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SIX O'CLOCK AND WE'LL[ 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 May 12, 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.]
CALL THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER CONFIRMED.AND THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
THESE ARE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 10TH MEETING.
GOSH, THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
UNDER C, THERE SHOULD BE PROBABLY A PERIOD AFTER FUENTES.
ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING.
UH, MEETING MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE TO APPROVE THE MARCH 10TH MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
NEXT ITEM IS, I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW TEAM MEMBER.
UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET ANTOINETTE, BUT ANTOINETTE HALL IS OUR NEW DEPARTMENT COORDINATORI POSITION THAT, UM, UH, REPLACES SABRINA ELLIS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE ANTOINETTE ON STAFF.
UM, SO SHE WILL BE, UH, COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ALL.
LIKE, UH, SABRINA USED TO DO, UH, WORKING WITH THE BOARD, WORKING WITH US, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE ANTOINETTE ON BOARD.
ALSO WANTED TO, UM, JUST MENTION THAT WE HAVE JENNIFER STUBBS, WHO IS OUR, UM, CITY SECRETARY IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT AS WELL.
THANK Y'ALL FOR SERVING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE CITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS, IS A VERY FAST SLIDE.
UM, JULY 12TH IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR GRAND OPENING FOR CENTRAL.
WE HAVE A WHOLE DAY, UM, PLANNED OF FUN IN FESTIVITIES PROGRAMS, EVENTS, UH, GIVEAWAYS, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE DON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS IT'S IN JULY OR AUGUST.
SO THE WAY WE ROLL, UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON WEST GARLAND, UM, IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE TOO, FOR THAT GRAND OPENING.
BUT IT IS, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO BE EARLY AUGUST BEFORE THAT ONE'S COMPLETE.
THAT ONE'S A FAST, EXTRA SHORT, BUT EXTRA EXCITING TO, TO COMPENSATE.
OKAY, WE WILL MARK OUR CALENDAR.
UM, NEXT ITEM LIBRARY'S PROGRAM AND SERVICES UPDATE.
UM, DOROTHY SHEPHERD IS GONNA COME UP OUR YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN FROM WEST GARLAND TO GIVE THE OVERVIEW OF THIS SUMMER'S, UM, UH, ANNUAL SUMMER PROGRAM FOR THE LIBRARY.
UH, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST MENTION WHILE WE'RE ON PROGRAMS THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE A COPY OF THIS YEAR'S ONE BOOK ONE GARLAND SELECTION.
UM, SO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WILL HAVE, UH, OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DOROTHY.
YOU WANT ME TO SCOOCH MY OR SWITCH CHAIRS? MUSICAL CHAIRS.
NOW I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH WATER WAS WHICH.
WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT.
I AM, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU GUYS INFORMATION ABOUT OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING, UH, THIS COMING SUMMER.
UM, WE HAVE CLUB CURIOSITY AT THE GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES COLOR OUR WORLD.
UM, SO CLUB CURIOSITY, WHAT IS IT? IS ACTUALLY OUR NEW NEWLY BRANDED SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT NAME CHANGES OVER THE YEARS AND WE HAVE FALLEN ONTO THIS ONE.
THANKS TO KAREN, AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
UM, WE ARE REALLY LEANING HEAVILY INTO OUR NEW MASCOT CURIOSITY, UM, TO TRY TO REALLY BRING PEOPLE, BE CURIOUS AND COME TO OUR LIBRARY
UM, SO, UM, AS WITH OUR PREVIOUS SUMMERS, UM, OUR SUMMER PROGRAMMING IS
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GONNA BE GEARED TOWARD ZERO TO 17 YEAR OLDS AND THEIR PARENTS.UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THEM TO DO.
UM, CLUB CURIOSITY IS A COMBINATION OF PROGRAMS AND THEN SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY TRACKING THAT, UM, THEY CAN EARN PRIZES WITH.
AND SO WE'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON ALL THAT.
UM, THE DATES ARE HERE IS MAY 31ST.
HOW ABOUT TO SAY MARCH, MAY 31ST THROUGH AUGUST 2ND.
SO WE GOT ABOUT NINE WEEKS OF FUN TO GO THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE THE THEME COLOR OUR WORLD, AND IT'S REALLY CELEBRATING ART, UM, CREATIVITY AND DIVERSITY.
UM, WE GET THIS THEME FROM THE COLLABORATIVE SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM, CSLP AS WE TYPICALLY CALL IT.
UM, AND WE GET ACTUALLY PROMOTIONAL FREE PROMOTIONAL ITEMS FROM CSLP VIA THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, COMMISSIONS, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR THE SUMMER STATE OR TEXAS SUMMER PRO UM, PROGRAM.
AND SIDE NOTE, WE GET ALL THIS THANKS THROUGH THE, UM, INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM THAT THEY GIVE TO T SLACK.
UM, SO IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND IN THE FUTURE WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT CSLP IS STILL RUNNING STRONG.
UM, TO ROLL INTO OUR SUMMER ON MAY 31ST, WE'LL BE ACTUALLY HAVING A SUMMER KICKOFF PARTY AT THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
WE'LL BE HANDING OUT ACTIVITY TRACKERS OR WHAT IS CALLED HERE READING TRACKERS.
IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT NAMES THAT WE LIKE TO GO WITH.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE HANDING OUT POPSICLES AS AN INCENTIVE FOR GETTING THEIR TRACKERS.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE CARNAL GAMES, UM, ARTS AND CRAFTS TABLES.
UM, SINCE IT'S A CLUB, WE'RE GONNA HAVE BUTTON MAKING AND THEY CAN MAKE A CLUB CURIOSITY BUTTON, UM, ALMOST LIKE A COLLECTOR'S ITEM
AND THEN IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT CLUB THEME.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, DIY STICKER BAKING.
WE'LL DO CAT EARBAND HEADBANDS.
SO THE LEAN INTO THE CURIOSITY MASCOT, WE'LL HAVE CAT THEMED CRAFTS AND THE COLORING TABLE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE BUBBLES AND MUSIC FOR THE LITTLE ONES TO ENJOY.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO HAVING A SCAVENGER HUNT.
AND OUR PRIZES SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE HANDING OUT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER FOR THEIR ACTIVITY TRACKING.
UM, TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE TASTE TEST OF WHAT'S GONNA BE LIKE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE SUMMER PERFORMERS AT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SUMMER, UH, LIBRARY LOCATIONS EXCEPT FOR CENTRAL 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING READY TO MOVE.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE WELCOMING BACK THE PEROT TREK, UH, THE RAMINI CIRCUS SHOW.
BRETT ROBERTS, THE DALLAS ZOO AND MAGIC, UM, JAMES WAND.
UM, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PERFORMERS THAT I COULDN'T FIT ALL INTO THE SLIDE.
UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE WEEKLY THROUGHOUT JUNE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENT DAYS AND TIMES, OR TWO 30 IS OUR AVERAGE TIME, BUT DIFFERENT DAYS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
UM, FOR TUESDAYS AT TWO 30, WE'LL BE TO NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE JAMES JUAN, THE RAMINI BLACK RUN PRAIRIE RAPTOR CENTERS COMING OUT, AS WELL AS THE PRO TRUCK.
UM, ON WEDNESDAYS, SOUTH GARLAND WILL BE HOST TO THE SIDE TECH DISCOVERIES CENTER, THE DALLAS ZOO, THE RAMINI, AS WELL AS BRETT ROBERTS.
WE'RE GONNA BE VERY BUSY AT SOUTH GARLAND
WE WERE GONNA WELCOME THE DALLAS ZOO, BUT DUE TO THE SPACE WE HAVE AT WALNUT CREEK, IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH, UM, FOR THE POPULARITY OF THE DALLAS ZOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FORWARD TO INVITING THEM TO WEST GARLAND IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
BUT WE WILL NOT SAY THAT NEXT YEAR ABOUT WEST BRANCH.
NO, WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM ABOUT SPACE.
WE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING, ARE WE MEETING FIRE CODE
UM, SINCE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS GONNA BE GETTING READY TO MOVE THEIR PERFORMERS, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE TO HAVE AT DIFFERENT AREAS IN GARLAND.
UM, AND SO THAT WAY FAMILIES STILL HAD MORE OPTIONS TO ATTEND.
SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE ON FRIDAYS AT 10, UH, TWO 30, UM, EITHER AT THE GRANDVILLE ART CENTER OR THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE, OR EVEN AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
SO THEY HAVE MORE CHOICES OF WHERE THEY CAN ATTEND THESE REALLY, REALLY COOL SHOWS.
SO IN ADDITION TO ALL THE PERFORMERS THAT WERE JUST IN JUNE, THROUGHOUT JUNE AND JULY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR ALL THE AGE GROUPS, UM, FOR THE FAMILIES TO ATTEND FOR FREE, UM, FOR ZERO TO FIVE AGE GROUP WITH THEIR CAREGIVERS.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR WEEKLY STORY TIMES FOR BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SOUTH GARLAND'S ALSO GONNA BE OFFERING THEIR LITTLE ART EXPLORERS AS THEY TYPICALLY DO.
AND THEN NORTH CAROLINA HAS A PLANE LEARN, UH, FOR OUR SIX THROUGH 12 MULTIPLE LIBRARIES, IF WE WILL HAVE THE STEAM
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CLUBS AND THE STEAM LABAND THEY'RE GONNA BE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITHIN THAT UMBRELLA.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PICTURE YOU SEE IS LIKE A CUP WITH LITTLE MARKERS TAPED TO IT.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY.
WE'RE GONNA TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO MAKE A MOTOR AND ATTACH IT TO A CUP WITH MARKERS.
AND WHEN YOU TURN THE MOTOR ON, IT WIGGLES ACROSS A PAPER AND IT CAN, IT MAKES ART.
UM, SO IT ACTUALLY WILL GET ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY AND ART ALL ENCOMPASS INTO ONE PROGRAM.
UM, FOR OUR LITTLE NICHE AGE GROUP OF 10 THROUGH 12 YEAR OLDS OR TWEENS, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING KITCHEN LITHOGRAPHY AT SOUTH, UM, AND FO STAIN GLASS PAINTING AT CENTRAL OR CLEA.
UM, OUR TEENAGERS, 13 THROUGH 17, WE HAVE PUNCH NEEDLE ART AT SOUTH GARLAND AS WELL AS CREATE CRYPTED WITH PICKLER.
SO IT'S A TECHNOLOGY BASED ART PROGRAM, UM, FOR OUR TWEENS AND TEAMS COMBINED.
WALNUT CREEK WILL CONTINUE THEIR VIRTUAL REALITY SESSIONS.
SO THEY'LL HAVE, UM, VR SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER THAT THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR AND EXPLORE THE META GLASSES, THE META GOGGLES.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A SLIME PARTY.
'CAUSE WHY NOT? WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SLIME? WELL, THE SLIME PARTY IS, UM, WELL WE JUST DID ONE ACTUALLY, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT A LITTLE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
UM, THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO MAKE SLIME, UM, THIS PAST APRIL, MAY, WHAT APRIL, WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO MAKE CLOUD SLIME SLIME.
SO IT'S REALLY FLUFFY AND SOFT.
UM, AND THE SLIME THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN JUNE'S GONNA BE MORE OF LIKE THE TRADITIONAL LIKE OOZY TYPES LINE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TEACH THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT VISCOSITY AND IS IT FLUID OR NOT FLUID.
IN APRIL, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LIKE REACTIVE, LIKE THE CHEMISTRY PART OF IT, UM, IN JUNE.
AND THEN THEY'LL JUST GET TO MAKE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT AND CUSTOMIZE IT HOW THEY WANT.
SO TEACHING AND FUN AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES.
SO THAT'S OUR FAMILY PROGRAMMING.
AND JUST A SNAPSHOT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE SLIDE, UM, IS COSMIC GLOW GOLF AT THE NORTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
UM, SOME OF OUR PUTT PUTT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME BLUE LIGHTING, SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT GLOW IN THE DARK.
AND THEN SOUTH GARLAND IS ALSO GONNA DO CARDBOARD CREATIONS.
AND THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING.
UM, THERE'S A LOT MORE PROGRAMS THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT ONTO THE SLIDE.
WE COULD BE HERE FOREVER JUST FOCUSING ON THE
BUT YEAH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO TRY OUT NEW THINGS.
UM, THE SECOND PORTION OF CLUB CURIOSITY IS OUR ACTIVITY TRACKERS.
UM, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM OF THE OLD, THERE IS READING LOGS WHERE THEY HAD TO READ, YOU KNOW, SAY SO MANY MINUTES OR AN HOUR OR THE NUMBER OF BOOKS, AND THEY COULD TURN THAT IN AND GET A PRIZE FOR US.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING A FORMAT THAT WE USED LAST YEAR WHERE IT WAS A BOOKMARK STYLE, BUT YOU COULD DO THREE THINGS.
