Aug 12, 2024 Library Board

EVERYONE, UH, WE

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SO I WILL,

[ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS LIBRARY BOARD Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas August 12, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. A meeting of the Library Board of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items.]

THE WELCOME EVERYBODY.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 10TH MEETING.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF MINUTES IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

OKAY.

MOVE THE MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 10TH MEETING.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

UH, NEXT ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UH, OUR COUNCILMAN OTT IS HERE JOINING US.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AND THE FIRST ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNED AND BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO WE HAVE THREE, UM, UPDATES FOR TONIGHT FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR BOND.

ONE.

UM, BIG ONE IS FOR THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY.

SO YOU REMEMBER WE'VE DONE ALL OF THAT WORK ON THE EXTERIOR OF NORTH GARLAND WITH THE SIGN AND THE SCREEN UP, AND IT'S PART OF THE MUCH LARGER PROJECT WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY FOR A WHOLE, UM, IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PARTICULAR, UM, PARCEL.

UM, THE MURAL ON THE WING WALLS ON EITHER SIDE ARE COMPLETE AND I THINK THEY TURNED OUT REALLY WELL.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE SCREENING AND THE SIGN INSTALLATION THAT WAS COMPLETE.

AND THE OUTDOOR SEATING INSTALLATION, WHICH YOU CAN SEE, UM, HERE IS COMPLETE.

SO ONE THING THAT THAT IS NOT SHOWING YOU IS THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE TABLES HAS A NICE UMBRELLA THAT GOES INTO IT.

UM, AND WE'LL BE STARTING TO PLACE THAT THOSE UMBRELLAS OUT.

UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UM, THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19TH, FINGERS CROSSED, UM, THE WRAPS FOR THE COLUMNS ALL THROUGHOUT THAT FACILITY WILL GET DONE AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING IN THE PARKING AREA AND UP CLOSE TO THE LIBRARY.

UM, WHICH YOU CAN'T.

WELL, WE CAN SORT OF SEE.

WE'VE GOT SOME, A BED HERE AND A COUPLE OF BEDS HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE.

OH, YES.

AND BEHIND THE, UM, THE PICNIC TABLES, UM, I NEED TO EDIT ONE THING THAT'S ON THIS SLIDE.

WE ARE PLANNING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS, UM, FACILITY RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE THE, THE DATE IS GOING TO EITHER BE SEPTEMBER 6TH OR SEPTEMBER 7TH FOR THAT RIBBON CUTTING.

AS SOON AS THAT'S FINALIZED, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL WITH AN INVITATION FOR EVERYONE.

IT WILL BE IN THE MORNING, UM, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, UM, 9 30, 10 O'CLOCK.

SO WE CAN TRY TO BEAT AS MUCH AS THE HEAT AS POSSIBLE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING.

BUT THEN COMING INSIDE THE LIBRARY, UM, HAVING A PROGRAM, HAVING, UH, REFRESHMENTS AND JUST CELEBRATING THE, THE COMPLETION OF THAT EXTERIOR PROJECT.

UH, ONE NOTE THAT I DID WANNA TO MENTION AS WELL IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, UM, THERE IS SOME YELLOW PAINT ON THE CONCRETE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.

IN THEORY, THAT YELLOW PAINT WAS A REALLY NICE AD IN PRACTICE, NOT SO GREAT.

IT SHOWS , WE'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY.

IT SHOWS A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO TRY TO, TO REMOVE THAT PAINT.

'CAUSE IT'S, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, UM, ON THAT PAINT.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT JUST IN AN ARTIST RENDERING, ARCHITECT'S RENDERING, IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL IN PRACTICE, NOT SO MUCH, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS FANTASTIC.

THE SITE DEFINITELY HAS A LOT MORE PERSONALITY THAN IT DID.

MM-HMM.

, YES.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT.

I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL WITH THAT DATE CONFIRMATION AND TIME FOR CENTRAL IVORY, WE'VE BEEN, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON INSIDE THE BUILDING AND AROUND THE, THE EXTERIOR.

UM, BUT TWO THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OR THE LIBRARY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON ARE THE, UH, LOUVER COLOR SELECTIONS.

SO, IF YOU REMEMBER ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BEAUTIFUL COLORED LOURES THAT ARE IN A, A WAVE PATTERN TO PROVIDE SOME MOVEMENT AND INTEREST.

SO IT JUST, JUST ISN'T A FLAT BEIGE BUILDING ANYMORE.

UM, THIS, UH, PHOTO HERE GIVES YOU A GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE COLORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THOUGH THESE ARE NOT THE FINAL COLORS.

SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS, TAKING ALL THOSE COLORS OUTSIDE, LOOKING AT 'EM IN THE, WITH THE SUN SUNLIGHT, WHICH TOTALLY

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AND THEN WORKING WITH THE ARCHITECT FOR PLACEMENT OF ALL OF THOSE.

SO ONCE THOSE ARE, UM, FINALIZED, UH, WELL WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE FINALIZED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON, UM, LVT AND FLOORING SELECTIONS IN A COUPLE OF AREAS, UH, DOWNSTAIRS ON THE CHILDREN'S FLOOR.

UM, SOMETHING THAT'S BRIGHT, COLORFUL, LIVELY, UM, THAT DOESN'T SHOW WEAR AND TEAR HOPEFULLY.

UH, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.

THE OTHER EXCITING PART, UM, THEY HAVE INSTALLED, UH, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE READING STAIR AND THE PEDESTRIAN STAIR.

SO YOU CAN SEE, OOPS, THIS OVER HERE, UM, WHERE THE, THE SILVER IS.

ALL OF THAT IS THE, THE READING STAIR.

UM, AND THERE'LL ACTUALLY BE ANOTHER, UH, BENCH PUT IN THIS AREA HERE.

AND THEN THE, THE ORANGE OR THE BROWN IS THE PEDESTRIAN STAIR.

AND RIGHT OVER HERE IS WHERE OUR SLIDE GOES.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE BUILDING AS WELL, , WHICH IS EXCITING.

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SO THAT WAS FUN TO BE ABLE TO SEE.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY LARGE GIANT HOLE IN THAT AREA SINCE THEY REMOVED THE OLD STAIRS.

