Jun 09, 2025 Library Board

[ 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 June 9, 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.]

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I, I THINK WE'RE RECORDING.

WE'RE RECORDING.

OKAY.

YES.

UM, THE TIME IS SIX OH TWO.

I WILL CALL THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.

I'LL CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A FORUM.

HELLO, EVERYBODY.

AND I, IT'S NOT LEGITIMATELY COVERED YET, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE, IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE.

THE UM, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES DURING THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS I MOVE TO ACCEPT? THANK YOU.

UH, MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES.

YES.

OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.

THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR CONS, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.

ITS GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY JUNE.

SO, LAST MEETING.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING DATE BEING JULY 12TH FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.

UH, AND I'M GONNA REVIEW A COUPLE OF OTHER DATES HERE, UM, WITH YOU TONIGHT AS FAR AS, UH, CENTRAL LIBRARY IS CONCERNED.

AND THEN GIVE YOU A FEW UPDATES, UH, ON THE INTERIOR.

SO WE DID RECEIVE, UH, ON JUNE 4TH THE, UM, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND WENT THROUGH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS A HUGE STEP TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FEVERISHLY WITH IT, UM, WITH THE INTERIOR ARCHITECT ON GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP ON THE, THE INSIDE.

AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

UM, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO, UH, KEEP CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS OPEN THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 21ST, BEGINNING SUNDAY, JUNE 22ND.

CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS WILL CLOSE, AND THERE'LL BE ABOUT THREE WEEKS THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE NO LIBRARY SERVICES IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND WHILE WE GET EVERYTHING CLOSED DOWN, BOXED UP, MOVED OVER TO CENTRAL LIBRARY.

UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON DURING THOSE THREE WEEKS.

UH, THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT'S GOING ON, NOT JUST WITH CENTRAL STAFF, BUT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM WHO WILL COME AND TAKE A TURN TO WORK, UH, AT CENTRAL LIBRARY.

THEY'RE, EXCUSE ME, UM, WILL BE TRAINING ON MAKERSPACE, UH, EQUIPMENT, GETTING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

UM, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR, DOING A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND, UM, IRONING OUT ALL THE KINKS OR AS MANY KINKS AS WE HUMANLY CAN DO BEFORE WE OPEN THE DOORS TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, AND THEN GETTING SOME PROGRAMMING, UM, MATERIALS IN PLACE FOR WHEN WE DO OPEN.

SO CENTRAL WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON SATURDAY, JULY 12TH.

WE HAVE A FULL DAY PLANNED OF ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FROM STARTING AT 10 O'CLOCK, UM, THROUGH SIX O'CLOCK.

WE'VE GOT PROGRAMMERS, UM, ARTISTS, UH, DIFFERENT TOURS WILL BE GOING ON.

WE'VE GOT CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, UH, HAPPENING AT THE END.

WE'VE GOT A REALLY SPECIAL TREAT WITH, UM, A BAND WHO'S GONNA COME PLAY ON THE OUTSIDE, UH, STAGE OR THE EXTERIOR STAGE THAT WE HAVE.

UH, FOOD TRUCKS.

THERE'LL BE JUST A LOT OF THINGS.

THERE'LL BE ONE BIG PARTY FROM BEGINNING TO END.

WE WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED TO BE A PART OF THAT CELEBRATION AS WELL.

IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING FOR THE EVENT OR COMING IN, UM, MANNING A POST FOR THE EVENT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF THAT EVENT.

WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS OPEN FROM SOMEONE, UM, HELPING WITH THE SLIDE, WITH CHILDREN GOING DOWN THE SLIDE, OR ADULTS GOING ON THE SLIDE.

THERE WILL BE SOME, UM, TO DIFFERENT THINGS OF SHOWCASING THE DIFFERENT, UM, AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THE NEW SPACE, TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AND, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME SCHMOOZING AND REALLY COMMUNICATING ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

PLEASE LET ANTOINETTE KNOW.

UM, SEND AN EMAIL AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET YOU IN ON THE ROTATION.

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WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL DAY, BUT THAT'S A LONG DAY .

BUT, UH, IN WHATEVER CAPACITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GET YOU PLUGGED IN.

WONDERFUL.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

IT, IT'S, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

.

IT'S REAL.

IT'S REAL.

YES.

IT WAS THERE TODAY THEY'VE STARTED TO STAGE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT, UM, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO COME OVER AND START TO GET THINGS INSTALLED FOR STAFF AND FOR THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS, UH, A BIG STEP FORWARD.

AND, UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS CLOSING AND CENTRAL LIBRARY OPENING ? DOES THAT MEAN THE KIOSK OUT HERE THOUGH WILL STILL BE FUNCTIONAL? YES, THE KIOSK WILL STILL BE FUNCTIONAL.

UM, AND WE'LL WORK WITH PATRONS IF YOU'RE, UH, HAVE ANYTHING ON HOLD OR HAVE AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN.

IF YOU WANNA PICK IT UP AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR PICKUP OR SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

NOW.

HOW WILL, UM, CLOSING INFORMATION BE COMMUNICATED TO LIBRARY USERS? IS THERE SOMETHING, JEFF EQUITY OR ALL OF THAT, UM, IS COMING OUT THIS WEEK? SO WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING OUT SOMETHING TOMORROW SAYING WHEN THE GRAND OPENING DATE IS, AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN CENTRAL LIBRARY EXPRESS WILL WILL CLOSE.

UM, AND THEN THAT WILL GET PICKED UP BY THE CITY'S, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM.

I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PART OF, UH, COG NOTES THAT, NOT COG NOTES.

UM, CITY PRESS BLAST.

CITY PRESS, YES.

CITY PRESS BRIEF BRIEF BRIEFS BLAST OR CITY PRESS BRIEF THAT GOES OUT THE ENEWSLETTER .

UM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GET THE INFORMATION OUT, UH, AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

AND THERE'LL BE SIGNAGE UP AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LIBRARY LOCATIONS.

SOMEONE WILL BE UNHAPPY.

I HAD NO IDEA.

, WE, YOU CANNOT THAT BACK AS MUCH AS WE TRY .

