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EVERYONE.SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING TO ORDER.
AND THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 9TH.
MADAM CHAIR, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING NEEDED CORRECTLY, SO I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS PRINTED.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
OPPOSED SAY NO MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
AND THE FIRST ITEM UP IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ON PROGRAM UPDATES.
UM, OUR TWO SUPPOSED TO FINISH OUR TWO, UH, BOND PROJECT.
UH, UPDATES THAT WE HAVE ARE CONTINUING ON FOR NORTH AND FOR SOUTH.
UM, FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT NORTH AND WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS ON THE FLOOR TO LOOK AT REAL QUICK.
UM, WE, IN THE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE DONE SOME SHOWROOM VISITS.
UM, THE COST ESTIMATOR HAS BEEN WORKING ON ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES BETWEEN THE FURNITURE, UM, FINISHES SOME, SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE IT EQUIPMENT TO BRING BACK, UM, KIND OF A BIG OVERALL ESTIMATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN BUDGET.
WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN EXERCISE TO KIND OF MINIMIZE AND, AND REDO A FEW THINGS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN SCOPE OR THAT WE'RE IN BUDGET, NOT NECESSARILY IN SCOPE, UH, AND STILL WORKING THROUGH THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT IT, TOMORROW IS, UH, A BIG MEETING FOR US BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET TO LOOK AT A BUNCH OF FINISHES FOR THE FURNITURE THAT WE'VE SELECTED.
SO ONCE WE, UM, GET THOSE, UH, FINALIZED, THEN IT WILL GO BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ESTIMATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL ON BUDGET.
AND THEN, THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD JUST TO GIVE YOU A REMINDER OF WHAT THE COLOR PALETTE IS FOR, UM, FOR NORTH, ALL THE PRETTY BLUES AND THE GREENS.
UM, AND THEN TONIGHT WE HAVE SOME CARPET SAMPLES TO LOOK AT.
SO, UM, THE, THE FLOOR PLAN OF, OF NORTH HERE, THERE ARE TWO PLACES THAT WE'RE GETTING NEW CARPET, AND THIS ISN'T, UM, THIS IS JUST A SELECTION.
WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE, UM, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN DECIDED SO FAR.
ONE IS OVER IN THE ADULT AREA.
IT'S KIND OF WHERE THE VENDING AREA IS.
THERE'S SOME LINOLEUM THAT'S ON THE GROUND THAT'S GONNA GONNA BE REPLACED.
SOME OF THAT LINOLEUM IS COMING UP AND IS IN DISREPAIR.
AND THIS, UM, CARPET BLANKET IS FOR THE BULK OF IT.
WE STILL HAVE AN LVT, UH, THAT WE'VE GOTTA CHOOSE TO GO BACK IN THAT, UM, AREA.
AND THEN IN ONE OF THE, UM, JANITOR'S CLOSETS.
SO IT NEEDS TO BE A HARDY MATERIAL.
UM, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT TOMORROW, UH, IN OUR MEETING.
THE OTHER IS OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA, AND THIS IS WHERE THERE'S THE PLAY WALL THAT HAS THE, LIKE THE PICNIC AREA OVER FOR THE, UM, SMALLER CHILDREN AT NORTH.
THAT CARPET, AS YOU KNOW, HAS SERVED ITS TIME
AND WHEN WE WENT TO ONE OF THE LIBRARY VISITS, UH, I THINK IT WAS ALLEN PUBLIC LIBRARY HAD IN ONE OF THEIR AREAS IN THE CHILDREN'S, UM, THIS HONEYCOMB SHAPE, UH, CARPET TILE ALL THROUGH THEIR CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND IT REALLY, IT MAKES A BIG PUNCH.
SO IT'S WITH COLOR AND JUST THE LOVE, THE HEXAGON SHAPE.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE CHOSEN IN THAT AREA WITH THE BLUES, THE ORANGE, THE GREEN, UM, THAT WILL BE IN THAT SMALLER AREA WHERE CHILDREN'S IS DECIDED ABOUT.
AND THEN JUST TO BEST THING FOR
UH, YEAH, CHECKING, UM, JUST THE WORKING TIMELINE.
AND I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE WORKING.
THERE MAY BE SOME GIVE OR TAKE BASED ON HOW THINGS SHAKE OUT.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE, UM, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE, OR I'M SORRY, THEY'RE, UH, GETTING GOTTEN SOUTH CONFUSED.
WE'RE IN THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE.
UM, IT'S DSGN, WHO'S THE ARCHITECT.
AND SHORTLY WE WERE PROBABLY GONNA BE GOING OUT TO HAVE TO BID FOR THE, THE PROJECT,
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AND THEN ACTUALLY STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN SUMMERTIME, FINISHING UP BEFORE THE, THE END OF THE YEAR.SO WE'LL HAVE A REALLY NICE, UM, GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION FOR NORTH ONCE THAT WORK IS DONE.
I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT NORTH.
ARE THOSE THE CARPET TILES THAT YOU CAN REPLACE? SO LIKE IF ONE GETS, YOU KNOW, STAINED OR TORN OR SOMETHING, YOU JUST REPLACE THE ONE? YES.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A, A TAPE INSTALLATION MM-HMM.
INSTEAD OF THE GLUE, UH, WHICH MAKES IT NICE.
EASIER THAN, UM, I'M ASSUMING THEN, BY THE WAY, YOU'RE SAYING THIS, THAT A LI THAT LIBRARY WILL BE COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT DURING THE PROCESS.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A LITTLE OF THIS, A LITTLE OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE SUMMERTIME.
CONSTRUCTION WILL HAPPEN IN THE SUMMERTIME.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, PHASE IT IN A WAY THAT IT HAS THE LEAST, LEAST IMPACT AS POSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES WHO ARE COMING FOR THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE BIG CONSIDERATION, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'LL WORK WITH THE, THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND, UM, OUR ARCHITECT ON FIGURING OUT HOW TO BEST LAY OUT EVERYTHING TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE MAY NOT BE CLOSED FOR A FEW DAYS A WEEK IF IT'S NEEDED, UH, FOR A PARTICULAR ASPECT OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT ANYTHING TO DO THAT WE CAN DO TO MINIMIZE THAT.
AND THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL LOT OF CONSTRUCTION THAT'S HAPPENING.
IT'S MORE, I THINK, PUTTING IN SOME, UM, HANDY WOOHOO,
PUTTING IN SOME DOORS AND SOME, UH, PLACES, SOME THINGS IN THIS BACK AREA TO, UH, SECURE THE, THE BACK WORK ROOM AREA TO THE PUBLIC.
I KNOW THIS, THIS IS GONNA REVOLUTIONIZE OUR MEETINGS FROM NOW ON.
SOUND AND THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT'S GOING ON.
SO FOR THE, THE CHILDREN, SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON THEIR HEAT MM-HMM.
ACTUALLY PLAYING AN LVT THAT HARDER SURFACE.
AND THEN, AS KATHLEEN WAS SAYING, FOR THE SOUND, UM, WE WILL HAVE THE LVT, THE HARDER SURFACE IN THE AREAS LIKE WHERE THE VENDING MACHINE IS, WATER FOUNTAINS AND THOSE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO CLEAN UP.
BUT THIS IS ALL HIGHLY DURABLE, CAN TAKE A, UH, A BEATING PRODUCT.
I MEAN, IT'S MADE FOR PUBLIC MM-HMM.
UH, SPACES AND CAN BE, UM, CLEANED USING THE, UM, THE PROCESS THAT OUR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT TEAM USES.
MOVING ON SOUTH, UH, WE'RE HELD OUR SECOND SCHEMATIC DESIGN MEETING IN FEBRUARY AND CONTINUED REFINING THE DESIGN, UM, FOR SOUTH OF THE INTERIOR.
UH, WE DID START TO REVIEW FINISHES FOR FLOORING AND RESTROOMS AT SOUTH.
