[Library Advisory Board on April 28, 2025.]
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THAT BIG ONE IS FOR SPEAKING. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT IT. READING. APRIL 28TH. IT IS NOW 7 P.M. FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE. MONICA IS ABSENT. AND IRENE. SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS JUST REVIEWING AND APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING FEBRUARY 24TH. IF WE WANTED TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS, JUST GO OVER THOSE MINUTES ON THE NEXT PAGE.
AND IF THERE ARE NO CONCERNS, WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND.
AND VERBALLY. WE'RE MISSING ONE. DID EVERYBODY VOTE? OKAY. EXCELLENT. THE MOTION PASSES.
THE MOTION PASSES 5 TO 0 WITH TWO BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ENTERING OUR WORK SESSION TODAY. FIRST ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND PROCLAMATION FOR LIBRARY OF EXCELLENCE AWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU JUSTIN. SO IT ENDED UP UPSIDE DOWN IN YOUR PACKET. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THE PROCLAMATION, THE LETTER FROM KEITH SELF'S OFFICE AND THE CERTIFICATE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT COULD MAKE IT. THE OTHER NIGHT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, WE DID HAVE A VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
ZACH WAS THERE. ROBERTA WAS THERE. MONICA WAS THERE. JUSTIN WAS THERE. I KNOW TASHA WAS WORKING, AND BRIAN WAS APPARENTLY ON A, YOU KNOW, HOSPITAL SOMEWHERE. I'M SO SORRY, BRIAN. ANYWAY, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL SO YOU GUYS COULD TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANTED TO READ IT AND SHARE IT. SO THAT'S WHY I INCLUDED IT IN THE PACKET. ALSO, JUST TO MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE RECORD THAT THAT WAS RECEIVED. SO IT'S KIND OF COOL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? OKAY, GOOD.
ALRIGHT. WELL CONGRATULATIONS. FIVE YEARS OF RUNNING. THIS IS THIS IS QUITE, QUITE A RECOGNITION. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS AN AMAZING TURNOUT LAST WEEK. SO I'M GLAD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT TO SEE YOUR AWESOMENESS. AND WE GOT TO GO AHEAD OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO YES YES YES. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA, PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL INVITATION. IF YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING. SO. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SO ON PAGE EIGHT OF YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THE INVITATION TO THE GRAND OPENING OF PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL. IT'S FRIDAY, MAY 23RD AT 2 P.M. YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND. HER FAMILY WILL BE THERE. THAT'S THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ALL WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE PANELS FOR THE PLAY WALL. THERE ARE FIVE SQUARES AND THREE PANELS AND ONE RECTANGULAR ONE. RIGHT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED ALL OF THE. WE'RE PUTTING VINYL CLOUDS AND A BIG SUNSHINE UP THERE ON THE WALL TO KIND OF BRIGHTEN UP THAT SPACE A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE PLANNING ON IT SAYING PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL, BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING A PLAQUE MADE IN THE SHAPE OF A CLOUD THAT LIGHTS UP. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE HER THIS PICTURE ON IT. AND JUST BASICALLY ALMOST THIS WORDING, THE PLAY WALL WAS MADE POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, IN MEMORY AND POSSIBLE OF MADE POSSIBLE BY HER FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE VERY JOYOUS. I HOPE HER FAMILY IS PROVIDING A PICTURE SLIDESHOW. THEY HAVE SOME PHOTO ALBUMS. THEY ALSO ARE PROVIDING SOME REFRESHMENTS, CAKE AND DRINKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE HAVE FAMILY FROM OUT OF TOWN COMING IN. SOME OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY DONATED AS WELL, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THE CELEBRATION IF YOU CAN BE THERE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT PRISCILLA'S PLAY WALL? OKAY. I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, BOOKMARK DESIGN, THE
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CONTEST WINNERS FOR 2025. YES. SO THAT'S ON PAGE NINE OF YOUR PACKET. AND I'M LABELING THEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KEEP GETTING THEM MIXED UP. SO THE FIRST, THESE ARE THE WINNERS OF THE CONTEST. SO WE HAD I FORGOT LISA, I NEEDED TO ASK LISA EXACTLY HOW MANY ENTRIES WE HAD.BUT EVERY YEAR WE GET MORE AND MORE. AND THIS YEAR I ALWAYS SAY THIS EVERY YEAR. BUT IT WAS TOUGH. IT WAS REALLY HARD. I LUCKILY WASN'T EVEN THERE, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE ENTRIES GOING, OH MY GOSH, HOW DID THEY CHOOSE? BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL SO GOOD. SO THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT, THAT WAS THE PRE-K ENTRY. AND ACTUALLY BRIAN MIGHT KNOW THIS WINNER. YEAH, I THINK IT'S BRIAN'S LITTLE BOY THAT WON THAT ONE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN. WHEN THEY FIRST TOLD ME IT'S BRIAN'S KID. WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE NAMED BRIAN. AND I THOUGHT, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW BRIAN HAD A SON THAT YOUNG, BUT OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN IT WAS LIKE, NO, NOT THAT BRIAN. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, BRIAN ORTIZ OKAY, GOT IT. ANYWAY, SO YAY! CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN. THEN WE HAVE THE KIDS ENTRY THERE WITH THE CUTE LITTLE CAT EATING THE NOODLES. I LOVE THAT ONE. THE TWEEN ONE WITH THE LITTLE OPEN STORY BOOK, TEEN SAILING THROUGH WAVES OF CHAPTERS, AND THEN THE ADULT ONE THE READ A BOOK, WHICH IS REALLY COOL IN THAT FAST FOOD KIND OF CRAZY FOOD THING HAPPENING THERE. SO THE THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SENT TO THE PRINTER TO BE PRINTED OFF, AND THEN THE WINNER'S NAME AND THE AGE CATEGORY WILL BE ON THE BACK. ALL OF THE WINNERS GET TEN BOOKMARKS AUTOMATICALLY RESERVED FOR THEM AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEN THEY CAN COME PICK UP MORE IF THEY NEED MORE. BUT THEN WE JUST DISSEMINATE THEM OUT TO EVERYONE. SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING STUFF. YEAH. SO HOW MUCH LONGER I GUESS? WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO COME TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE SOME OF THESE AND PICK ONE UP FOR OURSELVES? WE WILL PUT SOME ASIDE FOR YOU. THEY USUALLY OUR PRINTER IS OUT AT THE MOMENT, SO I'M GUESSING AT THE END OF MAY, BEGINNING OF JUNE IS WHEN WE'LL GET THEM. I'M SHOOTING FOR THE END OF MAY, SO. ALL RIGHT. AND SPEAKING OF THE END OF MAY WILL BE THE END OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL SUMMER 25 AT THE LIBRARY. CAN YOU HEAR THE JOY IN JUSTIN'S VOICE? LEAD US THROUGH ALL OF THAT. WHAT AM I LOOKING FORWARD TO? WELL, I WE HAD A DUPLICATE FIRST PAGE. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, WHEN I DOWNLOADED THE DOCUMENT, IT DIDN'T HAVE IT. SO WHO KNOWS.