UM, NO.

BUT PERHAPS WE CAN BE AMBASSADORS AND TALK ABOUT THE, AS WE MEET PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT HE MADE TO COMMUNICATE THE PLAN.

YES, I KNEW THAT PICTURE WAS GONNA BE .

SO THERE'S THREE, UH, JUST BRIEFLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, THINGS THAT ARE WORKING ON NOW.

NOW THAT THE BUILDING IS DONE WITH THE INSTALLATION BETWEEN, UM, FF AND E, WHICH IS, UH, FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, UM, FINISHES THE LANDSCAPING, UM, THAT'S GOING IN OR HAS GONE IN.

AND THEN THE PUBLIC ART PIECE, WHICH, UM, MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED, I THINK IT WAS LAST FALL WITH THE CARLIN RAY, UM, MAKING THE, THE GLASS PIECES.

THIS IS CARLIN RAY'S TEAM.

THE, UM, UH, THE INSTALLATION CREW.

THEIR FIRST DAY WAS TODAY.

SO THAT'S BEEN EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THAT, UH, START TO TAKE SHAPE.

SO WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, TONS OF SHIPMENTS OF, UM, NEW PIECES OF FURNITURE FOR THE LIBRARY.

AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A SMALL SNAPSHOT OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UM, ARE BEING, HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.

WE'VE GOT A BRAND NEW, BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL CHAIRS DOWN IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION.

WE HAVE, UM, TWO OF THE CASES THAT YOU SEE HERE, UM, FOR MAKERSPACE, UH, IN THIS SIZE, AND THEN ANOTHER COUPLE THAT ARE SMALLER THAT HOUSE.

ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF, UH, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, UM, FOR MAKER SPACES.

I HAVE TO SAY, THESE HAVE BEEN THE TALK OF MANY OF THE, THE TEAMS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING, INSTALLING THINGS.

I THINK WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE, WHERE'S THIS GOING? WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS.

UM, AND THIS PICTURE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE, BUT SOME OF THE NEW, UH, FURNITURE FOR THE FRONT LOBBY, THE BISTRO TABLES, UM, REALLY ENHANCE THE SPACE AND, UH, MAKE THE SPACE FUNCTIONAL AND VERY PRETTY.

UM, WE HAVE NEW READER CHAIRS ON THE MAIN FLOOR.

SO THESE CHAIRS THAT YOU SEE ARE FOR THE ADULT SECTION HERE.

UM, WE'VE GOT LOVELY READING CHAIRS THAT ARE, UM, VERY COMFORTABLE, UM, OUT IN SOME OF THE READING AREAS.

UH, SO YOU CAN GRAB A NEWSPAPER, GRAB A MAGAZINE, COME AND READ.

UM, WE'VE GOT, SO OUR, UM, COMPUTER TABLES AS WELL AS, UH, PATRON TABLES OR THESE REALLY NICE BIG LONG TABLES THAT HAVE, UH, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS IN THEM, BUT THEY'RE PARTITIONED OFF SO PEOPLE HAVE, UM, SECTIONS TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN.

OOPS.

SO I DON'T WANNA SPOIL ALL THE SURPRISES 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE SURPRISES THAT ARE PART OF THE INSTALLATION OR HAVE BEEN PART OF THE INSTALLATION OF, OF, UM, THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WITH LANDSCAPING.

UM,

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UM, AND IT LOOKS REALLY PRETTY.

THEY'VE INSTALLED THE TURF IN THAT AREA TOO, SO IT WILL ALWAYS BE SPRINGTIME IN THAT SECTION OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS REALLY NICE .

UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE, UH, HERE ALL BACKWARDS, UM, WE ADDED A NEW, UH, KITE TO THE, THE KITE STRUCTURE.

WE ACTUALLY REPLACED ALL THE DIFFERENT KITES WITH NEW, MORE VIBRANT COLORS, UM, AND ADDED, ADDED IT TO, UH, COVER THE ENTIRE PATIO AREA.

AND THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT, UM, PLANTINGS AROUND IN THAT SECTION, UM, ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE LIBRARY.

NO, YUCCA HAS BEEN PLANTED AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS A BIG DEAL FOR ME.

, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S A FRIENDLY PLAN.

UM, BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT NATIVE PLANTS TO TEXAS THAT ARE WATER WISE AND, UH, WORK WELL FOR, FOR THE AREA.

THEN OUR, UM, CAR AND RAY'S TEAM ACTUALLY ARRIVED THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE STARTED TO, UM, STAGE DOWNSTAIRS THE, UH, THE GIANT ART PIECE AND, WELL, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE HERE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE PHOTOGRAPH UP, UH, ALONG THE CEILING WHERE THE, UM, SKYLIGHT IS, ARE TONS OF DIFFERENT, UH, SPACERS AND HOOKS FOR THE ACTUAL ART PIECE TO GO ON.

THEY ACTUALLY REINFORCE THAT ENTIRE AREA, SO IT WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD IT WORKED WITH THEIR ENGINEERS.

UM, AND THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT ACTUALLY INSTALLED.

SO WHAT THEY DID THIS MORNING, UH, AND THIS AFTERNOON IS UNBOXED.

THEY HAVE A HUGE, UM, UH, NOT PACKING TRUCK.

IT WASN'T QUITE A BOX TRUCK.

AND THEY HAVE, UM, BOX AFTER BOX AFTER BOX OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL GLASS PIECES, SOME THAT YOU GOT TO SEE AND SOME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THEY VERY CAREFULLY HAVE BEEN UNBOXING THAT AND THERE'S A TON OF BUBBLE WRAP AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO HELP INSULATE THOSE PIECES THAT THEY'RE TAKING OUT.

OOPS.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FOR CENTRAL, UM, FOR WEST, UH, LIBRARY, WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.

UH, VERY BRIEFLY, THE SAME TEAM, UH, LIBRARY INTERIORS THAT, UM, DID THE MAJORITY OF THE, UM, FURNITURE INSTALLATION IS ALSO WORKING ON THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES.

