[Library Board on June 10, 2024.]
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I THINK I'LL GO SIT IN MY SPOT.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.
MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH MEETING.
YES, I READ THROUGH THE MINUTES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, SO I MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF LAST MONTH'S MINUTES.
OKAY, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A SENTENCE.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A SECOND AND THEN COMMENTS.
OKAY. WHAT DO YOU HAVE, MICHAEL? ON THREE A THE SENTENCE THAT BEGINS THE CENTRAL GARLAND LIBRARY FURNITURE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
AND THEN WE START SORT OF A NEW SENTENCE.
ROOF AND DRAIN CONSTRUCTION PASS PREPARED FOR COUNCIL.
BUT THE THE THE PASS AREN'T PREPARED FOR COUNCIL.
WHAT'S WHAT'S PREPARED FOR COUNCIL? IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISPLACED MODIFIER.
DOES IT MEAN THAT THE ROOF AND DRAIN CONSTRUCTION PATH LIKE DOCUMENTS OR PLANS, PLANS HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR COUNCIL.
YEAH. JUST SOUNDED KIND OF FUNNY.
I'M SURE THEY THE PATHWAYS WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE COUNCIL, ACTUALLY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO. THANK YOU.
OKAY. I'LL READ THE COMMENT ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS ADDRESSING THE GROUP TONIGHT? NOT TONIGHT, NOT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO DISCUSS A BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENT.
YES. I HAVE A SMILE ON MY FACE.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THE ADDITION OF DOROTHY WHITE TO OUR LIBRARY BOARD.
WHICH IS EXCITING FOR US FOR MANY REASONS.
BUT ONE, IT MEANS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, WE HAVE A FULL BOARD.
SO THAT IS ALSO VERY EXCITING.
DOROTHY HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, MOST RECENTLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS. BUT I DO NOT WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER, SO.
YES. PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
WELL, I DID RETIRE FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AFTER 21 YEARS.
AS IN PUBLIC AND MEDIA RELATIONS.
BUT I'M ALSO A GARLAND NATIVE WHO WENT AWAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT CAME BACK, AND THIS IS HOME, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
IT WAS MY I CAME BACK TO WORK FOR THE CITY TO SERVE MY CITY PROFESSIONALLY.
NOW I WANT TO CONSERVE IT IN OTHER WAYS, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPRESSED AND VERY EXCITED BY THE THINGS THAT OUR LIBRARY DOES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO HELP BUILD COMMUNITY AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITIES IT NEEDS.
SO I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THAT.
SO YOU'RE FROM WHAT, DISTRICT FIVE OKAY.
FIVE OKAY. SO AND I THINK WE SHOULD GO AROUND AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
AND SINCE YOU JUST TOOK BITE, I'M GOING TO START OVER BECAUSE I'M GOING TO START WITH ME.
SO YEAH, WE'LL START OVER HERE.
KRISTEN I'M ALSO REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE.
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AND I'VE BEEN JUST.I GUESS AUGUST WILL BE THE END OF MY FIRST TERM, SO I'LL BE EXCITED TO CONTINUE WITH THE BOARD.
SO I'M TERRY, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT 10 OR 11 YEARS.
I AM A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF A NONPROFIT HERE IN GARLAND BY DAY AND AND WORK AS A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AT RICHLAND COLLEGE. SOMETIMES A COUPLE HUNDRED HOURS A YEAR.
MY RETIREMENT PLAN IS TO RETIRE TO THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
THAT'S GREAT. SO I'M GWEN DANIELS, AND COME AUGUST, IT WILL BE 50 YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF GARLAND.
YES YOU ARE. GWEN GARLAND AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR COUNCILMAN BJ WILLIAMS, WHO IS IN HIS LAST OF TWO YEAR THREE TERMS, HIS HIS THIRD TERM.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO REPRESENT DISTRICT FOUR.
VADEN I'VE BEEN IN GARLAND SINCE 1970.
I HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE 30 YEARS.
I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE 35.
YEAH, AND I JUST FINISHED MY 30TH YEAR OF TEACHING ENGLISH AT JESUIT COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL, AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOUR YEARS.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MENTION YOUR BOOK? OH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT.
I'M SUPPOSED TO SORT OF WEAR IT AROUND MY NECK OR WHATEVER, BUT YEAH.
SO SALES ARE GOING PRETTY WELL I GUESS.
AND IT'S ON NEUROSCIENCE AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM.
AND THEN IT HAS A SIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT SOME IDEAS FOR THE CLASSROOM.
AND THEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT CAN I DO IN CLASS TOMORROW AND GO AT THE END? SO, SO YEAH.
AND DO YOU HAVE OTHER PUBLICATIONS? I DO.
WE DID NOT. I HAVE HIRED THERESA PLAN.
MARKETING AGENT. YES YEAH I DO.
WELL, HOW DO YOU DO A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO LATER? OKAY, SO THIS IS THE GROUP.
WELCOME. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
YEAH IT GETS A LITTLE WILD AND WE'RE DONE WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
KAREN, I THINK YOU'RE WELL KNOWN.
LET'S MOVE ON QUITE A BIT WHEN I WORKED HERE.
OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO THE INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT AMBASSADOR INTERNS.