THREE, ONE OR MORE OF THREE ITEM, UM, ACTIVITIES.
YOU COULD READ, VISIT THE LIBRARY, JUST PHYSICALLY BE IN THE LIBRARY, ENJOY IT SPACE, OR ATTEND ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE LIBRARY OR ONE OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS. AND, UM, ALSO WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING WITH IS WE HAVE THREE MAIN AGE GROUPS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON.
WE HAVE THEIR ZERO TO FIVES AND OUR CAREGIVERS, THE AGES SIX THROUGH TWELVES AND THE 13 THROUGH 17 YEAR OLDS.
UM, EACH OF THEIR TRACKERS REALLY HIGHLIGHTS CURIOSITY.
OUR MASCOT, UM, THERE'S PICTURES THAT THE HITS WILL HAVE TO COLOR TO HELP KEEP TRACK.
AND ALSO WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OUR WORLD, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND ARTWORK.
AND THESE WILL COME OUT ONCE A WEEK.
SO STARTING MAY 31ST, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WILL BE THE ONE YOU SEE HERE IS ALMA THOMAS.
THEY'LL CLUTTER A DIFFERENT BRICK OR STRIPE ON HER, UM, ON THE TRACKER TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR SEVEN DAYS WORTH OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND AFTER A WEEK, THEY CAN COME BACK AND GET THE NEXT ONE.
AND THEY'LL DO IT FOR NINE WEEKS TOTAL IF THEY CHOOSE TO.
UM, OUR TRACKERS ARE PRINTED IN ENGLISH, BUT WE ALSO PROVIDE SPANISH LANGUAGE TRACKERS.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE'VE STARTING TO GET OUR TRACKERS TRANSLATED INTO EIGHT NEEDS.
WE HAVE OUR ZERO TO FIVES, UM, READY TO GO.
UM, WE WERE, COULD SEE HOW THAT GOES.
IF WE FIND THAT WE NEED TO DO THE OLDER AGE GROUPS, WE WILL.
UM, ISABELLE
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SO HOW DOES IT WORK? UM, THERE'S TWO SETS OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR A ZERO TO FIVES.WE REALLY FOCUS MORE ON THE PARENT AND THE CHILD TOGETHER.
UM, SINCE AS WE'LL WE EXPLAIN TO PARENTS, YOUR 2-YEAR-OLD IS NOT KNOW, GONNA KNOW HOW TO READ AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT EARLY LITERACY PRACTICES THAT WE REALLY PROMOTE IN THE LIBRARY AND DOING THOSE PRACTICES COUNT TOWARD OUR ACTIVITY TRACKER.
UM, SO EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, A PARENT AND CHILD CAN COLOR IN PART OF THE PICTURE.
WHEN THEY SING, TALK, READ, WRITE, OR PLAY TOGETHER.
UM, THEY CAN, WE HAVE LITTLE EDB NUMBERS ON THE, UH, THE PICTURE.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM THERE, BUT THEY'RE THERE AND THE PARENTS CAN SEE THEM AND THEY CAN LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO COLOR THIS PART OF THE TRACKER FOR THAT DAY.
AND AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THE SUMMER OR THROUGH THAT WEEK, RATHER, IT WILL FILL IN THE PICTURE OR AT LEAST THE MOST OF THE PICTURE.
UM, AND IT MAKES IT A CUSTOMIZED WORK OF ART.
AFTER A WEEK HAS GONE BY AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR TRACKER, THEY CAN COME TO ANY OF THE GARLAND LIBRARIES TO TURN IT IN AND GET A PRIZE.
AND ON THE BACK OF THE ZERO TO FIVE AGE GROUP, WE HIGHLIGHT THE FIVE EARLY LITERACY PRACTICE PRACTICES.
SO SING, TALK, READ, WRITE, AND PLAY.
WE DEFINE WHAT THAT MEANS AND EXAMPLES.
SO IN CASE A FAMILY DOESN'T REALIZE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT, IT GIVES THEM A, A VISUAL LIST OF YOU ACTUALLY ARE DOING THESE, THESE COUNT.
UM, FOR OUR SIX THROUGH TWELVES AND OUR 13 THROUGH 17 YEAR OLDS, THEY HAVE THE SAME INSTRUCTIONS.
UM, FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS THEY CAN VISIT, LIKE I MENTIONED, VISIT A LIBRARY, GO TO A PROGRAM IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY, AS WELL AS READ.
OR ALL THREE, JUST TWO, UM, LIKE'S.
NOT EVERYBODY'S ABLE TO COME TO A PROGRAM.
THEY CAN STILL COUNT AS COMING TO THE LIBRARY EVEN TO PICK UP THEIR TRACKER OR TO DROP OFF THEIR TRACKER COUNTS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, READING AS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS WANNA PROMOTE AND THEY COME BACK AFTER THE WEEK, TURN IT IN AND GET THEIR NEW ACTIVITY TRACKER ON THE BACK OF THE TRACKER.
UM, WE DO PROVIDE MORE DEFINITION OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, READING YOU CAN READ OR YOU CAN LISTEN TO A BOOK.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PHYSICAL.
IT CAN BE AN AUDIO, UM, AUDIO BOOK.
IT'D ALSO BE DIGITAL SO THEY CAN UTILIZE THE LIBBY APP.
UM, IF IT'S A LIBRARY AND WE, WE DO EXPLAIN THAT YOU JUST COME AND HANG OUT, PLAY PLAY OVER TOYS, JUST READ SOME BOOKS, PLAY ON OUR COMPUTERS, THAT TOTALLY COUNTS.
UM, AND THEN ATTEND A PROGRAM.
YOU CAN COME TO ANY OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, IN OR OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A QR CODE THAT WILL LINK THEM TO THE OFF THE SHELF PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS THAT WERE FEATURED ON EACH OF THE WEEK'S LOGS.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR SIX THROUGH 12 TRACKERS FOR OUR ZERO TO FIVES.
THEY'RE A MORE SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE ARTWORK, UM, TO KIND OF MEET THEIR, THEIR ABILITIES.
AND THEN WE HAVE MORE COMPLEX DESIGNS OF THAT PARTICULAR ARTWORK FOR OUR TEENAGERS.
SO THIS IS JUST LIKE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND SO EACH WEEK WE HIGHLIGHT AN ARTIST IN ONE OF THEIR ARTWORKS.
WEEK ONE WE HAVE ALMA THOMAS WITH THE ECLIPSE.
WE HAVE STARRY NIGHT BY VINCENT VAN GOGH, THE SELF PORTRAIT OF MONKEY AND PARROT BY FRIDA KAHLO, THE LASOW PAINTINGS, UM, IN FRANCE.
AND THEN WE HAVE CAMPBELL SOUP CANS BY ANDY WARHOL FOR WEEK SIX.
AS WE GO INTO INTO JULY, WE HAVE THE TIRED MERCURY BY ANDY WILEY, FAMILY OF ROBOTS BY, UH, JUN PIKE AND UC CENTER BY BRIDGET RILEY.
AND, UH, PUMPKIN AND FRUITS BY YAYE.
UM, SO EACH WEEK THEY'LL HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WORD OF ART THAT THEY CAN COLOR IN AND KEEP TRACKING.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THESE.
AND AS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THOSE TRACKERS, THERE WAS A SIDEWAYS CAT CURIOSITY.
WE CALL THIS OUR CURIOSITY TAG.
UM, WE'RE UTILIZING THIS IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, FOR THIS SUMMER, UM, WHEN A CHILD OR TEEN TURNS IN THEIR ACTIVITY TRACKER TO GET A PRIZE, WE CAN, THE STAFF MEMBERS CAN CUT IT OFF AND WE KEEP THAT PORTION OF IT TO PUT ONTO DISPLAY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT ON A DISPLAY TO SHOW A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW MANY, UM, KIDS ARE BRINGING BACK THOSE ACTIVITY TRACKERS AND TRY TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM IN-HOUSE, UM, AS ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO COUNT OUR STATISTICS.
UM, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.
SO WE MAKE CURIOSITY DRESS UP LIKE THE ARTIST.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A FRITO KALO GRAPHIC.
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IS DRESSED UP AS FRITO KALO OR FRIDA PALOAND SO, AND KIDS, UH, WE WILL ALLOW THEM WRITE THEIR NAME ON THE BOTTOM BECAUSE THEY LOVE COMING BACK AND SEEING LIKE, THAT'S MINE RIGHT THERE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO, COME BACK AND SEE LIKE, THAT'S MINE, THAT'S MINE.
AND SO IT'S A PROGRESSION AND EXCITEMENT FOR THEM TO COME BACK EACH WEEK, HOPEFULLY.
UM, AND AS MISSION, THESE ARE ALL OUR DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
WE HAVE MIAMA THOMAS, VINCENT VAN PER FRIDA, PAOLO, NEANDER TALE,
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN COMING UP WITH HER COSTUME
SO, UM, AND AS MENTIONED, TURNING IN, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE PROCESS.
THEY CAN SHOW US THEIR BOOKMARK, WE CAN CUT OFF THE TAG, THEY CAN KEEP THEIR BOOKMARK ACTIVITY TRACKER, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE IT AS A BOOKMARK.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST TURNING IN SOMETHING THAT THEY WORK TOWARDS COLORING.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE IT, UM, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO.
AND WE KEEP THE CURIOSITY TACK AT THE BOTTOM.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GET 'EM THE NEXT ACTIVITY TRACKER WITH A NEW ARTWORK ON IT.
AND SO THEY'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH THE, HOPEFULLY THE NINE WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET A PRIZE AS WELL.
AND FOR OUR PRIZES THIS SUMMER, WE'RE GOING WITH SOMETHING THAT'S MORE SIMPLE, BUT VERY NOVELTY FOR THE BIGGER KIDS ESPECIALLY.
WE, UM, INVESTED IN SOME CAPSULE VENDING MACHINES FOR EACH OF THE LIBRARIES.
UM, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, WHEN THEY TURN INTO ACTIVITY TRACKER, THEY'LL GET A COIN, THEY CAN INSERT IT INTO THE MACHINE AND THEY'LL GET A CAPSULE AND IT'LL HAVE A SURPRISE IN IT.
UM, SO IT COULD BE LIKE A SMALL SLINKY, A BOUNCY BALL SLAP BRACELET.
UM, THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, IF WE EVER CHOOSE TO, YOU COULD ALSO PUT IN LIKE A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER SAYS YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU WON SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T FIT INTO A CAPSULE.
UM, SO IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRIZES.
UM, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THIS PRIZE IS GONNA BE FOR OUR SIX AND OLDER KIDDOS, JUST BECAUSE OF COPING HAZARDS.
UM, IT'S BEYOND THE SAFE SIDE.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDER SIX, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET A RUBBER DUCK.
AND HONESTLY, IF A TEENAGER WANTS A RUBBER DUCK, WE WILL LET THEM HAVE A RUBBER DUCK BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LIKE A RUBBER DUCK, RUBBER DUCK.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PRICE.
UM, SO FAR THE KIDS ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CAPSULE OF VEN MACHINES, BOTH AT STAFF GARDEN LIBRARY AND WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY WHERE I'VE BEEN WORKING.
THEY SEE THE CAPSULE MACHINE WHEN WE ARE SETTING IT OUT AND MAKING SURE IT WORKS, CLEANING UP AND GETTING THE PODS, THE CAPSULES FILLED.
THEY'RE LIKE, OH, CAN I HAVE THAT? CAN I, CAN I, CAN I HAVE ONE? AND THEY'RE LIKE, NOT YET.
SO THEY'RE VERY EXCITED FOR IT.
UM, AND TO END OUR SUMMER, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA CONTINUE OUR SUMMER CONCERT.
WE HAD SUCH A GREAT, AMAZING TURNOUT FOR OUR TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT LAST SUMMER THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE INTO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA BE WELCOMING THE DREAMING OF USE, UM, LINA EXPERIENCE, UM, ON AUGUST 1ST AT THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND SQUARE.
WE'LL HAVE ACTIVITIES, IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY.
WE'LL HAVE OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH THERE, AND IT ALL CONNECTS TO OUR ONE BOOK, ONE GARLAND THAT WILL BE COMING UP LATER IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, SO IT MAKES IT WHOLE INTERCONNECTED AND ALL THAT STUFF.
BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THE CONCERT SERIES 'CAUSE THE FAMILIES REALLY LOVED IT LAST YEAR.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I BROWSED THROUGH, BLEW THROUGH IT,
SO DID THE STAFF CREATE ALL THIS ARTWORK AND ALL THE MATERIAL? YES.