IT WAS, UH, MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND WORK BETTER FOR THE SCHEDULE FOR THEM TO DO BOTH OF THOSE DELIVERIES ROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

SO WEST GARLAND HAS, UH, RECEIVED A LOT OF THE, UM, THEIR FURNITURE AS WELL, AND IT'S LONG ENOUGH IN THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT.

SO WE'VE GOT, UM, UNIQUE AND COMFORTABLE READING CHAIRS, UH, FOR THE ADULT READING ROOM.

UM, THERE ARE NEW STUDY TABLES BOTH ON THE, THE YOUTH SIDE AND THE ADULT SIDE THAT HAVE, UH, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS.

SO PATRONS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THEIR LAPTOP OR DIFFERENT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, ELECTRIC, UH, ELECTRICITY.

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THAT, UH, STEADY TABLE, THE BEAUTIFUL NEW, UM, SHELVING THAT'S UP.

SO, UH, WEST'S GOT ALL NEW SHELVING AND IT'S, UH, IT'S ALL WHITE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SHELVING.

IF YOU CAN EVER LOVE SHELVING LIBRARY SHELVING.

REALLY LOVE THE SHELVING.

UM, I SHOULD SAY DOWNSTAIRS AT CENTRAL TOO.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL SHELVING TOO.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET NEW SHELVING FOR, FOR CHILDREN, UM, FOR TEENS.

WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE AND FUN SPACE AT WEST FOR TEENS.

UM, THE FURNITURE IS ALL MODULAR PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT CAN ALL BE TAKEN APART, BUT YOU CAN ALSO PUT IT TOGETHER AND IT MAKES LIKE A, A COUCH OR A AN S THAT YOU CAN PUT IT IN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT FORMS, BUT WE WANT TEENS TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT HOWEVER THEY WANT IT, HOWEVER BEST SUITS THEIR NEEDS AT IN THAT MOMENT.

AND THEN OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COLORFUL CHAIRS, STOOLS, OTTOMANS, DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO UTILIZE AS WELL.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON, UM, FOR WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.

STILL WAITING TO SEE WHEN OUR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE WILL BE.

UM, THIS ONE IS TRACKING A LITTLE FURTHER BEHIND THAN WHAT IT WAS, UH, AT OUR MAY MEETING.

SO CAN'T REALLY PINPOINT A GRAND OPENING DATE SO FAR.

I THINK RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT AUGUST, UH, BUT THAT COULD FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON HOW THE

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I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ABOUT THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

I, UH, WALKED TO WEST GARLAND THIS MORNING AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO ME.

THE, THE FLOORING IS NOT ALL IN, BUT WHERE THERE IS FLOORING, THERE IS FURNITURE.

AND I DID WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND, BUT YEAH, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

SO MICHELLE, ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL SHELVES ARE STILL AND WILL BE FOR A WHILE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT, UM, BUT YOU CAN, UH, IT WAS, UH, SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I HAD PEAKED INTO WINDOWS.

YEAH.

SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.

AND ANY PLACE THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN FURNITURE MAY NOT BE ITS ACTUAL HOME.

OH, SURE, SURE.

I THINK THEY HAD TO PUT IT IN DIFFERENT PLACES THAT, THAT THEY, THAT COULD TO GET IT OFF THE TRUCK.

BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY NEAT PIECES FOR WEST GARLAND AND I DO REALIZE WE NEED TO GET THAT SITE VISITS SCHEDULED WITH, UH, YOU ALL, I THINK IT'S FAR ENOUGH ALONG NOW THAT WE CAN SAFELY GO INTO THE BUILDING , WHERE THERE'VE BEEN A FEW, UH, FEW, UH, OBSTACLES THAT WE WANTED TO GET CLEARED OUTTA THE WAY BEFORE WE WENT ON.

UH, DID A SITE VISIT, THE MUD WILL DRY EVENTUALLY .

IT'S REALLY MUDDY THERE.

IT IS MUDDY THERE.

OKAY.

WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE RAIN THIS LIGHT.

I KNOW.

I KNOW.

ESPECIALLY GOOD RAIN, LIKE MM-HMM .

WE'RE USING THE OF DROUGHT RECENTLY.

OKAY.

WONDERFUL.

THOSE ARE OUR UPDATES.

UM, THE NEXT TOPIC, ITEM B, TEXAS LEGISLATIVE UPDATE RELATING TO LIBRARIES.

YES.

I WANTED TO WELL, THAT IS JOYFUL MAYBE.

SO THE, I WANTED TO GIVE A, A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE TWO BILLS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MAY MEETING.

ONE SENATE BILL FOUR 12, UM, WHICH THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, I'LL JUST READ IT.

AMENDS EXISTING OBSCENITY LAWS BY REMOVING THE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE DEFENSE FOR LIBRARIANS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHERS ACCUSED OF DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL DEEMED HARMFUL TO MINORS.

UM, THIS ONE MAKES IT A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, UM, FOR LIBRARIANS.

THIS ONE DID PASS THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

UM, WE WILL FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON, UM, HOW WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS BILL.

THE SECOND BILL WAS HOUSE BILL, UM, 32 25.

UM, AND THEN THIS ONE HAD, UH, LARGE IMPLICATIONS AS WELL, UM, WITH WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOUSE MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN OR OFFER ACCESS, UH, TO MATERIALS, UH, FOR CHILDREN.

UM, THIS BILL WENT THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, CHANGES AS IT WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH AND DEBATED ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR.

UM, EVENTUALLY IT GOT TO A PLACE THAT I THINK IT INCLUDED, UH, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN, UM, ALLOWANCE OR SIGNING THAT YOU WOULD ALLOW YOUR CHILD TO HAVE ACCESS TO MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY, THAT YOU WEREN'T JUST RESTRICTED BY AGE OR RESTRICTED TO A CERTAIN AREA.

UM, THIS BILL DIED ON THE SENATE FLOOR BY A TECHNICALITY, SO THIS ONE DID NOT PASS.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE, THIS ONE IS NOT ONE THAT, UH, WILL MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK IN FUTURE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND PROBABLY WILL BE BROUGHT BACK IN IN SOME WAY.

