BUT NOT ACTUAL, EITHER THE PLASTIC ONES YOU KNOW THE SUN GLITTERY PRETTY ONES, NOT THE GOOEY WITH THE SEEDS AND ALL THAT MESSY ONES.
UM, AND THEN, IN OCTOBER TOWARDS , UM THE 12TH. THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING OCTOBER SCARES GAME ON OCTOBER SCARES, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST A CREEPY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT ARE PRESCHOOL STORY TIMES ARE IN FULL SWING. SO ALL OF THAT'S GOING ON SINCE WE STORY TIMES ALL THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN ALL OF OUR KIDS CLUBS. THERE ARE NEXT ON PAGE 17, AND THEN WE END WITH OUR TEAM CLUBS THERE. SPENDING AT THE END OF 17 AND 18. WE ALSO HAVE FALL BREAK COMING UP, WHICH WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PUT THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T THINK UP YET, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE DOING A LEGO DAY FOR FALL BREAK AND THERE'S ONE OTHER PROGRAM SPECIAL PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING. I BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE A CRAFT PROGRAM. DURING THAT WEEK, SOMETHING SPECIAL SINCE THE KIDS ARE AT SCHOOL. I MEANT TO ASK W ABOUT THAT WHEN SHE WAS HERE, AND I FORGOT MISS OPHELIA? YES, MA'AM. I SAW THE THREE D PRINTING DEMO AND I KNOW YOU AND I HAD HAD AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. BUT HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED EXPLORING DOING LIKE A CRICKET OR A SILHOUETTE? UM TRAINING OR OPPORTUNITY FOR YES. SO WE DO WANT TO GIVE IT WE'VE DONE CRICKET BEFORE BECAUSE WE OWN TWO CRICKETS. SO WE'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO DOING THAT. I THINK THEY WERE LOOKING AT HAVING ONE THIS FALL. AND NOW AS DEBBIE MENTIONED DAVID, ONE OF OUR ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS IS LEAVING US. HE IS JUMPING SHIP. HE'S GOING OVER THE COLLEGE ACROSS THE STREET. SO HE, UM HE'S MARRIED TO A TEACHER, LOVELY LADY AND SHE'S AWFUL SUMMER AND HE CAN'T TAKE ANY TIME OFF OVER THE SUMMER, SO IT'S BECOME A BIT OF A THING. SO NOW NOW HE'S GOING TO WORK AT THE SCHOOL SO HE CAN ALSO TAKE TIME OFF THIS SUMMER, SO IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. SO WE'RE GLAD THAT HE'S GOT THAT OPPORTUNITY, AND HE'S HAPPY, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORT STAFFED, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SWING IT. BUT YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO THAT AND DEFINITELY WANT TO BRING THOSE BACK. AND WE GET ASKED ALL THE TIME. SO YEAH, SO WE KNOW IT'S IN DEMAND. ARE THESE? THE FLYERS AND GENERAL ASSETS THAT ARE BEING SENT OUT TO PEOPLE. THE GHOST TOURS. YES UM, SPOOKY NIGHT. WE HAVEN'T PRINTED THEM YET. SO WE HAVEN'T MADE THAT PUBLIC YET. WE USUALLY START ADVERTISING THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, SINCE IT'S TOWARDS THE END AND THEN MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT. THAT'S A COMPLETE MOCK UP THAT I JUST MADE TO SHOW Y'ALL. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE OTHER LADIES IS ACTUALLY MAKING THE OFFICIAL POSTER SO OKAY. I JUST I NOTICED THE OPERATORS IS NOT SPELLED CORRECTLY, SO YOU MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF OLD TIMEY ALTERNATE SPELLING THEM. I KNOW I'M SURE IT'S NOT. YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE AN OLDER I DON'T KNOW. I'LL TALK TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I ADDED FOR A LIVING SIDE. YEAH I HAVE, LIKE STUFF I HAVE, LIKE 1200. PEOPLE LOOK AT THESE. AND SOMEHOW WE ALWAYS MISS SOMETHING . THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU EDIT SOMETHING, SOMETHING ALWAYS LOOKS. ALL RIGHT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING OCTOBER AND PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY AND GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT LITTLE BIT SCARED. LITTLE BIT CURIOUS ABOUT MURDER MYSTERIES.
I MEAN, GO CHECK THAT OUT. FOR OUR SEPTEMBER 20. 23 ITEMS FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA NEXT TIME AROUND. WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TLC TOGETHER. LIBRARY APPS. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. SO BE
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SURE IT'LL GO TO YOUR APP STORE. AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT HERE, WE'LL TAKE. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIND IT FOR YOU AT THE END OF THE MEETING, SO SIGN IN, USE IT. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. UM BEAN STOCK IS A READING TRACKING PLATFORM THAT WE SHOULD BE HOPEFULLY BRINGING LIVE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. UM BASICALLY, IT'S LIKE ALL OF OUR READING CHALLENGES LIKE READ MORE SUMMER WINTER READING. EVERYTHING IS NOW GOING TO GO ON TO BEANS STACKS SO PEOPLE CAN TRACK THEIR READING. IT'S ALSO AN APP SO YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR PHONE. UM YOU CAN GET EARNED BADGES FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THINGS. WE CAN PERSONALIZE IT ON OUR END ALL KINDS OF WAYS AND THEN THEY HAVE ONES THAT ARE ALREADY READY TO GO. WHICH IS REALLY NICE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TO SEEING HOW THAT AFFECTS, UM, ARE DIFFERENT READING OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CHALLENGES.UM WE WENT FROM. WE WEREN'T COMPLETELY PAPER FREE AND CHALLENGES, I GUESS AROUND COVID RIGHT AFTER COVID, AND WE DID SEE KIND OF A LULL AND PEOPLE PARTICIPATING PEOPLE LIKE PAPER PAPER IS EXPENSIVE. SO UM, WE WERE GOING TO SEE IF MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HELPS BECAUSE IT'S MORE INTERACTIVE AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF FUN. YOU KNOW, DING YOU AND TELL YOU YOU KNOW YOU CAN YOU KNOW YOUR WHO'S IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FRIENDS GROUP. YOU GUYS CAN START A COMPETITION AND TELLS YOU WHO'S AHEAD. AND YOU KNOW, ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY CUTE.
SO UM, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, LEARN TO USE IT. WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY ANY UPDATES TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY PROGRAMS. UM, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL HOLIDAY CLOSURES COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 23RD AND AS ALWAYS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OR SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO BRING BY ALL MEANS. JUST LET ME KNOW.
EXCELLENT. JUST WANTED, UH, SHOUT OUT BEFORE OCTOBER, 23RD ON OCTOBER. I THINK IT'S SATURDAY BEFORE. UH EVERYONE GET OUT YOUR SOLAR GLASSES BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER THE CITY OF WILEY THAT SATURDAY, AND THIS KIND OF GIVES US A TASTE BEFORE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER WIDELY ON APRIL 14TH. I BELIEVE WE'RE PLANNING A BIG THING FOR THAT.
FOR THE ONE IN APRIL. LOOK UP, BUT DON'T LOOK UP FOR TOO LONG. GET THE GLASSES. I THINK THAT I THINK THAT IS THE DATE. BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AT THE END OF OUR STUDENT FALL BREAK FOR A WHILE.
THE I S D. AND THEN SPRINGTIME IS ON A MONDAY ABOUT NOON. CORRECT. ALRIGHT ANY FINAL COMMENTS CONCERNS QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING. ALRIGHT I MOVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN FOR THE FOR THE EVENING. DO I HAVE A SECOND CHECK IT.
THIS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 6 TO 0. THANK YOU.
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