[00:00:01]
EVERYONE.THE TIME IS SIX O'CLOCK, AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025.
I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING THE NEW SEASON THAT BLEW IN JUST TODAY.
UM, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST I, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 13TH.
THESE ARE IN YOUR, IN YOUR BOOK.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
AND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
AND THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
IT STRIKES ME THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THIS SECTION.
THE, THE BIG THINGS ARE DONE AND WHAT, UM, MS. DOROTHY MENTIONED, LIKE WHAT A SIGH OF RELIEF AND EXCITEMENT FROM HAVING BOTH CENTRAL AND WEST GARLAND DONE.
UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT FOR THE GRAND OPENING, VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED WITH THE, THE PUBLIC THAT DAY.
IT WAS SUCH A GREAT, AND THE ENTIRE CIP UM, RECAP.
UH, OUR AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT IS JUST ON THE RECAP OF WEST GRAND OPENING, AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL COME WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT NORTH AND SOUTH, UM, ARE UNDERGOING, OR WE'VE GOTTEN KICKSTART JUMP STARTED KICKSTARTED OFF, UH, BUT WE REALLY DON'T, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST MONTH.
WE'RE SORT OF, SORT OF IN THE BEGINNING PHASE FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HELD THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY GRAND OPENING ON OCTOBER 25TH.
UH, SO THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE JUST CELEBRATED TWO WEEKS OF HAVING IT OPEN.
UM, WE HAD ROUGHLY ABOUT 350 PEOPLE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY.
AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, OVER 1200 PEOPLE CAME, VISIT THE LOCATION, GET THE LIBRARY CARD, CHECK SOMETHING AT HOW, OR COME TO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAD.
IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING DAY, AN AMAZING TURNOUT.
I'LL ALSO SAY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, GLOOMY, RAINY, BAD WEATHER BEFORE ON UP, UH, THROUGH THE NIGHT UNTIL I THINK MAYBE RIGHT AT THE BREAK OF DAY, THEN THE, LIKE, THIS, IT'S LIKE THIS.
WE HAD BLUE SKIES FOR PART OF IT.
SO, JUST SOME, UM, PHOTOS THROUGH, THROUGH THE DAY, AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH.
SO WE, WE HAD, UM, I NEED TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO, UM, JENNIFER WYNN AND THE, UM, VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HELPING US BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE SUCH AN AMAZING, UH, GRAND OPENING.
THEY CONNECTED US WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PERFORMERS AND GROUPS TO HELP MAKE THE, THE CELEBRATION JUST A REALLY UNIQUE KIND OF ONE OF A KIND CELEBRATION THAT WE'VE HAD AT THE LIBRARY.
SO MANY OF YOU, UH, REMEMBER THE, WE THREW MS. WYNN, MRS. WYNN, WE HAD THE LION DANCERS THAT CAME, AND THEY REALLY DID AN AMAZING JOB FOR THE PERFORMANCE.
UM, THESE ARE, I'VE FLUFF THESE TWO PHOTOS,
THERE WAS ONE OUTSIDE AND ONE INSIDE.
SO WHEN THE DOORS OPENED, THERE WAS SOMEBODY ON THE INSIDE WATCHING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE HAD THE GIFT BAGS AND THE GIVEAWAYS, UM, ISABELLE AND ONE OF OUR FRIENDS AND BOARD MEMBERS, LINDA ST.
IS, IS THERE, COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING TO GIVE THEM A GIFT BAG.
UM, I THINK IT WAS FOR THE FIRST 150 OR 200 PEOPLE THAT WERE WALKING IN AND HAD THE LION DANCERS PERFORM.
UM, IT WAS SUCH A, A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WITH HAVING THE DANCERS AND THE DRUMS BE A PART OF THAT GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION, BUT ALSO, UH, THIS CLOSE TO HAVING FIRE INSIDE OF THE LIBRARY,
OH, THEY, THEY DO, UH, THEY, THEY CAN HAVE, UH,
[00:05:01]
WHERE THE, THE DRAGON WILL BREATHE FIRE.AND THEY ASK ME THAT MORNING, LIKE, CAN WE, AND I WAS LIKE, THIS CLOSE TO SAYING, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THEN, THEN I DIDN'T PAPER AND
MAYBE NOT RESPONSIBLE CARE TOOK OVER.
BUT WE DID END WITH CONFETTI, WHICH WAS A REALLY EXCITING THING.
OH, IT JUST, IT JUST, IT WAS A PERFECT DAY.
THE, THE DANCERS ALSO DO A REALLY COOL THING, AND I'M, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE, YOU SAW THAT THEY, UM, THEY DO A SPECIAL DANCE BEFORE THEY COME UP TO THE BUILDING, BUT PART OF IT, THEY BOWED.
AND PART OF THAT IS TO GET
SO THERE'S A CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THAT MOMENT AND BEYOND THOSE, WISHING YOU GOOD FORTUNE.
UH, WE ALSO HAD BALLOON ARTISTS, UM, FACE PAINTERS.
KAREN WISEMAN CAME AND DID A PROGRAM FOR TWEENS, TEENS, YOUNG ADULTS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MISS ASIA AMERICA INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT, UM, THAT IT'S NOT JUST, UH, VIETNAM THAT'S REPRESENTED, BUT A WHOLE MULTITUDE OF ASIAN COUNTRIES DID A CULTURAL PERFORMANCE AT NOON REPRESENTING EACH OF THEIR COUNTRIES.
BEING ABLE TO WATCH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES GO OVER THAT CHILDREN'S AREA AND EXPLORE THAT WHOLE SPACE.
THESE ARE THE, UM, THE PAGEANT PRINCESSES HERE.
UM, THEY VOLUNTEERED SOME AS WELL, AND THEN HAD THEIR PERFORMANCE AT NOON, JUST, THEY JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.
SO WE ALSO, UM, DID IN THE MAKER MAKERSPACE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THERE WERE, UH, THEY USED THE 3D PRINTER TO THE MAGNETS.
THAT WAS AN OUTLINE, BASICALLY, OF THE BUILDING.
AND YOU COULD TAKE MARKERS AND COLOR IN HOWEVER YOU WANTED TO COLOR.
