[Library Advisory Board on January 27, 2025.]
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IT. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE WILEY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING FOR JANUARY 27TH, 2025. IT IS NOW 7:01 P.M. MONICA, BRIAN AND ROBERTA. ALL RIGHT. IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FEW SECONDS AND REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH MEETING. IT WAS SO LONG AGO. SO LONG AGO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 MEETING MINUTES. I SECOND.
GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR VOTES. CAST YOUR VOTES THERE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES 4 TO 0 WITH THREE MEMBERS ABSENT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR WORK SESSION. OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, REVIEWING OUR MONTHLY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JUSTIN. SO WE HAD THREE FULL MONTHS SINCE WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE OCTOBER. SO YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS THERE. SO WE HAVE DECEMBER 19TH THROUGH THE 22ND OF JANUARY, NOVEMBER 21ST THROUGH DECEMBER 18TH AND OCTOBER 24TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 20TH. SO NOTICE THAT THE NUMBERS THERE BETWEEN DECEMBER 19TH AND JANUARY 22ND, PARTICULARLY FOR STORY TIME, ARE LOW. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN SESSION. SO STORY TIME TAKES A BREAK OVER THE HOLIDAYS. THOSE LAST TWO WEEKS IN DECEMBER, AND USUALLY THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO IN JANUARY, DEPENDING ON HOW THE DATES FALL. SO THAT'S WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THERE. SAME FOR ALL THE EVENTS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE HOLIDAYS. YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE STAFF THE ALL THE TIME OFF, WE USUALLY TRY AND NOT DO AS MANY PROGRAMS AS, AS USUAL. SO THAT'S EXPLAINS THAT CIRCULATION WAS STILL GOING, THOUGH. AS YOU CAN SEE, PEOPLE WERE STILL USING THE LIBRARY. WE STILL HAD THE HIGH VISITORS, DESPITE THE DAYS THAT WE WERE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS, STILL GOT 497 NEW BORROWERS. SO THAT'S REALLY HIGH. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. AND THEN ALL OF OUR HOLDS. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE NUMBERS THERE. OKAY. MOVING ON INTO THE DATABASES, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IF YOU WE'VE GOT ANSON STREET CREATIVE BOOK DATA AXEL GAIL COURSES WHICH WE ALWAYS HAVE. AND IF YOU TURN THE PAGE YOU'LL SEE PRONUNCIATIONS. SO THAT'S THE DATABASE THAT TOOK THE PLACE OF MANGO LANGUAGES BECAUSE MANGO WAS SO EXPENSIVE. SO WE MOVED OVER TO PRONUNCIATION THAT STARTED IN OCTOBER. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WAS, YOU KNOW WE'RE BUILDING THAT UP. SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT AND GET PEOPLE. SO. EDUCATED AND EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THE LIBRARY APP IS STILL GOING STRONG. AND TO SPEAK ON THE LIBRARY APP. AND FOR THESE COLUMNS, DEVICES, LAUNCHES AND NEW DEVICES, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT DEVICES VERSUS LAUNCHES ARE? LAUNCHES IS LIKE EVERY TIME YOU CLICK IT. OKAY. SO EVERY TIME YOU OPEN IT UP. YEAH PRETTY GOOD RIGHT. SO OUR 983 PEOPLE THAT USE IT USE IT A LOT, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN NEW DEVICES IS JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE ADDED THAT MONTH. AND THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE DEVICES NUMBER.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO LIBBY AND OVERDRIVE OR OVERDRIVE. WHAT WAS KNOWN AS OVERDRIVE NOW KNOWN AS LIBBY AGAIN SAME THING OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER. NUMBERS LISTED. THEY'RE ALL STILL GOING VERY STRONG. LIBBY IS VERY POPULAR. ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE'VE GOT OUR HOOPLA NUMBERS. YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS A LITTLE DIP IN NOVEMBER. DECEMBER. I THINK THAT'S JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BUSY, YOU KNOW, DOING HOLIDAY STUFF, NOT CHECKING OUT SO MUCH STUFF NECESSARILY DIGITALLY. AND THEN KANOPY IS OUR VIDEO STREAMING KIND OF OUR HOUSE VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE. AND THAT ONE'S STILL GOING, DOING
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REALLY WELL. AND I ALWAYS AM INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THE DIFFERENT DEVICES THAT KANOPY IS USED ON AND HOW IT'S NEVER CONSISTENT KIND OF FLIP FLOPS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO I ALWAYS FIND THAT KIND OF INTERESTING. BUT THERE'S THE NUMBERS FOR THAT. ANYTHING ODD OR ANYTHING? QUESTIONS, ANYTHING. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MEETINGS AND TRAINING HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN THE MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVEN'T MET SINCE OCTOBER. SO THERE'S A LOT I TRIED NOT TO REPEAT A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TEAM ADMIN MEETINGS, ADMIN TEAM MEETINGS EVERY WEEK. WE HAVE ONE ON ONES, YOU KNOW, WITH STAFF EVERY WEEK. SO IF WE DID IT ONCE I JUST PUT IT ONCE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DIDN'T REPEAT IT AGAIN FOR THE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT. SO I TRIED TO PICK OUT THE THINGS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IF ANY OF THAT PIQUES YOUR INTEREST OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, LET ME KNOW. AND THERE'S A LOT, SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME.YOU HAVE TO TELL US ABOUT THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COURSE. OH, SO THAT OKAY, SO I AM. A LITTLE HESITANT ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SAY THE LEAST. AND SO I THOUGHT, WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO EDUCATE MYSELF. AND THE THERE'S A CITY MANAGER ORGANIZATION, CITY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS THESE DIFFERENT COURSES. AND I HAD TAKEN THEIR LEADERSHIP COURSE LAST YEAR. AND SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ONE THIS YEAR. AND IT IS PRETTY INTENSE. IT'S SIX WEEKS. AND YOU START WITH LIKE HISTORY OF TWO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION, LIKE PLAN IN YOUR CITY. AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OH MAN. SO IT'S A LOT OF STEPS IN BETWEEN. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT'S GOTTEN US TALKING ABOUT IT HERE AT THE CITY. I'VE TALKED TO LETTY, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHO'S MY BOSS ABOUT IT. SO NOW SHE'S GOING TO TAKE THE COURSE BECAUSE SHE FEELS THE SAME WAY I DO ABOUT IT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I TOLD HER, WE DON'T. THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A POLICY ON IT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY GUIDELINES ON IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF IS USING IT, I USE IT, I KNOW IT'S HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, SO I MEAN, I USED I LOVE CHATGPT, SO I'M LIKE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PARAMETERS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION YOU PUT INTO CHATGPT IS NOT PRIVATE. AND THEN THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT CITIZEN DATA OR PATRON DATA OR ANYTHING IN THERE, YOU KNOW. WELL, I TYPICALLY USE IT TO HELP ME GET STARTED ON SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A THE DIRECTOR. LIBRARY DIRECTOR MCKINNEY ALWAYS SAYS IT'S A, IT'S A CURE FOR THE BLANK PAGE. LIKE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET STARTED, YOU PUT IN THE PROMPT AND IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE TO START AT LEAST, WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE. SO YOU DON'T EXPEND SO MUCH BRAIN ENERGY ON THAT PART. BUT BUT WE ALSO USED IT FOR WHEN WE GOT THE STRATEGIC PLAN RESULTS. WE WOULD PUT IT ALL IN CHATGPT AND IT WOULD SUMMARIZE SUMMARIZE IT ALL FOR US. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE. SO IT'S HELPFUL. NOW NONE OF THAT HAD PERSONAL INFORMATION ON IT. IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. SO IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION. BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT.
AND IF THEY'RE PUTTING STUFF IN THERE LIKE THAT OR WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES PERHAPS THAT CAN BE AUTOMATED SO THAT IT FREES US, GIVES US MORE TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS TO TALK TO EVERYBODY AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND SEE WHAT THEY TELL THEIR PEOPLE AND HOW THEY USE IT, IF THEY'RE USING IT, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT'S A PROCESS, BUT WE'VE STARTED IT, SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. YEAH. AND THEN I'VE GOT LATER ON YOU'LL SEE THAT I MET WITH A PROFESSOR AND JASON HASKINS, WHO'S IN THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ABOUT A CAPSTONE PROJECT. SO HE'S WORKING ON HIS MASTER'S IN CITY PLANNING, AND THEY HAD TO DO AS A GROUP. THEY'D DO A CAPSTONE PROJECT. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GO OUT TO DIFFERENT CITIES AND SAY, HEY, PROPOSE A PROJECT YOU NEED HELP WITH OR YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WORK ON.
AND WE'LL HAVE OUR STUDENTS BASICALLY DO IT FOR YOU. AND THESE ARE ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL ADULTS WORKING IN CITIES. SO I PITCHED THE AI PROJECT. I SAID, WHAT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ASK THEM TO OUTLINE HOW GUIDELINES, HOW A CITY CAN USE IT, HOW IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, WHAT'S OUT THERE. AND THEY TOOK IT. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE PROFESSIONALS FROM LOCAL CITIES IN ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE US AND USE IT. OR WE CAN JUST SAY, OH, WELL, THAT WAS INTERESTING. THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT. LET SOMEBODY ELSE DO SOME OF THE WORK. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT PART. YEAH. AND ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION ON DECEMBER 20TH, YOU'LL SEE LIBRARIANS PARTICIPATED IN LUMINA SPARK TRAINING. LUMINA SPARK IS LIKE A PERSONALITY TEST KIND OF THING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE
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MYERS-BRIGGS, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT GOES MORE INTO HOW, LIKE WHEN YOU'RE STRESSED.IT WAS REALLY COOL. IT HAD LIKE A CHART AND IT SHOWED LIKE YOU, WHEN YOU'RE FEELING OKAY, EVERYTHING'S GOOD AND WHERE YOU SCORE ON CERTAIN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND WHEN YOU'RE STRESSED AND HOW IT CHANGES. SO THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE FOR FLEXIBILITY IT WOULD SHOW LIKE HOW I AM NORMALLY IN MY REAL LIFE I AM COMPLETELY INFLEXIBLE, BUT AT WORK I'M TOTALLY FLEXIBLE. AND I SAID MY HUSBAND WOULD AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE HE ALWAYS SAYS YOU'RE FLEXIBLE AS LONG AS EVERYTHING'S THE WAY, EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT IT, YOU'RE FLEXIBLE. I'M LIKE, EXACTLY. SO THAT MADE TOTAL SENSE TO ME. BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS FOR US TO IT ALSO HAD A SECTION ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THAT PERSON, WHAT THE BEST MODES, WAYS TO APPROACH THEM OR TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. SO IT WAS KIND OF A TEAM BUILDING EXERCISE. SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND OUR ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF IS THE ONE WHO CERTIFIED IN DOING THAT KIND OF TRAINING. SO HE'S THE ONE THAT IMPLEMENTED IT. SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING THING. YES.
AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, I MET WITH LISA TO OR MET WITH MELISSA TO REVIEW LIBRARY FEES.
