[Library Advisory Board on October 28, 2024.]
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IT IS NOW 7:00 PM AND WE WILL CALL THE WILEY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE ARE MISSING ONE MEMBER CURRENTLY, MR. JUSTIN STRAUSS. OKAY. NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO THE COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE AS OF NOW, SO WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING MINUTES. IF WE CAN TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND DO THAT.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I THINK. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. HOLD ON. MISS TASHA, WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE. OH, SORRY. SHE'S. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. IT SHOULD SHOW UP ON YOUR SCREENS HERE IN A MINUTE.
OH, DO YOU HAVE TO HIT ENTER MEETING? IF YOU HIT THE ENTER MEETING BUTTON, PLEASE. SORRY, GUYS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THOSE WEREN'T SET UP. NOW YOU CAN VOTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE MOTION PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT. THANK YOU, SENIO. TAKE IT AWAY, TASHA. WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, WHICH WE NEVER HAVE A REGULAR AGENDA, SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THE FIRST ITEM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TO ELIMINATE OVERDUE FINES. YAY! THANK YOU TO Y'ALL'S HARD WORK.
I APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH. AND FOR BEING THERE THAT NIGHT THEY ALL COMMENTED ON HOW MANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE. THEY WERE ALL VERY IMPRESSED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THERE AND SUPPORTING THE ISSUE. SO WHAT WE DID, I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE EASIER IF I TOOK THE BORROWER POLICY AND JUST SHOWED YOU GUYS WHAT WE NEEDED TO STRIKE OUT WHERE IT SAYS ALL THE STUFF ABOUT THE EXTENDED USE FEES. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REPLACE THE WORD FEE FINE WITH FEE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE CITY USES. THAT'S THE TERM THE CITY USES. SO I THINK I GOT THEM ALL.
I KEPT GOING BACK AND THEN I'D FIND ANOTHER ONE AND THEN I'D GO BACK. I EVEN USED THE FIND AND REPLACE AND I STILL KEPT FINDING THEM AFTER THAT. SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF IN THE GREEN, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE OLD STUFF IS MARKED OUT AND WHAT'S NOT MARKED OUT AFTER THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING THE VERBIAGE BE CHANGED TO. SO THIS IS ALL IN RELATION TO THE THAT ORDINANCE BEING TAKEN AWAY. THE FEES BEING ELIMINATED. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND LET ME KNOW.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. DO YOU GUYS LIKE THAT. IS THERE A BETTER WAY I NEED TO SAY THAT.
OH I'M SORRY OPHELIA, ON THE SPACING, ON THE PARAGRAPH. SOME OF THEM ARE DOUBLE SPACED AND SOME ARE SINGLE. IS THAT INTENTIONAL? NO, I THINK IT'S WHEN YOU'RE EDITING, IT DOES WEIRD THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE'LL GO BACK AND CHECK IT. AND I KNOW ZACK WAS TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT FOR SOME REASON, AS MIKE WASN'T STAYING ON, LET'S SEE. OH, THERE YOU GO. GO. I
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JUST HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN THE POLICY THAT MENTIONED IF WE HAVE LIKE A REPEAT OFFENDER, I KNOW IF WE'RE REMOVING THE FINES, BUT WE HAVE FOLKS WHO CONSISTENTLY DON'T RETURN THINGS AND THEY KEEP IT FOR A LONG TIME. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE POLICY TO KIND OF MEDIATE THAT AT ALL? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. WELL, IF THEY DON'T RETURN THINGS, THEN THEIR ACCOUNT IS FROZEN, SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THE CARD AGAIN UNTIL THAT'S BROUGHT BACK. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT INSTANCES WHERE IF WE NOTICE THAT SOMEBODY DOES THAT CONSISTENTLY, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE DECIDED IS WE WOULD DEAL WITH THOSE PATRONS. ONE ON ONE AND JUST KIND OF SAY, HEY, WE'VE NOTICED THAT YOU DO THIS CONSISTENTLY. LIKE, CAN WE ASK YOU TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, VIGILANT ABOUT THAT IF IT GETS TO BE WHERE IT'S MORE THAN JUST 1 OR 2 PEOPLE, THEN WE WOULD CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING IN A POLICY. I ASKED A LOT OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT ON OUR PLANT GROUP, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATORS GROUP, IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY ANSWERING THAT, AND MOST OF THEM DON'T. THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT DID, AND THEY GOT INTO THE WEEDS LIKE SERIOUS DETAIL. AND I'M JUST LIKE, OH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO GO TO ALL THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM YET. SO I THOUGHT, LET'S SEE IF IT'S AN ISSUE, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO TAKE IT FROM THERE. BUT CONSIDERING THAT IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S LONG OVERDUE, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO USE THEIR CARD ANYWAY UNTIL THEY PAY FOR IT OR BRING IT BACK, WE MIGHT GET THE SCENARIO WHERE PEOPLE PAY FOR IT JUST TO GET BE ABLE TO USE THE CARD AND THEN BRING IT BACK AND GET A REFUND. AND IF WE START NOTICING THAT THAT'S A TREND, THEN AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO GET A REFUND, EVEN IF THEY PAID WITH IT, THE ORIGINAL CHARGE WITH THE CREDIT CARD, WHICH WE CAN SEE THAT THAT'S HOW IT WAS PAID. WE CAN'T RETURN IT ON A CREDIT CARD. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM CASH. SO USUALLY WE WERE TAKING IN FINES SO WE WOULD BUILD THAT CASH BACK UP AND IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ELIMINATING FINES, THAT'S GOING TO QUICKLY BECOME AN ISSUE. SO WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT CAN WE CREATE A REFUND PROCESS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE REFUNDS TO COME OUT OF. THERE'S NOT A BUCKET OF MONEY WHERE THAT CAN COME OUT OF. SO CAN WE DO THAT OR DO WE JUST NEED TO RAISE OUR TILL OR HOW DO WE NEED TO DO THIS. SO WE'RE IN TALKS WITH THEM RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. IT'S ONE OF THOSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE WHEN WE COME TO IT, IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE. HOPEFULLY NOT. BUT YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.MOVE TO SHAME JUSTIN FOR BEING LATE. I'M JUST KIDDING. OH, GOOD TO SEE YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. ZACHARY, DID YOU SAY. WOULD YOU REPEAT, PLEASE? I JUST SAID, OH, I JUST SAID, MOVE TO SHAME, JUSTIN. OH, WAIT. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM. LET THE RECORD SHOW JUSTIN HAS ARRIVED. WELCOM, JUSTIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY APOLOGIES. NO PROBLEM. WE WERE JUST ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER ONE. SO WE WERE REVIEWING THE BORROWER POLICY WITH THE UPDATED WORDING. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO TAKE A LOOK JUST IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING. YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ON. IS THAT THE ONLY CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS I'M SORRY EXCUSE ME.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT AND ADD TO THE POINT OF THAT WHERE IT SAYS FORFEITURE OF LIBRARY USAGE. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER HAD TO DO THAT? IT'S THE VERY LAST ONE. FORFEITURE? NO, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. NOT BECAUSE OF FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NO, WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT.