SOME MAGIC HAPPENED THERE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL START AT PAGE 11. SO OUR SUMMER THEME THIS YEAR IS COLOR OUR WORLD, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE FIRST PAGE THERE. SO IT'S SUMMER LEARNING CLUB 2025. SO WE HAVE READING CHALLENGES FOR ALL AGES KIDS, TEENS AND ADULTS. THE ACTUAL CHALLENGE STARTS ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH AND GOES THROUGH THE 2ND OF AUGUST. SO THE 2ND OF AUGUST IS THE LAST DAY THAT YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR LOG. ALL LOGS ARE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY FOR KIDS. WE DO HAVE LOGS ON THE WEBSITE. THEY CAN PRINT OUT IF THEY WANT TO, BUT WE DON'T PROVIDE THEM ANYMORE. IT'S JUST THE PRINTING COSTS GOT TO BE WAY TOO MUCH. ALSO, ANYTIME WE PRINT ANYTHING AND HAND IT OUT AND TAKE IT BACK, THEN WE HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR TWO YEARS AND WE WERE JUST RUNNING OUT OF SPACE TO KEEP ALL OF THAT. SO INSTEAD WE'RE LIKE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO PRINT THEM OUT, GREAT, BUT YOU CAN USE ANY. YOU CAN KEEP TRACK ON YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN JUST PUT IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER. IT DOESN'T MATTER. KIDS AND TEENS CAN READ TEN HOURS OR 25 BOOKS TO QUALIFY FOR PRIZES. EVERY KID AND TEEN GETS A FREE PAPERBACK BOOK FOR EVERY SINGLE LOG THEY TURN IN.
WE ARE THE ONLY LIBRARY THAT I KNOW OF THAT DOES THIS. IT'S MADNESS. BUT THERE YOU GO. WE JUST FEEL IT'S A WORTHY ENDEAVOR TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS A BOOK IN THEIR HAND THAT THEY CAN KEEP. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK. IT'S THEIRS FOREVER. THEN THEY CAN. THE MORE LOGS THAT THEY DO, NOT ONLY DO THEY GET MORE BOOKS, BUT THEY ALSO GET MORE CHANCES TO WIN THE GRAND PRIZES. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, THE KIDS GRAND PRIZES, THE NINTENDO SWITCH LITE IN-GAME GIFT CARD, THE PAW PATROL GIFT PACK, OR THE FAMILY GIFT PACK TO BE IN BE THEATER. THE TEENS ARE DOING AN ANIME AND MANGA PRIZE PACK, A NATIONAL VIDEO GAME MUSEUM. FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WAS IN FRISCO? I HAD NO IDEA. OH. HAVE YOU? IS IT COOL? OH, COOL. I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS THERE. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. AND THEN A KINDLE PAPERWHITE PAPER, WHITE PRIZE PACK PRIZES SO KIDS CAN START TURNING LOGS IN AS EARLY AS THAT MAY 19TH DATE. BUT PRIZES DON'T START UNTIL JUNE 16TH. SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, GIVES EVERYBODY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO KIND OF GET THEIR FEET UNDER THEM AND GET SOME SUMMER VACATION OR TIME OFF UNDER THEIR BELT AND GRAB ALL THE BOOKS AND DO ALL THE THINGS AND THEN, YOU
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KNOW, START GETTING THE PRIZES FOR ADULTS. IF YOU TURN THE PAGE ON. YOU'LL SEE THE ADULT SUMMER PROGRAM IS FOR OBVIOUSLY FOR PEOPLE 18 AND OLDER, THEY ONLY HAVE TO READ OR LISTEN TO THREE EITHER YOUNG ADULT OR ADULT LEVEL BOOKS. ANYTHING THAT THEY USE FOR SUMMER READING PROGRAM OR SUMMER READING LOG ALSO WORKS FOR THE READ MORE CHALLENGE. SO IF THEY'RE DOING THE READ MORE CHALLENGE, YOU CAN DOUBLE DIP THERE, WHICH IS NICE. AND THEN FOR THE FIRST LOG COMPLETED, ADULTS GET A NOTEBOOK SET WITH LITTLE STICKY FLAGS AND A PEN THAT CAN BE PICKED UP BETWEEN JUNE 16TH AND AUGUST 2ND. ANY SUBSEQUENT LOG AFTER THAT. ADULTS DON'T GET A PRIZE, BUT THEY DO GET A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THREE INTERACTIVE ART EXPERIENCE GIFT CARD PACKS, SO THAT'S EXCITING AS WELL. OUR BOOK CLUBS FOR ADULTS CONTINUE. THE ONES FOR KIDS TAKE A BREAK.IT'S JUST TOO CRAZY IN THE SUMMER TO DO BOOK CLUBS. SO WE TAKE A BREAK FROM THE KIDS CLUBS AND DO SPECIFIC PROGRAMING FOR EACH AGE GROUP INSTEAD. BUT FOR ADULTS, THEY KEEP GOING. SO WE'RE STILL DOING BOOKED ON FRIDAY, ON JUNE 13TH AND JULY 11TH, AND THEN THE THIRD TUESDAY BOOK BUNCH, WHICH IS OUR SENIOR BOOK CLUB, IS STILL MEETING JUNE 17TH AND JULY 15TH. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE WE START WITH OUR JUST PROGRAMING FOR ADULTS. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF ART KIND OF THINGS WITH A THEME LIKE COLOR YOUR WORLD. ART REALLY LENDS ITSELF VERY WELL TO THAT THEME.
SO THEY'RE DOING WELLNESS WATER COLORING ON TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, DIAMOND PAINTING, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DO ALL YEAR ROUND. USUALLY THERE'S A SATURDAY HERE OR THERE. THEY DO DIAMOND PAINTING. IF YOU'VE EVER DONE IT. IT'S VERY TEENY TINY AND DETAIL ORIENTED. SO IT DRIVES ME CRAZY, BUT IT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. I'M MORE OF A BROAD JACKSON POLLOCK STROKE KIND OF GIRL. AND THEN, OH, THE DAD GROUP IS STILL MEETING THIS SUMMER TOO. SO THAT'S THEIR DATE IN JULY, AND I THINK THEY'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, TOO. IF WE FLIP OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE, THE JAPANESE TOUR AND PAPER COLLAGE, THAT PERSON, WELLNESS COUNSELOR SARI FUJIMARU, SHE'S ACTUALLY COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY INTERESTING PROGRAM.
