[Library Advisory Board on January 22, 2024.]
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OKAY EVERYONE WELCOME TO THE WILY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 22ND 2024. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 703. PM. WELL, YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE NOTE OF THE MEMBERS THAT AREN'T HERE, PLEASE. OKAY AND WE WILL MOVE FOR OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT MISS VERONICA MCKAY, OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN. COME ON UP, BABE. AND IF YOU'LL DO ME A FAVOR AND TURN THE LITTLE BUTTON ON THERE ON THE MIC, SO IT'S RED. THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WHO MIKE? YES YOU'RE LIVE GIRL. HI I'M VERONICA MCKAY. UM, I AM THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AT THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. UM I HAVE BEEN AT THE LIBRARY UP WHAT? LIKE 14 YEARS ON AND OFF 13 YEARS ON AND OFF SOMETHING LIKE THAT LONG TIME I WENT WORKED AT COX ELEMENTARY FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS. AND THEN I CAME BACK. UM WHEN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN POSITION OPENED, UM WHAT ELSE? MY JOB CONSISTS OF MANY, MANY THINGS. I DO A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS SO WE DO THINGS LIKE IDEALAB. WE DO AN OUTREACH BOOK CLUB FOR BOTH GROVES ELEMENTARY AS WELL AS SMITH ELEMENTARY. MY PARTNER, ANDREA. SHE GOES TO SMITH AND I GO TO GROVES. WE IT'S CALLED A BLUE BONNET BOOK CLUB. IF YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOOK CLUB, IT'S A TEXAS STATE LIST. GOOD FOR A THIRD THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS. LIBRARIANS VOTE ON IT ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THEY HAVE, LIKE, UM, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT DO IT, AND IT'S 20 BEST BOOKS, SO WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS. WE PROVIDE THEM BOOKS, AND WE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE KIDS. THIRD GRADERS WE DID 3RD AND 4TH GRADE LAST YEAR, AND WE FOUND THAT THIRD GRADERS WERE KIND OF IT WAS MORE FUN WITH THE THIRD GRADERS. AND SO WE DID THAT IDEALAB. LIKE I SAID, THAT IS A STEM STEAM PROGRAM THAT I ALSO DO WITH ANDREA. AND THAT'S FOR 3RD AND 4TH GRADERS. UM, WE DO ROBOTICS. UM WE HAD, UM, I CODE COME IN NOVEMBER AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT, AND THEY TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO THEIR OWN PROGRAMS, SO THEY REALLY REALLY LIKED THAT. UM SO IT'S KIND OF STORY TIME. I DO STORY TIME? YES I DO. STORY TIME. I'VE DONE THE GAMUT OF STORYTIME CURRENTLY, I DO, UM BIG KIDS STORY TIME, WHICH IS FOR 3 TO 5 YEAR OLDS, AND I DO THAT WITH ANDREA AS WELL, UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY JOB IS TO REFERENCE TO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. TALK ABOUT WHAT COLLECTIONS YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. YES I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE READERS. WHICH ARE KIND OF THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN DESCRIBE THEM IS, UM THE I S D S DO, YOU KNOW, UM, THE LEVELS? UM THEY, YOU KNOW, LEVELED READERS IS KIND OF HOW THEY TEST. YOU KNOW THE KIDS, AND SO OUR VERSION OF THAT IS THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE THAT WE DO SO IT'S LIKE A ARE BASED. SO THAT'S WHAT ARE LEVELED. READERS ARE AND THERE'S LIKE BLUE RED IS LIKE THE STARTING AND THEN, UM, GREEN. I LIKE TO THINK IS AS GO YOU'RE READY FOR CHAPTER BOOKS. USUALLY MOST KIDS DON'T DO GREEN. THEY JUST GO STRAIGHT TO CHAPTER BOOKS. AND SO I'M PART OF THAT COLLECTION. I DO BIOGRAPHIES AS WELL AS NONFICTION AND THEN I PARTNER WITH OPHELIA ON THE SPANISH COLLECTION. UM SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I DO ANYTHING