* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'VE [00:00:01] ESTABLISHED THAT WE [ NOTICE OF MEETING CITY OF GARLAND, TEXAS LIBRARY BOARD Work Session Room of City Hall William E. Dollar Municipal Building 200 N. Fifth Street Garland, Texas March 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. A meeting of the Library Board of the City of Garland, Texas will be held at the aforementioned location, date, and time to discuss and consider the following agenda items.] HAVE A QUORUM, SO I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. SEEMS LIKE I'VE SAID THIS ALREADY, BUT LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE SEEN EVERYBODY THIS YEAR. SEEM, SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER. HAPPY SPRING BREAK. HAPPY SPRING BREAK. THE, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JANUARY 13TH MEETING. YOU HAVE THEM IN YOUR PACKET. SO UNDER SORT OF CI THINK THE TERM IS GENRE ATION. MM-HMM . IT BECAME GENTRIFYING. MM-HMM . SPELL CHECK FOR THE RESCUE. WE MISSED THE S AND PRESENTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NOT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED? I THINK EVERYBODY'S HERE. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND. RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT. AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL, UM, CONSIDER THE MINUTES TO BE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY GUESTS TONIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST ONE IS THE T-M-L-D-A AWARD. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I GOT A TEXT AT SIX 30 THIS MORNING FROM SOMEONE WHO NOTICED IN THE GARLAND CITY PRESS. OH. THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE T-M-L-D-A AWARD. YES. YES. AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN. YES. SO, UM, BY THE WAY, KAREN IS OUT, SO YOU HAVE, SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S, SHE'S THE A TEAM. SO WE'RE KIND OF A B, C, A B, C, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO, VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, WE'LL TAKE THAT. SO, YES. UM, THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION AWARD, T-M-L-D-A, UH, WE RECEIVED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH RECOGNIZES LIBRARY'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING EX, UH, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY. WE'VE RECEIVED IT 20 YEARS IN A ROW, SO IT'S REALLY GREAT. THERE ARE 542 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WE ARE ONE OF 102 THAT RECEIVED THE, UH, UH, AWARD. WE HAD SOME GREAT STAFF THAT WORKED ON IT. UM, I SIGNED THEM MYSELF. . THERE YOU GO. THEY WERE SO EXCITED. ACTUALLY, THEY DID ENJOY IT. UH, JUDY BUILT, UH, JUDITH, BUT WE CALL HER JUDY, AND SHE IS ONE OF OUR PART-TIME LIBRARIANS, AND SHE WORKS AT NORTH GARLAND BRANCH. JULIE BIRD IS A LIBRARY ASSISTANT, WORKS IN OUTREACH. UH, JILLIAN VANDERGRIFT IS A CHILDREN'S OR YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN, AND SHE WORKS AT OUR SOUTH GARLAND BRANCH LIBRARY. THOSE THREE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE SUMMARIES AND THE GRAPHICS. UH, CRYSTAL GARRETT DOES THE INITIAL PROOFING, AND THEN IT GOES TO ME TO DO THE FINAL PROOFING. AND DAPHNE GOT THE GREAT HONOR AT THE LAST MINUTE TO BE THE ONE THAT HAD TO SUBMIT THE WHOLE THING. DIDN'T YOU? ? SO YOU CAME OVER THE BUTTON, . WELL, THERE'S, IT'S KIND OF NERVE WRACKING BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT WRONG, EVERYTHING COULD BE GREAT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED. SO SHE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN THE RIGHT, UH, FILE FORMAT, IN THE RIGHT ORDER, ALL OF THAT. UM, SO, AND SHE HAD TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF, UH, CRYSTAL BEING OUT. CRYSTAL IS USUALLY THE ONE THAT TURNS IT IN, BUT SHE WAS OUT, SO IT WAS LIKE, DAPHNE, YOU'RE UP, . WAY TO GO. DAPHNE. SHE DID A GOOD JOB. SHE GOT IT IN. IT WAS BECAUSE OF HER THAT WE WON . . SO EACH YEAR, UH, I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK, UH, UPDATE ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT. THAT WE, WE TRY AND SO, UM, KEEP ALL OF THE MATERIALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHAT WE'VE DOING, THE STATS, THE GRAPHICS THAT ARE USED FOR EACH PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND WE KEEP 'EM IN FOLDERS. BUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, ALL OF THAT DOES HAVE TO BE SUMMARIZED, PUT IN THE FORMAT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE AWARD. UH, SOMETIMES EXTRA GRAPHICS OR NEW GRAPHICS [00:05:01] HAVE TO BE CREATED, AND EACH YEAR I TRY TO GET A NEW TEAM TOGETHER TO DO IT. SO IT KEEPS IT FRESH. THEY DO HAVE THE PAST SUBMISSIONS AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT, BUT THEY REALLY DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY DO CHANGE THE RULES EACH YEAR, . AND, UM, I USUALLY TRY AND KEEP ONE PERSON ON THE TEAM FROM EACH YEAR FOR CONSISTENCY. SO IF YOU'RE A NEW HIRE, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GONNA BE ON THE TEAM. SO IT'S KIND OF ONE OF YOUR, YEAH. MAYBE HAZY, BUT , SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANYWAY, HOW MANY LIBRARIES HAVE WON IT THIS MANY TIMES? I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I, I DON'T, I DON'T, THE LAST TIME I ASKED, I CALLED T-M-L-D-A FOR INFORMATION. UM, I, I GOT THE SENSE THAT THEY DON'T REALLY KEEP RECORDS OF THAT. IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A, WELL, YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE WON. AND IT WAS LIKE, WELL, WE DO, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. AND, UM, SO I, WE CAN ASK THAT QUESTION, BUT CURIOUS TO FIND THAT