THERE'S THE OTHER GAME ON, DAD ON JULY 22ND. OUR CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH, WHICH IS KIND OF A NEW PROGRAM WE STARTED THIS YEAR. IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GAINING A LITTLE MOMENTUM. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO STOP IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING IT OVER THE SUMMER AS WELL. HOPEFULLY, MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME PEOPLE THAT WE CAN'T CATCH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. MAYBE THEY'RE OFF DURING THE SUMMER OR AT HOME WITH THE KIDS AND ABLE TO COME. BUT THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.
OUR STAFF THAT PUT IT ON JUST LOVE IT. THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE AND TALKING WITH THEM. SO THAT'S LOVELY. WE HAVE AN ILLUSTRATORS PANEL COMING UP ON JUNE 3RD. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THAT DRAWING WORKSHOP, JUNE 17T, AND THEN AN ANIME K-POP CRAFT NIGHT JUST FOR ADULTS. SO ANYBODY IF ANYONE'S INTO THAT, THEY CAN COME ON JUNE 24TH TO ENJOY THAT. EVERYTHING IS REGISTRATION REQUIRED. ALL OF THAT OPENS UP ON THE WEBSITE. OR I THINK FOR ADULTS, IT'S ON EVENTBRITE, FOR THE KIDS, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. SO. AND THEN IF WE FLIP OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S PAGE SEVEN. IN THE SUMMER PACKET, YOU'LL SEE THE SUMMER KICKOFF PARTY. THAT'S ON FRIDAY, MAY 30TH. SOME BIG CHANGES WITH THE KICKOFF PARTY THIS YEAR, BIGGEST OF WHICH IS OVERFLOW. PARKING IS GOING TO BE AT COLLIN COLLEGE THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF A MESS THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING WE HAVE THE NORTH PART OF THE PARKING LOT. THEY DONATED IT TO US, WHICH IS REALLY NICE BECAUSE THEY USUALLY CHARGE, BUT THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE NOT IN SCHOOL THAT WEEK. YOU CAN HAVE IT. WE'RE LIKE, YAY! SO WE'RE STILL RENTING THE BUSSES FROM WYLIE ISD, SO WE'LL STILL HAVE SHUTTLES GOING FROM THERE TO HERE IN CASE SOMEBODY HAS A LOT OF STUFF OR MOBILITY ISSUES, THEY CAN STILL GET ON A SHUTTLE AND GET HERE, BUT THEY CAN ALSO WALK. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CROSSWALK AT BROWN PROGRAM TO BE A LITTLE LONGER SO PEOPLE CAN GET ACROSS TO THE SIDE. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE. AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF CHANGING UP A LITTLE A FEW LITTLE MINOR THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE THE INFLATABLE SLIDE WE USUALLY GET, IT'S JUST WAY TOO TALL. THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD KIDS THAT GET TO THE TOP AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COME DOWN. IT'S JUST TOO IT'S TOO SCARY. SO WE ARE GETTING ONE THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER. WE'RE GETTING TWO THAT ARE SMALLER BECAUSE THE TALL ONE HAS TWO LANES, BUT THE SMALLER ONES DON'T. SO WE'VE GOT TWO SMALLER ONES, SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS INTIMIDATING. IT'S STILL LIKE 16FT, BUT THE ONE FROM LAST YEAR WAS 22FT. AND I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE WAS 25. SO WE'RE WE KEEP GOING DOWN. SO HOPEFULLY THE 16 FOOTER WILL WILL BE JUST RIGHT. THAT'LL BE RIGHT HERE OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE REC CENTER. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THE FOOD TRUCKS, SOME
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INTERESTING FOOD TRUCKS. ONE IS CALLED FRY PIES WHICH YOU THINK WOULD BE LIKE FRIED PIES, BUT IT'S FANCY CHEESE FRIES LIKE GOURMET CHEESE FRIES. I'M SO EXCITED. IT'S GOING TO BE SO GOOD. ANYWAY, THAT AND WE HAVE A MEXICAN FOOD TRUCK COMING, SO THEY'LL BE TACOS. BREAKFAST TACOS. WE HAVE KONA ICE OF COURSE WILL BE THERE. THE FRIOS POPS, THEY WERE THERE LAST YEAR ARE GOING TO BE THERE AGAIN. AND THERE'S ONE MORE. I CAN'T THINK OF IT. CAN YOU THINK OF IT? ANY IDEAS? SOMEBODY ELSE IS COMING TOO. ANYWAY, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THEM A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. SO LAST YEAR WE HAD THEM. AT THE END OF THAT WE CLOSE OFF THE MIDDLE PARKING LANE AND WE HAD THEM AT THE END OF IT. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM A LITTLE CLOSER, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INFLATABLE MAZE AND SOME CARNIVAL GAMES TOWARDS THE END OF THAT PARKING LANE. SO TO DRAW PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO ANYWAY, JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY THE PARKING. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS. I HOPE IT I HOPE IT GOES WELL. AND THEN STORY HIGH SUMMER STORY HIKES, WHICH THANKS TO MISS SENIO, SHE PUTS THOSE TOGETHER. SO WE APPRECIATE HER FOR DOING THAT. AND THEN WE KICK OFF OUR SUMMER WITH A TREASURE HUNT. KIDS LOVE THE TREASURE HUNT. THEY'VE GOT PICTURES HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY. THEY HAVE TO FIND THEM AND THEY GET A PRIZE. SO IT'S A ONE PRIZE PER DAY. BUT THEY CAN COME EVERY DAY AND DO IT AND SOME OF THEM DO. IT'S GREAT. WE DON'T MOVE. THE PICTURES ARE IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT THEY LIKE TO COME UP.ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE OUR STORYTIME SCHEDULE. SO STORYTIME IS ON A BREAK RIGHT NOW. WE TAKE THE MONTH OF MAY OFF TO GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO GET PREPARED FOR ALL OF THE SUMMER STUFF, AND THEN WE START BACK UP JUNE 2ND. ALL OF THE STORY TIMES ARE AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SENSORY STORY TIME. SO TYPICALLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE ONLY DO SENSORY ONCE A MONTH ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. BUT THAT'S REALLY HARD TO DO IN THE SUMMER, JUST STAFFING WISE. IT'S DIFFICULT. AND SO WE'VE MOVED IT TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SENSORY AT 215 ON WEDNESDAYS. AND DURING THE SUMMER IT'S EVERY WEEK. SO IT'S SIX WEEKS OF SENSORY STORY TIME. THAT'S FOR KIDS THAT HAVE SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERS SUCH AS AUTISM, BUT NOT JUST AUTISM. IT CAN BE ANYTHING. AND YEAH SO WE LIMIT ATTENDANCE TO THAT. IT'S A VERY KIND OF CHILL THING. I'VE KIND OF TAKEN OVER THAT ONE JUST TO KIND OF HELP OUT THIS SUMMER. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF? NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE BROCHURE WEDNESDAY. YES. SO THIS WAS WE CAUGHT THAT UNFORTUNATELY AFTER WE PRINTED. BUT WE'RE GETTING THEM FIXED NOW. SO IT'S FINE. IT'S THE ACTUAL ONES THAT'S GOING TO SAY 2025. IT'S ALL GOOD. WE GOT THE SHARPIES GOING. OUR CIRCULATION STAFF IS GREAT AND MAKING THOSE CORRECTIONS FOR US. SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT, ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE KIDS STUFF. SO KIDS SUMMER PROGRAMS ARE TUESDAYS AT TEN AND 11 A.M, AND THEN THURSDAY EVENINGS AT 6 P.M. ONE EXCITING THING FOR STAFF AT THE CITY THIS SUMMER IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE USUALLY GET INDEPENDENCE DAY OFF, JULY 4TH OFF. BUT THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE GET JUNETEENTH. SO JUNE 19TH WILL ALSO BE CLOSED. SO WE GET A IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE A BREAK IN JUNE AND JULY JUST BECAUSE IT'S CRAZY. IT'S NUTS. SO IT'S KIND OF A NICE LITTLE DAY OFF FOR EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LITTLE BREATH. SO THAT WILL BE REALLY GREAT. KIDS PROGRAMS. WE THEY'RE FREE. THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A STICKER TO GET IN. AND THAT'S JUST SO THAT WE CAN KEEP COUNT FOR FIRE CODE. WE NEVER WANT TO GET SHUT DOWN IF THE FIRE MARSHAL SHOWS UP. SO WE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GIVE OUT STICKERS FOR EACH TIME THEY START HANDING OUT THE STICKERS. TUESDAYS AT 9 A.M. FOR BOTH SHOWS. YOU CAN COME AND PICK UP STICKERS FOR 11, GO HOME, COME BACK ON THURSDAYS. THEY START HANDING THEM OUT AT 5 P.M. IN THE LOBBY. SO VERONICA IS OUR KIDS CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE KIDS PROGRAM.
AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, THAT'S THE TWEEN SUMMER PROGRAMS. ALL THE KIDS PROGRAMS, YOU'LL SEE SAY THEY'RE GEARED TOWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS. SO THAT'S KINDER THROUGH FOURTH GRADE. ONCE THEY'RE GOING INTO FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, THEY KIND OF GRADUATE UP INTO TWEEN. ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME TO THE KIDS STUFF, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHO IT'S MEANT FOR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THE YOUNGER KIDS, THE PRESCHOOLERS COME AND THAT'S GREAT. AND SOMETIMES THEY DO GREAT, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE BORED OUT OF THEIR MINDS. SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHICH WHAT THE PROFESSOR DOES. I MEAN, WHAT THE PRESENTER DOES. BUT ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME TO THE KIDS SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR THE TWEENS.
IT'S VERY MUCH FOURTH THROUGH SIXTH GRADE ONLY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE GROUPS A LITTLE SMALLER. THE A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT THE PRESENTERS, THEIR PARAMETERS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE PEOPLE THAT DO COOKIE PALOOZA, TASTY SWEETS, THEY SAY WE CAN ONLY DO THIS MANY KIDS, SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT. BUT WE'RE DOING IT TWICE BECAUSE
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WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POPULAR SO THAT WE CAN GET TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF KIDS IN. SO WE GOT A NEW, ANOTHER NEW PERFORMER FOR US IS THE WARRIORS OF HISTORY. SO THEY'RE BRAND NEW. WE'VE NEVER USED THEM BEFORE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THE JUGGLING CLASS NOW IT'S THE RAMAZZINI WHO DO THE RAMAZZINI CIRCUS. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO DO A JUGGLING CLASS JUST FOR THE TWEENS. SO I THINK THAT SOUNDS FUN. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT SOME REPTILES. SO ANIMAL SHOWS ARE ALWAYS A HUGE HIT. SO ALWAYS GOT TO DO AT LEAST TWO ANIMAL SHOWS IF NOT MORE. WE COULD DO ALL ANIMAL SHOWS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONES. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR TEENS. THAT'S GOING TO BE SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS. THAT'S OH ANDREA OUR OUR CHILDREN'S OTHER CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN IS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF THE TWEEN PROGRAMS. AND THEN KELSEY IS IN CHARGE OF THE TEEN SUMMER PROGRAMS. THAT'S FOR SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE. THOSE ARE ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS. THEY SAME THING.REGISTRATION FOR THE TWEEN AND THE TEEN. THE STICKERS ARE FOR THE KIDS, REGISTRATION FOR TWEEN AND TEEN, THE TEEN PROGRAMS. THEY'RE USUALLY PRETTY WELL ATTENDED. THEY ALSO DO A LOT OF ARTSY KIND OF THINGS LIKE THE TIE DYE, THE JOURNALING, THE PHOTOGRAPHY, CUPCAKE WARS WE USUALLY DO TWICE A YEAR. WE DECIDED JUST TO DO ONCE THIS THIS SUMMER, JUST TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. AND THEN SHE'S KIND OF CLOSING OUT THE SUMMER WITH SOME DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THE TEENS. AND IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR KIDS THAT ARE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IT. THEY CAN COME IN AND HANG OUT AND SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS. FRIDAY, JULY 18TH FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK PRESALE. YOU DO HAVE TO BE A FRIEND TO QUALIFY TO COME IN, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A FRIEND, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME TO THE FULL SALE ON SATURDAY THE 19TH. WE SHORTENED IT A LITTLE BIT, SO IT'S USUALLY FROM 9 A.M. TO 4 P.M. IT WAS JUST TOO LONG AND WE HAD SO MUCH CLEANUP AT THE END. IT WAS IT WAS JUST WE NEEDED EXTRA TIME ON THE END TO DO CLEANUP STUFF AND LESS TIME DURING THE SALE, SO WE SHORTENED IT BY AN HOUR. SO IT'S 9 TO 3. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE POSTING ON FACEBOOK. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TWO HOURS LEFT, YOU'VE GOT ONE HOUR LEFT. YOU NEED TO COME NOW BECAUSE WE'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN. SO ANYWAY, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOT LOTS OF BOOKS SET ASIDE. CHERYL TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE NICEST. SO MANY OF THE DONATIONS THAT WE GOT LOOK BRAND NEW, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE CLOSE OUT THE SUMMER WITH WHAT I THINK IS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR, THE HARRY POTTER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. IT'S MY FAVORITE THING ON FRIDAY, JULY 25TH. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. WE DO, OF COURSE, THE COSTUME CONTEST, DRESS UP AND CRAFTS AND ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF. SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN, COME CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY FUN AND THE WHOLE LIBRARY GETS DECORATED IN DIFFERENT HARRY POTTER THEMES. SO IT'S VERY, VERY COOL. ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S OUR SUMMER IN A NUTSHELL. I'M GLAD THAT JUSTIN'S, YOU KNOW, IS SO EXCITED THAT SCHOOL WAS OUT. BUT HE FAILED TO MENTION THAT HE'S GOING TO BE OUR PRACTICUM STUDENT THIS YEAR. SO WE GET FREE LABOR. YES. SO KEPT BUSY. SO YEAH. SO HIS CRAZINESS IS GOING TO CONTINUE AT THE LIBRARY. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU SO WELL IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON. SO WE'LL HAVE A LOT. WE'LL KEEP YOU BUSY FOR SURE. EXCELLENT EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT MOVING ON. I SAW THIS ONE IN OUR AGENDA EARLIER. I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT SORT OF AN UPDATE ON GRANTS AND IN PARTICULAR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OUR LIBRARIES. SURE. SO I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THE THINGS GOING UP ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL ON IN ALL ASPECTS, NOT JUST LIBRARIES, BUT THE INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICE EFFECTIVELY HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR THE MOMENT. THERE ARE. SO THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE FUNDED, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK. THE REASON THAT POSES A PROBLEM FOR US IS THAT THEY PROVIDE GRANTS FOR THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY THAT HELPS PAY FOR SOME OF OUR SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH TSLAC, THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION. WE DON'T PAY FOR THAT. THEY DO. AND FOR OUR DATABASES, TEXTURE DATABASES, INCLUDING UDEMY, ALL OF THAT IS SUBSIDIZED THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO HAVE THOSE DATABASES WITHOUT THAT SUBSIDY. SO ALL OF THAT'S UP IN THE AIR. WE'VE THEY'VE BEEN DOING WEEKLY WEBINARS. WE'VE ONE OF US HAS BEEN LOGGING ON EACH WEEK TO SEE THE LAST ONE. SO THIS I HAD TO I HAD TO TURN THIS IN BEFORE THE, THE LAST ONE ACTUALLY WENT LIVE. SO ELIZABETH ATTENDED THAT ONE AND SHE SAID THAT THEY TSLAC. THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES COMMISSION SAID THEY BELIEVE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN FOR THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT NEXT YEAR THEY'RE NOT SO SURE. SO WE'RE PUTTING IT IN OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR, HOPING THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE $4,000, A LITTLE OVER
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$4,000, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WE WERE ALREADY DIRECTED BY CITY MANAGEMENT THAT WE ARE JUST WE ARE NOT. WE'RE JUST PUTTING IN FOR AVERAGE GROWTH. SO IT'S A 3% INCREASE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WAY MORE THAN A 3% INCREASE FOR US. BUT WE'LL JUST PUT IT IN THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU KNOW IF THEY TELL ME I CAN'T HAVE IT THEN I CAN'T HAVE IT.AND WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE. WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OTHER. I'M IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH OTHER LIBRARY DIRECTORS, AND WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, WHAT OTHER SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE, THE CONCERN WITH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN IS THAT NOT ENOUGH LIBRARIES WILL SIGN UP INDIVIDUALLY, SO IT WON'T BE AFFORDABLE TO ALL OF US, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING AT DOING THINGS DIFFERENT WAYS. SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE ENOUGH OF US THAT STILL DO IT WITH THE COURIER AND THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW. I FORGET THE NAME OF THE THIRD PARTY THAT FACILITATES IT, BUT ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ALL WORK OUT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT EXTRA FUNDING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING WITH THAT. THE DATABASES I HAVE NO IDEA. WE'RE COMPLETELY UP IN THE AIR WITH THAT. THE LATEST UPDATE IS THAT IF THEY CAN'T GET GRANT MONEY TO HELP SUBSIDIZE SUBSIDIZE IT, THEN THAT WHAT THEY'RE AT LEAST GOING TO TRY TO DO IS WORK WITH THOSE COMPANIES TO TRY TO GET A SPECIAL RATE FOR TEXAS LIBRARIES, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT STUFF ON OUR OWN. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHICH DATABASES ARE USED THE MOST AND THEN WORKING WITH THOSE VENDORS FIRST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION OR AN OPTION THAT MAY HOPEFULLY WILL WORK FOR US. SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I'M HOPING THEY HAVE MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION BEFORE BUDGET IS DUE. BUDGET IS DUE MAY 16TH. MAY 9TH, NO, MAY 16TH. SO I'M HOPING I HAVE MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION BEFORE THEN SO I KNOW WHAT TO INCLUDE IN MY BUDGET. BUT YOU KNOW, WE MAY JUST PLAY IT BY EAR. SO YOU KNOW, DECIDE. IF WE DECIDE WE WANT TO DO THAT, WE MAY CANCEL SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE A LITTLE LOOSEY GOOSEY FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO BUT WE'RE FIGURING THAT WORKING THROUGH THAT. THE OTHER BIG THING KIND OF COMING DOWN MORE ON ON A STATE LEVEL THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF SENATE BILL 2101 OR HOUSE BILL 3225. THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BILL THAT ARE PROHIBITING.
THEY'RE SEEKING TO PROHIBIT MINORS FROM ACCESSING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS IN MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES BY ESTABLISHING ACCESS RESTRICTIONS, AGE VERIFICATION MEASURES, ANNUAL COLLECTION REVIEW PROCEDURES AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, INCLUDING SUBSTANTIAL CIVIL PENALTIES AND LOSS OF FUNDING. THERE'S ALSO HOUSE BILL 267, WHICH HAS REMOVED THE CLAUSE THAT USED TO PROTECT LIBRARIES, LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS. I THINK, FOR THAT MATTER, IN THESE TYPES OF CASES. SO ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND SAY, THIS LIBRARIAN IS GUILTY OF ORDERING THIS BOOK.
I THINK THEY'RE SEXUAL, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL IN IT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A VERY CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT IS DEFINED. BUT THEN THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IS HAND-HOLDING IS KISSING IS, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THOSE LITTLE PICTURE BOOKS, THE KIDS ARE TAKING A BATH AND THEIR LITTLE TISSUES SHOWING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. WE DO.
