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ALL[Library Board on May 8, 2023.]
RIGHT, I'LL, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.AND THE, UH, THE FIRST ITEM, WELL, THEY'RE BEING NO CITIZENS.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 10TH MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? THERE'S JUST A, AN E, UH, TYPE, UH, SPELLING UNDERSERVED AREAS.
ANYTHING ELSE? GOOD JOB WITH THE COLON EARLIER, MADAM CHAIR WITH THE, UH, CORRECTION UNDER E I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 10TH MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING, OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED, YOU SAY? AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, AND THE FIRST ONE IS LIBRARY SERVICE PRESENTATION.
TONIGHT WE HAVE EMMA STEINHARDT, WHO IS HERE.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS.
UM, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, UH, THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE ONLINE TUTORING THAT THE, THE LIBRARY OFFERS.
SO EMMA'S GOING TO, UM, GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF HELP NOW, WHICH IS THE, UM, ONLINE TUTORING.
I'M AN ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN OVER AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
NOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, CLE, THE EXPRESS LOCATION.
UM, AND HELP NOW IS ONE OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE PROMOTE A LOT AT THE LIBRARY, UM, ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.
UM, AND THE MAIN DRAW FOR IT IS A TUTORING SERVICE, MAKING SURE IT WILL GO.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT HELP NOW HAS IS TUTORING.
UM, IT HAS A STATE ALIGNED SKILLS BUILDING TOOL, A WRITING LAB, AND THEN SOME STUDY AND COLLABORATION TOOLS.
SO WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE MORE IN DEPTH.
SO, AS I WAS SAYING, THE MAIN DRAW FOR HELP NOW IS THE TUTORING SERVICE.
SO THEY HAVE KINDERGARTEN, FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND COLLEGE, AS WELL AS SOME RESOURCES FOR ADULTS.
SO ANY STAGE OF LIFE REALLY, UM, HELP NOW IS THERE FOR US.
UH, THE TUTORS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THREE TO 10 EACH DAY.
UM, AND I LOOKED ON TUTORS.COM AND PRIVATE TUTORS.
ON AVERAGE COST ABOUT 25 TO $80, UM, FOR AN HOUR OF TUTORING.
AND THIS IS A COMPLETELY FREE SERVICE TO OUR LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS.
SO IT IS PERFECT FOR OFFERING TO, UM, JUST PARENTS THAT REALLY NEED, UM, THAT ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL AS PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN COLLEGE AND EVEN, UM, ADULTS WHO ARE NEEDING HELP.
UM, IT'S ALSO IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND IT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS SUCH AS MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, ENGLISH, AND READING.
THEY ALSO HAVE FAFSA ASSISTANTS.
ANOTHER TOOL IT HAS IS CALLED SKILL SURFER.
UM, SO THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT COVERS JUST, OH, DID IT NOT CHANGE? NO.
IS THIS THE SERVICE WE SUBSCRIBE TO OR WE CREATED? UM, SO WE'RE SUBSCRIBED TO IT.
OKAY, SO IT'S A NATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION.
UM, IT COVERS A DIFFERENT SKILLS SUCH
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AS LIFE SKILLS, SO THAT'S LIKE PRODUCTIVITY, UM, TIME MANAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT AGE RANGES.
UM, THE ONES I LIKE THE BEST ON HERE ARE FOR ESL.
UM, THEY HAVE US CITIZENSHIP TESTS.
UM, SO WE OFFER THAT A LOT TO OUR PATRONS, UM, AS WELL AS PRACTICE TESTS ON G E D TOFL, UM, NURSING SCHOOL PRACTICE TESTS, A C T S, A T P S A T.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF USEFUL RESOURCES ON THERE FOR ANYONE TRYING TO TAKE ANY OF THOSE TESTS.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY ON THERE, WHICH I HAD NOT KNOWN ABOUT UNTIL THIS.
SO NOW I CAN OFFER THAT THEY HAVE A FEATURE CALLED SEND A QUESTION.
UM, SO BASICALLY IF YOU DON'T WANT THE ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING OR YOU JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THAT, AND YOU DON'T WANT THE, UM, MORE CHATTING WITH SOMEONE, YOU CAN JUST SEND IN ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU CAN SEND IN DOCUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT, UM, AND JUST ENTER YOUR QUESTION, THE GRADE, THE SUBJECT THAT YOU'RE WANTING HELP ON, AND THEY GET BACK TO YOU IN ABOUT A BUSINESS DAY.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST USEFUL, I THINK, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO REALLY ACTUALLY TALK TO SOMEONE.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE, CAN YOU GET BACK TO ME? AND, UM, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE EXCHANGE EMAIL OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST ON THE INTERFACE ITSELF.
SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO GIVE OUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
YOU JUST LOGGED BACK IN TO HELP NOW, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET YOUR ANSWER THROUGH THERE.
AND YOU LOG IN THROUGH OUR SITE.
ON THE GARLAND LIBRARY HOMEPAGE, IT'S UNDER ONLINE RESOURCES, AND YOU CAN GO TO HELP NOW.
UM, AND YOU DO NEED A LIBRARY CARD TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT, BUT ANYONE WITH, UM, AN UNEXPIRED LIBRARY CARD CAN USE THESE SERVICES AND YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT.
ARE YOU ABLE TO ACCESS THE ACCOUNT FROM YOUR PERSONAL COMPUTER AT HOME, OR DO YOU HAVE YES.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE AT THE LIBRARY TO USE IT.
SO AS SOON AS YOU MAKE THE ACCOUNT WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO AND YOU CAN USE IT WHEREVER YOU HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS.
UM, ANOTHER THING THEY HAVE IS LANGUAGE LAB AND E VOCABULARY BUILDER.
SO THESE ARE USEFUL FOR HELP WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
UM, THE VOCABULARY BUILDER HAS 11 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON IT, INCLUDING SPANISH AND I INCLUDED THIS PICTURE.
UM, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT STUDY TOOLS, SO THEY HAVE DIFFERENT MODES LIKE STUDY, WHICH IS WHICH WHAT'S UP ON THE SCREEN THERE.
SO IT JUST HAS THE WORD AND THE IMAGE OF WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE WANTING.
UM, IT LET, IT REPEATS IT OUT LOUD IF YOU NEED IT.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE FLASHCARDS, MULTIPLE CHOICE AND A TEST FOR YOU TO, UM, START REMEMBERING THOSE LANGUAGES.
UM, SO THIS IS A LOT LIKE, UM, ANOTHER ONLINE RESOURCE CALLED MANGO THAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE'S DOZENS OF LANGUAGES ON IT, AND IT'S, UM, OH, LIKE EXACTLY, SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, LANGUAGE BUILDING.
BUT IT IS NICE THAT, UM, THIS RESOURCE HAS IT AS WELL.
