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ALL RIGHT. 301. ALL RIGHT. IT IS NOW 7 P.M. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE FEBRUARY 24TH MEETING
[Library Advisory Board on February 24, 2025.]
OF THE WILEY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD. REGULAR MEETING. FIRST THING ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ABSENCE. ROBERTA IS NOT HERE. SHE IS IN HAWAII. LUCKY HER. YEAH, I THINK SHE SAID HAWAII. I THINK SHE'S ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE. SOMEWHERE? SOMEWHERE. I WISH WE WERE WITH HER ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE JUST NEED TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 27TH MEETING, AND WE'LL GET INTO OUR WORK SESSION. OKAY. ALRIGHT.AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ON IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 27TH, 2020 FIVE MINUTES. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, THERE WE GO. GO AHEAD. ZACH, WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. BE SURE TO VOTE ON YOUR LITTLE PAD THERE. OKAY. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING IN TO OUR MEETING. WORK SESSION 2024 ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD AFFILIATE. WOO HOO! YAY! DID I TURN OFF? NO. THERE. SO THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW WE'VE GOTTEN THIS AWARD, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. AND I INCLUDED THE AWARD LETTER THERE FOR YOU ALL TO SEE SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS. SO NOW WE ARE ONE OF 102 LIBRARIES IN THE STATE. SO WE'RE THE TOP 19% OF ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE STATE. BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. SO ON THE APRIL 22ND COUNCIL MEETING, IF YOU GUYS ARE AVAILABLE, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR US AT 6:00. CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF'S OFFICE WILL ALSO BE HERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR US. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO BE HERE SO YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND SHARE IN THE JOY AND MERRIMENT OF THAT MOMENT AND THE CELEBRATION. SO, YEAH. AND TO GET RECOGNIZED FOR ALL THE HARD WORK Y'ALL DO TOO. SO I HOPE YOU CAN COME APRIL 22ND, 6 P.M. AND IT SHOULD BE THE VERY TOP OF THE MEETING. APPARENTLY WE'RE COMPETING WITH A FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE ALSO GOT A PROCLAMATION, AND I'M LIKE, COME ON, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M NOT. BUT IT'LL BE IT'LL BE FUN. SO WE'LL BE IT SHOULDN'T LAST MORE THAN 20 OR 30 MINUTES, I HOPE. OH, THAT'D BE THE MOST. THEY WANTED TO PUT US ON THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL BECAUSE IT'S NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. BUT THEY'RE DOING WILY WAY STUDENTS THAT NIGHT, WHICH USUALLY TAKES ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF. AND I SAID, NO, THANK YOU. WE WILL WAIT NEXT. THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. I SAID, LET THE KIDS HAVE THEIR DAY. WE'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT ONE. SO VERY EXCITING. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OH, TURN YOUR MIC ON. THERE YOU GO.
OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND ITEM IN OUR WORK SESSION, REVIEWING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE 2025 THROUGH 2030. YES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE NOW. AND I GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID LAST TIME WE MET. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. AND WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS KIND OF BREAKING THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT INTO GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND THEN LISTING THINGS UNDER THAT. YOU MAY SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES IN THE PICTURES HERE. WE HAVE A FEW BOARD MEMBERS PICTURED IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS, PARTICULARLY ON PAGE. OH GOSH, I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES BACK ON. PAGE 11. WE HAVE A PICTURE OF MISS ROBERTA IN THAT ONE. AND THEN LATER ON WE HAVE THE PHOTO WITH CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF. THE ONE OF THE YEARS THAT WE WON THE LIBRARY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD BEFORE. SO THAT WAS ON PAGE 15 UNDER STRATEGIC GOALS AND PRIORITIES NUMBER SIX. SO IN THAT ONE YOU'LL MONICA IS IN THERE, ROBERTA IS IN THERE.
JUSTIN'S IN THERE. BRIAN'S IN THERE. ZACH'S IN THERE. EVERYBODY'S IN THERE. I LOVE IT.