ELSE. HOW DO YOU, UM, WHEN YOU DO YOUR BOOK LIST FOR THE YEAR? HOW DO YOU, UM WHERE YOU SAY HERE'S THE TOP 20 BOOKS, ORDERED THE BOOKS TO READ FOR THE YEAR. HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THOSE FOR LIKE FOR, LIKE BLUE BONNET OR FOR, UM, YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S BLACK HISTORY MONTH READ THESE CERTAIN TYPES OF BOOKS OR HEAR SUGGESTIONS, UM, HERITAGE MONTH OF THINGS. SO WE DO DISPLAYS FOR THAT, WHICH IS JUST A BUNCH OF BOOKS THAT WE PICKED OUT. WE DO REFERENCE, OF COURSE, LIKE L A AND TELL A THEIR LISTS THAT THEY HAVE ALSO GOING GOOD READS TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE READING AS WELL AS I LOOK AT INGRAM TO SEE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SUGGESTIONS FOR TOP READING, TOO, AND THAT THEY STARTED DOING ON THEIR LITTLE SCROLLING, SO I'LL LOOK AT THOSE KIND OF THINGS. UM AND THEN KIND OF WHATEVER OUR COMMUNITY ASKS FOR. SO IF OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR LIKE THE KIDS ARE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF MARTIN LUTHER KING BOOKS, THEN WE KIND OF PULL THOSE I DO A BIOGRAPHY DISPLAY OF NEW BIOGRAPHIES THAT COME IN ON TOP OF THE BIOGRAPHY, BOOKSHELF AS WELL AS HIGH
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HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S BIRTHDAYS OF THE MONTH, AND I TRY TO HIGHLIGHT PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF OBSCURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT. SO I HIGHLIGHT THOSE, UM YOU KNOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGH EVERY EVERY MONTH. I DO, AND I'LL TELL THEM WHAT YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR BIRTHDAY IS, AND THEN WE'RE DIVIDING A BOOK AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE, UM LITTLE THING THAT I DO ON CANVAS THAT, UM PEOPLE CAN REFERENCE. SO INGRAM IS OUR VENDOR. BY THE WAY WHERE WE BUY SORRY, THAT'S GREAT. ONE MORE QUESTION. YES AND HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO PLAN FOR THE KIDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DO YOU HAVE LIKE A PLANNER ? AND YOU'RE LIKE IN THE SUMMER? WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND WITH DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS, OR, UM, HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS AND KIND OF WHERE DOES IT CUT OFF? UM, SO MY AGE GROUP, I KIND OF DO BIRTH UP UNTIL ABOUT MINE, AND ANDREA IS KIND OF OVERLAP. FOURTH GRADE IS KIND OF WHERE WE OVERLAP ON THAT BECAUSE SHE'S JUST 43. SHE DOES BETWEEN FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADERS. SO WE THAT'S WHY WE PARTNER ON A LOT OF THINGS BECAUSE OUR AGE GROUPS OVERLAP SO MUCH, UM, SO LIKE FOR SUMMER READING, BUT WE HAVE OUR STAPLES THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN A CROWD THAT DO A GREAT JOB THAT WE CAN RELY ON THAT THERE'S BASICALLY LIKE WE'RE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS THE THEME OF THE YOU KNOW OF THE MONTH FOR SUMMER. UM PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM AND THEY YOU KNOW, HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING IT. SO LIKE JAMES WAND IS ONE OF THOSE AND HE'S A MAGICIAN ALWAYS BRINGS IN A CROWD. SUPER FUNNY, SUPER PERSONABLE LOVE HIM, SO HE'S KIND OF ONE OF MY STABLES. UM THAT I ALWAYS GO TO, BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING EACH YEAR TO TRY AND BRING IN NEW THINGS THAT I LIKE WE BROUGHT IN A PRISMATIC LIGHT SHOW LAST YEAR, AND IT WAS A HUGE HIT. SO I BOUGHT THAT BROUGHT THEM BACK, SO I KIND OF PULL WHAT THE COMMUNITY DOES. SO IF I SEE THAT A PROGRAM WASN'T REALLY WELL ATTENDED, THERE WASN'T REALLY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT. THEN I PROBABLY WON'T ASK THAT PERSON TO COME BACK. UM, I ALSO HAD LIKE I SEE WHAT OTHER LIBRARIES ARE DOING, LIKE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, A JUGGLER THIS YEAR THEY WERE AT ROCKWALL. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE LIKE, BUT I WANTED TO TRY THEM. UM ROCKWELL SAID THAT THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THEM, SO I WANTED TO TRY TO SEE IF WE WOULD HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I DO FOR THAT, IDEALAB. IT'S KIND OF I LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTERESTED IN. UM WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN IN TECHNOLOGY, ESPECIALLY ROBOTICS. AND SO WE TRY. WE BOUGHT OUR OWN SET OF DOT AND DASH ROBOTS THAT I USED AT COX ELEMENTARY, AND IT WAS A HUGE HIT WITH, UM I MEAN, FROM K THROUGH FOUR. IT WAS A HUGE HIT WITH THEM, UM, AND THE PROGRAMMING OF THOSE ROB ROBOTS IS SUPER SIMPLE THAT EVEN A KINDERGARTENER CAN DO IT. SO I KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN I DO PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, UM THAT THE KIDS CAN ACTUALLY DO IT. YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOME FAR FETCHED THING THAT'S GOING TO BE EVEN THOUGH ITS THIRD GRADE APPROPRIATE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT IN THE ALLOTTED TIME THAT WE HAVE, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I DO SO IT'S LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF IT IS ON COMMUNITY AND WHAT I HEAR IN SCHOOLS AND SOMETIMES I'LL YOU KNOW, RESEARCH THE FAMILY. OH, THAT'S COOL, AND THEN I TRY IT OUT. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN I WON'T DO IT. BUT IF IT WORKS, THEN I'M LIKE, OH, YEAH, MAYBE THE KIDS WILL REALLY LIKE THAT. SO KIND OF TRIAL AND ERROR. NO MAGIC HANDBOOK FOR THAT YOUTUBE TRENDS OF SOMETHING'S POPULAR, YOU KNOW, WHEN MAKING YOUR OWN SLIME WAS A THING WE DID THAT, YOU KNOW? YEAH WHICH THE PARENTS LOVE THAT ONE. NOT SO MUCH.YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? FUN FACT. VERONICA AND I STARTED ON THE EXACT SAME DAY IN AUGUST OF 2007 . VERONICA STARTED IN OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT AND I WAS THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS. WE HAD OUR FIRST DAY TOGETHER. WE HAD OUR ORIENTATIONS TOGETHER. AND THEN VERONICA GREW THROUGH CIRCULATION AND GOT HER DEGREE AND BECAME A LIBRARIAN. SOME VERY, VERY PROUD OF HER. THAT WAS ALL. THANKS TO OPHELIA, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT THE FACT THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, BUT THANKS TO AFFILIATE IT WAS. I WAS LIKE YOU NEED TO BE A LIBRARY WAS ALL WE WERE AT THE TINY THE SMALL BUILDING OVER THERE, SO REALLY LIKE WE DID EVERYTHING LIKE SHE WAS THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN THAT YOU DID CIRCULATION. YOU DID REFERENCE YOU DID SHELVING. YOU DID EVERYTHING SO IT WAS REALLY SMALL GROUP? YES, SMALL. IT WAS NICE. WE KIND OF KNEW EVERYBODY.
I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE. IT WAS REALLY NEAT. YEAH. THAT'S ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VERONICA. THANK YOU. OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NON AGENDA ITEMS ARE OUR CONSENT AGENDA. SO IF WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW OUR NOVEMBER 27TH MEETING MINUTES WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AND DO THAT.
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WHILE YOU ALL ARE REVIEWING THAT I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION THAT ROBERTA AND JUSTIN ARE ABSENT TONIGHT. FOR THE RECORD.OKAY DID ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON OUR MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER, 27TH. THIS IS IRENE. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THIS IS ZACK I SECOND. WE'LL HAVE SENIOR START THE VOTING FOR US.