EMMA, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SKILL SURFER.
UM, SO YOU SAID THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TALK TO SOMEBODY.
CAN YOU UPLOAD DOCUMENTS OR SEND, LIKE, IF I WANNA HELP WITH A MATH PROBLEM, CAN I SEND YOU MY MATH PROBLEM? AND SO THAT, SO THAT THE TUTOR CAN LOOK AT IT WHILE I'M LOOKING AT IT? WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT TOGETHER, BUT CAN, CAN THE TUTOR AT LEAST SEE IT? UM, SO ON HELP NOW, UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD SLIDE FOR THIS BECAUSE, UM, WHAT'S ON THE BOARD IS KIND OF, UM, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MINUS THE TEXT SECTION.
LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE ZOOM WHERE YOU SEE, UM, THIS PERSON.
UM, BUT YOU DO HAVE A TEXT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, LIKE WHERE THE, TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THAT CONE IS, UM, WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO THIS TUTOR.
UM, THEY'RE NOT RUN THROUGH OUR LIBRARY.
UM, WE DON'T KNOW THE TUTORS OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST ITS OWN SERVICE THAT WE, UM, HAVE PURCHASED ESSENTIALLY.
UM, SO YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE TUTORS VIA TEXT.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS PAST THAT, SO, UM, WELL, I I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN YOU MEANT, YOU USED THE WORD CHAT.
I WAS LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION.
UM, BUT YOU CAN, THERE IS A WORKSPACE, UH, SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, COLLABORATE TOGETHER.
YOU CAN UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTS YOU NEED FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, SO YOU'RE NOT JUST HAVING TO EXPLAIN THIS RANDOM MATH PROBLEM TO THEM IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND NOT KNOWING HOW, UM, EVEN ADULTS I'M SURE HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT.
YEAH, VITO, I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE ON THE
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TOOL IN THE FIRST PLACE.UM, BUT YEAH, YOU GET THIS REALLY NICE COLLABORATION SPACE WHERE YOU CAN JUST WORK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS TOGETHER, UM, AS WELL AS HAVE THE LITTLE TEXT FEATURE WHERE YOU CAN CHAT WITH THEM.
UM, SO THAT MAKES IT GOOD FOR PRIVACY TOO.
I'M SURE A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD BE LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT MY CHILD TO KNOW THIS PERSON.
SO IT IS, UM, VERY GOOD FOR PRIVACY.
UM, BUT OTHER TWO THAT SHARE THE SAME KIND OF COLLABORATION BOARD, IT'S CALLED MEET, UM, WHICH REMINDS ME, BASICALLY OF ZOOM EX.
SO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCOUNTS ON HELP NOW CAN USE THE COLLABORATION BOARD.
UM, THEY CAN MAKE THEIR OWN GRAPHS, CHARTS, UM, NOTES, UM, AND TALK THROUGH THE APP.
UM, AND BRAINWAVE IT USES THE SAME EXACT APPLICATION EXCEPT IT JUST KIND OF RECORDS WHAT YOU'RE DOING BY YOURSELF.
UM, SO SAY I'M WORKING ON A MATH PROBLEM AND I'M LIKE, WAIT, HOW DID I SOLVE THAT? YOU CAN SAVE IT AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT LATER SO YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO SOLVE IT BEFORE.
AND SO YOU CAN SAVE THAT WITHIN HELP NOW AND GO BACK TO IT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO COLLABORATE WITH LIKE, HAVE A STUDY GROUP MM-HMM.
SO IT'S A LOT LIKE ZOOM MEETINGS IN THAT WAY WHERE YOU CAN SEND AN INVITE AND TO THEIR EMAIL AND ALL GET TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME TO WORK ON SOMETHING.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY I MISSED THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T SAID IT, JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE ABOUT THE TUTORS THAT THEY ARE SCREENED AND YES.
BY THE, BY THE COMPANY, SO MM-HMM.
SOME OF THEIR OTHER FEATURES, THEY HAVE LIVE CHESS TUTORING.
SO CHESS IS AMAZING FOR GROWING MINDS AND JUST FUN TO DO.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE FLASH BULB, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UM, A FLASHCARD FEATURE WHERE THEY HAVE SPECIFIC FLASHCARDS THAT ARE ALREADY MADE ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS OF HISTORY, MATH, ET CETERA.
UM, I HAVE ONE UP ON THE BOARD, UM, THE CITY STATE VALUE MILITARY STRENGTH, AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS IT? UM, SO YOU CAN ALSO MAKE YOUR OWN SLASH CARD.
SO SAY YOU HAVE A CLASS, UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE EXACT QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO BE STUDYING, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN AND DO IT THROUGH THE APP.
UM, THEY HAVE E PARACHUTE, WHICH FOCUSES ON LIKE CAREER DEVELOPMENT, JUST FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF CAREERS YOU WOULD WANNA GET INTO YOUR OWN PERSONALITIES, YOUR STRENGTHS.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE-AGED KIDS AS WELL AS ADULTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO TRANSITION INTO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CAREER REAR.
AND THEN BRAINFUSE HAS OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE AT THE LIBRARY OR ONLINE, UM, FOR OUR PATRONS TO USE.
UM, SO JOB NOW, UM, THAT'S INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR JOBS OR JUST TO GROW PROFESSIONALLY.
UM, THEY HAVE ALL THESE RESUME TEMPLATES ONLINE THAT YOU CAN GET.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PATRONS COME IN AND THEY'RE WANTING TO MAKE RESUMES, UM, AND USUALLY THEY KIND OF, IF THEY DON'T ASK US FOR HELP, THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHY IS IT ASKING US TO PAY MONEY? WELL, ON JOB NOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY MONEY FOR THEIR ALREADY MADE TEMPLATES, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE CAREER COACHING, OR LIKE FOR WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO INTERVIEW, YOU CAN ASK THEM FOR HELP, UM, AS WELL AS SEND IN YOUR RESUME AND JUST GET IT EDITED AND GET IT LOOKED AT BY SOME PROFESSIONALS WHO REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR VET NOW.
UM, THAT HELPS OUR VETERINARY OR VETERINARIANS
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UM, DO YOU HAVE STATS ON HOW MANY OF OUR PATRONS USE OR ACCESS THE SUBSCRIPTION? I KNOW WE DO, BUT I, I DO.
GIMME AND, UM, DO MOST AREA LIBRARIES SUBSCRIBE TO THIS? YOU SAID THIS IS A NATIONAL SUBSCRIPTION, SO IS IT FAIRLY COMMON IN PLANO AND CERAMIC? PLANO HAS, I BELIEVE IT'S TUTOR.COM.
THEY HAVE A SIMILAR SERVICE, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER LIBRARIES AROUND US.
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UM, BUT IT IS PRETTY POPULAR.SO YOU SAID IT'S AVAILABLE 3:00 PM UNTIL 10.
