[Library Advisory Board on October 26, 2026.]
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WITH. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 702. AND WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE WILEY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING. I'LL DO MY BEST TO REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS THAT JUSTIN WALKS US THROUGH, AND WE'LL MUDDLE FORWARD. YEAH. JUST CALL TO ORDER AND SAY EVERYONE'S HERE EXCEPT FOR JUSTIN. YES, EVERYONE IS HERE EXCEPT FOR JUSTIN. WE SHOULD STILL HAVE A QUORUM, THOUGH. AND AS ALWAYS, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD AND ATTEND OUR MEETINGS. WE HAVE NO MEMBERS HERE TODAY. ALSO AS USUAL. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN FIRST ON THE AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE AUGUST 24TH MEETING MINUTES. AS OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING WAS CANCELED. SO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL TAKE A VOTE. THANK YOU.
IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR OBJECTIONS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? HANG ON JUST A SECOND. YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, MR. KETTNER. YOU HAD IT, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THAT HE HAD HIS OWN. SO THERE YOU GO.
MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. AS ACCEPTED, AS PRESENTED. AND THEN YOU'LL TURN YOURS OFF.
OKAY. EXCELLENT. SECOND. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. THE MOTION PASSES. UNANIMOUSLY. THAT'S YOUR LINE. SORRY. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES AS PRESENTED. 6 TO 0, WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CASE, BUT I GOT NERVOUS. THAT'S ALRIGHT. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. OUR OUR REGULAR, OUR REGULAR AGENDA. WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW OR CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBIT POLICY. SO I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO OUR FEARLESS LEADER. THANK YOU ZACH. AND JUST BY THE WAY, LISA JUST TEXTED ME TO SAY JUSTIN. I TEXTED HER TO SAY HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT TONIGHT, SO WE KNOW HE'S OKAY. HE'S JUST NOT HERE. SO THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBIT POLICY THAT STARTS ON PAGE FIVE OF YOUR PACKET. I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE OLD POLICY.
I REALIZED THAT OVERSIGHT. BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO THE OLD POLICY. IT'S ALL OF FOUR SENTENCES OR FIVE. I THINK THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT DISPLAYS OR FOR CULTURAL ENRICHMENT AT THE LIBRARY. IT'S UP TO THE LIBRARY TO DECIDE WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DISPLAYED, AND THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE LIBRARY AREN'T UP FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY. SO THIS ONE IS A LITTLE IT WAS MOSTLY A FORM. THE OLD DISPLAY THAT YOU FILLED OUT IF YOU WANTED TO DO A DISPLAY. THIS ONE, WE'VE REALLY KIND OF FLESHED IT OUT, SPECIFIED THAT THE TWO DISPLAY CASES IN THE LOBBY ARE REALLY WHERE WE DO PUBLIC DISPLAYS. WE DON'T REALLY DO DISPLAYS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE LIBRARY. WE DO AS A STAFF TO CURATE OR TO SHOW OFF A COLLECTION OR A PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE MIGHT BE DOING, BUT NOT FOR THE PUBLIC TO DISPLAY THOSE TWO DISPLAY CASES IN THE LOBBY IS KIND OF WHERE WE DO THAT. SO THE FIRST PART JUST EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE. SECOND PART SAYS WHO'S IN CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, SAYING YAY OR NAY OR REMOVING ANYTHING. AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO US AT THE LIBRARY. SPECIFICALLY, ME HAS THE FINAL VOTE, THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR. IT KIND OF ALSO HERE GOES MORE INTO WHAT ELIGIBLE EXHIBITS WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN CASE SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT KIND OF DISPLAYS DO YOU WOULD YOU CONSIDER? THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THINGS THAT SUPPORT LITERACY, EDUCATION, LOCAL HISTORY, SOMETIMES COLLECTIONS OR PROJECTS DONE BY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A DISPLAY OVER THE SUMMER OF ONE OF THE CAMP CLASSES NEXT DOOR. THEY DID HARRY POTTER DIORAMAS FOR THE HARRY POTTER PARTY, SO WE DISPLAYED THOSE FOR THEM.
