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A QUORUM.I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.
AND THE FIRST ITEM IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF LIBRARY BOARD MEETING, LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 9TH MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 9TH MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, SAY AYE.
DO NOT HAVE ANY GUESTS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
FIRST ITEM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, BOND PROGRAM UPDATES.
AND SO THE, THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE STILL, UM, IN THE, THE PROCESS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH NORTH, IT FEELS LIKE WE DID A, FOR BOTH PROJECTS, A LOT OF HURRY UP AND NOW KIND OF THE WAITING PART, THE ACTUAL SEE THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, WE GOT THE COST ESTIMATES BACK FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR NORTH, UH, AND THEN TODAY WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRE-BID MEETING SITE VISIT, THE PROSPECTIVE, UM, BIDDERS WHO GOT TO, TO WALK THE SIDE, ASK, UH, THE ARCHITECT ASK, UM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEPS, UM, WE WILL FINALIZE THE FINISHES FOR THE FURNITURE AND THE FLOORING AND THEN THE PROJECT WILL GO OUT TO BID.
AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL THE HOOPS THAT IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH.
AND THE, THE CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE ALMOST RIGHT ON TRACK, OR I SHOULD SAY RIGHT ON TRACK, UM, WITH THE, UM, THE BIDDING PORTION OF, UH, THE NORTH PROJECT.
SO THAT'S A GOOD, JUST TO REITERATE, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT HAVING CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER, BUT WE'RE WORKING WHOEVER THE CONTRACT WILL BE, UH, WE WILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT SUMMER PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES DON'T GET INTERRUPTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND ANOTHER CELEBRATION TO PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND ANOTHER CELEBRATION.
IF YOU GET TIRED OF THOSE, YOU JUST LET US KNOW.
UM, THE SECOND PROJECT WITH SOUTH, UH, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING, WE'RE STILL IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF SOUTH.
IT IS TRACKING, UM, BEHIND NORTH.
AGAIN, PARTLY BECAUSE NORTH IS SUCH A, A MUCH SMALLER PROJECT.
UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO FIND THE AREAS, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT.
STARTED TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, HIGH LEVEL FINISHES, FURNITURE, AND DIFFERENT, UM, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, UH, TAKING PLACE IN THAT MEETING.
NUMBER THREE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MEETING NUMBER FOUR SCHEDULED TOMORROW MORNING.
UM, LAST MEETING WE REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE TEEN AREA AND MAKERSPACE AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT SOME SNAPSHOTS OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATION, NEW AREAS, NEXT STEPS.
UH, WE SHOULD BE COMPLETING SCHEMATIC DESIGN VERY SOON AND MOVING INTO THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON SELECTING AND REVIEWING ALL THE FINISHES FOR THE BUILDING, UM, AND CONTINUING MUCH LIKE THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE TAKEN WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS DO, DO, UH, ACTUAL TESTS WITH THE FURNITURE WE SELECT.
SO WHETHER IT'S GOING OUT TO A DIFFERENT LIBRARY THAT MAY HAVE SOLD SOMEWHERE AND DOING A SIT TEST OR HAVING ALL OF THAT FURNITURE REST TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME KIND OF TESTING.
DO WE LIKE IT? HOW DOES IT SIT? HOW DOES IT WEAR? AGAIN, THREE OUTTA THREE FIND IT VERY BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THAT, UH, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND JUST TO, UH, REORIENT EVERYONE WITH SAL, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THANK YOU MASON.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS OUR ARCHITECT IS, WHICH IS SEVEN 20 DESIGN DOES, UH, PART OF HER PROCESS.
SO SHE STARTS WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT HIGH LEVEL, UH, CONCEPTS OR DIFFERENT, UM, INSTALLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN OTHER PLACES TO KIND OF GET OUR FEEL, WHAT DO WE LIKE, WHAT DO WE NOT LIKE? UM, WHAT, WHERE
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IS OUR TOLERANCE WITH SOMETHING FUN AND FUNKY, UH, TO KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.UM, SO FOR THE TEEN AREAS, SHE WAS TRYING TO GET AN IDEA.
DID WE WANNA HAVE MORE OF LIKE, UH, A LIVING ROOM FEEL? DID WE WANT SOMETHING MORE ORGANIC? UM, REALLY COLORFUL, UH, WHAT DID WE LIKE? AND I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE NOTES, I REALLY GRAVITATED AND LOVED THE IMAGE.
I KNOW SOME OF THE, THE CURVES IN THE DESIGN IT WHERE, GO BACK HERE, WHERE IT'S GOING.
IT'S, IT'S A LONG, UM, NARROW SPACE.
SO ADDING SOMETHING WITH SOME MOVEMENT WITH SOME CURVES, SOMETHING WITH SOME SOFTNESS, I THINK BE A REALLY COOL, BE ABLE TO DO.
UM, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO KIND OF SECTION IT UP INTO THREE UNIQUE AREAS OVER.
AND THERE'S LIKE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN, UM, GATHER AROUND, SOCIALIZE, A PLACE THAT YOU CAN STUDY, AND THEN A PLACE THAT IF YOU NEEDED TO DO SOME INDIVIDUAL, YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND BE ABLE TO STUDY OR TO HAVE Y'ALL.
HAVE Y'ALL EVER THOUGHT ABOUT ASKING THE GARLAND YOUTH COUNCIL FOR SOME FEEDBACK? OKAY.
WE HAVE, UH, AND THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP THAT PROVIDES FEEDBACK.
IN FACT, THEY, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE SURVEY AND SOME OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS GOING OFF BASE HERE, BUT THEY, THERE WERE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
UM, AND THEN WITH THE, UH, TEEN ADVISORY BOARDS, YEAH, UH, WE DEFINITELY TRY TO GATHER THEIR INPUT OR INPUT BEFORE WE, WE HAVE THE INPUT.
ONE, ONE COMMENT ON THE TOP RIGHT.
ONE IT, THAT ONE KIND OF APPEALS TO ME IN TERMS OF THE LIGHTING.