UH, WHICH KIND OF MADE IT FUNNY SEEING THE SIGN THAT SAYS, DO NOT PLAY ON STAIRS, , THERE'S NO STAIRS TO PLAY ON.

UM, THE OTHER EXCITING THING IS TO THE, UH, PHOTO OVER HERE SHOWING ALL OF THE, THE WINDOWS AND THE BUMP OUT WITH THE NEW COMMUNITY ROOM AND THAT SECTION AND HOW MUCH THAT NATURAL LIGHT COMING IN, EVEN A SHELL OF WHAT IT, WHAT IT IS, UH, OF WHAT IT WILL BE, BUT HOW MUCH THAT NATURAL LIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THAT SPACE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TWO AREAS.

UM, THEY HAVE STARTED FRIDAY AND TODAY, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE IN THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT SOUTHWEST SIDE STARTED TO PUT UP THE, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE, WHERE YOU SEE THE WOOD ON THE OUTSIDE HERE FOR THAT ENTRANCE.

SO THE, THE MAIN ENTRANCE ON THE WEST AND THAT BUMP OUT ALONG AUSTIN STREET, THEY'VE STARTED TO PUT THAT FRAMEWORK UP.

SO IT'S ALL BECOMING VERY REAL.

IT'S STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE.

AND THEN AT WEST GARLAND, UM, THE FRAMING AND THE ROOF HAVE BEEN INSTALLED FOR THIS BUILDING.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON A LOT OF, UM, ELECTRICAL CONDUIT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

UH, THE PARKING LOT AND DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN, UH, INSTALLED OR THE DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

THEY MAY STILL BE WORKING ON THE PARKING LOT.

UM, AND IN, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS LATE JUNE, WE GOT TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE FACILITY AND TAKE, UM, STAFF THAT WILL BE WORKING IN THE BUILDING, UM, TO THE FACILITY TO SEE.

WE HAD A CHANCE TO, TO SIGN OUR NAMES.

SO IF WE KEEP IT QUIET, WE GOTTA SIGN OUR NAMES ON A BEAM.

UH, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN TO BE ABLE TO DO.

UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ACTUALLY START TO SEE, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE, THE ROOMS AND HOW THE ROOMS ARE TAKING SHAPE.

WE HAVE SOME STAFF THAT HAVE MEMORIZED THE FLOOR PLAN AND SO THEY COULD WALK IN AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WAS WHERE AND HOW THIS WAS GONNA BE.

AND SO THEY COULD BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT, THAT'S SWEET.

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

ANY QUESTIONS ON SITE UPDATES? THIS IS ALL VERY, VERY EXCITING NEWS.

YEAH.

ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM, T-S-L-A-C GRANT UPDATE.

SO A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, I PRESENTED THAT WE WERE APPLYING FOR A SPECIAL GRANT THROUGH THE TEXAS, UH, STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION.

UM, AND WE WERE AWARDED THAT SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT, WHICH IS, UM, $75,000.

YAY.

SO TONIGHT I WANTED THE TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER THE GRANT, THE VISION FOR IT, AND DID ALL OF THE LEGWORK TO COME AND PRESENT ON IT.

SO HEATHER COLSON, WHO'S THEIR CENTRAL LIBRARY MANAGER, IS GOING TO INTRODUCE MIRIAM AND JESSICA, WHO WERE THE BRAINS AND DID ALL OF THE WORK BEHIND THE PROJECT.

YEAH.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

HELLO.

HELLO.

SO MY NAME'S HEATHER.

I'M THE CENTRAL LIBRARY MANAGER AND I WANNA INTRODUCE MY TEAM.

I HAVE TWO WONDERFUL ADULT LIBRARIANS THAT ARE ALSO MY MAKER LIBRARIANS.

UM, FIRST WE HAVE MIRIAM.

WE, UM, TOOK HER FROM THE PEROT MUSEUM.

SHE WAS THE , THEY'RE KIND OF MAKERSPACE TECH TRUCK, UM, PERSON THERE.

AND SHE STARTED WITH US AS A FULL-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT, SPANISH SPEAKING LIBRARY ASSISTANT.

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AND SHE'S KIND OF HEADED THIS WHOLE THING.

I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE MAKERSPACE WITHOUT HER.

WE HAD A 3D PRINTER THAT WAS SITTING DOWNSTAIRS IN THE ADULT OFFICE THAT NOBODY KNEW HOW TO WORK.

AND I WAS LIKE, HERE, TAKE THIS .

AND SHE TRAINED STAFF ON HOW TO USE IT.

AND THEN SHE, UH, ONE DAY SAID, CAN WE HAVE THIS LASER CUTTER? IT'S A GLOW FORGE.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND IT COST A LOT OF MONEY.

AND WE SENT IT TO KAREN.

AND KAREN WAS JUST LIKE, SURE, WHY NOT? SO WE BOUGHT IT.

AND SO WE USED TO HAVE THE LASER CUTTER AND WE'D ALWAYS PLANNED ON HAVING MAKERSPACE, BUT WE HAVE MAKERSPACE CLASSES AND THINGS NOW BECAUSE MIRIAM WAS REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

WOW.

SO SHE'S KIND OF OUR, OUR LEAD MAKERSPACE LADY.

AND SHE'S GOT AN ENGINEERING BACKGROUND TOO, RIGHT? YES.

YEAH.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF.

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AND THEN JESSICA WAS A PART-TIME LIBRARIAN.

DID YOU START AS A PART-TIME LIBRARIAN OR WERE YOU A PAGE? I STARTED AS A SHELVER.

SHE WAS, AND THEN A PART-TIME LIBRARIAN.

AND RECENTLY SHE'S BEEN HERE A YEAR AS A FULL-TIME LIBRARIAN, ADULT SERVICES MAKERSPACE.

AND WHEN SHE MOVED OVER TO CENTRAL TO CLEA, SHE SAID, I WANNA DO THAT MAKERSPACE STUFF WITH MIRIAM.

SO SHE'S MY ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTERPART.

AND JESSICA CAN DO ANYTHING.

SHE CAN WRITE, UM, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, SHE CAN USE ALL THE MACHINES.

SHE HAS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR KIDS PLAY ROBLOX, BUT SHE'S RENT ROBLOX GAMES.

SHE CAN FIX HER CAR, SHE CAN FIX HER WASHING MACHINE, SHE CAN TAKE THINGS APART.