IT'S PART OF WHAT THE PROCESS, UH, OF THE, THE DESIGNER, THE THE ARCHITECT, UM, WHICH IS SEVEN 20 DESIGN USES.
UH, SHE USUALLY, HER NAME IS SUSANNA.
SHE'S AMAZING INTERIOR, UM, DESIGNER, ARCHITECT.
BUT SHE BRINGS ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TO TRY TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT COLORS, WHAT TEXTURES, WHAT PATTERNS DO YOU LIKE, AND THEN SHE'LL START NARROWING DOWN AND REFINING THAT PROCESS WITH US.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR SOUTH IS WE'LL BEGIN TO MAKE OUR, UM, SELECTION IN OUR LIST FOR WHAT'S GONNA BE IN THE MAKER SPACE.
AND THAT'S ALL TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY'RE REFINING AND, UM, MAKING SOME DETAILED PLANS FOR THE MAKERSPACE THE SOUTH, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE WHERE ELECTRICAL'S LOCATED, HOW THE ELECTRICAL IS LOCATED, IF THERE'S ANY VENTILATION EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, LOOKED AT FOR ANY OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN MID TO LATE MARCH, WE'LL HAVE OUR THIRD SCHEMATIC DESIGN MEETING.
UM, THAT WILL TAKE US FURTHER, UH, INTO THE PROCESS.
SO WHAT I WANT YOU, UH, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS DON'T GET, UH, MARRIED TO ANYTHING THAT'S ON THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WILL STILL PROBABLY BE CHANGED, BUT THE BIG TAKEAWAY IS THIS AREA HERE,
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WE'RE GONNA MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING MULTIPLE DESKS THROUGH THE BUILDING AND HAVING ONE CENTRALIZED DESK TOGETHER AS MUCH.SO CIRCULATION, CHILDREN'S, UM, HELPING WITH THE COMPUTERS REFERENCE.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE DONE FROM THAT, UM, CENTER POINT.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE THAT SHAPE OR THAT CONFIGURATION, THIS IS JUST A PLACEHOLDER.
BUT WHAT THIS RELOCATION OF THE, THE DESK DOES IS IT HELPS US, UM, WITH SIGHT LINES ALL OVER THE, THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN I, UM, UH, VISUALIZATION OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF PEOPLE COMING IN AND GOING OUT AND WHERE THE, THE DESKS CURRENTLY ARE.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE THE, THE DOOR REMIND ME FOR THE MAKER SPACE IS COMING TO GO.
IT'S, UM, THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, IT'S WHERE THE, THE TEEN AREA TEEN IS NOW.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE OF COST, MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION, THE AMOUNT OF WALLS THAT WE TAKE DOWN, IF ANY, UM, AND PUT UP JUST TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE COST DOWN.
SO LOOKING AT THINGS WITH A, UH, IN A NEW WAY.
IDEALLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE SO MANY TRIANGLES IN THE BUILDING, WE'D BE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIANGLES,
AND THEN WHERE THE NEW BOOK AREA CURRENTLY IS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THE TEENS INTO THAT SPACE AND REALLY KIND OF OPEN THAT UP AND RECONFIGURE THAT SPACE.
UM, LOOKING AT ADDING, UH, A MARSHALL'S DESK HERE, THE VENDING AREA HERE, NEW BOOKS AND HOLDS IN THIS AREA, AND THE BUSINESS COPY CENTER IN THIS AREA.
AND ARE THE CONFERENCE SPACES ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE, THOSE ARE NEW, SO YES.
TAKING UP PART OF THE BIG EVENT MEETING SPACE OR NO, NO, NO.
SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A NEW, UM, PUBLIC SPACE, A CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE USED BY STAFF PROGRAMMING, UM, OR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO RESERVE, UM, STILL HAVING THIS SPACE, WHICH IS NOW A, UM, A SECONDARY PROGRAM ROOM FOR SOUTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOUTH IS USED FOR EARLY VOTING OR THERE'S A LARGE EVENT GOING ON.
UM, BUT NOT TOUCHING THE PROGRAM ROOM, EVEN LOOKING AT ADDING A SECOND DOOR TO THIS SPACE SO WE CAN UP THE NUMBER, THE OCCUPANCY, UH, AMOUNT IN THIS, THIS SPACE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S 50, BUT IF WE ADD ANOTHER DOOR, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GO.
IT'S A HUNDRED PEOPLE AT SPACE.
JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO ALLOW THAT NOW.
AND SAY AGAIN, WHAT FUNCTIONS YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING AT THE CENTRAL SERVICE DESK? CIRCULATION AND CHILDREN'S AND REFERENCE AND TECH HELP AND TECH HELP.
AND VERY SIMILAR TO HOW CENTRAL IS NOW WHEN YOU WALK IN AND YOU HAVE, UM, A DESK THAT YOU GO INTO YOUR LIBRARY CARD, ASK A REFERENCE QUESTION, ASK, UM, REALLY BE A, A HUB FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AS THAT ONE STOP INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO OVER HERE.
IS THERE, UM, IN THE, IN THE AREA THAT USED TO BE NETTLES, THERE'S A STAIRCASE THAT GOES UP INTO THE DIM DARKNESS.
IS THERE, IS THERE A SECOND FLOOR ANYWHERE? OR WHAT DOES THAT GO TO? SO THERE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY YES AND NO
IT'S THIS YES, RIGHT HERE, THERE IS A SECOND, I THINK FROM WHEN IT WAS A GROCERY STORE.
THERE'S A SECOND LEVEL UP THERE.
I THINK A, IT'S A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT.
A VERY, VERY SMALL, THERE'S SOME ELECTRICAL UP THERE.
THEY MOVED THE ELECTRICAL LOT, A LOT OF THE ELECTRICAL.
THERE IS A ROOF HATCH, ACCESS TO THE ROOF.
SO IT'S NOT MORE OF A UTILITY TYPE THING.
ACCESS, I JUST KNEW THERE WERE STAIRS UP TO THE DIM DARKNESS THAT A CHANCE HALL TAKE YOU UP THERE.
NOT INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PUBLIC OR STAFF AT THIS POINT.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE, UM, THE PARKLAND POD, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT WHERE WOULD THAT, I'M NOT SURE.
AND I NEED TO COME BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, DID YOU TALK ABOUT TIMETABLE FOR THIS ONE? OH, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT.
SO THIS IS AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE DIFFERENT, UM,
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FINISHES CARPET TILE THAT, UM, SEVEN 20 BROUGHT.AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF IT.
IT, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, UM, A LOVE THE PROCESS THAT SUSANNA GOES THROUGH WITH BRINGING SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA AND ENGAGE WHAT, HOW WE'RE FEELING AND WHAT WE'RE FEELING.
SO, UM, THESE ARE CARPETS, UM, THAT WOULD LARGELY BE USED IN THE CHILDREN IN TEEN OR, UH, NOT CHILDREN, ADULT AND TEEN AREA.
UM, THIS I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE FLOOR THAT WE HAVE IN THE MAKER SPACE AT CENTRAL, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT POSSIBLY USING THIS NOT ONLY IN THE MAKER SPACE, BUT ALSO IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA TOO.
UH, WHICH AGAIN, TO YOUR QUESTION, IT'S A DURABLE MM-HMM
UM, MATERIAL THAT ALSO HELPS WITH SOUND ABSORPTION AND, UH, CAN BE CLEANED REALLY EASILY.
BUT IT COMES IN ALL OF THESE AMAZING COLORS, UH, AND FUN THINGS, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE ON THIS BOTTOM.
THERE IS A BLACK FLOOR, ALMOST EVERY COLOR OF A RAINBOW.
IT DOESN'T SHOW UP HERE, BUT REALLY COOL.
UM, I KNOW
UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE, THE TILE, THE LVT HERE AND HERE, UM, FOR LIKE IN THE KITCHEN AREA, UM, THE, UH, THE MAIN LOBBY WHERE THE WATER FOUNTAINS ARE, UM, BACK OF HOUSE WHERE THE KITCHEN AND STAFF BREAK ROOM ARE.