SO IT WAS, UH, SOMETHING, A TAKEAWAY THAT YOU COULD TAKE OF THE, THE SPECIAL DECK THAT WAS JUST, IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER USING THE SPACE, THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE, WHICH WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL TO ME OUT ON THAT PORCH.
BUT REALLY COMING TOGETHER, GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND USING THE SPACE THE WAY WE INTENDED IT.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE MAKER SPACE, UM, THIS YOUNG MAN OVER IN THE ADULT READING AREA, USING ONE OF THE LOUNGE CHAIRS TO ACTUALLY READ A BOOK IN THE LIBRARY.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, UM, THIS IS MRS. WYNN HERE, AND SHE'S AN AMAZING WOMAN WHO HAS, UH, RESOURCES ALL OVER THE PLACE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY.
UM, THIS, THEY ALSO HAVE LOANED US FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, UM, A REALLY SPECIAL EXHIBITION THAT IS, UM, IN THE DISPLAY CASES BEHIND WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE BOTH AT OR IN BOTH OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
SO, UM, IT'S 2025 MARKS A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR, UH, VIETNAMESE HISTORY WITH IT BEING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF SAIGON.
SO MRS. WYNN AND HER, UM, HER TEAM LOANED TO US AT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT CAME FROM VIETNAM.
MANY OF THEM THAT ARE, CANNOT BE, UM, THEY'RE NOT PUBLISHED ANYMORE.
WE CAN'T GET THESE PIECES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DISPLAY PHOTOS FROM, UH, THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE FLEEING VIETNAM.
UM, AS WELL AS, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF IT HERE.
SOME I THINK HER WEDDING DRESSES ON, UM, DISPLAY, UM, AS WELL AS SOME INSTRUMENTS THAT THEY, UH, HAD MADE IN VIETNAM, PLAYED IN VIETNAM.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL IF YOU HAVE A, IN LAYS OF MOTHER PEARL THAT ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL IN THE THEMSELVES.
AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH, UM, HOLLOW BALL REC CENTER NEXT DOOR.
UH, THEY HAD, THANKFULLY WITH THE WEATHER CLEARING, THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING OUT SOME DEMONSTRATIONS AND SOME DIFFERENT
[00:10:01]
PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, OUT AND GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE FOR THE LIBRARY TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE SOME THE PROGRAMS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY OFFER OVER ATSO IT OFF THE SHELF, I THINK WE HAD, UM, THE SPECIAL EDITION OF OFF THE SHELF FOR WEST.
WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM OR TWO SPECIAL PROGRAM OR TWO, AND THAT'S OFFERED AT HOBA, FEATURED IN THAT SPECIAL EDITION OF OFF THE SHELF.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, THEY, UH, OUR TEAM AND I THINK THE HOBA TEAM HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE AND JOINTLY, AS WELL AS HAVE SOME SHARED EXPERIENCES OF LIKE, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TAI CHI, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT THEY OFFER OVER AT, UM, THE REC CENTER OR, UH, KUNG FU OR EVEN THIS REALLY AMAZING AMERICAN LIBRARY OR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, NOT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, UM, DANCE, UH, CLASS THAT YOU LEARN, LEARN, SIGN LANGUAGE THROUGH MOVEMENT.
UM, YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A TRIAL OF SOME OF THOSE CLASSES OVER AT THE LIBRARY BEFORE YOU COMMIT AND SIGN UP FOR, FOR THE CLASS OVER AT THE REC CENTER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF SHARED PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL BE CONTINUING TO PARTNER ON.
I'M HAPPY TO, IT WAS A GREAT, SO, NO, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL.
SO NOW UP, UM, NEXT ARE THE SMALL INNOVATIONS FOR NORTH AND SOUTH, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING NEXT MONTH FOR MORE IN DEPTH LOOK OF THOSE TWO.
AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY HAD THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYBODY.
THE, UH, NEXT ITEM IS PROGRAMMING FOR THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
SO I'M EXCITED TO, UH, BRING UP HALEY CASIAS AND NICOLE BURTON, WHO HAVE, UH, A WHOLE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION ON THE CENTRAL LIBRARY'S, UM, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
GOT A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS PLANNED RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAND OUT TO OUR PATRON DURING, UM, A PAPER PROGRAM.
SO AS, UM, AS, UM, HALEY SAID, YEAH, SO THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE HANDOUT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR.
UM, AND AS WE GO OVER IT, UM, WE'LL ALSO SORT OF EXPLAIN LIKE THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
UM, SO THE SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR, IT'S ONE OF OUR NEW, UM, FEATURES AT CENTRAL.
UM, IT'S NEW WITH THE GRAND OPENING AS WELL.
SO AS PART OF THE SORT OF LIKE ENHANCED SERVICES, UM, WE WANT TO START OFF MORE BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS FOCUSED CLASSES FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, UM, AND SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR IS WHAT WE'RE BOTH DOING PROGRAMMING WITH.
SO HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE OUTSIDE OF THE
UM, IT'S A DEDICATED PROGRAM ROOM.
SO WE CAN HAVE LIKE SMALLER PROGRAMS IF WE NEED TO HAVE A LARGER SPACE, WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE INTO A LOT THIS WAY.
WE HAVE A DEDICATED, UH, LOCATION AS WELL FOR ANY SMALL BUSINESS PLANNING.
AND THEN OVER THIS, UM, PRESENTATION, HERE ARE THE TOPICS WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER.
SO WE'RE GONNA FIRST START OFF AND GO OVER WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR SPACE.
THEN WE'LL GO OVER OUR CURRENT AND SUBSTREAM LIBRARY PROGRAMS OVER OUR PARTNERSHIPS, UM, OUR PATRONS FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT IS IN, AND WHAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS INC? SO IN THAT DEDICATED ROOM, UM, UP TO 10, AND IT INCLUDES TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THE ROOM ITSELF HAS CONFERENCE CAP CAPABILITIES.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PICTURE INCLUDED IN A COUPLE SLIDES, BUT IN THE ROOM, THERE'S A BIG TV, THIS WHERE YOU CAN DO PRESENTATIONS, AND THERE'S ALSO CAMERAS, ONE
[00:15:01]
IN THE FRONT AND ONE OF THE, UM, ROOM, UM, THAT CAN CAPTURE PICTURE AND ALSO SOUND.SO IF IT'S SOME TYPE OF LIKE INTERACTIVE ZOOM CALL, THINGS LIKE THAT, THE PATRONS GET IN.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECTOR, UM, WHICH IS HOOKED UP TO THE TV TO DO DISPLAY, UM, FOR FUTURE PLANS.
