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CORRECT.

OKAY.

[Library Board on October 30, 2023.]

THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING.

UM, AS MENTIONED, UH, KAREN ARCHIBALD IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE ARE WELL REPRESENTED.

UM, I WILL, AND KATHLEEN AND GUESTS WILL MEET IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEETING.

UM, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE VIA EMAIL AND YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY ON YOUR DESK.

ARE THERE, UM, ANY COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST ON THREE E AT THE END.

WE DON'T NEED THAT.

AN ERR COMMA.

OKAY.

OH, I SEE THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS? OKAY.

UM, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL CONSIDER THE MINUTES TO BE APPROVED WITH THAT CORRECTION.

OKAY.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.

IS THAT PERSON A SECOND ON THE OH, ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE A, A VOTE ON THE MINUTES.

HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE THANK YOU.

I SECOND.

OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.

PLEASE SAY, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO.

MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENT.

SO I AM DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE SUSAN BADDEN AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR BOARD.

EXCUSE ME.

AND SHE IS A DISTRICT SIX, UM, APPOINTEE.

SUSAN, DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE GROUP AND WE'LL GO AROUND AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AFTER THAT.

OKAY.

I'M SUSAN.

I'M A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER AND TAUGHT DEVELOPMENTAL MATH AT RICHLAND.

WHAT DO YOU I LOVE LIBRARIES.

.

UM, FAIR, MODERATELY ACTIVE READER.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I'VE READ LATELY AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT ABOUT BEING HERE.

SO HERE I AM.

, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? .

SO IT'S A FRIENDLY GROUP? YES.

GOOD.

AND, UH, WE'LL GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER AFTER THE MEETING.

OKAY.

MICHAEL? YEAH, WE'LL GO THIS WAY.

MICHAEL JUST MET DEGAN.

SO I'M TRAVIS COCHAIR.

OKAY.

TRELLIS.

HI, I'M SARAH MONTOYA.

SARAH UHHUH.

SO I'M TERRY REY AND YOU KNOW ME FROM, FROM RICHLAND.

OUR PATHS HAVE CROSSED.

UM, I'VE BEEN BOARD CHAIR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.

COOL.

KRISTEN LUCIDO.

THIS IS JUST MY SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD.

SO, KRISTEN, KRISTEN, ADAM GREENUP.

THIS IS ALSO MY SECOND YEAR.

I JOINED AT THE SAME TIME.

KRISTEN, ADAM? UH, WE JUST MET KATHLEEN.

I'M KATHLEEN AND I'M THE PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.

KATHLEEN.

AND I'M WILL MASSEY.

I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.

AND YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO ME, SABRINA ELLIS.

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON.

OKAY.

AND WE'LL MEET OUR STAFF MEMBERS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

YES.

AND GWEN DANIEL IS NOT HERE WHEN WE, UM, I DO KNOW GWEN FROM OUTSIDE.

OKAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER AGAIN.

ACTUALLY, SHE'S THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED I CONSIDER APPLYING.

FABULOUS.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

UH, WE ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CHAIR PRESIDES AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.

THE VICE CHAIR PRESIDES.

IF THE CHAIR IS ABSENT.

UM, ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN MAKE A NOMINATION.

YOU MAY NOMINATE YOURSELF.

UH, WE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE NOMINATING.

WE'LL HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR BOARD CHAIR AND THEN VICE CHAIR, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED TO THE VOTE.

SO THE FIRST POSITION IS BOARD CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? YES.

UH, ADAM GREENUP.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TERRY REI TO CONTINUE HIS BOARD CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

I I ACCEPT THIS NOMINATION.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOARD CHAIR? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT POSITION, WHICH IS BOARD VICE CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? YES.

UM, KRISTEN LUCIDO.

AND I NOMINATE ADAM GREENUP FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.

THANK

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YOU, ADAM.

YEAH, I ACCEPT THE PO A NOMINATION.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IT WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? OKAY.

SEEING NONE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.

WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE VOTE.

TERRY REGE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF CHAIR.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR.

ADAM GREENUP HAS BEEN VOTED, HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? PLEASE SAY NAY.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE ELECTED ADAM GREENUP TO BE VICE CHAIR.

WE HAVE ELECTED OUR OFFICERS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.

OKAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ME.

I CAN GET THE, ARE WE OKAY? ALRIGHT.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR BOND AND CIP PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING, UH, RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THEM AT ONE TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE.

SO WE'RE VERY BUSY.

FIRST.

UH, FIRST ONE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE, UH, NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY UPDATE.

IT'S THE ONE WITH A FACADE, THE FACADE OF THE LIBRARY THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UPGRADE AND A LITTLE BIT OF WORK IN THE PARKING LOT AS WELL.

UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT, UH, AND IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

UH, TRI ARC IS OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM, UH, COMPANY.

UM, THE TEAM IS MOBILIZING NOW.

UH, WE EXPECT THEM TO START, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE EARLY PART OF DECEMBER.

SO, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS, WE BELIEVE.

OKAY.

THE NEXT PROJECT UPDATE IS OUR BRANDING PROJECT UPDATE.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE STAY CURIOUS CAMPAIGN.

UH, THIS IS ALSO AT NORTH GARLAND.

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO NORTH GARLAND AND YOU GO ON APOLLO ROAD, WHICH IS BEHIND THE LIBRARY, THERE'S A GIANT WALL THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK THERE.

IT'S JUST PAINTED GRAY OR SOME, SOME ORDINARY COLOR.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT FACADE AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TO MAKE IT A PART OF OUR BRANDING PROJECT.

SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO INSTALL THIS, UH, IN MID TO LATE, UH, DECEMBER.

SO THE GREAT PART ABOUT IT, I THINK IS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY.

SO WE'LL HAVE ONE DAY THAT'S SET ASIDE.

WE'LL INVITE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME IN AND PAINT ON THE WALL AND ALSO DRAW ON THE FACES.

AND WE'RE HOPING BOARD MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

SO, UH, WE THINK THAT WILL BE IN MID-DECEMBER, BUT MORE INFORMATION TO COME ON THAT.

SO, VERY EXCITED.

UH, IT'S GONNA REALLY, UH, FRESHEN UP THAT WALL, I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT.

SO, AND, UH, I'M, I THINK WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OH, IT HAS A 10 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AND, UH, GRAFFITI PROOF PAINT ALSO PRETTY IMPORTANT AS WELL.

MM-HMM, AT LONG LAST ARE KIOSKS.

BOTH OF THEM ARE OPERATIONAL.

PRETTY MUCH .

WE INSTALLED OUR LONG WIND KIOSK, UH, IN OCTOBER, EARLY OCTOBER.

IT'S NOW WRAPPED, UH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT.

UH, IT'S UNDER A SHADE TREE, SO IT'S HARD TO GET REALLY GOOD PICTURES, LIKE BRIGHT PICTURES OF IT.

UM, THE, UH, THE WRAP IS KIND OF, IT COMPLIMENTS THE, THE SCULPTURE THAT'S THERE, WHICH ARE BUTTERFLIES.

THAT'S THE MIDDLE, THE MIDDLE PICTURE.

SO THE WRAP HAS SOME BUTTERFLIES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR, OUR CURIOSITY THERE.

UM, THERE WAS A CEREMONY LAST WEEK TO DEDICATE THE PARK AND THE SCULPTURE, BUT IT GOT RAINED OUT.

UH, SO WE ARE, UH, TO BE DETERMINED FOR WHEN WE'LL, UH, RESCHEDULE THAT AND EVERYBODY WILL, WILL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS.

WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE KIOSKS ARE CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES A DAY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL OR TO PUT THINGS IN, TAKE THINGS OUT, WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

IS THAT, ARE THEY SIMPLY SERVICED BY THE CLOSEST BRANCH, OR DIDN'T ANSWER, BUT IS THERE A TEAM FOR THAT? THERE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY IN SOME WAYS A LITTLE FANCIER THAN THAT.