UM, IT WAS A COMBINATION OF MYSELF, UM, JILLIAN, VANDER, GRIFF, ARE YOU SERVICES LIBRARIAN AT THE SOUTH GARDEN LIBRARY.
AND THEN, UM, COMBINATION OF ALIA MOORE AND THEN ALL, PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR, THE WHOLE YOUTH SERVICES TEAM.
LIKE JILLIAN AND I DID MOST OF THE GRAPHIC, THE ACTUAL GRAPHIC WORK ON CANVA, UM, WHICH IS OUR PLATFORM THAT WE USED FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNING.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE TEAM WOULD LIKE SAY, OH, HEY, MAYBE WE'VE SHIFTED IT OVER HERE.
IT'S, IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS OF LABOR AND LOVE
AND THEN OUR MARKETING TEAM ALSO HAD OUR HAND IN TWEAKING IT TO MAKE IT PERFECT.
AND SO THE, THE WE'RE GETTING FUNDING TOO FROM THOSE SOURCES FOR ALL THESE MATERIALS.
IS THAT HOW THAT OR WHAT THE CSLP OR WHAT PART? THE MUSEUM ORGANIZATION THAT WAS MENTIONED, BASICALLY WITH WHAT WE GET FROM, FROM THEM, THERE'S A CERTAIN ALLOTMENT THAT WE GET FOR BOOKMARKS AND POSTERS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S IT WITH THEM, WE
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CAN, THEY HAVE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.LIKE THEY HAVE T-SHIRTS, BUT THOSE ARE, THAT WE WOULD BUY THOSE IF WE GOT THOSE.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE EVERY LIBRARY THAT PARTICIPATES, THEY GET THE BOOKMARKS AND THE POSTERS.
WE CAN CHOOSE WHAT WE, THEY GIVE US A LIST, UH, LIKE THESE ARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE CONVEY.
UM, WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE TO YOU WITHIN, YOU KNOW, OUR FUNDING CAPABILITIES.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY CHOOSE POSTERS, UM, SO WE CAN PUT 'EM ON DISPLAY, THE BOOKMARKS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ASKS FOR BOOKMARKS.
UM, SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO GET PENCILS, UM, THAT HAS THE GRAPHICS ON IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT YES, THEY, IT'S ALL FREE TO US THANKS TO THE GRANT PROGRAM FROM IMLS CURRENTLY.
AND WITHIN THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET THAT IS SET OUT FOR EACH, UH, LIBRARY, EACH LIBRARY, AND I THINK I WANNA SAY IS THAT SOMETIMES THEY'LL MAYBE GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING TO LIKE SMALLER COMMUNITY LIBRARIES VERSUS LIKE A LARGER OR LIBRARY SYSTEM LIKE WE ARE.
UM, SO IT DOES VARY YEAR TO, AND IT, AND IT DOES PAY, UH, LIKE, UH, THE AUTHOR, THE NOT THE AUTHOR, THE ARTIST THAT DESIGN THOSE THEMES.
AND THEN IT, UH, OF COURSE THOSE, UH, NOT OUR STUFF THAT WE DID, BUT NOT THE CURIOSITY, BUT THE, UH, COLOR OUR WORLD THEME, THOSE, UH, ANYTHING THAT'S USED THAT IS FROM THE ARTIST, OF COURSE, I'M SURE THEY'RE REIMBURSED FOR THAT OR, OR, UM, COPYRIGHT WORK.
IS THIS THE, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS LAST YEAR WHERE CERTAINLY I DON'T REMEMBER IT AS EXTENSIVE A PROGRAM LAST YEAR IS THIS, WE DIDN'T HAVE CLUB CURIOSITY LAST YEAR AND WE DIDN'T HAVE, HAVE, UH, USE CURIOSITY, UH, TO THE SAME EXTENT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR.
THE THEME WAS DIFFERENT, BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER IT.
WE CALLED THE, UM, THE UMBRELLA NAME FOR SUMMER WAS SUMMER ADVENTURE AT THE GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
UM, AND, BUT THOSE, EACH LIBRARY KIND OF LIKE OUR THEME PROGRAM SEEMS MUCH MORE ELABORATE.
WE ARE MORE BRANDED THIS YEAR, MORE BRANDED.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AND THEIR SKILLS, UH, ON STAFF NOW.
AND LIKE DOROTHY SAID, UH, DOROTHY'S BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE WITH HER SKILLS.
JILLIAN IS NEW THIS FOR THIS SUMMER.
SHE, SHE HELPED A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR.
I'M LIKE, I HONESTLY, AFTER A WHILE,
EVERYBODY HAS GREAT SKILLS THAT ALL COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.
AND THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER VERY WELL.
ALL THE YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIANS, WE ALL CAME UP WITH LIKE THE MAIN WE THE IDEAS AND YEAH, THE IDEAS AND LIKE, HEY, LET'S DO ART AND ARTISTS.
AND, UM, JILLIAN AND I WOULD BRAINSTORM 'CAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY.
UM, WE WOULD BRAINSTORM LIKE DIFFERENT ARTISTS ARTWORK THAT WE COULD, LIKE, WE COULD TAKE THAT AND TAKE THAT AND WE COULD SIMPLIFY IT FOR THE ZERO TO FIVE.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN ADULT COLORING PAGE FOR LIKE A 2-YEAR-OLD COLOR.
IT LIKE, NO, IT HAS TO BE VERY SIMPLE.
SO LIKE THE SOUP CANS FOR, UM, WE HAD ANDY WOL, THE SIX TO 12 IS FOUR FOR THE ZERO TO FIVES.
IT'S JUST ONE
UM, SO WE, WE COLLABORATED A LOT ON FINDING OUR WORK THAT COULD WORK FOR ME TO EAT.
AND ARE ALL THE SORT OF NEIGHBORING CITIES CREATING SIMILAR PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THIS? OR THEY, THEY CAN USE THE COLOR OUR WORLD THEME.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO, SOME DO USE THAT, SOME DON'T.
AND THEN EACH LIBRARY SYSTEM DOES THEIR OWN TAKE.
SOME DO JUST PURELY, UH, THE THEME AS IT'S PRESENTED.
THEY WILL PURCHASE THE, ACTUALLY READ THE LOGS FROM CSLP, UM, OR MAKE THEIR OWN.
'CAUSE MOST LIBRARIES NOW USE CANVA, UM, ONLINE PLATFORM TO MAKE THEIR, UM, GRAPHICS.
THIS IS, THIS IS A HIGHLY PERSONALIZED VERSION,
UM, WE WERE HOPING THIS BRANDED VERSION OF, OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CARRY FORWARD.
AND THE CLUB CURIOSITY IS THE NAME THAT WE'VE LANDED UPON.
AND, UM, JUST TO HAVE FUN WITH, IT FITS A LOT OF THINGS.
SO EVERY YEAR THE THEME WILL CHANGE, BUT WE CAN KEEP THE CLUB CURIOSITY AND THEY'LL USE THEIR, THEIR ARTFUL, UM, THEIR IMAGINATION AND
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COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT EACH YEAR.DO OTHER LIBRARIES HAVE A SORT OF A BRANDING LIKE CLUB LIKE THE CAT? SORT OF NOT, NOT AS FAR AS I KNOW IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY AS WHAT CLUB CURIOSITY IS.
THE CURIOSITY, THE CAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN OTHER THINGS.
SO THAT WAS JUST, UM, INCORPORATED INTO THIS IN A CLEVER WAY.
I THINK
UM, WE, WE MENTION IT WHEN WE GO DOWN, LIKE, ESPECIALLY TO THE KIDS AND PARENTS.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I HAD NO IDEA.
AND, BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW SOME OF OUR FAMILIES DO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND THEY HAVE PROBABLY SEEN CURIOSITY PROCESS.
ARE WE HAVING A BIG STATUE OF THE CAT IN FRONT OF THE MAIN LIBRARY?
YES, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE MONEY.
I WAS GONNA, I WANT, HONESTLY, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FLESHY
IT'S REALLY VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL.
I WAS QUESTIONING, HOW ARE THESE THINGS WITH LIKE, THE BOOKMARKS AND THE, THE THE GUMBALL MACHINE?
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES.
THEY'RE E EACH ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS, IT'S ALL, THERE'S GOING TO BE A, THE, THE LITTLE GUMBALL MACHINE, UH, AT EACH LOCATION, THE, THE BOOKMARKS, EACH LOCATION.
SO ALL OF THAT'S GONNA BE AT EACH LO LOCATION.
ONLY THING THAT REALLY IS DIFFERENT IS THE PROGRAMMING.
LIKE FOR CENTRAL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE OVER AT CENTRAL.
AND THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS IS TOO SMALL TO HOLD ANY LARGE, UH, PROGRAM.
THE, THE, UH, ATTENDEES FOR, FOR ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE THEY DRAW A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BE IN THE LOCATIONS THAT DOROTHY MENTIONED.
UH, GRANVILLE ART CENTER, UH, THE SQUARE.
AND THEN THE LAST, UM, THE PEROT CYTECH TRUCK IS THESE ACTIVITIES ARE GONNA BE AT EACH BRANCH.
AND THEN FOR WALNUT, UH, LIKE SHE SAID, THERE'S THE RAMINI.
NO, NO, WE ARE WELCOMING BRETT ROBERTS.
HE'S A MUSICIAN WHO DOES AMAZING MAGIC TRICK.
AND HE'S, THAT'S THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO BE AT WALNUT CREEK.
BUT WHEN WEST OPENS, WE'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE DALLAS ZOO, THE DALLAS ZOO, AND THE DALLAS ZOO.
WHEN WE HAD OUR SENIOR PROGRAM, THE SENIORS, EVERYBODY LOVES THE ZOO.
OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE TYPICALLY ATTEND EASY, EASY
UH, SO HAVING IT IN OUR CHILDREN'S AREA AT, UH, WALNUT CREEK, I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT SEVERAL TIMES IN MY TENURE HERE.
BUT IT'S VERY TIGHT, VERY COMPACT.
AND SO EACH, THE, UH, ACTIVITIES, UH, THE, AND THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS AT EACH LOCATION.
THE ONLY THING THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR THE REASONS THAT WE STATED ARE THE, UH, PERFORMERS.
AND IS THIS PRESENTATION ANYWHERE WHERE I CAN LOOK IT UP AND SEE IT AGAIN? 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY COOL.
WELL, WON'T THE LIST OF PROGRAMS BE IN OFF THE SHELF AND ON THE WEBSITE AND STEALING JOHN'S SPENDER HERE.
UM, JOHN, WHO WORKS ON OUR WEBSITE, HAS A, A SPECIAL PAGE JUST FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.
ALL THE DIFFERENT, NO IDEA PIECES OF INFORMATION WILL BE THERE.
BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE WANTING TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF, WE CAN ARM YOU WITH THE PRESENTATION.
PLEASE TELL YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT WE WERE OBVIOUSLY ENTHUSED AND EXCITED AND WE'RE ALL REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR ABOUT SUCH A TEAM EFFORT BECAUSE I KNOW IT TAKES A TEAM.
WELL, THIS IS WHY WE KEEP WINNING STATE AWARDS.
IT'S AN AMAZING TEAM THAT PUTS THIS TOGETHER.
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DOES IT EVERY YEAR.IS THERE ANY ADVERTISING OR A PARTNERSHIP WITH LIKE GISD OR ANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS? LIKE TO SPREAD THE WORD? RIGHT.
UH, WE SEND ALL OF THIS OUT TO GISD AND ACTUALLY IN MAY, UM, YOUTH LIBRARIANS AND SOME, UM, DIFFERENT STAFF WILL START TO GO DO, UM, SCHOOL VISITS AND HIT A LOT OF KIDS ALL AT ONE TIME.
I THINK, UM, THIS YEAR THEY'VE HAD, I DON'T THINK IT'S HAPPENED YET.
MAYBE IT HAS THAT THEY'RE GOING AND DOING AN ASSEMBLY WITH FOUR OR 500 CHILDREN AT A TIME.
SO REALLY PUSHING THAT, UM, OUT TO SCHOOLS.
SO WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SECTION.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS POPULAR ONLINE RESOURCES AND MARKETING.
SO, UM, WE'LL INTRODUCE JOHN REED, WHO I BELIEVE YOU'VE ALL HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING BEFORE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES.
UM, SENIOR LIBRARIAN, I BELIEVE AT, UM, THE MARCH MEETING THERE WAS INTEREST IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, THE, THE SELECTION PROCESS, THE WEEDING PROCESS, AND HOW WE GO ABOUT, UM, MAKING THOSE SELECTIONS.
SO JOHN IS GONNA WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH US TODAY.
UM, I WAS HERE LAST YEAR, I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN WE GOT HOOPLA.
UH, AND I GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKED OUT REALLY WELL FOR US.