IN THE SPACE ITSELF, UH, WE PLAN TO DO SOMETHING WITH A LAMINATOR AND A PLOT PRINTER.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL SORT OF PROGRAMMING AND PLANS FOR THOSE IN EFFECT YET.
WE DEFINITELY ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE SURVEYS IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
UM, THIS IS ONLY LOCATED AT THE CENTRAL LOCATION.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO THE DEDICATED PHONE NUMBER AS WELL.
THERE'S OUR LIBRARY PROGRAMS. SO THESE ARE GONNA CONSIST OF PROGRAMS WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING, UM, IN WHICH THE LIBRARY ITSELF RUNS, AND WE'RE NOT PARTNERING WITH LIKE A SPECIFIC FOR IT.
UM, SO TO RAISE, UM, TO LIKE, RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LIBRARY AND INFORMATION AND OUR LIBRARY RESOURCES.
UM, EACH MONTH WE'RE HAVING WHAT WE CALL COMMUNITY BUSINESS BUILDERS.
IT'S WHERE WE GO OVER THE DIFFERENT, UM, THE DIFFERENT ONLINE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD ON THE BUSINESS, FINANCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE HANDOUTS THAT YOU, UM, RECEIVED.
UM, THESE ARE WHAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS AS WELL TO TAKE WITH THEM.
AND THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE TIPS THAT WE DO OFFER.
UM, AND THEN DURING THE ACTUAL TOUR ITSELF THAT I LEAD, UM, WE CAN GO TO DIFFERENT ONLINE RESOURCES IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS TO HELP PATRONS KNOW HOW TO GET LOGGED IN.
UM, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE CLASS, WE DO A FULL TOUR OF THE LIBRARY ITSELF, WHERE WE SORT OF JUST EXPLAIN LIKE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, AS WELL WITH THEIR, UM, LIBRARY CARD.
AND THEN, UM, SO THEY KIND OF KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT IF THEY COME IN WITH LIKE ANY QUESTION.
OUR NEXT COMMUNITY BUSINESS BUILDERS CLASS IS GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT 6:30 PM THERE'S NO SIGN UP FOR THESE CLASSES.
UM, IF ANYONE WANTS TO ATTEND, DEFINITELY FEEL, UM, FREE TO, WE PLAN TO OFFER THESE EVERY MONTH THIS YEAR, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL START OFFERING THEM EVERY OTHER MONTH.
UM, JUST SORT OF LIKE, AS PEOPLE BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE SPACE, WE CAN HOLD OFF, UM, AS LIKE, UM, AND THEN OTHER CLASSES WE HAVE AS WELL.
UM, UM, HALEY LEADS OUR LIBRARY SOURCE CS.
THESE ARE MONTHLY PRESENTATIONS WE'RE OFFERING, UH, THIS FALL THAT COVER SPECIFIC LIBRARY, LIBRARY RESOURCES THEMSELVES.
UH, THE NEXT ONE COMING UP IS GOING TO BE ON NOVEMBER, 1730.
AND HALEY, WHICH ONE DOES THIS ONE COVER? THIS ONE COVERS HOMEWORK RESOURCES, SO MAYBE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMESCHOOLING OR PEOPLE WHO JUST NEED SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES FOR THEIR EDUCATION.
AND WE GET INTO DETAIL ABOUT EACH PROGRAM, EACH, UM, ONLINE RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT.
SO THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS BUSINESS, NO PREVIOUS ONE WAS CAREER AND EDUCATION.
SO IT WAS LIKE THE HIGHER EDUCATION AND CAREER RESOURCES.
AND THEN THE ONE PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THAT WAS BUSINESS AND FINANCE.
WE TALKED MORNINGSTAR, WHICH WAS LIKE INVESTMENT RESOURCE, RESOURCE.
AND THE, UM, AND THE COOL THING ABOUT THAT CLASS TOO IS THAT IF PATRONS WANNA BRING THEIR, LIKE PERSONAL DE THEIR PERSONAL DE DEVICES, THEY CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
OR IF THEY JUST WANNA, THAT'S ALSO, UM, THEN ONE OF THE LAST PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS, IS OUR, UM, RESUME BUILDERS CLASS.
HALEY ALSO LEADS THIS CLASS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS OFFERED EVERY OTHER THURSDAY AT 12:00 PM.
UM, AND THIS IS NOT, THIS ISN'T WHERE STAFF HELP YOU FROM, LIKE SCRATCH OR IF YOU NEED HELP WITH LIKE TEMPLATES OR LIKE, ARE YOU WITH LIKE DIFFERENT RESUME RESOURCES.
UM, THIS IS WHERE WE CAN KIND OF LEAD YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH LIKE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS AND TECHNOLOGY GAPS, AND THEY DON'T, THEY MIGHT NEED TO GET THIS JOB AND MAYBE THE JOB IS ALREADY LINED UP AND EVERYTHING.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS APPLY ONLINE, AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.
SO WE GET PEOPLE COMING IN, BUT PRIMARILY, UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING SO FAR IS PEOPLE WHO THEY'VE BEEN APPLYING AND THEY NEED SOME EXTRA RESOURCES TO GRAB ONTO, TO TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT STEP.
OR MAYBE THEY'RE JUST NOT LOOKING IN THE RIGHT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT, WHICH OUR ONLINE RESOURCES DO HELP WITH.
AND THEN I ALSO, I HAVE A WHOLE RESOURCE SHEET WHERE THEY CAN JUST KIND OF GO DOWN AND WE CAN TACKLE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOGETHER.
AND WE'LL GO OVER A RESUME, TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE, UM, ON.
AND THAT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY NICE.
IT'S JUST GOOD, A GOOD TIME TO BRAINSTORM AND FOCUS TOGETHER A COUPLE TIMES.
WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THERE TOGETHER AND WE ALL JUST TALK ABOUT IT.