YES, IT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT HOW WE USED TO HAVE FINES IN THIS LIBRARY, AND IT'S BEEN, WHAT, 4 OR 5 MONTHS? YEAH. NOW, WITH OR WITHOUT FINES. I WAS JUST WANTING TO SEE IF YOU'VE NOTICED KIND OF ANY SORT OF POSITIVE IMPROVEMENTS, EITHER WITH THE PATRONS OR STAFF OR HOW'S THE NO FINES COMING OUT FOR THE LIBRARY? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY WELL. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME IN. MOST OF THE TIME THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME IN AND THEY'LL SAY, OH, I HAVE A FINE. AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, YOU DON'T. YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF ALL FINES AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. LIKE WE HAD A PATRON I THINK I TOLD YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS LIKE, THIS IS MY HAPPY CARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE FINES ANYMORE. SO SHE WAS VERY THRILLED ABOUT IT.
I ACTUALLY HAD A STUDENT REACH OUT TO ME BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH ABOUT FINES AND LIBRARIES. THIS PARTICULAR MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH MELISSA BEARD, SHE'S THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, WAS ABOUT PRINTING AND FINES FEES FOR PRINTING. SO FORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY IS ABOUT TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THEIR PRINTING FEES. AND SO IS THERE'S ANOTHER, I THINK. IS IT LEWISVILLE, CARROLLTON, ONE OF THEM. THEY'RE ABOUT TO OR THEY'RE ABOUT TO OFFER SO MANY ANYWAY FOR FREE.
AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARRY CASH ANYMORE. SO LIKE WE'RE CASH BASED WHEN IT COMES TO PRINTING, NO ONE EVER HAS CASH. WELL, THEY WANT TO USE A CREDIT CARD FOR A 30 CENT PRINT JOB, SO WE END UP PAYING MORE FOR THE PROCESSING AND ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S TOTALLY WHY WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED A CARD SYSTEM WITH PRINTING, BECAUSE USUALLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST PRINT THEM. WE'LL LIKE, WE'LL GIVE THESE TO YOU NEXT TIME YOU COME IN, BRING IT IN OR, YOU KNOW, PAY IT FORWARD, WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S USUALLY NOT THAT MUCH. IF IT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, WE CAN SEND THEM TO THE CIRC DESK TO CHARGE IT. BUT SO WE WERE MEETING WITH HER TO SEE WHAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON THE FEES AS FAR AS THE CITY. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE LIBRARY FINES BEFORE THERE'S REALLY IT'S JUST NOT THAT MUCH. BUT YOU KNOW, SHE ADVISED SOUNDLY TO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE VENDOR THAT PROVIDES THAT SERVICE IN A LONG TIME. IT WAS PRE-COVID THE LAST TIME WE GOT A QUOTE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY REACHING OUT TO THEM AGAIN TO SEE WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO ACTUALLY ALLOW CHARGING FOR PRINTS TO SEE AND SEE IF THAT OFFSETS THAT? IF IT'S WORTH IT, MY GUESS IS PROBABLY NOT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IF ANYTHING, WE WOULD PROBABLY MOVE TO SOMETHING LIKE YOUR FIRST TEN PAGES ARE FREE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE ARE JUST IN PRINTING 1 OR 2 THINGS, PRINTING A TAX STATEMENT, PRINTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S 1 OR 2 PAGES, $0.30. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN TEN PAGES, THEN, YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE WORTH IT.
PROBABLY TO CHARGE. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MEETING WITH PATHWAY HOSPICE FOR A POTENTIAL PROGRAM, THEY REACHED OUT TO US TO SEE IF WE COULD PARTNER ON ONE OF THEIR GOALS WAS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY JUST THEIR SERVICES, BUT JUST WHAT HOSPICE IS, WHAT BENEFITS PEOPLE MAY HAVE, WHAT PLANNING OPTIONS THERE ARE OUT THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A SERIES OF THREE PROGRAMS OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. THE HOSPICE ONE IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE ALL THE POSTERS AND STUFF FOR THAT ARE GOING UP ON MONDAY, AND IT'S HOSPICE 101, JUST KIND OF A YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START OR YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT WHEN HOSPICE APPLIES OR WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN. AND SO YOU CAN COME TO THIS AND JUST LEARN WHAT THAT MEANS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE ON BENEFITS. LIKE WHAT BENEFITS MOST PEOPLE HAVE OR HOW PEOPLE