THAT MOTION PASSED 5 TO 0, WITH TWO BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT THANK YOU, SENIOR. PERFECT NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO OUR WORK SESSION WHERE OPHELIA WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE MONTHLY REPORT. OKAY SO OUR MONTH REPORT, I REALIZED THE LAST ONE WAS JUST SO DRAB AND GRAY. I ADDED SOME COLORS TO MAKE IT PRETTY. SO WE'RE STICKING WITH THIS NEW FORMAT HERE WHERE WE'RE DOING KIND OF THREE MONTHS THERE ON THE PROGRAMMING EVENTS, THE DIFFERENT OUTREACH EVENTS, BUSINESS EXCHANGE AND THEN CIRCULATION AND ALL THOSE STATISTICS THERE, YOU'LL NOTICE THE EVENTS. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE SPARSE THERE IN DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THEM DURING THAT TIME STORY. TIME TAKES A BREAK ALL OF OUR BOOK CLUBS AND EVERYTHING TAKES A BREAK BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS. PEOPLE ARE JUST BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS. UM TYPICALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUIETEST TIMES OF YEAR FOR US, UM THIS YEAR OR THIS PAST YEAR.
IT WAS REALLY BUSY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS OR WHAT YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. SO THAT WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S OFTEN IS JUST REALLY, REALLY QUIET.
AND THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY HAD IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE DAYS, SO UM, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. AND THEN YOU'LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENT DATABASES AND I'M GONNA POINT YOU OUT AT THE VERY END. WHERE THE LAB LIBRARY APP INFORMATION IS SO THIS IS THE FIRST MONTH THAT WE HAVE NUMBERS FOR THE LIBRARY APP . WE LAUNCHED THAT IN OCTOBER OF 2023, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT 329 DEVICES WAS IN OCTOBER LAUNCHES MEANS HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE BROUGHT IT UP CORRECTLY, SO OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN, UM, HOW MANY NEW DEVICES WERE ADDED EACH MONTH? UM SO THAT'S REALLY COOL.
SO WE'RE UP TO 531 AS OF DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND LOOK HOW MUCH THEY USE IT. SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY COOL. HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST SEE THOSE NUMBERS KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP.
WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING A FEBRUARY IS LIBRARY LOVERS MONTH . SO WE'RE PLANNING A WHOLE APP.
UM YOU KNOW, SHOW US YOUR APP AND LIBRARY LOVES THE APP KIND OF CAMPAIGN. UM, WE JUST LAUNCHED BEAN STACK AT THE END, OR ACTUALLY THE MEANING OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A READING APP SEPARATE FROM WHERE AT, BUT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IN THERE IS COMING AND SHOW US THAT YOU'VE DOWNLOADED THE APP ON YOUR PHONE AND THEY GET WIND BADGES WHEN THEY DO THAT, SO ANYWAY, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A LITTLE TREAT FOR THEM WHEN THEY COME IN, YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S A LITTLE BAG OR KEY CHAIN OR SOMETHING WITH THE LIBRARY LOGO ON IT. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT CURRENTLY TO TRY TO GET EVEN MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE FIGURES ON THE PROGRAMS AND THEN THE DATABASES? OKAY WE'LL MOVE ON INTO DIGITAL RESEARCH RESOURCES USAGE. I WANTED TO POINT OUT OUT ON THE OVERDRIVE TOTALS UNDERNEATH WHERE IT SAYS LIBBY OVERDRIVE. I PUT TOTALS FOR CONSORTIUM. I REALIZED THAT THIS WASN'T REALLY CLEAR WHEN LISA AND I WERE GATHERING NUMBERS FOR A DIFFERENT THING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO PRESENT A COUNCIL AND THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY THE NUMBERS FOR OUR ENTIRE CONSORTIUM. THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE SMITH LIBRARY. IT'S REALLY WEIRD WHEN YOU LOG ONTO OVERDRIVE. IT GIVES YOU ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL GRAPHS AND NUMBERS AND IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME, BUT TO EXPLAIN IT, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST THE NUMBERS WE ALWAYS USED, BUT IT'S THE TOTALS FOR THE CONSORTIUM IF WE WANT TO JUST DOWNLOAD OUR NUMBERS, IT IS A MULTI STEP PROCESS. IT'S VERY INVOLVED, BUT START AND UNFORTUNATELY I WAS OFF LAST WEEK, SO I JUST DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO IT. BUT STARTING NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO START
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INCLUDING THE SMITH SPECIFIC NUMBERS UNDERNEATH THOSE NUMBERS, SO YOU'LL HAVE THEM BOTH. SO YOU'LL SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE 14,000 UNIQUE USERS ARE ACTUALLY SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY USERS. UM SO THAT'LL MAKE THOSE A LITTLE, UM MORE SPECIFIC FOR YOU. UM IT JUST NEVER OCCURRED.I REALIZED IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT UNTIL WE WERE GATHERING NUMBERS FOR SOMETHING ELSE, AND I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE BOARD, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT OVERSIGHT, BUT WE'LL GET THAT THERE'S SPECIFIC NUMBERS STARTING NEXT MONTH. BUT THOSE NUMBERS AND FOR THE CONSORTIUM ANYWAY, THE USAGE IS STILL GOING STRONG. UM HOOPLA IS STILL GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL. CANOPY IS STILL GROWING, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE. IT DIPPED A LITTLE BIT IN DECEMBER, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY UNUSUAL.
