Jun 12, 2023 Library Board Meeting

[1. Call to Order: The Library Board of the City of Sachse will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, June 12, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following items of business:]

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THE LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT, MONDAY, JUNE THE 12TH, 2023, AT 7:02 P.M.

TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS WE WILL HAVE.

THE INVOCATION AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND THE TEXAS FLAG.

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC.

. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS LIBRARY BOARD MEETING.

WE ASK THAT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE THIS EVENING ARE.

AND THE POSITION THAT IT ASSISTS AND HELPS THE PATRONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR GOOD DEEDS.

IN CHRIST NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, JOSH? YES, SIR.. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE BOARD IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.

[4. Consider approval of the May 8, 2023, meeting minutes.]

HE HAS TO SAY THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT BEING MADE.

SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE MENTION THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

AND THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE TO APPROVE THE MAY 8TH, 2023 MEETING MINUTES.

SO IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE MINUTES.

WELL, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. [INAUDIBLE] MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR MAY 8TH.

I'LL SECOND IT. MARION.

DO A HAND VOTE OR? YES. JENNIFER, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE WITH BOARD DOCS, WOULD YOU LET US KNOW FOR THE MINUTE VOTE ON WHAT WE WILL NEED TO BE DOING FOR THIS VOTE? ANYONE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

NO, YOU'RE FINE.

OKAY.

YES. JOSHUA? ALL RIGHT. SEAN? YES. YES.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

[5. Receive and discuss the Library Manager's monthly report.]

THANK YOU, DANIEL. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING, YOU WILL FIND THE MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2023.

EXCELLENT MONTH.

BY ALL ACCOUNTS FOR THE LIBRARY, WE HAD A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS ADDED LARGE NUMBER OF PATRONS COMING IN THE BUILDING, HIGHER CHECKOUTS THAN LAST YEAR BY A GOOD MARGIN.

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WE ONCE AGAIN HAD AN ENORMOUS REQUEST COME IN.

SO NO SURPRISE THERE WAS A LOT AND WE DID HAVE FEWER PROGRAMS IN THE MONTH OF MAY THAN WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN A MONTH, ALTHOUGH IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS WE DID LAST YEAR. AND THAT IS BECAUSE AS WE GEAR UP INTO SUMMER READING, OUR STAFF DO TAKE A LOT OF THAT TIME TO PREP FOR OUR SUMMER READING EVENTS.

AND SO TYPICALLY IN THE MONTH OF MAY WE HAVE JUST A FEW AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

BUT THAT'S ALSO THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST MAY.

WE HAVE STARTED OUR SUMMER READING PROGRAM, BY THE WAY, WE HAD OUR KICKOFF PARTY ON SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD.

WE HAD 651 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THAT.

WE HAD SOME NEAT ATTRACTIONS LIKE A PETTING ZOO, INFLATABLES, OUTDOOR GAMES.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, A BUBBLE FOAM PARTY WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY A LOCAL RESIDENT THAT HAS A TRUCK THAT SHE BRINGS OUT AND SPRAYS THE FOAM ALL OVER THE KIDS. AND IT WAS A BLAST.

IT'S REALLY ENJOYED. IT CAME OUT IN THEIR SWIMSUIT WITH THEIR GOGGLES AND AND JUST REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

SO GREAT RESPONSE TO THAT EVENT.

AND THEN SINCE THEN WE HAD OUR FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER READING LAST WEEK AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ATTENDANCE AT OUR EVENTS, INCLUDING 53 PEOPLE AT OUR CRAFT LAST MONDAY, 60 SEVEN AT OUR CRAFT TODAY.

AND THEN JUST ALL OF OUR EVENTS JUST VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED SO FAR.

LET'S SEE, BEYOND THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THE MONTHLY REPORT? CAN YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE KICKOFF.

THAT IS SUCCESSFUL.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE WERE VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

SO WE NEED TO DO.

WE NEED TO. NEXT, WE'LL DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE NEW LONG RANGE PLAN FOR

[6. Discuss and consider approval of a new Long-Range Plan for the Library.]

BOARD MEMBERS, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN BRINGING NEW DRAFTS OF PORTIONS OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.

A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.

THE LIBRARY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A LONG RANGE PLAN APPROVED BY THE BOARD EVERY FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR ACCREDITATION BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.