BUT WE KEEP IT IN THERE JUST IN CASE. OF COURSE. YES. YEAH, YEAH. BUT NO, WE AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER AND I'VE BEEN HERE 17 YEARS. WE'VE NEVER DONE IT. OKA. FOR THE, THE PHYSICAL COLLECTIONS CHECK OUT THE SEVEN DAYS. LIKE THE SPECIAL THINGS LIKE HOLIDAY BOOKS. THOSE ARE USUALLY LIKE A WEEK. DOES THAT GO AWAY NOW WITH OR. NO, THAT'S STILL THE SAME. OKAY. SO BUT WITH THE NO FEES WILL PEOPLE KIND OF ABUSE THE YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. YEAH.
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LIKE I SAID WE ARE JUST TRYING TO REMIND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW BRING IT BACK BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE MAY BE WAITING FOR IT. AND TYPICALLY IF PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S A HOLD ON IT, THEY'RE PRETTY NICE ABOUT IT AND THEY'LL BRING IT BACK. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY COULD THEY MIGHT TAKE IT. AND IF THEY DO THEN THEY WOULD NOT GET FINED FOR IT.OPHELIA, HOW MANY COPIES DO YOU HAVE OF EACH BOOK IN THE LIBRARY? DO YOU HAVE DOUBLE COPIES OR. IT DEPENDS. IT JUST DEPENDS. IF IT'S A REALLY POPULAR BOOK. FOR EXAMPLE, THE HIGHEST IN DEMAND BOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE LIBRARY IS THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, WHICH IS AN ADULT NONFICTION BOOK. AND I WANT TO SAY, I THINK WE FINALLY BROKE DOWN. I THINK WE HAVE 10 OR 12 COPIES OF THAT ONE NOW, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S 35 PEOPLE WAITING FOR IT, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS. LIKE PICTURE BOOKS, WE OFTEN GET MULTIPLE COPIES OF BECAUSE THEY GET DESTROYED AT SOME POINT. SAME WITH A LOT OF OTHER THE POPULAR KIDS CHAPTER BOOKS. SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE COLLECTION AS FAR AS THE ADULT COLLECTION GOES, IF IT'S JUST A REGULAR NEW RELEASE, NOTHING THAT WE EXPECT IS GOING TO BE ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OR ANYTHING. IT'S USUALLY JUST ONE. BUT IF IT'S POPULAR, WE GET LOTS. OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY STATES IF IT HAS MORE THAN FIVE HOLDS, IS WHEN WE START CONSIDERING BUYING ADDITIONAL COPIES. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE LIST AND GOING, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED MORE OF? WHAT'S YOU KNOW, OR IF SOMETHING ALL OF A SUDDEN GETS POPULAR OVERNIGHT, WHICH HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER ON NETFLIX THAT CAME OUT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, ALL THE BOOKS ARE GONE. SO THEN WE HAD TO RUN TO BARNES AND NOBLE AND GET A BUNCH OF THEM SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, FULFILL ALL THE HOLDS. SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. WHEN WE DON'T, WE'VE REMOVED THE FEES. YEAH. IT'S LIKE, OH, OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER COPY OF THAT BOOK AND SOMEBODY IS WAITING ON IT. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE KEEP IT. WE KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. THE YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU GET. YOU KNOW THE RULE FOLLOWERS. THERE'S A DATE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK THAT RULE. YOU KNOW THEY'RE YOU KNOW PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST NATURALLY LIKE THAT. I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY.