AWESOME. SO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I THINK ACTUALLY MANY YEARS, NOT JUST SEVERAL THE CITY OF GARLAND HAS HAD A STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM FOR SUMMER INTERNS.
AND THIS RANGES ANYTHING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, GRADUATE SCHOOL LEVEL.
I'LL LET THEM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
THEY'RE GETTING STARTED LAST MONDAY.
KATIE MILLS, WHO OVERSEES OUR WEBSITE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US.
AND OUR I SHOULD SAY, OUR END GOAL IS FOR NOT ONLY FOR HALEY AND BRITTANY TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND LEARN, BUT FOR US TO LEARN AND BE ABLE TO TO TAKE A LOT OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL SET AND OPINION AND EMPLOY THAT INTO WHAT WE DO.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A WIN WIN SITUATION.
OKAY. OKAY. SO YEAH, MY NAME IS HALEY MILLER.
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I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON MY MASTER'S IN MASS COMMUNICATIONS AT STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE.I'M WANTING TO GET INTO THE FIELD OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO IN AN AREA THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY EXPLORED YET.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO YOU KNOW, JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS. WHILE I, YOU KNOW, HONED MY SKILLS AND MY CRAFT AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BRITTANY RIVAS.
I'M CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
I AM MAJORING IN A BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE INTEGRATIVE STUDIES.
AND MY CONCENTRATIONS ARE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
I'VE LIVED IN GARLAND BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE.
I MOVED HERE FROM LOS ANGELES IN 2005, I BELIEVE.
SO I'VE SEEN THE CITY, LIKE BUILD UP AND CHANGE SO MUCH, AND I LOVE IT.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, JUST TO HELP BACK MY COMMUNITY AND ALSO GAIN SKILLS.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET BOTH OF YOU.
I KNOW WE'LL BE HEARING ALL ABOUT WHAT? WHAT YOU'RE PRODUCING.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LIBRARY RESPONSE TO WEATHER EVENT.
YES. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE LAST TUESDAY THAT LAST TUESDAY, MAY 28TH, THERE WAS A THE MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM THAT CAME THROUGH GARLAND AND REALLY AFFECTED NOT JUST ALL OF NORTH TEXAS, BUT IT AFFECTED GARLAND IN PARTICULAR, REALLY, REALLY HARD.
BUT JUST OVERALL TO, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
CAN I GET THE DATE RIGHT? ON MAY 28TH, WHEN THE STORM SYSTEM CAME IN, A GOOD NUMBER OF OUR LIBRARY STAFF WERE WITHOUT POWER.
AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY AND IN THE METROPLEX WERE WITHOUT POWER.
THE CITY ADMINISTRATION MADE THE DECISION TO CLOSE SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC THAT DAY, GIVEN THE THE ENORMITY OF THE THE STORM THAT HAD COME THROUGH.
SO WE, AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND AS WE HAVE LEARNED HOW TO DO IN THE PAST, PIVOTED TO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE COULD EXCUSE ME, WE WERE ALL SORT OF SCRAMBLING TO BE ABLE TO USE PHONES, IPADS, LAPTOPS BEFORE THE BATTERY DIED AS ELECTRICITY WAS BEING RESTORED AND SOME OF THE SPACES OR SOME OF THE THE AREAS AROUND THE METROPLEX.
WE DID HAVE A CORE GROUP OF STAFF KATIE.
FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, I WILL SAY THAT THE CITY DEPLOYED THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT GROUP CAME OUT EARLIER IN THE DAY AND BEGAN TO ASSESS THE BUILDINGS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF DAMAGE, IF ANY, DAMAGE HAD TAKEN PLACE AT ANY OF THE LIBRARY FACILITIES.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY MAJOR DAMAGE.
AT SOUTH, AT ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS, WE HAD A SMALL LEAK AT CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS.
NORTH DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.
WALNUT CREEK DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE.
THERE WERE LIMBS DOWN, HUGE BRANCHES, BUT THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS INTACT.
SOUTH ACTUALLY HAD AN HVAC UNIT ON TOP OF THE THE BUILDING THAT GOT BLOWN OVER.
SO THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THAT AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE ROOF.
THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD ROOF LEAK, BUT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CAME AND DID SURE ALL OF THAT UP.
SO AGAIN, WE WERE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE WITH WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE.
I BELIEVE SOUTH AND WALNUT CREEK HAD POWER.
NORTH DID NOT HAVE POWER THAT DAY FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I SHOULD SAY THIS TEAM WENT OUT TWICE TO CHECK.
ONCE IN THE, I WOULD SAY LATE MORNING AGAIN IN THE LATE EVENING.
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OR NOT LATE EVENING, EARLY EVENING HOURS TO CHECK.AND THEN NORTH DID LATER THAT EVENING GET RESTORED.
SO WE WERE READY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALL FOUR OF OUR LIBRARY FACILITIES ON THAT WEDNESDAY WHEN WE DID. WELL, I SHOULD STEP BACK ONE QUICK.
WHEN WE DID OPEN UP ON THAT WEDNESDAY, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THE NEED OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO ALL FOUR LOCATIONS TO CHARGE THEIR DEVICES UP HAVE ACCESS TO WI-FI HAVE A PLACE THAT ACTUALLY HAD COOL DRY AIR AND A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO GO AND HAVE AN OUTLET THAT WAS NOT OUTSIDE IN RAIN THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CHARGE YOUR TABLET.
