* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. CUTE FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE [00:00:01] FOR BEING HERE, [ Library Board on August 8, 2022.] THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, WHICH I'LL READ JUST TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IT. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS ISSUES, NOT ON THE AGENDA. MAY HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE LIBRARY BOARD. AT THIS TIME. THE LIBRARY BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM, NOT POSTED ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. OKAY. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. UM, YOU HAVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 9TH MEETING AS PART OF YOUR PACKET. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS? HMM. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES IF THERE ARE NO, UM, NO CORRECTIONS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I W I WOULD JUST PUT THIS VERY PICKY C BUDGET AFTER FOLLOWING, OR JUST PUT A CALL IN THERE AND HONESTLY, OKAY. YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. SECOND SECOND, SIR. UM, MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE, MOTION PASSED. NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS TO DISCUSS BOARD MEMBER. REAPPOINTMENTS KAREN. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO REAPPOINTMENTS TO LIBRARY BOARD. ONE IS MS. GWYNN, WHICH WAS, UM, REAPPOINTED ON JUNE 21ST. AND THEN MR. CHARLES ON AUGUST 2ND, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE RESIGNATION, SO IT'S WITH A VERY HEAVY HEART THAT I TELL YOU THAT MISS BETTY HAS OFFICIALLY RESIGNED FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD AFTER MANY, MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION TO THIS BOARD. UM, BUT SHE DID STEP DOWN. SHE, OKAY. UM, SHE HAS SOME CONCERNS, BUT SHE'S, I THINK SHE'S DOING AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW SENDING A CARD OR REACHING OUT WOULD BE NICE. UM, AND I DON'T DID WE, WE DIDN'T BRING A CARD. THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL GET A CARD TOGETHER. AND IF EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SIGN IT AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND IT TO HER WE'LL UM, DO THAT COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP. UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PENDING HER RESIGNATION. THAT'S ONE VACANCY FROM THE MAYOR THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LIBRARY BOARD. UM, SO WE APPRECIATE BETTY'S SERVICE. IT WAS, I WANT TO SAY SOMEWHERE AROUND NUMBER 30 YEARS. YES. I THINK 95 OR 96, A LONG, LONG TIME SERVING MEMBER. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING OR PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH, UM, CENTRAL LIBRARY. WHEN WE DO THE RENOVATION OF HAVING SOMETHING IN HONOR OF MISS BETTY AT THE, UM, AS A PART OF THAT, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT FOR HER MANY, MANY YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY, BUT IT'S A BIG HOLE. THE, IF THERE'S A SILVER LINING IN ANYTHING, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A SILVER LINING, UM, WE DO HAVE HAD, MS. TERRY HAS, WILL BE HER CHAIR IN BETTY'S ABSENCE OR IN HER, IN HER ABSENCE. SO, AND THEN IN OCTOBER, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REGULAR, UM, UM, ELECTIONS. THANK YOU, ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR POSITIONS. WHAT DISTRICT WAS SHE? SHE WAS THE MAYOR'S APPOINTEE IN, SO THE MAYOR APPOINTS ONE AND THEN EVERY COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY. THANK YOU, KAREN. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEWLY HIRED AND PROMOTED STAFF. THIS IS THE EXCITING PART, UM, CUE THE MUSIC. EXACTLY. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MUSIC. UM, WE HAVE THE GREAT FORTUNE OF HAVING FOUR, UH, THEY'RE EITHER NEW TO US OR NEW IN THEIR POSITIONS, UM, STAFF WITH US TODAY. SO, AND I CAN'T SEE EVERYONE BECAUSE OF SITTING BEHIND CHAIRS, [00:05:02] UM, A WAVE, OUR FIRST WE HAVE, UH, MEL JOHNSTON. SHE WAS OUR NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, AND SHE COMES TO US FROM DENTON. GOT THAT. RIGHT. UM, DAPHNE JOHNSON, WHO IS IN THE BACK, UM, SHE STARTED IN 20 17, 20 16. SHE WAS A PART-TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT. SHE WENT THROUGH SCHOOL, EARNED HER, UM, MLS DEGREE AND IS NOW OUR NEW ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AS WELL. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE BEATRICE FOLKMAN. SO, UH, DAPHNE AND MALE, OUR PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, BEATRICE STARTED IN 2016 IS OUR SENIOR LIBRARIAN IN TECHNICAL SERVICES. SO A CATALOGING LIBRARIAN BE AS THE BEHIND THE SCENES LIBRARY AND KIND OF THE BACKBONE OF A LOT OF WHAT WE OFFER WITH THE CATALOG AND MATERIALS AND HELPING TO ORGANIZE ALL THAT. UM, SHE HAS NOW BEEN PROMOTED IN AS OUR NEW TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEW STAFF AND PROMOTIONS. WE HAVE ONE MORE MILLICENT , UM, WHO IS, I THINK SHE'S ON HER WAY HERE. SHE GOT LOST. UM, AND SHE'S OUR NEW WALNUT CREEK BRANCH MANAGER. AND SHE STARTED IN, I THINK, UH, 2017. SHE COMES TO US THROUGH, UM, DALLAS AND SHE HAS, UM, SHE WAS A LIBRARIAN IN DALLAS. SHE WAS THE LIBRARIAN AT THE SOUTH GARLAND BRANCH LIBRARY AND HAS NOT BEEN PROMOTED TO THE MANAGEMENT POSITION, A WALNUT. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE. WE'RE STILL HIRING FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSITIONS, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THESE FOUR PROMOTIONS AND NEW HIRE. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU EXCEPT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES. WE'LL BE BEHIND THE SCENES. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS BUDGET UPDATE. YEAH. SO THIS SATURDAY DID THAT, DID, UM, WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL SESSION OR COUNSEL HAS A SPECIAL SESSION FOR THE 20 FISCAL YEAR, 2023 OPERATING BUDGET. UM, AND WE HAVE TWO, UM, UNFUNDED REQUESTS THAT WE'RE TAKING FORWARD TO COUNCIL. UH, ONE OF THEM IS FOR THE AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM, ALMOST $172,000. SO YOU MAY SORRY WE'RE SNEAKING THROUGH WE, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER IN 2018, WE HAD THE AUTOMATED MATERIALS HANDLING SYSTEM AND THE RFID SYSTEM INSTALLED AT ALL FOUR DIFFERENT LIBRARIES. UM, WHEN WE PURCHASED THAT EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME WE INCLUDED A FIVE-YEAR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UM, THE MACHINERY AND THAT, UH, SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS ENDING NEXT YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 23. AND SO WE'VE, UM, REQUESTED FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND WHAT WE GET WITH THAT SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. IT'S KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. THERE'S, UM, LICENSING, UM, FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, WE ALSO GET A ANNUAL ONSITE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE VISIT FOR ALL FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE GET A DISCOUNT ON REPAIRS AND PARTS AS WELL. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ABILITY FOR THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO REMOTE IN AND DO SOME DIAGNOSTICS AND SOME TROUBLESHOOTING FROM THEIR END AS WELL. SO BY BUNCHING IT OR, UM, DOING A FIVE-YEAR PLAN VERSUS AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN, WE, THERE IS COST SAVINGS AND BUNDLING IT TOGETHER AND PAYING IT IN A FIVE-YEAR INCREMENT RATHER THAN GOING YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR. THE SECOND THING IS WE HAVE, UM, EACH ONE OF THOSE MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS HAS A DEDICATED, UM, COMPUTER THAT HAS IT'S CONFIGURED IN A SPECIAL WAY TO BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH THE AMH SOFTWARE AND WITH OUR INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM. UM, SO IT CAN TAKE THE MATERIALS IN, IT CAN CHECK IT IN OFF OF A CARD, PRESORT THE MATERIALS AND, UH, SEND THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. THOSE PCS ARE NEARING END OF LIFE. AND SO, UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST TO, UM, PURCHASE NEW COMPUTERS THAT WILL BE, UM, PROGRAMS SPECIALLY FOR THE EQUIPMENT, AND THEN PROFESSIONALLY [00:10:01] INSTALLED BY THE TEAM AS WELL. AND THEN OUR LAST REQUEST IS TO UPDATE THE MICROSOFT PACKAGE ON ALL OF OUR PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTERS, AND MICROSOFT HAS THE WORD EXCEL, PUBLISHER, POWERPOINT, THAT WHOLE SUITE, THAT A LOT OF OUR PATRONS USE TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THAT DID GO UP THERE. UM, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, CLASS ASSIGNMENTS, DOING RESUMES, DOING PRESENTATIONS, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS. AND IT'S, IT'S HIGHLY UTILIZED. SO ALL IN ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR ABOUT $181,000 IN THIS YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET, UH, AND UNFUNDED REQUESTS OKAY. KAREN, WHAT IS THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE AMH SYSTEM? HOW LONG, HOW LONG ARE WE EXPECTED TO HAVE IT? IT DOESN'T HAVE AN END OF LIFE. IT WILL CONTINUE. WE ASKED THIS QUESTION OR VERY RECENTLY THEY DON'T TERMINATE AN END OF LIFE FOR THE MACHINE. THEY REFERENCED THE COMPANY THAT WE BOUGHT THE MACHINE FROM HAS, I'M GONNA MISS THE PLACE. THEY HAVE A MACHINE INSTALLED SOMEWHERE IN THE METROPLEX ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO. AND THAT MACHINE IS STILL UP AND GOING IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE MINUS, YOU KNOW, A FEW PARTS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE PC. THAT'S HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MACHINE ITSELF IS STILL THE SAME MACHINE. WONDERFUL. SO AS LONG AS WE TAKE CARE OF IT, WE KEEP IT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. IT SHOULD LAST A GOOD LONG WHILE. THANK YOU. AND ON UPGRADING THE SOFTWARE, THE LAPTOPS OR PCS IS THAT, UM, PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTERS, IS THAT SO THAT'S X, DOES THAT EXCLUDE STAFF COMPUTERS? YES, IT DOES. SO THAT AT OUR BRANCHES AND CENTRAL, WE HAVE 150 PUBLIC. WE DO BETWEEN ALL OF THE LAPTOPS, UM, THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS, ALL THE DIFFERENT HANDS ON, UM, COMPUTERS, PUBLIC ACCESS WE DO. AND I SHOULD HAVE ADDED WITH THIS ONE. WE DO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME DISCOUNTED PRICING BEING, UM, IN EDUCATION. SO IT'S A PRETTY STEEP DISCOUNT THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND MILLICENT JUST WALKED IN. SO THIS IS MELISSA MCCARTHY VIA THE NEW WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY MANAGER. WELCOME. THANKS MILLIE. SHE'S GOING TO HAVE A NEW BUILDING IS GOING TO HAVE A NEW BUILDING AND SHE'S WORKING. SHE'S DOING AMAZING THINGS OUT THERE WORKING TO BUILD UP THE COMMUNITY AND INVITE PEOPLE TO COME. THEY'VE HAD A REALLY GREAT SUMMER WITH HAVING SO MANY KIDS COME BACK TO SUMMER READING AND STORY TIMES AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER THERE. THANKS, MILLIE. THANK YOU FOR, FOR INSERTING. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BOND PROGRAM UPDATES. OH, BEFORE I, BEFORE WE LEAVE BUDGET, MAYBE WE GO BACK TO THAT ONE REAL QUICK. UM, COUNSEL IS THEY'RE HAVING THE SPECIAL WORK SESSION ON SATURDAY, BUT THERE ARE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, THAT THEY'LL HAVE AS A PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. UH, AUGUST 17TH AND AUGUST 23RD ARE TWO OF THOSE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND I SHOULD SAY IT'S TENTATIVE. I THINK THEY'LL, UM, APPROVE WHAT THAT SCHEDULE IS SOON. AND THEN SEPTEMBER 6TH, IF ALL GOES WELL, THERE'LL BE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND TAX RATE. SO WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CONTACT OUR COUNCILMAN, TO EXPRESS OUR ENTHUSIASM FOR LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES AND ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO CAPITAL AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN? OKAY. HERE REAL QUICK. SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON CENTRAL, WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEW WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS AND IT SHOULD COME AS NO SHOCK THAT THOSE ESTIMATES ARE QUITE HIGH RIGHT NOW DEALING WITH INFLATION, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UM, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND CITY ADMINISTRATION TO, UM, BE ABLE TO, TO AFFORD AS MUCH AS, AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE FOR THESE TWO [00:15:01] PROJECTS. I THINK WALNUT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH NO, UM, MAJOR CHANGES. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING, MAYBE SOME OF THE MATERIALS USED AND NOT THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ITSELF OR WHAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, TO YOU ALL FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING CENTRAL. UM, AGAIN, WE'VE KIND OF GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE USING FOR THAT, UM, BUILD A, WE MAY HAVE SWITCHED SOME OF THOSE THINGS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OR AN INITIAL PROCESS TO, UM, VALUE ENGINEER OR GO THROUGH AND MAKE CHANGES. UM, RED LINES, SOME ITEMS THAT MAY BE AREN'T, UM, INTEGRAL TO THE PROJECT ITSELF, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PICK UP AT A LATER DATE TO HELP GET THAT PROJECT BACK IN, IN LINE, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA. UM, SOME OF THE TRADES, SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE, HAVE REALLY TAKEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN COST ELECTRICAL, EXCUSE ME, ELECTRICAL IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. GLASS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, UM, EXCUSE ME, DRY WALL. SOME OF THE ACOUSTICAL TILES THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR A LIBRARY HAVE IT'S DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IN THE COST. SO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO FOR BOTH, UM, PROJECTS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL IS MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AS IS TAKE IT TO BID AND GET SOME HARD NUMBERS. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE ESTIMATES. UM, WHEN WE GET THE HARD NUMBERS WITH THE BID, WE'LL KNOW WHAT WE'RE BETTER, WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. AND WE CAN WORK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND CITY ADMIN, EXCUSE ME, CITY ADMINISTRATION, TO BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT GLOOM AND DOOM RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS HOW THE ESTIMATES ARE COMING IN. COST-WISE UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WALNUT AND CENTRAL THUS FAR CENTRAL SHOULD GO OUT TO BID PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER, UM, FOR THAT PROJECT WALNUT CREEK IS STILL WORKING ON DETAILED DESIGN, WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO GET TO CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO BID. UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING, UH, THE LIBRARY MATERIALS, KIOSKS. WE'RE WORKING WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO GET THOSE TWO KIOSKS, UM, INSTALLED THE FIRST ONE BEING AT THE CITY HALL SITE. UM, THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY IN PROCESS OF GETTING ALL OF THE, UM, WORK TOGETHER TO POUR THE PAD, TO GET CONDUIT RUN AND ALL THAT. UM, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THE MACHINE INSTALLED OR WORKING WITH THE VENDOR NOW ON ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE FROM US TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MACHINES READY TO INSTALL AND GET GOING. BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS TO THE ONE AT LAWN WIND PARK. UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ON WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO IMPLEMENT THAT PARTICULAR ONE SINCE THAT SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION GOING THROUGH RENOVATION, MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECT. SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WALNUT CREEK AND CENTRAL AND THE KIOSKS A LOT MORE IN THE MONTHS TO COME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROJECTS? WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE COSTS INCREASE, EVERYTHING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP BLOCKCHAIN, THE NORMAL INCREASED LIFE FOR GLASS, AND IS THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE DESIGNS THAT WE ALREADY, THE INTENT IS NOT TO CHANGE THE DESIGN, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH WALNUT CREEK RIGHT NOW, THE, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS TO KEEP ON A CREEK. LIKE WE HAVE IT AGAIN, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT DOING A FEW MEASURES OF SWITCHING OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE GLASS IN SOME AREAS DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MAYBE IT HITS IT KNEE LEVEL OR WAIST LEVEL IN SOME PARTS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE AESTHETIC OF THAT BUILDING. WE ALL LOVE HELPING. UM, THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN CROSSED THAT BRIDGE YET. WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH THOSE FROM NUMBERS, FROM THE BID PROCESS YET CENTRAL. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MAJOR CHANGES FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE, BUT WE JUST DON'T. WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT BRIDGE WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND WITH, UM, CITY ADMINISTRATION. THE INTENT WITH CENTRAL IS TO KEEP ALL OF THE MODIFICATIONS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE LIBRARY THAT WE WANT TO DO TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY, UM, [00:20:01] TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, THE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES TO UPGRADE THE ELECTRICAL, CAN'T HAVE THE BUILDING WITHOUT ELECTRICAL AND THE ELECTRICAL WENT UP, UH, AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT. UM, YOU KNOW, HPAC WENT UP A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT AND AFTER THE SUMMER, HPAC IS NOT REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT THEM TO DO WITHOUT WITH 109 DEGREE DAYS, UM, MOVING THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT TO, UM, THE LOWER LEVEL FOR SAFETY AND FOR PROGRAMMING, WE WANT TO DO, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT COMMUNITY ROOM WHERE IT'S BEING DESIGNED TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SO IT'S MUCH EASIER TO, UM, GAIN ENTRANCE TO HAVING, UH, A ENTRANCE OR A MAIN ENTRANCE OFF THAT WESTLOCK WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKING IS. WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING YET, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS DOWN THE ROAD, IF, DEPENDING ON WHAT COSTS ARE, BUT THE CHILDREN, THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THE WEST THAT ENTRANCE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HIGH PRIORITY THINGS PLUS THE ELECTRICAL, OH MY GOODNESS. THERE WERE CANDLES, THERE ARE CANDLES. IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW, I KEEP SEEING ALL THESE ADVERTISEMENTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT SOLAR AND HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO PAY SO MUCH. AND I WONDERED IF THE LIBRARY HAD LOOKED INTO THAT WHEN THEY WERE MAKING ALL THESE PLANS, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE ARCHITECTS AND WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, AND IT'S CERTAINLY A QUESTION THAT I'LL BRING UP, UM, WITH THOSE TWO TEAMS, BUT WE'LL TAKE THE DIRECTION FROM THEM ON WHICH WAY TO GO AS FAR AS SOLAR, BUT I'VE, IT'S A LARGE ROOF. WE COULD THE GARDEN UP THERE. I WOULD LOVE TO BE HAD A GARDEN OUT THERE. LOTS OF IDEAS. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE OUTREACH PROGRAM. SO, UH, I THINK AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU GOT TO MEET MORGAN BLACKBURN. WHO'S OUR NEW, UM, OUTREACH LIBRARIAN, SENIOR LIFE. UM, AND I BELIEVE, UM, MICHAEL HAD A QUESTION OR BROUGHT UP, YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUTREACH AND WHAT WE DO. SO MORGAN IS GOING TO COME PRESENT, UM, LIBRARY OUTREACH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. OH, NO, IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. UM, SO OUR NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM, WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING IT FROM THE GROUND UP AND THE, THE TITLE OF IT IS A LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS. SO, AND FIRST I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW DEFINITION OF HOW, WHAT ALA DEFINED THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION DEFINES OUTREACH AS, AND OUTREACH AS IS A, IS A SERVICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INFREQUENT USERS OR NON-USERS OR SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED. SO THAT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH AN OVERVIEW OF, OR GENERAL DEFINITION OF WHAT OUTREACH, UM, CAN MEAN, BUT W UM, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT OUTREACH MEANS TO US. UM, SO, UH, IT'S A LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS, AND WE ARE IT'S NEW AND RENEWED CONNECTIONS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ACCESS. SO I KIND OF WROTE A SHORT LITTLE GOAL FOR THE OUTREACH PROGRAM, AND IT IS THE AIMS TO BE A LIBRARY WITHOUT WALLS, MAKING NEW CONNECT WHILE MAKING NEW CONNECTIONS, STRENGTHENING EXISTING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO ACCESS. SO IN LOOKING AT OUTREACH AND, AND LIKE THE SLIDE SAID BEFORE, IT SAID OUTREACH IS REALLY FOR NON-USERS. AND I, I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS JUST FOR NON-USERS. I WOULD, I PREFER TO THINK OF IT AS, UM, IT COULD BE THE ASPECT THAT KEEPS THOSE EXISTING USERS COMING BACK, UM, INTO THE LIBRARY WE'VE HAD. UM, I WENT TO THAT, AN ANIMAL SHELTER, GRAND OPENING EVENT. AND WHEN [00:25:01] WE HAD A LOT OF USERS THAT WERE HAD HAD LIBRARY CARDS IN THE PAST, BUT THEY HAD MOVED TO ROULETTE OR MOSQUITO OR SOME OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS, AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THEY STILL HAD ACCESS TO OUR LIBRARY. THEY STILL HAD ACCESS TO OUR DIGITAL RESOURCES. THEY STILL HAD ACCESS TO OUR DATABASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY'RE STILL WELCOME TO USE THE LIBRARY AS WELL. UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS SURPRISING HOW YOU HAVE IT. I ALWAYS FIND PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY SURPRISED BY THE THINGS THAT THEY CAN GET WITH THEIR LIBRARY CARDS. UM, SO WE'RE ALWAYS CHANGING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND RESOURCES. AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY REALLY BENEFITS FROM BEING INFORMED OF THESE CHANGES. SO, UM, I REALLY TRY TO TAKE TARGETED, UM, HANDOUTS AND MATERIALS TO THOSE EVENTS THAT WE GO TO JUST SO I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, THEY, THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM. AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS THAT MORGAN'S A PART OF WITH OUR MARKETING TEAM, THAT WE'RE KIND OF REVAMPING AND RELOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES, UM, HANDOUTS THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT, TRYING TO, TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, USER-FRIENDLY EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, BUT THAT GRABS THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO WHEN SOMEONE COMES UP TO THE, THE BOOTH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR GOAL IT'S TYPICALLY JUST TO FIND OUT MY FIRST QUESTION IS ALWAYS ARE, WELL, THEIR FIRST QUESTION IS