OUR LONG RANGE PLAN ACTUALLY DID.

RUN OUT LAST YEAR, BUT WE GOT SPECIAL APPROVAL DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY WAS PERFORMING THE THE CITYWIDE SURVEY BY POLCO LAST YEAR.

I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT DATA IN OUR NEW LONG RANGE PLAN BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE DATA AND WE GOT PERMISSION FROM THE STATE TO EXTEND THAT OUT ANOTHER YEAR. AND SO THIS LONG RANGE PLAN WOULD BE GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE CURRENT YEAR TO FIVE YEARS.

THE NARRATIVE PORTION THAT YOU FIND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAN IS UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS DRAFTS.

LAST MONTH I PRESENTED THE SIX GOALS THAT ARE IN THE BACK HALF OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND WE HAVE ADDED SOME. I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL THEM JUST GOALS, THE SMART GOALS.

WE KIND OF DISCUSSED SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC AND TIME BASED GOALS FOR A LOT OF THESE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST ITEM THERE ABOUT CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE LITERACY, CURIOSITY AND READING AMONGST THE YOUNGEST READERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE GOAL THERE IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BY 10% ANNUALLY.

SO THAT WOULD BE A METHOD OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT BY MEETING THAT METRIC.

AND SO YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT NOT EVERY BULLET POINT HAS A METRIC LISTED, BUT MANY OF THEM DO.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS HERE THAT YOU WOULD THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR CHANGE OR ADD, IF THERE'S A METRIC THAT YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ADDING TO THIS, WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO DO THAT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE BROUGHT YOU A DRAFT THAT I BELIEVE COULD BE VOTED ON AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

YOU CERTAINLY HAVE THE OPTION TO APPROVE THE LONG RANGE PLAN AS IT'S PRESENTED THIS EVENING.

THAT WOULD TAKE A MOTION AND A VOTE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT.

IT CAN BE CONSIDERED AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND WE WOULD OF COURSE APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK, ANY ADDITIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THE PLAN IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A FINAL DRAFT FOR NEXT MONTH.

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SO THE FIRST BULLET POINT I MENTIONED THERE, THE METRIC IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BY 10% ANNUALLY.

NEXT, BULLET POINT TO PROVIDE PROGRAMING FOR CHILDREN OF ALL DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS AND ABILITIES THAT FOCUSES ON TEACHING LITERACY SKILLS AND PRE LITERACY SKILLS.

AND THE METRICS FOR THOSE ARE INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN STORY TIMES AND OTHER EARLY LITERACY PROGRAMS BY 5% ANNUALLY, WITH THE GOAL OF REACHING AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 50 PEOPLE FOR ALL STORY TIMES.

EXCLUDING BABY BOUNCE STORY TIMES, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY MUCH SMALLER.

ATTENDANCE ACTUALLY HELPS IF THEY'RE NOT 50 PEOPLE FOR A BABY STORY TIME MUCH BETTER IN THAT REGARD.

BUT FOR OUR PRESCHOOL TODDLER STORY TIME AND THEN OUR FAMILY STORY TIME, WHICH WE AGAIN HOPE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE FALL, IF WE CAN ARE ABLE TO EXTEND OUR HOURS INTO THE EVENING, MORE NIGHTS PER WEEK, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF 50 PEOPLE.

AT THOSE 50 PEOPLE IS A MANAGEABLE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES FOR THESE STORY TIMES.

MORE THAN THAT, AND IT STARTS TO GET A LITTLE HAIRY.

BUT IF WE CAN CONSISTENTLY HAVE 50 PEOPLE EACH STORY TIME, THAT IS A THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE CAN HANDLE IN OUR IN OUR MEETING ROOM.

WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH PARENTS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO DEVELOP NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, INCLUDING AND THESE ARE THE METRICS INCREASING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL VISITS TO AN AVERAGE OF TWO PER MONTH BY FISCAL YEAR 2028.

AND THIS WOULD AGAIN TAKE SOME MORE STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE COULD SEND TO SCHOOLS TO DO STORY TIMES IN SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE CENTERS AND TO PARTICIPATE IN MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THOSE TYPES OF THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.

AND WE USED TO DO A LOT MORE OF THESE BEFORE COVID SORT OF CHANGED EVERYTHING IN REGARDS TO OUTREACH EVENTS.