ANYTHING THAT COMPLEMENTS LIBRARY PROGRAMS, EVENTS, COLLECTIONS, AND THEN OF COURSE, ANYTHING TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OR EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS AND THEN GOING MOVING ON TO PAGE SIX, THINGS THAT ARE INELIGIBLE. THIS SEEMS PRETTY COMMON SENSE, BUT YOU'D BE
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SURPRISED AT THE THINGS WE WERE ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISING TO, TO DISPLAY PEOPLE'S PERSONAL ARTWORK. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY WANT TO DO A SHOW OR SOMETHING. SO WE HAD TO BE KIND OF SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THOSE CASES, DISPLAY INSTALLATION. THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT WORKS. SO ONCE THE INSTALLATION IS APPROVED, THEY'LL WILL GET WITH STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DAY TIME WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. THEY CAN COME UP, WE'LL UNLOCK THE DISPLAY CASES. THOSE SHELVES ARE NOT MOVABLE. SO TECHNICALLY THEY ARE MOVABLE. BUT WE HAVE BROKEN SO MANY MOVING THEM THAT WE NO LONGER MOVE THEM. THEY ARE SO HEAVY THAT GLASS IS SO HEAVY THAT IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. SO WE DON'T MOVE THEM. WHERE THEY ARE IS WHERE THEY ARE, AND THEN THEY CAN DO THEIR DISPLAY. THEN THEY COME GET THE STAFF AGAIN. WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD, AND THEN WE LOCK IT BACK UP.AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. SO AND TYPICALLY WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PERSON THROUGH THAT WRITTEN APPLICATION, THROUGH THE OLD FORM AS TO HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO BE UP. WHETHER IT'S A MONTH, TWO MONTHS, WHATEVER IT IS, AND THEN A DAY FOR THEM TO COME, A DAY FOR THEM TO PUT IT UP AND A DAY FOR THEM TO TAKE IT DOWN. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE END, YOU'LL SEE THE RELEASE AGREEMENT ON PAGE SEVEN AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE SEVEN. WE'VE MADE THAT FORM DIGITAL NOW, SO IT'LL GO THROUGH THE LIBRARY, THE CITY'S LASERFICHE SOFTWARE, AND THEN JUST ALERT US WHEN SOMEONE HAS REQUESTED A DISPLAY CASE OR REQUESTED TO DO A DISPLAY. LIKE I SAID, UNDER DURATION, IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW GENERALLY IT'S 4 TO 8 WEEKS, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS UNDER.
AT THE TOP OF PAGE SEVEN, WE TALK ABOUT HOW THERE ARE OTHER THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN THE LIBRARY WHERE WE DO DISPLAYS, BUT REALLY THOSE ARE STAFF DRIVEN. YOU CAN'T SELL ANYTHING ON CITY PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT THAT SECOND SECTION IS ABOUT. WE ASSUME NO LIABILITY.
OFTENTIMES WHEN WE PARTNER, BECAUSE WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS THAT HAVE HIGH DOLLAR ITEMS, A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL INVOLVE HR AND RISK MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WILL HAVE INSURANCE FOR THAT. AND USUALLY WHATEVER IT IS WE'RE DISPLAYING IS INSURED. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN CASE SOMETHING TERRIBLE DOES HAPPEN, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT, BUT TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING DISPLAYED, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY THE LIBRARY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE LAWYER PHRASES THAT MAKE YOU PUT EVERYTHING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS DISPLAY AND EXHIBIT POLICY? I GUESS I'VE GOT ONE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S COMING UP. BUT NEXT TUESDAY, THE WILEY LIONS CLUB IS GOING TO BE AT THE LIBRARY. YES, SIR. WITH WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE PEACE POSTER CONTEST. THAT'S FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, 10 TO 11. THEY DRAW A PEACE POSTER AND THEN IT'S JUDGED. SO I KNOW THE WILEY EVENING. THE WILEY LIONS CLUB IS GOING TO AWARD THE STUDENTS AT THE MEETING NEXT.