WE DON'T KNOW. SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO. ALSO PART OF THE BILL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PASS WANTS A SEPARATION SO THAT CHILDREN CAN'T EVEN GO INTO THE SECTIONS LIKE INTO AN ADULT SECTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT. SO I MEAN, WE WANT TO BE COMPLIANT.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT RIGHT NOW. THE BILLS HAVE JUST BEEN INTRODUCED. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VOTED ON. I BELIEVE THEY'RE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY ON THE SENATE BILL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT THE THOSE TWO ARE KIND OF GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS THE HOUSE BILL. 267 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE CHANGES. I DON'T KNOW, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? WITH REGARDS TO THE FUNDING AND FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES, OR TSLAC, WHAT EFFECT IF, LET'S SAY, FUNDING IS, IS NOT RESTORED FOR THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN LENDING REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM? WHAT EFFECT WOULD THAT HAVE ON SORT OF THE WONDERFUL CITIZENS OF WILEY THAT WANT TO HAVE A BOOK THAT MAYBE THE LIBRARY DOESN'T HAVE? WOULD THEY STILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT? WHAT SERVICES WOULD BE LOST? I MEAN, THEY WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET IT FOR THEM IF WE IF WE REQUEST FUNDING FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN OURSELVES, IF THE IF THEY IF TSLAC CAN'T PROVIDE THE GRANT AND THEN THE CITY DECIDES THEY DON'T WANT TO FUND THAT, THAT SERVICE JUST GOES AWAY. I MEANT TO LOOK AND SEE. WE DID OVER I WANT TO SAY 2500 INTERLIBRARY LOANS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, AND I THINK IT WAS CLOSER TO 2000 LAST YEAR. SO WE
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DO A LOT. IT'S JUST IT'S A SERVICE THAT LIBRARIES HAVE ALWAYS HAD, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A NICE WAY OF FOR THE CITIZENS NOT TO HAVE TO HAVE TO DRIVE SOMEWHERE TO LOOK AT MATERIAL OR PURCHASE THE MATERIAL. HOPEFULLY THEY, YOU KNOW, HELPS THEIR WALLET. SO, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY THE ITEM OR IF IT'S OUT OF PRINT, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T GET IT BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER IN PRINT. THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GO, OH, WE CAN JUST DO USE INTERLIBRARY LOAN. WELL WE CAN', NOT ANYMORE IF WE DON'T HAVE IT.SO. AND YOU SAID THIS, THIS COULD ALSO AFFECT SOME OF THE LIKE ELECTRONIC DATABASES.
CORRECT. SO THE MOST USED ONE THAT WE HAVE THAT IT MAY AFFECT IS UDEMY, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE I LIKE TO I LIKE TO SAY IT'S A VERY CURATED YOUTUBE. SO IT'S ALL VIDEOS, BUT THEY'RE VERY HIGH QUALITY VETTED VIDEOS FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. EXPERTS IN ALL KINDS OF THINGS, EVERYTHING FROM LANGUAGE LEARNING TO LEARNING HOW TO PLAY A GUITAR TO HOW TO START A BUSINESS, TO I MEAN, JUST EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. IT'S A VERY POPULAR DATABASE. WE LOOKED INTO GETTING IT YEARS AGO AND WE'RE LIKE, YEAH, NO, WE CAN'T PAY THAT. SO WHEN THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY SAID, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PACKAGE, WE WERE LIKE, YES. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S BY FAR THE BIGGEST, MOST POPULAR, ONE OF ALL THE ONES THAT THEY HELP US PAY FOR. AND THAT'S THE ONE STATEWIDE. THEY SAID THAT EVERYBODY LOVES UDEMY. SO THAT'S THE FIRST VENDOR THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH TO TRY TO GET US A SPECIAL DEAL IF THEY CAN'T GET FUNDING. SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT IT IS.
BUT INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, THE TEXTURE DATABASES, THERE'S A TON OF THEM. SO IT MAY GO FROM HAVING 20 DIFFERENT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE, BUT HAVING 25 DIFFERENT DATABASES TO HAVING THREE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE WAY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. DOES THAT AFFECT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK SPANISH OR LEARNING EXCEL OR THAT PROGRAM? SO IT'S NOT GOOD. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S BAD. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG CHANGE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USED TO HAVING THOSE RESOURCES AND IT'S LITERALLY GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE GONE. SO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS YEAH PEOPLE WORKING ON RESEARCH ALL OF THAT. AND THEN IT PUTS US IN THE POSITION OF OKAY, IF UDEMY IS THAT POPULAR, DO WE NEED TO GET RID OF ANCESTRY? DO WE NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY THAT WE PAY FOR ANCESTRY HERE? DO WE NEED TO PAY THE MONEY THAT WE PUT FOR PRONUNCIATION HERE? YOU KNOW, THEN WE HAVE TO KIND OF JUGGLE AND PLAY AND DECIDE, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST USE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THIS MAY BE TOO SOON TO HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT ARE THE LIBRARIANS BATTING AROUND THE IDEA OF CHARGING PATRONS FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN? I MEAN, I KNOW I USE IT OCCASIONALLY AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD I BE WILLING TO PAY $3, $5 A BOOK FOR YOU TO OBTAIN IT FOR ME THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN? IN MY CASE, YES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT AN OPTION? SURE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW IT'S FREE UNLESS YOU DON'T PICK IT UP AND THEN YOU BASICALLY PAY $2, WHICH WAS WHAT WE WOULD PAY FOR THE MAILING OF IT. BUT YEAH, A LOT OF LIBRARIES ARE MOVING TO THAT. SO THAT COULD BE AN OPTION RESTRICTING IT MORE. WE USED TO HAVE IT RESTRICTED TO SO MANY YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MANY A MONTH. AND THEN WE TOOK THAT AWAY.