BUT WE ARE GETTING BACK INTO THEM.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE INVITING US BACK OUT TO COME AND DO THESE AGAIN, AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT AGAIN, TO HAVE 24 PER YEAR, AN AVERAGE OF TWO PER MONTH.

WE WOULD ALSO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL HOMESCHOOL GROUPS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRAMING FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY AND IMPLEMENT A BIWEEKLY HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM BY FISCAL YEAR 2025.

NEXT ITEM TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM AND INCREASE CHILDREN'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LIBRARY AND LIBRARY RESOURCES.

AND THE METRIC FOR THAT IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM BY CHILDREN AGES 0 TO 12 BY 5% ANNUALLY.

SO THAT'S A BIG CHUNK. THAT FIRST CHUNK UNDER CHILDREN'S PROGRAMING.

AND I FIGURE MAYBE WE STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD ON ON THAT FIRST SECTION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? COMMENT. YES.

EXCUSE ME. STORY TIMES.

ARE THEY AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY? THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE JUST SORT OF ADDED OUR MEETING ROOM RENOVATIONS THAT ARE FINISHING UP.

THEY'RE SORT OF IN THE LAST STAGES OF GETTING THE TELECONFERENCING AND HYBRID MEETING STUFF SET UP.

THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING WE COULD ADD.

IT ADDS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'RE DOING. BUT I THINK IF THERE'S A DEMAND FOR IT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD.

YEAH. WILL IT COUNT TOWARDS YOUR NUMBERS? I WOULD COUNT IT TOWARDS OUR NUMBERS EVEN WHEN WE DID VIRTUAL STORY TIMES.

SO WE HAD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD TUNE IN TO OUR VIRTUAL STORY TIMES.

THAT QUICKLY WANED.

I THINK IT WAS SORT OF A.

ANOTHER SCREEN ACTIVITY FOR KIDS.

IT WAS SORT OF ENDED UP BEING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT WOULD ENJOY THAT HAVING THAT OPTION.

BUT FOR MOST FAMILIES, THE IN-PERSON STORY TIME WOULD PROBABLY BE THE PREFERENCE.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TRY AND SEE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST FOR CERTAIN.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.

ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST 1% OF YOUR 5% COULD COME FROM THE VIRTUAL VIEWERS, WHETHER IT'S STORY TIME OR PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE HERE AT THE LIBRARY.

YEAH, ESPECIALLY NEW MOMS. YES. OR THOSE RECOVERING FROM A PROCEDURE OR WORK AT HOME.

PARENTS WORK AT HOME.

PARENTS IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASED DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

YEAH, THAT'S WONDERFUL. SUGGESTED IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.

YEAH, WE DEFINITELY HAD.

WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING SOME MORE.

WE WERE THINKING THE THING THAT CAME TO MIND FIRST WAS LIKE ADULT PROGRAMS, LIKE MEDICARE WORKSHOPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HOST A HYBRID.

AND ACTUALLY OUR GARDEN CLUB HERE IN SACHSE THAT RENTS OUT OUR MEETING ROOM IS VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEIR MEMBERS ARE STILL WOULD PREFER TO TUNE IN VIRTUALLY AS WELL.

SO THE ABILITY TO HAVE THESE HYBRID MEETINGS WILL BE THERE AND TO USE THAT FOR A STORY TIME.

IT'S VERY POSSIBLE. YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TO GET ALL THE PIECES IN PLACE, WHICH IS, IT'S COMING TOGETHER.

IT'S MOSTLY THERE. IN FACT, THE VENDORS COMING OUT TOMORROW AND SEE IF WE CAN GET IT TO WORK.

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I HAD NO IDEA.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THAT FIRST SECTION? SO I DO HAVE A COMMENT REGARDING THE BULLETIN FOR NUMBER THREE REGARDING COLLABORATING WITH PARENTS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN WILEY ISD AND ALSO GISD AS A LOT OF PTAS DO, SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

ALSO GETTING WITH THE DISTRICTS REGARDING THEIR LITERACY NIGHTS BECAUSE LITERACY NIGHT THROUGHOUT ALL OF GISD BECAUSE I'M MORE FAMILIAR WITH GISD IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AT GRADE SCHOOL LEVEL.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD STOP FROM THERE.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE THOSE LITERACY NIGHTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALSO HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRIOR TO COVID WERE VERY INVOLVED IN.