SO ARE THERE ANY PARAMETERS, LIKE FOR THE STUDENTS, HOW LONG THEY CAN ACCESS IT? UM, EACH SESSION OR, I'M HONEST, IF THEY NEED HELP IN ENGLISH, YEAH.
I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE THERE IS NOT.
I THINK AS LONG AS THE TUTORS AVAILABLE THAT THEY CAN BE HELPED.
IS THAT TIMEFRAME JUST FOR LIVE TUTORING OR FOR ALL THE ELEMENTS? YEAH, SO IT'S FOR THE LIVE TUTORING, THAT'S WHEN THE TUTORS ARE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, AFTER SCHOOL HOURS WHEN IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO BE AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT AS FOR THE REST OF THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN USE IT ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND NIGHT AND YOU CAN SUBMIT, UH, PAPERS FOR REVIEW.
SO YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT ANY TIME AND 24 HOURS LATER THEY'LL WILL HAVE IT BACK TO YOU.
AND THEY DO NOT GIVE YOU ANSWERS LIKE WITH MATH OR WHATEVER THEY, IT'S NOT, HERE'S THE ANSWERS.
THEY TRY AND BRING YOU ALONG AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED, UM, TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET FROM THIS POINT TO THIS POINT.
UM, JUST LIKE A TEACHER WOULD
SO DEPENDING ON THE YEAR, AND IT VARIES BY MONTH, WE HAVE OVER 20,000, UM, STUDENTS THAT WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SERVICE.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T, I'M, WE, WE STARTED WITH TUNER.COM AND BECAUSE OF, UH, THE WAY THEY CHANGED PRICING, UH, IT WAS BASED ON, UM, IF YOU WANTED AT CERTAIN HOURS YOU HAD TO PAY MORE.
AND, AND, UH, WE WENT WITH BRAIN FUSE AND WE WERE HAPPY, HAPPIER WITH BRAIN FUSE.
AND, UH, THEY WERE ALSO AT A, AT THAT TIME, WHICH I THINK TUTOR.COM WAS THE ONLY GAME OF TOWN WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE ALL ON IT, AND THEY WERE JUST GETTING OVERWHELMED.
AND SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR WAYS, I THINK, TO KIND OF LIMIT THE NUMBER OF, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEIR TUTORS WERE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
SO AS THIS ONE, I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG ONES.
OF COURSE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE PRIVATE ONES, BUT SO IS HELP NOW THE CORPORATE NAME OR BRAIN FUSE? BRAIN FUSE, YES.
IS THE CORPORATE BRAIN FUSE HELP NOW? JOB NOW AT NOW.
YOU MAY SEE A THEME AND I THINK BETWEEN ALL OF THEM, THE HELP NOW, JOB NOW, AND VET NOW, ALL OF THEM OFFER SOME TYPE OF REAL-TIME ASSISTANCE, TUTORING OR GUIDANCE, STEP BY STEP HELP WITH WHATEVER THE, THE DISCIPLINE IS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO JUST LIKE WITH HELP NOW, HELPING WITH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, SCHOOL SUBJECTS JOB NOW, IF YOU NEED REAL TIME COACHING ON AN INTERVIEW, YOU KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO INTERVIEW, HOW TO GET YOURSELF READY FOR THAT.
THERE'S A TUTOR THAT WILL HELP YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN A VERY SIMILAR SERVICE FOR VETS IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL THE RED TAPE WITH, UM, TRYING TO ACCLIMATE TO CIVILIAN LIFE AFTER SERVING.
THEY HAVE ASSISTANCE IN BEING ABLE TO DO, UH, THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO, TO BE DONE BETWEEN FAMILY HELP, UM, JOB HELP, BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE, UM, VA RESOURCES MM-HMM.
SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REALLY GREAT RICH MM-HMM.
EMMA, WHAT WERE Y'ALL SAYING ABOUT THAT STAT? THE 20,000 STEP? WE HAVE OVER 20,000 PEOPLE ANY GIVEN YEAR THAT WILL HAVE STUDENTS, I CALL THEM STUDENTS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS SERVICE.
SO IT'S, SO HOW IS IT PRICED? HOW DO THEY CHARGE US? IT'S A, UM, LUMP SUM THAT WE PAY FOR EVERY YEAR.
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USE OR ANYTHING? WE, THERE'S A, A COST.AND SO THERE'S NO MINIMUM MAXIMUM WITH THAT SET PRICE.
NO, I THINK IT'S BASED OFF OF, UM, EITHER, I WAS GONNA SAY POPULATION SERVE.
IT COULD BE THAT, IT COULD BE POPULATION.
UM, IT'S USUALLY MOST OF OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ARE ONE OR THE OTHER.
THEY'RE CARDHOLDERS OR POPULATION.
AS FAR AS SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE FINDING THIS RESOURCE, ARE THEY MOSTLY FINDING IT THROUGH THE LIBRARY OR IS THERE SOME OUTREACH TO THE SCHOOLS AND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WE DO SOME, UM, OUTREACH TO SCHOOLS.
UH, WE HAVE A, A LETTER THAT GOES OUT OR, UM, INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT, I THINK IT'S MONTHLY TO THE G I S D, UM, HEAD MEDIA SPECIALIST THAT SHE SENDS OUT INFORMATION.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEND OUT PERIODICALLY.
WE HAVE THINGS IN ALL OF OUR, UM, SOME OF THE MARKETING THAT WE HAVE HANDOUTS THAT WHEN WE GO TO OUTREACH EVENTS THAT WE TAKE, UM, WE TRY TO DO A LOT OF PUSHING THE PRODUCT TO DURING, UM, CHILDREN'S EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE PARENTS THERE.
SO REALLY IF THE PARENT CAN HEAR ABOUT IT, IT, IT HELPS CUZ USUALLY IT'S A PARENT
CUZ I, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF SINCE I HAVE HAD TO DO GEOMETRY.
I, I NEED HELP IN HOW TO
UM, I WOULD SAY MORE TIMES NOT, IT'S A DESPERATE PARENT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP A CHILD.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE PARENT THAN THE, THE CHILD GETS HOOKED AS WELL.
AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW ABOUT THE FAFSA CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THEY OFFERED FAFSA, SO I'LL BE USING IT FOR FAFSA TOO.
THERE'S A TUTOR TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW TO LIKE APPLY TO COLLEGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND ACTUALLY THE, UH, THERE'S, UH, IN, IN OFF THE SHELF IN THIS ADDITION, THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT HELP NOW, SO.
EVERY TIME I GET A PATRON COME UP TO ME, IF IT'S ABOUT G E D OR S A T OR IT'S JUST A PARENT AND CHILD, I USUALLY MENTION HELP NOW AND THEY GO CHECK IT OUT.