IT'S GREAT. SO ANYWAY, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS OUT TO YOU. YOU GUYS CAN KNOW HOW TO READ, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT, BASICALLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, WE
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WANTED TO WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO GENERALIZED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM TO PIVOT IF WE NEEDED TO. SO SOME THINGS ARE MORE SPECIFIC THAN OTHERS. SOME OF THESE THINGS WE ALREADY DO, WE JUST KIND OF WANT TO EXPAND ON, PARTICULARLY IN THE PARTNERING, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES KEEP POPPING UP, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THAT. SO WE'D LOVE TO DO THAT. AND SOME OF THE THINGS, PARTICULARLY UNDER THE TECHNOLOGY, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH TECHNOLOGY. THINGS CHANGE SO FAST. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TOMORROW. THE THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO START CIRCULATING PHONES. I DON'T KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.SO WE KIND OF WANTED TO KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT BROAD SO THAT WE COULD, LIKE I SAID, KIND OF STICK TO OUR MISSION NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE SOME DEFINITE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH AND SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS, WHICH MAY NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THEM, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE THING I'M THINKING OF IS THE HOME SCHOOL AREA WITH THE RESOURCE. IT'S UNDER NUMBER FIVE, THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENT, EXPANDING THE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER TO INCLUDE A HOME SCHOOLING MEETING SPACE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE KIND OF WORKING ON NOW. AND THAT WILL HAVE Y'ALL'S INVOLVEMENT IN IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE POLICY ON THAT. SO BECAUSE IT'S A ROOM THAT'S KIND OF DONATED AND NOT REALLY DICTATED AS TOO STRONG OF A WORD, BUT IT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION GIFTED US THAT ROOM AND HAD CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR IT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE HOMESCHOOLERS CAN ALSO USE IT. SO WE WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE MAKING THEM HAPPY. AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL SO WE CAN UPDATE THAT POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR THAT SERVICE. SO.
YOU MAY NOTICE THE WORD SUSTAINABILITY A LOT THROUGHOUT IT. I'M FLIPPING THROUGH IT GOING SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY. YOU KNOW WE'RE REACHING BUILD OUT. WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AWAY NOW AT THIS POINT. AND AT THAT POINT IT BECOMES, HOW DO WE KEEP OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE HERE WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY? SO AND MAYBE EVEN LESS, I DON'T KNOW, I HOPE NOT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT IN THERE EVERYWHERE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF IT? AND Y'ALL CONTINUE LOOKING. I'M NOT TRYING TO RUSH YOU. WHAT I CAN SAY IS, WHEN, YOU KNOW, I COME TO THE LIBRARY AND TRY TO CHECK THINGS OUT OR DO THINGS ELECTRONICALLY, I CAN REALLY TELL HOW BUSY EVERYTHING IS AND HOW IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU GOT TO WAIT. THERE'S IT'S CHECKED OUT. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE SERVICES ARE REALLY FULLY BEING UTILIZED FOR SURE. YES, THAT IS TRUE. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND MOVING ON. REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR THIS. FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL. YES. THANK YOU. SO I THINK YOU GUYS WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER WE LOST A STAFF MEMBER AT THE END OF OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. PRISCILLA PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY AND IT WAS DEVASTATING AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT. BUT HER FAMILY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE HER BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE LIBRARY. SHE LOVED WHAT SHE DID. SHE LOVED WORKING WITH THE KIDS. OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO CRY. AND SO ORIGINALLY THEY WANTED TO DO A BENCH OUTSIDE, WHICH IS A LOVELY IDEA. BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF FELT LIKE HER PASSION WAS KIDS, AND PARTICULARLY SHE DID TODDLER TIME. SO PARTICULARLY THOSE YOUNG KIDS. SO I SAID, WHAT IF WE DID A PLAY WALL? AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE EXAMPLES ON THAT VERY FIRST PAGE, PAGE 19, WHERE THE WHITE PAPER IS, IS KIND OF US MAPPING OUT THE SCENE. YOU AND I ARE SITTING THERE MAPPING THESE OUT TO SEE HOW WE COULD MAKE IT WORK. WE HAD THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE DIFFERENT PANELS THAT WE COULD USE ALONG THAT WALL. THEY'RE CALLED SENSORY PANELS. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THEM AT DOCTOR'S OFFICES. I MEAN, YOU'VE SEEN LIKE THE BEAD CUBES. THEY'RE LIKE THAT, BUT ON THE WALL. SO SOME OF THEM HAVE BEADS, SOME OF THEM HAVE GEARS, SOME OF THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT ONES. ONE OF THEM, THE BIG TALL ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THAT TOP PICTURE, IT'S CALLED
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THE FOREST ACTIVITY WALL. AND IT HAS LIKE A LITTLE CHARACTER YOU CAN TAKE THROUGH THE FOREST AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A FOREST AND THERE'S MOUNTAINS AND THERE'S WATER AND IT'S REALLY CUTE. AND AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT ONE, THERE'S A GOAT. AND PRISCILLA'S FAVORITE ANIMAL IS A GOAT. AND SO WE JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS KISMET. WE HAD TO PUT THAT IN THERE. SO THEY LOVE THIS IDEA.SO HER FAMILY STARTED FUNDRAISING AMONGST THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO THAT THEY COULD PAY FOR IT. BUT WE KIND OF HAD THE FRIENDS INVOLVED. THE FRIENDS WANTED TO BE INVOLVED, SO THEY AGREED TO DO 5050. SO PRISCILLA'S FAMILY IS PAYING FOR HALF OF THE PROJECT AND THE FRIENDS ARE PAYING FOR THE OTHER HALF. SO WE'VE ORDERED ALL THE PANELS THIS WEEK, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED. AND THE OTHER SMALLER PANELS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE GOING HORIZONTAL, THERE'S 16 BY 16 PANELS. THERE ARE RAILS THAT GO ON THE WALL AND THEY JUST SLIDE RIGHT IN, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IF ONE WEARS OUT, WE CAN JUST TAKE IT OUT AND REPLACE IT WITH A DIFFERENT ONE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BECAUSE THAT TERRACOTTA COLOR, IT'S KIND OF DARK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LIGHTING, LIGHTING IT UP WITH SOME VINYL CLOUDS. THEY'RE ALL PRETTY CLOUDS AND A BIG SUN TO PUT AT THE TOP. SO AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT SAY PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL AND WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE PLAQUE THERE. AND WE'RE ALREADY TALKING TO OUR PLAQUE PERSON WHO DID THE PLAQUE FOR THE HOAG RECEPTION. HE'S WE ASKED HIM TO DO ONE IN THE SHAPE OF A CLOUD THAT HOPEFULLY WILL LIGHT UP. SO HE'S LIKE, I THINK I CAN DO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE. SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE EXAMPLES OF THE ACTIVITY PANEL. I FORGOT TO PUT THOSE IN THERE. SO ON THE NEXT PAGE THERE'S THAT FOREST WALL. AND ON THE TOP RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE GOAT. AND AT THE BOTTOM THOSE ARE THE THREE WALL PANELS THAT WE'LL BE USING. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE ON A RAIL AND YOU JUST SLIP THEM IN. SO IT'S A REALLY NICE FEATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THEY ARE HANDMADE WHEN YOU ORDER THEM FROM GERMANY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE WHILE. THEY SAID IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 8 WEEKS PROBABLY BEFORE WE'LL SEE THEM. SO WE AND ONCE WE HAVE THEM UP AND IN AND EVERYTHING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE RECEPTION WITH HER FAMILY AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO COME. SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE SUMMER, JULY PROBABLY, WHEN WE'LL BE DOING ALL OF THAT. SO, BUT WE'RE SO PLEASED YOU'LL SEE THE EXAMPLES OF THE CLOUDS AND THE SUN ON THE PAGE 21 THERE. SO WE'RE JUST VERY HAPPY THAT WE CAN MEMORIALIZE HER IN THIS WAY, AND THAT WE COULD INVOLVE HER FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS, AND THAT WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HER EVERY DAY AND THAT THOSE, THOSE KIDS WILL BE WILL BE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT. I MEAN, THE BENCH IS LOVELY, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE MUCH MORE SOMETHING THAT SHE WOULD REALLY BE PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT OR.