YOU NAME IT, JESSICA CAN DO IT.

SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY HAVE MADE ALL THESE THINGS POSSIBLE AND THEY REALLY HELPED WRITE THE GRANT I JUST EDITED.

AND WE WORKED ON SOME KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE DECIDED TO NAME OUR MAKERSPACE CURIOSITY CORNER AFTER THE CAT, AND IT'S IN THE CORNER OF THE LIBRARY AND WE NEEDED MONEY.

AND T SLACK HAS THIS GREAT GRANT, UH, SPECIAL PROJECT 75, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL GIVE US $75,000.

BUT IT IS A REALLY VAGUE KIND OF, LET ME SEE IF I GET THIS.

IT'S A VAGUE DESCRIPTION.

SO THE SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT PROVIDES FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS THAT EXPAND LIBRARY SERVICES TO INCLUDE ALL MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY'S COMMUNITY AND FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IN THE GRANT APPLICATION TO GET IT.

AND TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THE GRANTS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, LIKE PLANO DAY ONE.

AND THEY ASKED FOR LOCKERS SO PEOPLE COULD PICK UP THEIR MATERIALS OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY.

UM, THE JUDY V. MCDONALD LIBRARY, THEY ASKED FOR VR HEADSETS FOR SENIORS.

I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU COULD ASK FOR.

YOU JUST HAD TO, HAD TO BE IN THOSE GUIDELINES AND TO PREPARE.

THEY BASICALLY DID ALL OF THE RESEARCH AND WENT OUT.

DO YOU GUYS WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID? MM-HMM? .

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO, UM, BEFORE LIKE WE HAD A VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED OUR MAKERSPACE TO LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING ANY LIKE DECISIONS.

SO WE WENT OUT TO, UM, LIKE THE LOCAL, UM, MAKER SPACES.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE WENT OUT TO LIKE ROCKWALL, UM, WE WENT OUT TO RICHARDSON, WE WENT OUT TO ARLINGTON AND FRISCO.

AND WE VISITED BOTH, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY MAKER SPACES AND UH, PRIVATE MAKER SPACES JUST TO SCOPE OUT ALSO WHAT OUR COMPETITION WAS GONNA BE LIKE.

UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE WANTED OUR MAKERSPACE TO BE, BUT ALSO WHAT WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE.

SO, UM, FROM THAT WE GATHERED THAT WE REALLY WANTED IT TO BE LIKE A FRIENDLY, LIKE OPEN, OPEN AND INVITING PLACE, UM, WHERE PEOPLE COULD COME IN AND LIKE NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY ANY OF THE MACHINERY.

THEY CAN COME IN AND BE INSPIRED AND UM, GET CREATIVE.

AND WE ALSO NOTICED, UM, THE IMPACT THAT HAVING, UM, STAFF WAS GONNA BE IN THE MAKERSPACE.

SO, UM, WE REALLY LIKED ARLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HOW, UM, WHEN WE GOT THERE, THEIR STAFF WAS LIKE ON THE FLOOR, LIKE INVOLVED IN THE MAKERSPACE HELPING OUT THEIR PATRONS.

UM, AND SO THAT, ALL OF THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

DID YOU WANNA ADD ANY COMMENTS FROM THAT? WELL, IT WAS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW THE ENGAGEMENT OF STAFF WITH PATRONS, IT REALLY MADE PATRONS WANT TO COME IN AND DO THINGS.

AND IN ARLINGTON THEY ACTUALLY WOULD DISPLAY WHAT PATRONS WOULD MAKE AND THEY WOULD DISPLAY WHAT THEY MADE.

AND IT WAS REALLY SUCH A CREATIVE HUB FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANTED THEM TO DO.

YEAH.

AND OUR VISITS, UM, LOOKING AT FURNITURE AND THINGS FOR CENTRAL, WE HAD GONE TO FRISCO, WHICH IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO FRISCO, YOU SHOULD GO.

THEY HAVE A GIANT T-REX AND THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY, BUT THEIR MAKERSPACE HAS NO STAFF IN IT.

THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL MACHINES AND THERE'S NOBODY TO HELP YOU WORK THEM BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET ANY MORE STAFF.

BUT THEY GOT THIS BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY.

SO WE KNEW THAT WE DIDN'T WANNA JUST HAVE MACHINES, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT.

SO PART OF OUR GRANT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE PROMISED IS THAT OUR MAKERSPACE WOULD BE OPEN AT LEAST 60 HOURS A WEEK.

SO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS OPEN 64, WHICH INCLUDES SUNDAYS.

SO OUR AIM IS TO HAVE IT OPEN 60.

AND THEN WE LEARN

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SO ORIGINALLY CENTRAL WASN'T GONNA HAVE A LIBRARIAN'S DESK IN THERE.

SO NOW WE WILL HAVE A LIBRARIAN OR A LIBRARY ASSISTANT OR A STAFF IN THERE ALL THE TIME SO IT CAN BE USED.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WROTE AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH.

WE MET WITH KAREN, KATHLEEN AND, UM, WROTE AND WROTE AND WROTE AND WROTE.

AND WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS GRANT IS WE WERE ABLE TO SEND IT IN TO THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.

AND THEY REVIEWED IT.

AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK, THEY WERE SO PLEASED THAT THEY REALLY HAD NOTHING TO SAY TO IMPROVE IT.

AND THEY SAID, WE CAN'T PROMISE YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS GRANT BECAUSE WHAT WE SAY DOESN'T MATTER, BUT IT DID MATTER 'CAUSE HE'S ON THE GRANT COMMITTEE, BUT WE HARDLY HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU TO FIX.

SO WE RESUBMITTED IT AFTER THAT.

SO WE GOT IT .

BUT OUR MISSION AND GOALS WERE TO SUPPORT LIFELONG LEARNING.

AND ALL OF THIS FOLLOWS OUR MASTER PLAN, UM, THE LIBRARY'S MASTER PLAN, WHAT THE CITY WANTS, UM, ADDRESS TECHNOLOGY GAP ACROSS ECONOMIC AGE AND SKILLS SPECTRUMS. WE WANNA BENEFIT THE HOBBYISTS, THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA COME IN AND JUST MAKE A QUILT, SEW SOMETHING.