AND ON THE, UM, HANDOUT WITH, I BELIEVE THE EDGE COURSES,
[00:20:01]
UH, IS MARINE EXPRESS IS OUTLINE, UM, ON, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR GO.THE, THE BIG TAKEAWAY WITH THESE THINGS TOO IS THAT THESE ARE ALL FREE RESOURCES, BOTH COMING IN AND COMING TO THE PROGRAM AND USING, YOU CAN COME IN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GLASSES OR CAPACITY.
WE MAY HAVE TO REEVALUATE THAT AND LOOK IT, BUT HAVING A LIBRARY CARD TO GO HOME OR GO OFFSITE AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE, IT'S FREE ACCESS WITH
SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE, UM, SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. SO I KIND OF IN A HYBRID FORM, I GUESS, UH, RESUME BUILDERS IS A LITTLE BIT TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED, BUT THESE ONES ARE ALL TECHNOLOGY.
THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS SPANISH LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE AND DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE, IT'S CALLED IU TECH ONE.
UM, MIRIAM LEADS, SHE'S PRIMARILY USUALLY IN THE MICROSPACE.
IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, MIRIAM, UH, AND THAT ONE'S JUST COME IN, WE'LL HELP YOU WITH TECHNOLOGY.
UM, IT COULD BE YOUR PHONE, IT COULD BE YOU NEED TO FINISH WRITING UP THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE THAT COMES UP IS FIVE 30, NOVEMBER 12TH.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A FEW MORE IN THE FUTURE.
SO THIS WINTER WE HAVE A GROW WITH GOOGLE, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, GETTING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ALL THESE FREE RESOURCES FROM GOOGLE, AND IT'S LIKE POWERPOINT, UM, IT'S ALL FREE, UH, PAPERWORK, THINGS LIKE THAT JUST TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THEIR THINGS AS WELL AS KIND OF GEAR IT TOWARDS CERTAIN TYPES OF RE CERTAIN TYPES OF NEEDS.
SO IT COULD BE SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE, IT COULD BE JOB SEEKERS.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE WAS ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOCUSES ON IT, UH, FINANCE, AND YOU CAN JUST GO OVER EACH ONE AND THEN YOU DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO BE THE EXPERT.
I DON'T NEED TO WRITE EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH.
AND THEN THERE'S RESOURCES FOR THEM TO FOLLOW UP WITH LATER.
UM, I REALLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT GROW WITH GOOGLE THIS WINTER.
WE ALSO HAVE BASIC COMPUTER PRACTICE.
UM, THIS ONE IS KIND OF THE ENGLISH VERSION OF IU TECH.
UH, BUT I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING MORE ON THE COORDINATION PART.
SO MOSTLY JUST, UH, TYPING PRACTICE AND THEN MOUSE PRACTICE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UM, FREE RESOURCES THAT I GET TO PULL FROM ONLINE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY A GAME, BUT KIND OF LIKE THAT, WHERE WE'RE JUST KIND OF PRACTICE TOGETHER.
UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THIS IS ALL I NEED TO DO.
SOMETIMES WE'LL MAKE THESE COMPUTER CLASSES AND SOME THEY'RE NOT READY.
WE HAVE PATRONS THAT AREN'T READY FOR THAT.
THEY, MAYBE THEY JUST NEED ANOTHER COM, ANOTHER COMPUTER CLASS WHERE WE'RE ALL WE'RE DOING IS PRACTICING OUR TYPING SKILLS.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT, THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE MORE LONG TERM.
SO WE JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO THEY COULD PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AND PRACTICE WHOLE HOUR.
UM, DESIGNING A FLYER IN CANVA, I'M EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS ONE TOO.
UH, CANVA ALSO HAS A FEW RESOURCES THAT THEY JUST HAVE FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I CAN JUST KIND OF TAKE THOSE AND THEN I'LL, I CAN MAKE MY OWN, UM, RESOURCE AND PROJECT ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING IS, UH, CREATING A FLYER.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA DESIGN A FLYER TOGETHER.
SO, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE EXPRESSING INTEREST IN CANVA, AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, PREMIUM RESOURCES, I GET TO SHOWCASE THAT FOR THEM.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PURCHASE IT ON THEIR OWN TO BE ABLE TO DEMO IT OR PLAY AROUND WITH IT.
UM, NOW I'M GONNA GO OVER OUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS OUR PATRONS.
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ME AND NICOLE
UH, SO THESE ARE A FEW PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE.
SCORE, UM, IS A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
ARE, IS THERE, ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THE, UH, SBA AND SCORE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO, I'M HOPING TO BRING IN SOME MORE PROGRAMMINGS.
I'LL GO OVER THAT LATER THOUGH.
UH, AND YOU GUYS KNOW THE GARLAND
[00:25:01]
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS WELL AS THE, UM, ASSOCIATION, HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.AND THEN I DISCUSSED GROW WITH GOOGLE AND THEN AS WELL AS LH EXECUTIVE SERVICES.
I'M GONNA GO OVER THOSE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, FOR SCORE WORKSHOPS, THESE ARE THE NEXT ONES WE HAVE TOMORROW.
UH, WE HAVE BUSINESS PLANS 1 0 1, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
'CAUSE THE PREVIOUS ONE, IT WAS JUST SO CHOCKFULL OF INFORMATION AND THE PATRONS, THERE SEEMED TO BE, EVERYONE SEEMED TO REALLY ENJOY IT.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE ESSENTIAL C FOUR STARTING A BUSINESS.
IT'S JUST A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, SCORE EXPERTS.
UH, A LOT OF THEM ARE LIKE RETIREES, AND THEY JUST KIND OF WANNA VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I, I WENT AND SAT IN ON THE FIRST ONE TO KIND OF SEE HOW IT WENT, AND THEY'RE GREAT.
AND THEN WE USE OUR, UH, OUR SPACE SOMETIMES FOR, YOU KNOW, THE GARLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
IF THEY EVER WANNA DO, UH, ANYTHING WITH THAT SPACE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.
UH, FIRST GRATUITY BANK, UM, NICOLE SET THIS ONE UP IS JUST FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES.
A LOT OF BANKS DO THAT, WHERE THEY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HOST SOME FINANCIAL CLASSES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ELECTRIC EXECUTIVE SERVICES.
THIS IS LIKE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.
UH, THEY HAVE A TIME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP AND ALSO A PURSE ORGANIZING WORKSHOP THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AT THE LIBRARY.
YEAH, THERE, SHE HAS A WHOLE MANTRA ABOUT IT.
I WAS SOLD
IT WAS LIKE, YOU GOTTA ORGANIZE PURSE, ORGANIZE LIFE.
I GUESS
AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THEM WORK WITH US TOO.
ALSO MENTION A LITTLE BITTY BAG THAT EVERYTHING CAN I NEED.
YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE TOO.
THAT ONE'S GONNA BE IN FEBRUARY.
I'LL ALSO MENTION, TOO, UM, SO PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, WELL, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE CHAMBER AND THE HISPANIC NATION IS A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS OUR OFFERING CLASSES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN MM-HMM
SO THE HISPANIC BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, THEY'RE LARGELY OFFERING ALL THE SPANISH, WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR, UM, THEIR LIKE, OR THEIR, LIKE, WHEN WE HAVE AN AT BURY ITSELF, IT CAN PROVIDE A, UM, A, IT CAN PROVIDE DIFFERENT UNRESOURCED SPEAKERS.
UM, AND THE NICE THING ABOUT OUR, OUR OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER THE ENGLISH.
SO THIS WAY THERE ISN'T ANY CONFUSION WITH PEOPLE KNOWING.
UM, AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH THE GARLAND CHAMBER TOO, TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE YOUR D RESOURCE IS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE DOING ENGLISH AND SCHOOL LITERACY BECAUSE, SO THEY'LL HELP PROMOTE THEY MOST SORT OF LIKE, SO, UM, HAVING BEEN DOING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND HAVING THEM HAVE, HAVING SPOKE WITH OUR PATRONS AND WORKING WITH THEM AND SEEING WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGES THEY COME TO US WITH, I HAVE LISTED A FEW WHAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN CONFRONTED WITH.
UM, SO A LOT OF THEM COME TO US, WHETHER IT'S THEM WANTING TO START A SMALL BUSINESS, THEM TRYING TO START A NEW JOB, THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN, AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WHERE DO I START? AND THAT'S AWESOME FOR US BECAUSE WE GET TO TELL THEM ALL THE NEW RESOURCES AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.
UM, LIMITED AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHICH I THINK WE ALL KNOW, WHICH SOMETIMES WE HAVE THE STUFF THERE, BUT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE GO TOWARDS THEM.
UM, DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES.
SOMETIMES THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY GAPS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE NEXT ONE IS TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS AND SKILL GAPS.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST HAVE CHALLENGES GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP, WHETHER IT'S APPLYING FOR THIS OR, YOU KNOW, FINDING THE RIGHT ONLINE TOOL TO USE.
UM, SEEKS SEEKING TRANS SEEKING TO TRANSITION OR PIVOT CAREERS.
I'M THINKING OF ONE PERSON SPECIFICALLY WHEN I WROTE THIS ONE OUT.
SO I'VE HAD, WELL, ACTUALLY A COUPLE.
THEY BOTH COME IN AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WELL, I'M TRYING TO CHANGE JOBS.
I'M THINKING ABOUT CHANGING A JOB.
WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE TO TELL ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I COULD DO, WHAT THE
[00:30:01]
POSSIBILITY IS, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF STEPS WOULD I NEED TO TAKE SO THEY CAN JUST SEE IT.SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE REALLY COOL TOO.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IN THE SAME VEIN, EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE LIBRARY.
CUTE LITTLE STAGE PHOTO THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS THE MAKER, THIS IS THE, SORRY, SMALL SPACE, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR.
YOU'LL SEE THE CAMERA KIND OF UP AT THE TOP CORNER.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, AND THEN UP TOP THAT RECORDS.
SO IT HAS FULL CONFERENCING CAPABILITIES IN THERE.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY CAN WE DO CLASSES, BUT THERE'S ALSO CONFERENCING TO PEOPLE.
AND SO ON THAT NOTE, SO WE TALK ABOUT, WE TALK TO OUR PATRONS AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANNA SEE FROM THE LIBRARY, AND THEY TELL US,
SO THEY, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE EXPRESS INTEREST IN COWORKING SPACES.
UM, PATRONS ARE INTERESTED IN SPECIFICALLY SPANISH LANGUAGE BUSINESS CLASSES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED MORE SPANISH LANGUAGE, UM, CLASSES.
I TALK ABOUT BUSINESSES OR ABOUT CAREER RELATED ISSUES.
I GET PODCASTING QUESTIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND THEN, UM, FOOD TRUCKS, PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN STARTING A FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS.
THEY WANT, THEY SEE SO MANY IN GARLAND, THEY'RE LIKE, HOW DO I GET IN ON THIS? AND HOW DO I GET THE RIGHT TO JUST PARK MY CAR HERE AND SELL FOOD? A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT THIS.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GRANT WRITING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NON-PROFITS AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I WANNA BE ABLE TO FUND MY BUSINESS.
UM, HOW DO I DO THAT? UH, ETSY, PEOPLE LOVE ETSY, ESPECIALLY THAT WITH THAT MAKERSPACE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEY'LL COME RIGHT OVER TO US AND THEY'LL ASK US, SO HOW DO I GO ABOUT IT IN THIS WAY? I WANNA START SELLING MYSELF ON ETSY, WHICH I WANNA SAY IS PART OF THE REASON THAT WE PUT THE SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAKERS, MAKE A PROTOTYPE, MAKE, SO, MAKE IT DOES, IT DOES, IT REALLY DOES SPARK THAT INTEREST.
AND THEN THEY'LL COME RIGHT OVER TO US AND THEY'RE LIKE, I WANNA SELL MY THINGS.
AND THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO.
UM, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW MARKETING STRATEGIES IS WHY I BROUGHT UP THAT CANVA, HOW TO MAKE A FLYER JUST TO BEGIN RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN, UM, DOWNTOWN GARLAND MARKETS, I GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT A LOT TOO.
THEY'RE LIKE, HOW ARE THEY OVER THERE? WHAT DO I DO? SO THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT AND I LOOK AT AND MAKES US KIND OF GO, OKAY, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT? WHAT CAN, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS, WHAT KIND OF, UH, INFORMATION CAN WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THESE DEEP QUESTIONS?
WILL Y'ALL MAKE US AWARE OF THOSE? I, YES.
SO WE HAVE SOME OF THE DATES ON THOSE.