YEP. THAT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING, YES, MA'AM. SO THERE WERE ROUGHLY 500 ENTRIES AND A HUNDRED AND SOME ODD RECIPIENTS. I DON'T THINK IT WAS ALL OF, I DON'T THINK ALL OF THEM ENTERED. THERE WERE THAT MANY PUBLIC LIBRARY. YEAH. THERE ARE THAT MANY PUBLIC LIBRARIES, UH, THAT COULD HAVE ENTERED. THAT COULD HAVE ENTERED. AND THEN DO WE RECEIVE THIS AWARD BY MEETING A LIST OF, OF REQUIREMENTS OR BY COMPETITION AGAINST OTHERS? MEETING A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. YES. SO IF YOU MEET ALL 99 REQUIREMENTS, YOU GET THE AWARD. AND IF YOU ONLY MEET 98, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PRESENTATION TOO, YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOW UP WITH, WITH THINGS. THAT'S WHY THEY ORGANIZE IT. AND THEY WRITE LITTLE SUMMARIES OF, OF DIFFERENT, UH, THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT, UH, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AREAS. IT'LL BE AREAS LIKE, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, STAFF TRAINING, UM, PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMING. IT'S MORE LIKE MEETING REQUIREMENTS THAN IT IS COMPETITION. IT IS, YES. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU WORK TOURED ALL YEAR LONG, CORRECT? YES. WE KNOW THAT ONE, THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING IN ALL OF THE, THERE'S 10 AREAS AND, UM, USUALLY THERE'S ONE EXTRA THAT THEY THROW IN . YEAH. UM, SO WE, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO, UH, REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EXPECTATION, BECAUSE AS WILL SAID, IT'S YOU, YOU COULD JUST WRITE IT DOWN. YES, WE DID THAT, OR IT'S STILL, IN A WAY, IT'S COMPETITION BECAUSE IT HAS TO REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL. UH, YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE 'EM. CORRECT. AND, AND YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE 'EM WITH THE FACTS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM THE FLYERS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION FROM YOUR STATISTICS. SO, AND THERE ARE SOME LIBRARIES THAT PROBABLY ARE TOO SMALL AND THEY CAN'T MEET ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA. THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THAT JUST FEEL THAT IT'S NOT WORTH IT TO GO THROUGH THE EFFORT BECAUSE IT, IT DOES TAKE A WHILE. IT'S, BUT SOUNDS LIKE A BIG JOB. IT, IT IS. BUT, BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, KEEPING THE INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR DOES HELP, BECAUSE YOU CAN, THAT'S A QUICKER WAY YOU CAN PULL THAT TOGETHER. AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE BASICALLY, UH, JUST COMPILING IT, SUMMARIZING IT, MAKING SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE. AND SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM AND TO THE VERY EXCITING TO THE LIBRARY SYSTEM. AND, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE. MM-HMM . RIGHT. UM, MOVING ON. ITEM B, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND BOND PROGRAM UPDATES. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS ME. AND SOME OF YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF CENTRAL MM-HMM . GET THIS THING TO WORK. THAT WAS FUN, BY THE WAY. THANK YOU. YES, IT WAS, IT WAS ENJOYABLE THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT STAIRWAY WAS DIFFICULT, IT WAS A STAIRWAY AND IT WAS ALL RAINY. AND GWEN, I, I WONDERED, DID, DID SHE GET HER, DID SHE GET HER GLOVE? SHE DIDN'T. OKAY. OH, GOOD. IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE, UH, TRAILER. IT WAS NOT BACK IN THE LIBRARY. . SO WE'LL START OUT WITH CENTRAL. UM, [00:10:01] I KNOW THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF TILE, BUT I REALLY LOVE OUR TILE. UH, AND THIS IS AT THE, UH, MAIN ENTRANCE. THIS IS GONNA BE THE NEW, UH, WATER FOUNTAIN, ALSO VENDING MACHINE, THE VENDING MACHINE AREAS. THE OTHER THING THAT I REALLY LOVE, UH, AFTER LIVING WITH THE OLD CENTRAL FOR SO LONG IS THE WINDOWS. WE HAVE A LOT OF WINDOWS. WE USED TO NOT HAVE, WE HAD SOME WINDOWS, BUT THEY WERE VERY SMALL. SO THIS IS THE MAIN MEETING ROOM. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS. I'D NEVER GET TIRED OF TAKING PICTURES OF THE WINDOWS AND WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE OUT THERE. YOU WERE LIGHT DEPRIVED . IT WAS TOUGH. IT WAS TOUGH. I'M GLAD I WASN'T DOWNSTAIRS. MM-HMM . SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REALLY TOUGH. SO THE GRAND STAIRWAY, UH, IT'S COMING TOGETHER, UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE IS THE REGULAR STAIRS WHERE EVERYBODY WILL WALK DOWN. THEN THE SEATING AREA KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, AND THE SLIDE WILL GO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. SO, UH, WE THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SLIDE INSTALLATION, BUT THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF SAYING THAT FOR A WHILE. SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES. WE'RE GETTING CABINETS INSTALLED. UM, THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS IN THE ADMIN KITCHEN, AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS IN THE STAFF LOUNGE. SO WE'RE SEEING OUR CABINETS GO UP ALL OVER THE PLACE. VERY EXCITING. WE SAW THEM IN THE MAKERSPACE AS WELL. THE READING NOOKS ARE COMING TOGETHER. UM, AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH FULLY FORMED NOW. THEY'RE WORKING ON, UH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA USE SOME VINYL CUSHIONED VINYL TO GO IN THERE. UH, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITING. SO IT'S UNDERNEATH THE GRAND STAIRWELL COMING TOGETHER. SO SOME OF YOU SAW THIS LAST TIME, OR WHEN WE DID THE TOUR, WE HAVE SOME CARPET GOING IN. UH, THE LIGHTING HAS ALL BEEN INSTALLED. THIS IS ALL ON THE LOWER LEVEL. UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE CEILING TILE AS WELL ON THE LOWER LEVEL. UM, UH, I THINK THEY WILL FINISH THE LOWER LEVEL CARPETING FAIRLY SOON. THEY HAD A LITTLE, UH, PROBLEM WITH THE, THERE ARE PUMPS DOWNSTAIRS THAT PUMP WATER OUT OF DOWNSTAIRS. I GUESS WE'RE UNDER A WATER TABLE HERE IN GARLAND, UH, DOWNSTAIRS. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE PUMPS TO PUMP IT OUT. AND ONE OF THE PUMPS WAS OUT, SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT CARPETING IN WHEN THE PUMPS WERE NOT WORKING. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW. SO THIS IS OUTSIDE, UM, ON THE, UH, NORTHEAST CORNER, IT'S GOING TO BE THE CHILDREN'S OUTDOOR NATURAL PLAY AREA. UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT'S KIND OF, THEY'RE KIND OF COVERED UP, BUT THE, UH, THERE ARE GREEN KIND OF A SNAKE SEATING THAT WILL GO AROUND, AND ALSO SOME KIND OF PIECES OF WOOD WHERE, UH, PARENTS AND KIDS CAN SIT, UH, ON THAT. IT HASN'T QUITE COME TOGETHER YET, BUT SUPPOSED TO BE A REALLY NICE AREA. IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO KIND OF GO AND LET OFF SOME STEAM AND TAKE IT EASY. THEY'VE POURED THE ENTRYWAYS FOR THE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES. THE, THE, UH, THE SOUTHWEST ENTRANCE IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. AND THE, UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE WEST ENTRANCE. AND THIS WAS JUST BEFORE THE GIANT RAIN THAT WE HAD . SO HOPEFULLY IT WORKED OUT OKAY. BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE HOURS IT HAD TO SIT THE OR SET, I GUESS IS WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY SAY. SO IT SEEMS TO, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY BAD NEWS ABOUT THAT. SO IS THERE AN ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH, SOUTHEAST CORNER, OR IS THAT JUST PATIO SPACE? JUST PATIO SPACE NOW. SO THE ENTRANCES HAVE ALL MOVED THE ENTRANCE. THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS ON THE WEST HAND, WEST SIDE. AND THEN ON THAT, UH, ON THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ENTRANCE. SO IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE. AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE MOST OF THE PARKING AND WHERE THE HANDICAPPED PARKING WILL BE. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING IN THE SOUTHEAST, NO, EXCUSE ME, SOUTHWEST ENTRANCE IS MORE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING BY OR STREET PARKING. YEAH, WE, THE, THAT CORNER ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE WAS A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC. THERE'S, THERE'S PARKING THERE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE GRADE, WE COULDN'T PUT HANDICAP PARKING IN THAT AREA, UH, THE WAY THE GRADE WAS. SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HANDICAPPED PARKING IS WAY OUT IN THAT WEST PARKING LOT OUT THERE. UH, WHY CAN'T WE DO PUT HANDICAPPED PARKING RIGHT ON THAT SIDE? IF YOU'VE GOT A MOBILITY ISSUE, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT GRADING. GRADING IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF OUR BIG REASONS FOR, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BOOK DROP IS. THE BOOK DROP IS STILL IS ON THAT SIDE. [00:15:01] YES, MA'AM. SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY, UH, CENTRAL, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LOUVRES ARE STARTING TO GO UP. UH, THESE ARE FROM LAST WEEK, SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE LOUVERS GOING UP AT THIS POINT. SO, AND THEY'RE A LOT BRIGHTER IF YOU SEE 'EM IN PERSON. SO YES, THIS IS KIND OF A BETTER, KIND OF A BETTER LOOK THAT YOU CAN SEE LOUS MOVE. WHAT WAS THAT? YOU CALLED THEM LOUVERS? DO THEY MOVE? THEY DON'T MOVE. WE'VE BEEN CALLING THEM LOUVERS SINCE, SINCE THE BEGINNING. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY CALLED THEM. FINN. THEY, THEY CALLED THEM THAT WHEN WE STARTED. SO, FINS, UH, LOUVERS. GOTCHA. UNDERSTOOD. GOT IT. SO MOVING TO WEST, UM, ANOTHER OF MY, UH, I LIKE LOOKING OUT WINDOWS PICTURES. UH, THIS IS IN THE ADULT AREA. THE, THERE'S A GIANT VAULTED CEILING IN THE READING AREA, AND I JUST LOVE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS ARE FROM, UH, FLOOR TO CEILING OVER THERE. IT'S A GIANT SPACE. VERY GRAND. HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, SHOT FROM THE ADULT AREA. YOU CAN SEE THE WINDOWS OUT. THIS LOOKS OUT ON WALNUT FROM INSIDE THE ADULT AREA. SO THIS IS THE GIANT, UM, COVERED PORCH AREA THAT WE HAVE. UH, JUST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE DOORS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE MEETING ROOM. SO WE'LL HAVE A MEETING ROOM, UH, ON THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOU CAN OPEN THE DOORS AND YOU CAN GO TO AN OUT OUTDOOR SPACE. IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE CHAOTIC AND MESSY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WILL BE A VERY, WE HAVE SOME OUTDOOR FURNITURE THAT WILL BE OUT THERE. IT'S GONNA LOOK GREAT. AND THAT, THAT OPENS WHAT DIRECTION? OPENS TOWARDS WALNUT TOWARDS THE STREET, THE, THE MEETING ROOM. SO I GUESS THAT IS SOUTH. AND THEN THE OTHER DOOR IS AN EMERGENCY EXIT. THAT'S STRAIGHT, THAT'S STRAIGHT ON THERE TO THE ADULT AREA. OKAY. THIS IS THE CHILDREN'S AREA. YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS. UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE DOOR TO THE, TO THE STORY TIME OR THE PROGRAM ROOM. THERE'LL BE A, UM, UH, A PARTITION IN BETWEEN, UH, THESE TWO LITTLE AREAS. THE CURIOSITY COVE WILL BE ON, ON THIS SIDE, ON THE, ON THE, UH, SIDE TOWARDS US. AND THEN, UH, THE, THE STORY TIME ROOM WILL BE, UH, WHERE ALL THE