AND ALSO ENTREPRENEURS, UM, DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEUR PART OF IT? YEAH.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO WANT TO SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOMETIMES JUST HAVING ONE JOB ISN'T ENOUGH OR YOU HAVE A PASSION THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT YOUR PROFESSION IS.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE A PLACE TO EXPLORE THAT CREATIVITY AND CREATE THINGS LIKE PROTOTYPES OR JUST FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOUR IDEA BECOME A REALITY, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR SOMEONE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR CREATIVITY.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO SUPPORT.

AND, UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO ALL PATRONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD MONEY OR NOT.

SO HOW OUR MAKER LAB IS SET UP NOW AND HOW IT'LL BE CONTINUE TO BE SET UP IF WE HAVE A CLASS WHEN YOU ARE TRAINED ON IT AND GET CERTIFIED TO USE THE MACHINES.

WE MAKE A PROJECT AND THAT IS FREE.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU DO DURING THE CLASS IS FREE.

IF YOU WANNA COME BACK DURING OPEN LAB AND USE IT, THEN YOU BRING YOUR OWN MATERIALS.

THOUGH WE HOPE TO LIKE SOMEHOW SPONSOR LIKE KIDS THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM FREE PRINT JOBS OR DO SOMETHING WHICH IS IN THE GRANT.

WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY MAKER SPACE IN DFW TO OFFER SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSES.

SO EVERYTHING WE DO IN ENGLISH, WE ALSO DO IN SPANISH.

WE HAVE AS MANY OPEN LABS IN SPANISH AS WE HAVE IN ENGLISH.

WE HAVE AS MANY CLASSES IN SPANISH AS WE HAVE IN EVERYTHING WE DO IS THE SAME.

SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A TEAM OF THESE TWO THAT DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY.

AND THEN AS PART OF OUR THING FOR THE GRANT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS.

WE PROMISE THAT WE WOULD, UM, EXPAND AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, CLASSES, AND OPEN LAB TIMES THAT WE WOULD STAFF THE REFERENCE DESK AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE CLASSES IN SPANISH.

WE ALSO FOUND THAT MOST AREAS CHARGE A MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THEIR MAKER LABS.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

LIKE, UM, AS IT, AS FAR AS LIKE LOCAL MAKER SPACES, THERE'S, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MANY OPTIONS.

AND THE OPTIONS YOU DO HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA COST YOU LIKE A MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP FEE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY PER CLASS SOMETIMES.

AND THEN IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EVEN FIGURE OUT IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THAT MAKERSPACE BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT LIKE ON LOCKDOWN AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND YOU KNOW, TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

AND SO IT'S NOT VERY INVITING, BUT WE HOPE TO KIND OF STAY, YOU KNOW, OPEN SO THAT ANYONE CAN COME IN AND CHECK IT OUT.

AND SO FAR THE PATRONS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE LOVED IT.

YOU COULD SEE FROM THE PICTURES.

THAT'S JUST SOME OF 'EM.

THE, AND THESE ARE THE CLASSES WHERE THEY LEARN HOW TO USE THE LASER CUTTER AND LEARN HOW TO USE THE CRICKET.

AND SO WE DID IT, WE GOT OUR $75,000 TO SPEND ON OUR NEW MAKERSPACE CURIOSITY CORNER.

AND THEN I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER, WE PUT TOGETHER THIS MASSIVE EXCEL SPREADSHEET OF ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE GONNA BUY.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER? WE WERE GONNA BUY, UH, WELL WE'RE GONNA BUY MORE 3D PRINTERS.

'CAUSE THAT'S OUR MOST POPULAR THING PEOPLE WANNA LEARN HOW TO DO.

AND WE'RE GONNA BUY ANOTHER LASER CUTTER, A CNC MILL.

UM, AND WHAT'S A C NNC MILL? A CNC MILL? IT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, IT'S DRILLING INTO THE MATERIAL.

UM, SO YOU CAN MAKE THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS, UM, JUST OUT OF A G CODE.

SO IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BUY, UM, A MEMORY MAKER MACHINE OR A MEMORY MAKER STATION, WHICH I HAVE A REALLY BIG PASSION FOR.

SO YOU CAN TAKE THINGS LIKE YOUR OLD FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS AND IT DOES REALLY NICE DIGITAL SCANS, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY IT WILL RECORD.

UM, SO LIKE YOU CAN GO IN WITH A FAMILY MEMBER AND THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THESE PICTURES.

AND THEN YOU HAVE NOT ONLY DIGITAL SCANS, BUT A VIDEO OF ALL OF THESE MEMORIES THAT GO INTO ALL OF THE PICTURES.

AND SO IT'S SUCH A FAMILY KEEPSAKE THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT PAST GENERATIONS WERE CAPABLE OF WITH THEIR, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHERE EVERYONE'S LOSING, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LIKE ACID CORROSION OF JUST AGING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE OLD FAMILY PHOTOS.

MM-HMM.

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IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE STICKER

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EVERYONE WANTS STICKERS ON THEIR WATER BOTTLES AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A REGULAR PHOTOGRAPH.

SCANNER, SEWING MACHINES.

SEWING MACHINES ARE REALLY POPULAR.

WE'VE HAD SO MUCH INTEREST IN PEOPLE WANTING TO DO LEARNING HOW TO SEW.

UM, WE'RE GETTING, YEAH, IF, IF I CAN ADD TO THAT ALSO, UM, SOFTWARE, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BUYING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SOFTWARE AND IT KIND OF TIES INTO LIKE HELPING OUT ENTREPRENEURS AND HELPING BUILD LIKE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS.

SO STUFF LIKE, UM, ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS, AUTOCAD, UM, PAYING FOR LIKE OUR PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION SO THAT PATRONS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WITH OUR MACHINES.

UM, UNITY AND JUST OTHER SOFTWARES WHERE WE CAN TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO LIKE, LIKE 2D DESIGN, 3D DESIGN, UM, AND OTHER YEAH.

CODING TOO.

YEAH.

AND, UM, ALSO LAPTOPS.

'CAUSE LAPTOPS ARE PRETTY FUNDAMENTAL FOR ALL OF THIS KIND OF STUFF.

BRING OUT A LOT NEW, A LOT OF NEW LAPTOPS AND A, UM, A CHARGING STATION FOR THOSE.