MAYBE WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW PER CARDHOLDER YOU CAN ONLY DO FIVE OR WHATEVER JUST TO KEEP COSTS DOWN. THAT MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION TO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS. ALL RIGHT. YOU SAID YOU HAVE KIND OF THAT WEEKLY UPDATES FROM THE I, THE IT'S FROM TSLAC ACTUALLY. YEAH. SO LIKE ON FRIDAY. OH NO. THIS WEEK IT'S THURSDAY. I'M LOGGING ON THURSDAY TO HERE. WHAT IF THEY HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION FOR US. SO HOPEFULLY. WELL ACTUALLY THE NEXT TIME WE MEET WE WON'T MEET IN MAY BECAUSE OUR MEETING DATE FALLS ON MEMORIAL DAY, SO WE'LL MEET IN JUNE. BY THEN THE BUDGET WILL BE IN PROCESS, SO I'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I INCLUDED AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT OUT, BECAUSE I WILL HAVE MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER BY THEN, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO FROM THERE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WHAT THEY KNOW. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO EITHER OF THESE THINGS BY THE TIME MY BUDGET'S DUE. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOOSEY GOOSEY, AND I'M JUST LETTING MY BOSS, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE PLAN ON SPENDING THIS, THESE
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FUNDS NEXT YEAR. BUT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT TEXTURE ISN'T GOING THROUGH AND WE NEED TO DO SOME JUGGLING, YOU KNOW, I JUST NEED HER TO BE AWARE OF THAT, SO. WELL, ALL RIGHT. EXCITING TIMES, EXCITING TIMES. NEVER A DULL MOMENT AROUND HERE. NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. ON THAT NOTE, I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL USAGE AND THE MONTHLY REPORT OF THESE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT ARE CITIZENS CAN, FOR THE TIME, ENJOY. YEAH. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO YOU'LL SEE. MONTHLY REPORT PAGE 18. SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING STATS AND CIRCULATION STATS THERE AT THE TOP. SO EVERYTHING'S PRETTY STEADY AT THE NEXT TIME WE'LL MEET YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP IN THAT BECAUSE MAY WE DON'T DO ANY PROGRAMING FOR KIDS. LIKE I SAID WE'RE JUST GEARING UP FOR SUMMER. SO WE'RE DOING ALL THE PREP WORK, ALL THE PLANNING, ALL THE CRAFT PREPARATION, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO AND OFTENTIMES THE LIBRARIANS WILL TAKE VACATION IN MAY OR AUGUST SO THAT THEY'RE HERE IN JUNE AND JULY. SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE OFF DURING THAT TIME AS WELL. AND THEN BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, ANCESTRY CREATIVEBUG DATA AXLE, ALL THE DIFFERENT DATABASES THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN IF YOU TURN FLIP IT OVER, YOU'LL SEE YOU DUMMIES ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO IN MARCH, USAGE DID GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT. MY GUESS IS BECAUSE OF SPRING BREAK. USUALLY WHENEVER THERE'S A BREAK IN SCHOOL, ANY SORT OF BUSINESS OR SITE TENDS TO GO DOWN BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE AT HOME WITH THE KIDS OR THEY TOOK A VACATION OR WHATEVER. BUT YOU'LL SEE IN FEBRUARY THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT OF USAGE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE MONTH AND WHAT'S GOING ON. ALSO, WE TRY TO HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT DATABASES EVERY MONTH. SO THERE MIGHT BE A SPIKE BECAUSE MAYBE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT UDEMY IN FEBRUARY AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANCESTRY IN MARCH. SO YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF AFFECTS THINGS SOMETIMES TOO. SO. THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THE WILEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CURRENTLY PAYS FOR OUR SUBSCRIPTION TO GAIL COURSES. SO WE MAY ASK THEM, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO PICK UP UDEMY INSTEAD? IT'S QUITE A PRICE DIFFERENCE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'D SAY YES, BUT WE COULD TRY THAT TOO. THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION WE HAVE. SO IF UDEMY DOESN'T WORK OUT IN THE LONG RUN. AND THEN OUR APP, WE LOVE THE APP. I LOVE THE APP. I WAS AT THE BOOKSTORE THE OTHER DAY. I WAS LIKE, I WONDER IF WE HAVE THIS? AND I JUST USED THE APP AND SCAN THE BARCODE. IT WAS WONDERFUL.IT'S BEEN ALMOST IT HASN'T BEEN 12 MONTHS FOR THE APP JUST YET, HAS IT? SO I THINK THAT'S IN THE FALL, RIGHT? YEAH, IN THE FALL IN OCTOBER BECAUSE YEAH, WE JUST LAUNCHED IT OCTOBER 1ST I THINK OR TWO BECAUSE I THINK ONE WAS A SUNDAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE. NOW THIS IS PRESENTED BY CALENDAR MONTH. AGAIN OUR LIBBY'S GOING STRONG. PEOPLE STILL USING USING THE LIBBY FOR SURE. AND THEN ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE THE HOOPLA CIRCULATIONS PER MONTH FOR EACH CATEGORY. AND THEN THE CANOPY AS WELL. CANOPY HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL, SO I'M REALLY GLAD ABOUT THAT. HOOPLA IS ANOTHER ONE THAT EVERYBODY LOVES. HOOPLA. WE LOVE IT, BUT IT IS PRICEY. SO AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, ROI ON THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT. BUT YOU KNOW MY FAVORITE STATS ALWAYS THE CANOPY HOW PEOPLE WATCH IT. I JUST FIND IT FASCINATING THAT ONE MONTH YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 35 OR 29.1% OF PEOPLE WATCHING IT ON TABLET.
AND THEN THE MONTH BEFORE IT WAS 41%. I THINK THAT'S CRAZY. IT'S FLUCTUATES SO MUCH OR LIKE ON TV, 18%. AND THEN IN MARCH IT WAS 32.1. I DOUBLE CHECKED THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE I'M LIKE, IS THAT RIGHT? BUT IT WAS IT WAS RIGHT. I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OR IF YOU'RE AT HOME OR WHATEVER. BUT AND THEN JUST A KIND OF QUESTION CONNECTED TO OUR PREVIOUS ITEM, THE DIGITAL RESOURCE USAGE, THINGS LIKE LIBBY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE SMITH LIBRARY IS PART OF A CONSORTIUM, IT'S A GROUP OF LIBRARIES THAT SORT OF PAY FOR ACCESS TO LIBBY. CORRECT. IS THAT IN ANY SORT OF RISK FROM SOME OF THE BUDGET CONCERNS THAT WE MAY HAVE? NO, LIBBY IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. OKAY. WE HAVE TOO MUCH INVESTED IN LIBBY. BUT AT THIS POINT, IF WE TRY TO SWITCH PLATFORMS TO A DIFFERENT DIGITAL PLATFORM, WE WOULD LOSE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY COLLECTION WISE ON LIBBY. I