WE GET EMAILS IF IT GOES OUT OF SERVICE, SO, OH, OKAY.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH OUR, UH, OUR AMH SYSTEM.

IF SOMETHING GOES DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WE ALL GET EMAILS THAT TELL US.

YEAH.

AND NOW WE'RE EVEN GETTING THEM TO SAY, EVERYTHING'S FINE, EVERYTHING'S FINE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

LIKE, OKAY, BUT WHAT WAS THAT? YOU KNOW, , UM,

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WE DO HAVE SOMEONE, UH, THAT'S AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS THAT GOES AND CHECKS BOTH OF THEM.

AND SHE, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING SHE REALLY, REALLY LIKES TO DO.

AND SHE IS BASICALLY SELF APPOINTED BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM SOUTH COVER THE ONE AT LAWN ONE PARK, ALTHOUGH IT'S EQUIDISTANT, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CENTRAL.

BUT VALERIE IS A, UM, UH, IN CIRCULATION STAFF AND AT CENTRAL AND SHE JUST LOVES IT.

AND SHE WILL CHECK THE ONE HERE ON THE SQUARE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, AND SHE'S GONNA CHECK THAT ONE TOO.

UM, EVERYTHING IS WORKING.

WE, EXCEPT FOR THE KITS FOR SOME REASON, UM, WHEN THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, UH, MK SOLUTIONS REPRESENTATIVE WAS HERE, THE KITS WORKED OKAY, BUT NOW WE CAN'T GET 'EM TO WORK.

AND, AND THEY WERE DOWN INSTALLING, UH, THAT ONE.

SO ALL THEY WERE FOCUSED ON THAT.

BUT NOW, OH, AND THEN OUR BUSINESS, UM, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THIS BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYST.

I MEAN, HE'S GOT, THEY GAVE HIM A WEIRD, UH, TITLE LONG TIME AGO.

, HE'S OUR SYSTEMS GUY.

UM, HE IS NOW OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN ANYTHING WITH HIM BEING AWAY.

SO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE ON THAT.

BUT AS SOON AS WE, THE BOOKS ARE IN THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND IT WORKS.

SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT MATERIALS.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT MATERIALS.

YES.

YEP.

THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DERAIL YOUR PRESENT.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

IT'S OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

GOOD QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.

THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UH, I'VE HEARD A FEW OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN BY, YOU PROBABLY ARE SHOCKED AT WHAT YOU SEE, UH, THERE.

UM, UM, IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE THIS .

THIS IS ASPIRATIONAL AT THIS POINT.

SO, UH, YEAH.

UM, THE DEMO, THE DEMOLITION IS STILL GOING ON IN THE BUILDING, UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT, UH, BEFOREHAND, UH, THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE PARKING LOT.

THEY'RE DEMOING A LOT OF THE CONCRETE THERE.

THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE, UH, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR THE, THE GREEN AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THAT, THAT WEST HAND, UH, WEST SIDE.

UH, SOMETHING NEW IS THAT WE WILL HAVE A NEW ROOF ON THE STRUCTURE AS WELL.

SO WE, UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET A NEW ROOF.

AND I HAVE A FEW PICTURES.

SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THAT'S, UH, THE WEST SIDE, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, THAT'S WHERE THE NEW LARGE MEETING ROOM IS GOING TO BE.

YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE DEMOED OUT, DEMOED OUT.

UH, YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE WALL THERE, BUT EVERY, EVERY OTHER PART OF THE WALL HAS BEEN DEMOED OUT.

THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS WHERE THE GIANT STAIRWELL USED TO BE.

THE LOAD BEARING, UH, STRUCTURES ON THIS ARE THESE COLUMNS.

RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE, OR THEY WERE ABLE TO DEMOLISH THE WALLS BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S WITH THOSE COLUMNS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, I BELIEVE THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS WHERE TECHNICAL SERVICES USED TO BE.

IT'S IN THE BACK AREA OF THE, I THINK THAT'S RIGHT OF THE LIBRARY.

BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEY'VE DEMOED ALL THE WAY UP AND, UH, ALL THE CEILING TILE, UH, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE, TO THE, THE HARD PART OF THE ROOF.

UH, WE'VE GOT A FEW LIGHTS IN THERE.

AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS, UH, FROM THE, UH, GROUND LEVEL, UH, WHERE THE STAIRWELL USED TO BE.

AND A COUPLE MORE PICTURES OF THAT SOUTHWEST, SOUTHWEST CORNER.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CENTRAL LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION DESTRUCTION? ALL RIGHT.

THEY ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN, THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE.

THEY'RE ON SCHEDULE.

UM, NO WEATHER, UH, DELAYS AT THIS POINT.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WONDERED ABOUT ALL THE RAIN, WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO HOLD THEM UP FOR THE, UH, FOR THE, THE LANDSCAPING PART, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

WE'LL MEET AGAIN, UH, THIS TUESDAY, SO WE'LL FIND OUT WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.

THE WEST LIBRARY, UM, THE BID, UH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, COMPANY IS ON SITE.

THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, UH, HAVE, WERE COMPLETED.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE DOING SITE PREP, UM, IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER.

THAT'S THE RECREATION CENTER AND THE NEW GYM THAT THEY'RE BUILDING.

SO YOU CAN SEE OUR LIBRARY WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE ROUGH VICINITY OF THAT

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TRUCK.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE BIG, UH, PLACE THERE, THE BIG, UH, DIRT PAD, I WOULD SAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE, UH, ALL THE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE BUILDING PIERS, UH, UH, FOR INSTALLATION IN NOVEMBER.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? YES, MA'AM.

I SIDE OF TOWN, YES, MA'AM.

DOES THE LIBRARY PROPERTY GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE LINED UP? I BELIEVE THAT'S, UH, AN ALLEY OR A DRAINAGE EASEMENT OR SOMETHING ALONG THERE IN THE BACK, IN ON THE, ON THIS BACKSIDE OR THIS SIDE OVER HERE? OVER ON THE RIGHT.

HMM.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF THE LIBRARY PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.

OR AT LEAST CITY PROPERTY.

CITY PROPERTY, OKAY.

THE HOUSES ALONG YALE THERE.

MM-HMM.

.

MM-HMM, .

OKAY.

WOW.

YES, MA'AM.

YEAH, IT'S QUITE A LARGE, UH, PLOT OF LAND AND I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRAIL THAT GOES ALONG, UH, THE BACK FENCE AND THEN THE SIDE FENCE THERE AS WELL AS WELL, UH, THAT THEY'LL BE BUILDING THAT IN.

SO IT'LL BE A NICE PLACE TO GET A GOOD WORKOUT IN AS WELL.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE THE AERIAL PHOTOS, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN GET A PEEK BECAUSE THE, THE GROUND VIEW, ALL YOU SEE IS THE FENCE.

SO NO, SING THE FENCE.

DRONES ARE A GREAT INVENTION, .

OKAY.

AND LET'S SEE.

A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, THE 2000, UH, 24 CIP REQUESTS FOR NORTH AND FOR SOUTH.

UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE CIP TO COVER FOR INFLATION, UH, AND FOR, UH, ADDED SCOPE TO BO BOTH THE NORTH PROJECT AND THE SOUTH PROJECT THAT WE'RE A PART OF THE BOND.

UM, WE'RE IN THE VERY, VERY, VERY EARLY STAGES OF THIS.

SO WE'RE FORMULATING OUR CIP REQUESTS.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT AT THIS POINT.

UH, THE PROCESS IS THAT WE SUBMIT OUR REQUEST TO BUDGET, UH, THEN IT GOES TO THE PMO AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

UH, THE CIP SCHEDULE FOR THIS NEXT YEAR IS NOT EVEN OUT YET, SO WE'RE IN A VERY PRELIMINARY PROCESS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE AN ARCHITECT AND WE HAVE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE TWO FACILITIES WITH US, AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING, UH, THINGS THAT WE THINK THAT WE NEED, UH, NORTH, UH, AS IT SAYS HERE, SAFETY AND SECURITY FURNISHINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THOSE FURNISHINGS SINCE 2007, 2008, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

SO THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF, A LOT OF USE.