BUT THEY CAN CHECK THEM OUT IN THE MAKERSPACE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE MAKERSPACE TO CHECK OUT LAPTOPS.

YEAH.

ALMOST ALL OF THE 3D PRINTERS, UM, ALL OF IT REQUIRES A LAPTOP, REQUIRES A PROGRAM TO USE IT TO CONNECT TO IT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN SHARING ONE SET OF LAPTOPS ACROSS LIBRARIES.

SO EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS A COMPUTER CLASS, WE'VE GOTTA, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DRIVE THEM TO ANOTHER LIBRARY TO GO BACK AND FORTH.

SO NOW WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN .

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE'S GONNA BE AN EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

YEAH.

AND UM, A PLOTTER PRINTER THAT PRINTS POSTERS, VERY LARGE POSTERS THAT CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WOW.

WHICH IS GREAT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

THEY CAN COME IN AND USE THAT.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT FOR $75.

SO YOU, SO THE MONEY IS GOING TOWARD EQUIPMENT AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

IS IT, IS THERE ANYTHING FOR SUPPLIES OR STAFF OR NOT? PROBABLY NOT STAFF.

NOT FOR STAFF.

UM, THERE'S A LOT GOING TOWARDS SUPPLIES THAT SUPPORT ALL OF THESE.

MM.

OH, WE'RE, WE THINK, WELL, WE'VE GOT IT IN THERE.

WE PRICED EVERYTHING AND WE SHOULD BE GOOD.

THERE'S A LOT OF SMALLER TOOLS THAT GO WITH SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE A SCENE CML WE'RE ALSO GETTING A DREMEL BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU CUT THINGS OUT OF WOOD, YOU MIGHT HAVE SHARP EDGES.

AND, UM, WE'VE DONE PROJECTS ON THE LASER CUTTER WHERE YOU HAVE TO LIKE HAND SAND AND IT TAKES A REALLY LONG TIME.

SO JUST HAVING SOMETHING SO SIMPLE AS A DREMEL CAN JUST REALLY MAKE IT FAST WORK AND IT CAN MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN AND THEY ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS TO SPEND IN OUR MAKER SPACE TO MAKE IT PRODUCTIVE FOR THEM.

AND THE NEATEST THING IS WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS.

WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE IN THE LIBRARY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WE GET TONS OF MEN, WE GET TONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND EARLY THIRTIES THAT WE NORMALLY DON'T SEE THAT COME FOR THIS.

YEAH.

SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN NICE AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UM, LIKE HOBBYISTS THAT COME IN AND THEN THEY DISCOVER A NEW PASSION.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF, LIKE, OH, I'M GONNA GO TO THE LIBRARY AND LEARN HOW TO DO A LASER CUTTER.

BUT THEN THEY DISCOVER THEY HAVE SUCH A PASSION AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING ALL THEIR CHRISTMAS GIFTS HANDMADE AND IT'S EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A MACHINE, OR THEY LEARNED HOW TO USE A MACHINE TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL, UNIQUE.

AND THEN THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR HAS SO MANY COOL PROJECTS IN IT THAT YOU ONLY GET IF YOU HAVE THE PREMIUM STUFF.

SO IT'S NEAT.

THEY CAN GO IN THERE AND IT'LL TELL YOU, YOU WANNA MAKE THIS REALLY COOL THING, WELL THIS IS THE WOOD YOU NEED.

SO THEY JUST HAVE TO GO BUY THE WOOD AND COME IN.

AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THEIR PROJECT DONE AND WE PROVIDE ANY OF LIKE THE SMALL CONSUMABLE STUFF.

SO IF THEY NEED GLUE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO THEM.

SO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE, UH, LENGTH OF TUTORING TIME TO BE PROFICIENT IN USING THE 3D PRINTERS? ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF IS WHAT OUR INTRO CLASS RUNS.

AND WE HAVE MASTER CLASSES TOO.

THAT'S LIKE THE NEXT STEP UP IN USUALLY SOFTWARE.

UM, SO IF YOU WANNA LEARN LIKE 3D DESIGN OR 2D DESIGN, THAT'S A TWO HOUR CLASS.

BUT ALSO WE'RE AVAILABLE DURING OPEN LAB TOO.

SO SAY YOU WENT TO AN INTRO CLASS AND YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED AND YOU DIDN'T QUITE GET IT, WE'RE THERE TO HELP OUT.

WE'RE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP DURING OPEN LAB.

AND WE ALSO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, LIKE PAPERWORK, LIKE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU JUST FOR LIKE, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE LEARN BETTER LIKE ON THEIR OWN INSTEAD OF HAVE LIKE HAVING SOMEONE OVER THEIR SHOULDER, WE'LL HAVE LIKE PAPER TWO INSTRUCTIONS WHERE THEY CAN TRY TO FOLLOW ALONG, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, LIKE WE'RE STILL THERE IN CASE THEY, THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

HOW DOES THE OPEN, UH, LAB HOURS WORK? DO THEY RESERVE IT ONLINE OR IS IT JUST FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE? RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST DURING SET TIMES THAT WE ADVERTISE.

WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING, UM, WHERE YOU CAN RESERVE TIMES ONLINE.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST IN ONE ROOM THAT ALL PROGRAMMING SHARES UNTIL WE CAN MOVE OVER.

WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE BIG BUILDING, IT'S GONNA BE

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UNLESS THE PROGRAM, UNLESS THE CLASS IS GOING ON.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES THAT YOU CAN TAKE A TEST ON, LIKE DALLAS HAS ONLINE FOR SOME OF THEM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE LASER PRINTER BECAUSE YOU CAN CATCH THINGS ON FIRE.

SO I THINK I'D RATHER HAVE A PERSON DO IT .

BUT THE 3D PRINTER AND SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, I THINK WE COULD UPLOAD A CLASS AND THEY COULD TAKE INSTRUCTIONS AND SEE THE GRANT RUNS THROUGH JULY.

SO WE NEED TO GET IT STARTED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ADDING TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND RESERVE TIMES.

AND TO THE, THE FIRE COMMENT, WE DO HAVE EXTENSIVE LIKE YES.

UM, LIKE WE HAVE FIRE BLANKETS, EXTINGUISHERS, FIRST AID KITS, UM, NOBODY'S REALLY SET ANYTHING ON FIRE.

.

YES.

SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY.

YES.