ALWAYS, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS, WHO ARE YOU? AND I SAY, WE'RE THE LIBRARY. I TRY TO BE AS EXCITED AS I CAN ABOUT IT. AND I ALWAYS ASK THEM, DO YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD? AND IF IT IT'S, IF IT'S AN EVENT THAT, UM, HAS THE SPACE AND THE TIME TO INTERACT WITH THAT PERSON, WE ALWAYS, I ALWAYS TRY TO BRING, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO BE ON HAND, TO REGISTER PEOPLE FOR LIBRARY CARDS, IF THEY WANT TO DO IT THERE, OR I GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION TO, UM, TAKE WITH THEM AND THEY CAN COME, THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND USE ANY OF OUR LIBRARIES TO REGISTER IF THEY'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT RIGHT THEN. UM, AND THEN I TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. I POINT TRY TO POINT OUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST THE SWAG. THEY JUST WANT THE, THAT BAG OR THAT BOOKMARK, OR THAT, UM, THE FANS, WE HAVE THE FOLDABLE FANS THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO SEVERAL EVENTS, AND THOSE ARE WILDLY POPULAR. SO YOU GUYS DO DURING THE YEAR. SO WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR AND CINDY RELATED, LIKE THE ANIMALS SHOW, SOME OF THEM ARE CITY RELATED. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN, UM, G I S D M SCHOOL VISITS AND LITERACY NIGHTS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN, UM, ONE OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS, KELLY GOES TO SOME OF THE HEADSTARTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, TO DO STORY TIMES FOR SOME OF THOSE CLASSES. UM, THEY HAVE BEEN, WE DID THE STUDENT AMBASSADOR EVENT, WHICH THAT BROUGHT IN OUR WONDERFUL INTERNS THAT WE HAD FOR THE SUMMER. THEY WERE, THEY WERE AMAZING, AND WE WERE SAD TO SEE THEM GO. UM, I KNOW WE DO YOU WANT TO WORK? UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE HAVE WE DONE? WELL, AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOU TO COME, OR DO YOU JUST KIND OF PAY ATTENTION TO THE CALENDAR? YES, IT IS THE EXACT WAY. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. OUR NEXT SLIDE IS OUR OUT NEW OUTREACH REQUEST FORM. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY, THIS IS NOT LIVE YET, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON CENTRALIZING AND STREAMLINING THE PROCESS FOR OUTREACH REQUESTS AND OUTREACH VISITS. SO BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, WE WILL DO A SOFT LAUNCH OF OUR NEW OUTREACH REQUEST FORM. AND IT'S VERY SIMPLE. UM, IT WILL BE HABITS, UH, PLACE ON THE WEB, ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE, AND THEN I CAN COME IN, THEY CAN GO ON THERE. TELL ME EVERYTHING, NEED ME TO KNOW, INCLUDING SETUP, TIME, TEAR DOWN TIME, WHAT THE AUDIENCE IS, UM, BE A SPOT FOR COMMENTS. I THINK THIS, UM, THIS BOX GETS TO, SO IF IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT, THE MORE INVOLVED IT IS, THEY CAN LET ME KNOW. DO YOU DO ANY DATA COLLECTION AT THE EVENTS, LIKE KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE COME OR DIFFERENT AGES AND STUFF LIKE THAT? YES, WE DO. SO WE HAVE THAT'S ON A LATER SLIDE, BUT WE'VE MADE CONTACT. WE CAN JUMP ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S TOTALLY FINE. UM, WE, SINCE JANUARY, SINCE I STARTED IN THE POSITION, AND THIS DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE HEADSTARTS THAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE STORY TIMES, UM, AND SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL VISITS, BUT WE'VE MADE CONTACT WITH 2,184, [00:30:02] UM, PEOPLE AROUND IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF GARLAND. UM, WE TRY TO KEEP TRACK. I SEND A CLICKER FOR EVERY EVENT THAT WE GO TO AND WE TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERY PERSON THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH. UM, IS THERE A SENSE OF LIKE, WHAT IS THAT YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE MOST, OR IT'S MOSTLY ADULT IT'S MOSTLY ADULT SOMETIME MOST, SOMETIMES IT'S FAMILIES. UM, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO GO TO AN EVENT THIS YEAR WHERE WE HAVE TIME TO PUT OUT AN ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS YET. UM, THERE EACH ONE IS, IS DIFFERENT. I TRY TO PACK THE BIN TO SEND, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT OUTREACH EVENT IS. UM, WE TRY, WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, LET'S SEE, 46 NEW CARD HOLDERS AT EACH AT THE EVENT SO FAR. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH. THAT'S NOT A VERY LARGE NUMBER, BUT RIGHT NOW AT THE EVENTS THAT WE ARE OFFERING LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION, THERE'S, UM, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN NEW CARDS PER VISIT. SO, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, I THINK, UM, IT, IT DOES. AND, AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AND IT TAKES TIME TO FILL OUT THAT FORM. WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, W WE HAVE A WRITTEN FORM THAT THEY CAN FILL OUT AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR ID READY, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UM, THE APPROPRIATE, LIKE INFORMATION ON THAT ID. AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO HAVE, THEY DON'T KNOW TO COME WITH THAT STUFF. SO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN, BUT IT'S NICE WHEN WE CAN GET SOME NEW. SO THE GOAL WITH THAT IS TO MEET THE FAMILIES, THAT PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE MOMENT, AND BE ABLE TO GET THAT INSTANT GRATIFICATION OF HERE'S YOUR, YOU KNOW, HERE'S YOUR LIBRARY CARD. AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 24 HOURS FOR IT TO BECOME ACTIVE FOR US TO DO SOME THINGS ON OUR END. UM, AND THEN I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS ABOUT 2100 SINCE JANUARY, I THINK FOR THIS ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE AT OVER 3,500 CONTACTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT A LIBRARY CARD AND THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, HOW FOR NOW TODAY, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM THAT THEY CAN WALK AWAY WITH SO THAT, YES, WE, UM, THAT WE'VE TRIED TO, SINCE GOING TO SOME OF THE EVENTS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE APPROPRIATE HANDOUTS TO GIVE, UM, WE'VE MADE A NEW, WE'VE MADE A NEW INFOGRAPHIC THAT HAS ALL OF OUR SERVICES. IT HAS, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY CAN, THAT WE MIGHT OFFER. IT HAS ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS, OUR PHONE NUMBER OR WEBSITE LISTED ON IT. SO THEY, I ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING WITH OUR NAME OR LOGO ON IT, JUST SO THEY KNOW THEY REMEMBER US WHEN THEY WALK AWAY AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN COME BACK IN AND VISIT ANY LOCATION THAT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM AS WELL. AND THEN WITH OUTREACH COMES PARTNERSHIPS. SO, UM, PARTNERSHIPS AND OUTREACH, UM, THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND. UM, THE PARTNERSHIP PART IS, IS BUILDING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND FINDING OUT HOW WE CAN KIND OF HELP EACH OTHER. AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WE CAN HAVE NEW OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES. SO ONE OF THEM THAT ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IS THE GARLAND CHAMBER. WE HAVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THROUGH THEM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THEIR BUSINESS ACT, THEIR SMALL BUSINESS EXPO. UM, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A HELD IN THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT. UM, WE'VE DONE. WE WILL BE DO ENTERING INTO THERE. WE'RE HOSTING A TEA BOX AT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A NEW, A NEW TYPE OF EVENT FOR US. UM, AND THEN I ALSO, UM, LET ME GET MY, AND THEN THROUGH, ALSO THROUGH THE CHAMBER, WE'RE DOING WE'RE HOSTING, UM, ALLOWING THEM TO USE