PEOPLE ARE BUSY DURING THAT MONTH, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THE PLACE BY DEVICE AND CANOPY TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO WATCH THEIR, UM HOW THEY'RE USING IT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE TABLETS. JUST KEEP WINNING OUT ON THAT. SO THAT'S INTERESTING. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS? GREAT. AND THEN UNDER MEETINGS, TRAININGS HIGHLIGHTS. YOU CAN JUST SEE A LIST OF THIS IS JUST KIND OF A REAL QUICK LIST. NOT OF EVERYTHING, JUST KIND OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT STOOD OUT TO ME THINGS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN AND THEN JUST SOME MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION AS FAR AS OUR HOLIDAY TIMES WHEN WE WERE DOWN SOME SPECIAL THINGS LIKE LISA AND I GOT TO DECORATE ANOTHER TREE DOWNTOWN. UM WHICH WAS REALLY NICE. THE LIBRARY TREAT HAD A STAR WITH LIBRARY CARDS ON IT HAD LITTLE BOOKS, ORNAMENTS AND STUFF. IT WAS VERY CUTE. UM AND THEN WE GOT TO ATTEND THE CITY LUNCH. THE CITY COUNCIL LUNCHEON. THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED LUNCH FOR ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY NICE AT NAPOLI'S, AND WE GOT TO TAKE PART IN THAT AND THEN THE ANNUAL EMPLOYEE BANQUET, WE GOT TO DO THAT AS WELL. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER MEETINGS AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS ABOVE THAT? ANYTHING THAT NEEDS CLARIFICATION OR THAT YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT IS THERE ANYTHING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU WENT TO A LOT OF THE SUPERVISORY LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND SAFETY TRAINING AND. THE WEBINAR. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE IN 2024? THAT YOU'VE KIND OF TAKEN FROM ALL THIS. THAT'S NEW. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. UM, A LOT OF THOSE WERE ATTENDED BY LISA AND LISA'S OUR SAFETY LIAISON, SO WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY. IT FEELS LIKE EVERY DAY. I'M SURE THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION. BUT USUALLY FOR EXAMPLE, AT OUR MONTHLY, UM ALL STAFF MEETINGS, WHICH WE HAVE WHEN COMING UP THIS FRIDAY WILL HIGHLIGHT A SAFETY COMPONENT. WHETHER IT'S UM YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW EVERYONE'S TALKING WEATHER RIGHT . EVERYONE'S FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE WEATHER. SO USUALLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS BE LIKE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A WEATHER EVENT, YOU KNOW, SO WE KIND OF GO OVER THAT JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY A SAFETY TRAINING, BUT I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMING OF THE DOG PARK, WE REMINDED EVERYONE OF THE DOG POLICY AND YOU KNOW HOW WE DO THAT. SO UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY BIG CHANGES COMING ABOARD. A LOT OF IT IS JUST REMINDERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MUCH AND IF YOU DON'T REFRESH ON THAT STUFF. YOU JUST FORGET AND SOMETHING GOES DOWN AND WE'RE LIKE WHAT? WE HAVE A PROCEDURE ON THIS AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, YEAH, I JUST DIDN'T THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST TRY TO CONSTANTLY DRILL THAT STUFF INTO STAFF ALL THE TIME, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT IT. OKAY LET'S MOVE INTO OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS. OKAY? WE'VE GOT SOME FUN STUFF COMING UP. THAT CELLO CONCERT ON FEBRUARY 24TH. SOUNDS LOVELY. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IF YOU MISS THE HARPS, COME SEE THE CELLO. THAT SHOULD BE REALLY NICE. UM ALL OF OUR STORY TIMES ARE BACK ALL THE KIDS, BOOK CLUBS AND TEEN CLUBS ARE ALSO BACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UM. WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY SPECIAL THINGS GOING ON. ALTHOUGH ONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE THIS, UM, LIST JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET ALL THE DETAILS FINALIZED BEFORE I LEFT, BUT WE HAVE THEM. NOW WE HAVE A SERIES OF FINANCIAL WORKSHOPS HAPPENING IN THURSDAY FOR ADULTS ON THURSDAYS FOR ADULTS IN FEBRUARY THERE BEING PUT ON BY ALLSTATE, UM FINANCIAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE.