I JUST, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE DATES FROM LIKE NOVEMBER TO THROUGH JANUARY, AND THEN THE LATER ONES I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WON'T, I WON'T.
BUT WE HAVE THE DATES ON THOSE AS WELL.
SO, UH, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I CAN SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.
JUST, JUST TO COMMENT, UM, I LOVE ALL OF THIS.
I THINK COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS SO ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE.
AND I, I NOTICED JUST BEING BIASED, DALLAS COLLEGE ISN'T ONE OF THE PARTNERS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ELEVATE THAT, IF THAT IS OF INTEREST BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE COULD ALSO BE TIED INTO UPSKILLING OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM
NOT JUST EDUCATING, INFORMING, BUT MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO UPSKILL.
AND, BUT IF WE CAN SEPARATE, I'M HAPPY AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, I'M HAPPY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH.
ALSO WE HAVE, UM, WERE FOUR ADULTS THAT STARTED IT IN OR PASSED ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
AND IT'S REALLY TARGETING ADULTS, NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS WHO COLLEGE OR I'LL SAY EVEN COMPLETING A HIGH SCHOOL GED MAY HAVE NOT AT THE TIME.
JUST TRYING TO, UM, MAKE THE PROCESS MUCH LESS TO THE, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY HANDHOLD, BUT TRY TO PROVIDE SOME, ALL OF THOSE STUFF LOOTING LIKE A PACKAGE THING WHEN OVER A WEEKEND, FOUR CAMPUSES, THE, THE COST
[00:35:02]
WE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PART.IT DOES PLAY INTO THIS WITH THE, THE ADULT EDUCATION COMPONENT.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE HALEY AND NICOLE, BUT WE WOULD LOVE THE HELP TO BE ABLE TO.
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, ALL WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE EXPANDING.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, IT'S BECOME A BIG PASSION OF MINE WORKING IN PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNICATIONS MM-HMM
UM, AND WANTING TO SEE, PARTICULARLY I WOULD THINK THE GOOGLE AND THE CANVA, THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES TALKING ABOUT THAT.
ARE Y'ALL, ARE Y'ALL EXPLORING THOSE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS OUT THERE AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING? SO ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING ONLINE MARKETING OR DOING THEIR BUSINESSES ONLINE, SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE WHO HAVE VARIOUS IMPAIRMENTS.
UH, HEARING AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS ARE THE ONE I ALWAYS THINK OF FIRST, BUT I ALSO AM ALWAYS STRUGGLING WITH, FOR PEOPLE WHO TACTILE, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE A MOUSE MM-HMM
THAT ONE, THAT ONE'S THE ONE THAT I TRIP OVER IT EVERY SINGLE TIME.
WHERE YOU HAVE CHALLENGES COMING IN, MAKING SURE WITH WHAT THEY CREATE YEAH.
IS SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST USING TABS AND SPACE KEYS CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH IT AND DOESN'T, THEY DON'T GET LOST IN IT.
IT'S A LOT OF CODING THAT I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT, HONESTLY.
BUT I ALSO KNOW IT'S CRITICAL.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CONTENT IS ACCESSIBLE.
AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS COMING DOWN, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY START
SO, UM, AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S IMPACTFUL ON PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL.
ANYWAY, I, IT'S BEEN A BIG SAT IN A SESSION ONE TIME AND HAD A, UH, SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER BASICALLY SAID, WHEN Y'ALL CREATE CONTENT LAPPING ME.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ME THERE.
SO DON'T PUT CAP IF, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T, OH, PUT ACTIONING.
AND, AND A LOT OF THINGS WERE, SO, ESPECIALLY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WAS SLOWLY BUT SURELY COME ALONG.
'CAUSE NOBODY COULD AFFORD ANYTHING, BUT NOBODY CARES WHETHER YOUR AUDIENCE NEEDS YOU TO COMMUNICATE WITH MM-HMM.
IN A BETTER WAY THAT THEY CAN SEE IT.
THAT'S WHY I WOULDN'T NO, YOU'RE TRUE.
AND FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, YOU, YOU DO SOME OF THAT AUTOMATICALLY.
THE SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS IN HIGH CONTRAST COLORS, BUT IF YOU PUT YELLOW, YOU KNOW, AH, YEAH.
YELLOW TYPE ON A LIGHT GREEN BACKGROUND, IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR, FOR SOME PEOPLE TO READ.
MICHAEL, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FACET OF ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, OR WHAT YOU CONSIDERED DOING, UM, MAYBE RECORDINGS AND HAVING A VIDEO LIBRARY AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE? LIKE IF THEY CAN'T MAKE A SESSION? YES.
YES, WE HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT THE MAKERSPACE DOES PROVIDE, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN MAKING VIDEOS MM-HMM
BUT THIS WAS THE START YEAR ERIC AFTER COVID.
SO A LOT OF, WHENEVER THEY STARTED POSTING OUR CLASSES ONLINE AND MAKING ONLINE VIDEOS THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE AND LIKE, JUST RECORDINGS OF OUR SESSIONS WAS DURING, DURING THAT TIME.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN THINK, I HAVE BEEN THINKING, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAPABILITIES MM-HMM
POSTED ONLINE AND MAKE IT REALLY AVAILABLE.
I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE, THE, UM, I GUESS THE AGE OF SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN OFFERING SPANISH LANGUAGE SERVICES BROAD BRUSH, UH, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THIS EXISTED TWO OR FIVE OR EIGHT YEARS AGO? IS THIS, YOU KNOW, IS THIS KIND OF CONTENT AND OFFERING? I THINK A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS,
[00:40:01]
UH, RELATED PROGRAMMING IS FAIRLY NEW IN THAT SENSE.I KNOW WE'VE HAD LIKE SPAN PROGRAMMING IN GENERAL, BUT I THINK THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M, WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW LIKE THE STORY TIMES HAVE BEEN AROUND, I, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT FOREVER, BUT STORY TIMES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS DIFFERENT.
IN YEARS PAST WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER, AND I THINK THIS IS TIME, OR AT LEAST THE FIRST TIME IN HAVE YEARS, THAT THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO FIRST KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS SPANISH AS WELL.
LIKE, WE MAY HAVE SINCE A LOT OF THE MORE TALK ALSO, SO WE'RE BOTH PARTNERED WITH SCORE LIKE DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THEY ARE GETTING LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE A SEPARATE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT, AND THIS IS NEVER THE GOOGLE CLASSES, THE GIRL WITH GOOGLE, THOSE ONES ARE ALSO ALSO GOING AROUND THE TIME.