IT'S ONE OF SO PARENT, IS IT EASY TO USE FROM, AS A PARENT? I THINK SO.
I THINK IT'S VERY INTUITIVE AND, AND USER FRIENDLY.
I THINK IF MOST PEOPLE, IF YOU CAN.
AND WHAT AGE CHILDREN DO YOU HAVE THAT ERIN, WHEN WE'VE USED IT, IT'S BEEN WITH, UM, 11 AND 14.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN THAT NOW, BUT USING IT FOR THE FAFSA, WHETHER OR I'LL BE USING IT FOR THE FAFSA,
BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL AND WE'VE USED IT A LOT, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ADULTS WITH THE JOB NOW MM-HMM.
AND AGAIN, VERY COMPLEX SUBJECTS.
I THINK IT, IT HELPS BREAK THINGS DOWN AND MAKE IT MUCH EASIER TO GRASP AND, UH, UNDERSTAND MM-HMM.
IT, IT'S A GREAT ASSET FOR THE COMMUNITY.
REMIND ME THOUGH, UM, CITIZENSHIP IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR LIBRARY HOLD CARD HOLDING.
UM, WE HAVE A LARGE, UM, RESIDENCE AREA THAT CAN GET GARLAND CARDS.
UM, SO IT'S NOT JUST GARLAND RESIDENCE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE CITIZENSHIP.
LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T ASK ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, IT'S AN ID AND, UH, RESIDENCE ADDRESS RECENT, I MEAN CURRENT, I FORGET IT OUT CURRENT ADDRESS.
CUZ I, I, I CAN SEE OR ENVISION A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIAL CITIZENS REALLY WANTING TO UTILIZE THE CITIZENSHIP MM-HMM.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT A CITIZEN AND YOU CAN'T GET A A CARD, UM, YOU'RE KIND OF PROHIBITED.
BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S A, AN ISSUE FOR US.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF, UM, CITIZENSHIP BOOKS TO CHECK OUT AS WELL AS I ALWAYS MENTION THIS AS WELL TO THEM THAT WE HAVE THE ONLINE TESTS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, EMMA.
THERE ARE SO MANY ONLINE RESOURCES THAT I KNOW WE DON'T, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T FULLY APPRECIATE.
10 YEARS IT'S BEEN HERE, UHHUH.
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YOU'RE WELCOME.AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WE'RE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY ALMOST MEETING BY MEETING TO, TO LOOK AT ONE OF THESE SERVICES CUZ I CAN SPREAD THE WORD.
I THINK, UM, RECENTLY WHEN I WAS ASKED TO GIVE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE PRESENTATION OVERVIEW OF THE LIBRARY AT THIS KIND OF PAINT OF LIKE, HOW DO YOU DO THIS IN FIVE MINUTES? ESPECIALLY THERE'S, THERE'S TOO MUCH.
KAREN, JUST THAT CONCLUDE OUR LIBRARY SERVICES PRESENTATION.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THESE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER TONIGHT, BUT SOME EXCITING NEWS PROGRESS BEING MADE ON ALL OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE LIBRARY.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY, WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR FACADE OF THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LIBRARY.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT THE TWO RENDERINGS HERE THAT WE'RE REPLACING THE OLD SIGN THAT DOESN'T WORK MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME.
UM, REALLY GIVING IT A FACELIFT, HAVING SOME TYPE OF EXTERIOR PLACE FOR PATRONS TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND, UM, ENJOY THE LIBRARY.
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID.
IT WILL CLOSE MID-MAY AND THEN THE TEAM WILL GET TOGETHER TO EVALUATE THOSE BIDS AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT PROBABLY STARTING SOMETIME IN JUNE.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS.
SO OUR LIBRARY MATERIALS KIOSKS, UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED TODAY WHEN YOU WALKED UP THAT THERE'S A LARGE, UM, BOX THAT'S UH, AT THE CORNER OF, UH, FIFTH AND IT'S FIFTH AND STATE.
UM, OUR FIRST MATERIALS KIOSK, UH, WILL, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
THE INSTALLATION WAS ACTUALLY, UH, I THINK LAST WEEK.
UH, WE HAD A HUGE CRANE THAT CAME AND DROPPED THE, THE KIOSK INTO PLACE.
UM, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VENDOR ON INSTALLATION, UM, TRAINING AND THIS WEEK WE'RE TESTING.
SO, UH, THIS MACHINE WILL GO ONLINE VERY, VERY SOON, AS SOON AS WE GET ALL OF THE TESTING UNDERWAY.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS KIND OF A FIRST LOOK AT, SO NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY PLEASE, CUZ THIS IS A SURPRISE FOR WHEN IT'S UNVEILED.
UM, THAT REALLY GREAT, UM, MARKETING TEAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, PYRO.
THIS IS PART OF WHAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST WRAP THAT'S GOING AROUND THE KIOSK.
UM,
SO WE'RE STARTING WITH, UH, THIS CAMPAIGN, THE STAY CURIOUS CAMPAIGN WITH, I BELIEVE THERE'S 2345.
THERE'S I THINK 40 DIFFERENT EMOJIS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR US FOR THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN WITH THE, THE THOUGHT THAT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN IDENTIFY OR YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF IN ONE OF THOSE FACES UP ON THE SCREEN.
AND IF YOU CAN'T LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT AN EMOJI THAT, THAT YOU CLICK WITH.
BUT WE'VE GOT ANYTHING HERE FROM YOU GUESS EACH OTHER'S
UM, BUT WE HAVE ANYTHING HERE FROM YOU, WHAT IT COULD GO WRONG, UM, FROM A MOHAWK TO, UH, THE COWBOY HAT.
WE'VE GOT THE LITTLE GREEN ONE WITH THE LITTLE CAT EARS, UM, THE GRADUATE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.
SO IT'S, IT'S HOPEFULLY EXPRESSING AND PEOPLE IN GARLAND IDENTIFY WITH ONE, SOMEBODY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE LIBRARY, UH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN.
THE CAT, UM, IS GOING TO BE OUR NEW MASCOT.
UH, SHE'S GONNA BE IN A LOT OF BRANDING THAT YOU SEE COMING UP, UM, BOTH PHYSICAL AND SOME SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.
UH, BUT THIS IS CURIOSITY AND, UH, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HASHTAG STAY CURIOUS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS
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HAPPENING IN THE LIBRARY.WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN AS WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'LL BE DOING SOME UNVEILING IN THE NEXT, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS.
UH, SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO STAY CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT IS.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE BRANDING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN, UM, A FEW MINUTES.
SO THE OTHER TWO REALLY, REALLY BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND WALNUT CREEK, UM, FOR CENTRAL, AS YOU KNOW, THE BID WAS AWARD AWARDED, UH, FOR THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ON APRIL 4TH.
SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN FAST AND FURIOUS.