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COVER THESE TYPES OF COSTS. AND THEN FINALLY THE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, END OF LIFE PLANNING WILL BE THE FINAL ONE. AND THEN WE'RE THINKING IN MAY, WE USUALLY DO VERY LIGHT PROGRAMING IN MAY, BUT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING A CAREGIVER FAIR CAREGIVER CONFERENCE, MINI CONFERENCE FOR THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED THESE KINDS OF RESOURCES, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE VARIOUS VENDORS THERE THAT COULD GIVE INFORMATION, BUT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE PHYSICIANS THAT CALL ON PATIENTS AT THEIR HOMES SO THEY CAN COME AND TALK ABOUT, WHEN DO YOU CALL THE DOCTOR? WHEN YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD IT TO THAT TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. THE CONFERENCE, THE MINI CONFERENCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE KIND OF A FOUR HOUR THING, LIKE A 10 TO 2, AND THEN THEY WOULD PROVIDE LUNCH. SO FOR THE SO EVERYBODY COULD JUST STAY THERE THE WHOLE TIME. SO IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. BUT THAT'S KIND OF STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES. WE'RE MORE FOCUSING ON THOSE THREE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED. AND. YOU CAN GO IN THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY. NOT YET OKAY. BUT WE CAN. YEAH. I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION, I GUESS, ABOUT THE LIBRARY OF EXCELLENCE. I KNOW WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT LIBRARY. THANK YOU. BUT YEAH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. TELL US ABOUT THIS APPLICATION. WHAT IS SURE. SO HTML, WHICH IS THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. YES. GOT IT. THEY'RE PART OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL. UMBRELLA. SO THEY'RE ONE PART OF THAT. AND WE ARE THEY PROVIDE DO AN AWARD EVERY YEAR, THE LIBRARY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. AND THERE ARE TEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES YOU HAVE TO PRESENT OR IN THE APPLICATION, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, SERVE UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, THAT YOU PROVIDE CAREER SUPPORT, THAT YOU DO OUTREACH, THAT YOU HAVE LITERACY PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT YOU DO STAFF TRAINING, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.SO YOU PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION AND THEN YOU GET AWARDED THIS AWARD. SO WE'VE GOTTEN IT THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SO IF WE GET IT THIS FOR THIS ONE, IT'LL BE FIVE YEARS IN A ROW. YAY. SO FINGERS CROSSED. USUALLY THE LAST I THINK LAST YEAR IT WAS 15. THE TOP 15% OF LIBRARIES. WAS THAT HOW IT WORKED? I CAN'T REMEMBER, IT'S ONLY 500 LIBRARIES IN TEXAS OR SOMETHING. IT WASN'T A HUGE THING. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING. SO I'M WE'RE USUALLY WE HEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. SO FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT ONE OKAY. GREAT. SO THE SAME ONE THAT LAST YEAR DO YOU WANT TO. IS THAT THE SAME ONE THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD KEITH SELF COME BY TO PRESENT IT TO US. CORRECT. THAT'S THE ONE THAT KEITH SELF CAME AND YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE HE WANTED TO COME LAST YEAR AND WE COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK WITH HIS SCHEDULE. AND I SAID WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT'LL BE FIVE YEARS AND WE'LL MAKE A BIG DEAL. WE'LL GET BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING. SO YEAH, BUT YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
THAT'S THE SAME AWARD. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, TASHA FROM THE MISCELLANEOUS. SORRY, I WAS WAITING FOR IT TO BE ANNOUNCED. THAT'S OKAY. SO FOR THE H-E-B GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH IS FANTASTIC AND AMAZING AND WONDERFUL. SO ARE THERE PLANS FOR THE $10,000 DONATION, OR IS IT GOING TO KIND OF JUST GO TOWARDS ONGOING PROGRAMS? THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY. THEY HAVEN'T EARMARKED IT FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC AT THIS POINT. SO WE WERE JUST SO TAKEN ABACK. IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, WHAT? WHEN SHE SHE, THE MARKETING PERSON FOR H-E-B, REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME TO THE GROUNDBREAKING. WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU. I WAS THINKING, LIKE A GIFT BASKET, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T THINKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE ALL JUST KIND OF SITTING THERE AND LISTENING. AND I OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYES, I SEE THESE LARGE RECTANGULAR THINGS BEING BROUGHT UP, AND I'M LIKE, THOSE ARE CHECKS. OH MY GOSH, THOSE ARE CHECKS. I'M LIKE, FREAKING OUT, YOU KNOW? AND THEN LIKE, THEY CALL US. WE WERE THE FIRST ONES. THEY CALLED US UP. AND I'M LIKE, DOES THAT SAY A THOUSAND? I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THIS IS 10,000. WE ALL JUST STARTED CRYING. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. IT WAS CRAZY. IT WAS REALLY COOL. IT WAS I'M LIKE, I WANT TO START EVERY MORNING THIS WAY. THIS IS GREAT. SO ANYWAY, SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT LIBRARIES. THEY'RE BIG LIBRARIES SUPPORTERS. AND SINCE MURPHY DOESN'T HAVE A LIBRARY THEY GET TO WE GET TO BE THEIR LIBRARY.