UM, THE, I I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TALK TO, SO I SPOKE WITH SBDC, UH, THEY HAVE SOMEONE THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO EVENTUALLY BUILD THEM UP TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN START DOING PRESENTATIONS.
THEY'RE, THAT'S THEIR ONE SPANISH SPEAK.
UM, I SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THAT TOO.
WE'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUT SPANISH SPEAKERS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THESE PROGRAMS. SAME THING WITH THE, UM, WITH THE FINANCIAL WELL, UH, IT'S JUST SOMETIMES THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, IT'S LIKE THAT.
BUT WE ALWAYS ACTIVELY SEEK OUT IF I CAN PROVIDE OPTIONS.
AND I, I'M ALSO TRYING TO YOUNG ADULTS AND NOT IN THE SAME TOPIC AS IT'S JOB SECURITY.
SHE IS NEVER, EVER GOING TO RUN OUTTA THINGS TO DO
WELL, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE'RE TRYING VERY, WE, I SAY WE, YOU ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND MEET THEM.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ALL AROUND.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? I THINK EVEN WHEN I SEE THE LIST OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR, YEAH, UHHUH,
IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE, UM, COMMENT SHEET.
I WAS LIKE, TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT SO I CAN BRING IT TO YOU GUYS.
WHATEVER YOU WANT IN THIS SPACE, TELL ME SO WE CAN DO IT.
UM, AND WE GET THE SAME ANSWERS ALL THE TIME.
AND SO I PUT, AND I WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE IT TOO, SO YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING AT THE INTEREST OF OUR PATRON ALWAYS.
I THINK THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER THESE THINGS AND THEY CONSIDER THE LIBRARY THE RESOURCE TO COME FIND INFORMATION LIKE THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE ALSO NEED EVERYONE WHO'S HERE YOUR HELP TO BE ABLE TO UNDER HEARING OR HAVING CONVERSATIONS TO SAY LIKE THE NUMBER SB SBI GET IN TOUCH WITH HOLD.
THESE ARE OUR CONTACTS, SO IF YOU EVER WANNA SPEAK TO US OR YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU EVER WANNA SPEAK MORE ABOUT, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR NEEDS SOME TYPE OF MODIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, TELL ME AND MARK YOU'D ALWAYS DO MORE.
YEAH,
HALEY AND NICOLE HAVE DONE TO BE ABLE CONTENT THUS FAR.
I KNOW THERE A LOT OF CONTENT THAT COME WELL, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT KATHLEEN AND THE, THE PROGRAMMING NUMBERS THAT SHE COMPILES.
SO I, I'VE GOT IN MIND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST ENVISION STACKS AND STACKS AND STACKS OF, OF PAPER WITH INFORMATION ON IT THAT KATHLEEN HAS TO TAME
[00:45:01]
THAT'S GOOD THOUGH.AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN 2026 UPDATE.
UH, YOU WORK HERE BACK IN 20 21, 28, 20 20, 20 21.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS TIME AGAIN TO UPDATE OUR PLAN.
NOW, THE, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT BACK IN 20 19, 20 20, WE WERE UPDATING OUR OVERALL MASTER PLAN ON TWO DIFFERENT PLANS.
UM, BUT IT IS TIME FOR US TO UPDATE COMPONENT THAT OVERALL.
SO WHAT IS, AS WE PLAN OR WHY HAPPENS? THIS REALLY SERVES AS OUR ROADMAP, RESOURCE AND ABLE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST.
UM, IT'S DEVELOPED NOT JUST BY THE TABLE, IT'S WHOLE PROSPECT, THE COMMUNITY, USERS, NON-USERS, LIBRARY, MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, DIFFERENT GROUPS ON THE COMMUNITY THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG CROSS SECTION.
UM, IT GUIDES HOW WE USE OUR RESOURCE AND IN SHORT, IT'S OUR SHARED PLAN WHERE THE LIBRARY IS GOING, WHY IT MATTERS.
SO, UH, A BIG THING TOO IS, UM, DATA ACCREDITATION.
SO, UH, WELL THAT HANDOUT KIND OF GIVES YOU A POINT ON OF THE BENEFITS OF STATE CREDIT.
THIS IS JUST A, UH, MAYBE THE FINANCIAL STATEWIDE LOAN PROGRAM.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT, THE BE ACCREDITED AND THERE IS A SECTION, UM, FOR COUPLE LIBRARIES, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE TEXAS CODE OF MUST HAVE A STRATEGIC THAT APPROVED BY ITS, SO THAT'S THE TRIGGER.
LAST ONE WAS APPROVED BY OUR GOVERNING AUTHORITY, WHO IS THE CITY CELEBRATED THAT THE, UM, YES, FEBRUARY, 2021.
UM, SO CURRENTLY, UH, WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON BETWEEN BUILDING PROJECTS, WE, UM, SOUGHT OUTSIDE.
THEY ALSO OFFER CONSULT OR GUESS SOME SUBCONTRACTORS WHO, BUT THEY'RE, UM, OVERSEEING UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC.
SO YOU MAY BE ASKING, HOW DID WE DO FROM OUR 2021 THAT WE, WE'VE DONE PRETTY, PRETTY WELL.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS IN A SPREADSHEET FORM, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER FROM OR FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE ARE BREAK, UM, ACTION I, UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS IS THAT SPREADSHEET.
SO WE HAVE BROKEN OUT SERVICE TO YOUTH, SERVICE TO ADULTS SERVICE TO THE
THIS ONE REALLY, UM, TAKES UP MORE THAN JUST THE, THE INITIALS.
THE, THE MASTER PLAN OF ALL THE EXCITING PART IS UNDER THE STATUS FOR THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS WERE EITHER IN PRODUCTS HAVE COMPLETED, UH, OR IN SOME, OR IT'S IN SOME TYPE OF
[00:50:01]
REVIEW.THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE'VE NOT PICKED OUT YET.