SO DID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE TO DO ANY TUTORING WITH Y'ALL? NO.

THEY TOOK, THEY HAD TO TAKE MAT, YOU HAD TO TAKE CLASSES.

RIGHT.

A LASER SAFETY OPERATOR CERTIFICATION.

OKAY.

WHAT IS THE PATRON'S COMMITMENT AS FAR AS MATERIALS? 'CAUSE 75,000 WON'T GO TOO LONG IN REPLACING MATERIALS.

THEY'RE ATTENDING A CLASS, ALL PROGRAMMING OR ALL, UM, MATERIAL IS PROVIDED IN THE PROGRAM.

THEY WANNA COME IN AND USE IT DURING OPEN LAB.

THEY CAN BRING THEIR OWN MATERIAL IN.

OKAY.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL HAVE SOME WOOD THAT THEY'VE PURCHASED AND WE WILL HELP THEM FIND THE APPROPRIATE CUT SETTING AND THEY CAN SAVE THEIR CUT SETTING IF THEY WANT TO COME BACK AND USE IT.

MM, VERY GOOD.

SO JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO IN THE, THE PROPOSED, UM, 25 FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET OF HAVING, ADDING A, UM, CONSUMABLE FEE TO WHERE WE'RE, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF THINGS ON HAND, UM, THAT, UH, PATRONS WOULD BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ON SITE, LIKE A, A PIECE OF WOOD, SOME OF THE, UM, PLASTIC, UH, FABRIC, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO DO, UH, SEWING OR LIKE THE CRICKET STUFF.

MM-HMM.

OH AND FILAMENT.

YEAH.

UM, BUT ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL AND, AND BE APPROVED FOR THAT FIRST.

THANK YOU.

WE DO HAVE A PRETTY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND THEY DONATE STUFF TO US REGULARLY TOO.

LIKE WE'VE HAD A LARGE, UM, YARN DONATION, WE'VE HAD A LARGE FABRIC DONATION.

SO THEY REALLY DO HELP SUPPORT US AND KEEP US GOING, SO THAT'S GREAT.

FABULOUS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THERE USED TO BE A PROGRAM ON KERA RADIO AND THE, THE HOST WOULD OCCASIONALLY INVITE LIBRARIANS TO PARTICIPATE.

HE CALLED THEM PROFESSIONAL SMART PEOPLE, .

AND I THINK YOU FILLED THE BILL.

THIS IS, THIS IS SUCH EXCITING NEWS.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE EXCITED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YES.

LET'S FORGOT TO MENTION IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED, UM, I HAVE THE MAKERSPACE CALENDARS IF YOU WANNA COME TO ONE OF OUR CLASSES.

YEAH.

I'LL ACTUALLY OUT .

ALRIGHT.

AND EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT LIKE A SNEAK PEEK OF LIKE THE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT WE HAVE, THAT'LL BE ON THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH.

YEAH.

YES.

WONDERFUL.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MARYAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WOW.

WELL, OKAY.

TOP THAT I CAN'T THE, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LIBRARY PROGRAM AND SERVICES UPDATE.

YES.

UM, FOR THE FIRST PART, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KATHLEEN ACK, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR.

YES.

I'M GOING TO, UH, TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR RECENTLY LAUNCHED, UM, COLLECTIONS LIBRARY OF THINGS, WHICH IS ONLY GOING TO GROW FROM WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

UH, WE STARTED WITH CAKE PANS THAT WERE, THEY WERE DONATED BY JESSICA, CORRECT? YES.

SO , SHE, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT SHE DOES.

SHE DECORATES CAKES AND SHE DECORATED, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 80 PANS.

AND, UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN, UH, OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR SELECTORS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT TO GET THEM WHERE THEY'RE PROCESSED AND CAN BE, UH, AVAILABLE FOR, UH, LOAN.

AND THEY ARE NOW OUT THERE.

AND YOU SAID ABOUT, THERE'S ABOUT HALF OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN CHECKED OUT SOME MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE LAUNCHED WITH A SET OF, UH, 16 OUT FOUR AT EACH LOCATION.

ABOUT A LITTLE OVER HALF HAVE CHECKED OUT.

BUT YEAH, THE, UM, THE BUTTERFLY, THE FIRE TRUCK, THE DINOSAUR, MAYBE THE DINOSAUR HAVE ALL CHECKED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES.

THOSE ARE REALLY POPULAR ONES.

THE, THE DINOSAUR THAT'S SHOWN THERE WAS ACTUALLY MADE BY

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AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE ONE WHERE IT'S MOSTLY EATEN .

WE HAVE A PICTURE OF IT, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AT OUR, UM, COLLECTION, DEVELOPMENT MEETING TODAY THAT WE'RE, SOMEONE SUGGESTED GETTING THE PANS THAT GO WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE, OH, THE MASCOTS.

MASCOTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE MASCOTS FOR THE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, UH, BE A BIG, THAT WOULD BE POPULAR.

UM, SO THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS OUR, WHAT WE SENT OUT FIRST OR WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH.

BUT WE ARE ALSO PURCHASING OTHER ITEMS. AND THE POINT OF GETTING THE ITEMS, AND I'LL SORT OF MENTION SOME OF THEM THAT WE, WE ARE PURCHASING, THEY'RE NOT, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED 'EM ALL.

THEY'RE NOT BEEN, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PROCESSED, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NEED JUST OCCASIONALLY, LIKE THE CAKE PANS.

AND SO THEY DON'T WANNA INVEST THE, THE MONEY IN IT, BUT THEY STILL MIGHT NEED IT.

AND MAYBE IN PREVIOUS TIMES YOU WOULD ASK A NEIGHBOR IF YOU HAD IT, BUT HAVING THESE AT THE LIBRARY WHERE YOU CAN JUST GO CHECK IT OUT.

AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ORDERED, UH, IT'S LIKE A PORTABLE KEYBOARD, A JUMPSTARTER CAR STARTER, PORTABLE CHEST AND CHECKERS.

A UM, LAPEL MIC, A PORTABLE INDUCTION COOKTOP HOT PLATE THAT YOU CAN USE, LIKE WITH PARTIES.

JUST PLUG IT IN.

UH, PORTABLE PICKLEBALL SET A PORTABLE SOCCER BACKYARD SET WITH GOALS AND, UH, SOCCER BALL CONES AND EVERYTHING.

JENGO WOOD BLOCKS CONNECT FOUR A DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ESSENTIAL KIT PIN POWER, UH, WHICH IS A TEXT TO SPEECH READER PIN.

SO IT WILL SCAN AS YOU GO ALONG AND IT WILL READ WHAT'S ON THE PAGE.

AND THEN AN AUTOMATIC, UH, WRIST BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR.

AND THAT'S JUST THE INITIAL LIST.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, UH, CALCULATORS LIKE THE, THE SCIENTIFIC, THE SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS.

UM, WE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

UH, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD TO IT THAT MAKE SENSE TO, TO CHECK OUT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY HAS, OR LIKE I SAID, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NEED FOR TO PURCHASE FOR THEMSELVES.

SO THEY CAN COME IN, CHECK IT OUT.

RIGHT NOW THE LIBRARY OF THINGS, THERE'S A LIMIT OF THREE ITEMS PER CARD.

AND DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, HOW MANY YOU GET OF EACH ONE, IT'S A TOTAL OF THREE AND A TOTAL.

UH, YOU CAN HAVE 'EM FOR THREE WEEKS, YOU CAN PLACE ITEMS ON HOLD.

AND RIGHT NOW, UH, AND I THINK THIS IS, UNLESS WE JUST GET A REALLY LARGE COLLECTION, UH, IT'S GARLAND RESIDENTS, LIBRARY STAFF, AND CITY EMPLOYEES.

SO IT'S, THAT'S THE RE WHERE IT'S RESTRICTED TO.

AND WITH THE, UM, CAKE PANS, WHEN WE DID THE, OUR FACEBOOK POST, WE ALSO ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IF THEY TOOK, IF THEY MADE THE CAKES TO TAKE A PICTURE AND POST IT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT.

'CAUSE THAT JUST MAKES IT, THAT MAKES IT FUN.

SO, UH, THESE ITEMS ARE ALSO IN THE CATALOG.

SO BE OUR, UM, HEAD CATALOGER AND KATIE WORKED ON TAKING IMAGES OR PHOTOS OF ALL OF THESE TO UPLOAD TO THE CATALOG.

AND THERE IS A PAGE, UM, DEDICATED TO THE LIBRARY OF THINGS.

SO RIGHT NOW IT HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF THINGS ON IT, BUT THAT, THAT LIST WILL KEEP GROWING AND BE READILY AVAILABLE FROM OUR PAGE.

YOU MENTIONED A FACEBOOK POST WHERE, WHAT, UH, IT WAS RIGHT WHEN WE, OKAY.

IF I JUST WANNA GO HOME AND LOOK AT THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE LIBRARY.

YES.

IT'LL BE, YOU CAN FIND IT.

YEAH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE ON THERE.

NAME DO HAVE IT UP.

UH, HANG ON.

IT'S GARLAND, UH, LIBRARY,

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OKAY.

AND WHERE ARE ALL THESE THINGS HOUSED? UH, RIGHT NOW EACH LOCATION HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF OF THEM.

OH, YOU SAID THAT.

OKAY.

AS WE'RE RENOVATING THE LIBRARIES, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A, UM, A DEDICATED SPACE FOR THEM THAT THE SHELVING'S A LITTLE BIT DEEPER, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, THAT IT CAN HOUSE SOME OF THE THINGS 'CAUSE LIBRARY OF THINGS.

IT'S NOT A CONVENTIONAL BOOK OR DVD OR CD SIZE.

IT'S ODD BIG.

YEAH.

I GO THERE A LOT.

YEAH.

IT'S GARLAND LIBRARY AND THEN PARENTHESES, TX IS, ARE YOU SHOWING HER? YEAH.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

.

SORRY I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

.

I, I, WONDERFUL.

.

ARE THERE ANY, UM, JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE HOME DEPOT OR AUTO ZONE, LIKE WHEN YOU RENT OR CHECK OUT LIKE A TOOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO USE A DEPOSIT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WHOLE THING.

UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR, I JUST WONDER ABOUT LIKE HIGH DOLLAR MATERIALS POTENTIALLY THAT YOU ALL HAVE.

'CAUSE I MEAN, CAKE PANS, THESE CAKE PANS ARE STILL HIGH DOLLAR MATERIALS IN MY OPINION, BUT MAYBE NOT AS HIGH AS LIKE SOME OTHER ONES.

THEY ARE, ARE TOTALLY AGREE.

YES.

WITH YOU.

THE, THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT THE LIBRARY CARD IS ONCE IT'S CHECKED OUT, MM-HMM.

, UM, WE, I HATE TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD.

WE HAVE YOUR INFORMATION, UM, SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO PUT A DEPOSIT, BUT IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT RETURNING AN ITEM, WE HAVE THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH YOUR NUMBER.

SO THAT WOULD, THERE'S LIKE A COLLECTION TYPE THING.

YES.

AND YOUR, YOUR ACCOUNT IS, UM, BLOCKED.

UH, BLOCKED.

BLOCKED.

YOU CAN'T CHECK OUT ANY MORE ITEMS. IT'S NOT RETURNED.

RIGHT.

UM, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A UNIQUE ITEM, BRINGING IT BACK AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT.

I WILL SAY, NOT TO STEAL KATHLEEN'S THUNDER, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ITEM IS, THERE MAY BE AN AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, SIGNED.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET WITH THE COLLECTION.

AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO ENGAGE, UM, PROBABLY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND GET A, A LARGER, HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MEASURES WE NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE, BEFORE THAT.

BUT WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE WANNA SEE ADDED.

SO, AND, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN SEED LIBRARIES.

MM-HMM.

, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER THING I KNOW THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

UM, A LOT OF THE LIBRARIES HAVE THOSE AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF PARTICIPATE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE OF, IT'S JUST A FUN THING TO DO.

AND YOU GET TO GET SEEDS FROM ALL, ALL OVER THE PLACE AND ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.

AND WE JUST LOOK AT THIS AS A, NOT JUST A USEFUL COLLECTION, UM, BUT ALSO A FUN COLLECTION.

SO HEATHER AND HER TEAM MENTIONED, UM, THAT THEY GOTTEN SOME, SOME GENEROUS DONATIONS.

AND HERE IT IS ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL.

DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE A WISHLIST? WE DO.

, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

YEAH, THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

KAREN.

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE LIBRARY'S WISH.

SO WHAT I CAN, YOUR CHECK'S IN THE MAIL, , WHAT I CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU IS, SO WE'RE WORKING ON, FOR ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, KIND OF A WISHLIST OF ITEMS OR, UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FOR MAKERSPACES, FOR LIBRARY OF THINGS.

AND I CAN GET SOME BROCHURES OUT FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAMS, UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING US WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT YES, WE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS.

WONDER THE FRIENDS, UH, PAGE ALSO HAS A BUTTON FOR DONATIONS THAT YOU CAN USE.

THEY USE PAYPAL AND YOU CAN USE THAT, CLICK ON THEIR PAGE AND MAKE DONATIONS.

AND OF COURSE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO THEM.

THEN, UM, WE GET THROUGH EITHER, UH, DIRECT ITEMS. THEY SUPPORT US THROUGH PROGRAMS AND, AND, UH, MATERIALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE GET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WONDERFUL.

I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE'VE, UH, REVISIT THE GIFT ACCEPTANCE POLICY AT A FUTURE MEETING JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE YOU A PONY.

OH, SHE'LL TAKE THE PONY .

WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

OTHER ITEMS IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES? YES.

SO I, I VERY EXCITED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE, UH, IF YOU REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, COMMUNITY ART PIECE, PUBLIC ART PIECE THAT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE.

THAT

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SO ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, YOU'RE ALL INVITED.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, ENGAGEMENT EVENT, UH, THAT I THINK IT'S HITTING THIS WEEK.

SO THERE'S GONNA BE A RAFFLE, OR NOT A RAFFLE.

THERE'S A, A WAY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN, UM, THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROJECT.

UM, LIKE WINNERS LOTTERY KIND OF.

YEAH.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PULL NAMES OUT OF THE HAT AND YOU'LL BE INVITED TO COME AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET TO DECORATE A PIECE OF THE ART THAT'S GONNA BE PUT UP.

SO THE GLASS MAKER CAR AND RAY AND HER TEAM ARE GONNA COME WITH DIFFERENT LETTERS AND PIECES THAT WILL MAKE UP THE ENTIRE, UM, PIECE.

UH, AND THEY COME WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COLORS, UH, THAT YOU'LL GET TO ACTUALLY DESIGN AND PUT YOUR COLORS ON THE PIECE OF GLASS.

THEY ACTUALLY TAKE A PROCESS OF HAIRSPRAY AND THEY HAIRSPRAY IT DOWN.

UM, AND THEN THEY TAKE ALL OF THOSE PIECES BACK TO THEIR STUDIO, UM, AND FIRE IT IN A BIG KILN.

AND I DON'T, NO, I DIDN'T.

I HAVE SOME IMAGES OF THE, THEY HAVE GIANT KILNS, THAT THEY PUT ALL OF THE PIECES IN.

AND THEN THAT WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY ART PROJECT AN ACTUAL COMMUNITY ART PROJECT.

SO YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO PARTICIPATE? WE, WE ARE ASKING THAT PEOPLE, UM, CHOOSE A TIME SLOT OF EITHER AT 2, 3, 4, OR FIVE TO BE ABLE TO COME.

SO WE DON'T HAVE EVERYONE COMING IN AT ONE TIME.

AND WE CAN KEEP A FLOW GOING.

THERE'S AN, UM, UH, IF YOU HAVE INVITATIONS FOR ALL OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE SVP, YOU CAN CALL ME OR DEANNA EMAIL ME OR DEANNA, I WILL SAY PROBABLY DEANNA'S THE, THE SAFE BET, UM, WITH, UH, YOUR ACCEPTANCE OR REGRETS AND WHAT TIME AND THAT TIME SLOT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, COME TO.

DO YOU MIND? NO, I SHOULD SAY, UM, COUNCIL, LIBRARY BOARD, FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.

WE HAVE A, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SENDING INVITATIONS TO.

UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE, THE GROUP, UM, WILL BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE SIX OR OLDER.

UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY FANTASTIC EVENT.

AND THIS WILL BE AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY.

WONDERFUL.

HOW EXCITING.

THANK YOU.

SO THE MOBILE THAT I SEE IN THE PICTURE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? WE MAKE THE PIECES FOR YES, YES, MA'AM.

AND YOU'RE, IT'S GLASS.

IT'S GLASS, AND YOU MAKE YOUR DESIGN ON PAPER OR ON THE GLASS ITSELF.

SO THEY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SUGGEST THAT YOU, YOU TAKE YOUR SHAPE AND YOU TRACE IT ON A PIECE OF PAPER FIRST AND YOU KIND OF MAKE A DESIGN THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH.

UM, AND THEN THEY'LL HELP YOU WITH PUTTING THE ACTUAL COLORS.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE BEADS THAT YOU, YOU PLACE ON THE GLASS.

AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT, THEY COME AND HAIRSPRAY ALL OF THAT DOWN, UH, AND TAKE IT BACK SO YOU HAVE A MOMENT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY THINK AND DESIGN, UM, HOW YOU WANT YOUR PIECE TO LOOK.

AND THE BEADS DIDN'T MELT WHEN IT'S FIRED.

THEY'RE GLASS BEADS AND THEY'LL TAKE 'EM BACK AND FIRE IT AND FUSE IT.

YEAH.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL ONE PIECE.

THE OTHER REALLY COOL THING IS THE, THE COLOR OF THE, THE MATERIAL THAT THEY USE HOLD VERSUS AFTER IT'S, UM, FIRED COULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COLOR.

SO THE ARTISTS ON HAND WILL MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU MAY NOT WANNA HAVE THESE TWO COLORS TO TOGETHER.

'CAUSE IT ENDS UP BEING BROWN, A BROWN COLOR, INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE A VERY VIBRANT RED OR SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU ARE HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE THAT IN THE JAR.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S THIS COLOR WHEN FIRED.

IT'S NOT THIS COLOR.

AND THEY'LL ALSO HAVE SOME, UM, CARLIN AND HER TEAM ARE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE, THE SCIENCE BEHIND HOW GLASS IS MADE AND HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS AND THE FUSION, UM, A LITTLE MINI, UM, CLASS BEFORE YOU'RE, YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET TO, TO DECORATE YOUR PIECE.