AND THE SAME FOR SOUTH.

WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD THOSE FURNISHINGS THERE.

UH, SOUTH IS ALL, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE EXTERIOR OF SOUTH A LITTLE BIT TOO.

SO WE'RE IN THE VERY PRELIMINARY PROCESS OF KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHAT WE MIGHT ASK FOR, UH, WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT OUR BIGGEST NEEDS ARE AND KIND OF PUTTING THEM IN IN THE PROPER ORDER.

UH, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL, UH, KAREN WILL PROBABLY COME BACK TO YOU, UH, WITH KIND OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT AND WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON SUBMITTING, UM, COMING UP.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR CIP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

BOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CANOPY PRESENTATION.

THERE YOU GO, EMILY.

I CAN RANDOMIZE LIKE ONE FROM COLUMN A, ONE FROM COLUMN B.

COOL.

THANK YOU.

FANCY, FANCY.

THANK YOU.

AND YES, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.

THANK YOU.

.

THIS IS, UM, EMILY SEARS, AND SHE IS ONE OF OUR ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS, AND SHE CURRENTLY WORKS AT SOUTH GARLAND.

AND, UM, SHE HAD A, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD US TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT SHE HAD A VERY LONG COMMUTE TO GET HERE.

SHE ALSO LIVES IN THESE APARTMENTS.

SO, UM, SINCE SHE WORKS AT A BRANCH, HER DAYS ARE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME AND GIVE THIS PRESENTATION

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TONIGHT.

SO TOOK HER, WHAT DID YOU SAY? TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES.

TWO MINUTES.

.

AND, UH, EMILY IS GONNA TALK ABOUT A NEW SERVICE THAT WE HAVE.

UH, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE SEEN IT AND TRIED IT.

UH, IT'S CALLED CANOPY.

SO GO AHEAD.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

AS SHE SAID, I'M EMILY AND I'M AN ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIAN AT THE SOUTH ISLAND BRANCH.

AND TODAY I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CANOPY.

CANOPY IS A NEW STREAMING SERVICE AT THE LIBRARY RECENTLY, UH, PURCHASED FOR PATRON USE AND HOW IT WORKS AS PATRONS ARE ABLE TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND ACCESS CANOPY.

AND THERE'S MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND ALL KINDS OF GREAT, UH, CONTENT FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AND TO WATCH TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT.

SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, HOW IT WORKS, HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR ACCOUNT, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT YOU WOULD WANNA WATCH.

SO CANOPY HAS AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT CONTENT THAT YOU CAN CHECK OUT TO WATCH ON YOUR LEISURE.

IT'S GOT MOVIES, IT'S GOT TV SHOWS, IT'S GOT KIDS PROGRAMMING, IT'S GOT DOCUMENTARIES, AND IT'S GOT FOREIGN LANGUAGE MEDIA.

THESE ARE ALL, UH, EXAMPLES OF MEDIA THAT YOU CAN FIND ON CANOPY.

THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF BBC SHOWS.

SO IF YOU'RE A BRITISH DRAMA PERSON, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT.

THEY'VE GOT SOME OSCAR WINNING FILMS, THEY'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF COOL STUFF.

I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO CHECK IT OUT WHEN YOU HAVING CHANCE.

UM, AND WE'LL GO AND LOOK AT THE SITE HERE IN A SECOND.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S JUST A GREAT ARRAY OF OPTIONS ON CANOPY THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.

AND SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY DID WE GET CANOPY? WELL, SO AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE GOT , WHICH IS ALSO A GREAT STREAMING SERVICE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE OUR PATRONS MORE STREAMING OPTIONS.

YOU KNOW, AS I'M SURE Y'ALL AREN'T AWARE AND YOU DO YOURSELVES, EVERYBODY LOVES THE USE OF STREAMING.

YOU KNOW, THEY LOVE JUST GETTING ON THEIR TABLET, ON THEIR TV, ON THEIR COMPUTER, SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCH, CLICKING IT ON WHENEVER THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, OR JUST WANNA RELAX.

AND WE JUST WANNA HELP MEET THAT NEED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO GO WITH CANOPY IS THAT IT'S OWNED BY OVERDRIVE.

OVERDRIVE IS THE COMPANY THAT, UH, MANAGES LIVY, WHICH OF COURSE IS OUR, UH, EBOOK AND EAU SERVICE THAT IS VERY POPULAR.

SO SINCE WE ALREADY HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OVERDRIVE WITH VIA LIVY, THAT MADE SENSE TO ADD THIS NEW SERVICE.

AND THEN ANOTHER REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO GET CANOPY IS THAT IT HAS UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ITS MEDIA.

SO YOU KNOW, WHO, WHAT, YOU ONLY GET FOUR CHECKOUTS A MONTH, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WITH CANOPY YOU GET UNLIMITED CHECKOUTS.

YOU CAN WATCH AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, AS LONG AS YOU WANT, AND THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT GONNA CUT YOU OFF OR DO ANYTHING.

SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPTION FOR YOU THERE.

SO, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A BINGE WATCHER AND YOU'VE DECIDED, HEY, I WANNA WATCH LIKE THE WHOLE SERIES OF FATHER BROWN IN ONE DAY, YOU CAN DO THAT.

AND LIKE, THAT'S TOTALLY COOL AND CAN I PEE? DOESN'T CARE HOW MUCH YOU WATCH.

SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.

IT'S NOT GONNA JUDGE ME AND SAY, ARE YOU STILL THERE? ? .

ALRIGHT, SO HOW, SO CANOPY WORKS BY, AS I SAID, GIVING PATRONS UNLIMITED CHECKOUTS.

SO THE LIBRARY PAID AN UPFRONT FEE FOR THE YEAR, AND BECAUSE WE PAID THAT YEARLY FEE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, OUR PATRONS GET UNLIMITED CHECKOUTS.

AND THEN IT'S ALSO SIMULTANEOUS CHECKOUTS, MEANING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF A HUNDRED DIFFERENT PATRONS ARE ALL WATCHING, UH, FATHER BROWN, IT'S COOL, AND IT, THEY DON'T, AGAIN, THEY DON'T CUT ANYBODY OFF, EVEN IF, IF THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE SAME THING.

AND THEN THE CONTENT IS NEGOTIATED BY CANOPY.

SO CANOPY WORKS WITH THE MOVIE STUDIOS, THE TV PRODUCERS, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, AND THEY, UH, GET WHAT IS ON THEIR, UH, PLATFORM.

SO THE LIBRARY DOESN'T CONTROL WHAT'S ON THE PLATFORM, BUT THERE'S A TON OF GREEN STUFF.

SO I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO SEE WHAT'S THERE.

WE, WE SELECTED CATEGORIES, BUT WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES, UH, WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT'S ON THERE.

IT'S JUST THERE AN, AN APP LIKE ? YES.

YEAH.

YES.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SO, UH, ACTUALLY YOU MIGHT HAVE YOUR PAPER, UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT HERE IN A SECOND, BUT THE PAPER TELLS YOU HOW TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT ON CANOPY AND YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR COMPUTER, OR YOU COULD GO TO YOUR APP STORE AS YOUR PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD IT AND GET YOUR ACCOUNT SET UP THAT WAY.

SO, UH, FIRST, OH, ANOTHER REASON THAT CANOPY IS REALLY COOL AND A REASON THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO GET IT IS THAT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEVICES.

SO OF COURSE THE GOT THROUGH WEBSITE VERSION, SO YOU CAN GET ON YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR TABLET, YOU KNOW, GO ON YOUR BROWSER AND GET ON IT THAT WAY, CANOPY.COM,

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UH, OR YOU COULD GO TO THE PLAY STORE OR APP STORE AND GET, YOU KNOW, SEARCH CANOPY.