A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS GOING TO THEIR LITERACY NIGHTS AND MEET THE TEACHER NIGHTS AND THINGS.

JUST THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS TO DO THE LITERACY NIGHTS AND THINGS AGAIN.

OKAY, GREAT. AND WE DID A COUPLE OF THEM AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL SCHOOLS REACHED OUT TO TO THE OTHERS.

AND WE HOPE TO GET BACK INTO A LOT OF THOSE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.

AND THAT FALLS UNDER SORT OF THE OUTREACH ACTIVITY.

BULLET POINT UNDER THERE, THE THE HOMESCHOOL GROUP ITEM UNDER THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING AND IT WOULD BE A BRAND NEW THING FOR US TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ASSET FOR A LOT OF HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PARENTS WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

AND SO FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS AND HAVE IT UTILIZED WOULD BE AMAZING FOR THE CITY OF SACHSE.

AND REALLY, SINCE WE'VE SINCE THE PANDEMIC HAS REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF KIDS INTO THE HOMESCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE FAMILIES COME TO US AND EXPRESS A DESIRE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AS WELL.

ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.

SO PERFECT. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO BRING THAT CROWD INTO THE LIBRARY AND PROVIDE SOME SERVICES FOR THEM AT TIMES THAT ARE CONVENIENT FOR THOSE FAMILIES.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENT? OKAY.

THE NEXT SECTION IS ABOUT TEEN PROGRAMING AND THE PROGRAMING SECTION IS THE LONGEST ONE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE SORT OF TAKING IT IN CHUNKS LIKE THIS.

SO THE NEXT METRIC THERE IS UNDER THE SECOND BULLET POINT TO PROVIDE ENGAGING PROGRAMS FOR TEENS THAT INCORPORATE STEM GAMING, CRAFTS AND OTHER TOOLS FOR HANDS ON LEARNING.

AND THE METRIC WOULD BE TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE AT PROGRAMS FOR TEENS BY 5% ANNUALLY AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TEEN PROGRAMS TO AN AVERAGE OF ONE TEEN PROGRAM PER WEEK BY FISCAL YEAR 2025.

I HAVE MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES TO THE BOARD.

TEENS ARE HARD TO REACH IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

THEY ARE OUR MOST DIFFICULT DEMOGRAPHIC TO CONSISTENTLY BRING IN BECAUSE WHEN KIDS ARE KIDS, PARENTS ARE BRINGING THEM INTO THE LIBRARY FOR SUMMER READING AND FOR STORY TIMES. AND THEN WE UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF TIMES, UNLESS THOSE KIDS, WE CAN CONVINCE THEM TO BECOME LIFELONG READERS AND LIFELONG LEARNERS, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY ONCE THEY BECOME TEENS AND THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE INDEPENDENT UNTIL THEY HAVE KIDS OF THEIR OWN, AND THEN WE GET THEM BACK AS ADULTS.

IT'S CHALLENGING, BUT THERE IS MORE OF AN EFFORT IN LIBRARIES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THOSE TEENS, TO MAKE THEM REALLY A DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE REACH OUT TO SPECIFICALLY.

AND SO BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES FOR TEENS THEMSELVES, SPECIFICALLY, NOT JUST LIKE A KID'S ACTIVITY, THEY CAN COME WITH THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER.

WE HOPE TO MAINTAIN AND SORT OF, I SHOULD SAY, RETAIN THOSE TEENS IN THE LIBRARY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY NOT ONLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PROGRAMS FOR TEENS TO AN AVERAGE OF ONE PROGRAM PER WEEK, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A WHOLE LOT, BUT WE MAYBE HAVE ONE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS OR A MONTH AT THIS POINT.

SO IT WOULD BE A BIG, BIG INCREASE AND INCREASING OUR HOURS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS DOING THIS AS WELL BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE A CONSISTENT NIGHT EACH WEEK TO DO THAT PROGRAM.

THE NEXT BULLET POINT.

KEEP UP WITH CURRENT TRENDS TO KEEP TEENS ENGAGED WITH NEW AND INNOVATIVE LIBRARY PROGRAMS. THE METRIC FOR THAT NOT REALLY A NUMBER METRIC, BUT ESTABLISH A TEEN ADVISORY BOARD TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS FOR TEENS BY FISCAL YEAR 2025. A TEEN ADVISORY BOARD IS A GROUP TYPICALLY OF THE CORE TEENS THAT ARE VERY REGULAR LIBRARY PATRONS IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY THAT HELP TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS. IT'S SORT OF OUR IN WITH THAT AUDIENCE TO SAY, HEY, TEENS, WHAT DO YOU WANT AT THE LIBRARY? WHAT WOULD GET YOUR FRIENDS TO COME AND HANG OUT HERE AT THE LIBRARY AND SPEND SOME TIME HERE AND UTILIZE OUR SERVICES AND OUR PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE'RE HERE FOR ALL AGES.

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WE HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF ATTEMPTS OVER THE LAST DECADE TO ESTABLISH AN ONGOING TEEN ADVISORY BOARD.

IT TAKES SOME TIME AND THEN DOESN'T LAST BECAUSE TEENS ARE BUSY.

THEY HAVE LOTS OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

BUT WE HOPE TO GET ONE TO STICK AND ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL TEEN ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT WHAT TEENS WANT AT THE LIBRARY IS TO JUST ASK THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT. AT LEAST THAT'S MY OPINION.

BUT SO UNDER THE TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT PROGRAMING, ARE THERE ANY ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. OUT OF THE TEEN PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT THE LIBRARY HAS DONE SO FAR, I GUESS.

ARE THERE PARTICULAR ONES THAT STAND OUT AS MORE POPULAR THAT YOU COULD CONTINUE DOING AND STEM PROGRAMS? HANDS ON ACTIVITIES? WE HAVE DONE SOME.

WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING A YEAR AGO OR SO TO PURCHASE SOME STEM.

AND THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR IS ESCAPING ME, BUT REALLY HANDS ON ACTIVITIES FOR THE TEENS TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND IT BROUGHT IN A REALLY BIG CROWD, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CROWD WE'VE EVER HAD OF TEENS, ABOUT 30 TEENS, I THINK, AT ONE EVENT, WHICH IS A BIG NUMBER.

AND THEN THE ONE THAT REALLY GOT THEM IN WAS WE MADE WAS LIKE COOKING IN A MUG.

AND THEY MADE MUG MEALS WITH LIKE CHOCOLATE CAKE AND OR PIZZA IN A MUG.

AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED THAT BECAUSE IT'S FOOD AND BUT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, HANDS ON ACTIVITIES THAT ARE MORE GROWN UP THAN LIKE A KIDS LIKE A STORY TIME WOULD BE OR LIKE A PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE GRADE.

THEY ENJOY THAT KIND OF STUFF.

THOSE ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ONES THAT WE'VE HAD, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THOSE STEM PROGRAMS FOR SURE.

THE STAMP PROGRAM, PLUS THE FRIENDLY STAFF AND OTHER PROGRAMS. AND KEEPING THE COLLECTION UP TO DATE.

WAS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE SACHSE PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVED THE LIBRARIES AND EXCELLENCE AWARD? YES, ACTUALLY.

THANK YOU. SO THE EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES AWARD THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION, THERE'S A LOT OF CRITERIA THAT GO INTO QUALIFYING FOR THAT AWARD, AND ONE OF THEM BEING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR ALL AGES.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHTED OUR OUR TEEN PROGRAMING AND OUR GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED FOR THOSE STEM ITEMS AND.

ANOTHER PART OF THAT GRANT WAS ALSO SOME THINGS THAT WE USED FOR STORYTIMES, OUR BIG BLUE BLOCKS THAT THE KIDS CAN PLAY WITH AFTER STORYTIMES AND SORT OF THAT THAT PLAY ASPECT OF IT. SO ALL OF THAT WENT INTO OUR APPLICATION LAST YEAR AND WE WERE GRANTED THAT THAT AWARD.

WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET THE AWARD TWICE.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TOO SOON.

WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH PROGRAM IT WAS, BUT I REMEMBER YOU TELLING US THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME INSTANCES WHERE YOU HAD PLENTY OF TEEN VOLUNTEERS AND MORE THAN YOU NEEDED.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU GIVE OR CAN GIVE, YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEER HOURS OR HOW WELL THAT ATTRACTS TEENS, BUT THAT COULD BE A WAY TO CREATE THIS BOARD.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD UTILIZE FOR THAT.

SO, YEAH, THE COMMENT ON THE HAVING TOO MANY OF THE TEEN VOLUNTEERS, THERE WAS A SUMMER WHERE WE ADVERTISED VERY WELL OUR NEED FOR SUMMER VOLUNTEERS AT THE LIBRARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY NEED A LOT OF EXTRA HELP DURING OUR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, GETTING READY FOR THINGS.

BUT WE HAD SO MANY APPLY AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TURN THEM AWAY.

I THOUGHT, WELL, THESE KIDS WANT TO COME OUT.

WHO ARE WE TO SAY NO TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HELP US? WE NEEDED TO HAVE SAID NO TO A LOT OF THESE KIDS BECAUSE WE HAD THEM TRY TO SHELVE THINGS AND THINGS JUST GOT WAY OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. WE THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, AT LEAST.

BUT IT KIND OF GOT A LITTLE OUT OF HAND.

SO WE LEARNED OUR LESSON FROM THAT, THAT THERE IS SUCH A THING AS TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS.

IT'S BETTER TO HAVE A SMALLER NUMBER AND TRAIN THEM WELL.

SO THAT COULD BE A VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY EARN SOME HOURS FOR.

I WOULD SAY THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD I WOULD MORE VOLUNTEER CREDIT FOR TO BE PART OF A BOARD LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO WRITE THAT DOWN.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS WOULD BE IN AS FAR AS TEEN PROGRAMS, BUT A LOT OF TEENAGERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE INTERNET.

SO THERE ARE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN DISCUSS BULLYING, INTERNET BULLYING, INTERNET SAFETY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE DID ONE OH, IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I THINK IT WAS I DON'T THINK IT WAS FOCUSED.

WITH TEENS AS THE AUDIENCE.

I THINK IT WAS MORE PARENTS, BUT THAT COULD BE ONE THAT WE COULD HAVE A EVENT SPECIFICALLY FOR TEENS TO TALK

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YEAH. THANK YOU.

SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE TEEN PROGRAM.

SO CURRENTLY YOU HAVE A LITERARY BOX FOR TEENS? YES. YES. AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT UNDER THE PROGRAM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT FALLS UNDER THIS GUIDELINE.

IT'S EVOLVING AT THE MOMENT.

IS IT HOW IS IT DOING? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN AMAZING EVEN ON AN ADULT LEVEL.

BUT TEENS DEFINITELY LOVE THESE KIND OF BOOK BOXES.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL FOLLOW ANY BOOK, INSTAGRAM, INSTAGRAMERS OR BOOK TOK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT A LOT OF THESE ARE VERY POPULAR.

AND SO WHEN I SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT THROUGH THE LIBRARY WEBSITE, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING.

BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, HOW MUCH INTEREST IS THAT? SO THAT IS THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES, IT IS LIKE A LOOT BOX, A LOOT CRATE SORT OF THING THAT'S BECOME VERY POPULAR.

IT IS.

WE RUN OUT OF THEM WITHIN THE FIRST LIKE 4 OR 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH.

OKAY. WE RUN OUT EVERY MONTH.

THAT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL. VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THE TRICKY PART ABOUT IT IS THE THE SUPPLIES AND THINGS THAT GO IN IT.

IT TAKES TIME TO TO PLAN THEM, PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY CREATED.

UH, JUST BASED ON WHAT THE CHILD SELECTS THAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE AS WELL.

AND SO IT COULD BE EVEN.

REALLY HAVE TO BE TAILORED FOR THAT CHILD, THAT TEEN.

AND SO WE DO SIX I THINK WE'RE ONLY AT SIX A MONTH THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO.

WE'VE SORT OF PUT A LIMIT ON THAT FOR THE MOMENT, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT, BUT THEY TAKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO DO.

I THINK THAT ONCE WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THE LIBRARY, IF WE CAN GET THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT WE COULD UP THAT NUMBER.

BUT THEY ARE PRETTY LABOR INTENSIVE TO DO SO.

I'D LOVE TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER FOR SURE, BUT IT'S BEEN I WOULD SAY IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE RAN OUT EVERY MONTH. YEAH.