AND, UM, UH, BACK IN LAST FALL, I BECAME THE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIAN.
I USED TO DO THE, UH, BOOK SELECTION.
AND I DID WANT TO COME AND, UM, GIVE A PRESENTA A PRESENTATION.
IT IS KIND OF BRIEF BECAUSE OF, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES, BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK RATHER BRIEFLY, BUT GIVE YOU AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT WE HAVE, TALK ABOUT HOW WE MARKET IT, AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT OUR RESOURCES.
AND WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.
UH, WE HAVE 80 TOTAL RESOURCES.
UH, MOST OF THOSE ARE FROM THE STATE THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED TECH SHARE, WHICH I'LL, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE 20 RESOURCES THAT WE DIRECTLY PAY FOR.
UM, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW, UH, HOW WE PROMOTE IT, HOW WE PICK, AND MAYBE HOW WE, UH, UNPICK OR REMOVE THINGS OR DON'T PICK THINGS AND MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UH, REALLY QUICK, UM, I WANTED TO TELL YOU JUST DESCRIBE BRIEFLY WHAT THESE ARE IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF SOME OF THEM, JUST SO YOU CAN BE IN A BASIC WAY, FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, I JUST WENT AHEAD AND PUT 'EM ALPHABETICAL.
A TO Z DATABASES IS A DATABASE WHERE YOU CAN LOOK UP LIKE ADDRESSES OF BUSINESSES.
YOU CAN LOOK UP BUSINESSES BY CODE.
YOU CAN DO PEOPLE SEARCHES THAT ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN WHAT YOU CAN DO ON THE INTERNET.
UM, CONSUMER REPORTS IS CONSUMER REPORTS.
UH, CONSUMER REPORTS IS FAMOUSLY ONE OF THOSE DATABASES THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO PAY FOR.
THERE IS NO WAY TO GET IT FOR FREE UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND, THE FRIENDLY CITY OF GARLAND, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE CONSUMER REPORTS ONLINE, AND YOU CAN GET ALL OF THE OLD REVIEWS, THE CURRENT REVIEWS, THE CAR ISSUE, WHICH IS VERY POPULAR.
WE HAVE A FREE DATABASE WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO TAKE THE DMV TEST.
UM, AND IT TAKES ABOUT, I THINK NOW IT TAKES ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS TO GET INTO THE DMV.
UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE TEST, THEY MAY ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT AT IT.
UH, THIS LETS THEM TAKE AS MANY ATTEMPTS AT A FAKE TEST AS THEY NEED TO, OR THEY CAN PRACTICE INDIVIDUAL SKILLS.
UH, GAIL VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY IS BASICALLY LIKE AN ONLINE REFERENCE SHELF.
SO YOU REMEMBER HOW CENTRAL WAS DOWNSTAIRS WITH THE REFERENCE SHELF.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE DIGITAL VERSION OF THAT.
UM, HELP NOW AND JOB NOW ARE TWO RELATED PRODUCTS BY THE SAME COMPANY.
HELP NOW IS, UH, WELL IT'S SEVERAL THINGS, BUT THE MAIN PART OF IT IS ONLINE TUTORING.
SO FROM 3:00 PM TO 10:00 PM UH, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, SUNDAY TOO, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET ON WITH A REAL PERSON, UM, AND THEY WILL HELP YOU.
LIKE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PREARRANGED IN ADVANCE.
YOU JUST GET ON, UH, TELL 'EM WHAT SUBJECT, WHAT GRADE LEVEL YOU'RE STUDYING, AND A REAL TUTOR WILL WORK WITH YOU.
AND WE HAVE SORT OF AN ADULT VERSION OF THAT JOB NOW WITH THAT HELPS YOU WITH THINGS LIKE, UH, HELP ME TUNE UP MY RESUME, UM, HELP WITH, UH, I HAVE AN INTERVIEW COMING UP.
LIKE, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS MIGHT THEY ASK? AND AGAIN, TOTALLY FREE.
I MEAN, IT'S, UM, IT'S A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE.
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SOME OF YOU WERE HERE AND SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD OF IT EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T.UH, HOOPLA IS, UH, JUST A, A BIG STREAMING SERVICE NOW.
IT HAS BASICALLY ALL OF THE MUSIC EXCEPT FOR SONY.
UM, WE HAVE MAGAZINES ON HOOPLA.
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A BINGE PASS.
UM, I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
UM, BUT HOOPLA IS ALWAYS FREE AT ANY TIME.
THERE'S NO CHECKOUTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND CANOPY'S VERY SIMILAR CANOPY HAS LIKE, UM, UH, MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, A LOT OF FOREIGN STUFF, BRITISH SHOWS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
MANGO LANGUAGES IS A LANGUAGE LANGUAGE TRAINING TOOL.
THERE'S 70 LANGUAGES ON MANGO.
UH, SPANISH IS THE MOST POPULAR, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE JAPANESE IS RIGHT BEHIND IT.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY POPULAR WITH OUR PATRONS.
UH, IT'S SIMILAR TO ROSETTA STONE, IF YOU, YOU, ROSETTA STONE HAS, HAS A HIGH HEAVIER MARKETING BUDGET THAN MANGO.
SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF ROSETTA STONE, AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
AND THEN THERE'S INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS TO THE LEARNING WHERE YOU, UH, LISTEN AND RESPOND AND READ AND TYPE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LANGUAGE USE.
IT ALSO HAS A, UM, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE MODULE TOO.
SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO LEARN ENGLISH, UM, IT HAS A, A SPECIAL MODULE FOR THAT.
IT DOES HAVE, ESL IS ONE OF THE LANGUAGES.
UM, SO MORNINGSTAR, WE HAVE, UH, IT'S AN INVESTMENT, UH, MODULE.
AND MORNINGSTAR AND VALUE LINE ARE SORT OF, UH, TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
MOR MORNINGSTAR FOCUSES MORE ON MUTUAL FUNDS, UH, SORT OF TELLING YOU WHAT MUTUAL FUNDS MIGHT BE THE BEST DIRECTION TO GO IN WITH YOUR MONEY VALUE LINE.
LATER DOWN THE LIST IS INDICATES MORE HOW YOU WOULD, UH, WHETHER INDIVIDUAL STOCKS ARE A GOOD GAMBLE OR NOT.
UM, NICHE ACADEMY IS A PRODUCT THAT WE USED.
IT'S KIND OF, IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN ON THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF OUR DATABASES ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE A LINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING LIKE, WATCH THE VIDEO TO LEARN HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE.
MOST OF THOSE VIDEOS COME FROM A SERVICE CALLED NICHE ACADEMY.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS WAY THAT PATRONS CAN, CAN WATCH AND NOT THEY CAN WATCH AND LEARN HOW TO USE IT.
AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO HELP PEOPLE USE OUR RESOURCES AND BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.
UH, WE HAVE TWO NOVELIST PRODUCTS.
NOVELIST PLUS IS LIKE A, UM, IT'S LIKE A DATABASE.
IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN GOOD READS.
BUT IF I HAD TO COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE GOOD READS.
YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND PUT IN LIKE A, AN AUTHOR YOU LIKE, OR A BOOK YOU LIKE, AND IT WILL BE LIKE, WELL, ACTUALLY, IF YOU LIKE THESE THEMES, YOU SHOULD GO THIS DIRECTION.
OR IF YOU LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, THAT'S WHAT NOVELIST PLUS DOES.
AND THEN NOVELIST SELECT IS VERY SIMILAR.
IF YOU GO TO OUR CATALOG, OUR REGULAR CATALOG AND SEARCH FOR A BOOK, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RESULTS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SEVERAL BOXES OF ADDITIONAL CONTENT, LIKE, UH, PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS AND READ ALIKES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THINK OF IT AS THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE OVERDRIVE MAGAZINES, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT.
THERE'S ABOUT 17,000 MAGAZINES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES, UH, FULL COLOR.
YOU CAN READ IT ON THE LIBBY APP.
IF YOU READ, UH, LIBBY, UH, PRESS READER NEWSPAPERS IS DIGITAL NEWSPAPERS.
WE HAVE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ON THERE IS THE BIG, UH, UH, AND THEY HELD OUT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT I THINK THEY REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET ANY MORE MONEY, UH, FROM ANYONE THAN THEY ALREADY WERE.
SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND THEY JOINED PRESS READER.
SO DALLAS MORNING NEWS IS ON PRESS READER EVERY DAY, AS WELL AS A BUNCH OF OTHER PAPERS.
LA TIMES, UH, NEW YORK IS NOT ON THERE, BUT, UM, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
UH, WE HAVE A SERVICE CALLED SAM'S PHOTO FACT, WHICH IS A, UM, IT GIVES YOU SCHEMATICS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIXING OLD APPLIANCES.
UM, YEAH, AND YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I DO, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
AND WE ACTUALLY GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF IT BECAUSE, UM, GOOD LUCK FINDING LIKE A REPUTABLE SOURCE FOR LIKE FIXING AN OLD CRT TELEVISION, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, WE HAVE A UNIVERSAL CLASS.
THERE'S OVER 600 COURSES ON UNIVERSAL CLASS.
UM, TEACHES YOU, LIKE, IT HELPS YOU WITH LIKE SCHOOL SUBJECTS LIKE MATH AND READING.
BUT IT ALSO TEACHES YOU THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INTERPERSONAL SKILLS, JOB RELATED SKILLS, SEWING, TEACH, JUST COURSES ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TOPICS.
AND THEIR INTERACTIVE, UM, VALUE LINE, LIKE I SAID, IS FOR INVESTMENTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO RESOURCES THAT I WANNA MENTION.
THEY'RE NOT AS HIGH PROFILE MAYBE, BUT THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WILDBERRY IS A RESOURCE THAT WHEN YOU SIGN UP ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU GET AN EMAIL EVERY WEEK THAT TELLS YOU WHAT THE NEW BOOKS ARE.
AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY VALUABLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER WAYS THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR NEW BOOKS.
THERE'S A DISPLAY ON THE CATALOG, BUT THIS IS MORE
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DIRECT.YOU GET THE EMAIL, IT SEPARATES THEM INTO CATEGORIES.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR ADULT, THERE'S FICTION, DIFFERENT GENRES OF FICTION, DIFFERENT TYPES OF NONFICTION.
HOW MANY DVDS DID WE GET? UM, IT ALSO HAS THE EBOOKS ON IT, I BELIEVE, AND THAT'S TOTALLY FREE.
AND IF YOU JUST SIGN UP, THEY JUST SEND IT TO YOU EVERY, UH, WEEK.
SO THAT'S SORT OF LIKE A READER, WHAT WE CALL A READER'S ADVISORY TOOL, WHERE IT HELPS YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU WANNA READ AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.
AND LIBRARY ELF HAS ANY, HAVE ANY OF YOU USED LIBRARY ELF? YEAH.
UM, LIBRARY ELF IS, UM, IT'S A WAY WE CALL PEOPLE WHEN THEIR BOOKS ARE READY OR WHEN THEY HAVE A HOLD OR, UH, MAYBE IF THERE'S A BOOK OVERDUE.
ALTHOUGH I GUESS THAT'S NOT AS BIG A DEAL.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, LIBRARY OFF GIVES YOU ANOTHER WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO LIKE, IF YOU'RE PREFER EMAILS, WHICH I DO, UH, YOU'LL JUST GET THE EMAIL THAT SAYS ONE ITEM DUE.
I DON'T MIND THE PHONE CALLS, BUT IT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
SO THAT'S WHAT LIBRARY ELF IS, AND IT'S VERY POWERFUL.
AND THEN TECH SHARE IS ACTUALLY THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE TECH SHARE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT, IT'S BASICALLY A STATEWIDE, UH, AGREEMENT.
UM, UH, T SLACK, THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE, THEY NEGOTIATE ON, ON BEHALF OF ALL THESE LIBRARIES.
'CAUSE TEXAS IS SO BIG THAT IF T SLACK SAYS, WE HAVE A THOU AT LEAST A THOUSAND LIBRARIES THAT ARE GOING TO BUY THIS SERVICE, WHAT KIND OF DISCOUNT CAN YOU OFFER US? IF WE ALL AGREE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS, HOW MUCH IS IT REALLY? AND, UM, WE GET TECH SHARE DATABASES FOR LESS THAN 10% OF WHAT, UH, THE, THE RETAIL COSTS WOULD BE.
AND ALL LIBRARIES BENEFIT FROM THAT.
AND, UM, THAT IS, UH, DUE TO THE, UM, IMLS, UH, WHICH, WHICH MIGHT COME UP AGAIN LATER.
BUT I DO WANNA MENTION SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON TECH SHARE.