WINDOWS ARE. SO GREAT THING IS, IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIGHTS AND WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CEILING TILE BEFORE TOO LONG. SO THESE ARE THE THREE STUDY ROOMS. AND THE MAKER AREA, THE MAKER SPACE, THE, THE STUDY ROOMS ARE THE YELLOW OR GOLD, BLUE AND GREEN. AND THE MAKER SPACE IS THE ORANGE AREA, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA. I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY IT'S LIKE YOU GO TO STUDY ROOM ONE WHERE YOU CAN JUST SAY, WELL GO TO THE, UH, GO TO THE YELLOW STUDY ROOM. SO IT HELPS OUT WITH, UH, DIRECTIONS TOO. SO THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE, UH, UH, THE GRAND ENTRANCE. UH, IT'S GONNA LOOK REALLY GREAT. IT'S VERY HIGH, VERY TALL, VERY COLORFUL. THEY STILL HAVEN'T PUT THE CEILING, UH, UH, THEY'RE GONNA, I THINK IT'S A KIND OF A BROWN, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF A WOOD LOOK, UH, THAT'S GONNA GO ON THE CEILING. THEY HAVEN'T WORKED ON THAT. THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT IT IN UP THERE. THEY MAY HAVE. THEY MAY HAVE. AND IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR WHEN YOU DRIVE ACROSS WALNUT. I KNOW. IT'S AMAZING. IT'S AMAZING SIGHT TO SEE THAT IT'S REALLY, IT'S VERY, VERY NICE ON THE INSIDE. I JUST SPENT THE WHOLE TIME JUST KIND OF LOOKING UP. SO PLUS THEY'RE WORKING, SO YOU GOTTA KEEP LOOKING UP TOO . SO THAT IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. IT'S GONNA BE GRAND. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO POUR, UH, THE CONCRETE FOR THE, FOR THE WALKWAY INTO IT. UH, THEY'RE WAITING ON A FEW MORE PIECES OF GLASS BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO DRY IT COMPLETELY IN AND TURN THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. BUT I THINK, UH, AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING, UH, WILL BE ON THIS WEEK. SO THEN THEY CAN START A LOT MORE OF THE WORK ON THE IN INSIDE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A NICE, UH, NICE SHOT. THIS IS KIND OF FROM THE, UH, THE, UH, HOLLOW BALL REC CENTER SIDE. UH, I STILL THINK IT'S A REALLY NICE LITTLE PROFILE, UH, OF THE LIBRARY. LOOKS REALLY GREAT. AND THAT'S IT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. REMIND US THE PROJECTED OPENING DATES FOR BOTH FIT BUILDINGS. WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT UP, UH, IN THE AIR WITH A FEW THINGS. [00:20:01] WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, SO, UH, WE HOPE, WE HOPE TO GET KIND OF MORE CONCRETE NEWS THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN, ARE THEY GONNA OPEN THEM BOTH KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO? I DON'T THINK WE WERE LOOKING TO DO THAT AT COMPLETELY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY CLOSE, UM, TO WIN THEIR BOAT. IT NEEDS TO BE A BIG PARTY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE FOR, FOR CENTRAL FOR SURE. AND THEN WEST, UH, WE'RE PLANNING ON ONE FOR WEST AS WELL, SO IT'S GONNA BE VERY EXCITING. IS THE PARKING LOT OR THE PARKING LOTS FOR HOBA AND THE LIBRARY SEPARATE, OR IS THAT CONTIGUOUS SPACE? I WAS OVER THERE THE OTHER DAY AND HAD TO TURN AROUND. UM, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS GRASS OR CURBS OR, OR, OR WHAT I ENCOUNTERED KIND OF YES AND NO. UM, THE SPACES IN FRONT OF BOTH, UH, THE LIBRARY AND THE REC CENTER, UH, A LOT OF THEM ARE SHARED. AND THEN IF YOU GO, UH, ON THE, UH, THE WEST SIDE, THERE'S, UH, OF THE LIBRARY, THERE'S A PARKING LOT OVER THERE. THAT'S WHERE OUR DRIVE UP, UH, BOOK, BOOK DROP WILL BE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SPACES, UH, OVER THERE. AND THEN HALABA HAS ITS OWN SPACES, KIND OF MORE ON ITS SIDE. WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF I CAN DRIVE FROM ONE FRONT DOOR TO ANOTHER WITHOUT GOING ONTO WALNUT, CAN I STAY IN THE PARKING LOT? OKAY. YOU SURE CAN. AND THEN IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT, UM, TEXAS SUMMER SUN HITTING WEST WINDOWS? I THINK, UH, WE, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE DESIGN PHASE, THAT WAS A BIG, UH, A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND THEY, I HOPEFULLY THEY'VE DESIGNED IT SO THAT, UH, SOME OF THE SHADE, UH, GOES OVER. SO IT WON'T, IT WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, DIRECT SUNLIGHT INSIDE. AND THEN, UH, IT'S MORE OF A CARING QUESTION. SHE WAS IN THE DESIGN PART FOR THIS ONE, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE HAVE SOME, UH, SOME TINTING AND THAT SORT OF THING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE DON'T, BUT THAT IS, THAT WAS A CONCERN EVEN WITH THE SMALL WINDOWS WE HAD AT THE OLD CENTRAL LIBRARY. MM-HMM . SOMEHOW THAT SUNLIGHT GOT THROUGH THERE AND THEY WOULD BE RIGHT IN YOUR EYES AND YOU WOULD BE, THE SUNLIGHT DOES. GOODNESS GRACIOUS. SO, YES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPE, HOPE TO HAVE THE WINDOWS AND ALSO, UH, NOT IT NOT BE DISRUPTIVE. SHOULD I SAY LIKE THE COWBOYS STADIUM? ? NO, AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO THROW A 50 YARD PASS IN THE SUN. THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE OKAY. SORRY, JERRY . OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. WE ABSOLUTELY, WE LOVE TO SEE THE, THE PROGRESS HAPPENING. YES. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS LIBRARY PROGRAM AND SERVICES UPDATE. ALRIGHT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE DAPHNE FERRIS. UH, SHE IS A SENIOR LIBRARIAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, WITH, UH, SPECIALIZES IN ADULT, UH, ADULT SERVICES. UH, DAPHNE, I DON'T KNOW. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE LIBRARY? UH, ALMOST NINE YEARS ACTUALLY. SHE STARTED OUT AS AN LA I REMEMBER THAT. AND THEN BECAME, UH, AN ADULT LI A LIBRARIAN, AND NOW A SENIOR LIBRARIAN. SO, MUST BE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. GREAT. JUST KEEP PROMOTING HER. ALRIGHT, , LET ME GET YOU UP GOING HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEP. UH, SO KAREN ASKED ME TO DO A LITTLE UPDATE ON ONE BIG ONE GARLAND, YEAR TWO. AND, UM, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD, OUR BOOK IS MAAS BY MARCELLA FUENTES. AND I HAVE A COUPLE NOTES. I'LL JUST READ OFF A COUPLE THINGS. UM, THE TITLE MAAS MEANS, UH, BAD WOMEN IN SPANISH. AND IT'S SPEAKING TO THE CULTURAL PERCEPTION OF WOMEN WHO CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL ROLES OR GO AGAINST THE GRAIN OF WHAT IS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE. AND IN THIS STORY, THERE ARE TWO WOMEN, UH, WHO ARE FEATURED PROMINENTLY. UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY HAVE ALTERNATING STORIES THAT, UH, TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE 1950S AND THE 1990S. AND, UM, I LISTED SOME SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ELEMENTS THAT COME UP IN THIS BOOK. UH, QUINCEANERAS, RODEOS, MARIACHI MUSIC, AND SELENA. AND, UM, IT IS A REALLY NICE BOOK, I THINK, FOR TEXANS AND, UH, UH, MEXICAN AMERICANS. AND IT'S A REALLY LOVELY BOOK. I ENJOYED IT QUITE A BIT. AND I THINK ADAM ALSO DID. YEP. UH, AND, UH, THIS IS A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB BOOK FROM JUNE, 2024. SO THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING TOO, THAT WE'RE, UH, UH, FEATURING A BOOK THAT'S GOT [00:25:01] NATIONAL, UH, RECOGNITION. UM, ANYWAY, SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, THE DATES OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE JUNE 13TH, AND THAT'S THE KICKOFF DATE. AND THEN I'LL END SEPTEMBER 27TH, UM, ON JUNE 13TH. WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE, FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ADULT PROGRAMMING SHOWCASE. IT'S GONNA BE IN THE EVENING AND AFTER HOURS FOR ADULTS ONLY, UM, SHOWCASING ALL THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE FOR ADULTS. 'CAUSE WE REALLY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN THAT AREA IN RECENT YEARS. WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THIS. SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT ALL THOSE BOOK CLUBS WE HAVE AND ALL THE MAKER STUFF. WE'RE DOING OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL TABLE ANNOUNCING MALA AND YEAR TWO OF ONE BOOK, UH, ONE GARLAND. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO ALL THE ADULT LIBRARIANS AT ALL OUR LOCATIONS ARE, WE'RE WORKING TO GET ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT WE'LL HAVE THAT KICKOFF. UM, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE'LL SAY, OKAY, HERE'S THE BIG WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ. AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE EXTRA PRINT COPIES AVAILABLE AT ALL THE LOCATIONS. AND WE'RE NEGOTIATING WITH OVERDRIVE RIGHT NOW TO SEE, AND THE PUBLISHER TO SEE IF WE CAN GET, UM, THE CONTINUOUS, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE UNLIMITED. IT'S WHERE YOU CAN CHECK OUT UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF THE BOOK DURING THE PROGRAM DATES, UH, THAT WAY NO ONE'S WAITING TO READ IT. AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EBOOK READERS, SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UH, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR EBOOKS AND EAU BOOKS ALSO. UM, SO, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE'LL HAVE OUR ACTUAL PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF ONE BOOK, ONE GARLAND. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD THREE PROGRAMS THAT FEATURED THE AUTHOR. AND THEN A FOURTH ONE, WE DID A CRIME SCENE THING. THIS YEAR IT'S JUST GONNA BE, THE VERY LAST THING WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 27TH WHEN THE AUTHOR COMES AND SHE'LL HAVE A LITTLE TALK. UM, BUT THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO WILL BE STUFF THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE IN, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT PLANNING RIGHT NOW. BUT EACH LOCATION WILL HAVE SOMETHING, THEY'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF PROGRAM AND THEY'LL, ALL OF THE LOCATIONS WILL ALSO HAVE NICE DISPLAYS TOO. 'CAUSE WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND HOPEFULLY ENJOY THIS WITH US. UM, OKAY. AND THAT IS MARCELLA FUENTES. AND AGAIN, UH, SEPTEMBER 20, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY. SO IN OUR NICE NEW SPACE, , UH, WE'LL HAVE HER AND, UM, IT'LL BE FOR, UH, ADULTS ONLY. AND, AND SHE'LL DO, UH, SIGNINGS AND, AND THAT, THAT STUFF TOO. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. AND HERE'S A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT HER. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DEL RIO. SHE LIVES IN FORT WORTH. AND SHE IS A PROFESSOR AT TCU. AND THIS IS HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND. UM, SOME AWARDS, SHE'S, UH, WON AND, UM, SHE'S GETTING GOOD REVIEWS FOR THIS BOOK, SO THIS IS EXCITING. AND, ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE DONE THE BOOK SELECTION AND, UH, NOW OH, AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS BOOK. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME, BUT, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE FIRST TIME, THE FIRST BOOK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR, IT WAS JUST STAFF THAT CAME TOGETHER TO, TO PICK THE BOOK. AND WE WERE LEARNING. SO I THINK I TOLD Y'ALL LAST TIME, WE WERE LEARNING SO MUCH, WE CONTINUE TO LEARN. UM, WE KNEW THAT THE NEXT TIME WE DID IT, WE WANTED TO HAVE PATRONS INVOLVED ALSO. AND SO WE WENT TO OUR BOOK CLUB MEMBERS AND WE SAID, WHO WANTS TO DO THIS? AND WE HAD FOUR PEOPLE SAY THEY DID WANNA PARTICIPATE. AND THEN WE HAD A, A BOARD MEMBER ALSO PARTICIPATE. AND THEN WE HAD, UM, AND WE ALSO HAD STAFF PARTICIPATING. AND, UH, WHAT WE WERE, THE CRITERIA FOR PICKING THE BOOK, THIS WILL, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT ALWAYS IS WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN ALL THE DIFFERENT FORMATS. SO PRINT, EBOOK, E, AUDIO, AND IT IS A BONUS IF WE CAN ALSO, IF THE BOOK ALSO IS TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH OR VIETNAMESE BECAUSE OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY HERE. AND THIS BOOK, BY THE WAY, DOES ALSO COME IN SPANISH FOR PRINT AND EBOOK. UH, BUT NOT E AUDIO, I BELIEVE. RIGHT? YEAH. UH, SO, BUT WE HAD, UH, WHEN WE, WE GOT THE COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND THEN WE ASKED EVERYONE TO, UM, UH, UH, NOMINATE A BOOK FOR, UH, THE ONE BOOK, ONE GARLAND, UH, FOR THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING AND THEN WE VOTED FOR FINALISTS AND THEN EVERYBODY READ THOSE FINALIST BOOKS. AND, [00:30:01] UH, THEN WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO MAUS IN THE END AND WE JUST, WE SIGNED, OR KAREN SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH, UM, MARCELLA FUENTES IN JANUARY. AND SO NOW I MENTIONED THOSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE, THE, UH, UNLIMITED, OH, SIMULTANEOUS USE ACCESS FOR EBOOKS. THAT'S WHAT I COULDN'T REMEMBER. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING OUR PROGRAMS TOGETHER. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO GET OUR STUFF FINALIZED BY THE END OF APRIL, AND THEN WE MOVE INTO MARKETING AND THEN ACTUALLY EXECUTING THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I THINK THAT'S IT, . AND ANY QUESTIONS? WHAT WAS THE DATE FOR THE EVENING PROGRAM? SEPTEMBER, UH, THE, WITH THE AUTHOR? UH, SEPTEMBER 27TH. IT'S A SATURDAY AND IT'LL BE AT SIX. SO IT'S AN AFTER HOURS PROGRAM. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'LL BE AT CENTRAL IN OUR BIG PROGRAM. NEW LIBRARY? YES. YAY. IT'LL BE WITH THE BIG WINDOWS . IS THAT AUTHOR WRITTEN OTHER BOOKS OR IS THIS HER FIRST? THIS IS HER DEBUT NOVEL. OH, NEAT. IMPRESSIVE. IT IS , WE ARE STILL FIGURING OUT, WE KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF MAYBE JUST STICKING WITH TEXAS AUTHORS, MAYBE WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING. UM, AND SOMETIMES GOING WITH THE DEBUT AUTHOR MAY MEAN WE CAN AFFORD THEM A LITTLE BETTER TOO. I MEAN, IT ACTUALLY JUST DEPENDS ON THE AUTHOR, BUT THIS HAS TURNED OUT REALLY NICELY WITH THIS LADY THAT SHE'S ALSO HAD, SHE'S VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW, SO WE LOOK COOL HAVING HER . YEAH, YOU MIGHT HAVE JUST HIT THE WINDOW PERFECTLY 'CAUSE YES. SHE WOULDN'T BE SO AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. ONE OF THE NICE THINGS YOU DID LAST YEAR WAS TO PROVIDE EACH OF US A BOOK. IS THAT IN THE WORKS? UH, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT, BUT I CAN WRITE IT DOWN AND CHECK INTO THAT. CONSIDER THAT IDEA PLANTED. OKAY. , ABSOLUTELY. I'M ON IT. . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS HOPING WAS THAT THERE'D BE A DIRECT GARLAND TOUCH. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE CHARACTERS MOVES TO MESQUITE LATER ON IN THE BOOK, . OH. SO VERY CLOSE, VERY GARLAND ADJACENT. SURE. UM, BUT IT WAS A PHENOMENAL BOOK. UH, I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK, UH, BECAUSE IT, TO ME, THE FIRST, UH, PART OF THE STORY, UM, WAS REALLY HEAVY. UH, BUT THEN IT JUST MOVES AND YOU BREEZE THROUGH IT AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. SO I'M EXCITED. I'VE SEEN A FEW OF THE AUTHORS, UM, VIDEO INTERVIEWS AND SHE SEEMS REALLY JUST ENERGETIC AND VERY, VERY GOOD TO LISTEN TO. UM, DO YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE WE'RE HAVING ONE EVENT WITH THE AUTHOR, HOW MANY OTHER TANGENTIAL EVENTS ARE WE PLANNING AROUND THERE? DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF IDEA? ARE WE GONNA TRY TO MATCH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR? UH, IT'LL BE ONLY ONE AUTHOR EVENT AND THAT WILL BE CENTRAL'S PROGRAM. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE, DO JUST, MAYBE WE'LL DO A PASSIVE PROGRAM ALSO, I'M NOT SURE, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS, WE'LL DO PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF ONE BOOK, ONE GARLAND, OR SOME OF THE THEMES. UM, FOR INSTANCE, UH, I KNOW THAT AT, AT SOUTH, ONE OF THE LADIES OVER THERE IS THINKING ABOUT DOING A BIG DISPLAY ON QUINCEANERA, UH, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY WONDERFUL. YEAH. MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMEONE TO COME TALK ABOUT QUINCEANERAS. SO WE'RE, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. SURE. YEAH. A SELENA THEME, I THINK WE'RE BRINGING LY, SO YEAH, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE PLANNING OTHER ACTIVITIES. YES. BESIDES THE ONE. YES, YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. WE WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. AND JUST, UM, SO OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROGRAM IS TO HAVE ADULTS READ, UH, READ, BUT ALSO IT'S A C COMMUNITY EVENT TRYING TO ENCOURAGE, UM, PEOPLE COMING IN TO THE LIBRARY AND MEETING OTHERS AND ENJOYING THIS STUFF TOGETHER. HOPEFULLY. AND KUDOS TO YOU, IT WAS NO SMALL FEAT SHEPHERDING THE GROUP, THE COMMITTEE THAT MET, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF AVID BOOK READERS THAT HAD A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD GO. AND SO I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF BRINGING US TOGETHER AND FOCUSING ON THE, ON THE GOAL, WHICH WAS JUST SELECT ONE. THANK VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YES, WE'RE DELIGHTED THAT A, UM, BOARD MEMBER WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. WE'RE WE WERE TOO. YES, WE ARE TOO . APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, DUFFY. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE UPDATE ON PATRON RESPONSE AND CANOPY SELECTION PROCESS. THAT WOULD BE ME. THAT IS KATHLEEN. THIS IS THE RESPONSE OR WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WITH MR. BADGLEY. [00:35:01] UH, I WAS NOT HERE THE NIGHT THAT HE WAS HERE, BUT HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, WHAT WAS SELECTED FOR CANOPY. HE WANTED IT TO BE HE, WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED AND THE ADULT SELECTOR, UH, JOHN REED WAS THE ONE THAT CONTACTED HIM. UH, WHEN HE TALKED TO MR. BADGLEY, HE DISCOVERED THAT WHAT HE WANTED WAS TO HAVE CANOPY HAVE, UH, ALL OF THE TITLES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PHYSICAL DVD COLLECTION. AND WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW CANOPY WORKS, AND I'LL GET TO THAT PART ABOUT HOW, HOW IT DOES WORK, UM, WHEN HE WAS EXPLAINED THE LIMITATIONS, HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. UM, JOHN ALSO TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HOOPLA AS AN ALTERNATIVE, WHICH HE WAS UNAWARE OF. UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY, AFTER THAT, HE WAS FINE. HE JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS HIS, HIS CONCERNS. AND HE'S SOMEBODY THAT JOHN WORKS WITH HAS WORKED WITH, UH, OVER THE YEARS QUITE A FEW TIMES BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR DVDS OR BOOKS. AND WHEN HE'S ABLE TO, JOHN HAS ALWAYS, UH, PURCHASED THOSE ITEMS FOR HIM. SO, UM, AFTER THEY TALKED ABOUT HIS CONCERNS, MR. BADGLEY WANTED TO LET US KNOW THAT HE WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE EMAIL DOCUMENT SCANNING STATION THAT WE HAVE. AND HE, HE ACTUALLY WANTED US TO US, HE SUGGESTED THAT WE HIRE PART, A PART-TIME STAFF FOR, TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THE SCANNER OPERATION AND TO PROMOTE THE SERVICE, I GUESS JUST TO BE THERE TO PROMOTE IT, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. AND THEN HE WANTED, UH, US TO KNOW THAT HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE ILL SERVICES THAT HE HAS USED IN THE PAST. AND HE, HE'S A FREQUENT USER OF OUR, OF THE ILL SERVICES, AND HE ESPECIALLY USES IT FOR RARE BOOKS. LET ME INTER INTERJECT HERE. YES. ILL IS INTERLIBRARY LOAN. OH, JUST DIDN'T GET THE, UH, ALPHABET SOUP . SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM GETTING A BOOK FROM ANOTHER BRANCH. IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING IT FROM ANOTHER YES. IT'S TWO LIBRARIES LOANING MATERIALS FROM ONE LIBRARY TO ANOTHER. WELL FAMILIAR WITH IT. . OKAY. UM, THE, UH, JOHN THEN LET MR. BADGLEY KNOW THAT, UH, WE NOW WILL, UH, BORROW BOOKS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES, OR EXCUSE ME, WE WILL NOW BORROW DVDS AND AUDIO BOOKS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES THAT WE HAD NOT DONE THAT PREVIOUSLY. SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO LEARN THAT AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE GETTING THOSE REQUESTS IN SOON. SO, UM, BACK TO CANOPY AND HOW IT WORKS. UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, UH, YOU CAN GET THE MATERIALS. AND THE WAY THAT WE GET IT IS WHAT THEY CALL, UH, CANOPY PLUS, WHICH THEY ARE, UH, PACKAGES OF FILMS OR, UH, DIGITAL FILMS. IT'S HIGH QUALITY FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES. AND WE HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION MODEL WITH THEMED BUNDLES AT A FIXED PRICE. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE BASICALLY STAYED OUT OF THAT ARENA PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE, WHAT WE WOULD HEAR FROM LIBRARIES. LIBRARIES WOULD JOIN CANOPY OR HOOPLA AND THEN FIND OUT THAT PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY LOVED IT. AND IT WENT WAY UP. THE USAGE WENT WAY UP, WAY UP, AND IT JUST BLEW THEIR ENTIRE BUDGET. SO WE WANTED FIXED, WE WANTED FIXED, NOT PAY PER USE, BECAUSE WHAT THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THOSE LIBRARIES IS WHEN THEY WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS THAT WERE ALLOWED, THEN THE PATRONS GOT REALLY UPSET ABOUT THAT. SO IT WAS LIKE A NO [00:40:01] WIN SITUATION. SO WHEN CANOPY CAME ALONG WITH THESE PACKAGES, THESE THEMED COLLECTIONS FOR A SET PRICE, WE THOUGHT, OKAY, NOW WE'RE, WE CAN JUMP INTO THIS. AND WE DO CANOPY. AND THEY HAVE, UM, 1, 2, 3, 6 COLLECTIONS AND THERE ARE 300 TITLES PER PACK, BUT CANOPY REFRESHES THEM, SO THAT'S NICE TOO. THE, UH, COLLECTIONS ARE CURATED BY CANOPY STAFF LIBRARIANS, BUT BASED ON PATRON AND LIBRARIAN FEEDBACK. AND, UH, PATRONS HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS TO THEM WITH THEIR LIBRARY CARD. THE CATEGORIES ARE BRITISH CINEMA AND TV, WHICH HAS MYSTERIES, DRAMAS, AND COMEDIES FOR ANGLO FILES FAVORITES, WHICH ARE STAFF AND PATRON PICKS, INCLUDING DRAMAS, THRILLERS, AND TV SERIES. EASY WATCHING, CROWD PLEASING COMEDIES, DOCUMENTARIES AND FAMILY FRIENDLY FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, POPULAR NONFICTION FILMS, AND ENGAGING FACTUAL CONTENT SERIES OR EPISODIC TITLES, THRILLERS, CLASSIC THEATER REALITY SERIES, AND HISTORICAL PROCEDURALS AND CANOPY KIDS, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR WITH OUR PATRONS. UH, 2000 PLUS CHILDREN'S TITLES FEATURING PBS KIDS, SESAME STREET, MADELINE, UM, PADDINGTON BEAR BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS IS THE VIDEO BOOKS. THIS IS ANOTHER PART THAT MAKES THIS REALLY