I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND A TREMENDOUS WAY TO HONOR SOMEONE WHO CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE LIBRARY. AND I MEAN, YOU SAID SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, QUINTESSENTIAL IN DIRECTING SORT OF THE CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME OR TODDLER TIME, TODDLER TIME. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIRECT IMPACT TO, TO THOSE, THOSE YOUNG PATRONS AND GET THEM JUST TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE LIBRARY. SO I THINK IT'S A TREMENDOUS WAY TO HONOR IT. WAS HER IDEA TO DO TODDLER PROM, WHICH I KNOW BRIAN HAS BROUGHT HIS LITTLE ONES TO AND WHICH IS ADORABLE. THEY GET TO WALK THE RED CARPET. SO CUTE! ANYWAY, IT'S REALLY CUTE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WENT TO HER MEMORIAL SERVICE, HER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WE NEVER I MEAN, WE KNEW HER PARENTS, BUT WE HAD NEVER MET, YOU KNOW, THIS EXTENDED FAMILY. AND THEY WOULD ALL COME UP AND TELL US HOW MUCH SHE LOVED THE LIBRARY AND HOW MUCH SHE LOVED TODDLER TIME. SHE LOVED THE PROM. AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE JUST FELT LIKE THIS WAS JUST A REALLY SPECIAL WAY TO REMEMBER HER. SO, YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING CAN'T WAIT. AND MOVING ON TO OUR MONTHLY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. OUR MONTHLY REPORT. SO THAT STARTS ON PAGE 22. WE'VE GOT OUR USUAL STUFF. YOU'LL SEE A BIG NUMBER THERE FOR STORY TIME. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE IN DECEMBER WE WERE ON A BREAK MOSTLY OF THOSE DATES FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH. AND THEN WITH THE HOLIDAYS WE HAD A LOT OF CLOSURES THE MONTHS BEFORE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE KIND OF A BIG INCREASE IN THE STORYTIME NUMBERS. LET ME THINK IF THERE'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT REALLY STANDS OUT.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABOUT PRETTY HOLDING STEADY THERE. MOVING ON DOWN TO THROUGH THE DATABASES. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ON THE NEXT PAGE 23 OUR PRONUNCIATION. THAT'S OUR NEWEST LANGUAGE DATABASE. SO THAT ONE'S KIND OF STEADILY INCREASING. I THINK PEOPLE ARE STILL FINDING IT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT AS WELL. BUT THE LIBRARY APP'S STILL GROWING STRONG. THE GAIL COURSES HAS SEEN A REALLY GOOD, GOOD USAGE THIS LAST MONTH, SO EVERYTHING'S GOING, GOING, GOING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE
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NUMBERS? OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES. AGAIN. LIBBY'S AS POPULAR AS EVER. SO THAT'S STILL GOING STRONG AS WELL. AND WE ARE SEEING SOME INCREASE THERE IN OUR KANOPY I THOUGHT DID A BIT OF AN INCREASE IN JANUARY, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. AND HOOPLA IS STILL VERY POPULAR. WHAT I LOVE AGAIN ABOUT HOOPLA IS UNLIKE LIBBY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD ANYTHING.EVERYTHING ON THERE IS AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. SO WHILE I'M WAITING FOR THOSE BESTSELLERS ON LIBBY, I GO TO HOOPLA AND SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE SO I CAN LISTEN TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LISTEN TO WHILE I'M WAITING. SO YEAH, AND THEN THE KANOPY. I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THE PLAYS BY DEVICE. IT'S SO INTERESTING TO ME HOW IT CHANGES. YOU KNOW, LIKE IN DECEMBER, THE DESKTOP WAS 15.4%, BUT IN JANUARY IT'S 5.6. ISN'T THAT FUNNY? I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS. I GUESS KIDS ARE HOME MORE OFTEN. MAYBE IN DECEMBER WHEN THERE'S NO SCHOOL. AND SO THEY PUT IT ON THE DESKTOP, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE THEY'RE USING IT ON THEIR PHONE OR THEIR TABLET OR WHATEVER. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE DIGITAL RESOURCE NUMBERS? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PROGRAMS. ARE THEY RENEWED ANNUALLY OR IS IT LIKE A FIVE YEAR PLAN TO LIKE RENEW THEM TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GAIL COURSES? OH, YES. ON THE DATABASES. IT'S TYPICALLY RENEWED ANNUALLY. YES. SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE'RE ABLE TO DO A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT. BUT THE CITY HATES THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE BASICALLY OUR BUDGET HAS ONLY BEEN APPROVED FOR ONE YEAR. SO THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL LET US DO A MULTI-YEAR IS IF THERE'S WE CAN CANCEL ANYTIME WITHOUT PENALTY, THEN SOMETIMES THEY'LL LET US DO IT IF IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT AMOUNT. OTHERWISE IT HAS TO BE JUST, OH, SORRY, IT HAS TO BE DONE ANNUALLY. WHICH IS KIND OF FRUSTRATING BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET A BETTER DEAL IF YOU DO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAVE SOME MONEY, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET NEXT YEAR OR YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR, THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOUND, I GET IT.