UH, GALE ACADEMIC ONE FILE IS PRETTY MUCH, UM, STUDENT NEEDS TO WRITE A PAPER, DO A PRESENTATION, HAS TO WRITE A REPORT, SORT OF MEAT AND VEGETABLES TYPE OF SCHOOLWORK.
UM, THAT, THAT'S GA ACADEMIC ONE FILE.
UH, UDEMY IS A SERVICE WHERE YOU CAN, UM, I DON'T WANNA UNDERSELL IT 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
UH, YOU CAN GO TO UDEMY ONLINE AND PAY SOMETIMES OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR LIKE THESE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXPERTS THAT TEACH THE CLASSES, BUT IT'S FULL VIDEO CLASSES SOMETIMES WITH HOMEWORK AND, AND READINGS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, ANY ONE CLASS IS USUALLY AT LEAST $50.
UM, IT'S ALL FREE THROUGH TECH SHARE.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR TECH SHARE DATABASES BECAUSE I MEAN, ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED TRYING TO LEARN NEW SKILLS, UH, IT'S REALLY GOOD, BUT IT CAN DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
HERITAGE QUEST IS OUR GENEALOGY, UH, DATABASE CENSUS, UH, BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS, VERY POPULAR.
AND ALSO, UH, TEACHING BOOKS IS KIND OF WHAT WE CALL EVERYTHING BUT THE BOOK.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE TEXT OF THE BOOK, BUT THEY HAVE BACKGROUND ABOUT THE AUTHOR, ABOUT THE WORK.
THEY, SOMETIMES THEY WILL HAVE, UH, PEOPLE READ AUDIO, PEOPLE READING IT, IF IT'S A SHORT CHILDREN'S BOOK TYPE OF THING.
THERE'S GAMES THAT KIDS CAN DO, LIKE TO HELP THEM LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOOK.
ANYWAY, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE, THE MOST POPULAR ONES THAT WE GET THROUGH TECH SHARE.
AND, UH, DEFINITELY LOOK AT THEM IF YOU, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, I JUST SORT OF COPIED THIS HERE.
WE HAVE THIS, UM, UH, WE SORT OF COLOR CODED THEM INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
PEOPLE CAN CLICK ON THESE AND GO TO THE CATEGORY OF EACH, UM, THAT THEY HAVE.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME THINGS ON HERE, I'LL, ALBEIT SMALL, UM, THAT REFLECT, UH, THINGS THAT ARE IN TECH SHARE, BUT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY JUST ELUCIDATE ONE BY ONE.
SO BUSINESS, DO IT YOURSELF, EDUCATION, ET CETERA.
WE TRY TO MAKE IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO
AND WHEN YOU GO TO A PAGE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY, FOR EXAMPLE, BUSINESS AND LEGAL RESOURCES, WE GIVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION.
SO, UM, UH, THE FULL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE RE THE, THE, THE SERVICE IS, THE LINK TO IT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT A TO Z, A TO Z DATABASES TUTORIAL LINK UNDERNEATH A TO Z DATABASES.
THAT IS A NICHE ACADEMY LINK THAT WILL BE A VIDEO THEY CAN WATCH AND LEARN HOW TO USE IT.
UM, TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE PROMOTE THESE, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WHIRLWIND, UM, BUT I
UH, SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
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DO IS WE GIVE OUT BOOKMARKS.SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE LIBRARY AND SAYS, UM, I NEED TO LOOK THIS UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU HELP ME FIND THIS? WE CAN CERTAINLY HELP THEM FIND IT, BUT SOMETIMES THEY NEED TO GO OR THEY NEED TO ACCESS IT FROM HOME.
SO WE GIVE 'EM THESE BOOKMARKS.
UH, AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF NEW BOOKMARKS THAT, UH, HALEY, ONE OF OUR LIBRARIANS IS WORKING ON, UM, THAT THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM AND THEY CAN, UH, SEE HOW TO USE THE, UH, THE RESOURCE, UH, IN THE LIBRARY OR AT HOME.
AND IF THEY DO IT FROM HOME, UM, THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, TECHNOLOGICAL REASONS, OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED THEM TO LOG IN.
SO WE TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOUR CARD IS CURRENT, BUT THIS IS HOW YOU ACCESS IT.
UM, FLYERS, UH, FOR SOME OF THE BIGGER AND MORE POPULAR, UH, UH, UH, RESOURCES, WE HAVE BIG FLYERS THAT CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
THE, SOME DATABASES ARE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.
WE HAVE A BROCHURE, UH, THAT TELLS PEOPLE WHERE ALL OF THE DATABASES ARE.
SO, UM, WHAT WEBSITE YOU GO TO, WHAT'S, WHAT CATEGORY HOLDS, WHICH DATABASES, ET CETERA.
JUST SORT OF WAY FINDING TYPE INFO.
AND THEN, OKAY, I WANNA SEE HOW THAT DISPLAYED.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, UH, WHEN DOROTHY WAS UP HERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MARKETING TEAM AND, UM, UH, I WANNA GO ON THE RECORD AS SAYING THE MARKETING TEAM IS REALLY GOOD NOW.
AND, UH, THEY DO A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR US.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A INSTAGRAM, UH, POST, IT SAYS TWO DAYS AGO, BUT THAT WAS A WEEK AGO.
ANYWAY, UM, SO THIS IS PMO, WHICH IS A SERVICE THAT'S ON HOOPLA.
UM, WE HAVE THESE THINGS CALLED BINGE PASSES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO LIKE A BINGE PASS IS LIKE, YOU CHECK IT OUT, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A MOVIE OR A JUST A TV SHOW, IT'S WHATEVER THEY WANT IT TO BE.
SO IT'S A BINGE PASS IS LIKE A BOX, AND YOU CHECK OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BOX.
SO ONE BINGE PASS THAT WE HAVE IS THE HALLMARK BINGE PASS, AND YOU JUST HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THESE HALLMARK MOVIES FOR SEVEN DAYS, AND YOU CAN WATCH AS MANY OF THEM AS YOU WANT.
AND THEN AT SEVEN DAYS, IT JUST EXPIRES.
AND THERE WAS NO LIMIT TO YOUR USAGE OF IT DURING THAT TIME.
SO ONE OF THE BINGE PASSES IS THIS PMO, UH, GAME, UM, GROUP OF GAMES.
YOU CAN PLAY, YOU CAN PLAY THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY A DOLLAR 99 IN THE APPLE STORE OR ANYTHING FOR IT.
SO, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BINGE PASSES AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING.
ANOTHER BINGE PASS IS CALLED THE GREAT COURSES.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE GREAT COURSES.
THEY USED TO TRY TO SELL 'EM ALL THROUGH DVD, AND THEY PROBABLY STILL DO DO THAT SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY'VE KIND OF GONE INTO THE STREAMING SPACE.
AND NOW FOR THE PRICE OF $0, YOU CAN CHECK OUT GREAT COURSES FROM US.
AND FOR SEVEN DAYS YOU CAN WATCH AS MANY AS YOU WANT.
SO LIKE, IF YOU'RE A REALLY BIG HISTORY PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A GREAT COURSE ABOUT EVERY, UM, YOU KNOW, WAR PERIOD, UM, ROMAN HISTORY, YOU NAME IT.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GREAT SERVICE.
SO, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROMOTION THAT WE DO IS THE IN FACTS, UH, APOLOGIES.
THESE AREN'T THE WORLD'S GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THAT.
UH, IN OUR BRANCH WE HAVE TELEVISIONS THAT, UH, ADVERTISE, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, AND THAT'S WHAT NFAS IS.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT SLIDES, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THESE SLIDES APPEARED WAS A SLIDE PROMOTING THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
UH, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIAL CLOSURES, WE PUT THAT UP THERE.
AND WE ALSO, UH, ADVERTISE OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES THAT SAME WAY IN THE OFF THE SHELF, UH, MAGAZINE THAT WE PUT OUT EVERY THREE MONTHS, WE TRY TO PUT AS MUCH, UH, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES PROMOTION IN THERE AS WE CAN.
UM, THE SIZE IS KIND OF DECEPTIVE BECAUSE THE MANGO AND THE, UM, BENCH PASS AD ARE ACTUALLY TWO FULL PAGES, AND IT'S EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11 MAGAZINES.
SO WE REALLY TRY TO DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO THAT AND GIVE IT A LOT OF COLOR, UH, AND GIVE IT A LOT OF EMPHASIS TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.
SO, UM, WITH ALL THESE DATABASES, WHAT DO PEOPLE USE THE MOST? UM, UH, I SEPARATED IT BY TOTAL USES AND THEN WHAT WE CALL COST PER USE.
SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMETHING COSTS $5,000 AND ONLY TWO PEOPLE USE IT, BAD RETURN.
IF IT COSTS $5,000 AND 10,000 PEOPLE USE IT, PRETTY GOOD RETURN.
SO IN TERMS OF TOTAL USES, UH, OVERDRIVE MAGAZINE AND PRESS READER ARE REALLY POPULAR.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE ARE BOTH BASICALLY NEWS SERVICES.
WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT.
UM, NUMBER THREE IS TECH SHARE, UH, WHICH AGAIN INCLUDES A LOT OF RESOURCES, BUT IT, IT REALLY IS A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US.
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THEN HELP NOW AND, UH, JOB NOW THE, UH, LIVE TUTORING AND THEN COST PER USE, UH, DRIVING TESTS CHEATED BECAUSE THAT COST US $0.UM, BUT IT, BUT IT'S VERY POPULAR AND UH, WE WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT.
UH, WILDBERRY TECH SHARE AGAIN, UH, LIBRARY ELF AND OVERDRIVE MAGAZINES LIBRARY, ELF AND WILDBERRY, UM, ARE USED EVERY MONTH BY PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP FOR IT.
SO IN A WAY THAT'S KIND OF, UM, THAT'S KIND OF CHEATING, BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE GOOD INVESTMENTS.
UH, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT, VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT HOW WE PICK THINGS, BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT THIS.
UH, WE TRY TO HAVE A, A STRONG DIVERSITY OF MATERIALS.
I DON'T EVEN USE ANY OF THESE PAGES.
SO GARLAND IS A, IS A VERY FULL SIZE AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT IS A SUBURB OF DALLAS, BUT IT ALMOST DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S 10 SUBURBS OF DALLAS THAT ARE BIG ENOUGH CITIES ON THEIR OWN THAT THEY KIND OF NEED TO REFLECT A BIG DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE'S INTERESTS IN THE COLLECTION AND ALSO THESE ELECTRONIC, UH, RESOURCES.
SO, UM, WE TRY TO THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF SORT OF KEY CATEGORIES THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THINGS IN.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, NEWS, UH, I MENTIONED WE HAVE THE MAGAZINES, WE HAVE THE PRESS READER, NEWSPAPERS.
UM, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, REMEMBER THE FINANCE PRODUCTS, MORNINGSTAR VALUE LINE ARE IMPORTANT TO, BECAUSE, UH, THOSE ARE NEWS.
BASICALLY IT'S AN EVERYDAY SORT OF EDITORIAL EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL, UH, EVENTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A PUBLIC LIBRARY, SO ENTERTAINMENT IS GONNA BE RIGHT UP THERE.
UM, HOOPLA, CANOPY, UM, THE OVERDRIVE EBOOKS THAT ARE VERY POPULAR.
UM, WE DON'T, WE DON'T REALLY CONSIDER THOSE A DATABASE, BUT THEY ARE ONLINE AND THAT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE OFFER PEOPLE THAT'S VERY POPULAR.
UM, READERS ADVISORY, THE NOVELIST, UM, WOW, LIBRARY ELF.
UH, THEY HELP PROMOTE THE COLLECTION AND AGAIN, THEY, THEY HELP US ADVERTISE.
UM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S COMING IN, UM, AND THAT WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
UM, EDUCATION, UM, THE UNIVERSAL CLASS, THE, UM, THE TUTORING, THE HELP NOW, UM, THE MANGO LANGUAGES TEACH YOURSELF LANGUAGES.
UM, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, UH, ALSO, AND IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE AS A PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE'RE A RESOURCE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO FOR THAT INITIAL MAYBE BURST OF INFORMATION OR GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW TO START A SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, WE HAVE A SERVICE ON OUR, UH, GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY THAT'S CALLED THE BUSINESS PLANS HANDBOOK.
IT'S KIND OF A DRY NAME, BUT IT'S A VERY POPULAR RESOURCE.
AND YOU CAN LOOK UP A, A BUSINESS PLAN FOR LITERALLY ANY KIND OF BUSINESS.