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY PROPER HAS CLOSED TO BEGIN THE RENOVATION PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, A MOVING COMPANY WHO SPECIALIZES IN, UM, LIBRARY MATERIALS.
THEY'VE COME IN AND BOXED UP, UM, LIBRARY BOOKS, DVDS, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
HAULED THEM OFFSITE TO STORE IN A CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY.
THEY'RE NOW BREAKING DOWN ALL THE SHELVING IN THE BUILDING.
IT LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE ON THE INSIDE
UM, WE OPENED UP OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS FACILITY ON MAY 1ST.
UH, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THAT, UH, EVENT ON APRIL 26TH.
THEN IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT DAY TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT SPACE.
IT'S AT SEVEN 13 AUSTIN STREET.
IT'S THE OLD WOMEN WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES BUILDING, UM, FACILITY.
AND I'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES TO, TO SHARE WITH THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS IN A MOMENT.
UM, BUT THE NEXT STEPS, UH, WITH THE THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ARE THE, THEY HAVE TO GET ALL THEIR PERMITS, UM, APPROVED AND TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND THEN IN JUNE YOU'LL SEE A, A REALLY BIG FENCE START TO, UH, ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
SO THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF THE WORK, THE, THE PHYSICAL WORK WILL BEGIN OUTSIDE OF MOVING EVERYTHING THAT WAS INSIDE THE LIBRARY, OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH THAT PROCESS IS STILL GOING ON.
UM, AS OF THE THIRD WEEK OF MAY, THAT'S WHEN ALL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, TECHNOLOGY STAFF, CIRCULATION STAFF WHO WERE THERE WILL BE COMPLETELY MOVED OUT AND WILL BE IN OUR TEMPORARY FACILITIES AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE JUST IN A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLACE FOR WALNUT CREEK.
UM, THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN OUT FOR BID AND THAT BID PACKAGE CLOSED LAST WEEK.
UM, THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND THEIR TEAM ARE REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE BIDS AND HOPE TO MAKE A DECISION.
UM, I THINK IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS HOPE, UH, HOPING, LOOKING TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR FORMAL, UM, ADOPTION OR APPROVAL IN THE BEGINNING OF JUNE SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION, UM, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY BY JULY OR AUGUST WE'LL START TO SEE MOVEMENT ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE RE WILL REVISIT A NAME IN JUST ONE SECOND.
THIS MAY NOT BE A FAIR QUESTION, BUT I KNOW THERE'S WORK AT HOLLAH THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BE DONE OR, I DON'T, BUT I CAN ASK A QUESTION AND GET BACK.
LOTS OF PROJECTS GOING ON ALL OVER THE CITY.
YES, AND I THINK THE, UM, LAURA DUNN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE AT HER, UM, LATEST UPDATE TO COUNCIL FOR THE BOND PROJECT OR THE BOND PACKAGE.
THERE WERE ALL OF THE PROJECTS EXCEPT FOR MAYBE TWO OR THREE WE'RE IN SOME FORM OF EITHER DESIGN OR IMPLEMENTATION OR CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT ALL OVER THE CITY, THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT, AT ONE TIME.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS, SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR OPEN HOUSE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO, WHO CAME OUT TO THE OPEN HOUSE.
WE HAD A A REALLY GREAT DAY BEING ABLE TO SHOWCASE THE FACILITY.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMENTED THAT THEY, UH, ENJOY THE SMALLER FACILITY OR ENJOY THE, THAT WE JUST HAVE TEMPORARY SERVICES OPEN, UM, FOR PATRONS.
WE'VE HAD, I THINK ONE PATRON IN PARTICULAR SAID, UH, IT'S JUST LIKE CENTRAL, ONLY SMALLER, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE ALL A LITTLE BIT OF ALL THE SAME THINGS.
WE HAVE A, A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER COLLECTION OF VERY, VERY POPULAR BESTSELLERS, BRAND NEW MATERIALS, AND VERY, VERY POPULAR THINGS THAT, UM, ESPECIALLY WHERE KIDS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY WANTED, UM, WE WANTED
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TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO, WE HAVE 12 LAPTOP COMPUTERS.PATRONS CAN BRING THEIR OWN LAPTOP AND GO INTO THE COMPUTER LAB AND USE THAT FACILITY.
THE COPIER WILL BE MOVED AS OF THIS WEEK OVER TO THE FACILITY SCANNING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS WILL START IN MAY.
UM, IT'S A REALLY GREAT FACILITY.
I I WILL SAY, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD SOME PATRONS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED, UH, DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE SMALL COLLECTION THAT'S OFFERED OR THAT, UM, WE'RE OPEN THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WAS, WAS OPEN.
THIS WAS A VERY, UM, WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE WERE GONNA BE OPEN.
CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS IS THE ONLY FACILITY THAT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED IN GARLAND THAT'S AVAILABLE OFF OF DART AND, AND THE TRAIN.
SO IT'S MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAN HAVING SOMETHING AT THE EXTREME SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY OR NORTHERN END OF THE CITY THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE DARK TABLE OR BUS SERVICES.
ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION IS IT IS A MUCH SMALLER COLLECTION, BUT WE CAN GET ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE AT ANY OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS AND OUTSIDE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, EVEN THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN, TRANSFER IT TO CENTRAL, GIVE YOU A CALL WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP AND YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS.
SO THERE MAY BE FEWER THINGS TO BROWSE, BUT IF YOU, UH, LET US KNOW, WE CAN TEACH YOU OR SHOW YOU ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT YOU CAN BROWSE THE COLLECTION THROUGH YOUR PHONE OR AN IPAD OR ONLINE LOOKING AT THE CATALOG AND HAVING THOSE MATERIALS SHIPPED TO YOU.
I GOT TO VISIT, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS IN THESE PICTURES?
SO I GOT TO VISIT TODAY AND, AND IT'S ALL THERE.
IT'S A TINY SPACE, BUT IT DOES EVERY, EVERYTHING SO COZY.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT, WHAT THE HOURS ARE FOR IT? YES.
UM, WE'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM NINE TO EIGHT, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 10 TO SIX AND SUNDAYS FROM TWO TO SIX.
AND HOW MANY DID WE HAVE YESTERDAY? UM, JUST GETTING READY TO SAY THAT YESTERDAY WAS OUR FIRST SUNDAY IN THE EXPRESS LIBRARY.
WE HAD, UM, A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT THAT CAME.
AND I'VE, UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK.
WE'VE GOT ON THE, THE PATIO, UM, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
WE'VE GOT CHEST SETS AND CORN HOLE AND SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES OUT THERE.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS OUTSIDE, BUT WE'RE HEATING UP
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER AREAS AROUND WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE TREES AND THE SHADE, UM, THAT'S ON THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON.
SO I THINK TWO, UM, MONTHS AGO WE DISCUSSED WHAT TO NAME, UH, WALNUT CREEK AND THE BOARD, UM, VOTED TO ADOPT THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AS THE NAME OF THE FACILITY, WHICH IS GREAT.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT OR AMENDING WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PYRO THE, UM, MARKETING CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH HAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
UH, WHEN WE'VE TALKED THROUGH WHAT LIBRARIES OFFER, WHAT LIBRARIES DO, UM, THAT WE'RE MORE THAN JUST BOOKS.
WE, WE DO, IT'S ALMOST A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE EDUCATION, WE'RE FUN, WE'RE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE SOCIAL ASPECTS, WE'RE WE'RE JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THEY RECOMMENDED OR EVEN ASKED THE QUESTION.
SHOULD WE LOOK AT ADDING SOMETHING THAT KIND OF IS MORE INCLUSIVE AND KIND OF BETTER DEFINES WHAT WE'RE OFFERING THE COMMUNITY THAN JUST THE, THE TERM LIBRARY? SO FOR CONSIDERATION, AND ACTUALLY, LET'S SEE, SOME OF THE THINGS, WHOOPS, THAT'S NOT SHOWING, OH, I DUNNO IF IT'S GOING TO SHOW.
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LET ME READ THIS SLIDE.SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PYRO, UM, DOCUMENTED IN THEIR PRESENTATION, UH, TO US IS THAT GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE BEING REIMAGINED AS AN ENGINE FOR CIVIC REVITALIZATION AND COMMUNITY.
GONE IS THE 20TH CENTURY CENTURY NOISELESS, STUDIOUS, DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DRIVEN, OH, I CAN'T SAY THAT WORD.
WELCOME TO A VIBRANT COMMUNITY HUB, WHERE CITIZENS OF ALL AGES COME TO BE INFORMED AND INSPIRED.
AND I THINK THE, THE TERMS THAT THEY'RE REALLY, THAT THEY KEPT USING AGAIN, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, FROM HEARING LIBRARY STAFF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO IS COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE DRIVEN, WE'RE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
WE ARE, AS THEY SAY HERE, A COMMUNITY HUB.
UM, WE CHAMPION GROWTH FOR PEOPLE, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
WE ARE THOUGH WE'RE NOT ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THIS LIST AND IT'S STILL NOT SHOWING UP THERE.
UM, WE ARE INCUBATOR SPACES, WE'RE PODCAST STUDIOS, WE'RE MAKER LABS, ACTIVITY ROOMS, WE'RE ARTISTS.
WE OFFER TECH WORKSHOPS, TED TALKS, LIVE MUSIC, HANGOUT LOUNGES, ARTS CRAFTS, STORY, STORY TIME TUTORING, WEALTH, WELL, WILLFULNESS, MINDFULNESS, A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOME OTHER TERMS, NON-TRADITIONAL UNTETHERED, COLLABORATIVE, INTERACTIVE, ALIVE AND LOVE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND REVISIT ONE MORE TIME.
UM, TO SEE IS THERE WHAT THE BOARD'S THOUGHTS ARE, IF THERE'S ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND WHAT THE LIBRARY'S NAME IS FROM LIBRARY TO INCLUDE ANYTHING COMMUNITY DRIVEN OR COMMUNITY ENCOMPASSING, UM, OR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'VE GOT, UH, CONSIDERATIONS OF WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER, AND WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY COMMONS WITH SOME DEFINITIONS DOWN, UM, AT THE BOTTOM OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE TERMS MEAN MEET, IS THIS SPECIFIC TO WEST GARLAND BECAUSE OF THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE REC CENTER? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WOULD APPLY MOVING FORWARD TO ALL OF THE LIBRARIES? I THINK LONG TERM APPLYING TO ALL LIBRARIES.
IT WOULDN'T JUST BE WEST GARLAND SPECIFIC.
I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE, THE LOCATION'S A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE OF THAT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THEM, I KNOW YOU HAVE THOUGHTS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE EVENTUALLY THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY WOULD BE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY CENTER, FOR INSTANCE? IT COULD BE.
SO THE WEST GARLAND IS, UH, WILL BE CO-LOCATED WITH THE HARRIS HOBA REC CENTER.
AND I SAY THAT JUST TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE WORDS GO TOGETHER.
UM, IF WE, IF, IF WE USE COMMUNITY CENTER OR CULTURAL CENTER, IS THAT REDUNDANT? IS THAT CONFUSING? NO.
WILL, WILL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITH, WITH DIFFERENT PURPOSES, BUT, BUT ELEMENTS IN COMMON.
SO WHAT'S, SO THE, WHAT'S CENTER NEXT TO IT? SO THE, UM, THERE'S A, IT'S A HOBA REC CENTER.
SO THERE ARE SIX REC CENTERS, I THINK AROUND THE CITY.
AND SO THE WEST LIBRARY'S GONNA BE NEXT TO THAT, CORRECT? IT'S ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
AND THE LANGUAGE THERE IS REC CENTER.
AND THAT SPACE, UH, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN IT IN A LONG TIME, BUT THERE'S A COMMUNITY ROOM FOR MEETING MM-HMM.
KIND LIKE THERE'S A KITCHEN MM-HMM.
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WHERE I'VE, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PLAY BADMINTON, MAYBE, I DUNNO IF THEY PLAY BASKETBALL IN THEIR YES.UH, UH, NOT IN THE PAVILION, I THINK, BUT THEY'RE ADDING A, A GYM THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
AND I THINK SOME ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SPORTS ON THAT.
UM, COURT, ON THE LIBRARY SIGNAGE, IS THERE ALSO AN INDICATION OR SIGNAGE THAT IT'S PART OF, LIKE THE NI NICHOLSON MEMORIAL SYSTEM? IS THAT ALSO PART OF THE SIGNAGE OR, OR THAT ANY INDICATION THAT THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A BRANCH OF THE LARGER GARLAND SYSTEM? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE ON THE MONUMENT SIGN.
WE DO HAVE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE ABOUT OUR OVERALL NAME AND WHAT PEOPLE, HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET THAT NAME.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I USE THE TERM NICHOLSON MEMORIAL, MY HUSBAND THINKS THAT'S JUST THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
HE DOES NOT THINK THAT IT'S A SYSTEM AT ALL.
IS IT LEGALLY THE SYSTEM? IT'S LEGALLY NICHOLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM.
AND IS THAT, IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE? OR IT MAY AT SOME POINT.
OR WHAT, HOW WE IDENTIFY LIBRARY.
NICHOLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM DOESN'T SAY IT DOESN'T IDENTIFY GARLAND IN THAT, THAT TITLE.
AND WE REALLY NEED A NAME, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A WORKING NAME THAT IDENTIFIES THE SYSTEM AS A GARLAND LIBRARY SYSTEM.