OUR ROOMS AT EACH OF OUR LOCATION TO HOST SMALL BUSINESS SESSIONS, INFORMATION SESSIONS. AND SO THEY'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY COMING TO SEE THEM, BUT THEN THEY'RE, THEY MIGHT BE BRINGING IN SOMEBODY THAT HAS NEVER VISITED ONE OF OUR LIBRARIES BEFORE. AND THEN THEY HAVE, WHILE THE LIBRARY IS OPEN, THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO COME IN AND GET A LIBRARY CARD AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE HAVE TO OFFER IN SOME OF OUR RESOURCES AS WELL. AND WE'VE, KAREN HAS SPOKEN AND SPOKEN AT THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, WORK WITH THEM TO BROADEN OUR VIETNAMESE COLLECTION, UM, IN THE LIBRARY. AND THEN WITH JISD, WE'VE HOSTED SEVERAL LITERACY NIGHTS SINCE SEVERAL SCHOOL VISITS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. THE SCHOOLS KEEP WAIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE VISITING OR DO HIGH SCHOOL, OR WE HAVEN'T DONE A HIGH SCHOOL YET. WE DID JUST GO ON THE 29TH OR THE 28TH. ONE OF THOSE DAYS, WE WENT TO THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND THAT WAS AT LYLE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL. [00:35:02] SO IT WAS FOR A MIDDLE, IT WAS AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IT WAS JUST, UM, A SMALL CONFERENCE. SO IN PARENTS HAD SESSIONS AND THEY CAME TO VISIT THE TABLES IN BETWEEN EACH SESSION AS WELL. UM, I MEAN, THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT GROUPS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CHAMBER OF CONGRESS, UM, DID THEY LIKE REACH OUT TO YOU AND SAY, OR IDENTIFY DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT PERHAPS THAT YOU COULD POINT TO, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF INTRO, I JUST SORT OF THINKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT LITERACY WOULD AFFECT SOME BUSINESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OR I KNOW IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. UM, SO I THINK THE SCHOOL IS KIND OF, SELF-EXPLANATORY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE CHAMBER, BESIDES THE RESOURCES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PIECES OF TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE SPACE. SO WE HAVE THE STUDY ROOMS, THE MEETING ROOMS, DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT SPACES IN ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS THAT LINDA'S SELF. IF THEY'RE TRYING TO DO JOB INTERVIEWS, IF THEY WANT TO HOLD ANY TYPE OF MEETING SESSION THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THE LIBRARY. SO IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PHYSICAL MATERIALS, IT'S THE SPACE ITSELF. UM, WE'VE HAD, GOODNESS I'M DRAWING A BLANK RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE COME IN, UM, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS FOR, UM, THAT WE HAVE SERVICES OR MATERIALS THAT ARE ABLE TO HELP THEM ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER THAT IS. SO IT'S, WE'RE BUILDING OUR ARSENAL NOW BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY GET TO BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE WE GET TO, TO DREAM IT. DO IT. I MEAN, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE ALA DO THAT, ARE THERE OTHER, AND I THINK I MAY HAVE ASKED THIS LAST TIME, BUT ARE THERE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE MODEL PROGRAMS LIKE THIS THAT ARE MAYBE MORE MATURE THAN OUR PROGRAM OR THE WORD SORT OF STEALING STUFF FROM, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, THEY CALL IT BORROWING STEEL. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT NO. UM, I SHARING, WE SHARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER LIBRARIES, SPECIFICALLY LIBRARIES THAT HAVE, UM, SOME VERY WELL-DEFINED OUTREACH PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE ONES KIND OF IN OUR OWN BACKYARD IS THE CITY OF PLANO. THEY LOOK AT IT AS ALMOST A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL BRANCH THAT THEY HAVE. SO THEY, THEY HAVE STAFF THAT ARE DEDICATED TO OUTREACH. THEY HAVE MATERIALS, I THINK, UM, A VEHICLE LIKE A BOOKMOBILE AND THEY GO OUT, UM, THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT THEY DO. THEY'RE NEVER, I WON'T SAY NEVER, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN THE BUILDING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE TALKING, THEY HAVE A VERY WIDE RANGE OF OFFERINGS. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED PAGE WITH, UH, TO REQUEST A VISIT FROM THEIR, THEIR BOOKMOBILE WHERE, UM, AND THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT THEY, THAT PEOPLE CAN REQUEST. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC. YOU CAN TAILOR IT TO WHATEVER YOUR, YOUR EVENT NEEDS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY NICE. AND THEY DO, THEY DO WHOLE STAFF TRAININGS. I THINK EVERYBODY HAS TO BE TRAINED IN PUPPETS THAT THEY HAVE A WHOLE PUPPET THEATER, THEIR OUTREACH MOBILE, UM, OR I SHOULD SAY A LOT OF LIBRARIES THAT HAVE, UM, MORE MATURE OUTREACH PROGRAMS DO HAVE THAT ONLINE FORM THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REQUEST AND GET ON A CALENDAR BECAUSE YEAH, BUT WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, OUR DANCE CARD IS FOR RIGHT NOW. WE CAN, WE CAN GET YOU IN ON ANOTHER DATE, WHICH I'LL, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, WE WERE ALREADY TAKING RESERVATIONS FOR OUTREACH EVENTS INTO MARCH AND APRIL OF NEXT YEAR ALREADY. WONDERFUL. AND HOW MANY STAFF DO WE HAVE THAT ARE FOCUSING ON THIS? JUST, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S DEDICATED RIGHT NOW TO OUTREACH. UM, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUTREACH AS IT'S EVERYBODY ON OUR LIBRARY, STAFF CAN PARTICIPATE IN, THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN OUTREACH BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. MORGAN, CAN'T GO TO EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY THING THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT. AND WHEN THAT PERSON COMES INTO ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE A PERSON THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY COMFORTABLE WITH. THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL. I DO NOT HAVE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, BUT I HAVE, I HAVE BEEN THE STAR OF MANY, A STORYTIME ON FACEBOOK AND IT'S LIKE THAT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A YOUTUBE [00:40:01] CHANNEL. THE CITY HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL, I THINK. AND WE'VE POSTED SOMETHING TO THAT. WE HAD A SUB CHANNEL ON THE CITIES NOW, AND THAT'S HOW THEY WANT TO KEEP IT BECAUSE ACTUALLY THEY LIKE IT. WE DRAW NUMBERS. ARE THEY MONETIZING? UM, WE CHEAT, I DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M SENDING THE STAFF THAT IS INTERESTED IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, JUST SO THEY HAVE AN INVESTMENT IN IT AND THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN IT. UM, I TRIED TO SEND THE, THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THEIR LIBRARIES, SPECIFIC SERVICE AREAS. SO THAT THOSE KIDS, WHEN THEY COME INTO THE LIBRARY, LIKE KAREN SAID, THEY, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT PERSON WHO DOES THEIR STORY TIMES. AND, OH MY GOSH, YOU CAME TO MY SCHOOL. I REMEMBER YOU. AND YOU DID A REALLY FUNNY STORY. AND I WENT AND TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN I GOT HOME. SO IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS AND PEOPLE'S HOMES. WE'RE MAKING THEM AT SCHOOLS AND THEY, THEY SEE US WELL, MY PUPPET SKILLS ARE NOT AMAZING, BUT WE HAVE SOME, THEY DO. THEY DO. AND I WAS A CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN AND, UM, PUPPETS ARE NOT FOR ME, BUT THEY COULD BE FOR SOMEBODY I'VE BEEN OVER THERE. MORGAN, THAT ON YOUR FOURTH BULLET WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. YES MA'AM. COULD YOU TELL ME, HAVE THERE BEEN, CAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S ON THE LIBRARY WEBSITE AND THERE'S A LAKE, I ASSUME FROM MY CITY, I OVERALL CITY WEBSITE TO GET TO THE AVERAGE. BUT, UM, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY TYPE OF INTERACTION WITH ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH REGARD TO OUR GORLIN LIBRARY OUTREACH PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS? HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTERACTION THERE? SO I DID DO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, NOT YET, BUT THAT LIGHT, THAT LINK. IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE JUST YET. UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SOFT LAUNCH IN SEPTEMBER AND HAVE IT REALLY OUT THERE BEGINNING IN OCTOBER, UM, BEGINNING, OCTOBER ONE. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE SENIOR CENTERS, I DID DO A PRESENTATION FOR THE GARLAND RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL. UM, THEY HAD, UM, IT WAS OVER 100 GARLAND, UM, RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND, UM, THOSE LADIES WERE GREAT. IT WAS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD INTERACTION AND, AND A REALLY GOOD EVENT TO GO TO. AND THEN I GOT, UM, ANOTHER, I GOT A VOICEMAIL JUST LAST WEEK FROM A LADY FROM, THAT HAD BEEN IN THAT GROUP TO ASK US TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR THEIR GARDEN CLUB AS WELL. SO, AND THEY ARE THE, UM, THEY'RE ALSO A RETIRED GROUP AS WELL. OUTREACH GOES TWO WAYS OPEN THE LIBRARY. STAFF WILL REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR SENIOR CITIZEN CENTERS. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I MAY CENTER IS NO MORE, BUT IT'S DISPERSED AMONGST THE CITY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE LIBRARY STAFF REACH OUT TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS PORTION OF THE GAIL FIELDS RECREATION CENTER AND FIND OUT IF YOU CAN DO ANY TYPE OF COLLABORATION WITH THE GARLAND RESIDENTS AND SURROUNDING CITY RESIDENTS THAT UTILIZE THE CENTER. OKAY. BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE KIND OF SATELLITE OVER THERE. SO THAT WILL BE, THERE WOULD BE PRIME PROBABLY WILL END UP GETTING MORE KIDS COMING THROUGH, BUT NOW THE SCHOOLS TAKE THEM BACK UP. THEY, OURS REALLY COULD BE CONCENTRATED. I JUST TOOK OVER I'M CO-HOSTING THE SENIOR SOCIAL HOUR AT THE LIBRARY IN THE HOPES THAT I WOULD MAKE SOME MORE CONNECTIONS WITH THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF LADIES WALK UP TO ME AND TELL ME, WE PLAYED BINGO EVERY FRIDAY. AND I SAID, I LOVE BINGO. SHE SAID, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME. I SAID, I WILL PLAY SOME BINGO FRIDAY. UM, AND THEN WE'VE HAD, WE HAD, I HAD ANOTHER LADY TELL ME THAT SHE HAD BEEN, HAD SEEN A COUPLE OF PERFORMERS AT THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL, AND THAT WAS NOT NECESSARILY OUTREACH, BUT IT WAS A GOOD, IT WAS A GOOD, YOU KNOW, A GOOD CONVERSATION STARTER IN ORDER TO IT WAS AN IN TO GET INTO THE SENIOR CENTER. I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW IS IN OCTOBER. I THINK IT'S A NATIONAL NOW. AND I KNOW LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A VAIN, [00:45:01] A LOT OF TIMES, SOME LARGER, MORE, UM, SORT OF ROBUST PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COME. AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WOULD BE A FUN THING TO, TO FIND OUT FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I KNOW OUR FIRE GROUNDS HAVE COME TO OURS TOO. AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. WE HAVE A LIST OF DIFFERENT CONTACTS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOWARD AND TRYING TO, UM, WHAT IS IT? YOU, THIS IS OUTREACH IS HUGE. I MEAN, IT'S AN ELEPHANT AND THE BEST WAY TO EAT AN ELEPHANT IS ONE BITE AT A TIME. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE, THAT WAS A LOT OF WHITE PLANO HAS SEPARATE YES. ADD HOUSE. WE WILL GET THERE. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY GET THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE LAYING THAT FOUNDATION. AND ON THAT NOTE, YOU TOOK WHAT YOU ADD THE GARLAND CARVER SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER. IT SAID TWO 10 CARVER STREET. WELL, I COULD SEE THEIR EYES LIGHTING UP. IF YOU CAME AND JOINED THEM, I BABY LIFE TAKE LITERALLY TOUR ON, THEY DO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY DO A LOT. CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A, IT WAS RECENTLY REMODELED, BUT IT'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE IN MY OPINION. AND SO THEY DO EXERCISE IT LIKE IN CHAIR, BUT IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF LITERAL TOUR VIDEOS OR NOW I AM OPEN TO IDEAS AND DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE CAN, WE CAN START TALKING TO. UM, I LOVE TALKING TO PEOPLE. SO AS MIKE AND TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO CONTACT THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPRESSED. WE CAN DO THAT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. ARE THERE OTHER IDEAS TO SHARE REQUEST? I HAVE ONE MORE. I HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES. OKAY. IF YOU GUYS HAVE TIME, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO. UM, THIS, UM, THIS ONE IS A HEAD START THAT WE WENT TO AT THE HEADSTART FAMILY DAY. UM, WE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, ANY SCHOOL SCIENCE ACADEMY, UM, TO DO THEIR ESL NIGHT. AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BIG TURNOUT, BUT EVERY FAMILY THAT WAS THERE LEFT WITH A LIBRARY CARD. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE. THEY, THEY FLOODED OUR TABLE AS SOON AS WE GOT DONE WITH OUR PRESENTATION. SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE. AND THEN I JUST RECENTLY DID A TOUR OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR A HARMONY AS SPECIAL NEEDS CLASS AS WELL. AND THEY LOVED IT. THEY WERE, THEY WERE REALLY GREAT. UM, THIS ONE UP HERE WITH THE GRASS SKIRT, THAT WAS THE BUSINESS EXPO THAT WAS, UM, RIGHT IN THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE WAS JUNE 10TH. WE, WE DID GO TO JUNETEENTH AND THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD, WE HAD A REALLY FUN TIME. WE GOT SOME LIBRARY CARDS, TALK TO SOME PEOPLE, EVERYBODY THAT WALKED UP TO THE TABLES JUST TOLD US HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE LIBRARY. SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR, UM, SOME POSITIVE, THE FEEDBACK. AND THEN THIS WAS, THIS IS DAPHNE RIGHT THERE. SHE WAS AT THE GARDEN. WE WENT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER, GRAND OPENING, AND THAT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT. AND THEN I TRIED, I TRY NOT TO, I WOULD, THEY LET ME INSIDE BEFORE IT OPENED. AND I WAS LIKE, NOPE, NOPE, DON'T TOUCH ANY PUPPIES. COME ON WITH ANY PUPPY. UM, COULDN'T EVEN LOOK THEM IN THE EYE. AND THEN THIS WAS THE LAST ONE WE WENT TO. THIS WAS THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT CONFERENCE AT LYLE'S MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. UM, AND THEN THIS WAS OUR SECOND TIME PARTICIPATING. AND SO, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. PEOPLE ARE INVITING US BACK. SO ONCE WE GO THE FIRST TIME THEY REMEMBER US AND THEY'VE, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN INVITED BACK FOR ANOTHER LITERACY NIGHT THAT WE DID, UM, BACK IN THE, IN THE WINTER. SO IS YOUR POSITION A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD OR HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THIS POSITION SINCE JANUARY? YES. AND THEN, UM, LAST ONE IS JUST THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE GARLAND, UH, CHAMBER GOLF TOURNAMENT. WE WILL, WE ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE GUZZLER. WE WON'T BE DAZZLING. YOU'RE REGISTERED GOOD. WE WILL BE WORKING IT, NOT DOING ANY I WAS JUST INVITED TO THE EVENTS MEETING, UM, COMING UP THIS WEEK TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT. UM, WE WILL BE DOING THE CITY JOB FAIR IN SEPTEMBER. UM, WE HAVE A LITERACY NIGHT LINED UP AT WEAVER ELEMENTARY. WE ALWAYS DO CHRISTMAS [00:50:01] IT'S CHRISTMAS AT FIRE WHEEL NOW. AND THEN THAT GARDEN CLUB I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT THEY, THAT WAS A NEW ONE THAT WE WERE INVITED TO IN FEBRUARY. SO, AND THAT IS IT. OREGON'S PORTER, HEART AND SOUL, AND REALLY BUILT, STARTED TO BUILD THE PROGRAM FROM THE GROUND UP. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH WHERE THIS IS GOING LONG TERM AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESPONSE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WELL, THANK YOU, JOAN TEAM. OH MY GOD. IT'S SO HOT. WE TOOK THOSE FANS TO THAT ONE AND WE HAD PEOPLE, THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS FLAG WITH THE LOGO ON IT, BECAUSE WE GAVE ONE PERSON IN THE FAMILY THAT FAN AND WE HAD SOMEBODY, DO YOU HAVE THE FANS? AND WE HAVE A FAN. IT WAS, THEY WERE VERY POPULAR AND IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT. SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THIS. OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M VERY EXCITED TO, FOR THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY. SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE INTROVERTS, WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE SO MUCH. I'M SORRY. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS. YES, YES, YES. SABRINA IS GONNA PASS OUT. UM, OUR PROCEDURE IN THE FORM. UM, A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE ASKED IN A RECENT WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA ON NEWS, UM, ABOUT, UM, LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOLS. UM, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW HOW WE HANDLE, UM, ANY RECONSIDERATION, UM, MATERIALS, CHALLENGES, OR REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF MATERIALS. YES. TO WANT TO PUT, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WE DO HAVE A, UM, A COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND SELECTION POLICY, ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE, UM, PURCHASE. WE, WE HAVE A REASON FOR PURCHASING THOSE MATERIALS IN THE SYSTEM. UM, THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AS YOU CAN. WELL, IT'S NOT, LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN. WELL, LET ME READ IT OFF THE PAGE. UM, I'M SORRY. DID SOMEONE HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY. UM, WE ARE, I'LL GET COPIES SENT OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR ONE. UM, PRIMARY ROLES OF, UM, OUR CO OUR COLLECTION OR THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION IS TO PROVIDE CITIZENS OF ALL AGES WITH ACCESS TO CURRENT INTEREST, HAD DEMAND MATERIALS, INCLUDING CURRENT EVENTS, POPULAR FICTION LITERATURE, THE ARTS HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, BUSINESS SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY. SO AT THE HEART, WE, WE ARE A POPULAR MATERIALS LIBRARY. WE PROVIDE REFERENCE, UM, SERVICES AND MATERIALS THAT HELP, UM, PROVIDE REFERENCE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. WE PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR ALL AGES ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS TO MEET CITIZENS, PERSONAL BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, ASSIST SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS WHO ARE CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH STUDIES, INVESTIGATING SPECIFIC AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE OR CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE BY PROVIDING BASIC LEVEL RESOURCE INFORMATION LOCALLY AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO REMOTE INFORMATION SOURCES THAT DOC, WHERE IS THAT DOCUMENT? IS THAT A PUBLIC ACCESS DOCUMENT? IT'S UM, [00:55:01] I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. UM, ACTUALLY I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE OR NOT. IT MAY BE ON THE WEBSITE. I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T GET THIS TO OH, OKAY. UM, OUR SECONDARY ROLE IS THE CHILDREN'S DOOR TO LEARNING. WE ENCOURAGE YOUNG CHILDREN TO DEVELOP AN INTEREST IN READING AND LEARNING BY PROVIDING MATERIALS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR THEM AND THEIR PARENTS. WE ALSO SERVE AS A FORMAL EDUCATION SUPPORT CENTER, INDEPENDENT LEARNING CENTER, COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTER, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PURCHASING, UM, WE'RE PURCHASING FOR THE GARLAND COMMUNITY OUT OF EITHER. IT'S A, IT'S A PATRON REQUEST IT'S COMING IN IN ANY OF THE, UM, THE JOURNALS AS, UH, A NEW ITEM THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE IN OUR AREA. UH, WE LOOK AT ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WHAT'S, WHAT'S NEW, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S CUTTING EDGE AND BUY THOSE MATERIALS, WHETHER IT'S PRINT OR AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS. SO I THINK WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NEWS GOODNESS, THE LAST YEAR, UM, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE HAD A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT THEY'VE OFFERED KIDS CHALLENGED, AND SOME SCHOOLS HAVE HAD, UM, SOME PRETTY BIG, UH, IMPACTS TO THEIR COLLECTION BASED OFF OF THOSE CHALLENGES. THE, THE CHALLENGES FROM PARENTS HAVE, IN SOME CASES IN SOME COMMUNITIES ALSO SPREAD OVER INTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES. UM, SO SOME LIBRARIES THAT HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A LOT OF CHALLENGES FOR MATERIALS HAVE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A REGULAR AND DRAMATIC UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF MATERIALS THAT THEY'VE HAD. UM, CHALLENGES ON, PARTICULARLY ON SOME, UM, SOME SUBJECTS SUCH AS, UH, LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, UM, SOME RELIGIOUS, UM, MATERIALS AS WELL AS POLITICAL, POLITICAL, POLITICALLY AFFILIATED MATERIALS. SO I CAN TELL YOU, WE HAVE AND HAVE HAD, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WAS ISSUED IN 2002. WE'VE HAD THIS POLICY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND THUS FAR IT HAS SERVED US WELL. UM, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR SYSTEM THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO CHALLENGE, WE GO THROUGH A VERY STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO DETERMINE IS THE MATERIAL, UM, IS THE MATERIAL, THE RIGHT MATERIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS? IS THE MATERIAL LOCATED IN THE PROPER PLACE IN THE LIBRARY? SOMETIMES IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS MOVING SOMETHING FROM, UM, A JUVENILE FICTION AREA TO A TEEN FICTION AREA OR FROM A TEEN FICTION AREA TO AN ADULT AREA. I DON'T THINK IN THE 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS POLICY, MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THING THAT WE'VE EVER TAKEN SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE COLLECTION, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S THEIRS. THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. WE'VE JUST RELOCATED SOMETHING, UM, BASED ON, UH, WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WAS. OH, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE CHALLENGES OR WHAT'S BEEN THE TRAJECTORY. SO HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN CHECK IN THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION? SO KNOCK ON WOOD. WE HAVE NOT. NOW WE, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE DO EXPERIENCE, UM, AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN CHALLENGED. UM, AND WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS EVERY SINGLE TIME. I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE SYSTEM, UM, IN SEVEN, SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS, THERE'S MAYBE BEEN FIVE OR SIX ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED. SOMETIMES IT'S A DVD, SOMETIMES IT'S A BOOK. UM, BUT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THERE'S A, IF YOU READ THROUGH THE, THIS POLICY, THERE'S THE STAFF MEMBER LISTENS TO THE PATRON COMPLAINT. AND IF THE PATRON