IT'LL POP RIGHT UP AND IT'S A COMPATIBLE WITH IPHONE OR ANDROID.

AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT LIKE THE ROKU, THE APPLE TV, THE FIRE TV, SAMSUNG, SAMSUNG, SUN TVS.

YOU COULD GET THIS CANOP THE CANOPY APP ON ANY OF THESE DEVICES.

GET IT SET UP AND YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO.

SO THE FIRST THING YOU DO ONCE YOU DOWNLOAD THE APP OR PULL IT UP ON YOUR BROWSER IS YOU'RE GONNA CREATE AN ACCOUNT.

IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.

UH, THE HANDOUT, AS I SAID, TELLS YOU THE STEPS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO, BUT BASICALLY YOU JUST CLICK ON A PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD, IT'S GONNA HAVE YOU FIND YOUR LIBRARY, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK FOR OLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY SYSTEM, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO A SPOT WHERE YOU CAN ADD YOUR LIBRARY CARD AND YOUR PEN.

AND I WANT YOU TO DO THAT.

YOU'RE GONNA FILL IN YOUR NAME AND YOUR EMAIL AND HIT SIGN UP, OR YOU CAN ALSO USE YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT OR YOUR APPLE ID AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY EASY TO USE.

I DO WANNA MENTION THAT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE EMAIL FOR EVERY ACCOUNT THAT YOU MAKE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A AN ACCOUNT FOR YOUR KID, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE EMAIL FOR YOUR KID'S ACCOUNT.

BUT OF COURSE YOU COULD HAVE YOUR KID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT.

BUT IF YOU WANTED MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS IN YOUR FAMILY, EACH ONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ITS OWN EMAIL ADDRESS TO WORK.

SO ONCE YOU MAKE YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FRONT PAGE OF CANOPY.

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S GOT NEWLY ADDED, UH, MATERIALS UP AT THE TOP.

AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE IT'S GOT ALL OF CANOPY'S VIDEO.

SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO SCROLL THROUGH THIS BIG LONG LIST AND CLICK ON WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO WATCH.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, IF YOU HAVE SOME MOVIES ON YOUR WATCH LIST, IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU YOUR WATCH LIST.

BUT TO REALLY, I MEAN, YOU COULD SCROLL THROUGH THIS LONG LIST OF, UH, VIDEOS IN THE MIDDLE, BUT THE BEST WAY, IN MY OPINION, TO FIND WHAT YOU WANNA WATCH ON CANOPY IS TO EITHER DO THE BROWSE OPTION AT THE TOP OR DO THE SEARCH OPTION AT THE TOP.

SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE VERY QUICKLY.

SO WHEN YOU CLICK ON BROWSE, IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU THIS MENU.

AND THEY'VE GOT DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON.

SO IT'S GOT NEW ADDITIONS, IT'S GOT THINGS THAT ARE POPULAR RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GOT, UH, DIRECTED BY WOMEN OR ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS.

AND THEN IT'S ALSO ON, BESIDES THAT, IT'S GOT ALL THE GENRES, DRAMA, THRILLERS, COMEDY, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, WORLD CINEMA.

SO YOU JUST PICK ON WHATEVER GENRE OR WHATEVER TOPIC YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND IT'S GONNA TAKE TO SEE A LIST OF THOSE FILMS. NOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CLICK ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER OPTION, IT'S GONNA SHOW ME THIS PAGE AND IT'S GOT THIS NICE BANNER UP AT THE TOP, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT FILMS THAT IT'S OFFERING YOU TO WATCH.

AND YOU CAN CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE AND START WATCHING.

THEN IN ADDITION TO DOING BROWSE, YOU CAN ALSO, UH, SEARCH.

SO IF YOU DO SEARCH, IT'S GONNA BRING UP SOME FILTERS FOR YOU AND YOU CAN CONTROL THE SPECIFIC, HOW SPECIFIC YOU WANT YOUR SEARCH TO GET BY CLICKING ON ONE OF THESE FILTERS.

IT'S GOT GENRE FILTER, LANGUAGE FILTER.

IF YOU NEED CAPTIONS, YOU CAN SAY, I ONLY WANT MOVIES OR SHOWS THAT HAVE CAPTIONS.

AND THEN IT'S ALSO GOT, UM, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS, WHICH IS VERY NICE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO SHOW IT AT YOUR CHURCH OR IF YOU'RE, UH, USING IT AT A COLLEGE CLASS OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN HERE AT THE LIBRARY, WE COULD USE IT IN A PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S GOT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.

SO YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON THIS LITTLE OPTION THAT SAYS PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS.

IT'S ONLY GONNA SHOW US WHAT WE CAN SHOW IN A GROUP.

SO THAT'S VERY NICE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WHAT YOU CAN USE LEGALLY SPEAKING ACCORDING TO COPYRIGHT PURPOSES.

ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN FIND, UM, DIFFERENT CONTENT IS EVERY FILM OR TV SHOW THAT YOU CLICK ON IS GONNA BRING YOU TO A PAGE LIKE THIS.

AND ALL THESE, UH, CONTENT HAS THESE DIFFERENT TEXTS.

SO DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT TAGS THAT THIS DOCUMENTARY IS, UH, UNDER.

SO YOU COULD CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE TAGS AND IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU A LIST OF MOVIES THAT HAVE THAT TAG.

OR YOU COULD CLICK ON THE, UM, DIRECTOR OR ANY OF THE ACTORS.

AND IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU A LIST OF MOVIES THAT CANOPY HAS THAT HAS THAT, UH, ACTOR OR WAS DIRECTED BY THAT DIRECTOR OR EVEN THE MOVIE STUDIO.

SO IF YOU HAD A PARTICULAR STUDIO THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY FILM FROM, YOU COULD CLICK ON THE STUDIO AND HIS CANOPY'S GONNA SHOW YOU ALL THE FILMS THAT THEY HAVE BY THAT STUDIO.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I CLICK ON THIS, UH, TAG THAT SAYS DOCS FOR ALL AGES, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME TO THIS A LIST OF ALL THE FILMS THAT HAVE THE TAG DOCS FOR ALL AGES.

SO THAT'S A REALLY NICE WAY THAT

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YOU CAN FIND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC TO YOUR TASTE.

AND THEN, SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO ALL THESE TEXTS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM, THE CONTENT PAGE IS GONNA SHOW YOU A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT IF YOU WANNA WATCH THIS FILM OR NOT.

IT'S GOT THE YEAR IT WAS CREATED, IT'S GOT HOW LONG IT IS, IT TELLS YOU WHETHER IT'S GOT CAPTIONS AVAILABLE, WHETHER YOU CAN DO PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OF IT.

SOMETIMES IT'LL SHOW YOU A WEEK TO WATCH THE TRAILER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

AND IT'S OF COURSE ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SUMMARY OF THE MOVIE AS WELL.

AND THEN DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM YOU'VE GOT OF COURSE YOUR TAGS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

THERE'S OPTION, ALSO AN OPTION TO SHARE IT.

SO IF YOU WANNA SHARE A LINK TO THE MOVIE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, OR IT'S ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU THE CITATION.

SO IF YOU'RE CITING THIS MOVIE FOR LIKE AN ACADEMIC PURPOSE, YOU COULD DO THAT.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S AN OPTION DOWN HERE TO ADD IT TO A PLAYLIST AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT PLAYLISTS MORE HERE IN A SECOND.

AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU RELATED FILMS OR TV SHOWS THAT CAN BE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR FILM.

FILM.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, CANOPY'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT KIDS PROGRAMMING AND THEY KEEP IT UNDER A SPECIAL SECTION CALLED CANOPY KIDS.

AND THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT FILTERS OUT ALL THE ADULT MOVIES.