THERE ARE BILLS, UM, BOTH, UH, THE, THE FOUR 12 SENATE BILL FOUR 12, AND HOUSE BILL 32 25 IN MULTIPLE OTHER STATES THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THESE TWO BILLS THAT HAVE PASSED, UM, IN THEIR STATES.

SO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS COMING BACK, NOT AS A SPECIAL SESSION, BUT AT A FUTURE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ARE PROBABLE, I WOULD THINK THE SENATE BILL WOULD PUT MORE OF WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT ON THE GROUND, ON THE GROUND ENOUGH TO

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CORRECT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.

YEAH.

UM, WE WILL.

I THINK I'M, I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.

THAT'S OKAY.

IT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT ANY, UM, UPDATES TO THESE OR, UH, IF THERE'S ANY MOVEMENT ON ANY OF, UH, EITHER ONE OF THESE BILLS OR AS WE LEARN HOW WE NEED TO AMEND OR CHANGE THINGS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUR 12, UH, WE WILL BRING THOSE UPDATES BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND JUST TO KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED ON THOSE, UM, MOVEMENTS.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

ONE, ONE QUICK QUESTION.

SURE.

ON THIS, BEFORE 12, UH, YOU SAID YOU WERE AWAITING GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CORRECT.

ON HOW TO PROCEED.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE HERE EXPECTING THAT GUIDANCE TO COME OUT OR, UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

THEY WERE WAITING, I THINK FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, BILLS TO GO THROUGH AND BE SIGNED AND, AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS WERE FOR, UH, THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN I, I BELIEVE IF I UNDERSTOOD RIGHT, THEY HAVE A CONFERENCE THAT THEY GO TO, UH, DIFFERENT CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICES, UM, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR SOME OF THESE BEFORE THEY COME BACK AND, UM, MEET WITH, WITH GROUPS.

HAVE YOU, UM, SOLICITED OR GATHERED ANY FEEDBACK FROM OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS ON HOW THEY'RE FACING THIS? WE HAVE, WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD.

ARE WE HONEST WITH YOU? UH, WHILE WE'RE ALL VERY UPSET AND, UM, WORRIED ABOUT FOUR 12, WE WERE HOUSE BILL 32 25 WAS THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR US OF HOW, IF THAT ONE PASSED, THIS HAD MAJOR IMPLICATIONS OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO HOUSE MATERIALS, HOW WE WERE GONNA LET CHILDREN AND NOT JUST CHILDREN, ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 USE THE LIBRARY, HAVE ACCESS TO MATERIALS IN THE LIBRARY.

UH, THAT ONE INCLUDED HAVING TO HAVE A REVIEW OF EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT WE PUT ON A SHELF FOR CHILDREN OR ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO THAT ONE REALLY TOOK UP THE BULK OF OUR TIME AND WORRY AT, AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

NOW THAT, THAT ONE HAS, UM, KIND OF BEEN PUT ON PAUSE FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND FOUR 12, BUT THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF TALK BETWEEN LIBRARIES ABOUT THESE TWO BILLS.

OKAY.

UM, AND KNOWING THAT 32 25 IS PROBABLY JUST STALLED TEMPORARILY, IS THERE ANY, UH, THOUGHT PUT TOWARDS A PLAN OF ACTION TO IMPLEMENT OR YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT IN THE BACK AND FORTH THAT THIS PARTICULAR BILL WENT TO, UH, WENT THROUGH THAT THERE WAS A PROVISION FOR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO BE ABLE TO OPT THEIR CHILD IN.

UM, SO THAT WAS A STEP FORWARD.

UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO, THERE'S STILL A LOT UP IN THE AIR, BUT WE HAVE STARTED TO THINK ABOUT AND HAD, HAVE HAD SOME INTERNAL MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT SOME OF THE BIG PITFALLS COULD BE AND HOW WE COULD, UH, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR, UM, INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM, OUR ILS SYSTEM ALREADY IS SET UP, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS SET UP THAT IF WE NEED TO DESIGNATE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF ZERO AND EIGHT CAN ONLY CHECK OUT THESE MATERIALS, NINE TO THAT WAS A BAD, UH, ZERO TO LET'S SAY 12, 13 TO 17.

IF WE NEED TO TO BREAK KIDS UP INTO GROUPS OR SECTIONS THAT THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE CARD.

UM, WE LIKE TO KEEP STATISTICS ON, YOU KNOW, THE AGE OF, UH, WHO'S, WHO'S COMING IN, WHO'S USING A CARD, IS IT A CHILD, IS IT A TEENAGER? WE DON'T GET GRANULAR AS IT'S, IT'S AN 8-YEAR-OLD OR A 17-YEAR-OLD.

UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING.

AND THEN OUR, UH, CATALOGING SYSTEM HAS SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DESIGNATE.

THIS IS A TEEN BOOK.

THIS IS A JUVENILE, FICTIONAL JUVENILE, UM, ITEM.

THIS IS A, A READER ITEM.

SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY KIND OF BUILT INTO THE PRODUCT THAT WE USE.

IT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO USE THE PRODUCT, BUT, BUT THERE ARE MECHANISMS THERE THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT TOGETHER A PLAN.

I THINK THE, THE BIGGER ISSUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE AND FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON FOR THIS IS, ARE YOU SAYING THAT

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SO SOME OF THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.

UH, IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.

UM, DO YOU KNOW IF, UH, THE CITY OF GARLAND, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH, UM, ADVOCACY OR ORGANIZATIONS OR LOBBYISTS IS TRYING TO IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ANY FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THIS BILL? UM, FUTURE? UM, I CAN'T TALK TO, BUT I KNOW, UM, I CAN TALK WITH THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

WE HAVE A, UM, I'M GONNA GET HER TITLE WRONG.

CAN YOU LOOK AT MARY'S NAME PLEASE? YEAH.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, IT'S LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS SOMETHING, LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, I DUNNO WHAT THAT WORD IS.

UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER TITLE IS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO GOES AND ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

AND SHE WAS MADE AWARE, SHE KNEW ABOUT SOME OF THESE AS THEY WERE HAPPENING.

SHE KEPT US INFORMED.

WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE WERE MESSAGING HER, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS PASSED OR THIS IS THE TALK THAT'S GOING ON ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BILL.