THERE WERE WE'VE GOT THE THE PLAY AREA SET UP AT ALL FOUR OF OUR LOCATIONS.
SO THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR LITTLE GUYS TO BE ABLE TO DO.
BASED ON THAT AND BASED ON SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE DECIDED TO OPEN ALL FOUR OF OUR LIBRARY LOCATIONS.
I SHOULD SAY THREE OF THEM WOULD BE EXTENDED HOURS, BUT ALL FOUR LOCATIONS OPENED ON THURSDAY.
WE SHIFTED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO COME AND OPEN UP THAT EARLY AT THE BRANCH LOCATIONS.
BASED ON THE THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE SEEING FROM THAT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE DECIDED TO OPEN UP SOUTH ON SUNDAY AT SOUTH AND ACTUALLY CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS ON SUNDAY, LONGER HOURS FROM 10 TO 6, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THAT NEED THAT WAS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH.
WE ALSO OPENED SOUTH ON MONDAY, JUNE 3RD FROM 10 TO 6.
TO BE ABLE AGAIN TO TO HELP PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF A SNAPSHOT ON THAT WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH, OVER 1300 PEOPLE VISITED A GARLAND LIBRARY.
ABOUT 800 OF THOSE CAME TO SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY AND STAYED FOR A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE IMAGES THERE, BUT KATY AT SOUTH GARLAND WAS GOING AROUND, AND ANY PLACE THAT SHE COULD PLUG IN ANOTHER WITH THE MULTI GOSH, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED THE CHARGERS.
SHE WAS GOING AROUND AND PLUGGING IN.
IN FACT I MADE A JOKE BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SERIOUS.
DON'T ASKING THE FIRE MARSHAL NOT TO COME THAT DAY TO SOUTH BECAUSE OF HOW WE HAD THINGS PLUGGED IN.
IN FACT, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ILLUSTRATION HERE OF HOW IT LOOKED AT SOUTH.
IT AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WERE ABLE TO GET US SOME MORE OF THOSE CHARGERS ON A VERY SHORT TIMELINE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND START PLUGGING IN AGAIN.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS IT WAS A HORRIBLE SITUATION, BUT WE WERE WE WERE ABLE TO TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THAT. IT'S NOT UNCOMFORTABLE.
SOME OF THE THE STRESS THAT PEOPLE WERE ENDURING DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THANKING US.
VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND IT WASN'T JUST THE LIBRARIES THAT OPENED.
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WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND OPEN ADDITIONAL HOURS TO THE PUBLIC.DURING THIS TIME, WE HAD SOME REALLY NICE HANDWRITTEN LETTERS OF THANKS AND GRATITUDE FROM PATRONS, WHICH WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO READ. AND I WILL SAY IT WAS IT WAS AN AMAZING IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING.
AND LIBRARY STAFF CHANGING THEIR PLANS, CHANGING THEIR WHATEVER THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE DAY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WHATEVER, WHATEVER WE NEED HAPPEN. AND THAT'S NOT JUST THAT.
THE LIBRARY, IT'S ALMOST EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST A THIS IS JUST THE LIBRARY RESPONSE, ONE SMALL PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER RESPONSE THAT THE CITY UNDERTOOK IS CONTINUING TO, TO UNDERTAKE.
BUT I THINK IT WAS A SUCCESS FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW, THE LIBRARIES HAVE GENERATORS OR WE DO NOT.
WHICH, REMEMBER, SUNDAY IS NOT A DAY THAT SOUTH IS NORMALLY OPEN.
AND ON THAT MONDAY WE SERVED 153 PEOPLE, SO THE NUMBER DRAMATICALLY OR DECREASED DRAMATICALLY.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY THERE TO USE THE LIBRARY TO.
SO IT WAS KIND OF REALLY NICE TO SEE IF, IF WE OPENED THESE DAYS, THEY WILL COME.
AND DURING THAT TIME, WE ISSUED 121 NEW LIBRARY CARDS.
MOST OF THOSE WERE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
AND NOW WE ARE OPEN BACK REGULAR HOURS OF OPERATION.
QUESTIONS? YEAH, JUST A COMMENT.
I JUST I THINK THE THE RESPONSE WAS SO QUICK AND PROACTIVE AND POSITIVE AND I, I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY, REALLY SMART THING TO DO.
IT WAS A PERFECT SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE LIBRARY TO STEP IN.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATED HOW QUICKLY THAT HAPPENED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD.
ME TOO. AND ACROSS THE MAIN STREET, WHICH IS BROADWAY FOR ME, THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTHEAST OF WHERE I AM, THEY WERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, SO I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THAT AREA WERE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY BEING OPEN AND HAVING EXTENDED HOURS THAT NEXT DAY.
YEAH, I AGREED I DIDN'T HAVE POWER FOR FOUR DAYS AND I DID GO TO THE LIBRARY.
I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY FOR A BIT.
WELL, WE HAD SOME STAFF, I SHOULD SAY.
SO THEY WERE WHERE I WAS SAYING, DO YOU ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO COME TO WORK? THERE WAS LIKE, PLEASE LET US COME TO WORK.