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SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO NO, THEY HAVEN'T EARMARKED IT FOR ANYTHING SPECIFIC. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF STUFF RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE KIND OF FOCUSING ON THEY HAVE A MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT COMING UP FEBRUARY 14TH. IT'S A IT'S A LOVE HURTS MURDER MYSTERY. IT'S A VALENTINE'S DAY ONE. CUPID HAS BEEN SLAIN, AND ALL OF THE SUSPECTS ARE PART OF A FAMOUS COUPLE THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT, YOU KNOW? SO, LIKE CATHERINE FROM WUTHERING HEIGHTS AND GATSBY FROM THE GREAT GATSBY. AND ANYWAY. SO IT'LL BE. I THINK THAT'LL BE FUN. SO THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF BUSY DOING THAT. YEAH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON OUR MONTHLY REPORT? WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. LOVE IT. MOVING ON TO THE WALL THAT HEALS EXHIBIT. YES. SO THIS ONE IS REALLY EXCITING. SO THIS IS A TOURING WALL REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM WALL. AND THIS I MEAN I DIDN'T APPLY FOR IT. THE CITY, OUR PUBLIC EVENTS COORDINATOR LILLIAN BAKER, APPLIED. AND THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER AFTER AND SAID IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE, EXCELLENT APPLICATIONS THEY'D EVER GOTTEN. SO GOOD FOR HER. YAY, LILLIAN. BUT BASICALLY, IT'S THIS REPLICA THAT TOURS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND IT HAS ALL OF THE NAMES FROM THE VIETNAM WALL. AND IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL IF YOU'RE CHOSEN. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG UNDERTAKING. THEY BASICALLY COME IN, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. SO THEY COME IN, THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN ON WEDNESDAY THE 29TH AND THAT'S SET UP DAY. AND THEN THEY'RE DOING A LITTLE PARADE DOWN BALLARD AS IT COMES IN AND DOING THE FLAGS OVER THE TRUCK AND THE WHOLE THING. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SET IT ALL UP. AND THE WAY IT WORKS, IT'S GOING TO BE OUT HERE ON THE EAST MEADOW. SO IF YOU WERE TO GO PAST THE DOG PARK, OVER THE LITTLE BRIDGE, THAT FIELD RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO PARK. THE BIG 18 WHEELER THAT COMES ON TURNS INTO AN EDUCATION CENTER. SO ONCE THEY UNLOAD THE WALL AND THEY HAVE SPECIAL DOLLIES AND THINGS THEY BRING IN TO DO IT, THE, THE THEY HAVE THESE SPECIAL TENTS THAT COVER THE TRUCK AND IT BECOMES THE EDUCATION CENTER. AND THAT'S THE PART THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF. SO EVERY DEPARTMENT'S KIND OF TAKEN APART. SO WE'RE PART OUR PART IS THE EDUCATION CENTER. AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, TOURING PEOPLE AROUND, SHOWING THEM WHAT'S THERE. THERE WILL HAVE VOLUNTEERS HELPING PEOPLE FIND NAMES ON THE WALL, HELP HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING GOLF CARTS BECAUSE THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE FAR. I MEAN, THE WALK IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE FAR FOR THOSE THAT HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE 24 HOURS A DAY FOR ALMOST FOUR DAYS, THREE, THREE DAYS. SO IT OPENS OFFICIALLY ON THURSDAY THE 30TH, AND THEN IT CLOSES ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND AT 2:00 SHARP. AND IT'S LIKE THEY BRING IT DOWN, LIKE THEY'VE GOT THIS DOWN. THERE'S NO NOT 215, NOT 220, LIKE 2:00. IT'S DONE. SO IT'S DEFINITELY A CITY WIDE EFFORT. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS CHIPPING IN. THEY'RE DOING A BIG VOLUNTEER CALL. SO I PUT DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM THE LINK. IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT AND VOLUNTEERING, GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE CITY VOLUNTEER FORM. THAT'LL PUT YOU ON LILLIAN'S RADAR SO SHE KNOWS TO REACH OUT AND YOU'LL GET ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL. WE'RE ALL PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE MEETING, SO ALL I KNOW RIGHT NOW IS THE LAYOUT. BUT AS WE GET FURTHER AND BECAUSE THIS ISN'T HAPPENING TILL, YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL, SO THE, YOU KNOW, CLOSER AND CLOSER IT GETS WILL GET MORE AND MORE INTO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE STAFFING ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS. WHAT EXACTLY IT MEANS FOR US TO BE IN CHARGE OF THE EDUCATION CENTER. THE FRIENDS HAVE HAVE OFFERED TO KIND OF TAKE THAT ON TO KIND OF HELP. OUR BUILDINGS WILL BE OPEN LATER THAN USUAL, SO PEOPLE HAVE RESTROOM FACILITIES AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN RESERVED FOR THE VOLUNTEER CENTER. THAT'S WHERE THE VOLUNTEERS WILL GO AND CHECK IN, AND THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR STUFF IN THERE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO LOTS OF MOVING PARTS, LOTS OF THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND VERY UNUSUAL. SO I WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE. IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THAT TOP THAT BLUE HEADLINE. IF YOU CLICK ON THAT IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE SITE AND IT GIVES YOU ALL THE INFORMATION. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE WALL LOOKS LIKE. IT'S GOT OUR NAME ON THE SCHEDULE. AND SO IT'S EXCITING. APPARENTLY FRISCO HAD IT LAST YEAR BUT I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT. SO THEY'RE PLANNING THEIR THEY HAVE A WHOLE MEDIA CAMPAIGN PLAN. SO THEY'LL BE SHOUTING IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. SO GREAT. ALL RIGHT, NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, THE STRATEGIC PLAN FINDINGS. TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. YES. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC PLANS WE HAD. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS FORGET THAT HOLIDAYS ARE SO BUSY. AND THEN EVERYBODY COMES BACK SICK. SO, YOU KNOW, SO TRYING TO COVER[00:25:06]