AND SHE MADE, UM, FOUGHT AGAINST IT OR PUT, UH, PUT A MOTION IN PLACE SAYING THAT WE DID NOT LIKE THIS, THIS OR THIS ABOUT THIS AND MADE THAT KNOWN.

SO THERE, THERE IS EFFICACY ON, ON THAT WAY.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY ON BUILDING UP OUR LIBRARY ADVOCATES GROUP.

UM, AND THERE'LL BE A FUTURE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ADVOCATES, UH, AND WHAT THEIR MISSION IS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP TO HELP BE ABLE TO VOICE, UH, CONCERNS AND OPINIONS, UM, ABOUT NOT JUST THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT THINGS THAT WE AS THE CITY COULD NOT, UM, NECESSARILY ADVOCATE FOR.

ARIEL IS, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE GOT A DIFFERENT ONE.

YEAH, THAT'S TAYLOR.

UM, SO THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENT WAY THAT OUR FRIENDS GROUP CAN HELP ADVOCATE AND, AND AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR NETWORK OF PEOPLE CAN HELP ADVOCATE AND, UM, VOICE, UH, OPINIONS AND EITHER SUPPORT OR DISSENT FOR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL.

IT JUST SAYS MANAGING DIRECTOR AERIAL TROUB.

SHE'S THE MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THE LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, GOING BACK TO FOUR 12, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DEEMED HARMFUL TO MINORS.

HAS THAT BEEN DEFINED IN ANY WAY? IS WHAT CONSTITUTES HARMFUL TO MINORS? THEY HAVE SAID IT'S THE, THE DEFINITION FOR OBSCENE OR OBSCENITY, WHICH IS A REALLY HARD THING.

I KNOW WHEN THEY SEE YES, MM-HMM .

YEAH.

SO AS FAR AS HAVING THIS PARTICULAR ONE, UM, DEFINED, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION YET.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY SORT OF, UH, FINANCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO BILLS? WE DID PUT TOGETHER, UM, JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR 32 25, AND I CAN BRING THAT OR SEND THAT OUT, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING OF WHAT WE DEEMED, UH, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.

THE STATE ALSO CAME UP WITH A FIGURE FOR 32 25, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT AS THERE HAS TO BE SOME MECHANISM IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT YOU'RE COMING UP WITH.

SO THAT IT'S A BIG PRICE TAG BOTH IN TIME AND, AND MONEY, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

BUT I CAN ATTACH THEIRS.

I JUST, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE CITY OF GARLAND'S PERSPECTIVE.

SO IT'S A, A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

UM, THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE, THE ENTIRE STATE.

RIGHT, OKAY.

BUT NOTHING ON FOUR 12.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING ANY FINANCIAL, LET ME LOOK.

I, I DID NOT PULL ANYTHING WITH A FINANCIAL IMPLICATION FOR FOUR 12, BUT I CAN DO SOME RESEARCH TO SEE IF THE STATE HAD, UM, ANYTHING FOR THAT PARTICULAR BILL.

GOOD CONVERSATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT, UM, GOING TO MY

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SO ONCE IT'S SIGNED, IS THERE A DATE WHEN THIS ACTUALLY TAKES EFFECT OR IS YES.

THE, UM, FOUR 12, UH, AS OF SEPTEMBER ONE GIVES INTO EFFECT.

IT FOLLOWS THE STATE FISCAL YEAR.

I DO KNOW 32 25, UM, FOLLOWED A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT, UH, TIMEFRAME JUST BECAUSE OF HOW BIG THAT PARTICULAR ONE WAS.

SO I THINK AT ONE TIME, WHILE IT GOES INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER ONE, THERE WERE DIFFERENT BENCHMARKS THAT, UH, LIBRARIES HAD TO ADHERE TO WITH EVERYTHING BEING IN PLACE BY, I BELIEVE IT WAS JANUARY, 2027, WHICH IS A TIGHT TURNAROUND TO, TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT FILL.

ONE MORE QUESTION.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE COVERED THIS LAST TIME OR IF IT MENTIONS, BUT DOES IT ALSO INCLUDE SCHOOL LIBRARIES OR IT WAS JUST PUBLIC LIBRARIES? SO 32 25 IS JUST FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

FOUR 12.

UM, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S NOT JUST PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

IT'S PUBLIC, UH, LIBRARIANS, EDUCATORS.

UM, IT CASTS A WIDE NET.

THAT'S HOW EDUCATORS, THAT, THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED THE QUESTION.

OKAY.

UM, BUT THERE WERE A WHOLE OTHER SET OF BILLS THAT AFFECTED SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.

UM, SOME OF THOSE THAT I DO THINK PASSED BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND YOU HAD MINORS IN COLLEGE.

YEAH.

AND THE IMPLICATIONS ARE ENORMOUS.

WOW.

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

THANK YOU KAREN.

UM, AND TEAM, THE NEXT ITEM, LIBRARY PROGRAM AND SERVICES UPDATE.

SO IT'S ALL GOOD THINGS FROM HERE ON OUT , OTHERWISE IT'S GOOD.

WELL, I REGRETTED OUR AT THE MAY MEETING.

WE ENDED WITH THE, THE BILLS AND I THINK WE ALL LEFT ON A, IT WAS A HEAVY TOPIC AND IT WAS A SAD TOPIC TO LEAVE ON.

SO I DON'T WANNA DO THAT THIS TIME.

.

SO, UH, AT THE MAY MEETING YOU HEARD ABOUT, UH, CLUB CURIOSITY.

THIS YEAR WE HAD OUR, UM, BIG KICKOFF LAST, WELL, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T LAST.

IT WAS, UM, ON SATURDAY, MAY 31ST AT THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.

UM, WE HAD OVER 500 PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE EVENT.

IT WAS, UH, REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

AND ESPECIALLY THAT IT WAS JUST BETWEEN, I THINK IT WAS, UM, 10 O'CLOCK AND NOON THAT WE HAD THAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

UM, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KIDS, UM, PARTICIPATING.

SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THIS 'CAUSE I CAN'T SAY IT ANY BETTER.