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THINK THAT WOULD BE DEVASTATING AND PROBABLY BE I LOOKED IT UP BECAUSE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, BUT WE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING ON OUR OWN AND NOT DOING THE CONSORTIUM, BUT IT'S SO EXPENSIVE. AND THEN AGAIN, WE WOULD LOSE ALL OF OUR COLLECTION ALREADY. SO WE IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF. SO WE DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT, NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THE NEXT SECTION OF THE PACKET IS ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND TRAININGS. JUST HIGHLIGHTS. IF I A LOT OF THESE, WE DO MORE THAN ONCE, BUT I JUST PUT IT IN ONCE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP READING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON, I'D BE HAPPY TO COMPLY. HOW DO YOU ALL USE LASERFICHE WITH THE LIBRARY? OH GOOD QUESTION. WE DON'T USE IT VERY MUCH. AND ACTUALLY LISA JUST MET WITH JASMINE. I THINK IT'S ON THIS LIST TO TALK ABOUT THAT. HOW DO WE GET MORE INTO LASERFICHE THE PROBLEM. SO LASERFICHE IS A SOFTWARE THE CITY USES TO DO FORMS. A LOT OF THE TIMES THAT'S HOW REALLY IT WOULD, I THINK, AFFECT US. BUT REALLY IT'S KIND OF A RECORD KEEPING RIGHT SOFTWARE A VERY SECURE A LOT OF CITIES USE IT. THE PROBLEM WITH LASERFICHE IS YOU PAY BY LICENSE AND WE WOULD NEED LIKE IF WE TRIED TO DO SUMMER READING ON LASERFICHE, ALL 32 LIBRARY EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP PEOPLE'S LOGS AND BE SURE THEY COMPLETED IT, AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE. SO THAT'S WHERE LASERFICHE KIND OF GOES, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY MANAGER IS LIKE, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED THAT. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO STREAMLINE. WE'RE ANOTHER ONE OF THE MEETINGS. I THINK IT WAS LAST. SESSION THAT WE ATTENDED WAS FOR ADA COMPLIANCE ON OUR WEBSITE. SO ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY APRIL OF NEXT YEAR, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO LIKE LIKE TAGS AND THINGS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVE VISION ISSUES OR ARE BLIND. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS MAKING FORMS SO THAT THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME. BECAUSE DEPENDING ON WHAT PART OF THE SITE YOU'RE ON, IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT IN THE CHILDREN'S YOU KNOW PAGE THAN IT DOES ON THE ADULT PAGE, BECAUSE ADULTS USE LASERFICHE AND THE CHILDREN DON'T, OR WHATEVER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO WHERE MOST OF THE FORMS, THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR GOALS ON THE WEBSITE ARE LASERFICHE FORMS. SO AS LONG AS NOT EVERYONE HAS TO ACCESS THEM, YOU KNOW, THEN WE CAN DO THAT. SO A GOOD QUESTION. OPHELIA. WHAT'S THE CAPSTONE PROJECT? SO THE CAPSTONE PROJECT, THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING THING. SO IT WAS A GROUP OF STUDENTS WORKING ON THEIR MASTER'S DEGREES IN CITY MANAGEMENT IN AT THE UT ARLINGTON. AND THEY BASICALLY REACHED OUT TO ALL THE CITIES AND SAID, HEY, IF YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT YOU WANT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WORK ON, THAT YOU WANT OUR STUDENTS TO WORK ON, YOU KNOW, PITCH US, MAKE US A PROPOSAL. SO I DID A PROPOSAL FOR I IN THE CITY BECAUSE I HAD JUST TAKEN A CLASS ON AI AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMING, IT'S ALREADY HERE. LIKE WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF THIS AND BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH. AND HOW CAN CITIES USE IT? WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES? YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND SO IT WAS A GROUP OF SEVEN STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX THAT ARE WORKING ON THEIR MASTER'S DEGREE THAT CHOSE MY. THEY CHOSE TO DO MY PROJECT, AND THEIR PRESENTATION WAS INCREDIBLE. THEY HAD I MEAN, STEP BY STEP, HERE'S WHAT YOU DO. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. HERE'S A QUESTIONNAIRE TO GIVE TO YOUR PUBLIC. HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO GIVE TO YOUR CITY MANAGER. HERE'S. AND I WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS GREAT.I BASICALLY JUST GOT ALL THIS FREE LABOR. YAY. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL. SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE WHEN I TALKED TO THE PROFESSOR ABOUT IT BEING A POSSIBILITY, HE WAS A LITTLE KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T LIKE I, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HE WAS A LITTLE HESITANT, BUT THE STUDENTS WERE ALL OVER IT AND THEY TOOK IT AND RAN WITH IT. AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. AND THEY SHOWED ME SOME EXAMPLES OF, I THINK IT WAS AMARILLO HAS AN AI CHATBOT ASSISTANT. THAT'S HER NAME IS EMMA ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN TALK TO EMMA. AND THEY SHOWED ME EMMA AND EVEN HAD HER SAY GOODBYE TO ME AT THE END. IT WAS REALLY COOL. AND, AND JUST KIND OF OTHER DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN USE A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS MIGHT USE AI. THEY HAD AN EXAMPLE OF IT WASN'T IN TEXAS, IT WAS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT STATE, BUT SOMEWHERE UP NORTH THAT THEY USE AI WITH THEIR FLEET TO PREDICT WHICH VEHICLES OR WHICH MACHINES ARE GOING TO NEED MAINTENANCE NEXT, AND HOW MUCH MAINTENANCE AND KIND OF TO PREDICT THEIR HOW QUICKLY THEY'RE GOING TO WEAR OUT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO ANYWAY, THEY GAVE ME A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE. THERE'S SOME REALLY SMART PEOPLE OUT
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THERE, Y'ALL. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON HERE THAT. I'M HAPPY TO SEE? THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL TEAM THAT'S INTERESTED IN BECOMING A LIBRARIAN. YEAH, THAT WAS REALLY NICE. SHE WAS A SWEET GIRL. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW DAY TO DAY AND WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT SHE NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT SHE SHOULD LEARN. YOU KNOW, WHAT SHE SHOULD STUDY. WHAT WOULD I RECOMMEND? I'M LIKE, GET A JOB AT A LIBRARY AS SOON AS YOU CAN GET A JOB AT A LIBRARY. DID YOU TELL HER SHE CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND AND READ BOOKS ALL DAY, RIGHT? IT'S NOT SITTING AROUND READING. YEAH, I TOLD HER. I SAID, NOW, NUMBER ONE THING IS PEOPLE, NOT BOOKS, BUT PEOPLE. BUT SHE WAS ALL OVER IT. SHE WAS VERY OUTGOING. SHE WAS A GREAT KID. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE GARDEN OUT THERE JUST LOOKS REALLY AMAZING. LOOK PRETTY AMAZING. IT LOOKS SO PRETTY AND REFRESHED AND WELL KEPT. Y'ALL JUST DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THAT. WE TRIED TO POLISH IT UP THIS WEEK BECAUSE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS LAST WEEK, AND WE GOT RAINED OUT. SO WE'RE RESCHEDULING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM TO MAKE OUR GARDEN ONE OF THE ONES WHERE THEIR VOLUNTEERS CAN GET VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO SHE'S VERY INTERESTED, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF COLLIN COUNTY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT VOLUNTEER HOURS. SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT THAT WORKS OUT. SO WE'LL GET THAT RESCHEDULED AND HOPEFULLY I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THAT. ON THAT FOR Y'ALL NEXT TIME WE MEET. BUT THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. ANYTHING ELSE STAND OUT FROM THAT LIST. ALL RIGHT. IF NOTHING ELSE STANDS OUT, NO OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS. IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND WE CAN CALL IT A NIGHT. I MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SHE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. I THINK. I THINK SHE WANTED. A. MOTION TO ADJOURN. PASSES 4 TO 0. ROBERTA LEFT EARLY. OKAY. I SHOULD I SHOULD TEXT HER AND BE LIKE, WE CAN'T ADJOURN. WE'LL BE HERE. THEY* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.