SEE IF YOU PUT YOUR KID ON CANOPY KIDS, THEY CAN'T ACCESS ANYTHING THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

AND THEY ALSO, UH, HAVE AN OPTION FOR PARENTAL CONTROLS.

SO IF YOU ONLY YOU WANNA MAKE THIS, THAT YOUR KID CAN ONLY LOOK AT CANOPY KIDS, YOU CAN SET THAT UP, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND THEN, SO IF YOU HAVE A LIST GOING IN CANOPY AND YOU'VE GOT SOME ADULT FILMS ON THAT LIST, ADULT FILMS MEANING, YOU KNOW, FILMS THAT ARE MORE GEARED TOWARDS ADULT PEOPLE, UM, IF YOU GO INTO CANOPY KIDS THAT YOUR LIST ISN'T GONNA BE THERE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, IT DOESN'T WANT THE KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY OF THOSE FILMS THAT AREN'T MEANT FOR THEM.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT YOU HAVE THIS ONE SPECIFIC SECTION OF CANOPY WHERE IT'S TOTALLY KID FRIENDLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM SEEING SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE.

AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON CANOPY KIDS.

THIS IS THEIR FRONT PAGE AND IT'S KIND OF SET UP SIMILAR, SIMILARLY TO REGULAR CANOPY WHERE IT'S GOT THE CATEGORIES YOU CAN CLICK ON, YOU CAN DO THE BROWS, YOU CAN DO THE SEARCH, YOU CAN MAKE A LIST OF ONLY KIDS FILMS AND CANOPY KIDS.

SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT SECTION OF THE SITE AND I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT IT IF YOU'VE GOT SOME CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE.

AND THEN THIS IS A, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A KIDS PROGRAM THAT CANOPY HAS.

THIS IS A TV SHOW AND IT GET IT SET UP JUST LIKE THE REGULAR CANOPY.

IT'S GOT THE TAGS AND YOU HIT, UH, IT, IT, IT GOT TAGS AND THEY'RE APPLICABLE.

IT'S GOT THE SUMMARY, IT'S GOT THE LENGTH OF THE FILM, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

SO CANOPY KIDS IS REALLY COOL AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING FOR CHILDREN.

AND THE OTHER, ONE OF THE OTHER COOL THINGS ABOUT CANOPY, THEY HAVE A GREAT HELP CENTER.

SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE HELP CENTER IN PP AND THEY'VE GOT FREQUENTLY ASKED TOPICS OR YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH FOR, UH, YOUR PARTICULAR ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT.

AND THEN SOME OF THE HELP TOPICS HAVE A VIDEO COMPONENT TO THEM.

SO YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON THE VIDEO.

IT'S GONNA SHOW YOU, UH, A STEP BY STEP VIDEO PROCESS OF WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE MAY BE.

SO THIS IS JUST A, A SCREENSHOT OF THE HELP CENTER.

YOU CAN SEARCH UP AT THE TOP OR YOU COULD CLICK ON ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES TO GET YOU STARTED.

AND THEN IF YOU CLICK ON ONE OF THE CATEGORIES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE UP HERE AT THE TOP IS THE TROUBLESHOOTING CATEGORY.

AND SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THOSE, UM, OPTIONS AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TROUBLESHOOTING.

AND THEN DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE WHAT THE HELP ARTICLE WOULD LOOK LIKE ONCE YOU CLICKED ON IT.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO GO TO YOUR CANOPY ACCOUNT AND ON THE TOP OF THE, UH, CANOPY PAGE AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO EDIT YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION, YOU CAN CHANGE HOW YOU WANNA BE NOTIFIED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH CANOPY.

AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE YOUR ACTIVE LIBRARY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A CARD AT MORE THAN ONE LIBRARY AND YOU WANNA SEE IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AVAILABLE THAN WE DO, YOU COULD SWITCH YOUR LIBRARY AND YOU'D BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT OTHER LIBRARY'S CANOPY COLLECTION FROM THIS, UH, MY ACCOUNT PAGE.

AND THEN THIS IS ALSO WHERE YOU WOULD DO THE PARENTAL CONTROLS IF YOU WANTED TO SET THOSE UP.

SO, UH, UP AT THE RIGHT, THIS IS THE PAGE WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR, UH, LIBRARY AND YOU CAN SEE I HAVE THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 'CAUSE I HAVE A HOUSTON CARD.

AND THEN MY DEFAULT IS

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OF COURSE THE OLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY.

SO I CAN SWITCH BETWEEN THOSE TWO ACCOUNTS.

AND THEN DOWN TO BOTTOM IS JUST THE PARENTAL PARENTAL CONTROLS PAGE.

YOU JUST TYPE IN A FOUR DIGIT PEN, CLICK GO, AND IT'S GONNA LET YOU, UH, BLOCK ALL THE NON KID FRIENDLY CONTENT ON THERE.

ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT YOU COULD DO WITH CANOPY IS MAKE LISTS.

SO THERE'S THREE KINDS OF LISTS.

THERE'S THE CONTINUE WATCHING LIST, WHICH IS JUST LIKE IF YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SHOW OR A A MOVIE AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I GOTTA STOP BECAUSE I GOTTA GO DO WHATEVER, OR I'M TIRED OR WHATEVER, YOU CAN JUST, UH, PAUSE IT AND CANOPY'S GONNA PUT IT ON THE CONTINUED WATCHING LIST.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU GET ON IT, YOU JUST CLICK ON CONTINUE WATCHING.

IT'S GONNA HAVE WHAT YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT THERE FOR YOU TO ACCESS.

YOU CAN ALSO, UH, CREATE A WATCH LIST, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE, JUST MOVIES THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING.

AND THEN THE COOL THING IN MY OPINION ABOUT CANOPY IS YOU CAN MAKE CUSTOMIZABLE LISTS.

SO IF YOU'RE LIKE, I JUST WANNA MAKE A LIST OF FUNNY MOVIES AND YOU CAN MAKE, YOU KNOW, CREATE A LIST, GIVE IT A TITLE, FUNNY MOVIES, AND THEN ADD, UH, MOVIES AS YOU GO ALONG AS YOU SEE FIT.

AND YOU CAN ALSO REALLY CUSTOMIZE EACH INDIVIDUAL MOVIE IN THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD LIKE A NOTE.

THERE'S A LITTLE OPTION UP HERE WHERE IT WILL LET YOU WRITE A NOTE ABOUT THAT MOVIE.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA WRITE A REVIEW, IF YOU JUST WANNA MAKE A NOTE ABOUT STUFF WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING IT.

AND THEN IF YOU, ANOTHER COOL THING IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY SAVE CLIPS OF THE MOVIE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAVE THE WHOLE MOVIE TO YOUR LIST.

IF YOU JUST WANNA SAVE LIKE YOUR FAVORITE PART OR IF YOU'RE GONNA USE IT FOR LIKE A PROJECT OR LIKE YOU'RE GONNA SHOW IT TO ANOTHER PERSON, YOU CAN JUST CLIP OUT A LITTLE PIECE OF THE MOVIE OR THE TV SHOW AND SAVE IT IN YOUR LIST AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT VERY QUICKLY, UM, WHENEVER YOU NEXT NEED IT.

AND SO TO ADD THINGS TO YOUR LIST, YOU WOULD GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR I ITEM PAGE AND IT'S GOT A LITTLE SPOT THAT SAYS PLAYLIST, AND YOU CLICK ON THAT AND THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN ADD IT TO A PLAYLIST.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU BRIEFLY SOME SCREENSHOTS OF THE APP.

SO EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN SHOWING YOU UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN SCREENSHOTS OF THE WEB BROWSER, WHICH IS TOTALLY COOL, BUT OF COURSE I KNOW IT'S EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY GONNA BE WANTING TO USE THEIR PHONE OR THEIR TABLET TO ACCESS CANOPY.

SO THIS IS THE IPHONE APP.

IT'S SET UP, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIMILARLY TO THE BROWSER IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S GOT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE BROWSER HAS.