I'M A TERRIBLE LIBRARY PATRON. I KEEP THINGS LATE ALL THE TIME. BUT. BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AND REALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT. AND MOST ITEMS THAT DON'T HAVE HOLES, THEY AUTOMATICALLY AUTOMATICALLY RENEW THREE TIMES ANYWAY. SO IT MAKES IT EASY. YEAH. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES. SEE WHAT WE OBSERVE. WELL I WAS GOING TO SAY ALSO THE REMINDERS HAVE NOT BEEN ELIMINATED. CORRECT. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE STILL AS A BORROWER. YOU'RE STILL GETTING A REMINDER WHEN YOU KNOW, LIKE YOUR DUE DATE IS TWO DAYS OUT OR WHATEVER. CORRECT. AND IT DOES SAY, PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT SOMEONE IS WAITING FOR THIS ITEM THAT YOU KNOW. PLEASE BRING IT BACK. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ROBERTA, I HAD A QUESTION UNDER THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN. WE STRUCK THE PART WHERE IT SAID LATE FEES WILL BE CHARGED FOR ITEMS THAT ARE OVERDUE, KIND OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW POLICY. AND WE ADDED YOU ADDED THE PART WHERE IT SAYS OTHER FEES MAY APPLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BORROWER POLICY. MY QUESTION IS IF ANOTHER OBVIOUSLY WITH A LOT OF OTHER LIBRARIES, ELIMINATING THE LATE FEE IS LESS OF AN ISSUE. BUT IF THEY WERE TO BORROW SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN, AND IT'S LATE, WHERE WOULDN'T THEIR OTHER THE OTHER LIBRARY'S LATE FEE COME INTO EFFECT? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK EXACTLY? TYPICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY'LL CONTACT OUR INTERLIBRARY LOAN PERSON, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS MEGAN'S DOING INTERLIBRARY LOANS, OR SHE'LL CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE ITEM HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT BACK. OFTENTIMES WHAT WE'LL DO, THEY THEY THEY FOREGO THE WHOLE FEE THING AND THEY JUST SEND US A BILL FOR THE ITEM. SO THIS HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT WAS LITERALLY LIKE THE ITEM GOT TO US OCTOBER 1ST, AND THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS DUE ON THE FOURTH. AND WE'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE. SO IT JUST TOOK EXTRA LONG TO GET TO US. AND SO SHE JUST CALLED THEM AND SAID, HEY, THIS ACTUALLY DIDN'T ARRIVE UNTIL THE FOURTH OF THE ACCORDING TO THEIR BORROWER POLICY OR AGREEMENT WITH US, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A TWO WEEK CHECKOUT. SO IT SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY ADJUSTED IT ALL. SO IT WAS OKAY. LUCKILY, INTERLIBRARY LOAN IS A PRETTY SMALL PROGRAM, SO SHE'S ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP UP WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE. BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN BECAUSE WHEN WE WHEN I FIRST BECAUSE A LETTER CAME ADDRESSED TO ME AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS LIKE I COULDN'T EVEN THINK, WHAT IS THIS? WHY AM I GETTING A BILL FROM THIS OTHER LIBRARY IN WEST TEXAS? AND I WAS LIKE, OH, INTERLIBRARY LOAN, RIGHT? SO I WENT AND GOT MEGAN AND SHE EVEN WAS LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW WE DO THIS. AND THEN WE WERE THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED THE DATES AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, OKAY. THEY JUST FOR SOME REASON
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THE COURIER TOOK EXTRA LONG TO GET IT TO US. SO IT HAPPENS VERY RARELY THAT PEOPLE BRING BACK STUFF LATE, ESPECIALLY ILS LIKE THEY ARE VERY RESPECTFUL. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S GOT TO GET BACK TO THE OTHER LIBRARY. AND ALSO A LOT OF THE ILA LENDING LIBRARIES GIVE EXTRA LONG LENDING TIMES. SO OFTEN PEOPLE GET IT BACK. EVEN BEFORE IT'S WAY BEFORE IT'S DUE. SO I GUESS MY FOLLOW UP THEN IS SHOULD WE INCLUDE SOME JUST EVEN IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE POLICY THAT DOES ADDRESS THAT JUST IN CASE IT DOES COME UP? I THINK THAT'S WHY WE PUT THOSE OTHER FEES. MAY APPLY, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE GOING TO STRIKE THAT SENTENCE TOTALLY AND WE WERE LIKE, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST KEEP IT IN THERE IN CASE WE DECIDE. MAYBE WE SOME SORT OF DAMAGE FEE OR SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED FOR THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE LEFT THAT PART. BUT WE LEFT IT KIND OF VAGUE. SO IT WAS KIND OF UP TO WHATEVER SITUATION MIGHT COME UP. IT'S HARD TO KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, PREDICT WHAT MIGHT MIGHT HAPPEN. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOU SAID ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY WHERE WE HAVE LIKE MULTIPLE COPIES AND I KNOW EACH OF THE ITEMS ARE TAGGED WITH LIKE AN RFID DOES. THAT IS THAT THE SAME FOR LIKE THE SAME MULTIPLE COPIES OF THE SAME ITEM? DO THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT IDS? CORRECT. OKAY.I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE LOST ITEMS AND THE CLAIMS RETURNED ON ON PAGE EIGHT. AND YEAH, THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT TAGS. SO THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, DIFFERENT IDENTITIES. YEAH. THIS MAY BE A LOGISTICAL OR SPLITTING HAIRS, BUT WHERE IT SAYS STEAM KITS ARE ALL OF THOSE SUPPOSED TO BE CAPITAL LETTERS. IT SAYS IT IN THE BULLETS. AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS IN THE SENTENCE TEN HOLDS FOR PHYSICAL ITEMS. NO, NOT THAT ONE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE RIGHT IN THE FIRST ONE. IT SAYS STEAM KITS. AREN'T THOSE LETTERS SUPPOSED TO BE CAPITALIZED? I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY EACH STAND FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ART AND MATH. RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, I CAN FIX THAT. AND YOU SAID I SAW IN THE BULLET POINTS. YOU SAID IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. YES, MA'AM. IT'S IN THE FIRST SENTENCE UNDER PLACING HOLDS IT SAYS VIA OUR APP OR APP OR ONLINE. EXCEPT FOR STEAM KITS, BOARD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. IT'S IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. YES. GOT IT. OKAY, I CAN FIX THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHARP EYE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. IF NOT, THEN WE WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BORROWER POLICY WITH THE UPDATED WORDING REFLECTING THE ELIMINATION. EXTENDED USE FEES WITH THE DISCUSSED UPDATES. I SECOND THAT MOTION.
THE MOTION TO APPROVE PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. YOUR NEXT PAGE. OH I'M SORRY. JUSTIN'S BACK. GO AHEAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON THE NEXT PAGE, SEE YOUR VOTE ON UPCOMING LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING DATES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT WE'VE GOT TYPICALLY WE DON'T MEET IN DECEMBER BECAUSE IT ALWAYS FALLS THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS THE FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH. THIS YEAR, THE NOVEMBER MEETING FALLS ON THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WELL, THE SCHOOLS ARE OUT THAT WEEK. SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU GUYS IF YOU WANTED TO MEET THAT WEEK OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT MEETING AS WELL. IF WE DO CANCEL THAT, THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WOULD BE JANUARY 27TH. AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND LISTED THE DATES THERE IN 2025 THROUGH JUNE. WE DO NOT MEET IN MAY BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY.