SO IT'S I WISH I COULD SAY THAT THIS WAS A ONE AND DONE THING, BUT WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE PAST 4 OR 5 YEARS HOW TO BE ABLE TO ACT NIMBLY AND SWIFTLY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
BUT KNOCK ON WOOD, SAY A PRAYER THAT WE IT'S NOT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AT ANY TIME.
I KNOW I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
I KEEP HEARING STORIES AND THINKING, OH, IT DID SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I HADN'T CONSIDERED IT OR WHAT THEY MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE STREETS AND I CAN'T EVEN NAME ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. I THOUGHT THE COMMUNICATION WAS, WAS WAS GOOD, TOO.
YES. YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS UP TO DATE WITH WHAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING SO NICE.
YEAH. LET'S NOT GET GREAT AT THIS.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE LEARN SOMETHING NEW TO DO IT EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY EVERY STORM.
SO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
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WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO PROJECTS TODAY ONE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND ONE WEST CENTRAL.WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF STOP ON THE LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL SCOPE THAT WAS ADDED TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY PROJECT.
AND THIS SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY THE ROOF DRAINS, SKYLIGHT AND ELEVATOR.
WENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OR THE BID PACKAGE.
GMP THREE WENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON JUNE 4TH.
SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
WHAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT AND THAT I'LL MENTION BRIEFLY, IS THAT ADDITIONAL SCOPE IS GOING TO AFFECT THE TIMELINE AS IT JUST CAN'T YOU CAN'T HELP BUT AFFECT THE TIMELINE WITH THAT MUCH SCOPE ADDITION.
SO WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT MAJOR COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION, BEING IN THE SEPTEMBER ISH AREA, IT IS GOING TO GET PUSHED BACK SOME ADDITIONAL MONTHS.
WHAT DOES THAT NEW SCHEDULE LOOK LIKE? WHEN WILL WE BE TARGETING THAT NEW GRAND OPENING DATE FOR CENTRAL, WHICH WILL.
OR ARE WE LOOKING AT THE END OF 24 OR 25? THE GRAND OPENING WILL BE IN 25, POSSIBLY AS LATE AS DECEMBER OF 25.
OH, I WOULDN'T I? SOMETHING MAJORLY WILL HAVE TO HAVE GONE WRONG FOR IT TO BE DECEMBER OF 25.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING MORE IN THE FIRST HALF.
FIRST HALF. SO THE SEPTEMBER THAT YOU NAMED IS, IS 24.
YES, MA'AM. BUT. WELL, FIRST HALF I THINK.
OKAY. HOPEFULLY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.
BUT WITH IT BEING ROOF, WITH IT BEING ROOF DRAINS AND SKYLIGHT, WHEREAS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AT CENTRAL, THE WEATHER DIDN'T MAKE THAT BIG OF AN IMPACT BECAUSE YOU COULD DO SO MUCH WORK ON THE INTERIOR.
SOME OF THAT WORK WILL BE CONTINGENT ON WEATHER, MUCH MORE THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THAT GETS FIRMED UP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE SCHEDULE.
WAS WERE THESE THINGS THAT WERE DISCOVERED AS CONSTRUCTION WENT ON THESE NEEDS? YES, YES.
WELL, I SHOULD SAY THE THERE WAS A NEED TO UPDATE THE ROOF.
IT WAS THAT END OF LIFE AND THAT STARTED TO TRIGGER.
WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON ALL OF WHAT I THINK IS THE FUN STUFF THE FURNITURE, THE FINISHES ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PATRONS WILL GET TO COME IN AND USE IN THE LIBRARY.
AND I DID BRING THE, THE BOARDS THAT ARE IN FRONT HERE ON THE GROUND, WHICH WE CAN PASS AROUND.
WE'VE SEEN THE BOARDS BEFORE WITH SOME OF THOSE FINISHES AND COLORS THAT WERE SELECTED EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT. SABRINA IS GOING TO HELP ME OUT HERE.
ONE LET ME SEE THE FRONT OF THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
THE ONE THAT SABRINA IS HOLDING NOW, REMEMBER, IS OVER.
CONCENTRATES IN THE ADULT READING ROOM.
IT WOULD HELP IF I HAD THAT UP.
THE ADULT READING ROOM AND GRAND PROMENADE AND MEETING ROOM SPACES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK IF YOU LIKE.
THANK YOU. SABRINA. I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU JUST WALK AROUND.
THIS IS OVER IN THE THE TEEN AREA, THE CHILDREN'S AREA AND THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM SPACE.
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SO REALLY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MIX HERE, BUT UP IN THIS SECTION, UP IN THIS AREA AND THEN THE STUDY ROOMS AND MAKERSPACE AREA.THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT 100% DECIDED UPON.
IN FACT, WE STILL VERY MUCH ARE IN A GOING THROUGH A PROCESS TO SELECT THIS CHAIR.
THIS CHAIR. NO, NOT THIS, BUT WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE INTERIOR DESIGNER.
OKAY. THE FIRST BATCH ARE BELIEVE.
BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO IN THE ADULT AREA, WE'VE GOT THE BLUES AND GREENS.