ADVANCE BOARD FUNDING, DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT I JUST WANTED Y'ALL TO SEE SINCE 2021, THE AMAZING BOARD THAT, UH, THE ENTIRE LIBRARY TEAM RECENTLY WITH THE FACILITIES AND OPERATING FACILITIES,
SO THE TIMELINE, UM, WE OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE, THE PROJECT WITH THE SEVEN 20 TEAM
WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF ALMOST EVERY KIND OF STATISTIC YOU CAN THINK OF LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT LIBRARY, WHAT'S RIGHT FOR GARLAND, UM, AND PUTTING TOGETHER.
SO THOSE ARE TWO CRUCIAL THINGS WITH WHAT'S GOING WELL AT FOR PARTS THAT PROVE UPON HOW DO THEY SEE OUR, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, THE BIG THING WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE CAN GET OUR RESERVES TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY VERY EASY.
IT'S, WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR, SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A COUPLE OF D THINGS THAT WE DID NOT DO THE, UM, 20TH, UH, REALLY TRYING TO GET THE, THE ENGAGEMENT FROM ONE BEING, UH, IN DECEMBER.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD TWO, TWO DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENGAGE IN THE SQUARE AND HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF, THEY'LL POTENTIALLY BE A LOT OF NON ALSO BE MONEY TO HAVE MAILERS BEGIN.
UH, THERE'LL BE AN OUTREACH, UM, BUSINESS, Y'ALL'S HELP TO BE ABLE GET THAT.
THEN IN JANUARY, UM, THERE'LL BE A WHOLE DAY, UH, MORE THAN JUST A DAY, BUT ONE DAY SPECIFICALLY, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON, SO THIS YEAR OUR DEVELOPMENT MAY IVY GROUP IN SEVEN MAJORITY OF THE DAY WILL BE, IT'LL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY FOR, WITHOUT US NECESSARILY BEING IN THE ROOM, ANTS TO FIND OUT SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM STAFF, BUT ALSO, UH, WORK WITH, UH, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENT RESOURCES, DEPARTMENTS, ATION, DIFFERENT GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO GET DIFFERENT FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE'LL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEN, UM, FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL BE A BIG TIME AND I'LL LOOK AT WHAT OUR PLAN GOALS NEED TO BE, HOW TO MAKE IT RIGHT REGARDLESS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEN IN MAY, APRIL AND MAY REALLY PUSHING TO BOARD.
ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY? WE ARE.
UM, IN PART, THAT'S WHY I SAY USUALLY,
[00:55:01]
UM, USUALLY YOU HAVE ME HOMEWORK ALMOST A MONTH AND A HALF.ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION TOO IS THE SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BAYLOR, IN THE, UM,
SO HAVE THAT INFORMATION ALL IN ENGLISH, SPANISH.
SO TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS MM-HMM
WELL, AND JENNIFER RIGHT NOW, SHE WILL GET THOSE RESPONSES.
AND WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN AS THIS GROUP BECAUSE THE MORE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VOICES THAT WE CAN HAVE, THE, THE BETTER, THE BETTER INPUT.
WELL THAT IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, AS YOU SAID.
SO IT IS, BUT TWO BUILDINGS, FREE TIME BUILDINGS OPEN UP IN THE LIGHT.
KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR TIME.
I'M SURE THAT'S EXACTLY HOW IT FEELS.
SO WE WERE GOING FROM HERE TO HERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CATCH UP HERE.
WE'VE MADE SO MANY ADVANCED MOVEMENT.
WE STILL HAVE WHICH WAY TO GO AND HOW WE WANT.
I MEAN, IT WILL BE MONUMENTAL, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL QUITE AS MASSIVE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AWARDS.
SO, UM, OUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, WHICH THE LADIES ON EITHER AGAIN, UM, CONTACTED US OVER THE SUMMER ABOUT NANCY, TISHA, MCNAT.
I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK YOU ONE.
LET VERBALLY GIVE THE DESCRIPTION AND WE HAVE SHOW AND TELL.
UM, THEY, EVERY YEAR, UM, TEXAS DOWNTOWN HAS, UH, A, AN AMAZING GROUP OF BASICALLY TEXAS ALL OVER THE, THERE'S AN AWARDS PART OF THAT.
SO WE GOT TO, UM, AN OFFICE LANGUAGE FOR, SO WE ENTERED FOR THE BEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN THERE IS A PUBLIC COMPONENT ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR A, UH, CHOICE.
OUT OF ALL OF THESE OVER 50 FOR POPULATIONS OVER 50,000 POPUL THAT IT'S, IT'S GOING UP AGAINST SOME REALLY INTERVAL.
BUT I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT CENTRAL LIBRARY WON THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE ON BOARD
WE, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE LAST WEEK, BE THERE FOR THE AWARDS CEREMONY, AND I SAID, YES,
SO WE GO AND WE WE'RE TAKING POSSESSION OF OUR AWARDS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
IT ABSOLUTELY TAKES YOUR, LET'S GO BACK.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DESERVED.
EVERYBODY WHO VOTED THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR PART.
THE, UH, THE FINAL ITEM IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I HAVE A, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION.
ONCE UPON A TIME, A LONG TIME AGO, THERE WAS A, UM, SIGN FOR THE FUTURE NORTH TEXAS LIBRARY OVER
[01:00:01]
IN THE, THE, THE FOREST AND THE ACADEMY AND SO ON.AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT, OF THAT PROPERTY? OKAY.
AND DID THE SIGN EVER COME DOWN? I COULD GO LOOK, BUT PEOPLE ABOUT THAT SIGN? YEAH.
OH, MAYBE THE SIGN IS STILL THERE.
SO IT'D BE INTERESTING TO, YOU KNOW, TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON WHAT ANYBODY THINKS MIGHT HAPPEN WITH THAT LAND.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I DO.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN, THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD, WE HAD A PREVIEW OF WHAT COULD COME OUT OF THAT, UM, WHERE IT ALL ENDED UP AND WHAT OUR STATUS IS.
AND, AND, AND OH, AND I WILL SECOND THAT.
I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE GETTING USAGE STATISTICS AND IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO SOON TO SEE SOMETHING FOR, FOR CENTRAL.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN TO LOOK AT GOING FROM CLEA TO CENTRAL.
BUT, UH, I THINK THE BOARD WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING THAT AND WE'LL SEE MEANINGFUL DATA IN A LITTLE BIT AS WEST COMES ONLINE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 8TH.
IS THAT WHAT I READ? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.