LIKE, NOT JUST, I WANNA OPEN A RESTAURANT, BUT WHAT TYPE OF RESTAURANT, LIKE, UM, VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF BUSINESS PLANS FOR EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE, UH, PLAN TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE AND BE ABLE TO OFFER PEOPLE, UM, IN TERMS OF LIKE, UH, GOING HAND IN HAND WITH THINGS LIKE CAREER GUIDANCE, RESUME BUILDING, UM, YOU KNOW, ACADEMIC GUIDANCE, LIKE STUDYING FOR TESTS.
THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT ARE COVERED IN THESE DATABASES.
SO, UM, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A PUBLIC LIBRARY, NOT A SCHOOL LIBRARY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE USE A PUBLIC LIBRARY TO DO SCHOOL WORK.
SO, UH, LIKE THE, UH, ACADEMIC DATABASES, UH, THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE, BUT A LOT OF THE REASON THAT WE HAVE THOSE IS BECAUSE OF TECH SHARE.
SO HERE'S WHERE I SAY THAT WE KIND OF COMPLIMENT TECH SHARE.
UM, THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET SORT OF THE MEAT AND POTATOES DATABASES AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE.
AND IN EXCHANGE WE CAN GET SOME, SOME OTHER FUN STUFF, ENTERTAINMENT TYPE STUFF, UM, THAT REALLY GETS PEOPLE IN, UH, AND SERVES, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS AND WORK NEEDS, UH, SCHOOL NEEDS.
WE HAVE TO LOOK IN ALL THOSE DIRECTIONS.
UM, SO WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE SOMETHING OR WHY WOULD WE DISCONTINUE SOMETHING? UM, LOW USAGE, UH, I MEAN, OF COURSE, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME THINGS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT COST PER USE AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, LIKE YOU CERTAINLY WANNA LOOK AT, WELL, IF, HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO USE SOMETHING FOR IT TO BE WORTHWHILE? AND THERE'S BEEN SOME THINGS RECENTLY WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD TO BE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE WE DON'T REALLY NEED THIS.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR.
WE HAVE IN A PROCESS EVERY YEAR OF REEVALUATING THESE THINGS.
UH, SO WE HAD ROSETTA STONE, UH, AND ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
I'M USING THAT EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN, WHAT, OVER 10 YEARS SINCE WE HAD ROSETTA STONE.
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UM, THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT US ANYMORE.THEY JUST, THEY JUST DROPPED OUT OF THE LIBRARY BUSINESS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE A HUGE MISTAKE BECAUSE, I MEAN, LIBRARIES SEEMED LIKE PRETTY GOOD CUSTOMERS TO ME.
THEY WANT IT BACK IN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO MOVE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO THE PAST.
LIKE, YEAH, IF, IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE IT, UM, THEN WE HAVE TO GO PURSUE SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MANGO LANGUAGES NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD PRODUCT.
UM, ALSO IF SOMETHING IS TOO SIMILAR TO OTHER THINGS, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD A RESOURCE CALLED PATTERSON'S, WHICH IS A, LIKE A, A TEST PREPARATION SERVICE LIKE PRACTICE FOR THE SAT PRACTICE FOR THE A CT, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT IT, IN ADDITION TO NOT BEING USED VERY MUCH, IT WAS ALSO REALLY SIMILAR TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAD FROM TECH SHARE.
WELL, I MEAN, IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S A TOUGH MARKET.
IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA USE IT MUCH, AND WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR, THEN THAT MIGHT BE A DIRECTION THAT WE GO IN.
UM, AND THEN ALSO SIMILAR TO OTHER FREE RESOURCES, THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ONES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, EVERYTHING IS ON THE, IN, EVERYTHING IS ON THE INTERNET, AND WE HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE OR THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT IS TRULY UNIQUE AND PREMIUM, AND THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE IN SUCH A WAY AS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, HEY, LIKE, GET YOUR FREE LIBRARY CARD.
UM, WE HAVE THIS, YOU CAN'T GET IT ANYWHERE ELSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND EXPRESSING TO PEOPLE THAT IT IS TRULY UNIQUE AND WORTH THEIR TIME.
UH, AND THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S SORT OF A MARKETING CHALLENGE, BUT IN TERMS OF WHETHER YOU BUY SOMETHING, IT'S LIKE, WELL, IF IT'S TOO CLOSE TO SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN GET ON GOOGLE, WILL THEY GO THE EXTRA STEPS TO GET IT FROM US? AND YOU DON'T KNOW RIGHT AWAY, BUT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU'RE DECIDING WHETHER TO HAVE A DATABASE OR NOT.
UH, AND THEN PRICE, LIKE I SAID, PRICE IS MOSTLY RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE USED IT FOR THE PRICE, REALLY.
UM, UH, BUT WITH ALL THAT, HAVING BEEN SAID, UH, EVERY YEAR WE DO REEVALUATE WHAT WE'RE GETTING, AND WE DO WANNA MENTION SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, HERE IN THE FUTURE.
SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW NEWS IS REALLY IM IMPORTANT TO OUR PATRONS AND, UM, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE LIBRARY BUSINESS.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING STRONGLY AT ADDING THEM IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, I BELIEVE THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, YOU CAN ONLY, UH, READ ON THE DESKTOP.
IT'S NOT AN APP BASED, UH, SERVICE, BUT PRETTY MUCH UNLIMITED USES FOR A REASONABLE PRICE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT ANYMORE.
IF YOU'VE EVER SUBSCRIBED TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THEY CUT YOU OFF.
NOT ONLY DO THEY CUT YOU OFF IMMEDIATELY, BUT THEY CHARGE YOUR ACCOUNT TWO DAYS BEFORE IT, SO IT ENDS, UH, THE FULL PRICE OF WHAT YOU WERE GONNA PAY IF YOU NEVER HAD A, A, A PRE, UH, PROMO PRICE.
AND I'M NOT UPSET ABOUT THAT AT ALL,
BUT, UH, NONE OF THOSE SHENANIGANS, I THINK, FOR OUR PATRONS, IF WE GET IT.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THAT.
AND ALSO THE NEW YORK TIMES ANOTHER PREMIUM PRODUCT THAT YOU CANNOT GET FOR FREE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
WHAT CAN WE OFFER THAT IS TRULY UNIQUE? UM, UH, ASANTE ANDTO, UH, IS BASICALLY THE SHELF IN SPANISH, AND IT IS A, UH, THINK OF IT AS LIKE A SPANISH LANGUAGE, NETFLIX OR HULU.
UH, THERE, AS OPPOSED TO HOOPLA.
IT'S NOT TRYING TO BE ANYTHING EXTRA.
IT REALLY IS JUST MOVIES AND TV SHOWS, BUT IT'S PURELY IN SPANISH.
AND, UM, CATERING TO A A, A LARGE AND GROWING SEGMENT OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS OTHER THING IN SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESS CALLED BLUE CAREER, UH, WHICH HELPS PEOPLE IDENTIFY WHAT MIGHT BE THEIR, UM, UM, BEST DIRECTION TO GO IN TERMS OF BLUE COLLAR WORK.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEWS RIGHT NOW IS ALL THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT IS COLLEGE WORTH IT? SHOULD PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE? THERE'S USUALLY A STORY ON CNBC ABOUT HOW SOMEBODY SKIPPED COLLEGE, AND THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY NOW.
UM, SO THERE COULD BE A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF MOTIVATION THAT DIRECTION, AND MAYBE WE CAN, UH, NOT NECESSARILY PUSH THE TREND, BUT SORT OF BE THERE FOR PEOPLE AS THEY'RE SORT OF DEBATING, UM, WHAT USED TO BE CONSIDERED A VERY NON-TRADITIONAL, UH, TRACK, WHICH IS STRAIGHT INTO THE TRADES, AND IT REALLY WORKS OUT FOR SOME PEOPLE.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT FOR SURE ON THAT ONE YET, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ATTENTION.
I KNOW I'VE JUST BLEW THROUGH, UM, SO MUCH STUFF, BUT I AM READY TO,
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UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OR, UH, HOW WE DO IT OR ANY OF THAT STUFF.SO YOU CAN FIND ALL THIS BY GOING THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR, UM, LIKE WILDBERRY WHERE YOU, UH, UH, GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS, YOU'RE REALLY JUST GOING ON OUR WEBSITE TO SIGN UP FOR IT, AND YOU RECEIVE EMAILS.
UM, OTHER THINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO MORE APP BASED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, OVERDRIVE, WHICH IS NOW LIBBY, EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, MAGAZINES, ANYTHING THAT'S ON LIBBY CAN BE ACCESSED ON THEIR WEBSITE ON A COMPUTER, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DESIGNED ALMOST MORE FOR YOU TO GO TO IT ON A TABLET OR A PHONE.
UM, HOOPLA IS KIND OF LIKE THAT TOO, WHERE YOU, THERE IS A WEB ADDRESS, BUT THEY HAVE A FREE APP, UM, THAT WE ALSO USE, UH, THAT WE CUSTOMIZE WITH OUR OWN LOGO AND THINGS.
YOU'D LOG IN WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD AND YOU USE IT MOSTLY ON ANOTHER DEVICE.
THEY ACTUALLY ALSO WORK ON TVS.
THEY HAVE APPS WHERE YOU CAN WATCH IT ON TV, WATCH IT ON ROKU OR WHATEVER.
HAS THE, THE HOOPLA, UM, NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN TAKE OUT EACH MONTH.
HAS THAT, THAT'S INCREASED, HASN'T IT? TO LIKE SEVEN OR SOMETHING? YEAH, WE HAVE RAISED IT TO EIGHT.
YEAH, IT WAS ORIGINALLY FOUR, UH, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE RAISING IT.
FOR THE NEWSPAPER, UH, DATABASE, OBVIOUSLY YOUR LIBRARY CARD IS WHAT GETS YOU ACCESS TO THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, IT'S NOT BEHIND THE PAYWALL OR ANYTHING.
BUT DO YOU STILL GET ALL THE POPUP ADS AND ALL THAT CRUD? YOU MEAN ALL THE JUNK THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE OF THE NEWSPAPERS? YEAH.
SO LIKE, IF YOU GO TO PRESS READER AND READ IT, YOU DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS OF LOGGING IN AS A LIBRARY PATRON AS OPPOSED TO A PAYING CUSTOMER.
BUT ONCE YOU DO THAT, UH, YEAH, IT'S JUST THERE.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT A ARCHIVAL SERVICE.
IT ONLY GOES BACK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S MORE OF A CURRENT EVENT NEWS SERVICE, BUT WHEN I SAY A PERIOD OF TIME, I MEAN AT LEAST A FEW MONTHS.
SO YOU CAN GO IN THERE AND YOU CAN, UM, READ IT.
YOU CAN SAVE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE A PAGE.
SO LIKE, IF IT'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAVE A PART OF THE PAGE, SAVE SEVERAL PAGES, YOU HAVE THOSE TOOLS, AND THEN YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS OF, UM, CITIZENS WHO ARE LIKE ACCESSING ALL THESE RESOURCES PER MONTH? IS IT, UM, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE SERVICE.
IT, IT DOES DEPEND ON THE SERVICE, BUT I'LL SAY JUST HOLISTICALLY, BUT IT'S AN AGGREGATE.
UM, EACH YEAR, THE THOUSAND ANNUALLY, WE'RE DOING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 400 AND 450,000.
UM, IT, THIS IS ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT CONTINUES TO, TO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN.
YOU CERTAINLY ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
WELL, IF, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE, UM, OR IF YOU NEED ANY FOLLOW UP, JUST LET US KNOW.
CERTAINLY NOT THE LIBRARY IN 1980 WHEN I WAS
WHAT?
MOVING ON WITH THE AGENDA ITEM B-I-M-L-S AND TEXAS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE RELATING TO LIBRARIES.
UM, SO WE HAVE HAD THREE REALLY LARGE, OR THREE BIG TOPICS TONIGHT.
THIS BEING THE LAST, UH, DOROTHY AND JOHN DID A REALLY AMAZING JOB ABOUT TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, WONDERFUL USES, UH, BENEFITS THAT WE GET OUT OF THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES.
UM, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY SOBERING CONVERSATION OR, UM, DISCUSSION MARCH 14TH.
UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS AT THE, THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL, BUT A BASIC OVERVIEW IS MARCH 14TH.
UM, THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES WAS, UH, PAUSED FUNDING FOR THE, THE DEPARTMENT WAS PAUSED, WHICH MEANT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, FUNDING TO THE STATES WAS PAUSED.
AND WE REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS SCENARIO IS THAT ANY GRANTS THAT WE WERE CURRENTLY, UM, RECIPIENTS OF THROUGH
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IMLS, WHETHER IT WAS DIRECTLY TO US OR THROUGH THE STATE, THE TEXAS, UM, STATE, TEXAS STATE, WAIT, T SLACK, TEXAS STATE ARCHIVES OF LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES, THANK YOU.UM, WHETHER IT WAS TO US OR THROUGH THE STATE, UH, WE DID NOT KNOW AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME WHETHER THOSE GRANT FUNDS WOULD STILL BE ADMINISTERED OR NOT.