IT'S DIMMER LIGHTING, WHICH I THINK THAT AGE GROUP TENDS TO PREFER.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT.
DESIGN LIGHTING OF COURSE CAN BE ADJUSTED, BUT JUST ONE THOUGHT.
UM, THEY TEND TO LIKE, KIND OF THE DIMMER YES.
AND I'LL JUST, I LOVE THE ARTWORK IN THAT TOP, UM, BRIGHT ONE TOO.
SO WE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF ART, SOMETHING THAT'S FUN, THAT REALLY SETS, UH, THE TEEN AREA APART FROM THE, THE OTHER AREAS.
EXCUSE ME, JUST TO GIVE ANOTHER IDEA.
WE, WE LOOKED AT ART AS A, AS A WHOLE, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF TREATMENT WALL, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH RURAL, UH, KINDA LIKE WE DID AT CENTRAL, WHERE YOU'VE GOT THAT GARLANDS, UH, THE, THE LOCAL AUTHOR, AUTHOR COLLECTION, THE LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION AND THE, THE GARLAND SPECIFIC COLLECTION.
HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT HAVING IT SPECIFIC FOR TEENS.
AND AGAIN, JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL, TRYING TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT DID WE, LIKE WE WANNA, UH, INCLUDE FOR THE VIDEO.
WE ACTUALLY LIKED A LOT OF WHAT IS HERE.
UM, ALSO WE ARE TRYING TO, WE STILL HAVE TO DO ESTIMATES, UM, FOR ALL OF THE FURNITURE AND ALL OF THE FINISHES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY TRYING TO DO IS ALSO MOVE THE TEEN COLLECTION OUT OF THE TEEN AREA, UM, AND HAVE IT OVER KIND OF IN, IN PART, SO, YOU KNOW, THE ADULT, THE YOUNG ADULT COLLECTION IS POPULAR WITH ADULT OR THE, THE TEENS HAVE A, A SPACE THAT IS FOR TEENS, FOR TEENS ONLY.
UM, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP SURE IT'S THAT WAY IS IF THE, THE COLLECTION'S MOVED OUT ON THE FLOOR.
BUT, UH, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR SHELVING TO WHAT WE HAVE AT CENTRAL.
LOOK AT IT, DO FOLLOWING THAT YOU CAN WITH, BUT THIS IS ALSO MOBILE, SO IF WE NEED TO MOVE IT AROUND, BRING IT INTO THE TEEN AREA, WE'D BE ABLE TO.
AND THEN LOOKING AT CHAIRS, UM, REALLY LIKED THE BERNHARDT DESIGN.
THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE EITHER GO TO A SHOWROOM SOMEWHERE OR SUSANNA WILL, UM, CONTACT THE VENDOR AND HAVE THEM SEND IT TO US FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SIT TO SEE HOW WE LIKE IT.
ALSO HAVE TEAMS AND SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT.
THIS IS A PRETTY COOL CHAIR, THAT VERY MOBILE.
I THINK IT HAS THE WHEELS UNDERNEATH, MOVE IT AROUND.
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AND THEN IN OUR MAKERSPACE AREA, STARTING TO LOOK AT, UM, THE TYPE OF, UH, TOOL MANAGEMENT.WHAT DO WE HAVE? HOW DO WE MAKE IT A SPECIAL? UM, AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS BEING ABLE TO SHOWCASE AS MANY OF THE DIFFERENT SMALLER TOOLS THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THIS, DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR OR SOMETHING LIKE BOARD UP ON THE WALL THAT WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A HAMMER, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TOOLS.
UH, IT'S ONE ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO TWO, SHOWING OFF WHAT WE HAVE FOR PATIENTS.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT WHAT TYPES OF TABLES, UH, ARE WE GOING TO USE, WHAT TYPES OF STORAGE ARE WE GOING TO USE.
UH, IN, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE REUSING SOME CHAIRS THAT WILL IN GOOD SHAPE.
UM, AND CENTRAL AND WEST BOTH WE'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING SOME FEEDBACK FOR US ON WHAT TABLES HAVE WORKED IN THE MAKER SPACE, UM, UH, IN THE MAKER SPACE.
UM, BUT I THINK THE CONSENSUS IS HAVING, UH, A LARGE FLAT SURFACE IS, IS USE BONUS POINTS IF YOU CAN ADJUST IT UP OR DOWN.
AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING IN THE MAKER BASE TO HAVE THE DROP CORDS LIKE CENTRAL.
IT HELPS ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
ONE NOTE THOUGH, WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL VENTILATION SPACE, SO THAT WILL LIMIT US TO SOME DEGREE ON WHAT OF EQUIPMENT.
AND JUST TO, UH, REVIEW THE TIMELINE AND, AND I REGRET THERE IS A PHOTO WE HAD OF LIGHTING, SPECIAL LIGHTING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR THE TEEN AREA.
UM, THAT'S A LITTLE FUN AND FUNKY, BUT THAT CAN BE THAT THE LIGHTING CAN BE ADJUSTED UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE.
WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT, UH, BEHIND SCHEDULE.
UH, WE SHOULD TECHNICALLY BE IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THAT PHASE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR, UM, AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OUT FOR BEND OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR WITH STARTING VERY LATE 26.
IF NOT, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE ARTWORK? MM-HMM
WHAT, WHERE, WHERE DO THESE COME FROM? THESE ARE JUST DIFFERENT IMAGES THAT, UM, OUR ARCHITECT, THE, THE INTERIOR ARCHITECT HAS STARTED TO PULL TO JUST GAUGE WHAT DO WE LIKE.
SO WHAT WE END UP WITH WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW, JUST AS HIGH LEVEL TO, TO SEE HOW COLORFUL DO WE WANT IT, IS THERE, DO WE WANNA MAKE IT GARLAND SPECIFIC AND TRY TO DO MAP OF GARLAND? DO WE WANNA TAKE IT COMPLETELY ABSTRACT OR DO WE EVEN WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT'S IN THE, THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER THAT'S JUST LITERALLY A BRICK VENEER ON THE WALL TO, TO ADD SOME, UM, NOT WARMTH, BUT LIKE ALMOST AN INDUSTRIAL LOOK OR FEEL TO THE SPACE I WAS THINKING WAS GARLAND, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL DISTRICT DOWNTOWN.