YEAH, THEY'RE HAVING THEIR RECEPTION. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE THE PEACE POSTERS ON DISPLAY? THEY WILL BE. SO THEY HAVE APPLIED TO DO THE POSTER DISPLAY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. I OFFERED TO DO THE DISPLAY FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S THERE'S, I THINK 36 POSTERS. IT'S A LOT. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF FINAGLING. SO I SAID, LET ME LET ME DO THAT. I CAN I CAN HANDLE THAT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY CLIMBING UP ON THOSE THINGS. SO YEAH, SO THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED. THEY'LL BE UP. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO PUT THE FIRST HALF UP WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY THIS WEEK, AND THEN THE REST OF THEM UP AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. BUT THEY'LL ALL BE UP BEFORE THE RECEPTION ON TUESDAY AND THEN THEY'LL BE UP FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. LIKE THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A COLLECT AN ART COLLECTION WE WOULD PUT UP. SO IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL'S ARTWORK. IT'S A PEACE PROJECT THROUGH THE LIONS CLUB. THEY'RE A CIVIC ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW. SO WE DO THAT. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT. THIS POLICY IS DEFINITELY BEEN MUCH MORE FLESHED OUT THAN THE LAST ONE. IT JUST GIVES US A LITTLE MORE, I DON'T KNOW, BETTER LEGS TO STAND ON, I GUESS WHEN PEOPLE COME AND ASK, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THAT PART WHERE IT SAYS APPROVED BY THE LIBRARY BOARD ON THE FRONT, WE CAN SAY WE DON'T CREATE THESE IN A VACUUM. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT. BUT YEAH, SO. IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN. OKAY, SINCE THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THEN CAN I GET A MOTION TO VOTE ON APPROVING THIS, THIS POLICY? YOU WANT TO TURN OFF YOUR MIC.
I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBIT POLICY. I SECOND THAT MOTION. NOW YOU
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TURN OFF SARAH. THERE YOU GO. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE. I FEEL LIKE I'M PLAYING A XYLOPHONE. I LOVE IT. AND THEN WE WILL ALL TAKE REMEDIAL MIC TRAINING. YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL JUST FALLING APART HERE. JUSTIN HELD US ALL TOGETHER.YES. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBIT POLICY AS PRESENTED, PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER ABSENT. THANK YOU. SENIOR. FANTASTIC. LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR WORK SESSION. WE HAVE A STAFF SPOTLIGHT. WE STILL DOING THAT. SO LISA HAS BEEN ILL AND THIS MORNING SHE STILL HAD A FEVER. SO I SAID YOU NEED TO STAY HOME. SO WE WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE LISA FOR ANOTHER MONTH. SO UNFORTUNATELY SHE WILL NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING. LUCKILY SHE DID FORWARD ME OR SAW THAT TEXT AND SENT THAT TO US, SO THAT WAS NICE. BUT SHE IS ILL AT THE MOMENT. ALRIGHTY THEN. MOVING ON. LET'S WE WILL REVIEW THE MONTHLY REPORT. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU ZACK. SO ON PAGE NINE YOU WILL SEE THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR THIS MONTH. THE DATE RANGE IS SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH OCTOBER 14TH. SO YOU'LL SEE THE CHECKOUTS, VISITS, HOLDS PULLED ALL THE GOOD NUMBERS THERE. 339 PEOPLE USED THE DRIVE THROUGH DURING THAT TIME. THAT SEEMS REALLY HIGH TO ME ANYWAY. AM I LOOKING AT THE WRONG THING? NO, I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT THING.
OKAY. BUT ANYHOW, SO IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT BECAUSE THAT INCLUDES FALL BREAK AND FALL BREAK WAS NUTS. IT WAS VERY, VERY CRAZY. THIS. IS THAT DEEPER RANGE OF PEOPLE. AND WE HAD THAT WEEK WHERE IT WAS LIKE NOTHING BUT RAIN. SO THEY WEREN'T WALKING IN. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, YEAH, ANYTIME THE WEATHER'S BAD, THE DRIVE THROUGH GOES GETS REALLY BUSY. AND THEN WE HAD 2271 PEOPLE ATTEND PROGRAMS. WE HAD OVER 8000 LAUNCHES ON THE APP. AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THE APP LAUNCHES AS WELL AS THE THREE STATS AT THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM ARE JUST FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. THOSE ARE THE DIGITAL STATS, SO IT'S JUST EASIER TO PULL THEM BY MONTH AS OPPOSED FULL MONTH AS OPPOSED BY DAY TO DAY. SO OVERDRIVE AND HOOPLA OVER 11,000 CHECKOUTS.