THOSE AREAS WILL BE, UH, HAVE A NEW FLOOR AND ALSO THE KITCHENETTE AREA AND THE, UM, THE LARGE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THEN THE FINAL SQUARE HERE.
UM, AND IT DIDN'T SHOW UP VERY GOOD.
THE COLORS ARE PRETTIER THAN HOW IT LOOKS THERE.
UM, THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND THE STAFF RESTROOM ALL GET, UM, A MAKEOVER AT A MUCH NEEDED MAKEOVER AT SOUTH.
SO, UM, NEW TILE ON ALONG THE WALLS AND THE FLOOR AS WELL.
THE FIXTURES WILL REMAIN, THEY'LL, THEY'LL DO SOME, UM, REPAIRS TO SOME OF THE FIXTURES, BUT THE, THE AESTHETICS WILL CHANGE.
AND THEN THE, THE WORKING TIMELINE, AGAIN, WORKING TIMELINE.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME GIVE AND TAKE.
UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, UM, SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF MARCH.
AND THEN WE'LL ROLL INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWED BY THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
REALLY LOOKING TO HAVE THOSE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DONE, BIDDING AND PERMITTING BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
AND THEN CONSTRUCTION GOING AND COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2027.
SO WE'LL GET TO DO ANOTHER GRAND REOPENING CELEBRATION IN 27, WHICH IS FUN.
WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF PARTIES TO HAVE? WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE
I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD MAKE IT THROUGH A YEAR
DIDN'T YOU GET TO START CELEBRATING THE I? THAT'S TRUE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE PROJECT? OKAY.
PRETTY SOON THE BOND MONEY WILL, WILL BE GONE.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LIBRARY OUTREACH MULTIFAMILY INITIATIVE.
UM, SO MORGAN BLACKBURN WAS SUPPOSED TO, UH, BE HERE TONIGHT.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I WILL TRY TO DO THIS AS WELL AS SHE WOULD HAVE DONE.
UM, SO WE ARE LAUNCHING, UH, A NEW INITIATIVE WITH LIBRARY OUTREACH.
THIS IS A BIG, UM, LIFT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE AN AMAZING PROJECT.
SO TO SET THIS UP, I WANTED TO SHOWCASE, UM, SOME OF THE FEED THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC THAT KIND OF SHOWS, UH, OR HELPS TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT THAT PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE ON PEOPLE'S LIVES.
UM, THESE THREE, UH, SNIPPETS, UH, WERE TAKEN FROM THE, THE PUBLIC SURVEY RESPONSE THAT WE JUST GOT DO, FINISHED DOING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN UP UPDATE.
I'LL BE QUIET FOR A SECOND, FOR YOU TO HAVE A SECOND TO READ THROUGH THOSE.
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THESE REALLY SHOWCASE THE, THE DRAMATIC IMPACTS LIBRARIES CAN HAVE, BUILDING COMMUNITY, MEETING PEOPLE, BUILDING UP A, A NEW SKILL, LEARNING A NEW SKILL, UM, PROVIDING A CLEAN, SAFE PLACE FOR CHILDREN, FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO COME.UM, AND I LOVE THE LAST ONE, ESPECIALLY I FOUND A COMMUNITY I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED, WHICH IS HUGE.
UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA SET THIS UP WITH, THESE IMPACTS ARE NOT AN OVERNIGHT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
IT TAKES, UH, A LONG TIME, MANY NIGHTS, MANY DAYS, AND A LOT OF PERSEVERANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO WHAT IS THE LIBRARY OUTREACH MULTIFAMILY INITIATIVE? UM, BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING LIBRARY SERVICES OUT TO SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN GARLAND THAT HAVE IDENT BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A HIGH NEED, UM, AND TRYING TO START BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS OF, UM, THESE MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
UM, WE WANT TO BUILD TRUST, INCREASE AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES, AND CONNECT MORE RESIDENTS TO EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
SO SPECIFICALLY, WE, UH, ONE OF OUR BIG THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS IS REALLY LOOKING AT REDUCING THE BARRIERS OF ACCESS THAT, UM, MAY BE INTENTIONAL, MAY NOT BE INTENTIONAL, INTENTIONAL, UM, PERCEIVED WHATEVER THAT BARRIER IS TRYING TO WORK WITH, UH, REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THOSE BARRIERS.
UM, SO THIS, UH, BY US GOING AND TAKING LIBRARY SERVICES TO THESE, UM, MULTIFAMILY UNITS, IT MAY BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, UM, RESIDENTS OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE OR RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION.
THERE MAY BE A LANGUAGE DIFFERENCE, THERE MAY BE A CAREGIVER, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES IF THERE'S, UM, CHILDREN OR SENIORS LIVING IN THE HOME, LOWER EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ATTAINMENT, OR HECK ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.
UH, WE ALSO WANNA STRENGTHEN THE AWARENESS OF THE LIBRARY AS A COMMUNITY RESOURCE AND REALLY BEGIN BEING THE CONDUIT TO HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO, UH, IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.
WE WANNA CONNECT, AND THIS IS, UH, THE NEXT TWO ARE BIG ONES.
UH, CONNECT ADULTS WITH RESOURCES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HELPS STRENGTHEN THEIR JOBS SKILLS AT WORK READINESS AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, EMPOWERING PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THEY NEED SO THEIR KIDS CAN START, UM, SCHOOL READY TO LEARN TO SUCCEED.
SO HOW DID WE IDENTIFY THE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE SELECTED? UH, IT WAS A MULTI-DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE.
WE WORKED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT WHO HAD A LIST OF DIFFERENT APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT, UH, MAY HAVE HAD A HIGH NEED.
UM, WE WORKED WITH THE, UM, GIS, WHICH IS THROUGH THE IT DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, ALL WHO BROUGHT A DIFFERENT SPECIALTY IN, UH, AND A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS FOR US TO HELP NARROW DOWN THAT LIST.
I WILL SAY, UH, WORKING WITH GIS WAS, UM, A REALLY COOL EXPERIENCE FOR US.
THEIR SYSTEM THAT THEY USE HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC PIECES AS WELL AS LIKE, UM, MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF, UH, A POPULATION.
SO WE CAN SEE, LIKE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE FROM THE, UH, THE IMAGE ON THE THE LEFT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOVEMENT PATTERNS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR MULTIFAMILY SPANISH PLAZA, UM, THE HOT PINK SHOWS WHERE RESIDENTS KIND OF GO OUT FROM THERE.
SO THERE'S A LARGE PINK AREA HERE.
MOST OF THOSE RESIDENTS STAY VERY CLOSE TO HOME ON A LARGE PART OF THE DAY.
SO THAT TELLS US, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION MAY BE A, A BARRIER FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE PART OF MANY DIFFERENT PARTS THAT, THAT WE LOOKED AT.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY WAS GREAT IN SHARING A LOT OF, UM, DATA WITH US.
UH, CENSUS DATA, UH, THIS ONE PARTICULAR MAP SHOWING AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND LOW INCOME POPULATION, ESPECIALLY WITH, AS IT RELATED TO THE FOUR DIFFERENT LIBRARIES OVER THE CITY OF GARLAND.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
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ACTUALLY PART OF THIS, UH, CAME FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY AS WELL.UM, BUT SINCE THIS MAP SHOWING ADULTS WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS AND THEN POPULATIONS, UM, AROUND GARLAND OF FAMILIES OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAD, UH, CHILDREN UNDER FIVE LIVING IN 'EM.
SO THE DARKER THE SHADE OF GREEN, THE HIGHER, UM, THE POPULATION IN THOSE AREAS, OR THE HIGHER THE CONCENTRATION.
AND I LOVE THIS ONE ESPECIALLY ABOUT, UM, SHOWING THE POPULATION UNDER FIVE.