THEY DON'T YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING A GOOD STEWARD. THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS. THAT OR YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY APPROVED. SO YEAH. SO IT IS ANNUAL. YEAH. NOW I KNOW THAT WE MOVE FROM THE MANGO LANGUAGES TO THE PRONUNCIATE. YES. AND DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY OTHER SORT OF DATABASE CHANGES OR. NOT REALLY, IF ANYTHING. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS JUST GOING UP AND UP AND UP. SO IF ANYTHING IT MAY BE MORE OF A DECREASING OF A DATABASE, POSSIBLY, IF IT'S NOT REALLY BEING USED. WE'RE JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING IS JUST SO EXPENSIVE AT THE MOMENT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT THAT'S REALLY BEING USED, WHAT IS IT THAT WE REALLY NEED? WHAT IS IT THAT. MAY BE YOU CAN'T GET OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE MORE UNIQUE TO THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON. SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING CHANGING NECESSARILY. BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS GOING AWAY JUST TO COVER THE COSTS OF THE OTHER THINGS. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT BOTH THE GAIL COURSES AND THE UDEMY, WHICH I'VE USED BOTH. I'VE USED UDEMY MORE FREQUENTLY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WITH SOME OF THESE, THERE MAY BE THAT KIND OF OVERLAP WHERE UDEMY COMES TO US AS PART OF A PACKAGE WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN AFFORD IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE COULDN'T. IT'S REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE. BUT YES, I SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE NEXT YEAR. THEY'RE NOT THAT THAT CONTRACT IS NO LONGER VALID. THEN WE DON'T HAVE UDEMY ANYMORE. YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGE ALL THE TIME. SO. OH GOSH I'M SORRY. AND THEN SAME KIND OF FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THE DIGITAL RESOURCES I KNOW LIKE LIBBY AND KANOPY, THE MORE USERS YOU HAVE, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT CAN GET. WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO FOR LIBBY, WE ARE PART OF A CONSORTIUM. SO WE SHARE THE FEES FOR THE PLATFORM, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE OTHERWISE, AGAIN, WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT ON OUR OWN. SO WE SHARE THE FEES WITH LIKE I WANT TO SAY, IT'S LIKE 18 OR 19 OTHER LIBRARIES IN TEXAS. IN NORTH TEXAS, I NEED TO GO BACK.
AND I HAVEN'T COUNTED IN THE LAST WHILE. BUT THERE'S SEVERAL OF US THAT SHARE THE BURDEN OF THE PURCHASE PLATFORM FEES. SO YOU PAY AN UPFRONT FEE EVERY YEAR AND THEN YOU CHOOSE, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE TO PAY INTO THE CONSORTIUM COLLECTION, WHICH MEANS ANYBODY FROM ANY LIBRARY CAN USE IT. IT'S A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT. AND THEN THEN WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT, WHICH MEANS IT'S ALL OUR PATRONS. SO BY FAR THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY WE PUT IS INTO OUR ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT TO BENEFIT OUR PATRONS. SO THAT'S HOW LIBBY WORKS. THE OTHER TWO, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLATFORM FEE. WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING UPFRONT. WE'RE JUST PAYING.
YEAH. PER USE. BUT USE IS GOOD, SO THAT'S AWESOME. THE MORE THE BETTER. YEAH, THE MORE THE
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BETTER. AND WE KEEP LIKE WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY WE JUST STARTED.OUR BUDGET STARTS IN FEBRUARY FOR NEXT YEAR, AND WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, THESE DATABASES ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. LIKE YOU SAID. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO? AND THEN CAN WE TAKE MONEY FROM THAT? DO WE NEED HOW DO WE ADD MORE TO DIGITAL. BECAUSE DIGITAL WE JUST CAN'T KEEP UP. IT JUST KEEPS GOING UP AND UP AND UP AND UP. WE COULD GET ANOTHER PROBABLY $50,000 AND STILL NEED MORE MONEY IN DIGITAL. I MEAN, IT'S JUST THE USE IS SKYROCKETING.