THAT'S JUST SMITH LIBRARY PATRONS ONLY NOT PART OF THE CONSORTIUM FOR LIBBY. OUR CANOPY PLAYS 569 MOSTLY ON MOBILE DEVICES. AND THEN WE HAD 698 DATABASE SEARCHES OR LOGINS OVER THAT DATE RANGE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE NUMBERS HERE? OKAY. IF WE FLIP IT OVER, YOU GUYS, WE HAD SO MANY FIVE STAR REVIEWS. I ONLY INCLUDED THE ONES THAT HAD COMMENTS BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES. SO WHICH IS A REALLY LOVELY FEELING. SOME REALLY, REALLY SWEET COMMENTS. A LOT OF THEM REFERENCE OUR STAFF AND HOW PLEASANT AND FRIENDLY THEY ARE. THEY JUST REALLY HELP MAKE IT A VERY WELCOMING PLACE. IN A RECENT EMAIL I SENT TO THE STAFF BECAUSE WE RECEIVED. YOU'LL SEE IT NEXT TIME BECAUSE I GOT IT. AFTER THIS PACKET WAS DUE, WE GOT A COMMENT CARD TALKING ABOUT HOW NICE THE STAFF WAS, AND I TOLD THEM THEY KIND OF ELEVATE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO ACTUALLY BEING LIKE HOSPITALITY. THEY'RE JUST SO NICE, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYBODY THAT WALKS IN AND TRIES TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A STAFF THAT'S SO INVESTED IN WHAT THEY DO. SO I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A MINUTE TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE REALLY NICE COMMENTS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT, FEEL FREE TO ASK. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE READY, OVER ON PAGE 12 IS JUST A LITTLE SMATTERING OF THE MEETINGS AND TRAININGS THAT WE DID DURING THAT DATE RANGE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
I DID NOTICE A COUPLE COMMENTS GOING BACK BRIEFLY TO THE REVIEWS. A FEW PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THE THE LOUDNESS OF SOME OF THE CHILDREN. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE POLICIES IN THE PAST. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE WE STOOD ON THOSE, BUT HAS THAT COME UP IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL? WE HAVE A DESIGNATED QUIET ROOM. SO IF SOMEBODY AND THAT'S ADULT ONLY CHILDREN AREN'T ALLOWED IN IT. SO IF SOMEONE ASKS FOR QUIET SPACE, THAT'S WHERE WE DIRECT
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THEM OR OFFER THEM. WE'RE NOT A QUIET LIBRARY. IT'S JUST THE WAY THE LIBRARY'S BUILT. THE CEILINGS ARE SO TALL, YOU KNOW, ARE SO TALL. THE THE NOISE CARRIES. WE HAVE SOUND DAMPENING PANELS IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA, SO IT'S ACTUALLY QUIETER THAN IT HAS BEEN BEFORE. BUT, YOU KNOW, STORYTIME WARNINGS DURING FALL BREAK, WINNIE THE POOH PARTY, WE HAD 400 AND SOMETHING PLUS PEOPLE IN THE LIBRARY WITHIN A SPAN OF AN HOUR AND A HALF. SO IT WAS VERY LOUD. THERE'S JUST NO WAY WE CAN GET AROUND THAT. HOWEVER, THE QUIET ROOM ALSO HAS SOUND DAMPENING PANELS, THE CARPETS A LOT THICKER, THE CEILINGS ARE A LITTLE LOWER.IT'S JUST MORE OF A QUIET ENVIRONMENT. WE ALSO HAVE THE STUDY ROOMS. IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. PEOPLE CAN GO IN THERE THOUGH, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE NOT SOUNDPROOF THOUGH EITHER. SO AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS SUGGEST NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES ARE ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA IF YOU'RE COMING TO THE LIBRARY, IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THAT SPACE QUIET. YES, THERE'S CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY. WE'RE IN A SUBURB. WE'RE VERY FAMILY ORIENTED, AS YOU KNOW.