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SO REALLY IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY BIG CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF NOVEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE FINE, I THINK, TO MEET IN JANUARY, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU GUYS. WHATEVER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. SO YOU DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT WE MIGHT BE DISCUSSING DURING THOSE TWO PERIODS. LIKE WHAT? WHAT WOULD BE THE AGENDA? THE DECEMBER 23RD DATE, I CAN TELL YOU, IS WILL ALREADY BE BE CANCELED JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T MEET IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS. IT'S THE IT'S THE NOVEMBER 1ST. WE ARE THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF. WE'RE CURRENTLY WE'RE STILL SIFTING THROUGH ALL THE DATA FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT EVEN THEN, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT READY TO GO BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT OF STUFF. SO. SO IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE WOULD OUR FIRST MEETING BACK, ASSUMING NO NOVEMBER DECEMBER MEETING WOULD BE THAT JANUARY 27TH. CORRECT? OKAY. BUT WE CAN DO NOVEMBER IF YOU GUYS WANT. YOU TELL ME I'LL BE HERE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS EVERYBODY GOING TO BE IN TOWN AND AVAILABLE TO COME THAT MONDAY? AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS ON THAT MEETING? I CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO HAVE AT LEAST LIKE A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THAT, IF THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO YOU ALL ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I WOULD RATHER HAVE, YOU KNOW, A NICE, ROBUST REPORT WHERE YOU COULD HAVE EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE THE TIME INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RUSH AND THROW SOMETHING TOGETHER TO DURING THOSE MOMENTS, BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LITTLE SLOWER, HOPEFULLY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. FOR Y'ALL BECAUSE IT'S THE OPPOSITE. YEAH, AS SOON AS SCHOOL'S OUT, WE'RE CRAZY, RIGHT? YEAH. TAKE THAT BACK.YEAH. GIVEN IT'S THE MONDAY OF THANKSGIVING, I MEAN, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING THAT THAT COMES UP LIKE I WOULD, I WOULD BE OKAY FORGOING THE NOVEMBER AND THE DECEMBER MEETING AND JUST HAVING OUR PRETTY ROBUST ONE IN JANUARY. WAS THAT A MOTION? WHAT DID YOU SAY? OH, THE JANUARY 1ST. I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THE 27TH. JUST FYI, BRIAN'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
GOT IT. RIGHT. WELL, THEN LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND FOREGO AND CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 25TH LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. AND AS WELL AS THE DECEMBER 23RD LIBRARY BOARD MEETING AND THEN OUR NEXT LIBRARY BOARD MEETING WOULD BE JANUARY 27TH OF 25. SECOND, COULD YOU MAKE A MOTION? YES, WE WILL MOTION FOR THAT.
THAT MOTION PASSES 7 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ON TO OUR WORK SESSION. IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND REVIEW OUR STATS BY FISCAL YEAR. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE MOVE ON TO PAGE TEN IN YOUR PACKET. SO YOU'LL NOTICE FISCAL YEAR 2223 AND 24. SO FISCAL YEAR 24. THAT COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT. THAT'S THE FISCAL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED. SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2024. THESE ARE ALL POST COVID. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY WEIRD DISTORTIONS BECAUSE OF THAT. SO YOU'LL SEE PRETTY STEADILY EVERYTHING'S JUST GROWING GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER, WHICH IS GOOD. WE HAVE OUR KANOPY AND HOOPLA WAS STARTED IN 21. SO 22, IS THAT RIGHT? YES THAT'S RIGHT.
AND SO THEN YOU'LL SEE IT'S KIND OF GETTING ESTABLISHED THERE. AND THEN. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE SMALLER IN 22. BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S JUMPED IN 23 AND 24. AND THEN OUR DOOR COUNT KEEPS GOING UP AS WELL WHICH IS GREAT. I ALSO INCLUDED SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR DATABASES THAT WE USE MORE CONSISTENTLY. JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE AS WEL.
QUESTION. ALL ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, THE CHECK IN AND THE CHECK OUT THOSE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO BEING EQUAL. I NOTICED THAT 22 AND 23, THERE'S ABOUT A 20,000 ITEM DISCREPANCY. BUT 24 IS WE ACTUALLY GAINED SOME ITEM. IF I'M READING THAT CORRECTLY, CHECK IN. CHECK OUT IS NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT RENEWALS IN THERE. SO. WELL ACTUALLY NO. THE KNOW, IT JUST S
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ON. YEAH. SO WE MIGHT HAVE AN INFLUX OF ITEMS AT SOME POINT, WHICH THEN YOU MIGHT AFFECT YOUR CHECK ANYWAY. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT COULD GO KIND OF CRAZY THERE. YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH. IT'S VERY CLOSE IN FY 24. I'M WONDERING WHY THE CHECK IN WAS SO MUCH HIGHER IN 23, BUT IT COULD BE THAT THERE WERE ITEMS THAT SOMEBODY HAD OUT FOREVER AND DIDN'T BRING BACK. AND THEN THEY BROUGHT THEM ALL BACK. YEAH, EXACTLY. THAT HAPPENED A LOT DURING THAT COVID YEAR WHERE WE GOT WE WOULD GET STUFF THAT YEAH, THAT WAS WEIRD. I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, OPHELIA. YES, MA'AM. WHEN I SEE THE DOOR COUNT OF THE 210,999. YES, MA'AM. I THINK ABOUT THAT HEAVY DOOR AND STROLLERS, YOU GUYS, ALL OF THA. WE'RE GETTING NEW DOORS. YAY! DID I NOT TELL Y'ALL? OH, MY GOSH, HOW COULD I? I'M BURYING THE LEAD LIKE THEY ARE LITERALLY STARTING ON THE WRECK, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE THE ONE OF THE DOORS WITH THE WRECK HAS BEEN CLOSED HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR MONTHS NOW. SO THEY'RE STARTING AT THE WRECK.THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SLIDING DOORS AND THEN WE'RE NEXT AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THE WORK AFTER HOURS. SO IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT BUSINESS. AND YES, WE'RE GETTING NEW DOORS. I KNOW IT'S SO EXCITING, BUT ALONG THAT ABOUT THE DOORS, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, I KNOW THERE WAS A SORT OF CONCERN ABOUT SORT OF BUILDING SECURITY, AND WE NEEDED LIKE A MANTRAP OR KIND OF YOU KNOW, BUTTONS ON THE CIRCULATION DESK OR, OR THE SERVICE DESK. IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S INCLUDED OR IN THE FUTURE FOR THOSE NEW DOORS AS WELL? WELL, ACTUALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO WE RECENTLY DURING OUR LAST IN-SERVICE SESSION IN AUGUST, WE DID MORE ACTIVE ATTACKER TRAINING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILEY FIRE RESCUE FOLKS. AND THEY CAME AND THEY BASICALLY SIMULATED WHAT IT WOULD SOUND LIKE IF THERE WAS A GUNSHOT IN THE BUILDING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUILDING, AND WE HAD STAFF IN DIFFERENT AREAS TO SEE IF THEY COULD HEAR IT, LIKE THEY WOULD BE IN THE WORK ROOM OR IN THE STORYTIME ROOM OR IN THE TEEN ROOM. AND A LOT WHAT WE LEARNED IS, AND A LOT OF THOSE SPECIAL SPACES, YOU CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. SO THEY MIGHT HEAR THE AFTERMATH OF IT, BUT THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A STORYTIME HAPPENING BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID, WELL, JUST PULL THE FIRE ALARM, THEN THEY KNOW IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, BUT IF YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, YOU DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF THE STORYTIME ROOM BEING TARGETS. SO WE'RE THE CITY IS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A SOFTWARE THAT WOULD BASICALLY SEND AN ALERT MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE STAFF COMPUTERS, AND IT CAN EVEN SEND IT TO YOUR PHONE. SO TO ALL THE STAFF, PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED ON SO THAT YOU KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF SITUATION IT IS AND WHETHER YOU NEED A LOCKDOWN OR YOU NEED TO GET OUT. SO THAT IS THAT ALL HAPPENED LIKE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK THAT WE WENT, WELL, LISA AND I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ITEMS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE WOULD BEST FIT THE CITY. AND I FINALLY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I BET OUR FACILITIES MANAGER'S ALREADY LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE I'M SURE THE SCHOOLS HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. SO LET'S GET HIM IN HERE.
SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH HIM LAST WEEK AND HE WAS LIKE, YEP, I'VE ALREADY GOT IT. GOT THE QUOTE, GOT EVERYTHING READY. LIKE THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING INTO IMPLEMENTING IT. IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE COUNCIL APPROVAL AND WHICH PACKAGE THEY WANTED. SO AND THE APPROVAL FOR THE DOORS JUST HAPPENED AT THIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY. SO YEAH, VERY TIMELY, VERY TIMELY QUESTIONS. BUT YES. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT WITH THE SLIDING DOORS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME NEW CHANGES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE DOORS ARE, THEY'RE ON A SCHEDULE. THEY'RE ON A COMPUTER SCHEDULE, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T LOCK THEM AND UNLOCK THEM WITH THE SLIDING DOORS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK, WHICH IN A WAY IS GOOD BECAUSE WE COULD LOCK DOWN AS LONG AS SOMETHING'S GOING ON SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE COULD SAFELY LOCK THEM. BUT IF SOMETHING'S GOING ON IN OUR BUILDING, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE DOOR TO LOCK IT. SO WE'RE THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT IDEAS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. LUCKILY AT THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE THAT SECURITY GATE. SO WE COULD AT LEAST IF ALL ELSE FAILS, COULD AT LEAST CLOSE THAT GATE. SO PEOPLE IF THERE WAS SOMEBODY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DOORS THAT THEY COULDN'T GET PAST THE GATE NECESSARILY, AS LONG AS YOU COULD HIDE, YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE OKAY. BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH. THERE'LL BE SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES THERE. IS IT GOING TO BE ANY OTHER CHANGE INSIDE THE LOBBY, LIKE AROUND THE DOORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME. JUST THE DOORS. YEAH.
WE'LL JUST HAVE THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE TWO BECAUSE THE INTERIOR DOORS ARE GOING TO CHANGE TO SLIDE TO SLIDING DOORS AS WELL. RIGHT. I KNOW IT'S SO EXCITING. NATASHA'S LIKE, HEY, I KNOW IT'S SO EXCITING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE NUMBERS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT STRIKES YOU AS WRONG OR ODD OR. YES, MA'AM, I, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. OH
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YOU'RE WELCOME. I, I FIND IT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THINGS ON A FULL YEAR COMPARISON BASIS. AND IT'S I MEAN, IT'S VERY EYE OPENING. I THINK, TO SEE THE NUMBERS CONTINUALLY INCREASING AND ALSO HEARTENING AS A RETIRED LIBRARIAN, TO SEE THAT THE MATERIALS CHECKOUTS ARE NOT GOING DOWN, ALTHOUGH THE ONLINE CHECKOUTS, I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH INCREASING RIGHT.AND THE USAGE OF THE LIBRARY JUST CONTINUES. AND SO THAT IS EXTREMELY HEARTENING. AND I THINK SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE VALUE OF THIS LIBRARY FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROBERTA. WE'LL WE'LL START MAKING THIS AN ANNUAL THING IN OCTOBER. WE'LL JUST START DOING WE'LL JUST PUT THE NEXT YEAR'S ON THERE. AND YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ME. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. NOTHING ELSE TO SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT SEEMS TO BE A BIG HIT AT LEAST.