YEAH. SO IT HAS THAT STONE FINISH THAT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A RIVERBED WHICH WE FELL IN LOVE WITH FOR THE PROJECT, SINCE IT'S AT A PARK AND IT'S LIKE, OUTDOORS COMING INDOORS.
SO I BELIEVE, MISS GWYN, YOU STILL HAVE THE THE ADULT AND PROMENADE.
YEAH. MISS DOROTHY, THAT IS THE CHILDREN'S AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
NO, IT WOULD BE LIKE THE CHAIR, LEGS AND STUFF.
OH, THEY ACTUALLY MAY BE SOME OF THE THE COMPUTER CHAIRS.
MAKERSPACE. ONE THAT TEEN COLORS NICE AND BOLD.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE CHAIRS FOR TEEN.
AND THEN THIS THE LAST BATCH THAT IS GOING TO COME AROUND IS FURNISHINGS FOR TEENS.
DO YOU SEE THIS ONE? WE HAVE PICTURES OF EVERYONE SITTING IN THE FURNITURE.
SO, ODDLY ENOUGH, I DON'T HAVE THOSE WITH ME.
BUT WE, MUCH LIKE WE DID FOR CENTRAL, WE INSISTED ON DOING A SIT TEST.
GOOD WITH AS MANY VENDORS AND DIFFERENT PIECES THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO.
I WILL TELL YOU THE IMAGES THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FROM SOME OF THE THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE INTERIOR DESIGNER, A MONKEY AND A WATERMELON, WHAT YOU SEE HERE AND WHAT YOU SEE IN PERSON, AND THEN WHAT YOU SIT ON ARE THREE VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
OVERLOAD. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE BIG SPACES.
I'M SORRY. NO, NO, NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
WHAT IS THIS I WANT TO BE TOUCHING.
A MORE CHILDREN'S PROJECT COMES BACK TO ME.
THIS IS THIS IS WHAT SHE MEANS BY PROMENADE.
EVERYTHING ON THIS SIDE WAS ADULT.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IN THIS BUILDING KNOWS THAT THAT'S A ARENA.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S TEEN TEENS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT MADE THE CUT.
SO DON'T GET ATTACHED TO ANYTHING YOU NECESSARILY SEE ON THE SCREEN.
BUT SOME OF THESE PIECES ARE GOING IN THE PROMENADE.
SOME OF THESE ARE GOING IN THE ADULT READING ROOM AREA.
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SO I WILL ALSO SAY, AS YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS COUCH LOVE SEATS DIDN'T MAKE IT.KEEP LOOKING OVER THERE. I KEEP FORGETTING I CAN LOOK AT IT HERE, ONE OF THESE.
BUT LIKE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS WILL BE WHERE THE COMPUTERS, THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS ARE, AND EVEN A PLACE FOR ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN WITH THEIR OWN DEVICES AND USE EQUIPMENT WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE SINGLE, LIKE THE STEADY POD SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS FOR ADULTS.
OKAY. ESCAPE POD SOUNDED RIGHT.
I WANT ONE OF THOSE IN MY HOUSE.
ARE THEY USUALLY JUST FOR THE MEETING ROOM AND THEN THE PORCH, LOOKING AT PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT WILL GET A LOT OF USE CAN BE STACKABLE FOR THE PORCH FURNITURE. IN PARTICULAR, IT'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE TEXAS HEAT SUN VARYING DEGREES OF ABUSE THAT THE TEMPERATURES WILL WOULD HAVE CAST UPON IT THIS LAST WEEK.
THESE THIS CHAIR, THESE MODULAR PIECES, WHICH IS YOU CAN SEE UP IN THE TOP THERE ARE IN THE TEEN AREA, THEY WILL NOT BE WHITE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE COVERED WITH SOME ONE OF THE FABRICS THAT YOU THAT CAME ACROSS.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKED ABOUT THIS IS ALL OF THESE PIECES CAN BE RECONFIGURED THE WAY TEENS WANT TO DO IT, AND IT WOULD BE OKAY IN THAT SPACE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO IF THEY WERE WANTING TO SIT IN A PARTICULAR GROUP OR THEY WANTED IT LIKE HOW IT'S SHOWN HERE THAT THEY HAVE THE, THE SINGLE SEATS, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE THAT'S SIMILAR BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO THERE'S A GAMING AREA FOR TEENS OVER AND THE TEEN SECTION THAT THEY CAN MOVE THOSE AROUND.
THEY CAN SIT. IT'S THIS ONE HAS BEEN TEEN APPROVED AT MULTIPLE PLACES.
AND AGAIN TRYING TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF STEADY SPACE, EVEN COLLABORATIVE POD EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG ADULTS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
BUT THAT CAN HELP KIND OF MITIGATE SOUND IN THAT SPACE, TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE COLLEGES, THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUDY GROUPS. YES.
AND THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE POPULAR.
IT'S LIKE A RESTAURANT. AND THEN OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA HAVING PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT ARE BUILT FOR A CHILD OR A FAMILY, LIKE THESE PIECES. THIS IS LIKE A CHAIR AND A HALF.
SO A PARENT AND A CHILD COULD SIT IN THAT CHAIR TOGETHER, BUT IT ALSO COMES IN A KID'S SIZE.
HAVING REALLY DURABLE BUT COLORFUL AND PRETTY PIECES OF FURNITURE OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.