THE WAY WE RAISE CHILDREN NOWADAYS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU WERE CHILDREN, WERE NOT SEEN AND NOT HEARD. CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE AND SPEAK UP AND DO ALL THE THINGS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S THEIR SPACE TOO.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S A CHILD JUST SCREAMING AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT. BUT USUALLY IT'S JUST THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THEM. YEAH, YEAH. THAT MADE ME THINK. DOES THE LIBRARY OFFER RENTALS OF, OF NOISE CANCELING, CANCELING HEADPHONES? WE DON'T HAVE NOISE CANCELING ONES. WE DO HAVE EARBUDS. IF PEOPLE FOR FREE THAT WE HAND OUT IF PEOPLE WANT THEM, THE NOISE CANCELING ONES. THE PROBLEM WAS TRYING TO KEEP THEM CLEAN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF. PEOPLE GET KIND OF WEIRDED OUT BY THAT. AND I GET IT. IT IS. IT'S WEIRD. I ACTUALLY OFFERED TO BUY A PAIR FOR A PATRON ONCE THAT KEPT COMPLAINING. I SAID, I WILL BUY YOU ONE JUST FOR YOU. BUT ANYWAY, THEY DIDN'T TAKE ME UP ON THE OFFER. BUT ANYHOW, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, OH, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE QUIET ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COLD. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU PICK YOUR BATTLES, SO. OR YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING WE SAY, DON'T COME WEDNESDAY MORNING, DON'T COME FRIDAY MORNING, BECAUSE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING IS SO NICE AND QUIET, YOU KNOW, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN YOU'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME WHEN THERE AREN'T CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS GOING ON. AND IT'S USUALLY OKAY. SO. IF YOU THOUGHT THE NUMBERS ON THE OTHER PAGE WERE A LOT, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE OTHER PAGE, WE'LL GET THERE. THAT'S A WHOLE YEAR THOUGH, MISS. OH, OKAY. I WAS LIKE, OH, WE'RE GETTING THERE. YEAH. I WAS LIKE, WOW, 3666. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE AMAZON LIBRARY REP. YES. WHO IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO CURRENTLY OUR BOOK VENDOR, WE WORK WITH INGRAM.
THEY'RE THE LARGEST BOOK VENDOR IN THE WORLD. THEY ACTUALLY SUPPLY ALL THE BOOKS TO AMAZON.
THE PROBLEM IS BAKER AND TAYLOR FOLDED LAST YEAR. THEY WERE ANOTHER ONE OF THE BOOK VENDORS THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ONE THAT KIND OF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN DOING BADLY FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO WHEN THEY WENT ■BANKRUPT, DROPPED ALL THEIR ACCOUNTS, ALL THOSE LIBRARIES WENT TO INGRAM, AND INGRAM WAS NOT READY. SO THE SERVICE AT INGRAM HAS NOT BEEN GREAT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN GETTING OUR BOOKS BY STREET DATE, MEANING THIS NEW RELEASE THAT'S VERY POPULAR. EVERYONE'S WAITING FOR AND IT'S NOT HERE ON THE DAY IT COMES OUT. USUALLY WE GET IT A WEEK BEFORE IT HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING. WE ARE WAITING TURNAROUND TIME FOR OUR PROCESSED BOOKS. TWO THREE MONTHS WHEN IT USED TO BE TWO THREE WEEKS. SO BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. THE END OF OUR FISCAL IS SEPTEMBER. WE'RE CLOSING OUT POS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE IN THOSE ACCOUNTS SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM SPENT BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND INGRAM JUST HAD THINGS ON HOLD AND HAD THEM ON HOLD FOR LIKE MONTHS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE'S DEALING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
SO WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE OFFERING THESE SERVICES. AMAZON IS JUST STARTING TO COME ON BOARD. THE PROBLEM WITH AMAZON THE SHIPPING IS GREAT. THE PROBLEM IS THEY DON'T DO ANY PROCESSING, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULDN'T COME WITH A SPINE LABEL, WITH AN RFID TAG, WITH A COVER, ALL THAT STUFF. WE WOULD BE DOING THAT STUFF AND WE JUST DO TOO MUCH. THE VOLUME IS TOO BIG. THE OTHER VENDORS THAT WE HAVE SPOKEN TO DO ALL THAT STUFF, BUT THEN THEY CHARGE YOU FOR SHIPPING. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WITH INGRAM, THEY HAVE A STATE CONTRACT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE STATE, THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, SO THAT WE DON'T PAY FOR SHIPPING, WE GET A CERTAIN DISCOUNTED PRICE. THERE'S ALL OF THESE PERKS WITH GOING WITH INGRAM. IT HOPEFULLY IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. THEY'VE KEPT TELLING US, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN HERE BECAUSE SHE'S THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH ALL THE PURCHASE ORDERS. YES.