WE'VE GOT SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY WITH THE STAR HERE, AND WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE FAMILIES WITH, UM, CHILDREN REALLY CLOSE BY, WHICH IS EXCITING.
SO THE COLOR CODING IS WHY I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IF IT'S DARKER? IT HAS A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED CATEGORY.
BLACK AREAS MEAN THAT THEY ARE THE, THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS.
THE, THE RESIDENTIAL, THAT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO IN THIS, THERE ARE LOTS OF COLORS HERE YES.
SO WHAT DO ALL, SO I'LL HAVE TO GET WITH MORGAN, UM, FOR HER TO BRING BACK THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THIS.
AND I CAN EMAIL THAT OUT TO HER, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF MEANINGLESS.
AND THEN WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, SO THE, THE DARKEST, I WANNA LET
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE LOOKED AT.
WE IDENTIFIED FIVE COMMUNITIES FOR PHASE ONE TO CONCENTRATE ON.
THREE ARE IN WEST GARLAND WITH SPANISH PLAZA GARDENS ON WALNUT AND SOLANA.
ONE CLOSER OR MORE, UH, CENTRALLY LOCATED AND ONE IN SOUTH GARLAND AT CENTER, UH, CENTERVILLE POINT APARTMENTS.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE? WE'RE GOING TO THEM.
IS THIS GONNA BE A MOBILE UNIT OR A UNIT IN THE LIBRARY? IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LIBRARY VEHICLE PACKED WITH, UM, RESOURCES TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
LIKE THE, HOW, HOW HAS THE ONE WITH THE GISD WORKED OR THEY HAD THE SCHOOL BUTTON THAT BUSTED THOSE? THE READING RODNEY? UM, WE'D HAVE TO FIND OUT FROM GISD HOW THAT'S WORKING.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THAT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PROGRAM FROM WHAT WE, WE PROVIDE.
SO THE FUNDING FOR THIS, UM, FUNDING COMES FROM OUR BUDGET.
LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF THAT? IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, UM, OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YOUR BUDGET THAT IS DISCRETIONARY, THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN OUR BUDGET PRETTY MUCH, UM, LOCKED DOWN, NOT LOCKED DOWN, ORGANIZED FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITH EACH LOCATION HAVING SO MUCH ALLOTTED FOR PROGRAMS, MATERIALS, UH, SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT.
UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE, THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE ALL THE TIME LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR, TO HELP SUPPLEMENT OUR BUDGET.
UH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WE'VE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR A GRANT THAT WOULD, I THINK TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, WOULD HELP PROVIDE A DEDICATED, UM, LIBRARY VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AROUND TO SOME OF THESE, UM, PLACES.
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BUT WE HAVE RESTRUCTURED OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO FUND, UM, THIS PROGRAM AT LEAST FOR A YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR US TO OFFER.SO THIS WAS PART OF THE PRIOR BUDGET OR PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO I SO THIS WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED? YES.
BECAUSE PROBABLY, AND THIS IS ME BEING AN ACCOUNTANT, UM, PEOPLE AND MATERIALS ARE STILL PEOPLE AND MATERIALS.
THEY'RE JUST, INSTEAD OF THE KIDS COMING TO THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO THE KIDS.
SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY INCREMENTAL COST NECESSARILY EXCEPT FOR YOUR, IF YOU'RE ACQUIRING A NEW VEHICLE, THAT WOULD BE A NEW, A NEW COST.
THERE'S COST INVOLVED, WHETHER IT IS, UM, MONETARY COST FOR THE STAFF, THE GAS IN THE VEHICLE SURE.
TO GET TO A PLACE THE, THE MATERIALS OR FOR DOING AN ACTIVITY OR DOING A HANDOUT.
AND LIKE YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WHEN WE WENT TO GO, UM, HAVE INITIAL VISITS WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGERS, WE DIDN'T GO EMPTY HANDED.
WE, WE BROUGHT A STACK OF SUPPLIES FOR THOSE APARTMENT MANAGERS SO WE COULD START MAKING THAT OUR PITCH AND START BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
UM, WHICH WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL BY THE WAY.
BUT THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIME AND STAFF EFFORT COST TO IT AS WELL THAT IT'S A REAL, UH, COST.
SO, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION FULLY.
WE'VE, I SHOULD SAY WE, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN EVOLVING FOR HOW LONG? A YEAR.
AND I HAVE A TIMELINE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU
SO AS FAR AS STAFFING THE OUTREACH STAFF, IT WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE EXISTING OUTREACH STAFF? OR WOULD THERE BE ANY NEEDED CONDITIONS? UM, SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
IT WILL BE PRIMARILY LED BY THE EXISTING OUTREACH STAFF, BUT WE ALSO WILL PULL FROM EACH LOCATION TO GO AND PARTICIPATE, UM, AS NEEDED IN THIS, AS WELL AS, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, THE VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND OF RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THIS TOO.
SO IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO UTILIZE AS MUCH STAFF POWER AS AS POSSIBLE AND VOLUNTEERS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND HELP WITH THESE INITIATIVES.
BUT WHERE IS THE VEHICLE COMING? WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET DEALERSHIP TO, TO LOAN IT TO US, OR THE CITY HAS A VEHICLE.
WE WOULD, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT NOW, UM, ON TRYING TO, AS THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE AN OLDER VEHICLE OUT ON THE LOT THAT MAYBE NOBODY IS USING US, USING THAT VEHICLE, UM, TO GO TO SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
IN THE INTERIM, BETWEEN US NOT HAVING A DEDICATED, YOU KNOW, LIBRARY OUTREACH VEHICLE AND US ACQUIRING A LIBRARY OUTREACH VEHICLE, WE MAY ALSO HAVE TO USE A, A STAFF VEHICLE FROM TIME TO TIME TO, UH, TO GO TO ONE OF THESE EVENTS JUST LIKE WE'RE DOING NOW TO GO TO, UM, TO AN OUTREACH EVENT OR TO A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY.
UM, BUT THE GOAL REALLY IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED LIBRARY OUTREACH VEHICLE, UH, OR WORK WITH THE FLEET DEPARTMENT TO, TO BE ABLE TO USE SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH THE CITY.
AND IT WOULD BE SET UP SOMETHING LIKE READING WITH RICKY, THE GISD VEHICLE.
NO, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
BEFORE I GET TO DEFINING, UM, SUCCESS, ARE THERE ANY, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS FAR AS THE BUDGET? YEAH.
WELL, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET WAS PROBABLY 2% OR LESS.
WHAT, UM, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SCHEDULED EVENTS OR FREQUENCY.
I ASSUME YOU'RE GETTING TO THAT.
SO THIS IS A, A BRAND NEW PROGRAM FOR US.
UM, WE'RE, UH, TRYING SOMETHING NEW AND IT IS A HEAVY LIFT, COMPLETELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
UM, BUT WE WANTED, OR I WANTED TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE OF WHAT DEFINING SUCCESS IS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL LOOK AT KIND OF A REALISTIC VIEW OF WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF, OF THIS.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME SHORT TERM IMPACTS.
THESE ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASY.
THESE ARE VERY, UH, THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH NUMBERS.
HOW MANY LIBRARY CARDS ARE WE ISSUING ON SITE WHEN WE
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GO TO ONE OF THESE VISITS? UM, FOR EXISTING LIBRARY CARD USERS AT THESE MULTIFAMILY UM, HOMES, ARE THEY INCREASING THEIR, THEIR USE OF THEIR LIBRARY CARD? THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE OFFERING, THE ATTENDANCE OF THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEASURE THE IMPACT.AND JUST LIKE WE SAW ON THE FIRST SLIDE OF THIS, THAT THE IMPACT OF WHAT A LIBRARY CAN PROVIDE OR HOW A LIBRARY CAN IMPACT THE A FAMILY IS PRETTY BIG.