NICE, IS THE DEVICE COMPATIBILITY. IT'S AVAILABLE ON DESKTOP, MOBILE, AND SMART TVS. AND THERE'S 24 7 INSTANT ACCESS WITH, AS I SAID, UNLIMITED STREAMING. SO, UM, IT'S SINCE WE'VE, UM, THIS IS OUR SECOND FULL YEAR, UH, WITH CANOPY AND WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PACKAGES THAT, THAT WE GET. AND THEY ALSO, UH, IN FACT, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED WERE NEW TO CANOPY. SO AS THEY GROW AND AS THEY SEE THE CIRCULATIONS OR THE INTEREST THAT THEY WILL, THEY CONTINUE TO ADD TO THEIR COLLECTIONS, I CAN GET IT ON ROKU. YEAH, YEAH. I GET IT ON WHATEVER THE SAMSUNG, WHATEVER STREAM YEAH. SERVICE. SO, AND ALSO, UH, ON MY PHONE. SO THAT'S NICE. ANY QUESTIONS? I SEEM TO RECALL HIS IMPETUS FOR COMING WAS HE WANTED A PARTICULAR TITLE. UH, YES. WERE WE ABLE TO GET THAT FOR HIM OR IT IT WAS ONE THAT HE WANTED, UM, ON CANOPY AND UNDERSTAND. WE, WE CANNOT, WE DON'T GET TO PICK, UH, IF I WASN'T CLEAR ABOUT THAT. NO, WE DON'T, WE DO NOT GET ANY SELECTION. WE'RE JUST GETTING THE PACKAGES. OKAY. UH, IT MAY BE AVAILABLE ON HOOPLA. UH, WE ALSO, WE'RE NOT SELECTING THAT IT'S ALSO A PACKAGE, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, STUDIOS AND, AND DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS. AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, IF IT IS AVAILABLE AS A PHYSICAL DVD OR BLUE, UH, BLU-RAY, THEN UH, JOHN WILL TRY AND BUY IT FOR HIM. GOT IT. OR INTERLIBRARY LOAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP ON THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD. THANKS. WONDERFUL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. THANK YOU, KATHLEEN. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM, LIBRARY STATISTICS, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. YES. I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, THE STATISTICS IN YOUR BOARD PACKET. UH, KAREN SAID, UH, FOR NOVEMBER TO SAY, LOOK AT THOSE, UH, CHECKOUT STATS, 4% INCREASE ON CHECKOUT STATS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, AND UM, JUST GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO. TWO. EXCELLENT. OKAY. UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO BRING UP ANYTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? [00:45:04] AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CANOPY AND HOOPLA? I THINK YOU HAVE ALREADY TOLD US PRETTY RECENTLY HOW, WHAT SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ONLINE SERVICES ARE MM-HMM . BUT MAYBE WE COULD OKAY. GET AN UPDATE ON THAT. UH, I KNOW THAT, THAT THE LIBRARY OFFERS MANY, MANY ONLINE SERVICES AND EVERY TIME I GO EXPLORING, I FIND SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED . AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, UH, ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR TOO. SO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THAT'S, THAT'S JOHN'S NEW JOB. . OKAY. HE WENT FROM, FROM ADULT SELECTOR TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIAN. SO. ALRIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? JUST ONE ADDITION TO THAT. I THINK ALSO IT WOULD BE, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE'VE COVERED THIS BEFORE, BUT MAYBE ALSO HOW WE'RE PROMOTING THOSE OTHER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA. I'VE SEEN A FEW POSTS ON THINGS, BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE BEING PROMOTED. COULDN'T HEAR THAT. COULDN'T HEAR YOU. HOW WE ARE PROMOTING, UH, THE ELECTRONIC, THE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THE ONLINE RESOURCES. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. YES. OH, DEANNA, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I JUST HAD A QUESTION. WILL WE JUST HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND FOR THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I'LL SECOND BOTH OF THEM. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT. WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T DISCUSS THEM. THEY'RE SIMPLY SUGGESTIONS AND THEY WILL, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THE STAFF WILL DETERMINE WHAT IT IS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED ON THOSE ITEMS. SO WHAT ARE WE SET FIRST AND SECONDED? OH, DID THEY, THEY MUST HAVE CHANGED. IT'S THE WAY I PROTOCOL. YEAH. A BOARD MEMBER WITH A SECOND BY ANOTHER BOARD, UH, ANOTHER MEMBER MAY ASK FOR AN ITEM TO BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THE LIBRARY BOARD, NO SUB, NO DISCUSSION OF THE ITEM WILL TAKE PLACE. I, I APOLOGIZE. I OH WELL THAT WAS HOW WE WERE DOING IT. THAT WAS, YES. AND THAT HOW COUNSEL DOES IT, ONE PERSON SUGGESTS THAT SOMEBODY SAYS, YEAH, I'LL GO WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. THAT'S THE SECOND ABOUT, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I UNDERSTOOD THAT PART, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE, DID SOMEBODY SUGGEST ONE? BOTH THE TWO OF THEM. WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, GETTING AN OVERVIEW OF ONLINE SERVICES AND WHICH ONES ARE MOST POPULAR AND THEN ALSO HOW THOSE ITEMS ARE PROMOTED TO THE PUBLIC. SO THOSE ARE FOR FUTURE. FOR FUTURE. RIGHT. SO THERE WON'T BE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM. BUT, AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING SURE I FOLLOW THE RULES . SO YEAH, BECAUSE THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO OF US WHO WANT TO DISCUSS THAT, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD AS, AS FUTURE ITEMS. I JUST MISSED WHAT WAS REQUESTED. THAT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT. ONE MORE TIME. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD SEEING YOU ALL YOUR PEN BACK. ALRIGHT, BOY, IT'S SUCH A. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.