GARLAND PUBLIC LIBRARIES KICKED OFF THE CLUB CURIOSITY SUMMER READING PROGRAM ON SATURDAY MAY 31ST WITH A CELEBRATION ON THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.

MORE THAN 500 ATTENDEES ENJOYED A MORNING OF CARNIVAL GAMES, PRIZES, POPSICLES CRAFTS, AND ATHE SCAVENGER HUNT AROUND THE SQUARE.

STAFF RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, AND CHILDREN ESPECIALLY ENJOYED EARNING A TOKEN TO USE IN THE PRIZE VENDING MACHINE AFTER COMPLETING THEIR SCAVENGER HUNT.

WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THIS BUBBLE GUM MACHINE MAY BECOME A STAPLE .

THIS SEEMS TO TO REALLY WORK.

THERE'S SOMETHING FASCINATING ABOUT THOSE MACHINES.

UM, THE EVENT WAS ALSO THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO PICK UP THEIR CLUB CURIOSITY BOOKMARK, WHICH THIS, UM, YOUNG MAN IS HOLDING UP HERE.

A FUN AND SIMPLE WAY FOR KIDS TO LOG THEIR READING LIBRARY VISITS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

PARTICIPANTS CAN RETURN WEEKLY CLAIM OR WEEKLY TO CLAIM PRIZES CHOOSING BETWEEN A RUBBER DUCK OR THAT TOKEN TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE BUBBLE GUM MACHINE AND GET A PRIZE OUTTA THE BUBBLE GUM MACHINE.

.

UM, SO WE, YEAH, UH, WE KICKED OFF THE PROGRAM THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE HELD, UM, ACTUALLY JUST, I THINK IT'S JUST ONE WEEK, ISN'T IT? UM, IT'S BEEN NOTHING BUT FUN AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN EACH LOCATION.

UM, THEY HAVE TURNED IN ALMOST 237, UM, ACTIVITY TRACKERS IN THE FIRST WEEK, WHICH IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER OF, OR I TAKE THAT BACK.

UM, 674 TRACKERS WERE TURNED IN WOW.

AT THE END.

UM, SOME OF THOSE IN ENGLISH, SOME OF THOSE IN SPANISH.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE IN VIETNAMESE THAT WERE TURNED IN AS WELL.

UM, OUR SUMMER, WE'VE HAD SPECIAL PERFORMANCES IN THAT FIRST WEEK.

TWO OF THOSE PERFORMANCES, WE HAD TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY 'CAUSE WE WERE AT CAPACITY.

AND THAT'S ONE THAT, UM, HAD OVER 200 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT FOR THE, THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.

I'M SORRY THAT WE HAD TO TURN AWAY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT THAT NUMBER ARE, ARE COMING OUT WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

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WE HAD, UM, THE CYTECH, UH, DISCOVERY, UM, TRUCK COME FROM, I THINK IT'S FROM THE PEROT MUSEUM.

AND THEN WE HAD, UM, LIVE RAPTORS WITH BLACKLAND PRAIRIE RAPTOR CENTER COME.

AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, THE, UH, CULTURAL ARTS, UH, HAS WORKED WITH US SINCE CENTRAL DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH PLACE DOWNTOWN OR RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO HOST A, A BIG PROGRAM.

WE HELD IT AT GRANVILLE, SO THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO HOST US.

WE HELD IT.

LOTS OF, UM, LIVE ANIMALS, BIRDS WERE THERE AND, AND KIDS HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME WITH IT.

SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW, UM, LIST OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES GOING ON, ACTUALLY ALL THROUGH JUNE.

UM, BIG PROGRAMS GOING ON THAT WE HOPE YOU'LL COME OUT FOR HOPE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WILL CONTINUE TO COME OUT FOR.

OKAY.

, I HAVE TO FIND A SMALL CHILD TO BORROW .

I HAVE TWO .

LET'S NEGOTIATE.

OKAY.

UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS TO ANNOUNCE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES, OH, I'M SORRY.

THERE'S ONE MORE THING THERE.

THERE IS ONE MORE THING.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

UNDER, UM, PROGRAMS, THAT'S MY FAULT.

OH, YEAH.

, WE, UM, I'M GONNA BRING UP MORGAN BLACKBURN AS YOU, UM, ALL KNOW MORGAN, OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH AND EVENTS COORDINATOR AND PODCAST HOST AND, I'M SORRY, PODCAST HOST.

PODCAST HOST.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO YOU, UH, NOT GONNA STEAL ANYTHING.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

JUST TO SET IT UP AND THEN SHE'LL JUST KNOCK IT OUTTA THE PARK.

UM, BACK IN COVID, WE, UH, HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PATRONS WHO ASKED ABOUT, UM, A HOME BOUND PROGRAM, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, BUT THEY WANTED ACCESS TO MATERIALS.

AND SO WE STARTED A JUST A SMALL HOME BOUND PROGRAM THAT OFFERED MATERIALS, DIGITAL MATERIALS, TO PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T COME TO THE LIBRARY.

WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

UH, AND SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE COME TOGETHER, WORKED WITH OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT, OUTREACH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL STAFF TO FIGURE OUT THE NEXT PHASE AND THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS LIBRARY AT HOME.

MM-HMM .

SO THIS PILOT OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THIS SPRING AND MORGAN IS GONNA TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU.

UH, OKAY.

SO IT, WE, IN MAY, WE LAUNCHED THE FA THE PHASE TWO OF LIBRARY AT HOME HOMEBOUND DELIVERY SERVICES.

UM, AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY CAN GET PHYSICAL MATERIALS DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO THEIR HOME.

UM, THEY'RE IS A, IT'S LIMITED TO GARLAND RESIDENCE.

WE HAVE ONLY LIMITED, WE'VE, WE'VE STARTED OUT, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAMMER, SO WE'VE STARTED OUT WITH 15 TO LIMIT IT TO 15, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, OR 15 PATRONS.

UM, AND THEN, AND OUR FIRST DELIVERY WENT OUT JUNE 2ND.

UH, THE, SO ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE, WE DEVELOPED A FORM TO THAT PATRONS CAN GO ON AND FILL OUT IN ORDER TO, UM, THEY ARE APPLYING TO, TO GET HOME BOUND SERVICES.