THIS AFFECTS US IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS BETWEEN TECH SHARE, UM, THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM, TECH SHARE, UM, LIBRARY CARD PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, SPECIAL PROGRAM, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS GRANT THAT WE WERE RECIPIENTS OF IN 2024 TO OUTFIT THE, THE MAKERSPACE AT CENTRAL.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE RELEASED WE'RE HURRYING TO FINISH THE PURCHASE OF ALL THE MATERIALS FOR THE MAKERSPACE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE CHANGES COMING.
WE JUST DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE.
UM, LIKE WE'VE JUST SAID BEFORE, UM, TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION T SLACK HAS, IS A RECIPIENT OF A LOT OF FUNDS THROUGH IMLS.
UM, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT THERE IS NO FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED FEDERAL 2025 BUDGET OR FEDERAL 26 BUDGET FOR IMLS.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH, AND THE STATE IS TRYING TO WORK THROUGH WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26? CALENDAR YEAR 26.
AND SO THE, WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE ABOUT IT TONIGHT IS REALLY UNKNOWNS.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, UM, BUT I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THE IMPACT MAY BE.
SO THE TECH SHARE DATABASE PROGRAM THAT JOHN JUST SPOKE OF THAT WE, UM, RELY ON AND WE PARTICIPATE IN IS GOING TO BE CHANGED.
WE JUST DUNNO HOW IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED.
THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FUNDING STRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO, UM, PROVIDE CONSORTIUM PRICING FOR A HOST OF DIFFERENT DATABASES.
MORE THAN LIKELY, THE NUMBER OF DATABASES THAT TEXTURE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO LIBRARIES IS, IS GOING TO DECREASE THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.
UM, WE, UH, WE PARTICIPATE IN REDUCED, UM, COSTS FOR THE COURIER PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO GET A, UH, REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FOR ANY COSTS MAILING, UH, COSTS FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT WE INCUR.
IT'S ALL BASED, UH, EVERY YEAR BASED ON HOW MANY ITEMS WE LEND OUT THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WHILE THERE'S GOING TO BE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS YEAR, WE DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, FUNDED NEXT YEAR.
AND IN FACT, WE'RE VERY UNSURE OF HOW INTERLIBRARY LOAN WILL EVEN LOOK NEXT YEAR WITHOUT THE SHARE IT APP, THE COURIER, AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT, UM, THE STATE PROVIDES FOR US.
UM, TECH SHARE CARD PROGRAM MAY ALSO BE IMPACTED, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE HOW THAT TECH SHARE CARD PROGRAM, UH, WILL BE IMPACTED.
UH, THERE ARE ALSO A HOST OF DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO TEXAS LIBRARIES THROUGH THE STATE.
THE BULK OF THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH IMLS.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED AS WELL.
UM, THERE MAY BE LITTLE TO NO GRANT FUNDS AVAILABLE TO LIBRARIES, TEXAS LIBRARIES, UM, THROUGH THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
AND THESE ARE THINGS WE'VE, WE, GARLAND HAS BENEFITED FROM A LOT OF THESE GRANTS THROUGH THE YEARS BETWEEN JUST BEING ABLE TO GET FUNDS FOR A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, UH, MONUMENT SIGNS.
IT'S HOW WE, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD AND TRAIN STAFF FOR THE FAMILY PLACE LIBRARY AT THE SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY AND HOW WE'RE OUTFITTING OUR MAKERSPACE AT CENTRAL.
SO THIS IMPACT DOESN'T, IT'S, IT'S A BIG IMPACT.
UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S EVERY LIBRARY THAT'S IN THIS STATE.
LET ME PAUSE HERE TO, BEFORE WE JUMP INTO, UM, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE AND, AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON ANY OF THESE ISSUES.
THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW YET.
I WILL SAY WE HAVE A VERY TALENTED TEAM.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UM, WORST CASE SCENARIO OPTIONS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW? WHAT DO WE NEED TO WORK ON FOR,
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UM, THINGS DOWN THE ROAD.UM, OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ARE MEETING AND HAVE, UM, WORKING ON AN ADVOCACY COMPONENT AND HOPE TO, TO CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK FOR PROMOTE, UM, THE LIBRARY FOR US, BUT ALSO LOOKING INTO MORE FUNDRAISING AND DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT IT'S, WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WHICH BRINGS US TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS MEETING, UM, THERE ARE, I EMAILED, UM, EVERYONE ABOUT, UH, ONE BILL, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BILLS THAT WERE INTRODUCED THIS SESSION THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT TOO, UM, BOTH OF THEM HAVE A COUNTERPART IN THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO IT.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THAT AFFECT SCHOOL LIBRARIES, BUT WE'RE JUST CONCENTRATING ON ONES THAT WOULD IMPACT PUBLIC LIBRARIES TONIGHT.
THE FIRST IS, EXCUSE ME, SENATE BILL FOUR 12.
UM, THIS, THE, THE BIG IMPACT IS THAT THE PROTECTIONS THAT LIBRARIANS HAD, UM, BASICALLY THE, THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE, UH, THAT WAS IN THE BILL HAS BEEN REMOVED.
SO ANYTHING EDUCATORS AND LIBRARIANS COULD FACE PROSECUTION IF THEY KNOWINGLY PROVIDE MATERIALS CONSIDERED HARMFUL TO MINORS.
UM, THAT BILL HAS PASSED THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
IT IS WATTING SIGNATURE, UM, BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
AND THIS IS CRIMINAL, UH, PENALTY.
THIS CIVILS A SIMPLE, THIS ONE IS A CRIMINAL PENALTY, THE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THIS PROHIBITS MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES FROM MAINTAINING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS AND COLLECTIONS ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS.
UM, THERE IS, AND I CAN SEND YOU ALL A COPY, THE, THIS BILL HAS HAD MANY DIFFERENT, UM, EDITS TO IT.
UM, SO ORIGINALLY IT DID NOT ALLOW FOR ANY TYPE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN CONSENT FOR, UH, A CHILD TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT ANYTHING IN THE LIBRARY.
THE UPDATED BILL DOES HAVE SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE IN IT, BUT IT'S STILL, UH, SETS A, A STANDARD THAT LIBRARIES MUST IMPLEMENT AGE VERIFICATION MEASURES TO PREVENT MINORS FROM ACCESSING SEXUAL EXPLICIT MATERIAL.
THIS IS BOTH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL CONTENT.
UM, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS CANNOT BE DISPLAYED OR MADE AVAILABLE IN SECTIONS DESIGNATED FOR MINORS.
UM, T SLACK IS TASKED WITH ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIES, AND ANYONE IN NON-COMPLIANCE CAN FACE A CIVIL PENALTY.
IT'S, UM, UP FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING IN THE SENATE.
I WILL SAY ALSO, THE UPDATED BILL OF 32 25 GOES INTO PRETTY, UM, DETAILED EXPLANATION OF WHAT, UM, SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS MEANS.
SO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THESE BILLS.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, UH, OUR READING PROCEDURES AND ACCESS CONTROLS TO COLLECTIONS.
UH, THIS COULD MEAN THAT NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 CAN GO AND CHECK OUT MATERIALS OR LOOK AT MATERIALS IN AN ADULT SECTION.
THE BIGGEST GROUP THAT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT ARE OUR TEENS.
OUR TEENS USE A LOT OF PIECES, UM, A LOT OF BOOKS, A LOT OF MATERIALS WHEN THEY'RE DOING RESEARCH PAPERS.
UH, WHETHER IT'S PHYSICAL MATERIALS OR DIGITAL CONTENT, UM, WITHOUT A, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, UM, GIVING CONSENT FOR THAT CHILD TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT ANYTHING IN THE LIBRARY THAT'S GONNA REALLY LIMIT WHAT A, A STUDENT HAS ACCESS TO.
UM, IT ALSO, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME THINGS, BUT IT ALSO MAY MEAN THAT I MAY BE REPEATING MYSELF THAT A, UM, A MINOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE ADULT SECTION.
SO NOT JUST LOOKING AT MATERIALS, BUT IS THIS EVEN USING SOME OF THE, UM, THE TABLES, THE CHAIRS, THIS, THE, THE STEADY PODS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT SECTION BECAUSE WE CAN'T TAKE THE RISK OF BEING EXPOSED
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TO, TO SOMETHING THAT FITS THE CRITERIA.UM, ACCESS RESTRICTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY ADAPTATIONS.
SO WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT AN AGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM, UM, AND RE-LOOK AT HOW WE HAVE THINGS LAID OUT IN OUR LIBRARIES, CONFIGURED IN OUR LIBRARIES.
I WILL SAY WE ARE, UM, FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE IN ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS A PRETTY DEFINED AREA.
THIS IS, THIS IS CHILDREN'S, THIS IS ADULT.
IT'S REALLY THE YOUNG ADULT COLLECTION THAT GIVES US THE MOST PAUSE IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT.
THEY DON'T WANNA BE AROUND CHILDREN, THEY'RE NOT ADULTS, SAY NO.
BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, UM, BECAUSE THESE, THESE TWO BILLS ARE, UH, WILL HAVE AN IMPACT.
BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE LEAVING HERE THINKING THAT WE, UM, ARE PUTTING CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY OR THAT WE'RE PUTTING SEXUAL EXPLICIT MATERIALS OUT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A VERY DEDICATED AND VERY WELL TRAINED PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY STAFF WHO MAKE OUR SELECTIONS OF MATERIALS.
THEY ARE TRAINED, UH, WITH KNOWING WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THEY, UM, MAKE SELECTIONS BASED OFF OF AGE.
UH, THEY KNOW WHERE IT SHOULD BE PLACED OR BETTER PLACED IN OUR COLLECTIONS.
UM, JUST AS IT SAYS HERE, STAFF MEMBERS APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS, LITERACY NEEDS, AND COMMUNITY INTEREST TO ENSURE COLLECTIONS ARE BOTH BROAD AND SUITABLE.
UH, WE USE A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES WHEN SELECTING MATERIALS.
UH, THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS THAT WE SUBSCRIBE TO, SUCH AS KIKIS SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, BOOK LISTS, LIBRARY JOURNAL AMONG OTHERS THAT WE CONSULT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS WHEN WE ARE SELECTING MATERIALS.
UM, THESE ARE HIGHLY REGARDED IN, UM, THE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRIES AS HAVING QUALITY, UH, CONTENT AND GOOD REVIEWS.
HAVING SAID THAT, THOUGH, UM, THOSE REVIEWS ARE DONE BY A PERSON AND EVERYONE LOOKS AT THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY SOMETIMES.
SO WE DO, UM, A POST-ACQUISITION REVIEW AND PLACEMENT OF MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR, UM, CHILDREN'S MATERIALS OR YOUNG ADULT MATERIALS, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLACING IT IN THE APPROPRIATE AREA.
UM, WE DON'T, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE HIT EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY ITEM THAT COMES THROUGH, UM, THE DOOR OR THAT, THAT WE'RE PURCHASING.
'CAUSE THAT'S, THOSE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT TITLES THAT ARE COMING.
UM, BUT WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE, UH, AND REVIEW THOSE ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PLACED IN THE APPROPRIATE AREA, WHETHER IT'S, UM, THE CHILDREN'S SECTION, THE JUNIOR, UH, SECTION, OR THE TEEN SECTION.
WE ALSO HAVE, AND ACTUALLY ANTOINETTE WILL ASK IF YOU CAN PASS OUT COPIES, UM, ESTABLISHED POLICIES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
SO ANTOINETTE'S GONNA, UM, HAND YOU TWO DOCUMENTS TONIGHT.
ONE IS OUR, UM, CURRENT COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY THAT OUTLINES EXACTLY WHAT OUR GOALS ARE WITH PURCHASING MATERIALS FOR, UM, OUR LIBRARIES, AS WELL AS, UM, THE RECONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, POLICY AND PROCEDURE.
AND WE, WE HAVE, GOODNESS, I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT RECONSIDERATION, UM, POLICY AND PROCEDURE AS A, AS A GROUP HERE AND TALKED THROUGH IT.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE, WE DO HAVE A SET OF GUIDELINES, A POLICY FOR WHAT WE WANT TO ADD INTO THE COLLECTION, AND WE DO HAVE A RECONSIDERATION FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT CAN, YOU KNOW, ASK WHY HAVE WE PURCHASED THIS, UH, IS IT IN THE RIGHT PLACE? AND THEN THERE IS A COMMITTEE FORMED, THE ITEM'S REVIEWED, RESEARCH IS DONE.
SOMETIMES THE, THE MATERIAL STAYS IN THE THE SAME PLACE.