EVERYTHING. AND SO WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH TIME IN JANUARY TO WORK ON IT AS I'D HOPED. BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRST DRAFT WE'RE MEETING. WEDNESDAY TO REVIEW THAT AND KEEP WORKING ON IT A LITTLE MORE AND MORE. SO I HOPE THAT BY NEXT TIME I'LL HAVE THE ACTUAL PLAN READY FOR YOU. BUT I THOUGHT I'D JUST SHARE A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE RESPONSES. WHAT WE GOT. SO WE GOT IN THE PATRON SURVEY. THERE WERE 340 RESPONDENTS IN THE STAKEHOLDERS. THAT'S YOU GUYS, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, OTHER IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS. WE GOT FOUR RESPONDENTS FROM THAT. AND THEN STAFF. WE'VE GOT TEN. WE HAVE 32 STAFF TOTAL. SO WE GOT TEN OF THAT. SO FROM THE PUBLIC, MOST OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY USE THE LIBRARY FOR BOOKS, THAT THEY FIND OUT ABOUT LIBRARY PROGRAMS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, SPECIFICALLY FACEBOOK, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING, LIKE A LIKE LARGE CHUNK. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY ALSO, UNSURPRISINGLY, WANT MORE AUTHOR EVENTS, MORE CULTURAL EVENTS, MORE KIDS EVENTS, JUST MORE AND MORE AND MORE. THEY WANT MORE OF EVERYTHING, WHICH IT JUST OKAY, GOOD. BUT I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO ALL THIS. THOSE THAT BY FAR WAS THE TOP REQUEST WAS MORE PROGRAMS. THE THING THAT SURPRISED ME THE MOST WERE HOW MANY COVID RELATED COMMENTS WE GOT. THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SAID THEY WANTED US TO DROP MASK REQUIREMENTS OR THEY WANTED US TO DROP BRING BACK IN-PERSON STORYTIME. AND I'M LIKE, WHERE HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN? SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO THE LIBRARY IN THIS WHOLE TIME, OR IF THEY JUST DON'T REALIZE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE OR MAYBE THEY COME IN AND THEY SEE SOME PEOPLE WITH MASKS AND ASSUME WE HAVE. I'M NOT SURE. IT WAS VERY STRANGE, BUT IT WASN'T JUST 1 OR 2. THERE WERE A LOT. SO IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. SO THAT KIND OF SURPRISED ME. WE HAD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, TRYING TO GET INTO THE BUILDING. THE DOORS WILL HELP A LOT WITH THAT. SO YAY! AND I KNOW IT'S A TREK, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS TO COME, YOU KNOW, SO THE DOORS ARE JUST WE'RE JUST WAITING. AND AS DOOR UPDATE WHILE WE'RE ON THERE, THEY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE DATE FOR INSTALLATION. SO SOON HOPEFULLY. BUT ALL THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, TECHNOLOGY COLLECTION, SATISFACTION, ALL OF THOSE WERE RATED HIGHLY. MOST OF THE COMMENTS HAD TO DO WITH THE COLLECTION IN THAT THEY WANTED MORE COPIES, BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL, OF POPULAR ITEMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO BUDGETING, REALLY, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MILLION OF EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BUDGETING. SO BUT IT WAS GREAT TO READ ALL THE COMMENTS, LOTS OF POSITIVE THINGS. PEOPLE LOVING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING SO FAR. THEY JUST WANT MORE OF IT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE GIST FOR THE PATRON SURVEYS FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS, MOSTLY ON EXPANDING PATRON ENGAGEMENT AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES, HAD SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS FOR POTENTIAL PROGRAMS LIKE OR SERVICES LIKE CAREER FOCUSED WORKSHOPS, BASIC LIFE SKILLS CLASSES FOR TEENS, STEAM CLASSES, CREATING MUST READ LISTS, ALL GREAT, GREAT IDEAS. SO WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT GOOD THOUGHTS ON COMMUNITY METRICS. AS FAR AS HOW MANY LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS WE HAVE. MAKING SURE I LIKED THIS, SOMEONE SAID THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE METRICS ARE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC. SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, HOW HOW MANY LIBRARY HOLDERS WE HAVE, WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF EVEN SHARING THAT WITHIN OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, LISA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY LIKE WE DO THESE WEEKLY REPORTS.WE DO THESE FOR THE BOARD. NO ONE ELSE SEES THEM, BUT CITY COUNCIL SEES THEM, BUT NOBODY ELSE SEES THEM. SO WE'VE ARE FOR STARTING THIS MONTH, ACTUALLY, IN OUR MONTHLY STAFF MEETINGS WITH ALL STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO START PRESENTING THOSE NUMBERS TO THE STAFF SO THEY REALIZE TOO. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON TRYING TO GET MORE OF THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THAT'S PART OF ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON IN THE PLAN. SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THAT WE RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBERS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPLAIN THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO SHOW THEIR INVOLVEMENT, SO YOU COULD SHOW OFF YOUR WORK. SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO BE FEATURED IN A POST, WE CAN DO THAT. SO LOTS OF PEOPLE SUGGESTED INCREASED MARKETING AND BRANDING WITH LIBRARY SWAG SO WE COULD BUILD SOME LIBRARY PRIDE. I LIKED THAT COMMENT A LOT. THE LIBRARY FACILITY FACILITIES WERE RATED WELL, WERE RATED HIGHLY. THEY HAD MORE SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATING PRIVATE SPACES FOR STUDYING, WHICH WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITH FURNITURE. SO WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN LOTS OF SUGGESTIONS FOR FUNDING WITH ENDOWMENTS, NAMING OPPORTUNITIES, GRANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN AS FAR AS WHAT THE STAFF REPORTED, THEY ALSO MENTIONED THE PRIVATE STUDY SPACES. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED
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EXPANDING DIGITAL RESOURCES. A LOT OF THEIR COMMENTS, INTERESTINGLY, INCLUDED LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY, BOTH FOR THE COLLECTION AND PROGRAMING. AS FAR AS I KIND OF MIXED THOSE UP, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND CULTURAL INCLUSION IN COLLECTION AND PROGRAMING, AND THEN THEY MADE A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY AS WELL. I'M SURE THEY HEAR ABOUT IT A LOT WITH THE DOORS AND HAVING TO DO THAT WALK. SO THEY REQUESTED A TRAINING ON WORKING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS PATRONS AND ENGAGING TEENS EFFECTIVELY. THEY ALSO ASKED FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT DOES AND WHY, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP PATRONS WITH INQUIRIES. SO LIKE MORE CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING AND DEPARTMENT PROJECTS. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL. MORALE WAS RATED HIGHLY AS WAS THE STATE OF THE FACILITY, WHICH IS GOOD. AND THEY WANTED BASICALLY MORE COLLABORATION. SO BOTH WITH PATRONS AND WITH STAFF. SO ONE COMMENT I SAW SEVERAL TIMES WAS THAT THEY WERE PROUD THAT WE OFFERED CARDS TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST CITIZENS OF WYLIE. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS NICE. SO ANYWAY, SO WE'RE DILIGENTLY WORKING AWAY ON THAT PLAN. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU START HERE AND THEN YOU GET HERE AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE GOALS IN PLACE. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING INCORPORATED AND TO WHERE IT IS DOABLE TO. THAT'S THE OTHER PART. AND WRONG YOU SHOULD. STRATEGIC PLANS AREN'T JUST LIKE A HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THESE ARE FIVE YEARS.THIS ONE'S FIVE YEAR PLAN. YEAH, THIS ONE'S A FIVE YEAR PLAN. WE DID A SHORT PLAN BECAUSE WE WERE ON THE FIVE YEAR TRACK WHEN COVID HIT. AND SO WE WERE KIND OF LIKE, OOH, I DON'T KNOW. SO WE DID A SHORT ONE RIGHT AFTER COVID. WE JUST DID THREE YEARS TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO NOW WE'RE BACK TO FIVE. YEAH. AND LUCKILY WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT. SO YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE STAY THROUGH THAT. YES MA'AM. OH I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M EXCITED THAT THE PATRONS ARE EXCITED BECAUSE VISITING THE LIBRARY AND BRINGING MY KIDS TO THE TUTORING AND JUST KIND OF HAVING MY OWN KUMBAYA TIME, I'M LIKE, IS THE LIBRARY GIVING AWAY SOMETHING FOR FREE BECAUSE IT IS PACKED IN HERE? YEAH, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST HAVING A BIG PARTY IN HERE. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS FULL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I THINK THESE NEW PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THE CITIZENS COMING AND THEY ARE ENGAGED AND THEY'RE ALL DOING THEIR THING. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE QUIET ROOM IN THE BACK FOR THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED TO GET THINGS DONE. I JUST REALLY COMMEND YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. OH, THANK YOU, TASHA, I'M GLAD YOU YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE THAT. YEAH, I GOT I CLOSED LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS WHEN THE TUTORING IS. AND IT'S JUST A MADHOUSE. BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, EVERYONE'S DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL GO. I WALKED AROUND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE SURE EVERYBODY WAS OKAY. LIKE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS KIND OF ON THEIR OWN. I'M LIKE, OKAY, YOU GUYS ARE BEHAVING. EVERYTHING'S GOOD. I GO TO THE TEEN ROOM, EVERYBODY, AND WE HAVE JUST THE BEST KIDS. EVERYONE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING GREAT. AND SATURDAYS HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT TOO. JUST NUTS. BUT IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND IT GOES SO FAST. I WORKED LAST SATURDAY TOO, AND WE HAD SUCH A WE JUST HAD A BALL. IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
I HAD A KID, I WAS WORKING IN THE TEEN ROOM AND I HAD A KID COME IN. HE'S A SENIOR AND HE'S GOTTEN HOOKED ON NOVELS AND VERSE AND HE'S LIKE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M LIKE, YEAH. AND I'M LIKE, LET'S, LET'S DO THIS. YOU WANNA DO THIS? WE'RE GONNA DO THIS. AND I'M LIKE, YOU SIT THERE, I'M JUST GONNA BRING YOU A STACK. SO I KEPT BRINGING HIM STUFF AND BRINGING HIM STUFF, AND HE WAS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO EXCITED. AND HE SAID HE LIKED THEM BECAUSE HE'S SO BUSY WITH SCHOOLWORK THAT WHEN HE SITS DOWN, HE LIKES TO BE ABLE TO READ IT IN ONE SITTING.
AND HE CAN DO THAT WITH NOVELS AND VERSE BECAUSE THEY GO QUICK, YOU KNOW? SO WE JUST HAD THE BEST TALK AND I'M LIKE, I JUST LOVE THIS. GREAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT TIME. SO YAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. READY TO MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM OF THE EVENING UPCOMING. PROGRAMS. YES.