WE DON'T ASK THEM WHY.

WE DON'T ASK THEM, UM, FOR ANY SORT OF DISCLOSURE ON WHY THEY'RE HOME BOUND OR WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO RECEIVE THOSE SERVICES.

UM, WE TAKE THEM AT THEIR WORD.

UH, THEY ARE, IF THEY DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, UM, WE CALL THEM AND HAVE THEM GIVE US OUR, THEIR INFORMATION IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE, UM, OVER THE PHONE IN ORDER TO GET THEM A LIBRARY CARD.

AND THEN WE SEND THEM A CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE HOME BOUND PROGRAM.

UM, IT, IT, SINCE IT IS A PILOT, IT, WE, I, WE DID EXPECT IT TO GET OVERWHELMING AND OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.

IT DID ALL 15 SLOTS DID NOT FILL UP YET, BUT WE DO HAVE FOUR, UM, FOUR SIGNED UP.

ONE OF THEM TURNS OUT, UM, THEY REALLY ONLY WANTED, UM, DIGITAL SERVICES, BUT WE'VE GOT OUR IN THE SYSTEM JUST IN CASE THEY, THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

UM, BUT THEN WE, SO WE DO HAVE THREE ACTUAL HOME BOUND DELIVERY PATRONS THAT WE ARE DELIVERING TO.

UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE HAVE RECEIVED VERY POSITIVE

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CHRIS MAKES DELIVERIES, IN THE TRUCK.

UH, I'M NOT DRIVING TO EVERYBODY'S HOUSE AND DROPPING OFF THEIR BAG, BUT WE DO, WE'VE GOT THESE BAGS.

UM, THEY'RE FAIRLY WEATHER RESISTANT.

THEY HAVE ZIPPERS.

UM, I HAVE A, A MAGAZINE IN THERE.

UM, WE HAVE THE, EACH ONE HAS A LUGGAGE TAG.

I'M SO SORRY, .

EACH ONE HAS A LUGGAGE TAG THAT WE INSERT.

UM, THE, SOME INFORMA, I, IT'S KIND OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.

THEIR ADDRESS IS PUT ON THE LUGGAGE TAG, BUT THEY DO HAVE A CODE NAME ON, UM, THEIR TAG.

SO IT DOESN'T, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THEIR, THEIR FIRST AND LAST NAME, THEIR PHONE NUMBER, THE ADDRESS IS ON THERE, BUT IF YOU'RE AT THEIR FRONT DOOR, THEN YOU OBVIOUSLY ALREADY KNOW THEIR ADDRESS.

UM, AND WE WILL DROP THIS OFF AT THE, ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, AND THEN AS WELL AS PICK UP THE LAST DELIVERY ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH.

UM, UH, THE PLAN IS TO CALL THEM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR FIRST DELIVERY THAT WAS BEING MADE.

ALL THREE BAGS FILLED UP THAT TRUCK WE .

UM, AND THEN THIS IS A, THIS IS A BAG AT A PATRON'S FRONT DOOR.

I'M REALIZING THE FRONT DOOR THAT IS .

UM, SO THAT IS, UM, AND THEN WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

MM-HMM .

I JUST, I REDACTED PERSONAL INFORMATION JUST IN CASE, BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

THIS IS THE, UH, SPREADSHEET THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER.

UM, WE GAVE THEM CODE NAMES, UM, CLASSIC LIT, CLASSIC LITERATURE.

UM, WE, ON THE FORM THAT THEY FILL OUT ONLINE, THEY ARE ABLE TO PICK THEIR PREFERENCES.

SO THEY'LL TELL US THEIR FAVORITE AUTHORS, THEIR LEAST FAVORITE AUTHORS, WHAT WE, WHAT THEY DO NOT WANT.

ONE OF THEM SAYS ABSOLUTELY NO ROMANCE, AND WE WILL NOT PUT ROMANCE IN THAT BAG.

.

UM, SOME OF THEM WANT NONFICTION, SOME OF THEM ARE VERY, UM, WE, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GOT VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND WE GOT MORE VAGUE INFORMATION, UM, AS WELL.

BUT WE HAVE GOT, AS THE, THE LAST SLIDE SAID, WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY POSITIVE INFORMATION, UH, POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

I CALLED EACH PATRON THE WEEK, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST DELIVERY JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THEY WANTED TO BE IN THE PROGRAM STILL.

UM, WE, THEY'RE ALL VERY EXCITED.

A COUPLE OF ONE OF THEM SAID THEY'RE SO HAPPY THEY THANKED US FOR DOING THIS.

THEY'RE SO HAPPY WITH THE GARLAND LIBRARIES.

UM, AND THEY, SHE HAD IT WRITTEN IN HER CALENDAR FOR THAT FIRST DELIVERY.

SO SHE WAS REALLY EXCITED.

UM, ONE OF THE PATRONS, THE ONE WHO, UM, DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE ANY ROMANCE, SHE, UM, SHE HAS CALLED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES TO LET, TO LET US KNOW THAT HOW HAPPY SHE WAS ONCE SHE COULDN'T, SHE DIDN'T SEE HER DELIVERY, BUT IT, SHE JUST LOOKED AT THE WRONG TIME AND IT ENDED UP BEING OUT THERE.

UM, BUT SHE HAS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO LIVES IN THE SAME FACILITY THAT WOULD LIKE ALSO LIKE TO, TO SIGN UP AS WELL.

SO WE'RE REALLY KIND, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORD OF MOUTH.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO, THIS PERSON GETS IT AND THEN THE NEXT, THEN THEY TELL THE FRIEND.

AND, UM, YEAH.

AND I'LL SAY, WHILE THIS PROGRAM, UH, PART OF THE, THE REASON THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE PHYSICAL MATERIALS IS WE, WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY HAPPY WITH DIGITAL CONTENT MM-HMM .

BUT WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SAYING, NO, THAT'S OKAY.

I REALLY WANT, I WANNA BOOK OR, OR WANT THE MOVIE.

AND SO THIS, UM, PHASE TWO GREW OUT OF THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM PATRONS.