PARTNERING WITH US COMING IN ONE IS ABOUT WOMEN IN FINANCES. ONE IS ABOUT TAX TAXES. HAD A SAVE ON YOUR TAXES. UM, AND NOW I'M BLANKING ON THE THIRD, UM ONE, BUT ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. SO ALL FREE YOU JUST HAVE TO REGISTER TO COME. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING YOUR FINANCES IN ORDER, IF THAT'S A GOAL FOR YOU IN 2024 LET US KNOW. AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT TIME WE
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MEET YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL STUFF IN MARCH BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK. SO WE ALWAYS DO DIFFERENT SPRING BREAK PROGRAMMING, AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A TEASER.BOLLYWOOD DANCING. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND I DIDN'T HAVE I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO ADD IT IN HERE. JUST A QUICK LITTLE FRIENDS UPDATE NEXT MONTH INSTEAD OF A STAFF SPOTLIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY COMING TO TALK, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE LISA GOT TO PRESIDE OVER THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS OUR VOTING MEETING FOR OUR MEMBERS, AND SO ARE LONGTIME PRESIDENT THAT SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW DAVID ACTUALLY STEPPED DOWN , SO WE HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT. HER NAME IS ALISON STOW, AND SHE'S FANTASTIC, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO HOPEFULLY ALLISON WILL BE ABLE TO COME SO YOU GUYS CAN MEET HER. AND THEN ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FRIENDS, BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. EXCUSE ME, KRISTINA KELLY, WHO IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE FRIENDS IS GOING TO BE COMING AND SPEAKING AS WELL. UM SO THEY'LL HAVE LOTS TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM. HMM. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS. ALRIGHT LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ALRIGHT SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ATTACHED TO THE END, AND I KNOW TASHA IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AS IS JUSTIN BECAUSE THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THEM WHEN WE FIRST ADOPTED IT, BUT IT WAS PROBABLY PROBABLY NEW TO EVERYBODY ELSE. WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT UP. THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIG PROJECTS FOR 2024. IS THIS STRATEGIC PLAN? UM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT EXPIRES THIS YEAR, SO WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE READY. USUALLY STRATEGIC PLANS ARE FIVE IF NOT SEVEN YEARS OUT, BUT BECAUSE OF COVID, THIS WAS WE DID THIS PLAN IN 2020. SO WE WERE JUST 20. WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. IS THIS THING COMING BACK? YOU KNOW, IT WAS EARLY DAYS AT THAT POINT. SO UM, WE JUST DID A THREE YEAR ONE JUST TO KIND OF BRIDGE IT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
AND UM, LUCKILY, EVERYTHING'S BEEN GOING WELL, THANK GOODNESS AS FAR AS PANDEMIC WISE IS CONCERNED. SO UM, ON THIS NEXT PLAN, WE'RE HOPING TO DO A FIVE YEAR FULL FIVE YEAR PLAN. UM, AND IF YOU HAD TIME TO GO THROUGH IT. OR IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING THROUGH AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. BUT BASICALLY, THE IDEA IS WE, UM PAUL, OUR PATRONS ARE STAFF ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVESTED IN THE LIBRARY SUCH AS YOURSELF. SO YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A PART OF IT ARE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. JUST ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED. WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USING THE LIBRARY TO TRY TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK. THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR BIG CHALLENGES IN THE PAST, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE AREN'T USING THE LIBRARY OR DON'T SEE THE VALUE OF THE LIBRARY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO ASK THEM. WHY THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHY.
