[Library Advisory Board on July 28, 2025.]
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THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. TODAY IS JULY 28TH, 2025. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER OUR 7 P.M. MEETING FOR BIT OF BUSINESS IS INTRODUCING OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. OOPS. AM I ON? I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUSTIN. YEAH I'M ON. SO JUST A QUICK FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. WHEN IT'S RED, THAT MEANS IT'S HOT. OKAY. IF IT'S GREEN, THAT MEANS YOU'RE UP NEXT AND YOU PUSH THIS LITTLE BUTTON HERE TO TALK. BUT I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MALLORY MORRIS AND SARAH APOSTLE. IS THAT CORRECT? I SAID THAT, RIGHT. OKAY, GREAT.
THERE ARE NEW BOARD MEMBERS HERE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES, FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND VOLUNTEERING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE HERE.
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME OUR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS. AND ONE THING THAT I REALLY ENJOYED WHENEVER I FIRST CAME ON WAS GETTING TO MEET ALL OF THE WONDERFUL STAFF AT THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND OUR FIRST BIT ON OUR STAFF SPOTLIGHT. MISS LISA. SO THIS IS LISA GALETTA.
SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SHE'S BEEN WITH US JUST OVER THREE YEARS. SHE'S GOT LOTS OF EXPERIENCE, WORKED FOR AZL, WORKED IN DALLAS, CITY OF DALLAS. KIND OF BOPPED AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE UNTIL SHE FOUND US. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP HER FOREVER. SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE, SO LISA IS IN CHARGE OF. SO THERE'S FOUR DEPARTMENTS IN THE LIBRARY. SHE TAKES CARE OF TWO. I TAKE CARE OF TWO. SO HER TWO ARE CIRCULATION AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. SHE'S ALSO OUR STAFF BOARD MEMBER ON THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. SO I'LL LET HER TAKE IT AWAY. TAKE IT AWAY, LISA, I LIKE THAT I BOPPED AROUND FROM LIBRARY TO LIBRARY.
THAT'S FUN. GOOD EVENING. LIBRARY BOARD AND OLD MEMBERS AND NEW. MY NAME IS LISA GALETTA. LIKE OPHELIA SAID, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND HAVE BEEN FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THREE YEARS. AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, WHAT BROUGHT ME TO LIBRARIES AND THEN WHAT I DO HERE AT SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO AFTER COLLEGE, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND I GOT MY DEGREES FROM UNT, BOTH UNDERGRAD AND MASTER'S IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. AND THEN I WORKED ACTUALLY MY FIRST REAL JOB IN LIBRARIES WAS AT THE TEXAS WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF THE BLACK KIWI ON THE DENTON CAMPUS. I WORKED IN THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT AND I WAS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT. WE ALL START THERE AND WE WORK OUR WAY UP, RIGHT? SO I WAS THERE FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AND THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO GET MY DEGREE. EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH TALKED ME INTO IT. THEY WERE LIKE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN THE PROGRAM. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I GUESS SO, AND I DID. AND AFTER BEING IN THE ACADEMIC SECTOR, I MOVED ON TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES AT LIKE OPHELIA SAID, DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WAS AT THEIR DOWNTOWN BRANCH FOR PROBABLY THREE YEARS OR SO, AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE, WORKING IN A BIG SYSTEM TO SEE HOW THAT KIND OF WORKS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY LOCATIONS. SO THAT THAT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MANAGEMENT WORKS THERE, AND JUST A LOT OF GOOD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AFTER THAT. A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAD WORKED IN DALLAS TOLD ME ABOUT OPENING A KELLER. IT WAS A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME, SO I TRIED TO GET A JOB THERE. I DIDN'T GET IT THE FIRST TIME. TRIED AGAIN, GOT IT THE SECOND TIME, AND I WAS THERE FOR PROBABLY THREE YEARS. THAT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TOO, BOTH TIMES WORKING PRIMARILY WITH ADULT SERVICES. BUT AT KELLER THEY HAVE ONE REFERENCE DESK IN THERE, ONE LOCATION. SO IT WAS GOOD BECAUSE I GOT MORE EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN'S AND TEEN READER ADVISORY, AND JUST WORKING THAT ONE DESK, AND I WAS THE ONLY IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM DALLAS. DALLAS WE WERE LIKE A TEAM. WE HAD TWO LIBRARIANS ON OUR ON OUR FLOOR AND A SUPERVISOR. BUT KELLER WAS JUST ME. SO TEAM OF ONE, AND THAT WAS FUN. AND ONCE I FELT LIKE I GOT THAT DOWN AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS, A FEW YEARS, THERE WAS AN OPENING AT THE AZLE MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR THEIR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION THAT THEY HAD CREATED. SO I WAS THERE FOR, AGAIN, PROBABLY TWO YEARS, 2 OR 3 YEARS, 20, 21. MY DAD GOT SICK, AND SO I WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO HOME BECAUSE THEY LIVE CLOSE TO LIKE RICHARDSON. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE OUT IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED. I'D BE LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY. SO THIS WAY I WAS LIKE, OH, IT COULD BE CLOSER. SOMETHING POPPED UP HERE AND I GOT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JOB HERE. YEAH. AND I'VE IT'S BEEN A DREAM EVER SINCE. I MEAN, EVER SINCE DAY ONE. I LOVE WYLIE, I LOVE THE CAMARADERIE, THE TEAM. THEY THE WHOLE CITY.
THEY REALLY TREAT YOU LIKE FAMILY, LIKE THEY. WE ALL CARE FOR EACH OTHER AND WE PUT EACH
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OTHER BEST INTERESTS FIRST. SO REALLY GREAT TEAM. AS FOR WHAT I DO AT SBL, I MEAN, ANYTHING OPHELIA DOES, I TRY TO SHADOW HER, TRY TO TRY TO LEARN THE ROPES. EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE HAVE TO DO AN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE STATE LIBRARY, PERSONNEL, ISSUES THAT RARELY COME UP, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO. WE LIKE TO TACKLE THOSE TOGETHER AND PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER. SAME WITH BUDGET. WE ALL KIND OF WORK ON IT AS A TEAM. I'M THE SAFETY LIAISON FOR THE LIBRARY, SO ANYTIME SOMEONE NEW JOINS OUR CREW, I GET THEM TRAINED AND JUST KIND OF GO OVER ALL THE BASICS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW, AND ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK OUT AND THINK OF HOW WE CAN BEST BE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD COME UP. ALL THE STATISTICS THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE END. I LIKE TO KIND OF COMPILE THOSE. SO LET'S ME DO THAT, LET'S ME PLEASE. IT'S FUN.SHE'S MY SHE'S DETAIL ORIENTED. I'M NOT. SO I'M LIKE GO FOR IT. I'M NOT REALLY A NUMBERS PERSON.
LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO MATH. IT'S DEFINITELY WORDS OVER OVER MATH. BUT I DO LIKE SEEING THOSE NUMBERS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE, ONE OF OUR, OUR PATRONS USE. YEAH, I'LL ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN NECESSARY. YOU KNOW, IF OPHELIA IS OUT, I ACT ON HER BEHALF. THE FRIENDS. I'M REALLY ACTIVE WITH OUR FRIENDS GROUP. SO WHEN I STARTED, WE HAD A SMALL GROUP, BUT NOW WE HAVE PROBABLY WELL OVER 120 MEMBERS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. AND THEY ARE DOING LIKE CONSISTENT KIND OF FUNDRAISING. SO RECENTLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, WE WERE ASKED TO THEY WERE ASKED TO SELL SOME GLOW IN THE DARK ITEMS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORK EVENT. YOU KNOW, THE PROCEEDS WOULD BENEFIT THE LIBRARY. SO WE JUMPED ON THAT AND THEY TOOK IN OVER $2,600 THAT NIGHT, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT. AND THEN JUST WAS IT. LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR ANNUAL BOOK SALE. THE FRIENDS HAD THEIR ANNUAL BOOK SALE SEEMS LIKE FOREVER AGO, BUT THEY TOOK IN OVER $1,800 THAT DAY AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WE HAD A BIG DONATION COME IN, AND THEN WE WORK WITH TEXAS BOOK CONSIGNMENTS AND THEY'LL THEY'LL GO THROUGH AND SCAN EVERYTHING AND TAKE OUT WHAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN SELL. AND THEN THEY GIVE US A CUT OF THAT. SO WE HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD BACK FROM THEM. SO THERE'S MORE MONEY ON THE WAY, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS NEED THINGS AT THE LIBRARY. SO WE'LL BE READY TO SPEND THAT MONEY WHEN IT COMES IN. I GOT A PLAN. YEAH. ALWAYS GOT A PLAN. AND THEN OUR NEXT EVENT, OUR BIG FUNDRAISER COMING UP IS MINI GOLF AT THE LIBRARY. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE DOING THIS.
THE FIRST YEAR WENT OVER REALLY WELL, BUT THIS YEAR I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SPONSORS LINED UP LIKE WE HAD A GOAL SET FOR HOW MANY TO GET, AND WE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL. SO THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE JUST DOING GREAT THINGS. THE FRIENDS ARE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T JOINED, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN. IT'S LIKE $10 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR FIVE IF YOU'RE SENIOR OR OLDER AND FAMILY'S 20 BUCKS. SO IT'S ALL VERY AFFORDABLE. IT'S GOOD FOR A YEAR. IT GETS YOU THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ALL THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, ALL THE FUN PROGRAMS THAT WE DO, AND IT GETS YOU INTO THE PRESALE FOR THE BOOK SALE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE BIG THING, THE BOOK SALE PRE-SALE. SO YOU GET FIRST DIBS ON ALL THE GOOD STUFF. BUT YEAH, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I DO HERE. MY STORY. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING. I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU ALL PART OF OUR BOARD AND HOPE TO GET TO KNOW YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LISA. EXCELLENT. MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
TYPICALLY, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 23RD MEETING. I DO WANT TO ADD THAT, BECAUSE I FORGOT TO MENTION IT, THAT BRIAN IS ABSENT TONIGHT. BUT FOR THOSE OF US HERE AND WE'RE HERE IN JUNE 23RD, IF WE WANT TO TAKE ABOUT 30S, GO THROUGH THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING AND REVIEW AND APPROVE THOSE. AND WHEN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE, WE CAN CONTINUE ON.