OH YEAH. SO GOING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, ZACH HAD REQUESTED THE SUMMER STATS BY FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. SO THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF JUST EACH SUMMER WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OUR BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR. SO YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DIFFERENT NUMBER OF PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMING AS WELL AS IN THE READING PART. ANYTIME YOU SEE LOGS, THAT'S THE READING CHALLENGE, YOU'LL SEE A BIT OF A DROP. WHERE DID I SEE IT? IN THE TEEN ONE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS FY 24 WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE GOT BEANSTACK. SO IT'S THE FIRST YEAR THE TEENS DID IT ONLINE. SO IT WAS KIND OF A WEIRD DIFFERENT THING. AND I KNOW WE HAD SOME PARENTS THAT WEREN'T REAL THRILLED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I GET IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONE MORE THING TO LOG INTO.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE MORE PASSWORD, ONE MORE. SO I THINK THAT WE MAY REVISIT HAVING A PAPER OPTION FOR OR A DIFFERENT OPTION FOR TEENS, BUT THE KIDS THAT DID DO IT ONLINE LOVED IT BECAUSE YOU GET LITTLE BADGES FOR EVERY TIME YOU FINISH A CERTAIN AMOUNT. AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A IT MAKES IT LIKE A GAME. SO YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF LIKE THAT. BUT YES, THE KICKOFF EVENT IS KIND OF GOTTEN A LITTLE CRAZY. AND HARRY POTTER'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, PRETTY STEADY TOO. SO. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR FURTHER SCHEMES FOR NEXT YEAR'S SUMMER KICKOFF EVENT? FURTHER SCHEMES I LIKE THAT. WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BRING THE DINOSAURS BACK BECAUSE THE DINOSAURS WERE A BIG HIT. BUT WE GOT THAT BECAUSE WE GOT A GRANT FROM WALMART. SO EITHER WE'LL HAVE TO TRY TO GET ANOTHER ONE, SEE IF WALMART WILL COVER THEM AGAIN, OR IF WE CAN HAVE MAYBE THE FRIENDS COVER. I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WERE KIND OF PRICEY, BUT THE DINOSAURS WERE A BIG HIT. WE'RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT. YOU KNOW WHAT I REALLY WANT? I WANT LIKE A CORN MAZE OR A HAY MAZE OR SOMETHING BACK HERE, YOU KNOW? BUT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF CRAZY AND WOULD ALSO BE A BIT OF A COST COMMITMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD AFFORD THAT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS THINK OF. BY THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPEN, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT'LL BE GOING ON. IT'LL JUST BE ANOTHER LEVEL OF NUTS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET PARKING AT. SO PARKING WAS A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AT WILEY HIGH. AND IT WAS VERY CONFUSING. AND THE SHUTTLE BUSSES DIDN'T PICK UP WHERE THEY NORMALLY PICKED UP. AND SO THEY GAVE US WRONG INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE PICKING UP. AND SO ANYWAY, WE GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT. BUT THAT IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOMS WITH STROLLERS AND, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE ALL THAT STUFF TO TRY TO GET ON THE SCHOOL BUS, OFF THE SCHOOL BUS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH COLLIN COLLEGE TO SEE IF WE CAN USE THEIR PARKING LOT. THEY WEREN'T TOO EXCITED ABOUT IT LAST YEAR BECAUSE SCHOOL WAS ALREADY IN SESSION WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE KICKOFF. WE HAD, WE ALWAYS DID IT THE FIRST FRIDAY IN JUNE, BUT THE LAST, NOT LAST YEAR, BUT THE COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THAT. WE HAD STARTED DOING IT THE LAST FRIDAY IN MAY, AND WE'RE FINDING THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD TIME TO DO IT. SO THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL YET. THEY'RE NOT IN SESSION THAT WEEK. SO THAT WOULD BE PERFECT.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONE TO FOR 2025. IT'S THE LAST FRIDAY IN MAY. SO I'M THINKING OUR CHANCES WILL BE GOOD THAT THEY'LL SAY YES, THAT WE CAN USE THEIR PARKING IN THAT WAY. PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CROSSWALK. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE EASIER. IT'LL BE HOT, IT'LL BE A BIT OF A LONGER WALK, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET MORE STEPS. IT'LL BE FINE. IT'LL BE EASIER FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, STROLLERS AND MULTIPLE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING IN WITH THEM. WE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS THAT WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THE PARKING SITUATION LAST YEAR, WHICH I THINK THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE HAD TOLD THEM IF THEY'RE IN WHEELCHAIRS TO LET THEM. WE HAD SPACES FOR THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED AT THE ENTRANCE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL DEFINITELY FIX THAT FOR NEXT YEAR TO WE DON'T WANT THEM HAVING TO WHEEL ALL THE WAY, YOU KNOW. THAT'S CRAZY. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE NUMBERS? ZACH, IS THIS
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KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE HOPING FOR? OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I ANSWERED EVERYTHING. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION ABOUT THE SUMMER KICKOFF. YES. AND ARE THERE REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WE HAD FOOD TRUCKS AND COFFEE AND THAT KIND OF THING? ARE THERE ANY OTHER VENDORS OR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE FEEL WILL BE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST CONTRIBUTING? MAYBE A SOME TIME AND SOME SOME SNACKS. AND THEN IN OUR FUTURE SUMMER AND MAYBE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CAUSE OF SUPPORTING THEIR PUBLIC LIBRARY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WHAT WE USED TO DO WAS IN AND OUT BURGER BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE A FREE THEY OFFER A FREE WILL. THEY GIVE OUT SO MANY BURGERS FOR FREE. BUT WE JUST OUTGREW IT AND WE WERE HAVING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY. SO THAT'S WHEN WE TURNED TO THE FOOD TRUCKS. MOST FOOD TRUCKS WILL NOT DO IT FOR FREE. ACTUALLY. MOST OF THEM MAKE US GUARANTEE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OR WE HAVE TO PAY IT. SO WE TRY TO FIND FOOD TRUCKS THAT DON'T DO THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING. BUT WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCAL PEOPLE BOLD BARBECUE CAME LAST YEAR, AS DID CREEKSIDE. HAD THEY HAD A TABLE AS WELL. SO THEY WERE BOTH LOCAL AND WE HAD THE POPSICLE PEOPLE. I, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE WILY. I THINK THEY'RE DFW. AND THEN OF COURSE, KONA ICE, WHICH IS OUR KIND OF LOCAL KONA ICE. BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT KONA ICE AND THE REASON WE INVITE THEM TO EVERYTHING WE DO, IS BECAUSE THEY DO GIVE US A CHECK AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, AND IT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL THIS YEAR. SO YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THAT A LOT. SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL SAY THEY'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCEEDS OR SOMETIMES THEY'LL JUST MAKE A DONATION. BUT IT'S PRETTY UNUSUAL. MOST OF THE TIME THEY JUST ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THEM. YOU KNOW? I KNOW FOOD'S EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW, I GET IT. I CAN'T BLAME THEM. I KNOW GROCERIES ARE A LO. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TRY TO DO A KID EVENT LIKE THAT BECAUSE DO YOU CATER THE KIDS? DO YOU CATER TO THE ADULTS? DO YOU DO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, YOU KNOW, SO AND IT'S IN THE MORNIN. SO DO YOU REALLY WANT A CHICKEN SANDWICH AT NINE IN THE MORNING? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME. OKAY. ZACH SAID YES. ALL RIGHT. I GOT ONE. I DON'T GET TIME TO ENJOY ANY OF IT. I'M RUNNING AROUND. BUT YOU KNOW, HOLLY BARBECUE. THERE YOU GO. LOVE IT. AND YOU WERE THERE LAST TIME YOU WERE THERE THIS SUMMER. YOU SAW IT? YEAH. I WAS AT THE HARRY POTTER PARTY. I DON'T THINK. OH, I THOUGHT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. IT WAS HARRY POTTER. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. SHOULD WE GO ON? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY REPORT. SO THIS IS JUST OUR REGULAR OLD MONTHLY REPORT. LIKE WE ALWAYS GET. EXCEPT THAT THERE'S KIND OF A THERE WAS FIVE WEEKS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 19TH AND OCTOBER 23RD AS OPPOSED TO THE USUAL FOUR. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LITTLE SLIGHT BUMP IN ALL OF THE NUMBERS. IT'S JUST OCTOBER WAS A LITTLE EXTRA LONG THIS YEAR. YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT DOWN UNDERNEATH WHEN YOU GET TO THE DATABASES DATA AXLE IT SAYS TOTAL RECORDS DOWNLOADED ZERO. I DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK THAT THERE WERE ZERO RECORDS DOWNLOADED. THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAD A GLITCH OR BECAUSE THAT SEEMS REALLY WEIRD TO GO FROM 946 TO 0, BUT WE WERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE REP JUST TO SEE MAKING SURE, WELL, WE WERE GOING TO SAY, LET'S SEE NEXT MONTH. AND IF WE STILL GET THAT SAME NUMBER, THEN WE KNOW SOMETHING'S WRONG. BUT ANYWAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT. SO YEAH, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. WHAT'S THE BIG JUMP AT THE TOP FOR OUTREACH GOING FROM 46 BACK IN THE SUMMER TO ZERO NOW TO 255. THAT WAS LET ME THINK SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER. WELL WE DO A LOT OF BACK TO SCHOOL STUFF IN OUTREACH. SO WE'LL DO LITERACY NIGHTS. WE JUST DID THE WELL THE SPOOKTACULAR NUMBER'S NOT IN THERE, BUT WE WERE AT THAT AS AS WELL. SO ANYTIME WE GO OUT TO DO AN EVENT AT THE SCHOOLS OR WE ACTUALLY HOSTED ONE JUST LAST WEEK, WHICH THAT ONE WOULD BE IN THERE AS WELL. IS BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY DID THEIR ESL NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN. THEY DO IT EVERY YEAR AND THEY INVITE THEIR ALL THE ESL CLASSES TO COME, AND THEY CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD AND MEET OTHER ESL FAMILIES. AND IT'S REALLY NICE. SO WE COUNT THAT AS OUTREACH AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE BIG JUMP IS JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT VISITS AND THE. YEAH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN YOU GO BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'LL ONLY DO 1 OR 2 LIBRARY CARDS, BUT EVERYBODY SAYS, OH, WE ALREADY HAVE A CARD. WE LOVE THE LIBRARY. IT MAKES YOU FEEL SO GOOD. YEAH. OR THEY'LL SAY, IT'S MY FAVORITE PLACE. THAT'S MY FAVORITE COMMENT. AND THEN IF YOU FLIP IT OVER, YOU'LL SEE MANGO LANGUAGES. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE LAST NUMBER YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FOR MANGO.[00:40:01]
BECAUSE WE HAVE OFFICIALLY SWITCHED OVER TO PRONUNCIATION, WHICH IS JUST A DIFFERENT DATABASE, SAME IDEA LANGUAGE LEARNING COURSES. IT WAS JUST LESS THAN HALF THE PRICE OF MANGO. SO MANGO IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S VERY FLASHY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE LAMBORGHINI OF LANGUAGE LEARNING SERVICES. AND PRONUNCIATION IS THE HONDA. YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR YOU.AND IT'S MAYBE NOT AS PRETTY AS LAMBORGHINI, BUT IT'S GOOD AND IT'S GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE LANGUAGES THERE. EVEN SOME DEAD LANGUAGES LIKE LATIN. SO AND LIKE CYNTHIA POINTED OUT, THERE'S LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPANISH BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHERE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE, SPANISH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PLATFORM. BUT SAME IDEA ACTUALLY IT'S A LITTLE MORE CUSTOMIZABLE I THINK, THAN MANGO. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO YOU'LL START SEEING PRONUNCIATION STATS STARTING NEXT MONTH. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE. NO. OKAY THEN WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES. SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR LIBYAN OVERDRIVE STATS. THEY'RE STILL DOING PRETTY GOOD. PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THOSE EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS AS WELL AS HOOPLA HAD A LITTLE DIP. USUALLY THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. YOU KNOW, WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, THINGS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BUSY DOING OTHER THINGS. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT'LL JUMP RIGHT BACK UP. SO SAME WITH KANOPY. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR LIST OF MEETING TRAININGS AND HIGHLIGHTS. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THERE Y'ALL NEED MORE INFO ON OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, JUST LET ME KNOW. NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, BUT SEPTEMBER 24TH. TERRIFIC JOB OF PRESENTING OUR FINAL ELIMINATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT Y'ALL. SERIOUSLY. I THINK IT'LL BE A BIG BOON FOR THE LIBRARY. SO YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WE WERE SO EXCITED. THE STAFF WAS JUST LIKE, WE'RE SO LIKE, YOU'RE RUNNING AROUND.
WE'RE ALL EXCITED. WE WANTED LIKE CONFETTI AND BALLOONS AND WE WOULD TELL PEOPLE AND THEY'D COME UP TO THE DESK AND THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, OKAY. AND WE WERE JUST LIKE, REALLY? THAT'S IT.
NOBODY'S EXCITED. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAD A LADY WHO WAS LIKE, WHAT? AND SHE PULLED OUT HER CARD AND SHE SAID, THIS IS MY HAPPY CARD. AND I WAS LIKE, YES, LOVE IT. FINALLY, I GOT MY I GOT MY MOMENT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED.