WANTS TO CHALLENGE THE MATERIAL, THEN THERE'S A CITIZEN'S REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE ASKED FILL OUT IN ITS ENTIRETY. THEY TURN IT BACK IN. UM, WE THEN HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A STAFFER INSTRUCTED TO REMAIN CALM AND VERY NON-COMMITTAL ABOUT ANYTHING. THANK YOU. TAKE THE ITEMS. WE TAKE THOSE ITEMS BACK. UM, THERE IS A COMMITTEE, EVERY CONSIDERATION COMMITTEE THAT'S FORMED. AND, UM, KATHLEEN IS THE PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR HEADS THAT COMMITTEE OR APPOINTS WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE ITEM IS, BUT WE JUST GET A GOOD GENERAL, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE TO REVIEW THE ITEM. SO THAT FROM THE STAFF, FROM THE STAFF, UM, SOMETIMES, UM, IT'S READING THE ENTIRE BOOK. SOMETIMES IT'S WATCHING A MOVIE, [01:00:01] UM, WHATEVER THAT ITEM IS. UM, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THE FORM, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT'S ON THE FORM AND THEN THAT COMMITTEE, UM, ACTUALLY I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. UM, I AM GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. SO WHEN POSSIBLE COPIES OF THE CHALLENGE MATERIAL WILL BE SENT TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND I THINK BY AND LARGE, UM, SOMETIMES WE MAY ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO COPIES OF IT, BUT WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE, THE COMMITTEE HAS FULL ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL. UM, WE LOOK AT ANY AVAILABLE REVIEWS OF THE CHALLENGE MATERIALS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHY DID WE BUY, UH, WHAT, UM, TYPES OF REVIEWS, WHETHER IT'S AN ONLINE IN ANY OF OUR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, UM, HAVE THAT DOCUMENTATION, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL MEET AND DISCUSS THE CHALLENGE MATERIALS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL ADDRESS THE GOOD POINTS AND THE BAD POINTS OF THE MATERIAL BASED ON THE REVIEWS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS DECISIONS ABOUT THE DISPOSITION OF THE CHALLENGE MATERIAL SHOULD BE BASED ON CONSENSUS OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE. AND LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES IT'S AS SIMPLE AS KNOW, THE ITEM REMAINS WHERE IT'S AT. UM, THERE'S NO NEED TO MOVE OR DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. A HANDFUL OF TIMES WE HAVE MOVED AN ITEM FROM A KID'S SECTION INTO A TEEN SECTION OR A TEEN SECTION INTO AN ADULT SECTION. UM, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES OR PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR COMMUNICATES BACK TO, UM, THE PATRON OR THE CITIZEN WHO CHALLENGED THE ITEM AND LETS THEM KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION IS. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO DO ANY FOLLOWUP WITH THE CITY, THE CITIZEN, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT AS WELL. SWEET, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KAREN. UM, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT THE POLICY HAS SERVED US SO WELL FOR SEXUAL LONG TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY HAS. AND IT'S LIKE I SAID, KNOCK ON WOOD. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SOME OF THE OTHER LIBRARIES ACROSS THE NATION HAVE, UM, EXPERIENCED MEAN THERE'S SOME REALLY FOR LIBRARIANS, SOME HORRIFIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH CHOOSING TO TAKE ENTIRE COLLECTIONS OUT OF THE SYSTEM. AND WE'RE A PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE HAVE TO HAVE THINGS THAT COVER MANY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH IT OR NOT, WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN IT OR NOT, IT'S OUR JOB TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ALL VIEWPOINTS AND TO BE A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE DOING THIS. I'M SORRY, THIS, THERE TEND TO BE A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT DO THIS, NOTHING BUT FIND FAULT WITH SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION I THERE. SO THEN PEOPLE HAVE AN AGENDA. WHAT ABOUT THIS WAY? SO, YOU KNOW, PRAISE GOD, IT'S A LOW NUMBER OF THIS. YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER SEVEN YEARS HERE, YOU'VE EXPERIENCED A LOW NUMBER COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ON THE NEWS. SO WHAT ELSE BEING HAD OFFERING A PUBLIC, UH, LIBRARY AND I CITY. SO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU IS I THINK WHAT SHE'S WANTING TO KNOW, IS IT, ARE YOU FINDING IT AS, IS IT GEARED MORE TOWARD POLITICAL ISSUES OR, I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO CLASSIFY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND IS IT BOOKS OR IS IT MOSTLY AUDIO VIDEO OR IS IT A GOOD CROSS SEAT PARTICULAR GROUP THAT COMES FORWARD ALL THE TIME PICKING AT STUFF LIKE THIS? I WOULD SAY, NO, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NO, SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, GRANDPARENTS THAT GO IN AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR GRANDCHILD IS FINE. SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETIMES IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A PERSON THAT COMES IN AND WHEN IT SAYS, UM, DO YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF AN ORGANIZATION OR OTHER GROUP? AND IT'LL BE, THEY'LL SAY, UM, EVERYONE. I MEAN, THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OTHERS. UM, SO SOMETIMES IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL. SOMETIMES IT'S A GROUP. I'VE NOT SEEN [01:05:01] ANYONE COME IN THAT IT'S LIKE THIS ORCHESTRATED RIGHT GROUP, LIKE WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IN SOME OF THESE OTHER, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT DOESN'T, FROM OUR EXPERIENCE HERE, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE AN ORGANIZED PREGNANT. UM, YEAH, I THINK MOST OF THEM THAN MY SENSE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE NEWS IS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THAT HAS A VERY DIFFERENT IT RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. UM, AND SO I IT'S, MY SENSE IS THAT A LOT OF THE IRR IN THE UMBRAGE HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS SCHOOL BOARDS. YEAH. AND BY DEFAULT YOU HAVE THE SPILLOVER TO A PUBLIC LIBRARY, WHICH HAS, LIKE I SAID, A VERY DIFFERENT MISSION THAN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT TOO. SO TH THOSE ARE, THOSE MISSIONS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. SO, WHICH MAKES SENSE WHY WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER WE WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I FORGOT WHICH ONE ASKED ABOUT, IS IT BOOKS, OR I WOULD SAY IT'S MOSTLY BOOKS. IT HAS BEEN SOME, UM, DVDS WITH, IF IT'S AN AUDIO BOOK, I CONSIDER THAT THE BOOK. UM, BUT IT'S BEEN MORE, UH, BOOKS OVER THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, THEN DVDS WE'VE, WE'VE DONE, YOU'VE EVEN DONE A FEW DVDS, BUT YEAH, MOSTLY BOOKS, THE M AND A WALLET IT'S SOMEWHAT NEW PHENOMENON. THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HAS PUBLISHED A LIST OF CHALLENGED BOOKS FOR MANY YEARS. SO, SO IT'S NOT A, AND YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE TITLES ON, ON THOSE LISTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I WAS VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THAT TOPIC. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TEMPORARY LIBRARY CARDS, SOMETHING LESS SEXY, AND I NEED TO ASK FORGIVENESS. WE ARE NOT READY TO PRESENT TEMPORARY LIBRARY CARDS TONIGHT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT A LATER SESSION. OKAY. WE WILL TABLE THIS ITEM FOR A FEATURE NEEDING, UM, SEE UNDER MISCELLANEOUS ENCLOSURES, WE HAVE OUR ENCLOSURES. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO MENTION RIGHT NOW, IF NOT, THEN WE ARE READY TO ADJOURN. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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