YOU KNOW IT COULD BE. THEY'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HAVE JUST USED TO DOING THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY. OR YOU KNOW WHO KNOWS. SOMETIMES IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, AND THAT'S ON US BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THAT MARKETING OUT THERE AND LET THEM KNOW, BUT WE TEND TO OR THIS LAST TIME ANYWAY. WE UM BROKE IT UP BY OUR, UM MISSION, WHICH IS INSPIRED, INFORM, INTERACT, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE BROKE UP WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AND HOW WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS. SO UM, RIGHT NOW, LISA AND I ARE DOING WEBINARS AND TRYING TO RETRAIN OURSELVES.
REMEMBER HOW DO WE DO THIS AGAIN? IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS. UM AND THEN WE'RE STARTING TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS TOGETHER. WHAT WE WANT TO ASK WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW. UM WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO IN. WE TALKED TO OTHER LIBRARIES, OTHER COUNTERPARTS AND OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THEIR LIBRARIES, WHO HAVE RECENTLY DONE THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORKED FOR YOU? WHAT DIDN'T WHAT QUESTIONS? DO YOU WISH YOU'D ASKED WHAT QUESTION WORKED REALLY? WELL YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF KIND OF PULLING EVERYBODY KIND OF GET DOING THE INFORMATION GATHERING PART AND THEN AS WE GET INTO MORE OF THE SPRING WILL START.
PUTTING THOSE THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE THOSE QUESTIONS OUT THERE. UM I'M GETTING AND THEN MAYBE AGAIN, WE MIGHT DO IT SEVERAL TIMES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SUMMER, WE TEND TO SEE PATRONS WE NEVER SEE DURING THROUGH THE YEAR, SO WE KIND OF WANT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK TOO.
AND SEE WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW THAT KEEPS THEM COMING BACK EVERY SUMMER. WHY DON'T THEY USE THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR? YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF? UM, AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WISH WE HAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU GUYS, UM, USE OTHER LIBRARIES. A LOT OF PEOPLE USE OTHER LIBRARIES. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO OTHER LIBRARY FOR IS THEY FOR THAT. YOU'RE NOT GETTING FROM US. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ARE OUR GAPS? WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON? SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THESE ARE ALWAYS OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE WISH TO ACCOMPLISH. UM SOMETIMES AS WE START GETTING INTO THINGS I KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN HERE, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT, UM, THE MEDIA LAB. AND WE WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. MAYBE DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT IN HERE BECAUSE ONCE WE STARTED LOOKING, ANYWAY, UM A.
THE COST WAS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES CONSTANTLY KEEPING EVERYBODY TRAINED WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, AND ULTIMATELY WE JUST DECIDED WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T DO IT. IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO BE FEASIBLE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BE PLANNED FOR
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SOMETHING, YOU KNOW BEST LAID PLANS. IT DOESN'T WORK OUT. UM IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING GOT REAL EXPENSIVE AFTER THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE WERE ISSUES WITH FOR A WHILE. SUPPLY CHAIN THINGS. I'M TRYING TO GET THINGS WITH CHIPS YOU COULDN'T GET AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO LUCKILY, A LOT OF THAT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE AWAY. BUT THE PRICE THING HAS NOT SO EVERYTHING IS STILL REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE. UM AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS BEING ASKED TO DO MORE WITH LESS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BUILD OUT . WE HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BUILD OUT THEIR FOUR YEARS FROM BUILD OUT. UM SO SUSTAINABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL. SO AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO ADD ALL OF THE THINGS AND DO ALL OF THE THINGS YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF STAFF AND I'VE GOT A LIMITED BUDGET AND SO THAT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO DECIDE. WHAT IS IT REALLY THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS AND WHAT IS WHAT? WHAT IS IMPORTANT? THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT IS WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? AND WHAT IS IT THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT FROM THE LIBRARY? SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OR ANY COMMENTS ON ALL EARS? MIGHT BE OFF TOPIC, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT THE DOORS UP FRONT AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT WAS. IS IT STILL EXPENSIVE AND OFF THE TABLE? AS FAR AS SO FAR. YES WE STILL BRING IT UP, BUT SO FAR WE'RE STILL BEING TOLD NO, BUT I'LL KEEP BRINGING IT UP. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM. YOU MENTIONED HERE IN UNDER THE OBJECTIVES ON PAGE EIGHT, TALKING ABOUT UPGRADING GAMING SYSTEMS AND THE TEAM ROOM? YES AS MUCH OF AN AVID VIDEO GAME PLAYERS I USED TO BE AND SOMETIMES STILL AM KIND OF QUESTION. WHETHER OR NOT VIDEO GAMES ARE SORT OF COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT A LIBRARY WOULD TYPICALLY OFFER OR SHOULD OFFER I MEAN, YOU WANT TO COME TO THE LIBRARY TO READ TOO? INFORM YOURSELF TO LEARN. HOW DO WE? HOW DO WE MARRY THAT WITH THE IDEA OF COMING TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES? IT'S A GATHERING SPACE FOR TEENS, SO IT'S A SPACE FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OWN CONNECTIONS TO MAKE THEIR OWN FRIENDSHIPS. UM GAMING IS JUST ONE SMALL PART OF THE TEAM ROOM. I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT THE BOOKS. THEY'VE GOT THE CHROMEBOOKS, UM AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY COMMON AMONG PUBLIC LIBRARIES. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ALL THE LIBRARIES AROUND HERE, AND IF THEY OFFER MUCH NOW I SHOULD SAY ALL OF THEM. SOME OF THEM DO NOT, BUT SEVERAL OF THEM DO FOR GAMING SYSTEMS IN CONSOLES FOR THE TEENS AT THE TIME WITH THIS ONE, WE WERE STILL WE STILL HAD A WE I THINK WHICH YOU KNOW, NOBODY HAD THOSE WE STILL HAD, YOU KNOW, LIKE OLD OLD STUFF SO MM. BY UPGRADING. I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGEST THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT WASN'T OUR BUDGET FOR THAT'S VERY, VERY SMALL. UM AND WE'RE VERY IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, WHAT IS THAT? ISN'T THERE LIKE AN ARCADE THAT HAS ALL JUST HAVE EVERYONE, EVEN THE GAMING TRUCK THAT CAME THAT ONE SUMMER THAT HAD EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. WE HAVE A SWITCH. IT'S GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. IT'S KIND OF JUST A WAY FOR THEM TO KIND OF RELAX AND UNWIND WHEN THERE YOU KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK AND THERE, THEY NEED A LITTLE BREAK. UM IN THE SUMMER. IT'S USED MUCH, MUCH MORE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHERE THE KIDS HANG OUT.
THAT'S WHERE THEY COME AND MEET THEIR FRIENDS. AND THEY KIND OF GET A CHANCE TO RELAX AND BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, BUT IT'S A NO WAY I WOULD SAY ANYTHING STATE OF THE ART OR SOMETHING. THAT'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. NOT AT ALL. IT'S VERY BARE BONES AND LOW BUDGET. ACTUALLY A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL BE LIKE, WHY CAN'T YOU DO THIS? WHY CAN'T YOU GET THAT? I'M LIKE GREAT. DO YOU WANT TO BUY IT FOR US? DO YOU HAVE ONE AT HOME? YOU WANT TO DONATE BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, BUT I GUESS YOU KNOW, MAYBE MOM AND DAD DON'T WANT 40 KIDS OVER THEIR HOUSE, SO THEY COME OVER TO THE LIBRARY INSTEAD. SO I CAN SEE WHAT YOU MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE SEE IT. IT'S KIND OF A WAY TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO SOCIALIZE AND HANG OUT AND LET THEM BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS BLOW OFF SOME STEAM. SO. SO AFFILIATE THIS PLANS TO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THEN THE NEW RIGHT. OKAY, THE GOAL. THE GOAL IS TO TRY AND ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING ON HERE OR AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THEN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HAVE ONE IN PLACE FOR STARTING NEXT YEAR, CORRECT. OH, OUR SCREENS JUST SNAPPED OFF. THEY'RE BACK, OKAY? IT WAS THE IT WAS, THE COUNCIL GOES. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHTY IT IS 732. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MHM A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THIS IS ZACH. THIS IS
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MONICA SECOND. ALRIGHT WE'LL HAVE SENIOR SET UP THE VOTING FOR US.WORKING. OKAY? MOTION TO ADJOURN PAST 5 TO 0, WITH TWO MEMBERS ABSENT. THANK YOU, SIGNOR.
THANKS, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.