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I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE 23RD, 2025 MEETING MINUTES. I SECOND. THEN IT'LL COME UP HERE. SO I'M GOING TO ENTER YOUR MEETING. DON'T FORGET Y'ALL TO CLICK ON ENTER MEETING ON YOUR SCREEN. AND THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU THE OPTION AS SOON AS CYNTHIA HAS IT SET UP TO APPROVE OR DENY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT. THANK YOU CYNTHIA. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THE FIRST TWO ITEMS FOR TONIGHT TO NOMINATE AND VOTE ON A BOARD CHAIR AND BOARD VICE CHAIR.CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, OUR BOARD CHAIR, MYSELF AND OUR BOARD VICE CHAIR. ONE OF THEM. BUT IF ANYONE CARES TO STEP UP OR MAKE A MOTION FOR SOMEONE ELSE. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF. SO. I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE JUSTIN STRAUSS AS THE BOARD CHAIR. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT, IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE CAST THEIR VOTE. THE NOMINATION PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. ON THE ITEM OF NOMINATING AND VOTING FOR A BOARD. BOARD. VICE CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE TASHA KIMBALL AS OUR BOARD VICE CHAIR. I SECOND. NOMINATION PASSES 6 TO 0, WITH ONE MEMBER ABSENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVING INTO OUR WORK SESSION FOR TODAY, JULY 28TH, THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY HERE AT THE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY. OKAY, I MOVED DOWN HERE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE YOU ALL FROM UP THERE AND TALK ABOUT THIS, AND I'M GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF TALKING FOR THIS. SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE JUST EASIER IF I CAME DOWN HERE. WILL YOU GIVE ME THE POWER? THANK YOU. SO YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR SCREEN JUST KIND OF THIS IS PART OF YOUR PACKET AS WELL. IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ON YOUR SCREEN. I DID INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN THIS PACKET, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT TO BE FAMILIAR WITH. THAT'S REALLY A BIG PART OF WHAT THE BOARD DOES. AND I'LL BE HONEST, IT'S NEVER COME TO THAT. I'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE BRING AN ITEM TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET THAT IT'S IN THE LIBRARY. HOWEVER, ABOUT ALMOST A MONTH AGO, AT THE JULY 8TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE DID HAVE SOMEONE STAND UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THE DISTURBING MATERIALS THEY FOUND, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN'S MATERIALS THAT THEY FOUND IN THE LIBRARY. AND THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE AGE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY. I TURNED OUT THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE WAS A MINOR. HE WAS A STUDENT. SO I WENT AND INTRODUCED MYSELF AFTER I TALKED TO HIS PARENTS. THEY'RE COMING TO MEET WITH ME AND LISA TOMORROW EVENING. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THAT MEETING. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WATCHING THAT, LIKE I SAID, ALL OF THE FOOTAGE IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL. HEAD OF THE WEBSITE. EVERY MEETING IS RECORDED. IT'S JULY 8TH. IT'S DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE WHAT HE SAID.
BUT ANYHOW, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD KIND OF HAVING TWO NEW MEMBERS, THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO REVIEW THIS SO YOU ALL CAN READ. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY TO YOU. I JUST WANT TO HIT SOME KEY THINGS ABOUT IT AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHAT YOUR ROLE WOULD BE IF SOMETHING WERE TO COME TO YOU WITH A IF SOMEONE WERE TO STATE A CONCERN ABOUT A LIBRARY MATERIAL. AND JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, ALL OF OUR POLICIES ARE PRESENTED TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD, WE DON'T WORK IN A VACUUM. WE DON'T WORK IN A BUBBLE. THIS PARTICULAR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY LISA AND I WORKED ON FOR A YEAR,
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ALMOST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE. LISA ATTENDED SEVERAL WORKSHOPS WITH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COMPLYING AND HAD THE CORRECT WORDING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, THAT WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING CRAZY. THAT AND THEN IT GOES TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OUR POLICIES HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THIS ONE, AND THE MEETING ROOM POLICY. THE MEETING ROOM POLICY, BECAUSE IT INVOLVES MONEY, HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE CAN REVIEW THAT ONE LATER IF YOU'D LIKE. IT'S ACTUALLY COMING UP FOR REVIEW NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING IT ANYWAY. BUT ALL OF OUR POLICIES ARE REVIEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS. THIS CURRENT POLICY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY WAS APPROVED BY THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD IN JUNE 27TH, 2023. SO IT'S ONLY A COUPLE YEARS OLD. SO BASICALLY, THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS TO HELP OUR STAFF GUIDE OUR STAFF ONTO HOW TO COLLECT MATERIALS FOR THE LIBRARY. SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HAVE, TEN DEGREED LIBRARIANS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ON STAFF. SO WE HAVE TEN WOMEN WITH MASTER'S DEGREES THAT ARE LIBRARIANS, CERTIFIED LIBRARIANS ON STAFF. THE TWO OF US. AND LAURA, WHO'S OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIAN. SHE DOESN'T DO ANY, EXCUSE ME, TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN, NOT COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIAN. SHE DOESN'T DO ANY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. SHE'S THE ONE THAT GETS EVERYTHING READY TO GO OUT. SO EVERYBODY ELSE, ALL THE OTHER LIBRARIANS. SO SEVEN OTHER LIBRARIANS DO HAVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT DUTIES. EACH OF THEM TYPICALLY HAVE A SECTION ASSIGNED TO THEM THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO DO. YOU WILL NEVER MEET. IN MY OPINION, YOU WILL NEVER MEET SEVEN WOMEN MORE OBSESSED WITH THEIR COLLECTIONS. THEY WILL DEBATE OVER AND OVER WHETHER THIS SHOULD GO HERE OR THIS SHOULD GO THERE. THE ITEM WILL COME IN, THEY WILL ALL READ IT, AND THEN THEY WILL DEBATE AGAIN WHERE IT SHOULD GO. THEY ARE VERY, VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT THIS DUTY.IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH SERVICES, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO AGE APPROPRIATENESS. SO WE'RE NOT MAKING THIS STUFF UP.
EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE LIBRARY HAS TO HAVE JOURNAL REVIEWS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THINGS LIKE SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS DOES REVIEWS. WHO AM I MISSING? KIRKUS REVIEWS THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS THAT THAT'S ALL THEY DO IS REVIEW LIBRARY MATERIALS. WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN'S MATERIALS, THEY GIVE A RECOMMENDED AGE RANGE OR GRADE, DEPENDING ON THE PUBLICATION.