THEY REALLY WANT TO BECOME AN ART AND GETTING THE, UM, ART INCUBATOR.
THEY WANT THAT BUILDING OVER HERE VERY CLOSE BY.
I JUST WONDERED ABOUT COORDINATING WITH SOME OF THESE LOCAL ARTISTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT LOCAL ARTISTS TO COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD BASE.
WELL, AND IT'S, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO USE LOCAL TALENT DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VERY UNIQUE SPECIFIC PIECE, AGAIN, VERY HIGH LEVEL, MORE THAN LIKELY WE'LL WORK WITH AMY ROSENTHAL.
SHE'S THE ONE IN CHARGE OF ALL THAT ARTISTS.
SO JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH WAY WE GO AND HOW, HOW MUCH ART WE ART FOR THE SPACE.
IF YOU'VE SEEN THESE BOXES, ELECTRIC BOXES ALL OVER TOWN.
AND ANYWAY, IT'S JUST VERY, IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE, AND WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.
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YES.ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'D TO WELCOME OUR GUESTS.
UM, THIS IS THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING.
ARE YOU HERE TO OBSERVE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE, OKAY.
THERE IS A FORM FOR YOU TO FILL OUT.
UM, ANTOINETTE CAN CAN YOU COORDINATE THAT FOR US? THANK YOU.
AND KAREN, AM I CORRECT? THE MAKERSPACE UPDATE INVOLVES A PRESENTATION BY OUR STAFF.
THEN I THINK WE'LL JUST PAUSE FOR A MINUTE.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, GUESTS VERY OFTEN, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, A SECTION IN OUR AGENDA FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON ANY TYPE ON IN ANY ITEM FOR THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M REALLY SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, ON HER, ON HER BEHALF.
UM, YESTERDAY WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY.
SHE LOVES GOING TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
SHE CALLS IT, UM, THE RAINBOW.
UM, SHE'S HAD A LIBRARY CARD SINCE THE FALL OF LAST YEAR.
AND I REGISTERED HER, THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS YESTERDAY.
WE GO THERE TO CHECK OUT, SHE BRINGS HER LIBRARY CARD, I'M WITH HER AND TWO BOOKS.
SHE LET US CHECK OUT TWO BOOKS.
WE GET TO THE CHILDREN'S CIRCULATION.
THEY THEN INFORM ME THAT SHE'S BEEN BARRED.
I SAID, WHAT, WHAT DID SHE DO WRONG? THEY SAID THAT, UM, THE CIRCULATION MANAGER, LETICIA LOOKED INTO MY ACCOUNT AND THAT, UM, IN 2022, I RETURNED A BOOK THAT WAS DAMAGED.
UM, I SAID, OKAY, BUT WHY ARE THEY BARRING HER? THEY SAID, I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, I FEEL THIS IS A FORM OF MANIPULATION AND CONTROL AND BULLYING BECAUSE WHY WOULD YOU BORROW A 3-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS NOT, WAS NOT EVEN BORN THEN? SHE WAS BORN IN 2023.
WHY WOULD YOU USE YOUR POWER TO BORROW A 3-YEAR-OLD FROM CHECKING OUT A BOOK? SO, UM, I'M HERE TO TO, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS YOU, TO SEE IF YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT AND INVESTIGATE WHY THEY BORROWED HER.
UM, AND ALSO I WAS READING THE REVIEWS THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BARRING GOING ON FOR NO REASON.
AND I LIKE THE INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHO ELSE HAS BEEN BARRED IN THE LIBRARY.
IS IT A FORM OF CONTROL, MANIPULATION, AND BULLYING? UM, I JUST WANT AN INVESTIGATION BEFORE I GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT'S JUST UNFAIR TO DO THAT TO A 3-YEAR-OLD.
THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE GROUP.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO YOU.
AND, AND THIS WOULD BE A STAFF, UH, RESPONSE ANYWAY, NOT FROM THE BOARD.
UM, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE YOU, UM, SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE LIBRARY MAKERSPACE UPDATE.
SO WITH CENTRAL'S, UM, RENOVATION AND THE, THE ADDITION OF WEST GARLAND OR THE OPENING OF WEST GARLAND, WE HAVE TWO, UH, MAKER SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE, UH, CENTRAL'S REALLY GOING BACK TO WHEN WE WERE AT CENTRAL.
I EXPRESS WITH THE GRANT THAT WE GOT, UM, THROUGH THE STATE AND WEST LAUNCHING FULL FLEDGED IN OCTOBER WHEN THEY OPENED.
AND WE HAVE WITH US TONIGHT JESSICA RANSOM AND ISABELLE MARISCAL WHO ARE, UM, OUR MAKERSPACE GURUS.
UM, JESSICA'S HERE AT CENTRAL, ISABELLE IS AT WEST
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AND THEY'RE GONNA COME GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UM, EVERYTHING MAKERSPACE.I'LL ALSO ADD, JESSICA JUST HAD THE HONOR OF PRESENTING AT THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, UM, ANNUAL MEETING, UH, LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, THE WEEK BEFORE, UM, ON MAKERSPACE'S AND THE, THE GRANT, HOW THEY, THEY STARTED IT FROM THE GROUND UP.
DID BRING C THESE ARE PROJECTS, UM, THESE WERE, WERE, BUT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE JUST
SO AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY MAKER SPACE IS CALLED CURIOSITY CORNER.
UM, SO WE REALLY HAVE TRIED TO BREAK DOWN AS MANY BARRIERS AS WE CAN FOR OUR PATRONS TO COME IN AND USE IT.
BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE DO HAVE A NECESSITY FOR A FEW RULES.
UM, SO PATRONS MUST BE AGES 13 AND UP.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY MACHINES IN THERE THAT ARE JUST NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN, EVEN WITH PARENTAL SUPERVISION, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS BE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOCUSED.