MM-HMM .

UM, ALSO, WHILE IT, UH, MAY SEEM THAT WE'RE, UH, HOME BOUND PATRONS MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SENIORS WHO CAN'T LEAVE THEIR HOME OR THEY HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES.

THE PROGRAM IS NOT DESIGNED FOR SENIORS, UH, EXCLUSIVELY.

SO IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, AN ILLNESS OR HAVE A SURGERY, I'LL JUST USE A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE WHO WENT THROUGH A, UM, A FALL LAST YEAR AND COULD NOT LEAVE HER HOME.

SHE WOULD'VE SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROGRAM.

SHE'S A VERY VORACIOUS READER.

, SHE WOULD'VE, UH, SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROGRAM TO HAVE, UH, MATERIALS DELIVERED TO HER HOME.

MM-HMM .

IT CAN BE FOR, UM, A FAMILY WHO MAYBE YOU'VE JUST HAD A NEW BABY OR ADOPTED A BABY AND GETTING OUT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU CAN DO.

THIS WOULD FIT THIS, UH, THE CRITERIA OF THIS PROGRAM.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FOREVER THING.

IT CAN JUST BE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE YOU'RE GETTING HEALTHY, GETTING WELL OR, OR MANAGING WHATEVER, UH, THE ISSUE IS.

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SO, AND WE'RE CALL, WE WILL CALL THEM AND CONTACT THEM TO CHECK IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE NEXT DELIVERY.

JUST TO, JUST TO DO THAT CHECK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL WANT TO BE IN THE PROGRAM.

AND IT WASN'T, WE DIDN'T ASK WHO WAS TEMPORARY AND WHO WASN'T.

WE JUST, WE WILL TAKE IT AS IT GOES AND SEE.

SO COULD THIS CONCEIVABLY BE A FOREVER THING? I, I'M, THE PROGRAM CAN BE A FOREVER THING.

MM-HMM .

THAT SOMEONE USING THE PROGRAM MAY NOT BE A FOREVER THING.

MM-HMM .

BUT COULD THEY BE I, OH YEAH.

MM-HMM .

I'M THINKING OF A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS ELDERLY, DID NOT DRIVE AND WOULD READ ANYTHING THAT SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON AS LONG AS IT WAS LARGE PRINT.

SO, YEAH.

MM-HMM .

UM, YOU, SHE WASN'T GOING TO GET ANY YOUNGER.

SO THE SITUATION, AS LONG AS SHE COULD READ IT, WOULD WOULD'VE BEEN A SERVICE FOR HER.

SO THAT'S INTERESTING.

WHAT'S THE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A PILOT PROGRAM NOW MM-HMM .

BUT WHAT'S YOUR LONGER TERM? I DON'T WANNA SAY GOAL 'CAUSE YOU MAYBE PART OF WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU PILOT IS SEE WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU'RE GETTING MM-HMM .

BUT WHAT'S YOUR LONGER TERM THOUGHTS OR VISION FOR THIS? I THINK THAT THE LONG TERM THING IS TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE IS FROM, UM, THE PUBLIC.

IF WE GET TO A PLACE THAT, UM, I THINK A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE, IT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PUBLIC RESPONSE IS.

TWO, IS OUR CURRENT METHOD OF DELIVERY THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT, OR DO WE, SHOULD WE LOOK AT SOMETHING ELSE LIKE MAIL DELIVERY SYSTEM UNDER THE, THE MEDIA.

UM, AND THEN BASED ON WHAT THE, UM, THE USAGE IS, WE MAY HAVE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THE, THE MAIL, HOW MUCH WE PAY IN POSTAGE EVERY YEAR FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, BUT I THINK THIS, THIS INITIAL PHASE WITH THE PILOT IS JUST TO SEE WHAT THE, THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE, ONE, WANTING TO BRING THIS PROGRAM AND, UM, LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE PHASE TWO HAS LAUNCHED, BUT ALSO REALLY TAKING THE PROGRAM AND TALKING, TALKING WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OR TALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT THE PROGRAM IS OUT THERE AND HELP US GET THE, THE INFORMATION OUT TO, UM, PATRONS THAT, OR PEOPLE THAT THIS MAY FIT.

SO THE BIG GOAL RIGHT NOW IS JUST TO SEE WHAT THE, THE PUBLIC INTEREST IS.

AT THE SAME TIME LOOKING TO SEE HOW MUCH STAFF TIME, UM, THAT IT TAKES 'CAUSE TO DO IT RIGHT.

THERE'S A, A GOOD AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME TO, TO CURATE A, UM, COLLECTION TO SEND TO THEM.

I WAS GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY MANAGEABLE.

UM, THAT'S WHY WE SET IT AT 15 PEOPLE.

IT'S 15 AND THEY ARE LIMITED TO THREE ITEMS EACH TIME.

SO THREE ITEMS. I WON'T DO THAT MATH IN FRONT OF YOU SO I DON'T EMBARRASS MYSELF, BUT THREE ITEMS AT 15 PEOPLE AND IT'S NOT QUITE FULL IS VERY MANAGEABLE RIGHT NOW.

IF IT, IF IT GROWS AFTER THAT, WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE TO EXAMINE .

SO DO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS TELL YOU, WELL, CLEARLY YOU HAVE SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE MM-HMM .

BUT IF I WANTED, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO READ A SERIES OF BOOKS MM-HMM .

YOU COULD GIVE 'EM ONE THE NEXT TIME.

MM-HMM .

WE, UM, WE DID PUT, WE WILL MAKE AN EFFORT IF THE, IF THEY, LET'S SAY THE REQUEST A SPECIFIC BOOK OR IF WE TALKED TO THEM THE WEEK BEFORE AND THEY SAW ONE THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO, TO READ, IF IT'S ON THE SHELF, WE'LL MAKE THE EFFORT TO GET THAT BOOK TO THEM.

IT, IT DOES BECOME A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT WHEN IT, THERE'S A HOLD, A HOLD LIST ON IT.

SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO, TO PUT THEM ON A LIST, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO GET THEM THE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE AN ITEM AT LEAST THREE ITEMS EACH TIME.