THESE ARE THEIR BINS, LIKE, ON WHEELS, BUT THE TOPS OF THEM, YOU CAN TURN AROUND OR TURN OVER.
SO IT MAY BE A LEGO ON ONE SIDE, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'LL BE LIKE TRAIN TRACKS.
ONE OF THOSE. DOROTHY, WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY.
OH, YOU GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT SWING.
SLIDE ABOUT. YOU SAY, ARE WE STILL GETTING THE SLIDE? WE'RE STILL GETTING THE SLIDE.
YES. CENTRAL STILL HAS THE SLIDE.
IN FACT CENTRAL THEY HAVE STARTED TO PUT UP SOME OF THE STOREFRONT WINDOWS ALONG AUSTIN STREET.
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE BEHIND THE FENCE.
AND AT WEST IT'S VERY EXCITING, LIKE WE SAW LAST MONTH, TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THE FOUNDATION BEING POURED, BUT NOW WE CAN SEE THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITH ALL THE BEAMS AND THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
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SO IT'S IT'S REALLY BECOMING REAL, WHICH IS AWESOME.AND THE REC CENTER AT WEST IS OPEN NOW.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WEST AND CENTRAL WHATNOT IF I'D KNOWN IT WAS.
THEY WOULD MOVE CHAIRS TO PUT THEM CLOSE TO WINDOWS OR POWER OUTLETS.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, PLEASE REARRANGE THE FURNITURE.
THANK YOU KAREN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE UPDATES.
ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA UPDATE ON LIBRARY STATISTICS.
BUT. I'VE BEEN REMISS IN THE LAST I GUESS SINCE FOR A LONG TIME WE PUT IT THAT WAY.
WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF LIBRARY USAGE, UPDATE SOME KIND OF STATISTICS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND I WANT TO GO OVER WITH WHAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER THAT IF Y'ALL ARE AGREEABLE TO IT WILL BECOME A MONTHLY UPDATE.
IT MAY BE IN THE FORM OF JUST REVIEWING BIG SWINGS OR HOW IT THINGS THAT MAY NOT MAY BE ATYPICAL OR SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS A REALLY GOOD USAGE WITH THE STATISTICS.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS ASKING FOR DIFFERENT PIECES OF NUMBERS, STATISTICS, USAGE, AND I HOPE HAVING SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON STATISTICS WILL HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SO EVERY YEAR AS A PART OF OUR BUDGET, WE PUT TOGETHER KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND SUBMIT THOSE AS PART OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET PACKAGE TO CITY ADMINISTRATION. FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE KEEP AND THESE ARE ALL IN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, YOU CAN GO BACK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
BUT THIS WILL GIVE, LIKE, A BE A PART OF A STANDING REPORT THAT WE WOULD TAKE THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURES KIND OF AS AN OUTLINE FOR WHAT WE WOULD PROVIDE EVERY MONTH TO THE BOARD.
THE ONE THING I DO NOT HAVE OFFERING OR DON'T HAVE ON THE PAGE TO OFFER TONIGHT ARE DATABASE NUMBERS, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS OVERALL PACKAGE EVERY MONTH.
YES. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AROUND AND.
AND WE DEFINE WHAT THAT PERIOD IS.
OR I SHOULD SAY WE BREAK THIS UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
ONE IS PHYSICAL CIRCULATION AND ONE'S DIGITAL CIRCULATION.
THE PHYSICAL IS EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
YOU COME IN, BOOK A DVD, AUDIO CDS, A KIT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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DIGITAL MATERIALS ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD DOWNLOAD FROM LIBBY, THE EBOOKS, E-AUDIOBOOKS, THE MAGAZINES THINGS FROM HOOPLA WITH THE THE MUSIC AND THE STREAMING MOVIES OR TV SHOWS.WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK EVERY MONTH.
SO THE SNAPSHOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TODAY IS APRIL OF 2024.
THE NUMBERS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE THIS YEAR'S NUMBERS, BUT ALSO REFERRING TO WHAT WE DID SAME TIME LAST YEAR, GIVING YOU A YEAR TO DATE FOR 2023 AND THEN THE YEAR TO DATE FOR 2024.
WITH THAT PERCENTAGE CHANGE ON BOTH OF THOSE FOR JUST APRIL AND THE YEAR TO DATE, TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT MAY NOT BE WORKING, OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR ALL OF THE STATISTICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT TONIGHT, THOUGH, KEEP IN MIND THAT CENTRAL LIBRARY CLOSED IN 2023 AND CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS OPENED.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE JUST A SNAPSHOT WITH THE CIRCULATION.
WHAT'S AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THE PHYSICAL HAS DECREASED MORE AND MORE OVER PAST YEARS.
DIGITAL CIRCULATIONS CONTINUES TO INCREASE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE WE COUNT WE HAVE COUNTERS ON ALL OF OUR DOORS TO LET US KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO ANY OF OUR PHYSICAL LIBRARY BUILDINGS. SO THIS WILL BE FOR CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS, PART FOR CENTRAL LIBRARY NORTH GARLAND, SOUTH GARLAND, AND WALNUT CREEK.
I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT HERE.
OF COURSE, CENTRAL AND CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS OPENING.