KIDS CAN'T CONSUME SOMETHING LIKE BREATHING IN AIR THAT MAY NOT BE PURE.
SO FOR SAFETY REASONS, 13 AND UP IS WHAT WE'VE DECIDED.
UM, SO PATRONS MUST HAVE A LIBRARY CARD IN GOOD STANDING TO COME.
UM, AND THEY MUST SIGN A WAIVER TO USE THE SPACE.
UH, WE OFFER BEGINNER FRIENDLY CLASSES AND WORKSHOP.
UM, ALL OF OUR CLASSES ARE HANDS ON, ALL THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED.
UM, AND WE DO MAINTAIN SMALL, ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO 28 PATRONS.
AND THAT'S JUST SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM FULL ATTENTION AND NOTICE HOW EACH IS WORKING AND GIVE, WE HAVE A LARGE COLLECTION OF MACHINES AND JUST TOOLS IN GENERAL TO USE.
UM, THIS TOP ROW, LIKE IN THE DARK BLUE HERE, THESE ARE ALL MACHINES THAT REQUIRE A TUTORIAL BEFORE YOU CAN USE THEM.
THE TUTORIAL IS VERY, UH, BASIC.
IT'S JUST WHAT IS THIS MACHINE? HOW DO I USE THIS MACHINE AND WHAT TYPES OF MATERIALS CAN I USE WITH THIS MACHINE? THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT COVERS.
UM, AND IT JUST GETS THE PATRON READY TO USE THE MACHINE.
UM, ALL OF OUR TUTORIALS CAN BE DONE IN PERSON AND ONLINE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR LASER CUTTER.
THAT ONE HAS TO BE DONE IN PERSON FOR SAFETY REASONS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE SAFETY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS FOR WALK-IN USE THAT INCLUDE HEAT PRESSES, KNITTING MACHINES, LEATHER WORKING TOOLS, SOLDERING IRON STRONG.
WE CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE A VERY WIDE GROUP SPACE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT AT CURIOSITY CORNER.
AND ISABELLE IS GONNA TALK, I THINK OUR WEST ISLAND LIBRARY.
UH, WE ARE COMING UP ON SEVEN MONTHS ALMOST NOW FOR THE WEST ISLAND LIBRARY.
UM, WE FOLLOW MORE OR LESS THE SAME RULES AS CENTRAL.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUR GUIDELINES.
SO THEY HAVE HAD MORE EXPERIENCE AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS IN TERMS OF THE AGE RESTRICTIONS AND THE LIBRARY CARD AND GOOD STANDINGS.
UM, DUE TO OUR SPACE BEING SLIGHTLY SMALLER, OUR CLASSES RANGE FROM FOUR TO 10.
UM, THAT JUST MEANS DEFINITELY MORE INSTRUCTION AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES THERE AT THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY.
UM, OUR MACHINES ARE MORE OR LESS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE LASER CUTTER, BUT WE STILL HAVE A 3D PRINTER, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CENTRAL UH, LIBRARY.
WE HAVE THE BAMBOO LAB THAT ACTUALLY IS ABLE TO DO MULTIPLE COLOR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY KIND OF FUN FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION.
UM, I STILL HAVE THE QUILTING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, BROING MACHINES,
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AND UM, BOTH THE OTHER OPTIONS.UM, WE DO HAVE A HEAT PRESS SIMILAR TO CENTRAL EXCEPT WE, IT'S MAINLY FOR SMALLER SIZE SHIRTS.
NOT NECESSARILY MORE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SIZE OR THE, BUT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE DEFINITELY GROWING INTO OUR SPACE WITH EVERY, WITH PATRONS COMING IN AND ASKING.
UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE MAKER SPACES ARE KIND OF A NEW CONCEPT FOR LIBRARIES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, SO JUST TRYING TO EDUCATE THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, THIS IS A SPACE THAT YOU CAN COME AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON THINGS THAT Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO PUT INTO YET.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT WELL AWARE THAT EVERYTHING STILL A LOT WAYS THAT WE DO THAT IS BE ABLE TO ACCESS YOU AND CURRENT TECH INTO YOU.
WE ARE ABLE TO OWN WHENEVER WE GET PUT EVERYTHING BACK DOES HAVE JUST FOUNDING IT REALLY THAT CAN BUILD AND WE DO THOSE FROM EVERYTHING FROM PROTOTYPE TO THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA SO DO A GREAT JOB WHAT WE OFFER AND UH, PLUS WE HAVE ENGLISH SPANISH AND I'M WORKING ON THE VIETNAMESE PORTION OF IT.
I'M JUST NOT WITH TECHNICAL TERMS. IT'S GETTING A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR ME.
SO TO GET THAT FLUIDLY ACROSS WITHOUT SOUNDING GREAT, THAT'S VERY MY BIG CONCERN.
AND THEN WHAT DAY WE HAVE OPEN AND STAFF TO DO.
UH, SO MAKER PROGRAMS, WE ALWAYS JUST BE, AND THEN WE HAVE IN OUR MAKER SPACE, UM, SO WE DO IN THE MAKER SPACE, HOWEVER, TO GIVE, WELL WE DON'T REALLY WANT KIDS OPEN LAB AND WE,
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AND THAT'S JUST TEAMS CAN COME IN INTO MAKE YOUR DEAL MORE.UM, AND SO MAKERSPACE, WE OFFER ANYONE EXPERIENCE TO COME IN.
UM, SO ALL OF THAT ISN'T UM, AND CC MILLING IS A REALLY AND COMING GOAL.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE THE FOYER HAVE TO GET FULL AND US HAVING A C AND C MILL, IT'S JUST A SMALL DESKTOP MILL.
UM, GOES BEYOND JUST WHATEVER YOU CAN ON YOUR OWN.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER, WOULD YOU ELABORATE ON CNC MILLING? I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
YEAH, SO IT'S UM, A PROCESS WHERE YOU TAKE REAL BIT MOVES LAYER BY, SO TO CREATE, OKAY, SO YOU CAN USE WOOD IN THERE.