SOMETIMES IT COMES IN, THE LIBRARIAN WILL LOOK AT IT AND GO, I REALLY DON'T LIKE IT IN THIS AGE. I'M GOING TO SEE IF KELSEY WANTS IT FOR THE TEEN ROOM. OR MAYBE KELSEY GETS IT AND GOES, THIS ISN'T REALLY TEEN STUFF. MAYBE IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE CHILDREN'S. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. LIKE, THEY ALL SIT THERE AND TALK ABOUT IT AND DISCUSS IT AND DECIDE. AND TYPICALLY IT'S KIND OF. KIND OF OBVIOUS WHERE IT GOES. BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE GO EITHER WAY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT OUR JUVENILE SECTION, OUR NONFICTION COLLECTION GOES UP TO EIGHTH GRADE AND THE TEEN ROOM IS SEVENTH THROUGH 12TH. SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAP THERE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE NONFICTION MATERIALS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SPACE. THE TEEN ROOM IS VERY LIMITED ON SPACE. SO THE TEEN NONFICTION COLLECTION IS REALLY KIND OF THE FUN STUFF THAT TEENS LIKE. SO IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO WRITE A PAPER, IF THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT. THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO COME OUT TO THE JUVENILE NONFICTION BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM TO PUT ALL THAT STUFF. ALSO, IN THE TEEN ROOM NOW, FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, STUFF THERE. BUT HONESTLY, FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY'RE USUALLY ALREADY USING THE ADULT COLLECTION, IF NOT DATABASES, BY THEN, THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR A BOOK ON WHATEVER THE SUBJECT IS. SO ANYHOW, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT GOES INTO IT. SO WE USE A VENDOR NAMED INGRAM TO PURCHASE ALL OF OUR MATERIALS. INGRAM HAS LISTS OF WHATEVER THE TOP HOTTEST THINGS ARE. INGRAM LISTS ALL OF THE REVIEWS. THERE MAY BE FOUR REVIEWS ON AN ITEM AND ONE MIGHT BE NEGATIVE, BUT IF THREE ARE POSITIVE AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE LIBRARIAN THINKS IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COLLECTION, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE LACKING IN THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ASKED BY A PATRON, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE WE DO GET REQUESTS FROM PATRONS ON STUFF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY WANT, THEN THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL. IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE POLICY, TALKS ABOUT SOME OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO CONSIDERATION, EVERYTHING FROM POPULARITY, BUDGET, TIMELINESS. WE DO WEED OUR COLLECTIONS, SO WE ARE NOT A MUSEUM. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KEEP BOOKS. WE'RE A VIBRANT. WE NEED TO KEEP THEM IN AND OUT. IF IT'S NO LONGER CIRCULATING, WE'RE MOVING ON. AND YOU KNOW HOW, ESPECIALLY WITH TEENS. I SAY THIS A LOT WITH THE TEEN COLLECTION BECAUSE THAT COLLECTION TURNS OVER ABOUT EVERY TWO YEARS. BY FAR. IT'S THE COLLECTION THAT TURNS OVER THE MOST, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR TEENS ARE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING DIFFERENT. IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THIS YEAR, THEN IT'LL BE VAMPIRES NEXT YEAR, AND THEN IT'LL BE SOMETHING ELSE, AND IT'LL BE
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VAMPIRES AGAIN, BECAUSE VAMPIRES ALWAYS COME AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THERE YOU GO. THAT'S TRUE IN THE ADULT COLLECTION THOUGH, TOO, ANYHOW. BUT THE VAMPIRE IS NOT THE TURNOVER ANYWAY, SO THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THE COLLECTION. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WHO ARE WE SERVING? THAT'S ALWAYS THE FRONT OF MIND WHEN WE'RE DOING COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY LIBRARIANS MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, VIEWPOINTS OR WHATEVER IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, THE FIRST THINGS YOU LEARN IN A LIBRARY SCIENCE PROGRAM IS YOU HAVE TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM IT. YOURSELF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH WHATEVER THAT MATERIAL IS, THAT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS DOES IT FIT THE COLLECTION? AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS OR IS REFLECTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WHENEVER WE DO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION. THE ONLY TIME IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION. SO YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH LIBBY WITH OVERDRIVE. WE'RE PART OF A CONSORTIUM. SO THERE ARE HOWEVER MANY 19 OR SOMETHING OTHER LIBRARIES IN THAT CONSORTIUM PART OF LIBBY. THE CONSORTIUM IS PART OF THE PLATFORM OR TITLES THAT WE SHARE. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER WHAT OTHER LIBRARIES PURCHASE. SO WHAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR POLICIES, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY OURS. SO THOSE TITLES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR PATRONS BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE CONSORTIUM DEAL. YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE SO MANY TITLES FOR EVERYBODY TO SHARE. SO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT POWER, WE CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT NOT NOT TO BUY. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER OTHERWISE. AND HOOPLA, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR DIGITAL PARTNERS OR VENDORS, EXCUSE ME. THEY JUST PROVIDE THE TITLES. NOW, IF WE CAN GO THROUGH AND CURATE THAT AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT THIS, WE DON'T WANT THAT, WE DON'T WANT THAT.BUT TYPICALLY WHAT THEY HAVE IS THE POPULAR STUFF. WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING ON HOOPLA, SO THAT'S GOOD. AND THEN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM, THE ONLY THING I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS BASICALLY OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS. IT'S NOT TO RESTRICT IT. IT'S NOT TO SUGARCOAT IT. IT'S NOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THERE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DO. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DETAIL. THERE'S I THINK THERE MIGHT EVEN BE LINKS IN THE ACTUAL POLICY. IF YOU GO ONLINE TO ALA AND THE ALA, THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, OR THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PRINCIPLES. BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WITH INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM THAT WE STRESS, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CONFUSED, IS WE DON'T ACT IN LOCO PARENTIS.
THAT MEANS WE DO NOT ACT IN PLACE OF PARENTS. THEY DO THAT AT SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE CHILDREN THERE. THEY'RE IN THEIR CARE ALL DAY LONG. WE DO NOT DO THAT. WE ARE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO TELL YOU AS PARENTS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU OR YOUR CHILD. I WILL DEFEND A PARENT'S RIGHT TO PICK FOR THEIR CHILDREN WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THEIR CHILDREN ALL DAY LONG. BUT THAT RIGHT DOES NOT EXTEND. THEY CAN'T OVERRIDE ANOTHER PARENT'S RIGHT. THAT'S JUST THE WAY YOU KNOW EVERY PARENT'S FOR THEMSELVES. YOU KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY, I DO NOT, WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT PLACE. WE DON'T WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT BELONGS TO A PARENT. SO WHO CAN SUBMIT A CONCERN? SOMEBODY IS UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE LIBRARY WHO CAN DO IT. SO YOU HAVE TO BE A WILEY RESIDENT. THIS IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHO'S TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BUY THESE MATERIALS. SO IF YOU LIVE IN YOU KNOW, MURPHY, I'M SORRY IF YOU LIVE IN LUCAS OR IF YOU LIVE IN BOSTON. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, WRITE IN AND ASK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT THE COLLECTION, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO AN ACTUAL FORMAL CONCERN, TO SUBMIT A CONCERN, THEY HAVE TO BE A WILEY RESIDENT BECAUSE THEIR DOLLARS ARE SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY, WHICH MAKES SENSE. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD IN GOOD STANDING FOR ABOUT FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. THE REASON FOR THAT BEING, YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE MOVED HERE AND DECIDE THAT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WILEY AND TRY TO CHALLENGE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. MAYBE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW. OUR LIBRARIANS ARE SEVEN LIBRARIANS THAT DO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE 18 YEARS. THE NEXT TWO LIBRARIANS AFTER ME ARE 16 YEARS EACH. UNDER THAT, VERONICA HAS BEEN HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS, MAYBE 12. SHE HAS TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. ANDREA'S BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS. SHE'S GOT TWO CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT. I MEAN, THESE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE IN, YOU KNOW, INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY, HAVE KIDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE NOT SITTING HERE JUST GOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. SO THEY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITY. THEY LIVE IT. THEY'RE IN IT. SO HERE ARE KIND OF THE STEPS I WANTED TO GO THROUGH WITH YOU GUYS. SO SAY SOMEBODY USUALLY STARTS AT ONE OF THE DESKS. SOMEBODY COMES UP AND SAYS, I'M REALLY UPSET AT THIS
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BOOK. AND THE PERSON AT THE DESK WOULD SAY, OKAY, LET ME GIVE YOU THE CARD TO THE SUPERVISOR OF WHATEVER SECTION IT IS. IT'S USUALLY THE YOUTH SERVICES SECTION. SO IT WOULD BE DEBBIE.SHE'S OUR YOUTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR. SHE WOULD FIGURE OUT WHICH LIBRARIANS COLLECTION IT WAS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S A JUVENILE FICTION ITEM, IT'S GOING TO ANDREA IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT ORDERED THAT. SO THEN SHE WOULD LET ANDREA KNOW. THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE ITEM, REVIEW THOSE REVIEWS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY DIDN'T OVERLOOK SOMETHING, MESS SOMETHING UP, MAKE SURE THEY GOT EVERYTHING RIGHT. AT THAT POINT, ANDREA COULD REACH OUT TO THE PATRON AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REVIEWED IT. IT'S CODED FOR THE RIGHT PLACE. TYPICALLY, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY READ IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE PARENTS ARE COMING FROM. IF THE PATRON ISN'T SATISFIED WITH THAT, THEN THEY CAN TALK TO DEBBIE. SHE'S THE SUPERVISOR OF THAT SECTION. AT THAT POINT. I'M USUALLY WELL, I'M USUALLY INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THEY LET ME KNOW, AND I USUALLY READ IT TO ALL OF US, READ IT, WE'LL DISCUSS IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. IF NOT, I MEAN, THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF INSTANCES I CAN THINK OF WHERE WE DID MOVE THINGS TO THE TEEN ROOM. THERE'S ONLY TWO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I CAN THINK OF, THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS. THAT'S HAPPENED, BUT YOU KNOW, IT CAN HAPPEN. SO THEN BY THE TIME THEY GET, IF THEY'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH AFTER THEY SPEAK TO THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SECTION, THEN THEY COME TO ME. AT THAT POINT, I'M GOING TO ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE READ, LISTENED, WATCHED, WHATEVER IT IS, THE ENTIRE ITEM. MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT THEY'VE NOT THERE AREN'T TAKING IT BASED ON ONE LINE OR ONE THING. AND THEN I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK THAT IF THEY'VE READ THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY, AND I WILL TALK WITH THEM AT THAT POINT, IF THEY ARE STILL UNSATISFIED AT THAT POINT, THEN THERE ARE I CAN WRITE A LETTER TO THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD ASKING YOU ALL TO REVIEW IT. SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR. SOME OTHER LIBRARIES DO A FORM. THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS SHOVE A FORM IN YOUR FACE AS SOON AS YOU SAY, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS, AND WE DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE'RE VERY INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE UPSET ABOUT. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE WE NOT COMMUNICATING? WHAT? HOW DO YOU FEEL WOULD THIS BE? IS YOUR. ARE YOU UPSET BECAUSE OF THIS ONE THING? DO YOU JUST WANT IT MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PLACE? WHAT? YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM AND UNDERSTAND AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST THIS FACELESS, YOU KNOW, MACHINE, JUST AUTOMATED, AUTOMATICALLY DOING THINGS LIKE, WE'RE REAL PEOPLE. WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW? AND USUALLY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S NEVER GOTTEN TO THIS POINT. SO I THINK IT'S WORKING THE WAY WE DO IT WORKS. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE FORM. IT MAKES IT REALLY EASY. IT MAKES IT TO WHERE NOBODY EVER TALKS TO THAT PERSON. THEY JUST FILL OUT A FORM AND THEN IT GOES STRAIGHT TO WHEREVER IT GOES. AND THEN NO ONE EVER ACTUALLY REACHES OUT AND GOES, HEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, I PREFER A MORE PERSONAL APPROACH. SO THAT'S WHY WE DO IT THIS WAY. SO ONCE IT HITS THE LIBRARY BOARD, IF YOU GUYS GET A LETTER, THAT LETTER HAS TO INCLUDE THE TITLE OF THE MATERIAL. THE REASON FOR THE OBJECTION AND THE COMPLAINTS INFORMATION. WE DO NOT HONOR ANONYMOUS REQUESTS. WE GET A LOT OF ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS. WE GET THEM ON THE LITTLE WHAT ARE THOSE CALLED? COMMENT CARDS. WE GET THEM ON STICKY NOTES IN THE BOOK, DROP ON THE BOOK THAT THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHO THAT IS. BUT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO SIGN THEIR NAME, I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT THIS IS A LITTLE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY.
SO, WELL, ACTUALLY SOMETIMES WE DO JUST GET LETTERS AND YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. ANYWAY. WE GET THEM IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO. AS SOON AS YOU SAY, WELL, LET ME GO GET THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LIKE, NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I MUST BE SCARY. BUT ANYHOW. SO THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
IN THE LETTER. I DID COPY AND PASTE A PART OF THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY ONTO THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE SELECT A WIDE VARIETY OF MATERIALS THAT SATISFY THE DIVERSE INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE LIBRARY'S VARIED COLLECTION IS AVAILABLE TO ALL. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT EXPECTED ALL OF THE COLLECTION WILL APPEAL TO EVERYONE. WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY DIVIDED SOCIETY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT SOME THINGS ARE TRIGGERS FOR SOME PEOPLE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T APPROVE OF WHATEVER OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, BUT THESE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TOO. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY WIDE LENS WHEN WE DO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, AND WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IN THE LIBRARY IS NOT GOING TO APPEAL TO EVERYONE. WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT, WHICH IS WHY WE WANT PARENTS TO BE REALLY INVOLVED IN WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE READING, BECAUSE REALLY, ULTIMATELY, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO KNOW AND WHAT THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW. SO AT THAT POINT, YOU GUYS GET THE LETTER. YOU HAVE A 90 DAYS TO REVIEW THE REQUEST. HOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO WHEN YOU REVIEW THE REQUEST, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS I
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WOULD PREPARE A REPORT SAYING THIS IS WHAT THE STAFF HAS DONE. SO IN THIS SCENARIO I CREATED EARLIER, ANDREA HAS TALKED TO THIS PATRON, DEBBIE. ANDREA AND I HAVE ALL READ IT. ANDREA HAS TALKED TO THIS PATRON. DEBBIE HAS TALKED TO THIS PATRON. I HAVE TALKED TO THIS PATRON. THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS INFORMATION WE FOUND. HERE ARE THE REVIEWS. THIS IS WHAT WE THIS IS WHY WE MADE THE DECISION WE MADE. AT THAT POINT. YOU ALL CAN GO, WELL, THIS SEEMS IN ORDER. WE'RE GOOD. YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS CAN END THERE. YOU CAN DECIDE TO SAY WE ACCEPT THE STAFF'S INVESTIGATION OF IT. WE, YOU KNOW, LET THEM HANDLE IT. THIS IS WE'RE DONE. OR ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN FORM A REVIEW COMMITTEE. IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT, THEN YOU CHOOSE THREE MEMBERS AMONGST YOURSELVES. AND THEN I WOULD CHOOSE THREE LIBRARY STAFF MEMBERS. TYPICALLY IT'S THE TWO PEOPLE THAT THE LIBRARIAN AND THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SECTION THAT HAVE ALREADY READ THE MATERIAL. AND PROBABLY LISA, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M ALREADY INVOLVED. SO WE'LL PUT LISA IN THERE. AND SO THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE REVIEW COMMITTEE.SO AT THAT POINT, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE READS THE MATERIAL INDEPENDENTLY OR WATCHES IT WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. AND THEN THEY GET TO COORDINATE A DISCUSSION WITHIN 60 DAYS. SO THEY HAVE TO JUDGE THE MATERIAL AS A WHOLE. THEY DON'T JUDGE IT BY SELECTED PASSAGES. THEIR ITEM REMAINS AVAILABLE WHILE IT'S IN DISCUSSION, AND THEN THEY CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AT A REGULAR MEETING. ONCE THEY COME TO A CONSENSUS AS TO WHAT THEY FEEL SHOULD HAPPEN WITH THAT ITEM. SO WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S GOAL IS, IS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THAT ITEM MEETS THE STANDARDS OF THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
THE COMMITTEE MIGHT SUGGEST THAT IT BE MOVED TO ANOTHER COLLECTION. SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT REMOVING THE ITEM. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THERE. WITHIN THAT COMMITTEE. WHAT YOU CAN DO. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR OKAY. SO ONCE THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE IT'S UP TO ME TO SAY FOR FINAL SAY THIS, EITHER I'M GOING TO ACCEPT THAT RECOMMENDATION OR GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. DO IT WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE GOING TO DO, OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHATEVER. SO THEN ONCE THAT DECISION IS ANNOUNCED, THE ITEM IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REEVALUATION FOR FIVE YEARS. WHY? BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. SO IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO DO ALL OF THIS. AND IN PREVIOUS CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE, YOU'LL HAVE GROUPS THAT JUST LINE UP AND KEEP DOING THE SAME THING. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO EXASPERATE PEOPLE. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT IN TO HAVE A TIME LIMIT SO THAT IT CAN BE REVIEWED AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD BE A WHILE. AND IN CHILDREN'S MATERIALS, TEEN MATERIALS, FIVE YEARS IS A LIFETIME. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN FIVE YEARS. SO IT PROBABLY WON'T EVEN BE AROUND BY THAT TIME. LIKE I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY IS REVIEWED BY THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD NOT LESS THAN ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS. THIS WAS DONE IN 2023, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE LEGISLATURE, NONE OF THEM PASSED THIS YEAR. SO FAR, HE HAS ONLY CALLED ONE SPECIAL SESSION AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER ONE. AND IF THEY DO PASS SOME SORT OF LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS US, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE TO REVISIT THIS AND REWRITE IT TO INCLUDE THAT LEGISLATION.
OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER REASON THAT WE WOULD GO IN THERE AND CHANGE IT. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO. SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW WHATEVER LAWS ARE PUT IN PLACE. WE'RE A LAWFUL ORGANIZATION. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THIS OR ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY AT ALL? OKAY.
EVERYBODY FEEL GOOD. YAY! OH, I ALSO KIND OF WANTED TO SAY WE DON'T SAY CHALLENGE. SO WE SAY YOU'RE STATING A CONCERN. THAT WAS ANOTHER THING THAT THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY REALLY SUGGESTED BECAUSE CHALLENGE, IT'S COMBATIVE, IT'S NEGATIVE. AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO WORK AGAINST ANYONE. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT? THAT'S WHY I LIKE THIS APPROACH BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION. TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. LET US HELP YOU FIND MAYBE THE MATERIALS THAT ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY. MAYBE THAT'S NOT RIGHT FOR YOU. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE I'M SURE WE HAVE THEM. WE HAVE EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY. YES, MA'AM. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT SOMEONE RAISED A CONCERN. YES. AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THIS STAGE? ARE WE AT THE BEGINNING? MIDDLE? WE ARE AT, I WOULD GUESS, TECHNICALLY THEY DIDN'T REALLY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THEY SKIPPED IT COMPLETELY AND WENT STRAIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT IT IS. SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY DO THAT. THEY ARE MEETING
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WITH LISA AND I ARE MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW. IT WASN'T JUST ONE TITLE. THEY HAD A STACK OF TITLES THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT THEY NEVER REALLY SAID WHAT THEIR OBJECTION WAS GIVEN THE MATERIAL, I CAN GUESS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT THEM TO STATE OUTRIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND TO KNOW ANYBODY'S OPINIONS OR THOUGHTS OR MISSTATE ANYBODY WHAT WHAT UPSETS THEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT COMES OF THAT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, MAYBE GET THEM SOME TITLES THAT THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A STRANGE SITUATION BECAUSE IT ISN'T A PARENT COME TO IT COMING TO US. IT'S A TEAM. HIS PARENTS WILL BE THERE WITH HIM. HIS PARENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY OF THE SAME MIND BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH THEM. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE JUST FEELS PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THEY'RE JUST SUPPORTING HIM, OR IF THEY ARE JUST ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.SO I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT TOMORROW. SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHICH KIND OF NEGATES MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH JUST TRYING TO GET AHEAD IS, ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT COLLECTION OR WHAT? I THOUGHT IT WAS A BOOK. SO NOW THAT YOU SAY A COLLECTION, JUST IT'S SEVERAL BOOKS. SO IT WAS WHEN YOU WATCH THE FOOTAGE, HE MENTIONS A COUPLE OF THEM. PRIDE PUPPY WAS ONE PRIDE HISTORY, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD ONE WAS, BUT IT WAS A PUBERTY BOOK, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. PRIDE PUPPY. AND THEN I THINK IT'S PRIDE A HISTORY THAT WAS A JUVENILE NONFICTION BOOK, PRIDE HISTORY, AND POTENTIALLY A PUBERTY ONE. YEAH, ONE WAS APPROVED, I CAN'T REMEMBER. THERE'S TWO BIG ONES. THERE'S ONE CALLED SEX IS A FUNNY WORD AND THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS THAT ONE. IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL, WHICH IS AN AWARD WINNING PUBERTY BOOK FOR KIDS. SO IT'S LIKE REVISED EVERY OTHER YEAR.
IT'S KIND OF THE NEW BOOK FOR KIDS. GOTCHA. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE THE ULTIMATE DECIDERS OF KIND OF WHAT THEY FIND ACCEPTABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR FOR THEIR CHILDREN. I KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO CHECK OUT ANY OF THE BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, A PERSON WOULD NEED A LIBRARY CARD. CAN YOU GO INTO JUST KIND OF SHORT DETAIL ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE? LIKE, I'M NOT I'M NOT EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, 7 OR 8 YEAR OLDS TO WALK IN AND JUST CHECK OUT BOOKS WITHOUT SOMEBODY KNOWING. CAN YOU KIND OF JUST GIVE US SOME DETAILS ON, WELL, WHO CAN ACTUALLY CHECK OUT BOOKS? SO FOR IN ORDER FOR A CHILD A MINOR. SO THIS IS ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, A PARENT HAS TO SIGN A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY UPSET PERSON JUST LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. IT WAS A GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS TAKING CARE OF HER GRANDKIDS FOR THE SUMMER AND WANTED TO GET THEM LIBRARY CARDS. AND WE CANNOT ACCEPT A GRANDPARENT. IT HAS TO BE A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. THE REASON BEING IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GET TO GIVE THE PERMISSION. WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SENSITIVE MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY THAT THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH. BUT ALSO IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THIS CHILD INTERNET PERMISSION, THAT'S PART OF THE CHILD INTERNET PROTECTION ACT. IT HAS TO BE A PARENT OR A LEGAL GUARDIAN. SO WE CAN'T GET AROUND THAT. WE GOT AROUND IT WITH THE GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE WE GAVE HER A CARD AND SHE WAS ABLE TO CHECK OUT WHATEVER IT WAS THE KIDS WERE WANTING. BUT AS FAR AS GIVING A MINOR A CARD, IT HAS TO BE A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN SO THAT AND THEY ARE MADE AWARE AT THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO SIGN. OH, SORRY. THEY HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING SEPARATE IF THEY WANT TO GIVE THE CHILD INTERNET PERMISSION. SO THAT'S KIND OF A SEPARATE COMPONENT OF THE CARD.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE CHILDREN THAT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN AGE LIMIT. SO A PARENT CAN GET A CARD FOR THEIR CHILD AT BIRTH AT 4 OR 5, 12, WHATEVER. BUT THEY DO HAVE TO PRESENT A PHOTO ID AND WE DON'T HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. SO WE DON'T CARE WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PROVE WHO YOU ARE, PROVE YOUR IDENTITY. WHEN YOU GIVE A LIBRARY CARD TO A MINOR, IS THAT CARD TIED TO A PARENT'S CARD CORRECT. SO THAT THEY WOULD THEY KNOW THEN WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE CHECKING OUT, OR WOULD THEY RECEIVE SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION? THEY DON'T. I MEAN, THEY CAN LOG ON TO THEIR KID'S ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME. AND THEY IF THE PARENT HAS A CARD, THE CHILD IS ATTACHED TO THEM. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A CARD AND SOME PARENTS DON'T WANT ONE, THEY JUST WANT TO USE THE KIDS, OR THEY JUST WANT ONE CARD FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY OR WHATEVER. THEY CAN LOG IN AND LOOK AT THAT ANYTIME. AND IF THEY HAVE THE APP, IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE THEY CAN JUST HAVE ALL OF THEIR KIDS LISTED THERE. THEY CAN LOOK THROUGH ALL THEIR CARDS ON THE APP. YES, SO THEY CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OUT ON THEIR CHILD'S CARD. AND ALL THEY NEED IS THE NUMBER, AND THEY CAN CALL US AND WE'LL GIVE THEM THE
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INFORMATION IF THEY FOR SOME REASON CAN'T SEE IT OR HAVE PROBLEMS LOGGING ON, BUT WE CAN WALK THEM THROUGH IT. HAVE WE REMOVED ANY BOOKS IN THE PAST YEAR THAT ARE NOT OKAY? LIKE I SAID, I VERY RARELY WHEN I FIRST STARTED, SO THIS WAS 2007. I HAD A GROUP UPSET ABOUT A TEEN MANGA AND THEY WERE WAITING FOR ME LIKE THEY KNEW A NEW LIBRARIAN WAS COMING. THEY COULDN'T GET THROUGH THE OLD CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN. SO THEY WERE GONNA THEY WERE GOING TO BRING ME DOWN THERE ALREADY. AND I REALLY JUST WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I JUST TALKED TO HIM AND IT JUST KIND OF BACKED. THEY JUST KIND OF WENT AWAY. SO I GUESS THEY KIND OF JUST GAVE UP FINALLY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'VE TALKED TO PARENTS. I TALKED TO PARENTS ALL THE TIME THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT WHATEVER. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKEN BY SURPRISE. THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THE KID TO BRING THIS UP, OR THEY CAME ACROSS SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN A IN A BOOK THAT, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO BE INFORMED.WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE'S UNDER THE TEEN AND THE KID SECTION, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE'S A PARENT'S GUIDE FOR WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE READING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE PUT TOGETHER THAT TO SHOW YOU. GO ON TO THE CATALOG, LOOK, CLICK ON HERE. YOU'LL SEE IT. CLICK ALL THE REVIEWS. JOURNAL REVIEWS ARE ON OUR CATALOG. IT'S ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. YOU CAN HIT REVIEWS, AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL IS GREAT AT TELLING YOU IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT MAY BE REMOTELY UPSETTING TO PARENTS. IT'LL ALSO TELL YOU THE AGE RANGES. THE GRADE RANGES YOU CAN GO TO.
NOVELIST IS ANOTHER RESOURCE. WE HAVE ANOTHER DATABASE. WE HAVE SAME THING UNDER THE SUBJECT HEADINGS. IT'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF THAT MIGHT BE IN THAT BOOK. AND THEN THERE'S WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SITE. OH I KNOW I JUST COMMON SENSE MEDIA, THAT'S IT. WE DIRECT PEOPLE TO COMMON SENSE MEDIA ALL THE TIME. SO COMMON SENSE MEDIA, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION. AND THEY RATE NOT JUST BOOKS, MOVIES, TV SHOWS, EVERYTHING. AND THEY HAVE A GREAT SCALE AND THEY'LL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING. THEY BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THEY HAVE KIND OF LIKE A STARRED SYSTEM THAT THEY'LL TELL YOU HOW MUCH OF THIS IS IN IT, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IN IT. IT'S A GREAT SITE FOR PARENTS. I RECOMMEND PEOPLE GO THERE ALL THE TIME NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LIMITED KIND OF TO MORE NEWER THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING'S REALLY POPULAR RIGHT NOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO YOU CAN'T FIND EVERYTHING ON THERE. BUT ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS FOR MOVIES OR TV, IT'S A REALLY GOOD SITE, BUT THEY HAVE BOOKS TOO. OR GAMES. THEY HAVE GAMES TOO. VIDEO GAMES Y'ALL. OH, IT'S HARD. IT'S A LOT. I'M GLAD WE DON'T CHECK THOSE OUT. OH MY GOSH. ANYTHING ELSE? ONE LAST THING. YES, MA'AM. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL AS YOU'RE DOING THIS EXPLANATION AND HAVING BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THIS, I THINK THAT THIS BEING THE FIRST TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS IS QUITE COMMENDABLE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE ENTIRE LIBRARY STAFF DO. SO PLEASE JUST KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE APPRECIATED. ALL THE BEST TOMORROW WITH YOUR MEETING. THANK YOU. I WILL BE VERY ANXIOUS FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING TO SEE THE FOLLOW UP AND HOW THAT GOES. YES, I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT AND IT MAY NOT COME TO Y'ALL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE PREPARED. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THIS FAMILY BEFORE. SO I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO SAY A COMMENT. I IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB MAKING IT AS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR ANY GUARDIAN TO BE IN AS MUCH CONTROL OVER WHAT THEIR CHILDREN CONSUME AS THEY WANT TO BE. I WHEN THE MATERIALS GOT SHARED OUT AND I READ THROUGH IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
LIKE, WHO CAN I SEND THIS TO THAT NEEDS TO LIKE, UPDATE THEIR POLICY. IT'S JUST SUPER CLEAR.
AND LIKE MONICA SAID, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OUTCOME OF THIS. I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, YOU'RE EITHER ABLE TO BRING IT TO RESOLUTION OR TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROCESS FOR EVERY SINGLE BOOK THAT THEY POTENTIALLY HAVE A CONCERN, FOR SURE. BUT YEAH, I THAT AS AN EDUCATOR, I'M LIKE, YES, EVERY WORD ON THE PAGE, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND ALL THE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU BECAUSE WHY YOU GUYS ARE LIBRARIANS AND YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS. SO YEAH. THANK YOU MALLORY. THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, AND WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHY IT HASN'T EVER GOTTEN THIS FAR. BECAUSE I THINK THAT SHOWS WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK TO OUR PARENTS AND WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SAY, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE THERE ARE THINGS FOR THEM IN THE LIBRARY, EVEN IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THIS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, AND WE CAN POINT THEM IN THAT DIRECTION OR
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HELP THEM FIND WHATEVER IT IS, WHAT RESOURCES THEY WANT. YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT SERVE A LARGE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, AND THEY MAY NOT AGREE WITH SOME OF THOSE MATERIALS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MATERIALS THAT THEY CAN ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILY, TOO. SO. ANYTHING ELSE? I'M JUST GOING TO STAY DOWN HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY ITEMS ARE IN THE IN THE ENTIRE COLLECTION, THE ENTIRE LIBRARY, PHYSICAL ITEMS. WE'RE ABOUT 126,000 126,000 PHYSICAL ITEMS. DIGITALLY, IT'S OVER HALF A MILLION. IT'S A LOT. AND LAST YEAR WE CIRCULATED. WAS IT 600,000 ITEMS? LAST YEAR, LIKE THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, I THINK IT WAS 600, CLOSE TO 600,000. SO IT WAS LIKE THE WHOLE COLLECTION TURNED OVER FIVE TIMES. YEAH, THAT WAS JUST PHYSICAL ITEMS. SO WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO KEEPING US INFORMED. SO I DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD. THAT WOULD BE THE WORST. I APPRECIATE THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR WORK SESSION. WE JUST WENT OVER THE OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND UPDATE ON FISCAL YEAR 26, OUR BUDGET.THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LAST TIME I HAD TOLD YOU GUYS, I'M SURE YOU SAW IN THE MINUTES FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS THAT WE DID HAVE TO GIVE UP A COUPLE OF DATABASES EVERYBODY WAS ASKED TO MAKE CUTS TO BECAUSE WE HAD JUST EVERYTHING GETS MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY IS STILL REALLY TIGHT. SO WE GAVE UP SEVERAL DATABASES. BUT OUR REQUEST FOR INTERLIBRARY LOAN IS STILL IN PLAY. AND JUSTIN CAME TO OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU JUSTIN, TO MAKE A PITCH FOR THEM TO KEEP IT IN THERE. IT'S ONLY $4,500, WHICH IS NOT A LOT, BUT IT WOULD REALLY SERVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES USED TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY THAT PAID FOR THAT SERVICE, AND THERE'S NO LONGER AN INSTITUTE MUSEUM OF LIBRARY SERVICES. SO THAT GRANT IS GONE. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO THEY'RE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR. BUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS KIND OF UP IN THE AIR. SO WE GOT A QUOTE FROM THE COURIER. AND THAT'S HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO KEEP IT GOING ON OUR OWN. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF, WE HAD ORDERED SOME SHELVING. WE'RE HOPING IT WAS GOING TO BE IN BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS THE CUTOFF FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE IN. IT'S GOING TO BE IN LATE OCTOBER OR POSSIBLY EVEN NOVEMBER. SO I HAD TO DO A CARRYOVER REQUEST, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE CARRYING OVER LIKE IT'S NOT A LOT. IT'S WHAT, 6000, $6,000? IT'S FUNNY, YOU LOOK AT ALL THE CARRYOVER REQUESTS AND IT'S LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND IT'S LIKE $128,000 AND $40,000.
HERE'S THE LITTLE LIBRARY, $6,000. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. SO ANYWAY, SO THE SHELVING IS JUST TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING DOES THESE DAYS.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT HAD TO BE CARRIED OVER INTO OUR NEXT BUDGET. SO IF YOU SEE THAT ON THE SLIDES WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. IT'S NOT A NEW REQUEST, IT'S JUST A CARRYOVER. I HAVE TO REQUEST IT TO BE CARRIED OVER OR I LOSE THE MONEY. SO CARRY IT OVER. CAN YOU SHARE WHICH DATABASES GOT CUT? YES, IT WAS CREATIVEBUG. AND THEN WE WERE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE. TECH SHARE DATABASE LINE, BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS FUNDED WITH A GRANT FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, HAS GOES THROUGH APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. AND AFTER THAT, THAT MOST LIKELY WILL ALSO BE GONE. SO THE TEXTURE DATABASES INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS TO UDEMY TO I MEAN, THERE'S A TON OF DATABASES. SO RIGHT NOW THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY IS LOOKING AT TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THOSE VENDORS TO TRY TO CREATE A NOT AS ROBUST PACKAGE, BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAT LIBRARIES CAN SIGN ON TO PAY FOR THEMSELVES. HOWEVER, WE ARE EXPECTING AN INCREASE IN THE COST FOR THAT BECAUSE IT WON'T BE SUBSIDIZED ANYMORE. SO I HAD ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR THAT AND THAT WAS DENIED. I THINK IT WAS AN EXTRA $8,000 AND CREATIVEBUG WAS 2500, SO WE CUT 10,500 FROM OUR BUDGET. QUESTION DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE TIMELINE FOR THE CITY ON SORT OF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY FOR THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN OR ANY OF YOUR BUDGET ITEMS, WHEN WOULD YOU KNOW? SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET IS AT THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING, WHICH IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. SO IT'LL BE THE SECOND TUESDAY IN AUGUST. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE MORE BUDGET RELATED MEETING, THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST, BUT BY THEN THINGS SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH SETTLED, AND THEN THEY VOTE ON THE BUDGET TO ACCEPT IT. ON THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER,
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FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. DO YOU CAN YOU HEAR ME? BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR ME.OKAY, I KNOW I CAN'T HEAR ME EITHER. THAT'S WHY IT SOUNDS SO WEIRD. YEAH, USUALLY I'M LIKE, OH, I KNOW, I'M LIKE, I CAN'T HEAR A THING. OKAY, SO FOR THE PROGRAMS, BECAUSE YOU GIVE US A LIST EVERY MONTH OF HOW MANY FOLKS WATCH OR CHECK OUT. AND SO WHEN THINGS COME UP THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET CUT OR ON THE CUTTING BOARD, DO YOU KIND OF GAUGE IT BY POPULARITY OR COST OR HOW DO YOU. YEAH, BOTH THOSE THINGS. SO CREATIVEBUG, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE JUST SEEN A REALLY SHARP DECLINE IN THAT USE OF THAT DATABASE. AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THIS SOUNDS SO SILLY, BUT IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SIGN IN AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO YOUTUBE AND YOU JUST TYPE IN THE THING AND IT COMES UP. BUT IN CREATIVEBUG YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP. EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE VIDEOS ON CREATIVEBUG ARE WAY BETTER THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN GET ON YOUTUBE BECAUSE IT WAS A CRAFTING DATABASE. BUT ANYWAY, THE USAGE HAS JUST GONE WAY DOWN. LISA DID A GREAT JOB. SHE WOULD PROMOTE IT AND THEN IT WOULD GO WAY BACK UP. AND THEN AS SOON AS SHE STOPPED, IT WOULD JUST GO WAY BACK DOWN. SO I THINK PEOPLE JUST GO, OH, I'M JUST GOING TO RUN TO YOUTUBE AND LEARN HOW TO DO THIS REAL QUICK. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I DO. I'M GUILTY OF THAT TOO. SO. OH, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC? ONE OF OUR VENDORS CURRENTLY HOOPLA. THEY HAVE LIKE A BINGE PASS IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. SO IT GIVES ANYONE WHO CHECKS OUT THE CREATIVEBUG BINGE PASS SEVEN DAYS TO ACCESS VIDEOS. SO WE'RE NOT ENTIRELY LOSING IT, BUT I GUESS IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT LIMITED. YEAH, YEAH. SO WE WILL HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO DID LOVE THAT DATABASE SO WE CAN TELL THEM TO GO TO HOOPLA AND DO THAT. SO BUT YEAH, WE DO TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT. ONE OF THEM THAT WE HAD ADDED LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE NEW YORK TIMES, IS REALLY POPULAR. SO WE DECIDED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRICEY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT ONE ON BECAUSE THAT ONE KIND OF KEEPS GAINING TRACTION. SO. YEAH, SO WE HAD TO LOSE CREATIVE BUG. AND AS FAR AS THE DATABASES ON THE TEXAS STATE, ON THE TEXSHARE DATABASES, THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THAT GRANT THAT ARE GOING TO RUN OUT, THE ONE THAT'S USED THE MOST IS PROBABLY UDEMY, ALTHOUGH IT IS LEARNING EXPRESS THROUGH THAT. I NEVER REMEMBER LEARNING EXPRESS SEPARATE. IT IS THROUGH THAT OKAY. LEARNING EXPRESS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S POPULAR BECAUSE IT HAD ALL THE TEXSHARE. IT HAD GED PRACTICE TESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NOW THEY'RE CHANGING. I BELIEVE THE STAR TESTING, BUT IT HAD STAR TESTING ON THERE TOO. ANYWAY, THAT ONE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS POPULAR, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY COMES UP WITH. AND IF IT'S REALLY THE DATABASES THAT APPEAL TO US, OR IF IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE DON'T REALLY WANT THAT ANYWAY, AND MAYBE WE GO OUR OWN THING AND DO OUR OWN THING. BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAD TRIED TO GET UDEMY, PARTICULARLY ONE YEAR, AND THAT THING IS EXPENSIVE. I'M TALKING LIKE EXPENSIVE, I WANT TO SAY AT THE TIME, AND THIS WAS PROBABLY 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, IT WAS EIGHT GRAND FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S LIKE MY ENTIRE DATABASE BUDGET. I CAN'T DO THAT. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE. YEAH. AND THAT WAS AGES AGO, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT IT IS NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL LET'S GET DOWN INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF OUR MONTHLY REPORT THEN. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE GO. AS YOU'LL SEE HERE BY LISA. THANK YOU. WE HAD A HUGE JUNE AND JULY. YOU CAN SEE OUR NUMBERS FOR OUR PROGRAMING AND OUR EVENTS. AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY GREAT SUMMER.
IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY BUT ALSO VERY CALM FOR SUMMER, WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD. OKAY, I KNOW THAT'S A WEIRD WORD TO USE FOR SUMMER. CALM MAYBE ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN AS HECTIC AND AS USUAL, I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN. I THINK IT'S THE WEATHER BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN AS HOT SO PEOPLE ARE MORE CHILL ANYWAY. WE HAVE HAD OUTREACH EVENTS THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THERE.
THAT'S WHEN WE DO DAYCARES EITHER OR TOURS. SOMETIMES TOURS WILL COME THROUGH. WE TAKE CARE OF THEM. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. TENDS TO BE LOWER IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE TEND TO DO A LOT MORE OUTREACH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHETHER IT'S TO THE SCHOOLS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IS GOING ON, IF THERE'S AN EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OUR BUSINESS EXCHANGE FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS, THAT IS A WEEKLY EVENT THAT WE DO WITH THE WILEY CHAMBER. IT'S FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND NONPROFITS ARE WELCOME AS WELL. THEY COME ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS AND BASICALLY DO THEIR 32ND ELEVATOR SPEECH ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. IT'S ABOUT NETWORKING AND CONNECTIONS, AND THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP, SUPER POSITIVE. THEY'RE REALLY TIGHT. IT'S A REALLY FUN THING. AND IF YOU GUYS EVER JUST WANT TO COME AND SEE IT, FEEL FREE. THEY WOULD BE VERY WELCOMING. OUR CIRCULATION STATS ARE THERE FOR YOU. REMEMBER THE WEIRD THING WITH THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY HOURS? SO I HAD TO KIND OF CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS, THE MIDDLE
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COLUMN MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU REMEMBER, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU MEMORIZE THESE EVERY MONTH THAN WHAT YOU REMEMBER FROM LAST MONTH. BUT THAT WAS WHY, BECAUSE OF THAT JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY, I HAD TO TURN IT IN BEFORE THAT ANYWAY, SO EVERYTHING'S PRETTY STEADY, PRETTY BUSY. AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CIRCULATION IS BOOKS THAT ARE CHECKED OUT.YEAH. SO CIRCULATION ON HERE IS JUST PHYSICAL ITEMS. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE DIGITAL ITEMS. THAT COMES UP A LITTLE LATER. AND THEN VISITORS ARE PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING. CORRECT.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO GET A NEW COUNTING SYSTEM. SO CURRENTLY OUR COUNTER IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE GATES THAT YOU WALK IN RIGHT PAST, YOU GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LOBBY.
THEN THERE'S THOSE GATES. THAT'S WHERE THE COUNTERS ARE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN DURING SUMMER PROGRAMS, IF WE HAVE FAMILIES COME IN AND GO STRAIGHT INTO THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM FOR THE PROGRAM AND DON'T ACTUALLY ENTER THE LIBRARY, THEY NEVER GET COUNTED. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW COUNTER THAT'S BEING INSTALLED, I BELIEVE, IN SEPTEMBER. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET. I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT. I'M NOT SURE LISA IS THE ONE HANDLING IT.
SHE'S GONE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RIGHT OVER THE DOOR, THE ENTRANCE. SO THEY'LL COUNT PEOPLE AS THEY COME IN. SO WE'LL HAVE A MUCH MORE ACCURATE. I EXPECT THAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO GO UP, EVEN THOUGH I DO THINK MOST PEOPLE DO END UP GOING INTO THE LIBRARY. NOT EVERYBODY DOES.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE DRIVE THROUGH IS REALLY HELPFUL WHEN YOU'RE IN A RUSH, OR YOU JUST NEED TO DART IN REAL QUICK AND THEN THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE, HAPPY, SMILING, TAKING YOUR STUFF. I MEAN THAT IT'S GREAT. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT IT. I WISH THE NUMBERS WERE HIGHER, BUT I MEAN, IT'S REALLY A THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY BUSY. SO IT'S GOOD. YEAH. FOR DRIVE THROUGH.
NO I HEAR THAT A LOT. A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THE DRIVE THROUGH AND I DON'T IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THING SINCE WE OPENED THE BUILDING, AND WE DIDN'T EVER EVEN THINK TO USE IT UNTIL COVID. SO THAT'S WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE DO CURBSIDE? AND THEN I'M LIKE, DUMMY, THERE'S A WINDOW YOU DO DRIVE THROUGH. SO YAY US FOR BEING AHEAD OF THE TIMES, I GUESS. BUT THAT WASN'T IT WAS I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THERE. SOMEBODY ELSE DID. SO YAY THEM.
MUST HAVE BEEN RACHEL, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR. DOES THAT DRIVE THROUGH NUMBER? JUST COUNT THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE WINDOW. OR IS THAT INCLUDING THE DROP OFF? THAT'S JUST PICKUPS IN THE IN THE WINDOWS. THAT'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SERVED THROUGH THE. YEAH. NO, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CHECK IN. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL HEAD ON DOWN TO THE DATABASES. SO HERE YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE STATS. WE DATABASES TEND TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE WHO'S WORKING IN THE SUMMER. WE ARE. BUT NOBODY ELSE IS WORKING IN THE SUMMER. SO THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN USUAL. BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THERE'S TO SEE. I DID KIND OF WANT TO. LOOK AT YOU'LL SEE THE UDEMY STATS, WHICH IS KIND OF FURTHER DOWN. YOU'LL SEE PRONUNCIATION UDEMY THAN THE LIBRARY APP. SO NEXT TO THE LAST ONE THERE, UDEMY IS THAT DATABASE I WAS TELLING YOU GUYS ABOUT. SO IN JUNE THERE WERE 286 COURSES ENROLLED. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S A LOT. AND THAT'S THESE ARE SUMMER NUMBERS. SO LIKE I SAID, THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE LOWER ONCE THINGS GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS FOR SCHOOL. THOSE NUMBERS WILL PROBABLY GO UP SOME MORE. UDEMY IS IF YOU'VE NEVER USED IT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOUTUBE. IT'S ALL VIDEO, BUT IT'S COURSES. THEY'RE ALL REALLY HIGH QUALITY. THEY'RE ALL VETTED INSTRUCTORS. SO UNLIKE YOUTUBE, YOU CAN TRUST THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING ON THOSE COURSES. AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING FROM HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS TO HOW TO PLAY GUITAR. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A VERY ROBUST, REALLY COOL DATABASE. SO SOME COURSES ARE REALLY INTENSE, LIKE FOUR HOURS, SIX DAYS A WEEK, AND THEN SOME ARE LIKE 30 MINUTES EVERY OTHER DAY OR WHATEVER. SO YEAH, IT'S ALL SELF-PACED, BUT SOME ARE JUST SOME OF THEM GET INTO THE WEEDS, YOU KNOW. SO AND THEN OUR LIBRARY APP STILL GOING STRONG. I JUST LOVE THAT THING. I USE IT ALL THE TIME. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS DO TOO. BUT TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT IT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT WE CAN GO ON.
SO THIS NEXT SECTION IS ALL THE DIGITAL RESOURCES. SO THESE WOULD BE THE EBOOKS THE DOWNLOADABLE AUDIO. AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE STREAMING SERVICES A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
SO LIBBY BY FAR IS OUR MOST POPULAR DIGITAL RESOURCE DATABASE. LIBBY WORKS JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY DOES. SO IF SOMETHING IS CHECKED OUT, YOU DO HAVE TO PLACE A HOLD ON IT BECAUSE SURPRISINGLY, IT SURPRISES EVERYBODY. DIGITAL RESOURCES ARE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PHYSICAL RESOURCES. AND YOU BUY THEM BY LICENSE, SO YOUR LICENSE RUNS OUT AFTER A CERTAIN TIME OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS, DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S SET UP. SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO BUY A BOOK 14 TIMES IN A YEAR IN A DIGITAL RESOURCE WHERE WE MAY ONLY HAVE TO BUY TWO COPIES PHYSICALLY. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT GETS REALLY EXPENSIVE REALLY FAST. SO ANYWAY, ALL THAT TO SAY, LIBBY IS VERY POPULAR. THIS IS THE COLLECTION THAT WE DO CURATE,
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EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE CONSORTIUM. WERE ALL LIBRARIES SHARE THOSE ITEMS. THAT'S THE ONLY PART WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER, COMPLETE CONTROL OVER. BUT YOU'LL SEE THE CIRCULATION OR HOW MANY USERS ARE ON IT. IN JUNE WAS 19,003 TWO. FIVE. OF THOSE 19,000 2208 ARE SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY USERS. I DIDN'T LOOK THIS IN JUNE. I TYPICALLY LOOK TO SEE, BUT WE ARE USUALLY THE TOP USER OR THE SECOND LIKE WE ARE. OUR PATRONS ARE USING IT MORE THAN ANY OF THE OTHER CONSORTIUM LIBRARIES. SO. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF THAT.THEIR HOLDS NUMBER IS VERY HIGH BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT WORKS JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY. EVERYBODY WANTS THOSE POPULAR TITLES. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE BESTSELLERS, ALL THE GOOD, YOU KNOW, COLLEEN HOOVER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO AND YOU'LL SEE THE CHECKOUTS AND THEN HOW MANY ITEMS WE PURCHASED FOR THE MONTH. WE DO THESE, THE ORIGINAL NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL SAW FOR PROGRAMING. WE DO BUT ARE THOSE ARE BASED ON THE WEEKLY REPORTS THAT I SEND TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE EVERY WEEK. SO THEY'RE ON A WEIRD. THE WAY THEY DO IT IS WEIRD. IT'S THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, BUT THE DIGITAL RESOURCES, IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR US TO PULL THEM BY MONTH AS OPPOSED BY SPECIFIC DATES. SO THAT'S WHY THEY KIND OF DON'T GO BY THOSE SAME DATES.
AND THEN IF WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE IF YOU GUYS ARE READY. HOOPLA. NOW THAT ONE WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN LIBBY. SO LIBBY WORKS JUST LIKE THE LIBRARY. LIKE I MENTIONED, HOOPLA, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON HOOPLA IS AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME TO EVERYONE. SO ALL OF US CAN HAVE THE SAME THING CHECKED OUT AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE CREATED A CONTRACTS WITH THESE PUBLISHERS TO HAVE THESE OPEN LICENSES FOR THESE ITEMS. SO IT'S UP TO US TO DECIDE HOW MANY CREDITS EACH PATRON GETS. AND IN THE SUMMER IT GETS REALLY USED AND WE HAVE TO KIND OF SCALE BACK THE CREDITS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE START GOING OVER OUR BUDGET FOR HOOPLA EVERY MONTH. SO WE USUALLY GIVE I BELIEVE WE WERE ORIGINALLY GIVING EIGHT. WE HAD TO GO DOWN TO SIX FOR THE SUMMER. WE HAD TO GO DOWN TO FIVE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST GETTING A LITTLE PRICEY EVERY MONTH. WE WERE AFRAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO MAKE OUR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PAYMENTS, SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO CUT THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. BUT ONCE, HOPEFULLY ONCE EVERYBODY GETS BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SNEAK THAT EXTRA CREDIT BACK IN THERE.