I THINK IN PART BECAUSE OF CENTRAL LIBRARY CLOSING.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY AS CENTRAL AND WEST COME ONLINE TO SEE HOW THESE CHANGE.
LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SO ON YOUR SHEET, IT IS A MUCH EASIER THING TO READ THAN THE THE CHART THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN JUST A SECOND.
THE CHART THAT HAS EVERYTHING IN ONE.
SO IT'LL BE THE NUMBER OF LIBRARY SPONSORED PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFERED.
AND THEN THE ATTENDEES, THERE ARE NO OUTREACH NUMBERS INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, WHICH I STILL THINK ON YOUR SHEET, IS AN EASIER WAY TO DIGEST IT.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE OFFERED FROM APRIL TO APRIL AND THEN FROM YEAR TO YEAR, WE'RE WE'RE WAY UP.
SO THIS IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME.
OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WALNUT CREEK, SOUTH AND NORTH HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE SYSTEM TOTAL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
AND I RAN THESE NUMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES.
I HAD KYLE RUN THESE NUMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT'S THERE'S NO CHANGE, WHICH IS JUST I STILL DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY BELIEVE IT, BUT THOSE WHO WANT TO COME TO LIBRARY PROGRAMS ARE STILL GOING TO COME TO LIBRARY PROGRAMS, EVEN WITH CENTRAL CLOSING.
I WILL SAY THAT WE CHANGED SOME OF OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS OVER IN THE LAST YEAR.
WE'VE DONE MORE SMALLER HANDS ON PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE MAKER STYLE PROGRAMS, THE ART PROGRAMS THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS, THEN HAVING LARGER ALL CALL PROGRAMS. I CAN GIVE YOU SO IN FISCAL YEAR 23, AN AVERAGE OF 21 PEOPLE CAME TO EACH PROGRAM.
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THIS YEAR WE'RE TRENDING AT ABOUT 14 PEOPLE CAME TO EACH PROGRAM OR ARE COMING TO EACH PROGRAM.BUT AGAIN, PART OF THAT IS THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S ABOUT 10 OR 12 DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAM IT IS.
IF IT'S HANDS ON THAT WAY, CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS, THEY, THEY'VE HAD, I THINK, 40 SOMETHING KIDS LAST WEEK COMING IN FOR ONE OF THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. SO IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF PROGRAM.
THE OTHER THING I WILL MENTION IS THAT THE LAST NUMBER THAT WE REALLY HAD, AND I DON'T THINK I INCLUDED IT ON. YES, I DID NEED TO GO BACK TO LIBRARY VISITS IN JUST A SECOND.
YOU KNOW, COVID, THE PANDEMIC CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS.
19 IS THE LAST YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THAT WE WERE NORMAL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
THAT YEAR, WE HAD 488 PROGRAMS OFFERED, WITH A TOTAL OF 18,905 PEOPLE ATTENDING THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE NOT I MEAN, WE'RE NOT QUITE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE, BUT WE'RE NOT TERRIBLY FAR OFF EITHER.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT WE'VE GOT A DELTA THERE OF ABOUT 8700 OR 7500.
BUT I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO BRING CENTRAL AND WEST ONLINE, THAT THAT NUMBER FROM BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WILL BE SURPASSED. AND I SHOULD MENTION FOR LIBRARY VISITS, THE LAST FISCAL YEAR 19, AGAIN, WE HAD 492,495 TOTAL VISITORS COMING TO THE LIBRARY.
SO WE ARE NOT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
WE'VE INCREASED YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR SINCE WE'VE BEEN BACK OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
DO YOU ATTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO THAT OTHER I MEAN, I MENTIONED BEHAVIOR CHANGES.
BUT YES. SO I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN A BAD WAY, BUT HAS SHIFTED BECAUSE WHEN YOU COMPARE THE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY VERSUS THE CIRCULATIONS VERSUS THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR CONTENT VIRTUALLY OR DIGITALLY.
NOW, THE NUMBER, THE DATABASES THAT USAGE CONTINUES TO TO GO UP.
WHAT YOU DO HAVE TO COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR, AND THAT'S DRIVING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ARE THE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S AMAZING TO ME TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY WANT TO COME TO THE LIBRARY FOR THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, BUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DOING AND.
THE DEMAND THAT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE HAVING.
SO THERE'S REGISTRATION REQUIRED WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, IF NOT THE SAME DAY.
SOME OF THOSE CLASSES ARE BOOKED UP FULLY BY THAT TIME.
YES, THE DIGITAL CONTENT IS STILL GOING TO BE GOING UP, THE DATABASES WILL STILL BE GOING UP, BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE DOOR FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND AMENITIES AND THOSE LIBRARIES IS GOING TO TO TREND UP AS WELL.
I'M NOT SURE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION FULLY IS THE COMMENT AND OBSERVATION, BUT YEAH, NO, I THINK IT WAS MORE ABOUT JUST KIND OF OBSERVING THOSE THINGS AND REACTING TO THEM, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DEFINITELY DOING THAT.
IT'S BEEN INTERESTING FOR SURE.
THE LAST BIG ONE IS LIBRARY OUTREACH.