KEYBOARDS ARE PLASTIC AND THEN THE MIDDLE OFF.
I SUSPECT EVERYBODY ELSE KNEW THAT EXCEPT FOR ME.
CREATING THOSE, ALL OF THAT IS DONE.
YOU SAID IN CAREER PATHWAYS IT'S ALSO LETTING THEM BECOME, AS YOU BROUGHT ALL THE PROJECTS OUT, INDEPENDENT ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GIVEN THEM ACCESS TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT MACHINES, 3D PRINTS, UH, FLEX TO MAKE LITTLE FLEXES AND TAKING THEM TO CRAFT FAIRS AND EVEN PROTOTYPING DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF OUR SHIRTS THAT WE MADE FOR SUMMER READING PROGRAM LAST YEAR.
WE WEAR THIS DURING SUMMERTIME TO PROMOTE OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR THE KIDS.
SO IT'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS OF BUILDING ON TOP OF THE BUSINESS, CREATING YOUR OWN BUSINESS CARDS, CREATING YOUR OWN ITEMS, AND UM, GETTING IN THERE AND LEARNING THE TECHNOLOGY AND BEING INDEPENDENT EVENTUALLY OR HAVING AN EXTRA, I MEAN WHO WANTS, DOESN'T WANT AN EXTRA CHECK.
SO WE'RE GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TEST OUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT MACHINES, GETTING THEIR HANDS ON IT BEFORE THEY, I MEAN EITHER JUST USE OUR SPACE IN GENERAL OR EVENTUALLY INVESTING INTO THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, PRINTER FARM OR UM, ALL THEIR MULTIPLE MACHINES AT HOME.
AND THEN HAVING THE SPACE FOR IT AND UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING THAT NOT COMING BACK TO US AND ASKING MORE QUESTIONS AND HELPING THEM OUT THAT WAY.
SO DO THE PATRONS BRING THEIR OWN UH, MATERIALS LIKE THAT THAT THE MUG THERE? UHHUH
SO WE DO OFFER SOME, BUT THEY CAN THEIR OWN MATERIALS.
SO FOR OPEN LAB YOU WOULD NEED TO BRING YOUR OWN MATERIAL, BUT IF YOU WERE EVEN THE 3D CLASSES, WE LET YOU DO A LITTLE PROJECT THAT WILL LET YOU CONTACT YOU AT THE END OF THE, HEY, COME BACK YOUR PROJECT'S DONE
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AND YOU SHOULD SEE HOW HAPPY THEY ARE.I HAD ONE PARENT THAT CAME AND SHE MADE UM, SENSORY SNOWFLAKES FOR THEIR SENSORY THEN FOR THEIR, THEIR HOMESCHOOL PARENTS.
AND SHE LOVED IT AND SHE'S LIKE, I NEED TO MAKE MORE
I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD EVER CONSIDER DOING LIKE A, LIKE A CRAFT MAKER BUNDLE.
SO LIKE, 'CAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECT OF IT AND I KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY HAS OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT LIKE ART OF SMALL BUSINESS AND SO LIKE COULD YOU PAIR THE MAKERS TOOLS WITH MAYBE LIKE A SMALL BUSINESS STARTUP COURSE WORK? WE DEFINITELY COULD, BUT AN INTERESTING THING AND I THINK UM, IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME IN, THEY S SOMETIMES GENERAL JEWELRY WORK, GABRIEL'S INVOLVED SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT WHAT YOU ADULT AND ARE, ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO SOURCE MATERIALS? YES.
SO THE LIBRARY DOES, THEY WANT IT TO BE IDENTIFI.
JUST TRYING TO COVER ANYBODY YOU KNOW IS VOLUNTEER GARLAND BUT YOU UM, SO WE WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF BEST PRACTICES FOR OUR MAKERSPACE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER ALL OUR BASES AND HAVE PATRONS ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR MAKER SPACES.
UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST LOVELY ATTORNEY CREATED A MAKER AND WAIVER AND LI WAIVER AND LIABILITY FORM FOR US JUST TO COVER ALL OUR BASES.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE MACHINES IN THERE FROM VARYING OBJECTS.
I KNOW THE CRICUT MACHINE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT THERE IS A BLADE IN THERE.
UM, THAT CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A CLASS FIVE FIRE HAZARD FOUR, WELL FOUR OR FIVE WHEN OPEN IT.
YEAH, WHEN YOU OPEN THE THING THAT BECOMES A FOUR, RIGHT? OR FIVE.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT CHANGES ANYWAY WHEN YOU OPEN THE HANDLE IT BECOMES A BIGGER FIRE HAZARD
AND SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T TOUCH INTO THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND THE, YOU KNOW, SEWING MACHINES WITH ALL YOUR NEEDLES AND EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH THEIR FOOTWEAR MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET STEPPING ON THAT.
UM, SO THEY GOT, THAT GETS SIGNED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO CALENDAR ANNUAL BASIS.
SO EVERY JANUARY IT'S A BLANK SITE.
EVEN IF THEY SIGNED ONE IN DECEMBER, THEY'RE SIGNING ANOTHER ONE IN JANUARY THAT COVERS THEM FOR THE FULL YEAR AT ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS.
SO WHETHER IT BE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY OR THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY, UM, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING EXCEL SHEET WORKSHEET BASICALLY, UM, THAT LETS US KNOW WHEN A PATRON HAS BEEN CERTIFIED, SIGNED A LIBRARY CERTIFIED IN THE CLASS FOR A MACHINE, UM, EITHER ONLINE OR IN PERSON IN ONE OF OUR CLASSES.
AND THEN HAS SIGNED A WAIVER AND LIABILITY FORM.
WE CLASS, WE ORGANIZE THAT BY THEIR NAME
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AND THEIR ALT ID THROUGH THEIR LIBRARY CARD.SO NOT THROUGH THEIR LIBRARY CARD, JUST IN CASE YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR LIBRARY CARD ON A CONSTANT BASIS OR UM, WHATEVER THE REASON IS.
WE CAN ALWAYS FIND YOU AND LOCATE YOU.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S A WORKING WORKSHEET THAT WE CAN PULL UP AT EITHER LOCATION.
UM, WE TRY OUR BEST TO CROSS TRAIN MUCH AS MUCH OF THE STAFF THAT IS WORKING IN THAT SPACE SO THAT WAY UM, THEY HAVE AT LEAST SOME IDEA OF AT LEAST GETTING THIS MACHINE STARTED, UM, THE BASIC STEPS OF GETTING GOING.
SO THAT WAY IF A PATRON DOES COME IN AND THEY HAPPEN TO TAKE A BIT MORE EXTRA AND STRUT, THEN THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A CHEAT SHEET 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE CONSUMABLES IN OUR MAKERSPACE AND THAT DOESN'T, AT LEAST AT WEST, WE DON'T CONSTANTLY SELLING THINGS LEFT AND RIGHT.
UM, THAT WAY IT GIVES THEM AN, UH, THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THERE, THE LAYOUT OF HOW MUCH EACH PRODUCT IS, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM CHARGE, HOW DID WE CHARGE THE ACCOUNT AND WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM ITEMS. UM, AS WELL AS THE PURCHASE FORMS FOR THE CONSUMABLE GUIDES.
THAT ONE HAS TO BE WRITTEN BY THEMSELVES, BY THE PATRON THEMSELVES.
SO THAT WAY WHENEVER THEY GO AND SAY, HEY, WHY IS THERE A MAKERSPACE BILL ON MY ACCOUNT? THIS IS WHY YOU AGREED TO THESE TERMS, THIS IS WHAT YOU BOUGHT ON THIS DAY.
UM, SO THAT WAY WE HAVE HAVE FOLLOW UP PAPERWORK ON UM, WE HAVE SOME BASIC MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL IN A BINDER FORMAT FOR PATRONS TO LOOK AT IF THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO CREATE A STICKER SAY STICKER SHEET ON A CRICKET MACHINE, UM, TRYING TO SLICE SOMETHING THROUGH A 3D PRINTER, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE NICHE ACADEMY CLASSES.
SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE THAT WE GO THROUGH NICHE ACADEMY THAT HELPS ALLEVIATE SOME OF OUR ONLINE, UH OH THAT PROVIDES SOME ONLINE COURSES FOR OUR MAKER BECAUSE THEY DO TEND TO KIND OF FILL OUT OUR SPACES AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET INTO THEM UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE AS MUCH ACCESS AS POSSIBLE, AT LEAST GET SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE MACHINES AND GET THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO OPEN LAB, UM, TO GET THEIR HANDS ON MACHINES WITHOUT ACTUALLY JUST THANK YOU.
WHAT THINGS DO YOU HAVE ENVISION FOR THE FUTURE? YOU KNOW, MONEY WAS NO OBJECT AND WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ON? WHAT PROBABLY MORE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND EVERYTHING.
SO GET A COUPLE MORE 3D PRINTERS.
I WANNA DO CROSS LIKE OBJECT CLASSES WHERE IT'S MULTIPLE THINGS ON LAYERS.
SAY YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CREATED THROUGH THE LASER PRINTER AND THEN YOU CRAFT IT AND YOU'LL SAY WITH THE CRICUT MACHINE AND THEN IN LAYERS.
SO THAT WAY IT'S A MULTI THE MACHINE PROJECT AND THEN IT COMES, IT'S A COMPLEX PROJECT AT THE END OF THE DAY AND YOU'LL BE LIKE, OKAY, THAT WAS MORE THAN I WAS EXPECTING.
AND THEN JUST BUILDING ONTO THOSE DIFFERENT CLASSES.
'CAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU'RE COMING IN AND YES, YOU'RE LEARNING LIKE THE BASIC SKILLS OF OKAY, YES I CAN GO ONTO A A COMMON SHARE WEBSITE AND FIND THE PRINT PRETTY EASILY.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE TEACHING ACTUAL, I MEAN WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF UM, KIND OF TINKER CAD ENGINEERING CLASSES TO HELP THEM LEARN TO CREATE THEIR OWN DESIGNS AND THEN GOING FROM THERE, UM, WHICH WILL SHOW SECOND A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO KIND OF BRIDGE A LITTLE, GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE I GUESS IN TERMS OF, OF THE MAKER SPACE.
WE KNOW THEM BUT MAKE SURE YOU VERY OLD, JUST LET THEM KEEP GOING.
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GETTING THE WORD OUT.SO WE, OUR CLASSES ARE VERY POPULAR AND DON'T REALLY WANT IT.
WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY, SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORK PROBLEMS. WORST PROBLEM TO HAVE.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T DRAW CLASSES.
DO IT ON ON IT KIND OF FLOWS INTO EACH OTHER.
SO BETWEEN THE, THE CLASSES AND THE SPACES AND UM, 'CAUSE OF THE LIMITED SIZE CLASSES, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE EBB AND FLOW OF PEOPLE NOT, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE REGISTRATION THAT CAN'T MAKE IT DUE TO EVER, UM, BUT THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO TAKE THAT SPOT WELL WHEN I WALKED BACK.
WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO HAVE AS MANY CLASSES AS GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN.
UM, OF COURSE WITH, AT LEAST WITH THE WEST GARLAND LIBRARY WE HAVE A GOOD, WE'RE STARTING TO GROW A GOOD HOMESCHOOL GROUP AT OUR LOCATION.
AND OF COURSE THEIR KIDS HAVE A COUPLE 3D PRINTERS AT THEIR, UM, BUT THEY'RE YOUNGER THAN 13.
SO THEY'RE SAYING, WELL I MEAN NOT QUITE THERE.
I'M ONLY A YEAR OR SO OFF, CAN I PLEASE COME IN? UM, WHICH WE SEE THAT AND WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION AS WELL, WHICH IS WHY SHE OFFERS THE FAMILY MAKER SPACE CLASSES.
AND THEN IN THE FALL I'M HOPING THAT SOME SMALLER ONES FOR THE YOUNGER KID AND THEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOMESCHOOL DAYTIME CLASSES FOR THOSE THAT DON'T WANNA GO OUT AND MAKERSPACE CLASSES THAT NATURE AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE INTEREST IN THE FOLLOW UP CLASS.
WE HAVE THE INTRO CLASS, WHAT ELSE CAN I MAKE? CAN I ADD RESIN TO THIS? CAN I DO LITTLE SHAKER BUBBLES? HOW DO I MAKE THAT? OR UM, OKAY COOL.
I SAW ALL THESE COOL THINGS THAT I CAN MAKE FOR THE 3D PRINTS IN THE COMMON SHARE SITES.
HOW DO I CREATE MY OWN? AND THEN HOW FROM THERE, HOW DO I PAINT IT? HOW DO I COLOR IT? HOW DO I, THERE'S SO MANY, HOW DO I, THERE'S SO MANY THAT WE WANNA COVER BUT WE CAN'T GET TO IT YET.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE COVERING ALL THE INTRO CLASSES AND THOSE SAME TIME THAT WE WANT.
AS FAR AS THE NO SHOWS FOR CLASSES, I KNOW THAT'S HARD AND IT WOULD TAKE STAFF TIME TO DO THIS, BUT WOULD HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HAVING A WAITING LIST AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO LET YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT THEY CAN'T ATTEND? SO WE'VE ACTUALLY MM-HMM
IT REALLY IS
BUT IN TERMS OF SINCE WE HAD THE MAKERSPACE STARTING AT CLIQUE, WE HAD 455 PATRONS THAT HAVE TAKEN AT LEAST ONE MAKERSPACE CLASS, UM, OF SOME SORT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL THE COMPOUND ONES.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RETURNERS THAT COME IN AND TAKE ALL THE CLASSES AT SOME SORT OR ANOTHER.
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LIKE SHE SAID, WE HAVE OUR FOR WEST'S SLIDE, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ATTENDED SINCE.UM, AND INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THAT HAVE EITHER COME BY THE MAKERSPACE TO SHOW SOME KIND OF INTEREST IN KIND OF ASK, HEY, WHAT IS THIS SPACE? OH WOW, THAT'S AMAZING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK AND TRY AND GET INTO THESE CLASSES.
AND THEN WITH THE JUST LEARNING THAT THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE A LIBRARY CARD JUST MAKES THEM EVEN MORE EXCITED 'CAUSE WE GIVE THEM SO MUCH ACCESS WITH OUR LIBRARY CARD ALREADY.
AND HAVING BE ABLE TO GET ONE OF OUR LIBRARY.
'CAUSE I'VE SEEN PATRONS FROM ALL OVER I THINK.
AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT MY EVENTBRITE WE HAD AND A FEW FROM DALLAS AND WHERE I KNOW AT ONE POINT I SAW ONE FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, BUT I THINK THAT WAS JUST AN OLD EVENTBRITE REGISTRATION
SO HE IS A RECENT, I GUESS, UM, A RECENT RESIDENT REMOVING FROM NEW YORK OVER HERE.
SO HE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS MAKER SPACE AND CHECK IT OUT
SO AT CENTRAL, OUR CLASS NUMBERS AND IN THE NUMBER OF VISITORS GENERALLY, SO AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAVE SOME INTER PROGRAM UTILITIES.
SO WITH THE MAKERSPACE IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOWCASE OTHER THINGS THAT GOES INTO OTHER PROGRAMMING AS WELL.
UM, SO FOR US AT WEST, I WAS LIKE, WHY NOT CREATE OUR OWN LITTLE MAGNET FOR OUR GRAND OPENING DAY THAT'S SPECIAL JUST FOR US.
THAT WAS CREATED THROUGH OUR TINKER THROUGH TINKERCAD AND OUR UH, AMAZING MARKETING, LUIS THAT WAS ABLE TO CREATE THE DESIGN FOR US TO 3D PRINT THAT SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THAT TO PATRONS TO COLOR AND TAKE HOME AND HAVE A LITTLE MEMORY OF WEST FOR THEM.
UM, THIS WAS, THE SECOND ONE IS A INTEGRITY TABLE THAT WAS CREATED FOR A HOMESCHOOL LIBERATORY.
SO THAT WAY WE KIND OF SHOWCASED, HEY LOOK, WE CAN CREATE THIS FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND THEN SAVE SOME MONEY IN OUR SUPPLY BUDGET AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN SAYING, HEY, WE MADE THIS IN OUR MAKERSPACE, YOU WANNA TRY AND MAKE IT IN OUR MAKERSPACE? THAT'D BE KIND OF COOL.
AND, AND THEN WE HAVE A RACE CAR THAT'S COMING THROUGH OUR 1 2 3 STEAM PROGRAM THAT IS THIS SATURDAY ACTUALLY COMING UP.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY, WE 3D PRINTED THESE CARS AND THEY'RE GONNA GET TO COLOR ALL THESE CARS AND CUSTOMIZE THEM AND LEARN HOW ALL THE TRACTION AND EVERYTHING WORKS ON CARS AND VEHICLES FOR LITTLE KIDS.
SO IT'S JUST A MAD MADDEN OF I GUESS A LIMIT OF IMAGINATION IN THAT WAY.
IT'S JUST UNLIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR VISIBILITY AND KIND OF PROMOTING OUR MAKER SPACE AND OUR PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME.
HOW DOES THE, UH, HOMESCHOOL, YOU HAVE A LOT OF HOMESCHOOLERS THAT COME IN? UH, WE DO.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ARE TRYING TO FORM OF PARENTS OF HOMESCHOOLERS THAT TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT'S ONCE A MONTH THAT MISS DOROTHY DOES.
I'M YOUTH TO THIS LIBRARIAN AT THE WEST GAR LIBRARY AND I BELIEVE SOUTH GARLAND HAS A PROGRAM AS WELL.
THEY ALLOW, UM, HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES EXCEPT FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES TO TRY OUT.