YOU CAN SEE DOWN HERE IT'S GOT HOME, IT'S GOT BROWSE, IT'S GOT SEARCH, IT'S GOT YOUR LIST, IT'S GOT YOUR, UH, MY ACCOUNT PAGE, IT'S GOT YOUR WATCH LIST UP HERE.

THESE ARE JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HOMEPAGE AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AGAIN.

AND THEN OVER HERE IS ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT YOU CAN CLICK FROM IF YOU'RE CLICKING ON THE BROWSE PAGE IN YOUR, UH, APP.

SO THIS IS THE IPHONE VERSION.

AND THEN I'VE ALSO GOT SOME SCREENSHOTS OF THE ANDROID VERSION.

SO AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR.

IT'S SET UP PRETTY SIMILARLY TO THE IPHONE.

IT'S GOT THE SAME, UH, OPTIONS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND IT'S GOT THE SAME LIST THAT YOU CAN ACCESS AND THE SAME KIND OF SETUP FOR YOU TO ACCESS DIFFERENT, UH, CONTENT ON YOUR PHONE OR YOUR TABLET.

TABLET.

AND, AND THEN I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE YOU START FILMING OR ONCE YOU START WATCHING A FILM.

SO THIS IS TOWERS AND UH, YOU KNOW, ANTHONY HOPKINS AND EMMA THOMAS, EMMA THOMPSON.

AND SO IT'S GOT LIKE YOUR PLOP PAUSE PLAY, IT'S GOT, YOU COULD GO BACK AND FORWARD.

YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW, SPEED UP THE, UH, THE MOVIE IF YOU WANT TO.

YOU CAN ADJUST THE SOUND OVER HERE.

YOU CAN DO YOUR, UM, CAPTIONS AND YOU CAN ALSO DO A TRANSCRIPT.

SO IF YOU HIT THE TRANSCRIPT BUTTON, IT'S GONNA HAVE A TRANSCRIPT GOING UP HERE ON THE RIGHT ON THE SIDE THAT YOU CAN WATCH.

AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S GOT PICTURE AND PICTURE, WHICH IS NICE.

SO YOU LIKE, IF YOU'RE ON YOUR TABLET AND YOU JUST CLICK PICTURE AND PICTURE, IT'S GONNA MOVE THE MOVIE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TABLET AND THEN YOU COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THE MOVIE, WHICH IS REALLY NICE.

UH, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT CANOPY.

WE THINK IT'S A GREAT SERVICE AND I, WE THINK OUR PAPERS ARE GONNA REALLY LOVE IT AND I'M GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

IS THE THE CONTENT VOLUME SIMILAR TO HOOPLA OR IS IT MORE OR GLASS OR DO YOU KNOW? UH, I'M NOT SURE TO BE HONEST.

I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT SIMILAR.

OKAY.

UH, JUST FROM LOOKING AT IT BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN CHECKING THINGS OUT ABOVE HOOPLA AND CANOPY SINCE WE GOT THEM.

AND I'D SAY THEY'RE ABOUT EQUAL, I WILL SAY THERE IS.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MUSIC THOUGH CANOPY THOUGH? NO.

CORRECT.

CANOPY ONLY HAS, UH, VIDEO OR YOU KNOW, TV AND MOVIES.

YEAH.

SO

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WHO WAS GOT MORE, UH, OPTIONS, BUT YEAH, IN TERMS OF, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, WE GOT CANOPY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OUT, UH, FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT IT WAS A, UH, PAY PER USE AND I'VE NEVER BEEN COMFORTABLE WITH THE PAY PER USE.

AND, UM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO BUDGET FOR.

SO, UM, CANOPY FINALLY, THEY STILL HAVE THAT, THAT, UM, PRODUCT, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SET ASIDE MULTIPLE PACKAGES, WHICH IS WHAT WE WENT WITH.

SO IT'S A, UH, SET PRICE FOR THE YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHAT EMILY WAS SAYING, THAT WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, YOU CAN WATCH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WANT TO, CAN WATCH AS MUCH AS THEY WANT TO BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT.

AND YOU GET, UM, BASICALLY GENRES.

YOU GET THE, THE, THE BRITISH, YOU GET POPULAR.

I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE NAME, THE, THE FAVORITES, UM, WORLD CINEMA, I THINK WE GOT 4, 5, 5 IF YOU HAD THE KIDS IN THERE.

SO IT'S A DIFFERENT THING, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE MUSIC ON THERE.

AND ARE WE GONNA KEEP OR MM-HMM, .

OKAY.

YEAH, BECAUSE THIS, THE, THE OFFERINGS LIKE WITH THE TV SHOWS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT TOO.

UHHUH , SO THE MUSIC AND THE, THE TV SHOWS, BUT IS STILL SET OUT AS PAY-PER-VIEW.

IS THAT FOR, IS THAT THE FOR WE PAY IT'S PAPER USE.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

BUT, UH, IT, IT'S A, IT'S THE FOUR CHECKOUTS PER UH, MONTH.

THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS GONNA BE USED.

MM-HMM.

.

SO WE START LOOKING AT THE STATS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT.

UM, WE WANTED TO START LOW AND AN INCREASE INSTEAD OF STARTING HERE AND THEN, WHOA, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DROP IT.

THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN WITH THE PAY PER USE.

MM-HMM.

IS, WE'D RATHER GIVE THAN TAKE AWAY.

.

WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE SOON? A, A CHANGE TO HOOPLA? OR ARE, ARE YOU STILL WAITING TO GET MORE DATA? WAITING FOR MORE, FOR MORE DATA BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF IT.

IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS OF IT TO SEE HOW LONG HAVE WE, OH, SINCE LIKE JUNE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH.

SO, SO THE YEARS UP IN JUNE PARDON? HUH? ARE YEARS UP IN JUNE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RENEW IT OR, UM, YES.

YEAH, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS AN ANNUAL, UH, UH, COUNT OR ANNUAL CONTRACT.

ANYTHING ELSE? SO WHAT, WHAT KIND OF STATS WILL YOU BE COLLECTING ON, ON THIS FOR THIS ONE? UM, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SET UP ACCOUNTS AND THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE VIEWED, BUT NOT, NOT SPECIFIC.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE IT, IT'D BE LIKE CHECKOUTS ALMOST.

WE GET THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, CHECKED OUT SO TO SPEAK.

AND THEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SET UP ACCOUNTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THIS, UH, ROLL OUT.

IS IT, UM, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY, IS IT STREAM ONLY OR DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOWNLOAD AND SAVE ON A, A LOCAL DRIVE? AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S ONLY STREAMING.

OKAY.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING TOO.

YEAH.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY WAY TO DOWNLOAD IT WHEN I WAS DOING, YOU KNOW, POKING AROUND.

I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INTERNET CONNECTION TO STREAMING.

OKAY.

AND, AND HOW ARE WE GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS SERVICE TO PATRONS TO SIGN UP? WE, UM, WE JUST GOT THIS.

SO WE ARE, WE WERE AT THE SQUARE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

UM, WE HAD, UH, ARE SABRINA, ARE YOU PASSING THIS OUTER? OH YEAH.

OH, YOU GOT IT.

OKAY.

NEVERMIND.

GOT IT.

OKAY.

SO WE'VE GOT THE BOOKMARKS, WE'VE GOT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE DOING SOCIAL MEDIA, WE'RE DOING, UM, OFF THE SHELF, PUTTING IT THINGS AND THAT JUST ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, GET THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.

IT'S JUST THAT WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING IT, GETTING IT GOING.

BUT WE'VE

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AND YOU'VE PUT STUFF OUT THERE, HAILEY? YEAH, HAILEY DOES INSTAGRAM.

AND DO YOU DO FACEBOOK? NO, I DON'T DO THAT.

FACEBOOK.

OKAY.

BUT IT GOES ON ALL SOCIAL.

YEAH.

SO WE ARE, AND THEN OF COURSE, WORD OF MOUTH.

SO , WHAT ABOUT ANY OUTREACH TO, UM, GISD OR TO TEACHERS IN PARTICULAR? I COULD SEE THAT WE SEND, WE HAVE A, AN EMAIL THAT GOES OUT, UM, AND IT HAS THE ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.

'CAUSE WE HAVE A, UM, GOOD INTERACTION WITH THE, WITH JONATHAN, WHICH IS, UH, JONATHAN ARMSTRONG AND THE, OH, I'M GOING BLANK HERE.

THE HEAD OF THE LIBRARY.

THE HEAD OF THE LIBRARIES.

AND SO WE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH AND GIVE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH AND WE TAG EACH OTHER, THEY'LL TAG US FOR PROGRAMS AND THEN WE'LL SEND THEM STUFF AND TAG THEM SO THAT IT'S SHARED ON THEIR PAGE TOO, SO.

RIGHT.

SO DO YOU CHOOSE THE CONTENT THAT WOULD BE ON THERE? LIKE IF I USED KATHY A FEW YEARS AGO TO LOOK FOR AN OLD ODDBALL MOVIE, UM, WHAT CONTROLS WHAT I CAN, IS THIS CANOPY ACCOUNT DIFFERENT FROM SAY, SOME OTHER LIBRARY THAT CHOSE THEIR CONTENT? UH, THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT WOULD BE, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IS IF THEY CHOOSE A DIFFERENT PACKAGE THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT, UH, THAT'S WHAT EMILY WAS SAYING, THAT, THAT IT'S CURATED BY CANOPY AND THEY HAVE JUST PUT TOGETHER THESE FIVE DIFFERENT PACKAGES, UH, GROUPED IT BY WORLD CINEMA OR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES LIKE THAT KIDS STUFF AND WHATEVER THEY PUT IN THERE, ANOTHER LIBRARY WOULD HAVE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD IF THEY GOT THE SAME PACKAGES AND THOSE PACKAGES WERE BACK SOMEWHERE IN THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, NO, BUT I CAN, ARE THERE FIVE PACKAGES THAT GARLAND CHOSE OR THERE FIVE PACKAGES TO CHOOSE FROM? UM, BOTH.

THEY ARE, BECAUSE WE CHOSE ALL OF THEM.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S A DIRECT ANSWER TO MY .

YOU GOT 'EM ALL.

, WE'VE, WE CHOSE, UH, EASY WATCHING FAVORITES.

BRITISH CINEMA AND TV DIVERSITY AND THE CANOPY KIDS PACKAGE.

, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE CHOSE THOSE, I SUSPECT.

YEAH, CANOPY.

YEAH, IF YOU HAVE THE, THE PAPER USE, THEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL CATALOG.

THIS IS A, THESE ARE, UH, LIKE I SAID, PACKAGES THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN.

THEY'RE MOST POPULAR, TOP MOST POPULAR, UH, FILMS, UH, IN EACH CATEGORY AND PUT THEM IN THERE IN, IN THOSE CATEGORIES.

NOW WHETHER THOSE GET CHANGED DURING THE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY GET ADDED TO.

I, I THINK, UM, IT'S BASICALLY KEPT THE SAME, UH, FOR THAT YEAR.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO ANYBODY ELSE? NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EMILY.

THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.

AND WE GET A BOOKMARK AND A STICKER AND A STICKER AND A STICKER.

THAT'S WHY WE COME .

I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WHEEL.

.

UH, AND THE NEXT, IT'S BRAND NEW.

THAT TOO.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA LIBRARY PROGRAMMING UPDATE.

HI.

HELLO.

HELLO.

HI, MY NAME IS HAILEY.

UM, HAILEY'S GONNA INTRODUCE HERSELF.

OH, YOU CAN, IT'S FINE.

OKAY.

WELL WE JUST GOT EXCITED TO TALK.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ONLY HAVE 10 MINUTES.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, YEAH, SO I'M A LIBRARIAN AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS, RIGHT UP THERE AND WALKED ALL OVER HERE .

UM, AND I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE BILINGUAL ECLIPSE KITS THAT WE USE ON OCTOBER 14TH.

UM, JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THAT WASN'T EVERYTHING THAT WE RECEIVED IN THOSE KITS, THERE'S MORE STUFF THAT WE CAN USE FOR THE, UH, NEXT UPCOMING ECLIPSE.

DID ANYBODY GET TO GO TO THE GRAND OPENING ON THE SQUARE? OKAY.

IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, A FUN DAY.

I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AFTER THIS, BUT, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE GOT TO TRY OUT ALL OF THESE THINGS.

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OR LIKE SHE SAID, NOT ALL AND NOT EVERYTHING.

THIS WAS ONE OF THE HITS, I WOULD SAY OF, OF OUR YES.

AREA.

YES.

YEAH.

SO, UM, REALLY BEFORE WE BEGIN, BEGIN, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ECLIPSES AND WHY THIS UPCOMING ONE'S IMPORTANT.

ALSO, WHY, UH, THE ONE THAT WE DID WAS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR STEM AND PROMOTING STEM, ESPECIALLY FOR LIBRARIES AND HOW WE DO IT.

UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, WHO OR WHAT GAVE US THAT RESOURCE.

IT WAS NASA AT MY LIBRARY, UM, AND OCTOBER 14TH.

AND THEN FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN, UH, GO THROUGH.

SO WHAT IS A SOLAR ECLIPSE? A SOLAR ECLIPSE HAPPENS WHEN A MOON PASSES BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE EARTH, CASTING A SHADOW ON THE EARTH THAT BLOCKS THE SUN'S LIGHT.

SO BASICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE EARTH, AND THAT'S HOW A SOLAR ECLIPSE HAPPENS.

AND IT, UH, GLIDES RIGHT THROUGH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE SKY WHENEVER YOU HAVE ECLIPSE GLASSES ON OR SOME TYPE OF FILTER.

OR YOU CAN HAVE A, UM, WHAT IS THE WORD, UH, PINHOLE VIEWER.

AND YOU CAN LOOK DOWN AT THE GROUND.

AND WHAT KIND OF SHOW IS IT PASS THROUGH? UM, THE ONE THAT WE HAD WAS IN ANNULAR ECLIPSE, UM, OCTOBER 14TH.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE LIKE THE RING OF FIRE.

UM, THIS USUALLY HAPPENS ABOUT TWICE A YEAR, BUT ONLY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT WHENEVER IT HAPPENS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, EVERY, EVERY YEAR WE'LL GET TO SEE IT TWICE.

UM, IT HAPPENS FOR THE EARTH EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO ONLY HERE, HERE AND THERE.

WE WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY LUCKY ACTUALLY THAT WE ARE LIKE RIGHT ON AX MARXIST SPOT KIND OF AREA.

SO WE CAN SEE BOTH ECLIPSES IN TEXAS.

UM, BUT YEAH, WE HAVE ANNULAR ECLIPSES, PARTIAL ECLIPSES, HYBRID ECLIPSES, AND TOTAL ECLIPSES.

UM, WHAT IS A LUNAR ECLIPSE? SO WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE ON THE 28TH, UM, THAT WAS SATURDAY I THINK, OR FOR, YEAH, SATURDAY.

UM, THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE EARTH CASTS A SHADOW ONTO THE MOON.

SO TECHNICALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS SUN, EARTH, MOON.

SO IN THE OTHER WAY KIND OF DESCRIBED IT AS LIKE THE SUN, THE MOON, THE EARTH.

NOW IT'S SUN, EARTH, MOON.

AND WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THAT THE SUN, YOU'LL STILL, IT'S NOT LIKE THE MOON IS JUST THE WHOLE, THIS WHOLE SIDE OF THE EARTH IS COMPLETELY ENSHROUDED IN LIKE TOTAL DARKNESS.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SUN STILL ILLUMINATES OVER THE EARTH AND THEN IT CASTS A SHADOW ON THE MOON.

AND SO THE MOON IS LIKE THIS LIKE ORANGEISH TYPE COLOR.

SO IT LOOKS REALLY NEAT.

IT'S NOT, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT THE MOON EVERY SINGLE DAY HAS THAT LITTLE CRESCENT SHAPE OR WHATEVER.

SO THAT'S NOT THE COOL PART.

THE COOL PART IS THAT , IT'S IN SHROUDED IN LIKE THIS COOL RED CAST.

SO, UM, IN SHORT ECLIPSE HAPPENS DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE MOON AND THE EARTH AND THE SUN AND OUR PERCEPTIONS ON EARTH.

SO LIKE I SAID, WE OCTOBER 14TH, WE'VE HAD ANNULAR ECLIPSE.

THAT WAS THE RING OF FIRE.

THIS LITTLE IMAGE RIGHT HERE IS FROM, UM, THE, SOMEONE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE LENS IN OUR TELESCOPE THAT WE RECEIVED AND YOU'LL FEEL NOTICE.

SO THIS IS AS THE MOON IS PASSING BY, UM, THOSE TWO LITTLE DOTS, IT'S REALLY COOL.

THOSE ARE, UM, ORTIS ON THE SUN THAT CAUSE SUNSPOTS AND THOSE SUNSPOTS CHANGE OFTEN.

SO, AND EACH SUNSPOT HAS A TWIN.

THAT'S JUST A COOL OTHER FACT.

LIKE IT'S JUST NEAT.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

YOU CAN'T SEE THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SUN NORMALLY .

AND SO, UM, OCTOBER 28TH WE HAD A LUNAR ECLIPSE AND IT WAS NOT VISIBLE TO US.

UM, IN ANOTHER SLIDE I'LL SHOW YOU LIKE WHO GOT TO SEE IT, UM, IN APRIL 8TH, WE'LL EXPERIENCE A TOTAL ECLIPSE.

THAT'S WHEN THE SUN IS COMPLETELY COVERED AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

UM, THE UNITED STATES ITSELF WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER ECLIPSE UNTIL 2045.

TEXAS IN PARTICULAR WON'T SEE ONE UNTIL 2077.

SO FOR MANY PEOPLE, LIKE THIS IS LIKE, I WON'T SAY YEAH, WELL I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY I DON'T SAY .

I DON'T WANNA SAY THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, BUT I'LL SAY THAT LIKE ALL LITTLE KIDDOS THAT ARE SEEING IT TODAY ARE GONNA BE WELL INTO THEIR FIFTIES THE NEXT TIME THEY SEE IT.

SO THIS REALLY IS A COOL OPPORTUNITY.

SO FOR THEM, YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDDOS WHENEVER IT'S 2077, THEY'LL BE HAVING THEIR CHILDREN BE ABLE TO SHOW THEM.

SO IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.

SO, UH, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FROM 2021 TO 2030.

AND YOU'LL SEE TEXAS RIGHT THERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

WE JUST WE'RE IN THAT PERFECT LITTLE POSITION THAT WE GET TO SEE 'EM BOTH.

UM, AND YOU'LL NOTICE, SO THAT'S 20 24, 20 23.

I THINK THE LAST ONE WE SAW WAS 2017, I WANNA SAY.

SO WE HAD A GOOD LITTLE RUN OF SEEING 'EM, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA

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SEE IT AGAIN UNTIL 2045.

SO NOT NOWHERE ON THIS MAP, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT AGAIN, TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES.

OH YEAH, TRUE, TRUE.

SO IF Y'ALL WANNA CLICK PICK, PLAN YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND SO THIS WAS THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.

AND THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT LIKE EVERY SINGLE ECLIPSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE.

SO IT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TEXAS EVERY SINGLE ECLIPSE OR EVERY YEAR.

I THINK LUNAR ECLIPSES ACTUALLY HAPPEN, LIKE MORE OFTEN THEY HAPPEN, THEY HAPPEN WAY MORE OFTEN, BUT YEAH.

UM, BASICALLY EVERYBODY ELSE GOT TO SEE IT, BUT US AND SOUTH AMERICA.

ALRIGHT, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHO GAVE US ALL THE MATERIAL AND UM, WHAT THEY ARE.

UH, SO NASA AT MY LIBRARY IS A PROJECT CREATED THROUGH NASA, SMD OR THE SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTIVE AND THEIR SCIENCE ACTIVATION PROGRAM.

SO YEAH, THAT WAS, SO WE GOT IT THROUGH NASA.

UM, SO THE NASA AT MY LIBRARY PROJECT, UM, FROM AN EXCERPT AND THEIR TEAM MISSION, THEY SAID THROUGH NASA AT MY LIBRARY PROJECT, NASA PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND STATE LIBRARIES AGENCY WORKS TOGETHER TO INCREASE AND ENHANCE STEM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MILLIONS OF LIBRARY PATRONS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, INCLUDING GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND POPULATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED IN STEM EDUCATION.

AND SO, UM, FOR US, THOSE BILINGUAL ECLIPSE KITS, THEY ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, MAYBE SPEAK SPANISH OR, UH, HAVE HISPANIC HERITAGE.

SO, UM, THEY HOLD THE BELIEF THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE SCIENCE LITERACY AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER ENGINEERS UTILIZING THE HELP OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

AND UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T GET TO PUT IN HERE WAS THAT, UM, THEY FELT THAT THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THAT WE'RE A PUBLIC PLACE, THAT THEY CAN SEE ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, NEW PEOPLE INTO STEM AND ALL THAT.

UM, BUT YEAH, THEY SAID ONE INSTITUTION THAT CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH OF THESE OUTCOMES IS OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY NICE, LIKE THOUGHT THAT WE'RE LIKE A PERFECT RESOURCE FOR THAT.

UM, SO HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED? SO NASA, MY LIBRARY SENT OUT APPLICATIONS FOR 30 LIBRARIES TO RECEIVE BILINGUAL SPANISH AND ENGLISH SOLAR ECLIPSE SOLAR SCIENCE KITS FOR THE UPCOMING ECLIPSE.

UM, WE FOUND THIS LISTING THROUGH ATLA, UM, TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LISTING.

UM, WAS ACTUALLY SOME, ONE OF THE OTHER LIBRARIANS, ONE OF THE OTHER ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS KNEW I WAS INTERESTED IN IT.

AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, HEY.

AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'M GONNA DO IT.

AND I WAS SURPRISED WE GOT IT.

SO, UM, ONE OF THE CRITERIA AGAIN WAS BEING A PART OF A LARGE HISPANIC, LATINO OR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION.

WE ARE, UM, WE GOT THE KIDS.

IT WAS ONE OUT OF 30.

YEAH, PRETTY GOOD.

YEAH.

YEAH, I WAS SUPER EXCITED.

WE WERE THE ONLY ONE.

HUH? WE WERE THE ONLY ONE TO GET IT.

THERE WERE 30, NO, 31 OUT OF 30 BURNING.

YES.

SO THE COOL PART, WHAT DID WE GET? WE GOT A 1300 WORTH OF BILINGUAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH OUR PATRONS TO EXPERIENCE THE ECLIPSE AND LEARN ABOUT EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE.

SO I DON'T HAVE AN ITEMIZED, UM, VERSION OF THIS NUMBER.

UH, THIS IS JUST A NUMBER THAT I, WHENEVER WE'D ASKED, THAT'S WHAT THEY GAVE US.

UH, SO THIS SPECIFICALLY, WE GOT A FOUR AND A HALF INCH DOBSON TELESCOPE WITH A LUNAR FILTER AND A SOLAR FILTER.

UM, THE SOLAR FILTER IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN VIEW AN ECLIPSE THROUGH A TELESCOPE SAFELY.

AND THAT'S WHY LIKE, IT'S JUST SO COOL.

UM, WE'VE GOT TWO SUNS SPOTTERS.

UH, THAT IS ANOTHER TYPE OF TELESCOPE, UM, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SUN