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SO LITERALLY IN THE LIKE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. AND THEN TODAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THINGS COME IN FROM WHAT LIBRARIANS OR ON OCTOBER 6TH, THAT WAS LIKE THE EARLIEST ORDER THAT WENT IN. BUT WE'VE GOT WE GOT LIKE SIX BIG BOXES THAT CAME IN TODAY, WHICH IS A GOOD START BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT TWO AND A HALF, THREE WEEK MARK. SO MAYBE THEY REALLY, TRULY HAVE GOTTEN SOME OF THEIR KINKS WORKED OUT. WE HOPE EVERYTHING. PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THEY HAD TO HIRE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. AND SO JUST GETTING THOSE PEOPLE TRAINED AND GOING, AND IT'S JUST TAKEN A LOT LONGER THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED. SO IT MADE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT OTHER VENDORS AND TALKING TO OTHER VENDORS. I THINK ONCE AMAZON GETS THAT PROCESSING IN, THEY MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD COMPETITION FOR INGRAM, PARTICULARLY IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER.SO WE SHALL SEE HOW THAT GOES. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY JUST DON'T DO IT YET. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WITH NO MORE QUESTIONS. IT LOOKS LIKE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE FISCAL 2026 REPORT. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR. SO ON PAGE 13, THIS IS THOSE STATS THAT YOU ALWAYS GET. BUT FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR OF 2026, THAT RANGE WOULD BE OCTOBER OF 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2026. SO IT'S A WHOLE YEAR. AS YOU WE4 CHECKOUTS, WHICH IS AIMED FOR A LIBRARY OF OUR SIZE. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT ONE AND A HALF, MAYBE 1.6% LOWER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE, ONLY BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED FIVE DAYS IN JANUARY BECAUSE OF A WINTER STORM DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR. SO HAD THOSE DAYS WE'D BEEN OPEN, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN BIGGER NUMBER, I THINK. BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE COULDN'T ACTUALLY GET INTO THE LIBRARY, THEY COULDN'T CHECK THINGS OUT. SO ANYWAY, AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH OUR VISITS OR JUST DOWN SLIGHTLY. BUT THAT'S WHY BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED AN EXTRA FIVE DAYS. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE YEAR BEFORE. SO EVEN WITH THAT BEING CLOSED, FIVE DAYS TO HAVE PULLED OFF THIS, THESE NUMBERS AS WELL AS WE DID IS INCREDIBLE. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THERE ARE THAT 123,987. THOSE ARE DIGITAL CHECKOUTS JUST FOR SMITH LIBRARY PATRONS ONLY. SO THAT'S THAT'S ALSO A HUGE NUMBER FOR THOSE DATABASES OR THOSE SERVICES FOR HOOPLA AND LIBBY.
OVER ALMOST 7700 KANOPY PLAYS. SAME WITH THE DATABASE SEARCHES. IT'S ALMOST 7000 THERE. SO THAT'S A LOT. YEAH. AND THE LAUNCHES ON OUR APP, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF LAUNCHES ON THAT. SO PEOPLE ARE USING IT. THERE'S NO DOUBT WE ARE BUSY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE NUMBERS. OKAY. EXCELLENT. OOPS. ALRIGHTY. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY EVENT UPDATE. HOW ARE OUR FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY DOING? THEY'RE DOING GREAT. SO WE'RE THAT'S ON PAGE 14 WHERE WE'RE AT. SO WILEY WHISPERS, GHOST TOURS WERE JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE MADE JUST UNDER $3,600 OFF OF THOSE TOURS.
SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. WE DO SPLIT THAT EVENLY WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SO FOR OUR PORTION, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT THIS YEAR IS WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE BROWN HOUSE, SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THIS WITH US STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING TO DO WITH THEM OVER THERE. SO WE'RE BRAINSTORMING AT THE MOMENT, SO WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH, BUT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING FUN TO LOOK FORWARD TO. SPOOKY NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY IS TOMORROW NIGHT FROM 5 TO 7. SO WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS THERE'S A LITTLE SCAVENGER HUNT THE KIDS CAN DO TRICK OR TREAT AT ALL THE DESKS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE CRAFT AND THEN THERE'S A COSTUME CONTEST AS WELL. SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD TIME.
THAT ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE KIDS COME DRESSED UP AS. OR ENTIRE FAMILIES COME DRESSED UP AS I THINK LAST, OR I GUESS IN AUGUST, I HAD TOLD YOU GUYS WE WERE WORKING ON A SCIENCE NIGHT THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK WITH SCI TECH MUSEUM IN FRISCO TO COME OUT AND DO LIKE A STEAM NIGHT. WE JUST COULDN'T GET FIND A NIGHT THAT WORKED, A TIME THAT WORKED FOR EVERYBODY.
SO WE'VE DECIDED TO MOVE THAT TO THE SPRING. IT'S ALREADY ON THE SCHEDULE. IT'S THE THURSDAY
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OF SPRING BREAK, WHICH I THINK IS MARCH 18TH FROM 2 TO 4, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING A BUBBLE SHOW LIKE A PROGRAM. IT EXPLAINS ALL THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BURSTING BUBBLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. SO KIND OF LIKE THE ONES WE DO FOR SUMMER, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DURING SPRING BREAK. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THIS IS KIND OF THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF WINDING DOWN INTO THEIR SLOW SEASON.THEY DO HAVE A DINING DINE AND DONATE COMING UP AT RAISING CANE'S. SO BUT THAT'S NOT TILL DECEMBER. SO YOU'LL SEE IT ON OUR WEBSITE I'M SURE. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS PRETTY EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. AND LAST UP IS OUR REVIEW OF UPCOMING PROGRAMS FOR NOVEMBER 2026. THANK YOU ZACH.
SO THIS STARTS ON PAGE 15. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COMING UP. THE FIRST ONE, THEY'RE FASHION ON THE PRAIRIE. IT'S LIKE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE FASHIONS OF THAT TIME. SO THAT'LL BE INTERESTING AND FUN. THE STICKER AND BUTTON TRADING DAY THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN MOVED. THE CHANGE WAS MADE AFTER I HAD ALREADY SUBMITTED THIS. IT IS GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT'S NOT ON A MONDAY. SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT GED WAS IN THERE WHEN SHE WANTED TO DO THAT, SO WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT DATE. BUT WE STILL WILL BE DOING THAT STICKER AND TRADING DAY, SO WE'LL GET THAT DATE PUBLISHED HERE SOON. ALL OF THE EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR TURN OVER HERE IN THIS NEXT WEEK SINCE IT'S THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER. AND THEN JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR ADULTS, OF COURSE, OUR ESL CLASSES ARE STILL GOING. THESE ARE BEING PAID WITH PROJECT JUDY FUNDS. THAT'S THE DONATION THAT WAS MADE TO THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. SO IS THE GED CLASS FOR THAT MATTER. THOSE ARE ALSO BEING PAID BY PROJECT JUDY. WE DO HAVE SOME EMBROIDERY. THOSE ARE OUR CRAFT PROGRAMS THAT'S COMING UP. WE HAVE SINCE I THINK IT'S CALLED NANOWRIMO, WHICH IS NATIONAL NANOWRIMO. NOW. WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR? AGAIN, NATIONAL WRITING MONTH, SOMETHING WRITING, NANO NATIONAL NOVEMBER, NANOWRIMO.