AND A PROGRAM THAT'S NOT LISTED ON HERE. AND I MEANT TO ATTACH IT TO THE EMAIL I JUST SENT YOU GUYS WITH THE AGENDA AND EVERYTHING IS THIS SATURDAY IS I DON'T I THINK I TOLD YOU, REMEMBER TELLING YOU GUYS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO NAME THE STORYTIME ROOM AFTER THE FORMER MAYOR, ERIC KOCH. SO THAT RECEPTION IS THIS SATURDAY COMING UP AT 11 A.M. SO WE'LL BE IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM DOING A FEW REMARKS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO THE STORYTIME ROOM, UNVEIL THE PLAQUE, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND HAVE CAKE. SO CAN YOU TELL WHICH PART I'M EXCITED ABOUT? I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT CAKE. SO ANYWAY,
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MAYOR HOGUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE LIBRARY SUPPORTER. HE WAS THE MAYOR DURING COVID AND HE WE DID A WHOLE MISTER MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIM. IT WAS REALLY FUN. AND HE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN HE USED TO SHOW UP. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING HERE, AND I WAS THE ONLY CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN, AND I'M AT THE CHILDREN'S DESK AND I SEE THIS GUY COME IN AND HE'S REALLY LOUD, AND THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE TALKING TO HIM. AND THEN HE GOES BACK BEHIND THE SERVICE DESK AND HE STARTS CHECKING PEOPLE OUT, AND I'M GOING, WHAT IS HAPPENING? AND IT WAS HIM. HE WAS JUST HE WOULD JUST COME IN AND START, YOU KNOW, DOING STUFF BEHIND THE DESK AND CHECKING PEOPLE OUT. AND PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND GO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE'S LIKE, I'M WHERE I WORK HERE NOW. AND YOU KNOW, HE WOULD JUST DO EVERYTHING WRONG. BUT EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST GREAT. AND HE WAS HE'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN VERY INVOLVED. AND EVEN BEFORE THAT HE USED TO DO HE USED TO BE A RONALD MCDONALD CLOWN. SO HE'D VISIT ALL THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSES AND HE WOULD BACK IN THE DAY, HE WOULD COME TO THE LIBRARY LIKE WAY BEFORE MY TIME AND DRESSED AS A CLOWN AND DO SHOWS FOR THE KIDS. AND HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK AND HE'S COME TO THE BOOK CLUBS WITH THE KIDS. I MEAN, HE'S JUST VERY ALWAYS BEEN VERY INVOLVED. AND SO I KNOW HE KNEW MRS. SMITH VERY WELL. SO HE WAS VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED BY THIS. AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN COME, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU.ALL RIGHT, BACK TO EVENTS. SO WINTER READING CHALLENGE IS GOING ON. IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, BY ALL MEANS IT'S ON BEANSTACK FOR ADULTS. THE KIDS ONE HAS AN ACTUAL LOG YOU PICK UP AT THE CHILDREN'S DESK, AND THE TEEN ONE IS ALSO ON BEANSTACK. WE'VE GOT A GREAT BIRDS OF TEXAS PROGRAM COMING UP. IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S NOT FEBRUARY 18TH THAT HAS CHANGED.
SO THE PROGRAM PRESENTER, EXCUSE ME, HAD A CONFLICT. SO IT'S THE WEEK AFTER. LET ME MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THE RIGHT DATE REAL QUICK. IT IS. YEP THE 15TH. SO IT'S NOT SATURDAY THE EIGHTH BUT SATURDAY THE 15TH. SO REGISTRATION FOR THAT STARTS ON THIS SATURDAY ACTUALLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THIS SATURDAY. SO THAT'S NOT OPEN NOW BUT IT WILL START ON THIS SATURDAY. WE HAVE IT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LIBRARY WEBSITE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. ANOTHER INTERESTING ONE IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN FURTHER. TEA BLENDING IS COMING UP THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH SO YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN TEA FLAVOR AND LEARN THE BASICS OF TEA BLENDING, WHICH SOUNDS REALLY EXCITING. SO REGISTRATION FOR THAT OPENS FEBRUARY 6TH. AND THEN IF YOU FLIP IT OVER, FEBRUARY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SO WE HAVE COWBOYS OF COLOR RODEO IS COMING ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH AT SIX. WE HAD THIS LAST MONTH IN HONOR OF MLK DAY, AND I'M GOING TO MESS UP HIS LAST NAME. JAMES. IS IT MCENTEE? I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME. I'M SO SORRY, BUT HE IS A DESCENDANT OF THE MAN WHO THE MARK CLEMENTS BASED JIM OFF OF IN HUCK FINN. AND SO HE DID A WHOLE PROGRAM ON HIS FAMILY ANCESTRY AND, AND HOW HE RESEARCHED JIM. AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY AMAZING. SO YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE. COWBOYS OF COLOR. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY INTERESTING. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL DISPLAY IN THE CASE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS WELL CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH. SO THIS IS BRAND NEW. WE JUST STARTED IT THIS MONTH AND WE HAD FIVE PEOPLE COME. IT WAS VERY EXCITING. SO OUR NEW NEWEST LIBRARIAN ERICA STARTED CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASS. AND IT'S BASICALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT JUST NEED TO BRUSH UP, GET COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS. THEY TALK ABOUT A LOT OF IDIOMS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME STRANGE THINGS THAT WE SAY AND FOR, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT NATIVE SPEAKERS. AND SO THAT WENT REALLY WELL. SO WE'RE EXCITED. WE HOPE THAT KEEPS GROWING. AND SHE HOPES TO ADD AN EVENING CLASS AS WELL FOR THAT. SO THAT'LL KEEP GROWING. AND THERE'S THE HOSPICE PROGRAM I WAS TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT. SO THE REGISTRATION FOR THAT OPENS ON MONDAY. ALL OF OUR STORYTIMES ARE BACK. SO WE HAD TAKEN A BREAK OVER THE HOLIDAYS. BUT THAT IS ALL BACK AND IN FULL SWING. LIKE I MENTIONED ALREADY, THE KIDS WINTER CHALLENGE, ALL OF THE REGULAR CLUBS ARE BACK. TEEN WINTER CHALLENGE, ALL THE REGULAR TEEN CLUBS AS WELL ARE ARE GOING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS? JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR ADDING EVENING HOURS. YEAH. YES MA'AM. YES WE. SO PLANO HAS A CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASS.
AND ERICA WENT AND TALKED TO THE LIBRARIANS THERE THAT WERE DOING IT. AND I THINK THEY ALSO OFFER DIFFERENT TIMES. AND SO THEY WERE JUST KIND OF PLAYING TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW, AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, SAYING WHAT WORKS FOR YOU AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL WORK. SO YEAH, BUT THAT ONE'S ONE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND FOR A WHILE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. LOVELY SUPER EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE PROGRAMS
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COMING UP. IF I CAN GET A MOTION, WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSES 4 TO 0. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. YAY!* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.