YEAH. WHICH IS GREAT. LET'S DO THIS. SO AND THEN YOU'LL SEE KIND OF A LIST OF SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND TRAININGS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT I'M HAPPY TO ELABORATE. I'LL JUST JUMP AHEAD A LITTLE BIT. FEBRUARY 14TH, WHICH WAS JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR MURDER MYSTERY NIGHT WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. IT WAS SUPER FUN. IT WAS THE BEST ONE YET. THE I HAVE TO BRAG ON THIS THEATER TROUPE, Y'ALL. THEY'RE AMAZING. THEY CAME IN AND THEY BROUGHT THESE SET PIECES THAT LOOK LIKE. I MEAN, THEY JUST CARRIED THEM IN. YOU'RE LIKE, OH, OKAY. THEY HAD A WHOLE BALCONY FOR JULIET. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THEY DID IT. IT WAS AMAZING. AND THEY HAD A CAR WITH HEADLIGHTS FOR CLYDE.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THEY JUST DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. EVERYTHING WENT REALLY SMOOTHLY. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN AND THE THEME WAS REALLY FUN. AND THERE WAS A CIPHER THEY HAD TO DECODE.
PEOPLE WERE INTO IT AND LIKE I WALKED, I, THEY, WE OPENED THE DOORS AND I WENT IN THE BACK TO PUT THE KEY AWAY. AND THERE WAS THIS HUGE CROWD IN, IN THE LOBBY AND IT WAS SO LOUD, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF HEAR THAT HUM. AND I WALKED IN THE BACK TO PUT THE KEY AWAY, AND I CAME BACK OUT AND EVERYTHING WAS SILENT AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND I LOOK INTO THE BUILDING, INTO THE ACTUAL LIBRARY ITSELF, BECAUSE THEY'D OPENED THE GATE AND EVERYONE'S AT A TABLE OR ON A COUNTER WORKING ON THE CIPHER, LIKE NO ONE'S TALKING TO ANY OF THE ACTORS. IT WAS HILARIOUS.
AND I JUST WALKED AROUND. I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. ALL THEY WERE VERY FOCUSED ON THE CIPHER. IT WAS REALLY FUN. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. YES, MA'AM. TASHA, PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE NEW DOOR INSTALLATION MEETING. WELL, I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED. THEY STARTED ON THE REC CENTERS DOORS TODAY, SO WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF THIS WEEK. SO HOPEFULLY BY NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE NEW DOORS. SENIOR AND I WALKED OVER THERE EARLIER TODAY AND WE WERE LIKE, OH THIS IS NO, NO. BECAUSE THE GUYS WERE KIND OF STANDING AROUND DOING THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LIKE, OH GOSH, THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING'S GONE BAD, SOMETHING'S TERRIBLE. BUT WHEN WE LEFT, IT WAS IT WAS WORKING. THEY HAD IT OPEN. IT WAS GOING.
SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, GOOD. OKAY. SO THEY'RE FINISHING UP THE REC TOMORROW, THEN THEY'RE DOING CITY HALL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND THEN WE'RE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO YAY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE TEMPORARY ENTRANCE WHICH WILL BE THROUGH THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. WE WERE KIND OF FIGURING OUT LOGISTICS FOR THAT TODAY. AFTER SEEING WHAT THE REC DID. WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE CAN DO THIS. SO WE PRINTED OUT SIGNS TODAY, WE'RE READY TO GO. YAY! AND THEN JUST FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME, CAN YOU TAKE 30S AND JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THE END PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE FOR OUR FOR OUR PATRONS? WHAT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SEE WHENEVER THEY HAVE THESE NEW DOORS IN? IT'S GOING TO BE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS. SO NO MORE HAVING TO PULL OPEN THESE HEAVY DOORS.
THE FRONT, THE FIRST DOORS WILL OPEN LIKE A REGULAR GROCERY STORE KIND OF THING. THE INTERIOR SET OF DOORS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE OPENING, THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO IT'LL JUST BE ONE THAT OPENS. SO IT'LL BE A BIT OF A WHAT'S THAT CALLED? THANK YOU BOTTLENECK. I COULDN'T THINK OF IT. BOTTLENECK WHEN YOU WALK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT INTO THAT AREA. BUT I THINK IT'LL BE FINE. YOU KNOW DURING EVENTS AND STUFF IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE HAIRY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'LL JUST MAKE IT MUCH MORE, MUCH EASIER TO COME IN AND OUT WITH STROLLERS AND BASKETS AND BAGS AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY. NOW IT IS GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR LITTLE ONES TO ESCAPE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. BUT SEE, AND I ALREADY HAVE A PLAN. WE'VE GOT SOME HEXAGONAL TILES. WE NEED TO PUT THOSE OUT THIS WEEK THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEIR SENSORY TILES. SO WHEN YOU STEP ON THEM THEY TURN DIFFERENT COLORS AND THERE'S WATER IN THEM AND STUFF AND THEY'RE REAL STURDY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM OUT KIND OF OVER BY THE CHILDREN'S AREA. I'M WONDERING WELL I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT LATER. ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM OUT, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL STOP ANY LITTLE ONES THAT ARE RUNNING OUT THE DOOR. THEY'LL BE LIKE, OOH. AND THEN THEY'LL LIKE KIND OF GET CAUGHT UP THERE ENOUGH TIME FOR OUR STAFF TO NOTICE, HEY, THERE'S NOBODY WITH THIS KID, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY RUN OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY'RE FAST. YOU'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW. YEAH. YEAH. BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR OUR OLDER PATRONS WHO HAVE A HARD TIME PULLING THOSE HEAVY DOORS OPEN, EVEN WITH THE HANDICAPPED BUTTONS. SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK, SOMETIMES IT WOULDN'T. WE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT. THIS WILL ALLEVIATE ALL OF THAT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ONE LAST QUESTION. CAN YOU ASK TALK ABOUT THE RAMADAN EVENT? SURE.