SO IF THE, YOU KNOW, EVERY LIBRARY WAS UNDERNEATH THAT SORT OF, BUT OVERALL, THE LARGER UMBRELLA, UMBRELLA TERM THAT TRIED TO CAPTURE WHAT SPECIFICALLY IN, I GUESS WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT JUST DOING FOR THIS.
UM, I MEAN, I GUESS I THINK SOMEONE, MAYBE MRS. LUCIDO SAID THIS LAST TIME ABOUT, UM, SORT OF CONSISTENCY AND IF WE'D LIKE, DO JUST THIS BRANCH AND IT HAS COMMUNITY CENTER AND THEN WHAT'S IT, I MEAN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A SORT OF POTENTIAL REDUNDANT SORT OF RHETORICAL MASS.
BUT I MEAN, I JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M THINKING.
BUT I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT LEGAL ISSUES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE NICHOLSON MEMORIAL LANGUAGE SINCE I'M ASSUMING THE FAMILY GAVE THE NAME OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THOSE ISSUES THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A WHOLE OTHER PRESENCE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST, I, I GUESS IT, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I GUESS I'M JUST THINKING IF WE JUST DO WEST GARLAND BRANCH AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER ONES AND IT'S JUST THIS SORT OF SOMEWHAT INCOHERENT, STRANGE HIERARCHY OF COHERENCE OR NON COHERENCE IS, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
JUST IT LOOK WOULD, I MEAN, IT SEEMS IT WOULD LOOK SLOP.
IT DOESN'T SEEM CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL PROGRAMMING, BRANDING SORT OF PLAN.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD SHOULD TAKE INTO THAT.
AS FAR AS THE NICHOLSON NAME, I KIND OF ALMOST SEE THAT AS THE SMALL PRINT UNDERNEATH THE BRANCH NAME AS, YOU KNOW, A NICHOLSON MORRIS SYSTEM BRANCH
BUT YOU HAVE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND THE BIG TYPE AND SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY IN CENTRAL.
BUT, BUT AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY PIECE, I GUESS, I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S A SUCH A BIG EFFORT TO REBRAND THE LIBRARY AS A COMMUNITY HUB, AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, AS A CULT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF
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THOSE THINGS THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO SAY IT.I MEAN, IF, IF THE BRANDING DOES ITS JOB AND IS COMPELLING AND YOU'RE SHIFTING THE MINDSET OF PEOPLE TO THINK OF THE LIBRARY AS A LOT MORE THAN JUST BOOKS, THEN MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY DOES DO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I, I JUST KIND OF LIKE TO SAY LIBRARY AND NOT EVEN CULTURE CENTER OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU REALLY DO DO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WANT, WANT THE TITLE TO CHANGE
SO I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS TO LEAVE IT AT WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND THEN WE CAN HAVE AN OVERALL CONVERSATION AT A LATER DATE ABOUT THE SYSTEM NAME AND THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS.
I, I WOULD SAY THAT I, I DO AGREE THAT GIVEN THE, THE REBRANDING INITIATIVE AND, AND JUST TO IDENTIFY THE CULTURAL AND, AND MANY, UH, COMMUNITY-WIDE ASPECTS OF THE LIBRARY OFFERINGS, THIS SHOULD HAPPEN.
LIKE, I, I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN WEST GARLAND LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY COMMONS, FOR EXAMPLE.
COMMUNITY CENTER TO ME, HAS A SPECIFIC CONNOTATION.
UM, AND I DON'T, IF WE DON'T FULFILL THAT, UM, THEN WE SHOULD KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM THAT.
BUT COMMUNITY COMMONS I THINK IS INTERESTING.
CULTURE CENTER IS INTERESTING.
BUT I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THE POINTS THAT MAYBE DOING IT JUST FOR THIS ONE BRANCH IS KIND OF SCATTERSHOT AND MAYBE WE CAN ADDRESS IT ON A MORE HOLISTIC LEVEL, UM, ON A, A FUTURE ITEM.
BUT I, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
EACH LOCATION IS UNIQUE WITH CENTRAL AND SOUTH BEING FREE STANDING BUILDINGS.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ARE NOT CO-LOCATED.
AND THE NORTH IS, YOU KNOW, NESTLED IN, UH, A SHOPPING OR AREA.
UM, WITH OTHER BUSINESSES NEARBY AND, AND THE, THE BALL FIELDS.
SO THEY ARE ALL UNIQUE SPACES.
DO YOU NEED A RECOMMENDATION FROM US IN THE FORM OF EMOTION OR IS IT ENOUGH FOR US TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS? NO, I THINK THIS WAS WHAT I NEEDED TOGETHER.
IF YOU WERE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH WANTING TO ADD MM-HMM.
BUT I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS TO, TO LEAVE IT THEN I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE NEW OFF THE SHELF THAT WAS JUST DELIVERED INTO OUR CAMERA TODAY,
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND YOU'LL SEE, I THINK WILL MENTIONED HE WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER.
EACH, UM, VOLUME THAT WE HAVE OF THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THIS HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
SO, UH, OUR LIBRARY ON THE GO, THAT'S AT BRADFIELD PARK RIGHT NOW, OUR CONTAINER LIBRARY IS ON THE COVER, MADE THE COVER FOR THIS EDITION.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE VOGUE MAGAZINE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE COVERS ON THE WALLS FOR ALL OF THESE AT SOME.
WE'RE GONNA DO A PHOTO SHOOT OF YOU AND YOU'LL BE ON THE COVER.
IT'S NOT OPRAH, MARTHA STEWART
BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIBRARY SERVICES ON THE COVER.
SO KATHLEEN IS GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR, UM, SHE'S GONNA BE ON THE COVER, MAYBE
SHE'S WILLING FOR ME TO BE ON THERE, BUT SHE WON'T BE ON THERE.
UH, WHICH IS, HAS A DESIGNATED PAGE ON FIVE ON PAGE.
THEY'RE DOING THE PAGE FIVE EVEN PAGES FOR THE, UM, IT'S THE BLUE PAGE WITH THIS, UM, SUMMER'S ADVENTURE VENTURE READY? YEP.
SO I WAS JUST THINKING THAT WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING ON, IT'S A PERFECT TIME FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR, WHAT IN THE PAST HAS BEEN OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
THIS YEAR IT IS THE SUMMER READING ADVENTURE.
AND THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IS THAT WE ARE GOING, UH, WE'RE MAKING A, UH, A LOT OF CHANGES.
BUT THE PART FROM PROGRAM TO ADVENTURE IS THAT WE ARE CHANGING FROM PASSIVE, UH, PERFORMERS.
HAVING PROGRAMS WITH PERFORMERS TO HAVING ACTIVE
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HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AT, AT EACH LOCATION THO AT EACH LOCATION.THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE HAVING.