TO TALK ABOUT IF YOU GUYS EVER NEED A BOOST IN THE MORNING, LIKE YOU NEED TO WAKE UP, GO TO ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DURING THEIR BIG LIKE ELEMENTARY ASSEMBLY MORNING. WOO! I WAS JUST THERE AND AKIN DOING THE ABBY AWARD. OH MY GOSH. I'M LIKE, THIS IS BETTER THAN CAFFEINE. THIS IS GREAT. LIKE THEY'RE ALL JUST SO EXCITED AND WIRED. AND THEN WE WALKED UP WITH THAT BIG TROPHY AND THEY WERE ALL LIKE, AND IT WAS GREAT. AND LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TELL THEM WHO WE WERE, WE WALKED UP, WE HAD OUR LIBRARY SHIRTS ON, BUT DEBBIE AND I WALKED UP AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, HEY, I'M OPHELIA AND THIS IS DEBBIE, YOUR FRIENDLY LOCAL LIBRARIANS AT SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THEY ALL WENT THE LIBRARY AND THEY ALL STARTED CHEERING. AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I WANT THIS EVERY MORNING. THIS IS GREAT. I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY, I LOVE IT, IT'S SO MUCH FUN. SO THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO WIN THE TROPHY. SO AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME AIKEN'S WON. SO GOOD FOR THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT. OH YES. TASHA ANY UPDATES ON THE GARDEN? I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO KNOW FROM Y'ALL'S MEETINGS. YES. SO ACTUALLY THERE ARE SO THE LIBRARY GARDEN COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL FOR THE FRIENDS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE I THINK THERE ARE SIX MAYBE THERE'S EIGHT ORIGINAL BEDS IN THE MIDDLE THAT WERE PAINTED. AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FALLING APART BECAUSE THERE ARE JUST PINE LITTLE, YOU KNOW. AND SO WE WERE THEY PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL ASKING FOR THEM TO PURCHASE CEDAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A BOY SCOUT TROOP THAT'S WILLING, AS THEIR EAGLE SCOUT OR BOY SCOUT, 1 OR 2 BOY SCOUTS. I THINK IT'S JUST NOT A TROOP. IT'S A COUPLE KIDS ANYWAY THAT ARE WILLING TO MAKE IT THEIR SERVICE PROJECT, THEIR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. SO TO BUILD THEM, WE JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE MATERIALS. BUT YOU KNOW, CEDAR IS VERY EXPENSIVE. AND SO I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
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IF THEY'RE GONNA GO FOR THIS, BUT WE PRESENTED IT TO THE FRIENDS AT OUR LAST MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY APPROVED IT. SO THEY ARE BUYING IT. YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE BEDS WITH CEDAR. SO BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BUILD THEM AND KIND OF JUST PLOP THEM OVER WHERE THEY ALREADY ARE, THEN REMOVE THE OLD WOOD.SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND HOPEFULLY THEY SAY THAT THAT'S GOING TO LAST A GOOD LONG TIME. SO ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO SAY THAT THOSE PINE I MEAN, IT WAS INEXPENSIVE AND THAT GARDEN HAS BEEN THERE TEN YEARS, I THINK. SO PRETTY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S FALLING APART NOW, BUT IT WAS IT LASTED A GOOD LONG TIME, YOU KNOW. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NEW PAVILION OUT THERE. IT'S SO PRETTY. WE'RE GOING TO DO A GRAND OPENING FOR THE PAVILION AND INVITE PEOPLE TO COME OUT, TELL THEM ABOUT THE GARDEN, HOPEFULLY DRUM UP SOME VOLUNTEERS. YOU KNOW, TO HELP US WITH PLANTING AND STUFF. SO THAT'S COMING. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? OKAY.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO UPCOMING LIBRARY PROGRAMS? I THINK SO, OKAY. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE. MY APOLOGIES WHEN I HAD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND TURN IT IN, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ADULT EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER. SO YOU'LL SEE THE TWO BOOK CLUBS THAT ARE ON THERE. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS, AND I THOUGHT I'D JUST TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT THOSE. THEY'RE DOING 3D PERSONALIZED COOKIE PRESS OR YOU CREATE YOUR OWN 3D PERSONALIZED COOKIE PRESS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH. REGISTRATION FOR THAT STARTS ON THURSDAY. THEN THEY'RE DOING DIAMOND PAINTING, A CHRISTMAS EDITION ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH. REGISTRATION FOR THAT STARTS NOVEMBER SECOND, AND THEN A COOKIE DECORATING WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH. IN THE EVENING AT 6:00.
REGISTRATION FOR THAT STARTS ON NOVEMBER 5TH. AND THOSE ARE THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN NOVEMBER FOR THE ADULTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT STORY TIME IS IN FULL SWING. SO WE HAD PUPPET SHOW TONIGHT. THAT WAS REALLY FUN. PUPPET SHOW ALL WEEK. PUPPET SHOW. BRIAN PROPECIA, MY FAVORITE PUBLISHER. AND MONICA'S FAVORITE PUPPET SHOW, BIG PUMPKIN. WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK? EVERY STORYTIME EXCEPT FOR INFANT. I KNOW IT'S THE BEST. AND THEN ALL THE KIDS CLUBS ARE BACK IN SESSION, AS WELL AS THE TEEN STUFF. AND THEN I THOUGHT I'D GO AHEAD AND PUT IN THE NOVEMBER CLOSURES FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO WE ARE CLOSED MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH FOR VETERAN'S DAY. WE CLOSE EARLY THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING AT FIVE, AND THEN WE'RE CLOSED THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS A VERY LOVELY BENEFIT FOR STAFF. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? LOVELY. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN. I HAVE A FINAL COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR HELPING ME WITH THE FINAL ELIMINATION. IT WAS A PROCESS. I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAD NO IDEA HOW THAT WAS GOING TO GO. AND IT WAS LIKE I WALKED AWAY FROM IT GOING, WAS IT WAS IT REALLY THAT EASY? DID THAT JUST REALLY JUST HAPPENED? SO IT WAS GREAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VERY WELL. NOW ALL WE NEED IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS 749. WE GOT A VOTE ON IT. MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OKAY. MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S OKAY. ADJOURNING, I THINK. DO YOU HAVE TO GO IN? IF YOU GO IN. OH, THERE IT IS. OKA.
MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSES 7 TO 0. THANK YOU. THANKS
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