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SO LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE DID THE RAMADAN EVENT. WE PARTNERED UP WITH TWO DIFFERENT.MOSQUES TO DO THAT. THIS YEAR. IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED, CAN WE DO IT AGAIN? AND THEY HAD SOME IDEAS TO DO IT AND WE SAID, SURE, SO WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME WE'RE DOING AN ACTIVITY IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. THEY DID CRAFTS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR THEY'RE DOING ACTIVITY TABLES WHERE YOU KIND OF LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF RAMADAN. SO LIKE ONE TABLE WILL BE ABOUT THE FOOD AND ONE TABLE WILL BE ABOUT THE PHASES OF THE MOON AND ONE TABLE ANYWAY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BINGO CARD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WHERE THEY CAN GET A LITTLE STAMP OR STICKER. AND ONCE THEY COMPLETE IT ALL, THEY GET ENTERED INTO A LITTLE DRAWING FOR A LITTLE PRICE AT THE END. BUT WE'LL HAVE SO THE ACTIVITIES IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM, THEY'RE GOING TO DO A BIG LOBBY DISPLAY AS WELL. IN THE DISPLAY CABINET. WE'LL HAVE THE RAMADAN AROUND THE WORLD STORY ALONG THE STORY ON ONE SIDE, AND THEN THE STORY TIME ROOM. AUTHOR NIDAL HASAN IS COMING BACK. SHE CAME LAST YEAR, SO SHE'S COMING AGAIN TO DO A LITTLE STORYTIME FOR THE KIDS. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, TOO. IT'S A COME AND GO. WE'LL DO STORY TIME SEVERAL TIMES, SO IF YOU MISS ONE, YOU'LL CATCH THE OTHER ONE. IT'LL BE FINE. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD IT WAS CRAZY. WE HAD LIKE 500 PEOPLE. I MEAN, IT WAS IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAY BE TOO MANY. MAYBE IT WAS CLOSER TO 300, BUT STILL IT WAS A LOT. IT WAS GREAT THOUGH. IT WAS GREAT. BUT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THAT. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D EVER DONE IT, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW. USUALLY THE FIRST TIME YOU DO IT, YOU, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE QUIET, BUT THEY CAME OUT IN FORCE, SO IT WAS GREAT. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR MEETINGS, TRAININGS, HIGHLIGHTS? ANYTHING COMING UP? EXCELLENT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ONWARD TO UPCOMING LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR MARCH 2025. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT AS YOU KNOW, SPRING BREAK IS COMING. I KNOW JUSTIN'S READY.
SO YOU'LL SEE. THE ADULT PROGRAMS ARE LISTED ON THE 26TH. THE CELTIC MUSIC. WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22ND. THAT WILL BE REALLY FUN. KIND OF A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OUR CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH CLASS IS COMING BACK ON THE 27TH. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO. OH, AND THERE'S A WRITER'S WORKSHOP. OH YEAH. THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY NEAT. SO THAT'LL BE A FUN THING AS WELL. SOMETHING SPECIAL. ALL OF OUR STORYTIMES AS USUAL FOR KIDS. WE'VE GOT THAT FAMILY RAMADAN EVENT WHICH WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT. AND THEN FOR SPRING BREAK WE'RE DOING THE BIG AIR BMX BIKE SHOW, SO WE'VE HAD THEM OUT BEFORE. THEY SET UP AT THE VERY END OF THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY DO ALL KINDS OF CRAZY TRICKS ON THEIR BIKES, AND IT'S A WHOLE MESSAGE ABOUT POSITIVITY AND BELIEVING IN YOURSELF. AND I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY COOL PEOPLE AND THEY'RE REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COME BACK FOR THIS SHOW. AND THEY'RE KIND OF PRICEY, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. BUT THE FRIENDS AGREED TO PAY FOR IT. SO YAY, FRIENDS. BECAUSE I WAS BECAUSE WHEN VERONICA CAME AND SAID, WELL, I WANT TO DO THIS, I'M LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THAT. BUT WE BUT THE FRIENDS DO.