SOMETHING ABOUT WRITING IN NOVEMBER IS WHAT IT IS. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WRITE YOUR BOOK IN NOVEMBER. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE POINT OF IT. SO THAT'S WHAT THE START HERE WRITING YOUR SOMEDAY NOVEL IS ABOUT. IT'S IN CELEBRATION OF THAT. IT'S KIND OF TO GET PEOPLE INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO START WRITING THAT BOOK THEY'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WRITE. SO THAT'LL BE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH. OUR BOOK CLUBS ARE GOING JUST AS USUAL, AND THEN CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH AGAIN IS STILL GOING. IF WE FLIP THE PAGE OVER TO PAGE 16, ALL OF OUR STORYTIMES ARE IN FULL SWING, SO THOSE ARE GOING TO KEEP GOING. OUR KIDS CLUBS ARE STILL MEETING IN NOVEMBER, EXCEPT FOR IDEA LAB IS NOT MEETING BECAUSE IT FALLS THE WEEK OF THE HOLIDAY OF THANKSGIVING. THEN OUR TEEN CLUBS ARE STILL MEETING. THE ROLE FOR THE INITIATIVE IS THE D&D CLUB THAT HAS BEEN GOING LIKE GANGBUSTERS. IT'S BEEN VERY POPULAR. SHE'S ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT ADDING A DAY, POSSIBLY FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN SO POPULAR. AND THEN THE TEEN BOOK CLUB AS WELL. AND IF WE ASIA WATCH PARTY, ASIA POP WATCH PARTY AT THE TOP OF PAGE 17, THAT'S WHERE THEY CELEBRATE ALL THINGS ASIAN POP CULTURE. THEY WATCH ANIME. AND DO YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY'LL HAVE CRAFTS, THEY HAVE ASIAN INSPIRED SNACKS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE KIDS ARE INTO THESE DAYS. SO NOVEMBER IS A MONTH WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF HOLIDAY CLOSURES. SO I INCLUDED THOSE AS WELL. THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED NOVEMBER 11TH FOR VETERANS DAY. WE CLOSE EARLY WEDNESDAY THE 25TH, WHICH IS THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
AND THEN WE'RE CLOSED THAT WHOLE WEEKEND TO GIVE STAFF TIME TO SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THAT HOLIDAY. SO. AND ARE WE STILL PLANNING ON MEETING IN NOVEMBER SINCE IT'S THAT LAST? NO. SO WE HAD I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN AUGUST. SO WE DID NOT WE DECIDED NOT TO MEET. WELL, THE ONE IN DECEMBER WE CAN'T MEET BECAUSE IT'S LIKE LITERALLY THAT WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT FOR NOVEMBER.
I THINK EVERYONE SAID THEY WERE COOL NOT MEETING THAT WEEK BECAUSE IT'S THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING TOO. SO THE NEXT MEETING FOR US WON'T BE UNTIL JANUARY. SO OH MY GOSH, YOU GUYS SO SAD. I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH SO LONG. I JUST WON'T THINK ABOUT IT. THAT MAKES ME SAD. THAT JUST MEANS WE ALL HAVE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND VISIT HER. THAT'S RIGHT. EVERY ONE OF YOU IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT THAT DATE WILL BE IN JANUARY 1ST, TWO, THREE. JANUARY 25TH WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING. YEAH. YEAH.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU TRAVEL DURING
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THAT TIME. SO. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING. IF ANYONE WANT TO COME VOLUNTEER AT SPOOKY NIGHT TOMORROW, WE'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW. YEAH, THAT'D BE AWESOME. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF YOUR MIC. THERE YOU GO. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 733. I SECOND.MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. THE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 733 PASSES 6 TO 0 WITH ONE BOARD MEMBER
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