UM, ON THE DATES THAT YOU SEE, IT SAYS THE SUMMER READING ADVENTURE INTERACTIVE LABS.
ANOTHER CHANGE IS THAT WE ARE HAVING TWO SESSIONS, UH, ON EACH DAY AT THE LOCATIONS.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS BECAUSE OF THE, THE LIMITATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ALLOWED IN.
BUT WE JUST HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COME TO THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE, THE DOUBLE SESSIONS.
AND ONE MORE THING THAT IS NEW IS YOU'LL SEE ILLA, AND IT IS A PROGRAM AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED IN, UH, SPANISH ONLY.
AND THAT IS, IT'S, THERE'S, IT'S PRESENTED AT EVERY LOCATION.
AND I THINK THEY, YES, THEY'RE ALL GETTING ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS, BUT THEN EACH DAY IT'S TWO SESSIONS.
SO WE ARE, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, THE SPANISH LANGUAGE ONLY PROGRAMS. WE ARE STARTING OFF WITH OUR KICKOFF EVENTS, AND IT'LL START JUNE 2ND.
AND WE HAVE THEM, UH, AT SOUTH GARLAND.
WALNUT CREEK WIN, UH, WINTERS PARK IS THEIR NORTH GARLAND PRO, UH, KICKOFF.
AND THEN, UH, AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS WILL BE THE LAST ONE ON SUNDAY.
AND WE'VE GOT A, A LOT OF FUN THINGS, UH, BALLOON MACHINE, UH, NOT BALLOON, BUBBLE MACHINES, BUBBLE TRUCKS, UM, KONA, ICE FACE PAINTING GAMES, ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, DIFFERENT FOR EACH LOCATION, BUT FUN FOR EVERYONE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO COME OUT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT.
AND IF YOU, NO KIDS AND FAMILIES HAVE THEM COME OUT.
AND FINALLY, WITH THE, THE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT WE ARE GOING FROM A SET, UH, YOU HAVE TO READ THIS MANY BOOKS, OR YOU HAVE TO READ FOR THIS MANY MINUTES TO BEING ABLE TO SET YOUR OWN GOALS.
BECAUSE FOR SOME KIDS OR ADULTS, BECAUSE THIS, THIS GOES FROM INFANTS TO ADULTS THAT THEY MAY PREFER TO DO TIME.
AND FOR SOME, THEY MAY PREFER TO DO NUMBER OF BOOKS.
SO YOU GET TO SET YOUR OWN GOALS.
AND WE, WE WILL HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGER KIDS, KNOW HOW TO SET THEIR OWN GOALS.
AND IT'LL GO WITH THE FORM, THE, THE SHEET THAT THEY GET THAT, UM, THEY'LL HAVE, AND THEY'LL EITHER FILL IN FOR TIME OR, OR BOOKS.
WE HAVE, UM, CHILDREN FROM INFANTS THROUGH SIXTH GRADE WILL GET BOOKS.
WE'VE, WE'VE BOUGHT THE BOOKS, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED THEM.
SO BRAND NEW BOOKS, THEY'LL GET TO WALK AWAY WITH THOSE.
AND THEN FOR THE OLDER, THE TEENS THROUGH ADULTS, UM, WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH COMMENTS IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THOSE COMING FROM, FROM THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PARENTS THAT HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE CH UH, CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER CITIES' PROGRAMS, SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT THE TEENS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT.
TRINKETS, UM, THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO GET JUST TICKETS FOR GRAND PRIZES.
SO FOR TEENS OR ADULTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE GRAND PRIZES FOR, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.
AND I DIDN'T GET THE, I THINK THEY'RE STILL GETTING ALL OF THE GRAND PRIZES FOR THE, THE TEENS.
BUT FOR THE ADULTS, WE HAVE FOUR GIFT BASKETS.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS A FOODIE GIFT BASKET.
THE SECOND ONE IS A READING E-READER GIFT BASKET.
AND THIRD ONE IS EXPERIENCE GARLAND.
AND THE FOURTH ONE IS SELF-CARE.
SO, AND THESE ARE, I CAN READ ALL OF THE WHAT'S IN THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE THAT A SURPRISE.
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UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU WHAT THE THEMES WERE AND, UM, I HOPE THAT IT'S AS, IT'S AS SUCCESSFUL AS, AS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT.BECAUSE I, I THINK WITH THIS NEW, UH, WAY OF DOING IT, MAKING IT HANDS ON, UH, IT HAD GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE WITH THE NUMBER OF LIBRARIES, THE NUMBER OF CITIES, EVERYBODY WAS HAVING THE SAME PERFORMERS.
AND I THINK BY HAVING THIS AND HAVING THE HANDS ON, UM, IT GIVES PEOPLE A REASON TO COME TO US FOR A SUMMER READING.
AND I HOPE IT PLAYS OUT THAT WAY.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REMIND THE BOARD
BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST TRACK YOUR READING AND HAVE FUN WITH IT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, TO JUST LET ANYONE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO COME BY AND, UM, ANYBODY THAT, THAT QUALIFIES THAT THEY CAN GET THE, THE PRIZES AND STUFF.
AND IT DOES, IT RUNS JUNE 2ND THROUGH JULY 29TH.
SO THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME DIFFERENT POP-UP EVENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER.
THEY'LL, WE'LL BLAST THEM OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAVE SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IT WON'T BE, UH, AT A LIBRARY LOCATION.
IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT.
I CAN TELL YOU CARVER IS ON THE LIST.
SO WE'RE, I THINK IS THE MOST EXCITED GROUP RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT AND SENIORS TOO.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE DIFFERENT AREAS AND IT'S ALREADY A SUCCESS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
THAT'S EXACTLY
ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT? GOOD.
SO EN ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO PARTICIPATE.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE, USE AN ALIAS
BUT TERRY HAS NEVER DONE THAT.
UM, ALSO, UH,
AND SO IT'LL HAVE THE ISSUE THAT'S THE NAME OF THE SOFTWARE THAT, THAT YOU CAN FLIP THROUGH IT JUST LIKE A CATALOG OR SOMETHING MAGAZINE.
SO THIS WILL BE GOING UP SHORTLY.
LIKE WE SAID, WE JUST GOT THIS TODAY.
UM, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PHYSICALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, WHICH YOU CAN PICK 'EM UP FROM THE LIBRARIES, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UH, LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S ONLINE TOO.
AND IF YOU WANT A HANDFUL TO, TO TAKE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONS OR ANYWHERE THAT YOU'RE AT, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU WITH SOME TO TAKE OUT WITH YOU.
UM, ARE THERE ANY MISCELLANEOUS, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS I SHOULD PUT MY GLASSES ON? OKAY.
ENCLOSURES, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
UH, ARE THERE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE? OKAY.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.