AND THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. SO AUDIO, EBOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF STUFF ON THERE. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU NEVER HAVE TO WAIT, NEVER TO PUT ANYTHING ON HOLD. EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE IS ON THERE. HOOPLA IS ALSO GOT THE BINGE PASSES THAT LISA WAS TALKING ABOUT. THEY'LL HAVE BINGE PASSES FOR MAGAZINES SOMETIMES IF YOU EVER WANT TO. I MISS MAGAZINES. DON'T Y'ALL MISS MAGAZINES? OH, I'M GOING ON A FLIGHT LATER THIS WEEK AND I JUST WANT A MAGAZINE ANYWAY. NOT ON AN IPAD. I WANT AN ACTUAL MAGAZINE. ANYWAY, THEY HAVE BINGE PASSES FOR MAGAZINES SO YOU CAN READ, YOU KNOW, THE MARTHA STEWART OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE INTO USUALLY ON THERE. AND THEN THEY HAVE SHE MENTIONED CREATIVEBUG. SOMETIMES THEY DO SPECIAL ONES. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF YEAR AND WHAT THEY WHAT CONTRACTS THEY'VE GOT GOING. AND THEN KANOPY, THAT IS OUR STREAMING SERVICE. SO KANOPY IS REALLY KNOWN FOR KIND OF AN ART HOUSE DOCUMENTARY KIND OF FILMS. YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, REALLY SERIOUS DRAMAS TO PERIOD PIECES TO, LIKE I SAID, DOCUMENTARIES. SO IT'S KIND OF FUN TO POKE AROUND IN THERE. WE HAVE REALLY GOOD USAGE FOR KANOPY. I KNOW SEVERAL LIBRARIES THAT THEY CAN'T GET THEIR PATRONS TO GO ON KANOPY, BUT PEOPLE LIKE OUR PEOPLE LIKE KANOPY. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT WHAT DEVICE THEY USE. THIS VARIES WIDELY FROM MONTH TO MONTH. AND IT JUST I JUST FIND THAT SO INTERESTING. SO ANYWAY, IN JUNE, MOBILE PHONES WAS WHERE EVERYBODY WAS AT WITH THAT. SO WATCHING KANOPY ON THEIR PHONE AND THERE YOU GO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAD ON DOWN TO MEETINGS AND TRAININGS, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO REAL QUICK HERE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, I'LL JUST LET YOU GUYS LOOK AT IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ON THERE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THESE AREN'T ALL OF THE MEETINGS AND USUALLY I INCLUDE ALL THE TRAINING, BUT I DON'T USUALLY INCLUDE ALL THE MEETINGS BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD TAKE UP A FOREST. SO I JUST PUT KIND OF THE BIG ONES, THE HIGHLIGHTS. AND IF THERE'S FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ADMIN TEAM MEETING IS EVERY WEEK, YOU DON'T NEED TO SEE THAT FOUR TIMES. IF, YOU KNOW, WE MET ONCE, WE MET EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO YOU KNOW. I TRY TO PUT WEEKLY MEETING IF I CAN THINK OF IT. BUT SO IF ANYTHING IN THERE STANDS OUT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A QUESTION ON, LET ME KNOW. I KNOW IT'S BEEN SO HOT. HOW IS THE GARDEN COMMITTEE COMING ALONG? THE GARDEN COMMITTEE IS DOING GREAT. SO OUR THE MAIN PERSON OF OUR GARDEN COMMITTEE THAT RUNS KIND OF THE WHOLE SHOW, SHE'S A COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENER, AND SHE HAS REALLY BEEN PUSHING FOR THE MASTER GARDENERS TO COME AND DO STUFF AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEY ARE BLOWN AWAY. SO THEY I CONVINCED HER SHE'S NOT A HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER PERSON, BUT I WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO COME TO HARRY POTTER AND YOU NEED TO DO HERBOLOGY. YOU NEED TO BE
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PROFESSOR SPROUT. AND SHE'S LIKE, I'M A MUGGLE. I WON'T DO THAT. SHE'S LIKE, BUT I'LL ASK THEM AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT. AND THEY DID. AND ONE OF THEIR GARDEN PEOPLE CAME DRESSED AS PROFESSOR SPROUT. IT WAS THE CUTEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. THEY TOOK OVER THE CONFERENCE ROOM. IT SMELLED SO GOOD IN THERE BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THESE HERBS. IT SMELLED REALLY GOOD.THEY HAD A BALL. SHE CAME OUT TO ME AND SHE SAID, IT'S BEEN 20 MINUTES AND WE'VE HAD 85 PEOPLE COME THROUGH. I SAID, OH, WE'RE EXPECTING 600 PEOPLE AT THIS EVENT. SO HOLD ON, GIRL. YOU KNOW? AND SHE WAS LIKE, OKAY. AND SO SHE KIND OF WENT BACK IN AND THEY JUST HAD A BLAST. AND THEY WERE SO SURPRISED AT THE TURNOUT. AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF ASKED THE MASTER GARDENER SESSIONS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS PEOPLE CAN JUST COME THAT THE FIRST ONE, THEY HAD LIKE EIGHT PEOPLE LINED UP WAITING FOR THEM TO OFFICIALLY OPEN BECAUSE THEY HAD QUESTIONS TO ASK THE MASTER GARDENER. SO THEY HAVE JUST BEEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE INTERACTION THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME? SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR THEM TO SEE THAT FOR THE MASTER GARDENERS TO ORGANIZATION, TO SEE THAT AND TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT LIBRARIES CAN BE IN THEIR MISSION TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT. SO WE'RE HOPING TO KIND OF BE A PROTOTYPE FOR THEM, AND THAT THEY KEEP KIND OF SUPPORTING US AND WE'LL SUPPORT THEM. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE MORE THINGS WITH THE COLLIN COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS COMING UP. SO BUT YES, THE GARDEN'S BEEN DOING REALLY WELL. OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN GREAT. SO YEAH, IT'S PRETTY OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT IT'S PRETTY. I KNOW IT'S REALLY HOT, BUT IT'S PRETTY. ANYTHING ELSE? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PATHWAY HOSPICE TO PLAN CAREGIVERS FAIR PLEASE. YES. I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED FOR THAT. SO SEPTEMBER 20TH IS THE DATE 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. AND I'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK. WE'RE MEETING AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY TO TRY TO GET EVERYTHING FINALIZED AND THE FLIERS, POSTERS, MEDIA STUFF FINALIZED. SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A CAREGIVERS FAIR TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NEED EVERYTHING FROM IF THEY NEED SOMEONE, A HOME HEALTH PERSON TO COME IN TO, MAYBE A RESIDENTIAL HOME CARE TO IF THEY'RE AT THE POINT WHERE THEY NEED A NURSING HOME, YOU KNOW, FUNERAL SERVICES, JUST EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE THERE TO GIVE THEM WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY WANT. WE'LL ALSO HAVE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK TO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE HAVE A PHYSICIAN COMING OUT TO TALK ABOUT HOME HEALTH OR HOME VISITS FOR PHYSICIANS AND HOW TO DO THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. DIFFERENT KIND OF SERVICES THAT THEY CAN GET AT HOME, THE LEGALITIES, WHAT KIND OF LEGAL THINGS THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF, KIND OF TIPS, AND OF COURSE, WELLNESS THINGS FOR CAREGIVERS BECAUSE YOU END UP BURNING YOURSELF OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT ROLE, TEXAS CREDIT CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS IS PROVIDING LUNCH FOR EVERYBODY, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. SO THAT'S KIND OF A BIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT MAYBE AN ANNUAL THING TO TRY AND DO THIS ONCE A YEAR, IF NOT MORE, IF WE CAN GET A GOOD CROWD TO COME. SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEIGHBORING AREAS AS WELL, NOT JUST WYLIE TO COME. YEAH. OH, AND ONE THING I JUST LOOKED DOWN AND SAW IS THE WALL THAT HEALS SO THAT REMEMBER, THAT'S THE REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM WALL THAT'S COMING TO WYLIE AT THE END OF OCTOBER. ORIGINALLY, THE WALL THAT HEALS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. AFTER REVIEWING SOME ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK IS SO HEAVY AND THEY WERE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE PARKED IN THE EMERGENCY LANE OUT BACK, WHICH IS FINE. IT'S CODED FOR THAT, BUT IT'S ALL MUDDY.
IT'S NOT PAVED. SO IF IT RAINS, THEY'RE AFRAID THE TRUCK IS GOING TO GET STUCK AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT. SO THEN THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO TOW IT. AND THEY'RE NOT REAL KEEN ON THAT IDEA. SO THEY'VE DECIDED TO MOVE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT TO. FOUNDERS PARK. YEAH. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AT FOUNDERS. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SIT ON THE CONCRETE KIND OF WHERE THE FIREWORKS WERE. THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. SO LOCATION CHANGE. BUT I WILL BE IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A TON OF VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE I'M IN CHARGE OF TOURS, SCHOOL TOURS FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE DOING TOURS FOR EVERYBODY AND ALSO JUST HAVING PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE IT'S A 24 HOUR EXHIBIT, SO IT'S OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY FOR FOUR DAYS ABOUT THEREABOUT. SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. SO AND YOU SAID IT'S SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER. YES, OCTOBER. AT THE END OF OCTOBER, IT'S THAT LAST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER IS THE OPENING. NO. THAT'S WHEN THEY SET IT UP THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN OCTOBER, OPENING CEREMONIES THURSDAY. SO THEN IT'S OPEN FROM THAT POINT OF THE OPENING CEREMONY. IT'S OPEN ALL DAY THURSDAY ALL DAY FRIDAY, ALL DAY SATURDAY UNTIL 2:00 ON SUNDAY WHEN THEY TEAR IT DOWN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, IF WE CAN
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GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, WE CAN BOOGIE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 810. I SECOND THE MOTION. I'M SORRY TO KEEP YOU GUYS LATE. I DON'T USUALLY DO THIS. YOU'RE GOOD.IT'S THE FIRST ONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.