SOMETIMES THE MATERIAL GETS MOVED TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
WE HAVE MOVED YOUNG ADULT MATERIALS TO THE ADULT SECTION, UM, JUNIOR TITLES TO THE, THE YOUNG ADULT SECTION JUST BASED ON WHAT THE REVIEW AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDA RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED OFF OF THAT, UM, FROM THAT COMMITTEE.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, WE ARE, UM, PLANNING TO REVIEW ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BILLS AND THEIR IMPACTS WITH, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE'VE, UM, HAD THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION.
UM, WE'LL NEED TO ASSESS AND UPDATE OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND MA UH, MATERIAL REVIEW POLICIES BASED OFF OF WHAT IS PASSED AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY SIGNED
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INTO LAW.UM, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STAFF TRAINING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT THESE NEW LAWS ARE, WHAT THE CURRENT PRACTICES ARE, AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD TO BEST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, SERVE, UM, OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, AND THEN COMMUNICATE THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC OF YOU MAY SEE CHANGES, THESE ARE THE CHANGES AND THESE ARE WHY THE CHANGES HAVE TO BE MADE.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR TAKE ANY QUESTIONS TO.
SO YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE GROUP THAT, OR WHAT ENTITY IS DEFINING THE PARAMETERS OF
AND ARE THOSE THOSE PARAMETERS IN THE, IN THE CURRENT LAW IS THAT THEY HAVE ARTICULATED YES.
FOR THOSE DETAILS ARE, UM, HB 32 25.
IT IS PRETTY, UM, LAID OUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.
UM, SENATE BILL FOUR 12, UH, BELIEVE IT'S OBSCENE, THEY'RE USING OBSCENITY AND THAT ONE'S A MUCH HARDER THING TO DEFINE.
UM, NO, WHEN YOU SEE IT RIGHT.
UM, AND IT, UH, IS IT CLASSIFIED BY AGE? UM, SO THEY ARE WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? I'M, WELL, UM, HA I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, THEY'VE CREATED CATEGORIES THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE ADULT SECTION THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SO DEFINITIONS OF MATERIAL COULD BE PLACED IN THE ADULT SECTION, BUT IT, BUT THESE TOPICS CANNOT BE PLACED IN, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN'S SECTION, ET CETERA.
I DON'T THINK, UM, I WILL SEND OUT HB 32 25 TO, TO EVERYONE.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S LIKE LOLITA WE CAN HAVE IN THE ADULT SECTION, BUT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT IN.
SO IT DOESN'T MEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD OR WHATEVER.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T POSSESS THE MATERIAL.
AND, UH, HOW ARE WE MANAGING THAT? CORRECT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE IT, IT'S JUST IF IT'S IN THE ADULT COLLECTION AND IT IS AN ADULT, UM, CATALOGED AS AN ADULT ITEM, UM, A MINOR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS OR CHECK OUT THAT ITEM.
WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL? SO THERE WOULD BE A HUGE IMPACT TO DIGITAL ACCESS, UM, TOO.
SO, UM, JUST SOME OF THE, THE THOUGHT THAT WE'VE HAD IS WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY STOP ACCESS, UM, ON MINOR'S CARDS TO DIGITAL CONTENT.
SO DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, LIKE SORT OF OVERDRIVE, YEAH.
I MEAN, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING IN SOME OF THESE DATABASES, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY MAY DIG OUT WHEN THEY'RE RESEARCHING AND THAT THAT'S A HUGE RISK THAT THAT IS, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF LIBRARIES NOW ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE AND NAVIGATE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, THE BEST PRACTICE IS.
I'LL ALSO SAY IT, IT'S ALSO GOING TO HINGE ON WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY COMES BACK AND, AND HELPS US NAVIGATE FORWARD.
THEY'RE NOTORIOUSLY CONSERVATIVE AND CAREFUL, WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING.
RIGHT? I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THE WAY THEY LEAN.
UM, SO CORRECT IT, IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THE MATERIAL, BUT WHO CAN ACCESS THE MATERIAL AND THERE ARE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM COMES MM-HMM
WITH CREATING ALL OF THOSE GATE ZONES.
IT'S THE, THE PHYSICAL IS HARD.
I I WILL SAY ONE, UM, BRIGHT SPOT IS THAT WE ALREADY, OUR, UM, INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM ALREADY HAS A DESIGNATION CATEGORIES FOR CARD USERS.
SO WE HAVE, UM, ADULT USERS, TEEN USERS AND YOUTH USERS OR CHILD USERS.
SO IT, THAT PART IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY SET UP AND THAT'S AN EASY THING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, DO IN THE ILS.
WHAT'S HARDER IS, UH, IS THE PHYSICAL AND KNOWING THAT YOU'RE LIMITING ACCESS TO INFORMATION THAT KIDS NEED.
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I WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL WITH WHAT I, I, NONE OF US WANTS TO PUT ANYTHING HARMFUL AND TO A CHILD, BUT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE INFORMATION, UH, TO EVERYONE WHO WALKS THROUGH OUR DOORS.SO I GUESS ONE QUESTION, AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, THE SUBJECTIVITY PIECE SEEMS VERY DIFFICULT.
IS THERE SOME STATE BODY THAT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY THESE ARE SPECIFIC TITLES AND MATERIALS THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF OBSCENE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT? OR IS THAT HAPPENING? AND LIKE, HOW DOES AN INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY NAVIGATE THAT? THAT SEEMS VERY COMPLICATED TO ME.
THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION,
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE TASKED, UH, BELIEVE THE STATE WITH BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF CRITERIA.
UM, AND I, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS QUITE YET.
UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT GIVE US PAUSE.
SO ANY, UM, BIOLOGY,
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE MATERIALS? UM, WERE THOSE PLACED? AGAIN, WE CAN EASILY MOVE THEM TO THE ADULT SECTION, BUT IT'S CURATED AT A CERTAIN, UH, LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS TO KIDS.
SO THE, AND THE THORNIER ISSUES SEEM TO BE THE FICTION SECTION.
'CAUSE THE BIOLOGY BOOKS ARE A LITTLE BIT CLEAR, BUT THE CONTEMPORARY FICTION SEEMS TO BE THE, THE, UH, LABYRINTH OF CONFUSION AND SUBJECTIVITY AND ALL THAT SORT OF, WELL, AND EVEN IF THE STATE COMES OUT WITH CRITERIA, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE A LOT OF SUBJECTIVITY AROUND NAVIGATING THAT.
SO THE REAL, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THESE HAVING CRIMINAL PENALTIES, NOT JUST CIVIL PENALTIES.
FIRST QUESTION YOU NEED TO ASK THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS, ARE YOU PROTECTING US AS INDIVIDUALS? YES OR NO? THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
UM, SO THIS WILL BE, I I WILL SAY THIS WILL BE A SUBJECT THAT WE COME BACK AND TALK, UM, MANY MORE TIMES, I'M SURE.
UH, AS WE LEARN MORE INFORMATION AND AS PRACTICES ARE PUT INTO PLACE.
UM, YEAH, IT WAS A LOT MORE FUN TALKING ABOUT SUMMER READING.
IT WAS
BUT I, I DO WANNA, YOU KNOW, AND I'M THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
IT, UM, I KNOW I'M THE BEAR OF BAD NEWS TO A LOT OF THINGS.
UM, WHAT CLSP, UH, THE FUNDING THAT GOES INTO THAT, AND IT IMPACTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT JOHN CAME UP HERE AND DESCRIBED AND, UM, EXPLAINED ABOUT.
SO IT'S NOT, THESE ARE NOT LITTLE THINGS.
THESE ARE MAJOR THINGS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT TO, UM, AS ALL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
IS IS IMLS? WHAT, WHAT AGENCY IS IT IN, IN THE FEDERAL? IS IT IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OR DO, WHERE IS IT? IT'S INSTITUTE A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES.
I DON'T, IT'S GOTTA FALL UNDER SOME CABINET KNOW IF IT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, I WAS THINKING IT WAS INDEPENDENT TOO.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS.
IT WOULD BE MY GUESS, BUT I BET IT'S NOT.
IT COULD BE EVEN BE UNDER LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
IT DID YESTERDAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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DOES THIS AFFECT PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS? ARE THEY THROWING THIS IN AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL, OR WHAT ABOUT IN COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAMS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I WILL HAVE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND BRING THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
I, I KNOW COLLEGES ARE BEING IMPACTED.
COLLEGES USE, UM, THE TECH SHARE PROGRAM, UM, FOR THEIR, SOME OF THEIR RESOURCES THAT THEY USE.
MOST COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE OVER 18.
AND WE, UH, SOME OF OUR COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES ARE PRETTY ADVANCED.
THE, UH, ARE THERE PROVISIONS FOR PARENTS TO GIVE PERMISSION? UH, MY KID CAN GO IN THE ADULT SECTION.
SO WITH THE UPDATED LANGUAGE IN HB 32 25, IT DOES OFFER, UM, CONSENT FOR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO, TO GIVE, UM, MY, MY STUDENT, MY CHILD IS DOING ADVANCED LITERATURE AND NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO READ, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY, UH, HOUSE BILL 32 25.
UH, AND THE CLEOPATRA, THE SENATE BILL THAT RELATES TO IT.
UM, THEY BOTH SPECIFICALLY STATE, UM, MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES, MUNICIPAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
SO IT, IT IS THAT PART PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WELL, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT'S IN A DIFFERENT THING.
THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT, SO TO ANSWER THAT FIRST QUESTION, THIS IS JUST FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES, NOT FOR, UH, COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITIES, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIST OF, LIKE KAREN SAID, THEY HAVE THEIR, THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS THAT ARE AFFECTING, UH, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THAT, UM, THE RECENT ADDITION TO THIS BILL, THE 32 25 THAT KAREN REFERRED TO THAT ALLOWS THE PARENT TO GIVE PARENT OR GUARDIAN PARENT OR GUARDIAN PARENT GUARDIAN TO GIVE CONSENT, CONSENT FOR THEIR CHILD TO GO INTO THE ADULT SECTION.
OR I FORGOT HOW ACCESS MATERIALS.
I HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.
IT WAS, UH, I GUESS THE SENATE BILL FOUR 12, I MEAN, IT'S EDUCATORS AND LIBRARIANS HELD RESPONSIBLE, BUT IF A PARENT CHECKS OUT A MATERIAL AND HANDS IT TO THEIR STUDENT AND IT'S CHECKED OUT UNDER THE PARENT'S NAME, DOES THAT, I DON'T KNOW, KNOW, REMOVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF, UH, FOR THE LIBRARY EMPLOYEE? JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M TH THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY OF WHERE, WHERE IS THE LINE? MM-HMM
IF YOU AS THE PARENT CHECK THE, THE ITEM OUT, IF YOU AS THE PARENT GIVE YOUR CARD AND SAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND CHECK OUT MATERIALS ON OVERDRIVE OR HOOP LAW, LIKE WHERE DOES THAT LIABILITY LIE? SO MM-HMM
OR BECAUSE THEY'VE DRAWN THE LINE AT MINOR OR ADULT, WOULD THAT MEAN THAT ANYTHING ACCESSIBLE TO MINORS IS OKAY FROM, FOR ANY MINOR, REGARDLESS IF YOU'RE ONE OR 11? IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REGARDLESS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL APPROPRIATENESS BASED ON THEIR AGE.
IT HAS TO BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY UNDER 18.
I CAN SEE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT FROM YOU? YOU HAD IT ON THE SLIDE, BUT REMIND ME THE STATUS OF THESE BILLS.
ARE THEY THROUGH HOUSE AND SENATE? BOTH.
UM, THE ONE WITH THE CRIMINAL, UM, PENALTY HAS PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND IS AWAITING SIGNATURE.
UM, 32 25 HAS PASSED THE HOUSE AND IS IN THE SENATE.
THE, UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS LIBRARY STATISTICS, WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR THE END OF, UH, WELL AFTER THE AGENDA AND THE, AND THE MINUTES.
UM, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS OR ARE THOSE REALLY JUST FOR OUR REVIEW? UM, THOSE ARE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
I MEAN, I, I NOTICED THINGS WENT, WENT DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S LOOKING AT A SINGLE MONTH IS A DATA POINT, IS PAUSE FOR
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ALARM.THAT WAS SORT OF MY CORRECT AT THIS POINT.
AND WE HAD SOME, UM, VERY COLD WEATHER IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AS WELL.
SO THAT ALWAYS IMPACTS, UM, PARTICIPATION IN CIRCULATION.
WHERE IS THAT AFTER THE MINUTES? MM-HMM
AND IS THERE ANY, UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA? YEAH, FAIRLY LONG.
WELL THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
OH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK.