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[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.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS? OKAY.
UM, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE'LL CONSIDER THE MINUTES TO BE APPROVED WITH THAT CORRECTION.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.
IS THAT PERSON A SECOND ON THE OH, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE A, A VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
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.
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.
I'M A RETIRED HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER AND TAUGHT DEVELOPMENTAL MATH AT RICHLAND.
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 IT'S A FRIENDLY GROUP? YES.
AND, UH, WE'LL GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER AFTER THE MEETING.
MICHAEL? YEAH, WE'LL GO THIS WAY.
SO I'M TERRY REY AND YOU KNOW ME FROM, FROM RICHLAND.
UM, I'VE BEEN BOARD CHAIR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
THIS IS JUST MY SECOND YEAR ON THE BOARD.
SO, KRISTEN, KRISTEN, ADAM GREENUP.
KRISTEN, ADAM? UH, WE JUST MET KATHLEEN.
I'M KATHLEEN AND I'M THE PUBLIC SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
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.
AND WE'LL MEET OUR STAFF MEMBERS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND GWEN DANIEL IS NOT HERE WHEN WE, UM, I DO KNOW GWEN FROM OUTSIDE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HER AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, SHE'S THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED I CONSIDER APPLYING.
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.
UM, ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN MAKE A NOMINATION.
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, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TERRY REI TO CONTINUE HIS BOARD CHAIR.
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.
AND I NOMINATE ADAM GREENUP FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.
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YOU, ADAM.YEAH, I ACCEPT THE PO A NOMINATION.
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.
I'M HAPPY TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR.
ADAM GREENUP HAS BEEN VOTED, HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.
YOU HAVE ELECTED ADAM GREENUP TO BE VICE CHAIR.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
AND NOW WE'RE EVEN GETTING THEM TO SAY, EVERYTHING'S FINE, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
LIKE, OKAY, BUT WHAT WAS THAT? YOU KNOW,
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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.
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
I MEAN, HE'S GOT, THEY GAVE HIM A WEIRD, UH, TITLE LONG TIME AGO.
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.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO DERAIL YOUR PRESENT.
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.
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.
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.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE, OR THEY WERE ABLE TO DEMOLISH THE WALLS BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S WITH THOSE COLUMNS.
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.
UM, NO WEATHER, UH, DELAYS AT THIS POINT.
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.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT? 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.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE END OF THE LIBRARY PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
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.
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.
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.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CANOPY PRESENTATION.
I CAN RANDOMIZE LIKE ONE FROM COLUMN A, ONE FROM COLUMN B.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
CANOPY ONLY HAS, UH, VIDEO OR YOU KNOW, TV AND MOVIES.
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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
YEAH, BECAUSE THIS, THE, THE OFFERINGS LIKE WITH THE TV SHOWS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT TOO.
UHHUH
IS THAT FOR, IS THAT THE FOR WE PAY IT'S PAPER USE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
SO WE ARE, AND THEN OF COURSE, WORD OF MOUTH.
SO
'CAUSE WE HAVE A, UM, GOOD INTERACTION WITH THE, WITH JONATHAN, WHICH IS, UH, JONATHAN ARMSTRONG AND THE, OH, I'M GOING BLANK HERE.
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.
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.
THAT'S A DIRECT ANSWER TO MY
BRITISH CINEMA AND TV DIVERSITY AND THE CANOPY KIDS PACKAGE.
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.
SO ANYBODY ELSE? NO, THANK YOU.
AND WE GET A BOOKMARK AND A STICKER AND A STICKER AND A STICKER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WHEEL.
UH, AND THE NEXT, IT'S BRAND NEW.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA LIBRARY PROGRAMMING UPDATE.
UM, HAILEY'S GONNA INTRODUCE HERSELF.
WELL WE JUST GOT EXCITED TO TALK.
ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ONLY HAVE 10 MINUTES.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THE COOL PART IS THAT
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
SO IF Y'ALL WANNA CLICK PICK, PLAN YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
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
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 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.
HUH? WE WERE THE ONLY ONE TO GET IT.
THERE WERE 30, NO, 31 OUT OF 30 BURNING.
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 WITH.
UH, AND IT HAS TO BE, I'LL GO THROUGH, I'LL CONTINUE.
SO, UM, WE ALSO GOT, UH, SOME ECLIPSE SOUNDSCAPE CITIZEN SCIENCE TOOLS.
SO THE LIBRARY GOT AN AUDIO MOTH AND SD CARDS.
AN AUDIO MOTH IS A, IS LIKE A LITTLE TOOL THAT YOU CAN RECORD LIKE THE SOUNDS OF, UH, CREATURES AND THEY'RE USING THAT FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE SO HE CAN SEND IT BACK TO NASA, WHICH WE DID.
SO THEY, UH, OH, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THIS.
I'M GONNA JUST STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING IS JUST SO, I REALLY, REALLY AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT I GUESS 'CAUSE IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO ME.
SO I KEEP TRYING TO GO OVER MORE THAN I'M TRYING TO HIT ALL MY SPOTS BEFORE THE SLIDES COME UP.
UM, ANYWAYS, WE'VE GOT THE MOON SHARE, MOON BEAR SHADOW ACTIVITY AND BOOK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE, UH, AWARE OF THE MOON SHADOW BEAR OR THE MOON BEAR SHADOW BOOK.
UM, SORTING GAMES, A THERMOMETER AND POSTCARDS FOR THE GLOBE ECLIPSE SCIENCE PROJECT, ECLIPSE BOOKS, PINHOLE VIEWERS AND MORE.
I GOT A COUPLE OF BOOKMARKS, ALL BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF
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TOO.SO WHAT WE DID ON OCTOBER 14TH, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF THE GRAND OPENING OF THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE.
AND WE HAD A FEW BOOTHS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MATERIALS FROM OUR ECLIPSE KIT.
SO, UM, I THIS IS THE SUN SUNS SPOTTER.
UH, LOTS OF PEOPLE WERE TAKING PICTURES THROUGH THE LENSES BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE IT IN THERE.
UM, THERE WAS A HUGE LINE, EVERYBODY JUST THAT THIS FOR, FOR BOTH OF THESE, BUT ESPECIALLY THE TELESCOPE.
EVERYONE WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT THE SUNS SPOTTER THOUGH IS THAT SOME CHILDREN, THEY WERE SCARED OF THE TELESCOPE, UM, BUT THEY WERE LIKE BIG FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO SEE THE SUN SPOTTER TOGETHER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT WITH EACH OTHER AND WE COULD TELL THEM LIKE, HEY, LIKE THESE ARE SUN SPOTS.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT SUN SPOTTER AGAIN, THE SUN SPOTS WILL BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION AND REALLY JUST SHOW THEM AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADJUST IT CONSTANTLY.
SO EVERYONE JUST GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A REALLY COOL WAY, UM, WITH THE ECLIPSE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET SOME, UM, SOLAR GLASSES AND STUFF.
BUT EVERYONE WAS REALLY EXCITED FOR IT.
IT WAS REALLY COOL, REALLY NEAT.
SO, OF COURSE, THIS IS OUR TELESCOPE.
THAT THING WITH THAT SILVER PART RIGHT THERE, THAT IS THE SOLAR FILTER, SUCH AS LIKE FITS RIGHT ON TOP.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TINFOIL TYPE THING.
UM, AND THEN WE GOT, UM, ANOTHER, UH, FILTER TO VIEW THE SKY AT NIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE TWO LENSES, TWO LENS TYPES TO VIEW THE SKY AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES.
WE USE THE, I BELIEVE THE WIDER ONE SO WE CAN, UH, GET AN EASIER VIEW.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A CLOSER ONE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT I FITTED ON THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER, OTHER ONE SITTING IN THERE.
UM, THE OTHER LENS, UH, YOU WITH THIS TOOL, YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE COLORS AND FEATURES OF OUR PLANET AND STARS.
UM, OUR SUNS SPOTTER IS A TELESCOPE FROM THE SUN, SO LOOK AT THAT.
AND, UH, IT CAN BE USED TO DRAW THE SHAPES OF THE SUN AND ITS SUNSPOTS.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, OH YEAH, SO YOU CAN USE THAT RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A PIECE OF PAPER FITTED IN THERE.
YOU CAN, UM, STICK A SHEET OF PAPER AND DRAW IT.
AND FOR THE ECLIPSE, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS TO HAVE LIKE A PROGRESSION OF THE WEEK OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, PROGRESSIONS OF LIKE THE SUNSPOTS AND LIKE HOW THEY CHANGED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOUDY ALL WEEK, SO NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW ON THERE AND YOU CAN MAKE ACTIVITIES OUT OF IT.
UM, SO OF COURSE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THE MOON PASSING OVER THE SUN DURING THE ECLIPSE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, SO THE, THE, THIS SUN SPOTTER, IT CANNOT STAY IN THE SAME SPOT FOR TOO LONG BECAUSE THE SUN JUST MOVES.
SO YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY LIKE ADJUST IT.
BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE SUN AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IN PERSON.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON HERE, BUT LIKE, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE SUN AROUND IT IS LIKE VIBRATING.
SO YOU CAN LIKE, SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE SOLAR FLARES OR LIKE SOMETHING WITH OUR PERCEPTIONS OR SOMETHING WITH THE TELESCOPE, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY NEAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUN IS MOVING.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BALL OF FIRE.
UM, SO WE HAD ALSO PASSED OUT ECLIPSE PINHOLE VIEWERS TO SHOW INFORMATION ON THE SEVEN MCCALL CONSTELLATION IN MYO MYTHOLOGY OR THE BIG DIPPER.
UM, SO IT WAS JUST ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF SHARE, YOU KNOW, MORE HISPANIC RELATED, UM, INFORMATION, UM, THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND IT GIVES THEM A BETTER WAY TO LIKE, SHARE AND EXPERIENCE SCIENCE.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PINHOLE VIEWER, SO LIKE, UH, IN THAT DIP, BIG DIPPER FORMATION, WE JUST PUNCHED OUT THE HOLES AND IT WAS LIKE IN LITTLE STARS AND YOU PULL THE STAR UP AND IT TURNS INTO A CIRCLE, WHICH WOULD BE THE SUN.
AND THEN DURING THE ECLIPSE IT WOULD TURN TO A CRESCENT.
SO THAT LITTLE STAR SHAPED, AS YOU PULL IT UP TO THE GROUND, THE SHADOW OF IT WOULD CHANGE.
UM, AND THEN WE GOT INFORMATIONAL GUIDES ON CLOUDS IN SPANISH.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE ON THAT TABLE, PROBABLY NOT THOUGH.
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS OUR LINE FOR THAT.
UH, EVERYONE WAS SO INTERESTED IN THE TELESCOPE.
WE ALSO GOT ANOTHER CITIZEN SCIENCE RESOURCE.
UM, THIS WAS FROM GLOBE OBSERVER.
UM, BASICALLY IT'S THIS TOOL THAT YOU CAN VIEW THE SKY AND DETERMINE IT'S IN CONDITIONS AND THE, THE CONDITIONS DURING THE ECLIPSE.
SO I SAID THAT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK IT WAS REALLY, REALLY CLOUDY, BUT ON THE DAY OF THE ECLIPSE, IT WAS SUPER BRIGHT AND SHINY, NOT A CLOUD IN THE SKY.
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THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ECLIPSE.THE ECLIPSE ACTUALLY CHANGES THAT BECAUSE OF ITS, UH, THE MOON'S POSITION WITH THE, UH, EARTH.
IT JUST CAUSES THE CLOUDS TO DISSEMINATE.
I'M NOT A SCIENTIST, I CAN'T SAY THE SPECIFICS, BUT IT'S REALLY COOL.
UM, WITH THIS LIKE LITTLE, UH, WE HAD A BUNCH OF THOSE FRAMES AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A WHOLE PUNCH IN THE MIDDLE.
SO LIKE YOU CAN, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE TOO.
BUT, UH, YOU CAN BASICALLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CITIZEN SCIENCE WHERE YOU CAN RECORD DATA ON AN APP IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOR NASA.
AND THEY CAN HAVE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION FOR EVERY AREA.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT.
THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION AND USE IT FOR, UM, SOME TYPE OF DATA COLLECTION OR JUST SEEING HOW THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGES.
UM, ANYONE CAN, ANYONE WITH THE APP CAN SUBMIT THE DATA.
IT'S ALSO A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, UM, BECAUSE YOU CAN USE THAT.
THE DATA IS LIKE PUBLIC AND YOU CAN ACCESS IT AND SEE IT AND, UH, USE IT FOR SCHOOL OR WHATEVER.
UM, SO IT WAS A GOOD RESOURCE TO JUST HAVE OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN STEM.
SO WE ALSO GOT THE BEAR SHADOW ACTIVITY, AND I JUST HAD ONE ON DISPLAY, BUT IT CAN BE USED AS A, UM, LITTLE ACTIVITY DURING STORY TIMES.
I DID GIVE, UM, THE WALNUT CREEK BRANCH, UH, THE REST OF THE KITS SO THEY CAN USE THEM FOR STORY TIME OR DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT SHE, IF SHE WANTED TO DO.
SO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A WAY THAT YOU CAN SEE LIKE WHAT YOUR SHADOW DOES WHENEVER IT'S CONFRONTED WITH THE LIGHT AND LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MOVE THE SUN CLOSER, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MOVE IT FAR AWAY.
BUT IN OUR CASE, BECAUSE WE'RE OUTSIDE, YOU JUST GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL, UM, SHADOW FROM THE SUN AND YOU CAN JUST GUESS LIKE, OH, IS IT GONNA CHANGE DURING THE ECLIPSE? IS IT NOT GOING TO CHANGE? UM, IT'S JUST A GOOD WAY FOR KIDS TO KIND OF LIKE TAKE A LOOK AT IT, INTERACT WITH THE MOVE TO THE PLUSHY TOYS AND SEE HOW, UM, THE SHADOWS CHANGE.
AND THEN THIS WAS REALLY COOL.
THE AUDIO MOTH, UM, BASICALLY RECORDS THE SOUNDS AROUND YOU.
UH, SO WE RECEIVED THIS AND TWO DAYS BEFORE THE ECLIPSE I STUCK A SD CARD IN IT AND THEN WRAPPED IT UP IN LIKE A AIRTIGHT, UM, WATERPROOF BAG, ZIP TIED IT TO A TREE IN OUR, UH, IN OUR FRONT YARD.
AND THEN, UM, IT STAYS ON AND RECORDS ALL THE, UH, SOUNDS OF CREATURES.
SO RIGHT NEXT TO IT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIRD'S NEST, SO I'M HOPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAD HAPPENED TOO.
BUT, UM, BASICALLY CRICKETS DURING ECLIPSES, THEY'LL START MAKING LITTLE CRICKET NOISES.
AND THE LAST STUDY THEY HAD ON THAT WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
SO THEY'RE REVISITING THAT WITH CITIZEN SCIENCE.
SO IT WAS A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, TWO DAYS AFTER THE ECLIPSE, I UNZIPPED TIED IT AND THEN TOOK THE SSD CARD AND WE SENT IT BACK TO THE, I THINK IT'S ECLIPSE SOUNDSCAPES, BUT IT'S AN ARESA ENTERPRISE SUPPORTED BY NASA.
SO IT'S NASA, BUT A LITTLE OFFSHOOT OF, OF IT.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING IT FOR THE, UM, APRIL 8TH ECLIPSE.
AND SO ANOTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT ALONG WITH, UH, THIS TOOL IS THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LIGHT, HOW THE, UM, ECLIPSE CAN KIND OF CHANGE OR HOW THE, HOW THE ECLIPSE CAN BE EXPERIENCED THROUGH YOUR SENSES, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE IT.
YOU CAN ALSO HEAR IT WITH ALL THE ANIMALS AND THE CREATURES AROUND, LIKE HOW DO THEY ACT DIFFERENT? YOU CAN FEEL IT WITH LIKE WINDSHIELDS.
HOW DOES IT FEEL DIFFERENT? UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SKY AND SEE HOW THE SKY HAS JUST CHANGED.
IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS A CLEAR DAY ON THE ECLIPSE.
UM, AND IT'LL ALSO GET A WINDSHIELD WHENEVER IT PASSES, WHENEVER THE MOON PASSES OVER.
UH, UM, JUST REALLY INTERESTING STUFF THAT, UM, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT WITH YOUR EYES LOOKING RIGHT AT THE SUN.
YOU CAN FEEL IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THE, ALSO THE AUDIO MOTH HAD LITTLE, UM, NUBS ON THE ENDS OF IT, SO YOU CAN FEEL IT AROUND, UM, AND, UH, FEEL IT TO SEE LIKE DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SEE.
IT'S TACTILE, NUBS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT, TACTILE NUBS AROUND THE, UM, DEVICE ITSELF.
SO JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN JUST EXPERIENCE IT, EXPERIENCE THE ECLIPSE USING OTHER SENSES.
SO WHAT WILL WE DO IN THE FUTURE? SO WE'LL UTILIZE THESE TOOLS AGAIN IN THE UPCOMING ECLIPSE.
UM, SO WE HAVE PREPARED A COUPLE OF THINGS.
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GOING TO HAVE GLASSES.UM, AND THIS IS THE BIG ONE BECAUSE IT'S THE TOTAL ECLIPSE, RIGHT? UH, WALNUT CREEK BRANCH IS DOING A PRE ECLIPSE PARTY.
UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, WELCOMING OUR VISITORS TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE IN OUR PARKING LOT.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL OF OUR NASA AT MY LIBRARY TOOLS DURING THE EVENT.
THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHER TOOLS THAT WE DIDN'T SHARE, LIKE ARE, SO WE HAVE MORE PINHOLE VIEWERS.
WE ALSO HAVE MORE, UM, WE HAVE A SORTING GAME.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I GAVE ONE OF THE SUN SPOTTERS TO ONE OF THE BRANCHES.
I CAN ALSO GIVE THE OTHER SUN SPOTTER OUT TO ANOTHER BRANCH TOO, AND WE CAN ALL JUST KIND OF SHARE IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT THERE, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPAND ON THAT AND DO MORE DURING THE APRIL 8TH ECLIPSE, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAST ONE TILL A LONG TIME.
BUT WE HAVE SO MUCH, THEY GAVE US A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.
AND THEN I WANNA SAY THAT THE, UM, ECLIPSE CLASSES, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME RESOURCES, IT'S BY STARNET, BUT IT'S THROUGH SEAL.
SO ANOTHER PROGRAM, UM, FROM NASA, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO GAVE US THE GLASSES.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE LIKE, WE'RE USING A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES, UM, THAT ARE COMING TO US, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR TLA LISTINGS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? IT, YES.
WHAT A, A FANTASTIC THING YOU DID FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM IN SUBMITTING THAT.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT WAS FOCUSED ON HISPANIC AND LATINO OUTREACH, UH, FOR STEM AS WELL.
SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT MOST OF THE RESOURCES, IF NOT ALL THE RESOURCES WERE BILINGUAL.
SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD GET WOULD BE IT, SPANISH ON ONE SIDE, ENGLISH ON THE OTHER SIDE, OR IT'D HAVE LIKE MULTIPLE ITEMS. SO YEAH.
AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UH, WE'LL BE DOING SOMETHING FOR APRIL THE EIGHTH.
UH, I THINK IT WAS HULU OR APPLE JUST RECENTLY RELEASED, UH, A MOVIE ABOUT THE FIRST LATINO ASTRONAUT, UH, THAT I, I THINK WAS PRETTY, YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
UM, SO MAYBE A SCREENING OF THAT MOVIE OR SOMETHING WOULD BE ALSO APPROPRIATE, BUT YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, HALEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND IF Y'ALL WANNA TALK TO ME, Y'ALL CAN.
ALRIGHT, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS? ALRIGHT, IF NOT, I GOT MINE.
YEAH, IT IS JUST ONE, BUT IT'S ME TOO.
MULTI-PART MULTI-PART MULTI-PART.
SO, UH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WENT INTO THE PREPARATION AND, UM, PRESENTATION OF, OF OUR TABLES, OUR SQUARE THAT WE HAD, OR NOT OUR SQUARE, OUR SPACE THAT WE HAD AT THE, UH, YOU CAN COME THIS WAY, THAT'S FINE AT, PUT IT IN SLIDESHOW.
NOW I HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE, JUST IN CASE YOU WERE, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE DID, UH, TO GET READY FOR THE PRESENTATION OR THE EVENT, THE GRAND OPENING OF THE LIBRARY OR THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, ON THIS SIGN HERE THAT OF COURSE IT MENTIONS THE ECLIPSE VIEWERS.
WE HAD BUBBLE PAINTING AND I'LL SHOW PICTURES OF, OF THAT, THE GARLAND WHEEL OF TRIVIA.
UM, A RIDDLE BOX, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY CREATED USING THE GLOW FORGE.
AND I THINK THAT WAS IT, THE GLOW FORGE.
SO THE LASER CUT THE WOOD PIECES AND THEN IT PUT TOGETHER, AND IT WAS A A, THE RIDDLE BOX.
BOOKMARKS BOOK MATCHMAKING, I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATIONS.
UM, THE, THE TABLE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE TABLECLOTH, THAT'S OUR BRAND NEW TABLECLOTH THAT,
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THAT, UH, WAS MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH ANNA MARE, WHICH IS, WHO'S THE COMPANY WE'RE WORKING WITH ON OUR REBRANDING.SO IT'S GOT CURIOSITY THE CAT, AND IT'S GOT, UH, BRIGHT COLORS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT.
AND WE'RE GONNA, WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE THE RIGHT, THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT AND THE PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM.
SHOW THE RIDDLE BOX THAT WAS CREATED.
THIS, WE WERE, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SPACE.
WE WERE BETWEEN INTRINSIC AND THE CORNER AND AT, AT FIFTH AND UM, UH, STATE STREET.
AND WE HAD, UH, WE WERE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE SQUARE.
WE HAD THE LITTLE GIRL THAT'S THERE THAT IS ON THE SQUARE.
WE HAD A LITTLE SPACE THAT WE HAD FOR KIDS TO ATTEND STORY TIME.
AND WE HAD ONE ENGLISH STORY TIME AND SPANISH STORY TIME.
SO THIS STARTED WAY BACK IN MAY.
AND WE HAD OUR GROUP OF PEOPLE MAINLY OUTREACH.
SO THAT WAS MORGAN AND ALLISON WORKING WITH THE CITY SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND STARTED WORKING WITH STAFF, LIBRARY STAFF IN JUNE, UH, STARTED LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULD WORK WITH LARGE GROUPS.
AND THEN, UH, THE SCHEDULE, THE ACTIVITIES BECAME WERE WE STARTED SCHEDULING THE ACTIVITIES WE HAD.
UM, WE WANTED TO GET NEW SWAG.
SO WE, WE CAME UP WITH, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD GIVE OUT.
THINGS THAT WERE, WE KNEW WERE POPULAR.
UM, WE HAD MICROFIBER CLEANERS FOR GLASSES OR I OR YOUR PHONE.
UM, OVEN PULLERS, OVEN RACK, PULLERS, UH, EVER POPULAR EVER.
WE, WE WERE OUT OF THOSE FANS.
AND WHISTLE SAFETY, YES, THE WHISTLES HAVE BEEN BANNED.
UH, AND THEN, UH, KAREN AND MORGAN WORKED WITH ANNA MARIE AND PUBLIC MEDIA, PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS TO COME UP WITH HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION, THE MARKETING OF IT.
ALLISON, UM, CREATED TWO OF OUR TWO INFOGRAPH INFOGRAPHICS AND AN UPDATED ONE.
YOU ASKED ADAM, YOU ASKED ABOUT GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, I SAID WE HAD THE CANOPY, BUT I THINK WE GOT CANOPY JUST ABOUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS CAME OUT.
SO WE DIDN'T DO CANOPY HERE, BUT WE DID DO HOOPLA.
AND WHENEVER WE HAVE ANY EVENTS, WE ALWAYS TRY TO TAKE THESE THINGS.
UH, MORGAN TAKES THEM AND THAT'S WHY WE CREATE THEIR VERY WIDE BOOKMARK TYPE THINGS.
AND THAT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE.
WE HAD MEETINGS, MULTIPLE MEETINGS.
WE GOT IT DOWN TO A VERY DETAILED SCHEDULE.
WHO WAS GONNA, WHO WAS GOING TO WORK THE EVENT, WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO, WHAT HOURS THEY WERE GONNA WORK, WHAT TABLES THEY WERE GOING TO WORK.
UM, AND THAT KEPT GETTING CHANGED AS, AS THINGS PEOPLE'S, UM, SCHEDULES, THEIR PERSONAL SCHEDULES CHANGE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
THE ACTIVITY, THE, THE SUPPLIES STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, THEN TWO WEEKS PRIOR WE HAD PREPARING FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.
THERE WERE 15 BINS THAT WERE PACKED.
WE CARRIED THEM OVER, UH, ON A TRUCK ON OUR, THE LIBRARY TRUCK AND FOUR OR FIVE WAGONS.
YEAH, WE HAD A WAGON TRACE
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IT.SO, AND WE HAD TWO STORY TIMES TO START OFF.
THEN SPANISH, UH, WE'LL SAY WE, THEY, WE HAD IT EARLY 'CAUSE WE HAD A SCHEDULE WE HAD TO FOLLOW.
AND THEY HAD US IN THE MORNING BEFORE THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING STARTED.
BUT THE DJ WAS OVER THERE AND HE WAS STILL TALKING.
SO IT MADE SOME OF IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
BUT WE STILL, UH, WILL WAS ONE OF OUR PIED PIPERS AND SABRINA WAS, AND ANYTIME THEY HYPE, HYPE MAN, I WAS THE HYPE MAN.
ANYTIME THEY SAW KIDS, THEY UH, ROUNDED THEM UP AND PUSHED THEM OVER GENTLY, FIGURATIVELY TO THE, UH, STORY TIMES.
AND THE KIDS THAT WERE OVER THERE AND THE PARENTS THAT WERE OVER THERE REALLY ENJOYED HAVING THAT.
WE HAD A PUPPET SHOW, WHICH IS LIKE, IT SAYS IT'S 5 0 6 ART AND THAT ONE WENT WELL.
PEOPLE, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON THAT, THAT IT WAS, THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
WE HAD EVERYTHING SET UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY AND THEN AS, UM, AFTER SEVERAL HOURS THAT WE'D SWITCH IT AGAIN.
AND THEN, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO KIND OF CLOSE EVERYTHING OUT BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN BY WATCH.
SO THAT THE EVENING ACTIVITIES COULD START.
WE WANTED TO BRING IT DOWN AND TO HAVE MORE, UM, PASSIVE TYPE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO AS WE WERE KIND OF SETTING OR RATHER TAKING THINGS DOWN.
THE BOOK MATCHMAKING BOOTH IS, YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER ON THE RIGHT.
AND WE HAD TWO PEOPLE THERE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, OR THEY WERE THERE, IT WAS DIFFERENT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AND YOU COULD COME UP AND ASK, HEY, I'VE READ THIS BOOK.
I LIKE THIS BOOK, I LIKE THIS AUTHOR.
AND THEY WOULD FIND ANOTHER, THEY WOULD MAKE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT AS YOU CAN SAY, IT IS KIND OF SET UP LIKE A, JUST A MATCHMAKING BOOTH OR A KISSING BOOTH.
AND UM, I THINK SOMEBODY DID ASK IF THEY COULD KISS
UH,
AND SO SHE VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE PERSON THAT INTERACTED.
UH, ALLISON AND I WERE ON THE INFO TABLE AND WE SENT A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER THERE 'CAUSE WE'D GET QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? AND WE'D SAY, HERE'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
SO SHE, UM, WHAT SAY SHE SAW ABOUT 60 SOMETHING PEOPLE THAT DAY THAT EITHER JUST STOPPED BY TO GET INFORMATION OR ACTUALLY TRIED THE KIOSK.
WE HAD THE RIDDLE BOX AND THE GARLAND WHEEL AT TRIVIA.
AND THEN, UH, ALLISON AND I DID THE INFO TABLE WITH THE LIBRARY CARD SIGNUPS.
SO WE HAD 27 STAFF PARTICIPATE.
UM, SOMEBODY WE WERE ASSIGNED TO WORK THE DIFFERENT TABLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THE CITY HAD BREAK HAD, UH, CITY HALL SET UP BECAUSE THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED STAFF.
IT'S LIKE PRETTY MUCH ALL STAFF.
SO THEY HAD, UH, FOOD AVAILABLE, SNACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU CAN HAVE REAL RESTROOMS INSTEAD OF THE PORTA POTTIES.
AND SO YOU, YOU WERE ABLE TO GO OVER THERE.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD, SABRINA HAD, UH, LUNCH AVAILABLE FOR US AT THE CLEE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO THE CLEE AND WE ALL HAD, WE WERE, WE HAD OUR CLICKERS, OUR NUMBER COUNTERS, PEOPLE COUNTERS.
AND WILL DID THAT FOR A WHILE.
SO WHEN WE CAME UP WITH IT, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PEOPLE THAT CAME JUST TO OUR AREA.
AND VARIOUSLY HEARD 10,000 TO 20,000.
I KNOW THAT'S A BIG RANGE, UH, FOR THE CITY, FOR
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THE SQUARE.AND I THINK THE 10,000 WAS JUST FOR THAT EVENING.
BUT THE 20,000 WAS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.
AND THE WAY THEY DID THAT WAS, UM, A SYSTEM THAT COUNTED, UH, YOUR CELL, THE CELL PHONE AS IT ENTERED, ENTERED A CELL PHONE.
'CAUSE IT, EVERY CELL PHONE HAS ITS OWN ID.
AND AS IT ENTERED INTO THAT AREA, IT WAS ABLE TO COUNT IT AS A, UH, INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND THEN AS IT LEFT IT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THEIR NUMBERS.
WE DID IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.
SO I WAS, I WAS GETTING THOSE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING
AND MORE EXCITING IS THAT WHEN, 'CAUSE WE GIVE 'EM THE CARD, BUT WE TELL 'EM IT'S, IT TAKES LIKE 24 HOURS TO ACTIVATE IT BECAUSE WE TAKE IT BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VALID INFORMATION.
AND ALL OF 'EM THAT SIGNED UP WERE VALID.
THE MOST VISITED TABLES WERE THE NASA AT MY LIBRARY.
THE DO IT YOURSELF PAINTED BOOKMARKS, WHICH BECAME ALMOST JEWELRY, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, BECAUSE IT ALSO HAD A LITTLE BEADED PART AND SOME OF THEM JUST WANTED THE BEADED PARTS.
JEWELRY MAKING, AND THEN THE GARLAND WHEEL OF TRIVIA, WHICH IS THERE.
AND, UH, WE WEREN'T VERY HARD.
WE GAVE AWAY PRIZES,
WELL ALSO THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO, TO RIGHT NEXT TO THE INFORMATION TABLE.
AND WE WERE JUST GIVING AWAY STUFF.
WE DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A TRIVIA.
SO WE WERE NOT MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE.
SO THESE ARE ALL, UM, THE PICTURES OF THE KIDS ON THE SQUARE.
THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE PREPARATION FOR IT.
THAT'S TWO OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS.
MALE AND ANDREA, AND THEN KAREN AND ANDREA DOING THIS IN THE MIDDLE.
IS ANDREA DOING THE SPANISH LANGUAGE STORY TIME? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOP ONE IS.
THOSE TWO ARE JUST THE, I THINK THEY'RE ALL FROM THE SPANISH STORY TIME.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE SPANISH STORY TIME PROJECT.
THIS WAS THE BUBBLE PAINTING THE CHILD IN THE MIDDLE THAT THEY HAVE THE, UH, BUBBLE SOLUTION AND THEN THEY PUT, UH, DIE IN IN IT AND THEY BLOW THROUGH THE, THE LITTLE WAND.
AND AS IT POPS IT, THE COLOR COMES OUT AND MAKES THE DIFFERENT, UM, THE BUBBLE PAINTING.
UM, THEY LIKED IT AS ONE OF THE TEACHERS THAT CAME TO, THERE WAS A, A COUPLE OF TEACHERS THAT CAME TO THE TABLE, THE INFORMATION TABLE.
AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY HAD TRIED IT AND IT DID NOT WORK AT ALL.
SO THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT OUR SECRET WAS.
APPARENTLY IT IS, DO NOT USE OLD DYE, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE, UM, BOOKMARKS AND YOU CAN SEE THE BEADS.
THE OTHER WITH THE COLORS I THINK IS JUST, THEY WERE JUST, UM, DOING CRAYON SHEETS, BUT IT WAS BUSY ALL DAY.
THERE'S ALLISON AND UH, MORGAN.
THEY'RE OUR, OUR OUTREACH TEAM.
AND THEY'RE AT THE INFORMATION DESK.
MUST'VE BEEN WHEN I WAS AT BREAK ON A BREAK.
HEATHER, WHO'S THE CENTRAL LIBRARY MANAGER, CHECKING OUT THE SCOPE.
AND THEN THERE'S HAILEY WITH, UM, SOME VISITORS LOOKING AT THE SCOPE.
UM, THAT'S ME AND ALLISON AND MORGAN.
AND I TELL YOU, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN.
WE REALLY PUMPED THIS ALL UP, BUT IT, WE WERE WIPED OUT,
AND THEN THERE JUST ONE FINAL THING THAT I JUST WANT TO GO OVER REAL QUICK.
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THIS IS FROM OUR, UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT.I WANT VIEW, THIS IS FROM OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAD AT, UH, NORTH GARLAND BRANCH.
I'M JUST, HUH? I SAID, UH OH, IT GOT BIG.
NO, THEY JUST, THIS WAS, THESE WERE THE PANELS THAT, UH, I BELIEVE THE LIBRARY FUNDED THE, THE PRINTING OF THESE.
AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO, UH, THE LANDMARK MUSEUM AND I THINK AFTER US, THEY WENT TO CITY HALL AND THEN THEY'LL GO, UH, BE PART OF, UM, THE LANDMARK MUSEUM'S COLLECTION.
NO, WE HAD THESE WERE JUST SHOWING THAT WE HAD THE BOOKS OUT ABOUT HISPANIC HERITAGE.
AND THIS IS, UM, THE PROGRAM FROM NORTH RANCH.
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER FAMILY'S, UM, EXPERIENCES LIVING IN GARLAND WHEN THEY CAME TO GARLAND AND JUST THE HISTORY AND THE LAST ONE, THE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WORLD DANCE TEAM PERFORMING A BALLET FOLKLORE.
SO WHAT WHAT THIS WAS FOR THE HISPANIC HERITAGE, WE HAD PROGRAMS ALL MONTH.
WE HAD, UH, WE WORKED WITH THE
THEY WERE HELD AT ALL FOUR GARLAND LIBRARY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER.
AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 55 PARTICIPANTS LEADING UP TO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
UH, FAMILIES WERE INVITED TO ALL OF THE KAIA EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
WE HAD TWO PROJECTS, UH, THAT COULD EITHER CREATE A, UM, DREAM CATCHER OR A MASK.
AND WE, UH, THE PROGRAM WHERE THE, THEY WERE WORKING ON THEIR OWN MASK.
A MOHI GANGA OR GIANT PUPPET WALKED THROUGH THE ROOM, TOOK PICTURES WITH THE KIDS AND COMPLIMENTED THEIR MASK.
AND ONE, IT WAS A COMMENT THAT ONE CHILD EVEN SAID, I LOVE YOU TO THE GIANT PUPPET.
WHEN THE PATRONS GATHERED AT THE END OF THE EVENT TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTO, UH, THE, THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION EVENT WAS HELD AT NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY AND IT DREW 67 PEOPLE.
THE FIRST HALF OF THE EVENT, OF THE EVENT WAS A PRESENTATION FROM MRS. SYLVIA VALIER.
THE SECOND HALF WAS A PERFORMANCE FROM THE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL WORLD DANCE TEAM PERFORMING A BALLET FOLK CALORICAL.
UH, AN INSTRUMENTAL MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYED IN THE RECEPTION ROOM TO HELP ADD TO THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE.
BOOKS RELATED TO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WERE DISPLAYED AND WERE AVAILABLE FOR CHECKOUT AND BROCHURES THAT FEATURED RECIPES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FROM THE GARLAND LATINO HERITAGE COOKBOOK, WHICH WAS GATHERED AND PUBLISHED BY THE FRIENDS OF GARLAND.
HISTORIC MAGIC 11TH STREET WERE GIVEN OUT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
AND AT THE EVENT, THE RECIPES CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE MULTI-PANEL, HISPANIC HERITAGE DISPLAY THAT WAS LOCATED AT THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND.
AND THE PANELS ARE DON WILL BE DONATED TO THE LANDMARK MUSEUM.
SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT SINCE WE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A CLOSER AIR FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WAS A MONTH LONG EVENT THAT WE HAD AND WE WANTED TO JUST LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND ACTUALLY, I THINK NOW I THINK
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OUR PART IS FINISHED.SO WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS.
SO NORMALLY THE AGENDA WILL SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO SAY THEM, UM, THAT'S NOT WRITTEN ON OUR AGENDA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SPEAK TO ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.