SO LONGER TERM IMPACTS OF TRYING TO MEASURE THE NUMBER OF REPEAT PARTICIPANTS THAT WE HAVE AT FAMILY CENTERED PROGRAMS. SO IF WE'RE GOING, UM, ON A MONTHLY OR BIMONTHLY BASIS, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE COMING BACK OVER AND OVER TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM? HOW MANY REFERRALS ARE WE GETTING FROM APARTMENT, APARTMENT MANAGERS TO OTHER APARTMENT MANAGERS SAYING LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A WORTHWHILE PROGRAM THAT YOU MAY WANT TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN.
INCREASED AWARENESS OF LIBRARY SERVICES, AND THEN RESIDENTS ASKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING TO THEM.
SO AGAIN, IT'S IT'S RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, IT'S COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND TRYING TO HAVE A TWO-WAY CONVERSATION INSTEAD OF IT ALL BEING FROM US TO, TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO SOME OF THESE LONG-TERM IMPACTS, YOU CAN LY MODIFY OR MONITOR SOME OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, I THINK RELY ON SOME SURVEYS TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FOR.
BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT A CONCRETE HOW MUCH OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
MOST OF IT IS, MOST OF IT IS IN PLACE FOR, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE ALREADY SET UP IN OUR, UM, INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM.
LIKE WE ALREADY HAVE A WAY, UH, FOR LIBRARY OUTREACH CARDS THAT ARE ISSUED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RUN A REPORT AND SEE HOW THOSE ARE BEING USED.
HOW OFTEN ARE THEY BEING USED.
UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY'RE CHECKING OUT, BUT JUST THAT THEY'RE BEING USED.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP A SHORT SURVEY AND A SOME DIFFERENT, UH, PIECES THAT WAY TO, TO DETERMINE THE LONG TERM IMPACT.
BUT MUCH OF THIS IS ALREADY DONE AND MUCH OF THIS WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
IN OTHER ASPECTS, IT'S JUST TAKING IT AND APPLYING IT TO THE OUTREACH PROGRAM.
SO WHAT DOES A REALISTIC, UM, YEAR ONE IDEA SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? UM, FOR US, UH, IT IS COMMITTING TO ACTIVELY GOING TO A MINIMUM OF FIVE PROPERTIES, UM, WITHIN A PERIOD OF TIME AND COMMITTING TO SIX VISITS PER YEAR OF THAT PROPERTY.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE, THE CHART BELOW, UM, THERE'S THE GOAL AND THE FREQUENCY.
ASPIRATIONALLY IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING SERVICE PRESENCE OF US GOING MONTHLY, UM, ONCE PER MONTH TO THESE DIFFERENT SITES.
UH, REALISTICALLY, I THINK WE CAN COMMIT TO DOING ONE VISIT EVERY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS, AT LEAST IN PHASE ONE FOR US TO DO SOME TESTING AND SEE HOW THINGS GO AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS.
WE DEFINITELY WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN JUST AWARENESS BUILDING OR RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
UM, AND THOSE TWO THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT WE, WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, THAT TRUST BUILDING AND THAT ONGOING SERVICE PRESENCE, UH, CAPTURED AND DONE.
UM, SO BACK UP AT THE TOP 15 TO 20 AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER EVENT.
I SHOULD BACK UP AND SAY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS NOT, UM, JUST DROPPING BY AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE THE LIBRARY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S US GOING AND SETTING UP SOMEWHERE ON SITE.
MANY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAVE, UH, AN OUTDOOR SPACE, LIKE A, UM, PLAZA AREA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO.
THAT WE COULD EASILY DO A PROGRAM, BRING SOME PIECES OF TECHNOLOGY, DO SOME TYPE OF FAMILY, UM, TYPE OF PROGRAM IN, HAVE A GOOD EVENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING OR THE FALL.
SUMMER WOULD, WE MAY PAUSE IT OR DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE SUMMER JUST BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
UM, AND THEN 6:00 AM WE'RE 6:00 AM YEAH,
SO PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK, THEY'RE GETTING VALUE OUT OF WHAT THE PROGRAM IS.
AND THEN 25% OF RESIDENTS ATTENDING OUTREACH EVENTS ARE NEW TO LIBRARY SERVICES.
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MAY BE, YOU KNOW, COMING BY AND SAYING, HEY, NO, NOT TODAY, BUT IF WE CAN, UH, WHEN I SAY GRAB A CHILD, IT'S NOT GRAB A CHILD.IF WE CAN GRAB THEIR ATTENTION TO WHERE THEY WANT TO COME TO THE, TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, CHANCES ARE MOM, DAD, GRANDMA, SOMEBODY IS GONNA COME WITH THEM AT, AT SOME POINT AS WELL.
IS THIS MOSTLY GONNA BE, UM, WEEKDAYS OR WEEK WEEKENDS OR AFTER SCHOOL, AFTER WORK TIMEFRAME? KIND OF WHAT ARE THE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TEST IT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, IDEALLY IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ALSO TAILORED BASED ON WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, SITE IS.
SO THERE MAY BE A SITE THAT HAS A LOT OF YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, ZERO TO FOUR, THEY HAVEN'T STARTED SCHOOL YET.
WE COULD GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AND DO A MORNING.
UM, BUT IF A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, UH, AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY, UM, NEEDED EVENINGS, NEEDED WEEKENDS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BASED ON WHAT THE, THE NEED IS.
WE HAVE THE PERSONNEL, UM, TO DO FIVE, FIVE, UH, SITES.
UM, IF IT GOES ABOVE FIVE SITES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO REEVALUATE AND LOOK AT, HAVING SAID THAT, THOUGH, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PUTTING RESOURCES TO.
AND IF IT HAS THE IMPACT, THEN IT WILL BE WORTH THE, THE RECONFIGURING IF WE NEED TO RECONFIGURE.
SO WHEN THOSE, THOSE FIVE SITES ARE SERVICED AND THOSE RESOURCES ARE GOING AWAY, CURRENT LIBRARY SITUATION, UH, IT'S GONNA BE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ALSO IS GOING TO MEAN THAT WE MAY HAVE TO SAY NO TO SOMETHING ABOUT DOING AT A LIBRARY TO, TO FUND THIS OR TO ADEQUATELY PROVIDE THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT WE NEED.
SO AT THIS POINT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DYNAMIC IS? I MEAN, TO SAY SENDING OUT, WE'RE JUST STARTING WITH THAT.
SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT LIBRARIANS BY NATURE, LIKE SAYING YES TO A LOT OF THINGS,
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HAVING TO, I'M AWARE OF THIS DYNAMIC OF EDUCATION
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WE'VE STARTED IT IN SOME DEPARTMENTS, BUT NOT ALL DEPARTMENTS YET OF, UM, BUILDING SPREADSHEETS OF, THESE ARE ALL THE BIG INITIATIVES MM-HMM
THAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT'S PRIORITY LEVEL ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND, AND YOU MAY HAVE SOME HELP IDENTIFYING WHAT PRIORITY LEVEL SOME THINGS ARE ON, BUT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T MEET, UH, A CERTAIN LEVEL OR ABOVE IT, IT MAY BE PAUSED.
IT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN OUT OF ROTATION FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE WE FOCUS ON A BIGGER INITIATIVE.
SO DOES THE SORT OF LONG TERM REFLECTION THEN MONITOR THE DENSITY OF THE GROWTH AND TO PLOT FOR ALWAYS THAT'S WITH ANYTHING THAT WE DO,
IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUILD SOME, IF THIS PROVES SUCCESSFUL, THEN YES, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND IT TO GROW IT, IT, IT MAY BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT, UM, LIKE A SPONSOR, AN OUTSIDE SPONSOR.
IT MAY BE LOOKING AT A GRANT LIKE THROUGH ATMOS OR THROUGH ANOTHER INSTITUTION TO HELP US BE ABLE TO, UH, NOT JUST SUSTAIN IT, BUT GROW IT.
BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT PLACE QUITE YET TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND THEN I WAS CURIOUS, UM, ARE THERE OTHER MODELS REGARDING THIS TYPE OF EXPANSION OF LIBRARY
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BOOKMOBILES THAT THEY'RE
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GOING OUT TO MM-HMMUM, DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN A CERTAIN, UM, SO HAS, HAS THE SORT OF IMPETUS BEEN SOMEONE HAS SEEN THIS PROCESS OR IS IT JUST SORT OF
IT'S KIND OF A HYBRID BETWEEN SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT OTHER LIBRARIES ARE DOING, OR IT'S A, IT'S A PILOT PROJECT REALLY TO SEE, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW OUR SOCIETY'S MOVING INTO THESE MULTI COMPLEXES, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN APARTMENTS AND HOW DO YOU GET TO 'EM? AND THEY, THEY TEND TO BE SILOS INTO THEMSELVES AND, UH, DON'T GET THE COMMUNITY SERVICES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO.
WELL, SPECIFICALLY LIBRARY SERVICES LIBRARY.
THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE,
UM, JUST SHOWING WHERE WE STARTED THAT, UH, THERE ARE NO DATES, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, UH, WE STARTED RESEARCHING AND BUILDING ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
THIS TIME WITH WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO GET THE DATA SETS AND START MAKING SOME DECISIONS.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO AND MOVING FORWARD AND AT LEAST PILOTING TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
UM, AND FOR US TO LEARN FROM TWEAK, GO BACK AND, AND KEEP TRYING TO PROCESS THE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE WILL OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THIS WITH HAVING, UM, LIBRARY STAFF AT LEAST GO AND HOLD, UH, A PROGRAM WITHIN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AT THE FIVE, UH, DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT, OR UNITS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
SO IS YOUR, IS YOUR PRIMARY CONTACT AT THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES? IS IT THE, THE MANAGER PERSON? SO FAR IT'S BEEN THE, UM, THE APARTMENT MANAGER WHO AT FIVE OUT OF FIVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WOULD GET THIS AGAIN, BUT FIVE OUT FIVE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE, EXCITED, UH, WANT US TO COME AND ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO BEST MAKE IT WORK BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES.
THEY, THEY WANT THEIR RESIDENTS TO HAVE GOOD LIVES TOO.
SO, UH, SO FAR IT, IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED.
ARE YOU RELYING ON THE PROPERTY MANAGERS TO PROMOTE THE EVENTS OR DO YOU HAVE OTHER WAYS TO REACH OUT TO THE RESIDENTS? WE ARE, UM, AT THIS POINT HEAVILY RELYING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGER HAS SAID THAT, UM, THEY'LL HELP WITH.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT, UH, A OF THEM SAID THAT THEY WOULD HELP WITH, WITH HELPING US DISTRIBUTE THE INFORMATION AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, AT THIS POINT, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER, UH, BESIDES THE PROPERTY MANAGER, BESIDES WORD OF MOUTH FROM PEOPLE COMING, UM, THAT THERE COULD BE A, A STRONGER MANAGER BREAST.
ANY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHETHER OR LOOKING FORWARD OR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING? DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, LET ME ASK THIS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MANAGERS ARE, I AM KIND OF DRAWING A SENSE OR ENTHUSIASM I THINK WHERE THE CHILDREN, AND I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION HERE, BUT, UH, MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CHILDREN, IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UM, THE, I THINK THE TRIGGER, THE HARDER PART IS, IS GONNA BE THE ADULT COMPONENT OF CAPTURING ADULTS' ATTENTION, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE, UM, THE SCHOOL READINESS COMPONENT OR THAT JOB SKILLS TECHNOLOGY.
AND YOU'VE SAID THAT THERE, YOU'VE WORKED WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES OR GET SOME OF THIS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, THOUGH? WE WORKED WITH SOME DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS.
BUT NOT SOCIAL SERVICE AGENTS SERVE THESE AREAS THAT
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NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.NOW, I'LL SAY THAT THERE WAS, UH, WHEN A DIFFERENT GROUP FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE LAUNCHING THIS, THEY WANTED TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF IT AND, AND BRING THEIR SERVICE TO IT.
UM, WE'RE NOT IN THAT STEP QUITE YET, BUT I, I CAN SEE THIS AT SOME POINT.
MAYBE YOU SAID GET YOUR OWN PROGRAMS
UM, I DO THINK, I WANNA SAY LIKE, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND I REALLY LOVE THAT WITH THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON.
'CAUSE I WAS CONCERNED WHEN YOU WERE STARTING THAT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE A ONE AND DONE KIND OF A THING.
SO I WAS SO, SO SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, SIX OR EIGHT VISITS PER COMPLEX BECAUSE WITH THESE COMMUNITIES, LIKE YOU SAID, BUILDING TRUST IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S VERY COMMON FOR PROGRAMS OR WELL-MEANING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP ONCE AND THEN THEY NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN.
AND SO EVEN TO THAT, LIKE HAVING THE SAME PEOPLE SHOW UP AT EACH COMPLEX AT EACH VISIT SO THEY HAVE LIKE A FAMILIAR FACE IS GONNA BE USEFUL.
UM, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS OR PROGRAMMING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AT THESE EVENTS? WE'RE GOING TO, MORE THAN LIKELY START WITH A FAMILY CENTERED EVENT.
UM, AND IT, IT MAY BE VERY, UM, LOOSE AND ALMOST LIKE AN OPEN HOUSE, GET TO KNOW US, COME WE'LL HAVE POPSICLES, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, A STORY TIME, SOME KIND OF CRAFT ACTIVITY, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, UM, NOT AN INTIMIDATING MM-HMM
UH, TERRIBLY, UH, PROGRAMMED PROGRAM.
UM, AND GIVE US SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO, AND I WOULD SAY THE FIRST COUPLE MAY BE THAT WAY, BUT GIVE US SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE NEEDS AND US TAILOR SOMETHING BASED ON WHAT THAT, THAT RESIDENT FEEDBACK IS.
I THINK THE, THE BIG THING FOR US IS WE, WE DON'T WANT TO, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T WANNA GO IN AND MAKE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT THEIR THEIR NEEDS ARE, BUT BE ABLE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK TO, UM, BE ABLE TO SERVE THIS ONE OTHER.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING HEAVILY WITH OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE STAFF TO, AND SEEING THEM WITH A C OF MULTIFAMILY UNIT INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, A HIGH NUMBER OF SPARE.
ERIN, DID YOU ALL, I, I RECALL THAT SOME, A FEW YEARS AGO, PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEY WERE TAKING RESOURCES AND STAFF DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ENOUGH EASILY AVAILABLE TO ON THE ROAD AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CONSULT HAVEN'T, BUT I'M HAPPY TO.
THAT WAS SORT OF SIMILAR TO MY QUESTION EARLIER IN TERMS OF THERE OTHER LOCAL LIBRARIES THAT HAVE DONE STUFF.
LIKE, I SEE THIS IS SOMETHING, AND I AGREE WITH THE GROUP, THIS IS SOUNDS VERY WORTHWHILE AND, AND MILDLY AMBITIOUS
UM, BUT I CAN ALSO SEE THIS ATTRACTING VOLUNTEERS MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT EVERY SATURDAY FOR NINE HOURS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT, BUT I CAN SEE PEOPLE WANTING TO COMMIT TO THIS BECAUSE IT IS SCHEDULED THE WAY IT IS SCHEDULED.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, MAKE A WAY SET CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT VOLUNTEERS MIGHT EXPECT AND, AND THAT WOULD, AND I THINK THAT WOULD HELP TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO YOUR POINT TO WHERE THERE ARE FAMILIAR FACES MM-HMM
SHOWING UP EVEN DOWN THE ROAD.
I WONDER WHAT, YOU KNOW, CHURCHES THAT ARE MARYLAND THAT ARE ONLY LARGER COMMUNITY POWER AND ABOUT, AND MAYBE AFTER IT'S MORE ESTABLISHED, LOTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO NEED VOLUNTEER HOURS.
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THANK YOU.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I DIDN'T, SO I REMEMBER MORGAN PRESENTING ON BRINGING, OR SOMEONE, HE DID SOME TYPE OF A, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE, IS THAT KIND OF WHERE IT INITIALLY SPARKED FROM OR, UM, THE NUMBERS HERE, LIKE THEY DID A CRAFT MM-HMM
WE DID, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE WRONG ANSWER, PROBABLY.
WE'VE DONE
I THINK ESPECIALLY WHEN CENTRAL WAS CLOSED, UH, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
THIS, IN TALKING AND LOOKING WITH DIFFERENT LIBRARY OR DIFFERENT LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, LOOKING AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE, UM, MAPS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHERE YOU SAID, AND SOMEONE ELSE SAID THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DARK GREEN, OVER LARGE PORTION OF, WE STARTED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT'S A NEED? AND WE, UM, HOW CAN WE MEET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK? AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF US, BUT WHERE CAN WE GO WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE AND START TO, TO TRY TO IMPROVE SOME OF THESE.
I HAVE, DOES THE LIBRARY STILL HAVE HAD A, HAD A MOBILE TRAILER THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST? UM, AND I'M NOT DESCRIBING IT VERY WELL, BUT, SO WE HAVE A VAN, WE HAVE A A OR IT'S NOT A VAN, A BOX TRUCK, UM, THAT WE USE.
AND DURING COVID, UM, OUR IT DEPARTMENT HELPED US HOOK IT UP WITH, UM, WIFI ON IT SO WE COULD, WE COULD GO SOMEWHERE AND DO A PROGRAM WITH WIFI.
UH, I DON'T BELIEVE IT STILL HAS THE WIFI UNIT ON IT, BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AND APPLYING TO AS MANY GRANTS AS POSSIBLE TO, TO GET A DEDICATED VEHICLE.
'CAUSE WE CAN, UM, OUTFIT THAT VEHICLE TO HAVE WIFI AND SOME, UM, DIFFERENT PIECES TO IT.
THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT MUCH EASIER SET UP FOR THE PROGRAMS. AARON, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING VEHICLES THAT ARE ABOUT, OKAY.
WE USED MEDIA GROUP,
WE HAVE FOR AT LEAST CONNECTION, AT LEAST AN INTERIM PROCESS.
PROBLEM IS THEY GET USED, BUT YOU NEED TO MAKE OFF THOSE.
WELL, I CAN JUST SEE MORGAN SAYING SHE'S GOT AN OUTREACH EMERGENCY IN
IF YOU DO THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PICTURE OF MORGAN BEHIND THE FIELD.
THE PROGRAM MAY HAVE JUST GOTTEN BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK THIS CAN BE A, A MAJOR GAME CHANGER FOR US.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION.
SO LIZ QUAN, WHO IS OUR, UM, SENIOR LIBRARIAN, UH, FOR ADULTS OR ADULT SELECTOR WITH THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS GONNA COME UP HERE WITH KATHLEEN AND TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, NEW COLLECTION THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH.
JUST GONNA PASS OUT OUR LOCAL OFFICE.
OH, THEY'RE JUST PASSING THERE.
MY NAME IS LIZ
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COLLECTION STARTED AS A, THE INSPIRATION BEHIND CURIOSITY FEST WAS HELD.LAST AUTHOR, HIS LOCAL AUTHORS WERE TO SERVE OUR COLLECTION FROM THESE AUTHORS.
CURIOSITY FEST, MEANING, I MEAN, SORRY, THE LOCAL AUTHORS COLLECTION INSPIRES AND MOTIVATE, BUT AUTHORS AS UNITY.
AND HERE ARE TWO PICTURE AUTHORS ABOUT THEIR WORK KIND.
IN OUR NEW COLLECTION, ABLE TO SEE THEATER, A AUTHOR, CO-AUTHOR IS DEFINED AS ANY CREATOR RESIDES WITHIN THE OR.
WORK STUDIES ARE MAINTAINED SIGNIFICANT PIES SUCH AS THE WORK'S PRIMARY SETTING OR SUBJECT MATTER TO THE AREAS MENTIONED ABOVE.
WE ALSO GIVE SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS TO AUTHORS WHO MIGHT HAVE GREW UP AROUND GARLAND OR IN GARLAND.
HOW CAN A LOCAL AUTHOR SUBMIT THEIR WORK TO THE LIBRARY? THEY'LL HAVE TO CLOSELY READ AND ACCEPT OUR LIBRARY POLICY FOR THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION.
UM, FIRST THEY MUST MEET THE DEFINITION OF LOCAL AUTHOR AND CLAIM FULL COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP.
THE DONATE A BOOK MUST BE PROFESSIONALLY BOUND AS A PAPERBACK OR HARDBACK IN A NEW ORLIKE CONDITION HAS TO BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND WE DO LIMIT THEM TO DONATING ONLY THREE TITLES PER CALENDAR YEAR.
THEY'LL NEED TO COMPLETE A LOCAL AUTHOR SUBMISSION FORM FOR EACH TITLE.
AND TO DELIVER ONLY ONE DONATED COPY TO THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TEAM, IT HAS TO PASS THROUGH OUR EVALUATION.
AND THIS CAN TAKE UP TO EIGHT WEEKS.
THE LIBRARY POLICY AND SUBMISSION FORM WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE VERY SOON.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, CREATE A PAGE, A LOCAL AUTHOR, UH, PAGE.
UM, AND JOHN REED, WHO HAS BEEN HERE, UH, PRESENTED.
SO WHO WILL EVALUATE THE TI DONATED TITLES FOR INCLUSION? UH, I WILL BE EVALUATING THE ADULT TITLES AND KELLY PAGE WILL BE EVALUATING OUR CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT TITLES.
UM, SUBMISSIONS ARE REVEALED BY, BY THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TEAM USING THE SAME STANDARDS, UH, SUCH AS RELEVANCE TO COMMUNITY INTERESTS, LITERARY QUALITY AND ACCURACY, PRODUCTION VALUE SUCH AS EDITING, DESIGN AND DURABILITY.
UNIQUE LOCAL CONTENT OR PERSPECTIVE, DEMAND, BREADTH AND BALANCE OF THE EXISTING COLLECTIONS.
BOOKS THAT DO NOT MEET OUR COLLECTION EVALUATION CRITERIA CAN BE RETURNED TO THE ALTER IF THEY LIKE TO HAVE IT BACK.
SO HOW LONG WILL WE KEEP THEM ON OUR SHELVES? UH, WORKS WILL BE SHELVED IN A LOCAL ALTER SECTION FOR A MINIMUM PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS.
WE WILL REEVALUATE THE TITLES AFTER SIX MONTHS OR MORE GENERALLY IF THE TITLES ARE CHECKING OUT.
UM, AFTER A PERIOD ABOUT SIX MONTHS, WE MIGHT MOVE THEM INTO THE GENERAL COLLECTION.
IF THEY'RE NOT DOING SO WELL AND THERE'S NO REAL LOCAL INTEREST, WE MIGHT WITHDRAW THEM TO MAKE MORE ROOM ON THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION SECTION.
AND THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE AUTHOR.
WHAT'S WHAT IS LOW CIRCULATION? HOW MANY? 10, 20, A HUNDRED.
SO IF THERE IS ZERO CIRCULATION, AND THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH A LOT OF BOOKS AND NO ONE HAS CHECKED IT OUT, MAYBE IN THE NEXT LAST THREE YEARS, WE WILL WITHDRAW IT.
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WHERE CAN I FIND A LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION? THE COLLECTION WILL BE HOUSED AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY ON AUSTIN STREET.IT'LL BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE LIBRARY OF THINGS COLLECTION.
UM, THE PUBLIC WILL BE ALSO ABLE TO SEARCH FOR IT ONLINE.