BUT SO THE FRIENDS SAID WE COULD PAY FOR IT, SO YAY! SO WE'LL BE SURE TO PUT THAT ON ALL THE POSTERS AND STUFF. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THEY'RE COMING BACK TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE HAD OUR KIDS FIRST AID CLASSES LAST SATURDAY. IT WAS FULL. SO WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN MARCH 22ND. IT'S BEEN A BIG HIT. OUR TEAM THAT DOES IT. MIRIAM. SHE IS SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE YOUNG LADY. YOU KNOW, SHE'S ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT I THINK SHE JUST KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO BE A DOCTOR FROM THE TIME SHE JUST WAS BORN. AND SHE JUST IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. AND SHE WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW CPR. SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S REALLY A GREAT KID TO WORK WITH AND SO MATURE. ANYWAY, SHE DID THE CLASS WENT GREAT. SO WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN. SO I THINK WE'RE STARTING UP SIGNUPS ON MARCH 3RD FOR THE CLASS ON THE 22ND. SO AND THEN ALL OF OUR USUAL TEEN CLUBS AND THINGS ARE GOING ON. ONE THING I DID REALIZE AFTER I UPLOADED ALL OF THIS STUFF, I FORGOT TO PUT IN THE MARCH 2025, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON THURSDAYS EVERY WEEK. WE'RE GOING TO START WEEKLY. SEE HOW IT GOES. IT'S CALLED LIBRARY LOOPS. IT'S A KNITTING, CROCHET, EMBROIDERY, WHATEVER. WE HAD A PATRON REACH OUT TO US. SHE WAS AN ELDERLY LADY, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY ELDERLY. SHE WAS OLDER LADY THAT WAS NEW TO THE AREA. AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO KNITTING AND SHE WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY KNITTING GROUPS THAT MET AT THE LIBRARY. AND IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE AND LISA AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING THIS FOREVER, WE KEPT SAYING, WE NEED TO START, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME. WE NEED TO START A GROUP THAT MEETS HERE. AND SO I SAID, NO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE NEED TO START ONE.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP ME START ONE? AND SHE WAS LIKE, YEAH, SO WE'RE STARTING ONE. SO ANYWAY, SHE WAS VERY SWEET AND SHE'S SO EXCITED. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. AND I'M ALREADY GETTING ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER OR SIGN UP. YOU JUST COME HANG OUT. IT'S A DROP IN THING ANYTIME BETWEEN 2 AND 4 ON THURSDAYS IN THE CONFERENCE
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ROOM. AND WE'LL JUST SEE HOW IT GOES. WE USED TO DO THIS AT THE OLD LIBRARY AND IT WENT REALLY WELL, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A NICE WAY TO CREATE COMMUNITY AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE SHE, YOU KNOW, NEEDED SOME FRIENDS AND NEED TO MEET PEOPLE WITH LIKE, INTERESTS AND WHY NOT? SO, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO KNIT, WE'LL SHOW YOU.I'VE SHOWED A TON OF PEOPLE HOW TO DO IT. SO ANYWAY, THURSDAYS AND STARTING THURSDAYS IN MARCH FROM 2 TO 4. ALL RIGHT. WELL, ALL THESE PROGRAMS SOUND INCREDIBLE. AND IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE Y'ALL ARE KEEPING VERY BUSY. SO HATS OFF TO YOU. OH, YEAH. ANY FINAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HANDLE RIGHT HERE? EXCELLENT. WELL, IF I CAN GET A SINGLE MOTION TO ADJOURN, THEN WE CAN CONCLUDE OUR WONDERFUL MEETING. THANK YOU. MR. I MOVE TO ADJOURN. I SECOND.
EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. MOTION TO ADJOURN PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.