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SO THIS IS RELATIVELY NEW TO US AS FAR AS THE SCOPE AND HOW BIG WE'RE DOING IT.IT'S NOT MERELY JUST GOING OUT AND GOING TO A SCHOOL OR VISITING WITH THIS GROUP.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN FISCAL YEAR 22, WE WENT OUT FOR A TOTAL OF 50 TIMES.
LESS THAN 4000 CONTACTS WERE MADE, LESS THAN 4000 CONTACTS THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S INCLUDING SCHOOL VISITS, BIG PROGRAMS, SMALL PROGRAMS, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH OVER 11,000 PEOPLE AND HAVE ALMOST ISSUED 400 LIBRARY CARDS AT AT THIS EVENT.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WAS WE'VE WORKED WITH SCHOOLS, BUT THIS YEAR WE GOT AN INVITATION TO THE KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP THAT GASD DOES, AND ISSUED 75 LIBRARY CARDS TO KIDS AND FAMILIES AT THAT EVENT, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC.
THAT'S THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY GET A HOLD OF THEM, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAPTURE THEM WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND HELP WITH. SO THAT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE THING.
AND THEN MORGAN AND JULIE, THE OUTREACH TEAM, ARE GOING TO COME IN AUGUST AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT BIG INITIATIVES THEY'RE WORKING ON AND THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY BIG THINGS PLANNED.
WHAT'S THE CORRELATION OF THE INCREASE IN STAFF DURING THIS TIME? IS THERE AN INCREASE IN STAFF? YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A PRETTY LARGE RESOURCE SHIFT.
ARE YOU JUST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF WITH CENTRAL BEING CLOSED AND HAVING STAFF SCATTERED AROUND THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
WE ARE WORKING ON A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
MORGAN AND JULIE CANNOT DO IT ALONE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FULL EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO DO.
SO WHEN HOPEFULLY THOSE PEOPLE COME INTO A LIBRARY, THEY SEE, RECOGNIZE A FACE, MAKE A CONNECTION.
SO HAS THIS IS THIS PART OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR BUDGET THAT ARE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING SORT OF PARADIGM SHIFT.
SO IS IT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST SLOWLY EMERGING OR LIKE, ARE COUNCIL PEOPLE AWARE THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR WHETHER OR NOT THE THE CITY IS GOING TO INVEST IN AN INCREASE IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
SO. IF I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR ASK I'M JUST WONDERING IF HOW EXPLICIT IS SORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT REALIZING THAT THIS IS POTENTIALLY A BIG NEW DIRECTION IN THE FUNCTION OF THE LIBRARY? I MEAN, IT'S NOT IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE TRADITIONAL SENSE OF WHAT LIBRARIES DO.
SO THESE THESE INCREASES ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
SO IT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN USING CURRENT STAFF TO SORT OF FINAGLE THIS, BUT IT DOES NOT SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, MONEY'S NO OBJECT AND, AND WE CAN, LIKE, BUILD WHAT WE WANT. AND THEN THE MORE REALISTIC OPTION, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE WHEN CENTRAL OPENS BACK UP.
A LITTLE BIT UNKNOWN BECAUSE CENTRAL'S GOING TO NEED ALL OF THEIR THEIR PEOPLE BACK AND THEN SOME.
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SOME TEMPORARY STAFF AND WORKING TO TRAIN UP SOME VOLUNTEERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS AS WELL, AND OTHER STAFF THAT WILL TRICKLE IN THAT HAVE OTHER DUTIES.AND I WILL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW IF YOU CAN KEEP A SECRET.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR A BOOKMOBILE THIS YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTEGRAL TO US BEING ABLE TO TO GO OUT, AND THAT WILL CHANGE SERVICES WITH OUTREACH AND KIND OF CHANGE THE SCOPE.
KAREN, WHAT IMPACT ARE THE KIOSKS HAVING ON ANY OF THIS? NOT AS MUCH AS WE WERE HOPING FOR YET.
WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE THE CHECKOUTS.
WE'VE SEEN A STEADY USE OF THE LAWN WIND KIOSK, BUT IT HASN'T.
NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAS HAD A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF USAGES.
LIKE I WAS KIND OF EXPECTING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SQUARE COMING ONLINE.
I AM INTERESTED TO SEE HOW LONG WIND DOES THROUGH THE SUMMERTIME WITH THE SPLASH PAD AND SEEING DOES THAT USAGE WITH HAVING THAT ATTRACTION THERE HELP SPUR THAT? WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS AT ON THE SQUARE WITH THE KIOSK AND AT LAWN WHEN AROUND THE KIOSK.
SO PEOPLE ARE VERY OPEN TO RETURNING THEIR MATERIALS, BUT CHECKING OUT IS HAS BEEN MORE OF A CHALLENGE.
INTERESTING. WELL, I'LL SAY I JUST LEARNED THIS WEEKEND THAT I CAN RETURN WITHOUT NEEDING MY LIBRARY CARD AT A KIOSK. AT A KIOSK? I JUST DID THAT ON THE WAY IN.
OKAY. IS IT AND I LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS MONTHLY AS PART OF THE MEETINGS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT WHEN WE GET THE AGENDA? SO THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AHEAD OF TIME? YES. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR OUR PRINT BOOK.
AND I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS NO MEETING IN JULY.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 12TH, CORRECT? RIGHT. OKAY.
SO. ALL RIGHT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.