IT'LL, IF THEY USE THE KEY TERMS LOCAL AUTHOR, IT'LL GO AND BRING UP ALL THE COLLECTION.
AND I ALSO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES TO SHOW.
SO IN THE BOOKS BEING PASSED AROUND, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR WORKS THAT WERE DONATED TO US.
THERE'S ALSO A WHITE CARD STOCK.
IT WILL HAVE OUR FUTURE SPINE LABEL.
THE STEIN SPINE LABEL WILL BE LABELED LOCAL TO MAKE IT VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT'S THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION.
LIZ, DID YOU SAY WHEN YOU PLAN TO START THIS? APRIL.
SO WE CAN CONSIDER THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION A NEW GYM TO BE PROUD OF.
UM, AND PART OF OUR GARLAND LIBRARY'S EVENTS.
SO FIRST WE HAD THE CURIOSITY FEST IN 2025, WHICH, UH, PROVIDED A FREE PLATFORM FOR LOCAL AUTHORS TO SELL AND ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE ALSO PROVIDED FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS TO HONE THEIR STORIES, TELLING SKILLS.
AND NOW WE WILL HAVE A LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION TO INSPIRE BUDDING WRITERS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIDES.
WELL, IT'S GOTTA BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS MM-HMM
AND AFTER THREE YEARS YOU REMOVE IT FROM CIRCULATION.
UH, WE WILL REMOVE IT IF IT'S NOT MOVING WELL, TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR NEW TITLES, IT HAS TO, UM, WITH THE ENTIRE COLLECTION, THERE'S A WEEDING, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE GO THROUGH.
AND SO WHETHER WE'RE BUYING IT, IT AS LIKE ANY BOOK OR IT'S DONATED BOOK, WE, WE WILL LOOK AT THE, UM, HOW WELL IT'S DOING OR, YOU KNOW, UM, THE CONDITION.
IF SOMEBODY CHECKS IT OUT, IT'S DAMAGED.
SO THERE'S, UH, A MANUAL THAT WE USE, IT'S CALLED A CREW, UH, CREW MANUAL.
AND IT'S WHAT WE USE TO, UH, EVALUATE MATERIALS, UM, WHETHER WE KEEP THEM OR, OR WEED THEM.
SO, SELF-DISCLOSURE, I'M AN AUTHOR, MY WIFE'S AN AUTHOR, DONE THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
UM, HER BESTSELLING BOOK WAS PUBLISHED 25 YEARS AGO,
UH, IT'S A SPECIALIZED, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION PUBLISHED, UH, THE GARLAND LATINO HERITAGE COOKBOOK AND THE THE VISITORS CENTER SAYS THAT'S THE BEST SELLING ITEM THEY HAVE OVER WHERE? BUT IT WAS PUBLISHED SIX YEARS AGO.
PEOPLE BUY THAT BECAUSE THEY USE IT FOR THE RECIPES AND ADD.
SO NONE OF THIS WOULD FIT IN THAT CATEGORY.
THIS, THESE ARE, THAT'S THE POLICY, THE GENERAL POLICY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT, BUT I WAS THINKING THAT WE HAD THE COOKBOOK ALREADY.
Y'ALL HAVE IT, BUT PEOPLE BUY IT.
AND ALSO HAVING TO RUN OVER THERE WITH 10 MORE COPIES AND 10 MORE COPIES.
BUT ONCE IT MOVES INTO THE CARRY THAT LOCAL AUTHOR LABEL, IF SOMEBODY'S LOOKING FOR A LOCAL AUTHOR, ESPECIALLY,
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I DON'T KNOW.UM, GENERALLY, UM, WHEN IT'S MOVED INTO THE, UH, THE GENERAL COLLECTION, IT GOES WITH IT, IT GETS THE DESIGNATION FOR WHEREVER IT'S MOVED.
SO, UM, IT COULD STILL MAINTAIN IT AS A SUBJECT.
IT JUST MAY NOT HAVE THE SPINE LABEL THAT SAYS LOCAL ON IT.
I JUST THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO HAVE, WHETHER IT'S IN THIS SPECIALIZED COLLECTION AREA OR NOT.
I THINK IT'S INTERESTING FOR PEOPLE KEEP THE TIE.
PEOPLE COME ACROSS IT'S LOCAL.
COULD YOU PUT LIKE A STICKER OR SOMETHING ON IT? IT'S NOT THE SPINE LABEL.
UH, BUT WE CAN, WE DO USE THEM.
WE JUST TRY TO LIMIT FOR WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR.
AND, UM, THAT YES, THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TO USE THAT INSTEAD.
BUT, BUT WE LIMITED IT TO GARLAND RESIDENTS.
WELL, BUT THIS AUTHOR'S FROM FORT WORTH, ALSO WITH LOCAL TIES.
AND WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME AUTHORS THAT WERE FROM HERE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE CURRENTLY.
SO IF YOU HAD EVER LIVED HERE, YOU WOULD QUALIFY YES.
OR IF YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT THE AREA.
AND IF WE, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE, THE, UH, POLICY, UM, THAT WE WROTE, UH, THE INITIAL POLICY.
IF WE FIND THAT WE NEED TO TWEAK IT, MAKE SOME CHANGES, WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING
YOU'RE HAVE EXCEPTIONS SOMEWHERE OR ANOTHER.
AND, UM, WE, RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA GOING TO HAVE CURIOSITY FEST, UH, COMING UP IN, UH, 2026 OR THIS YEAR.
AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UM, A BOOK FESTIVAL, I GUESS, UM, WITH, UM, THIS
AND, UM, OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER HAS GONE BOTH TIME TIMES AND TAKEN THE FORMS, SUBMISSION FORMS, AND SHE'S GOTTEN MATERIALS THERE.
UM, SO WE JUST, EVEN BEFORE THE ALL OF THIS'S OUT, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST.
AND I THINK MOST OF IT STARTED FROM, UH, CURIOSITY FEST OF LAST YEAR AND WE'RE, WE GET PEOPLE THAT COME IN, UH, THAT LEAVE THEIR BOOKS.
AND WE'VE HAD THIS, I MEAN, THE WHOLE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED BOOKS FROM, UH, SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS, LOCAL AUTHORS, AND WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A COLLECTION FOR THEM.
AND NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD HAS JUST GOTTEN OUT, BUT WE SEEM TO BE GETTING MORE INTEREST, MORE OF THEM.
IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT WE ARE SEEING IT MORE.
UH, IT'S A GROWING FIELD YEAH.
IN PUBLISHING, UH, A LOT OF THE PUBLISHERS, THE LARGER PUBLISHERS HAVE.
UH, AND THEY'VE, AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DOING SELF-PUBLISHING AND AMAZON MAKES IT EASIER.
AMAZON MAKES IT, BUT EVEN BARNES AND NOBLE.
ARROGANT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU WE WILL NOT TAKE, UH, SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS NOW.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SELF PUBLISHING ARM AND WHICH THEY USE IT.
I'M GLAD WE'RE IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, MODE HERE.
AND IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE OUR, UM, LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL AUTHORS.
AND SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY HE LEFT, UM,
IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE, YOU KNOW, SPREAD, SPREAD THE WORD.
SO ANOTHER EXCITING INITIATIVE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I DON'T WANNA SHUT DOWN THE CONVERSATION.
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OKAY.IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL, UH, LIB TITLE REQUEST@GARLANDTEXAS.GOV THAT WILL GO, UM, TO ME OR TO KELLY.
SO, UM, OUR LAST ITEM RELATES TO ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PUT ON THE LIST AS A FUTURE TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TRAILS IN SOUTH GARLAND LIBRARY? THAT IS ON FUTURE AGENDA.
IT WILL BE COMING FUTURE AGENDA.
OH, I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
THIS, I THOUGHT I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA.
I JUST THOUGHT I SAW IT ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS PROBABLY IN THE MINUTES.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY, APRIL 13TH.
THERE ARE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.