WE CAN BRING BACK JUST SPECIFICALLY A POWER.
YEAH, BECAUSE THAT ONE'S PART OF OUR INVISIBLE FORCES PROGRAM.
SO SHE MADE THIS ONE, SHE HAD ONES WHERE IT WAS MAGNETS THAT SHE COULD HAVE THAT WORKING.
UM, SHE HAD A WAX PAPER ON A VASE WITH THE SPEAKER INSIDE TO SHOW THE MOVEMENTS, THE WAVES OF THE SOUND WAVES.
SO SHE HAS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SHE GIVES GUIDES TO THE PA PARENTS THAT SHOWS THEM THE BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY WHAT IS THE, THE CONCEPT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH AND HOW YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT HOME.
SO SHE ACTUALLY GIVES YOU, BECAUSE THEY'RE ITEMS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND AT HOME, RECREATE THAT GRATEFUL AND
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SAID EARLIER, OH, GOOD BECOMES SWEET COMMUNITY.AND THEY COME IN ALL THE TIME, DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DONATIONS.
I MEAN YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT, AND THEY'RE KIND OF AIM TO LIKE FOR MORE DONATIONS, THEY WANT
I APPRECIATE THE, THE THOUGHT THAT YOU PUT INTO ALL OF THIS AS SRE IS EVOLVING AND GROWING AND UM, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU AFTER, AFTER A WHILE WHEN YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE AND MORE LESSONS LEARNED AND, UM, KNOW MORE WHAT TO ASK FOR AND HOW WE CAN HELP.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE SHOW AND TELL ITEMS. OH, YOU, WE LOVE VISUALS
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROCESS.
I'LL ALSO ADD, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WORK AND SUCCESS, BUT IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR WE'VE HAD THE DEDICATED SPACES.
ALRIGHT, JUST TO RECAP OF, WE ARE, UM, UPDATING OUR LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH AN UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS TO MEET OUR SHARED PLAN FOR WHERE THE LIBRARY'S GOING, WHY IT MATTERS, AND HOW WE'LL FIX THERE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, THE PROJECT TIMELINE, UM, WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT.
UM, YOU SEE THAT OR A NO, IT'S APRIL 13TH TODAY, BUT WE'RE STILL, UM, FINISHING UP THE ANALYZE AND DEVELOP PART OF THE, THE PLAN.
SO, UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF STEPS SINCE THE LAST UPDATE IN FEBRUARY.
UH, WE HELD LEADERSHIP INTERVIEWS, UM, ON MARCH 16TH.
AND THIS IS WITH A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LOCAL, UM, LEADERS IN THE GARLAND COMMUNITY.
UH, WE SENT OUT FINAL QUESTIONNAIRES TO PARTICIPANTS WHO COULD NOT MEET IN PERSON AND WE'RE GETTING THOSE LAST, UM, QUESTIONNAIRES SENT IN THIS WEEK.
UM, WE'VE REVIEWED, UH, A FIRST DRAFT OF AN UPDATED COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S A PART OF THIS OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS.
UM, UH, THE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, HAS MADE A FIRST PASS AT IT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH SOME QUESTIONS.
SO AN UPDATED COPY OF THAT DRAFT WILL BE SENT OUT, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A RETURN ON INVESTMENT STUDY FOR, UM, HOW THE LIBRARY PROVIDES, UH, UM, VALUE TO THE GARLAND COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PULLING, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER PIECES OF DATA THAT WE PULLED
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FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THERE WERE SOME VERY SPECIFIC PIECES THAT, THAT OUR ROI STUDY, UH, INCLUDED THAT WE'VE, UM, GONE THROUGH AND HAD TO PULL.UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE MEASURABLES THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS GOING TO, TO DOCUMENT.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL FINE TO HAVE THE PLAN, BUT HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE SUCCESS? HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE, UH, MOVING FORWARD? WE ARE STILL HOPING KEYWORD HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE A FIRST DRAFT OF THAT PLAN DELIVERED TO US BY MAY 20TH.
UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, PUSHING PRETTY HARD TO GET THAT.
SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT AND HAVE SOMETHING TO, TO PRESENT, WE'LL DO IT.
I THINK WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A SUMMER, UM, PROBABLY MID SUMMER, UM, ADOPTION PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF THAT PLAN.
BUT WE WE'RE JUST RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE WITH THAT.
BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
NO, THAT'S A MASSIVE PROJECT, BUT IT, IT'S WELL NEEDED.
IT'S SO MUCH FUN, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE CAME FROM AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN SET THOSE NEW GOALS FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
WE BELIEVE IN YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION.
UM, WE, UH, LAST MONTH TALKED ABOUT THE, THE LOCAL AUTHOR COLLECTION LAUNCH AND NOW, UM, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT EMAILS WITH THIS INFORMATION TOO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD AT SIX 15.
I'M JUST DOING A SMALL LITTLE RIBBON CUTTING.
IT'LL BE A LITTLE RIBBON, LITTLE, UM, CEREMONY AND JUST RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, OUR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COME, UM, LOCAL AUTHORS TO COME, UH, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JUST COME AND CELEBRATE THIS NEW COLLECTION.
WE'VE POSTED THIS ONLINE AND I'LL SAY THAT THE, UM, THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK HAS, HAS BEEN PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO'VE REACHED OUT.
WE'VE GOTTEN, I'LL SAY ANOTHER HANDFUL OF LOCAL AUTHORS WHO HAVE DONATED WORKS, UM, THAT WILL BE ADDED TO THE COLLECTION.
AND WE SEE THIS AS A COLLECTION THAT WILL CONTINUE AND EVOLVE.
UM, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE 23RD BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN.
I HAVE A CONFLICT, SO, SO PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN AND BE GOOD AMBASSADORS FOR US.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND THE ONE I HEARD FROM LEWIS IS, UH, A PRESENTATION ABOUT HOMESCHOOL SERVICES.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL SUPPORT THAT? BECAUSE IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE I SECOND.
YES, WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO SUGGEST? NO.
IN THAT CASE THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.