SO YEAH. NOW AS FAR AS WHETHER IT'S A PROGRAM OR A COLLECTION ITEM, THAT'S SORT OF THE PART WHERE WE'RE SORT OF LIKE, WHERE DOES THIS FALL? IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST THAT WAS WANTING TO KNOW BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF IT'S UNDER LIKE THE COLLECTION PORTION OR PROGRAMS. BUT I AS A PARENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CONTINUE ON.

IT IS VERY UNIQUE.

I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER LIBRARY IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY AND I THINK THAT FROM YOU DISCLOSING THE SUCCESS RATE ON THIS, IT WOULD BE A VALUE. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK IF I HAD TO PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN HERE, I THINK THAT PROBABLY PROGRAMS THE PROGRAMS. I THINK EITHER THAT OR SERVICES I DON'T THINK WOULD FALL UNDER COLLECTIONS ONE.

ANYTHING ELSE UNDER THE TEEN PROGRAM BEFORE I MOVE ON TO ADULT.

OKAY. SO ADULT PROGRAMING, A COUPLE OF METRICS THERE TO ENCOURAGE ADULT READERS TO DISCOVER NEW AUTHORS AND GENRES THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN OUR ADULT READING CHALLENGE.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR, I THINK THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR, MAYBE FIFTH YEAR, TO DO THE ADULT READING CHALLENGE.

WE WANT TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION IN THAT BY 10% ANNUALLY, WITH THE GOAL OF 200 PARTICIPANTS COMPLETING THE CHALLENGE BY 2028.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ADULTS THAT START THIS AND.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S GOOD THAT THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT DONE, BUT TO DO ALL 12 MONTHS, ALL 12 GENRES IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE ADULTS ARE BUSY, KIDS ARE BUSY BUT LIKE WE WORK GUYS SO LIKE IT HAS HELPED THOUGH BRING ATTENTION TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENRES FOR ADULTS.

WE TEND TO READ WHAT WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND BRANCHING OUT TO NEW AUTHORS AND NEW GENRES, EVEN KNOWING WHAT WHAT IF I WANTED TO BRANCH OUT? WHAT WOULD I EVEN WANT TO PICK? SO WE PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS EACH MONTH FOR ADULTS THAT MEET THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA OF OUR CHALLENGE, AND I FEEL IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

WE GET A LOT OF ADULTS COMING IN TO GET THEIR GET THEIR LOG STAMPED AND GET THEIR LITTLE TINY LITTLE PRIZE EACH MONTH.

THIS MONTH. IT'S JUST LIKE A LITTLE LIKE LANYARD, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING.

BUT IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK ALSO UNDER ADULT PROGRAMING, WE HOPE TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS ON TOPICS SUCH AS ESL, MEDICARE, NUTRITION, HOBBIES AND CRAFTS.

AND WE WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO TWO PER MONTH BY FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST ESL CLASSES FOR NON NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS BY 2025.

BOTH OF THOSE, WELL, THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF.

LOGISTICS TO FIGURE OUT.

BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON DOING THAT BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED US TO IN THE SURVEY.

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THE NUMBER OF EVENING HOURS.

BUT IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE HOURS, WE CAN MAYBE ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT ADULT PROGRAM TWICE A MONTH OR MAYBE ONCE A WEEK EVENTUALLY.

AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND ROLL FAMILY PROGRAMING INTO THIS.

SO GOAL TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PARTICIPATE IN HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS LIKE FAMILY STORY TIMES AND FAMILY GAME NIGHTS.

AND THE METRICS ARE TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AT CONVENIENT TIMES AND ESTABLISH A WEEKLY FAMILY STORY TIME BY 2025, HOPEFULLY SOONER THAN THAT. BUT THAT'S OUR THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOT TO BE DONE I THINK BY SO UNDER ADULT AND FAMILY PROGRAMING BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

ANY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS? YES, DANIEL. ARE THERE ANY COMPUTER RELATED CLASSES? AND I KNOW SENIORS WOULD LOVE CLASSES ON TEXTING ETIQUETTE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE.

WE'VE DONE SOME COMPUTER CLASSES IN THE PAST.

THE TRICKY THING IS RIGHT NOW, THIS IS SORT OF A FACILITIES THING, TOO.

WE DON'T HAVE A LAB TO TEACH THESE IN.

THE ONLY WAY WE'RE ABLE TO TEACH COMPUTER CLASSES IS BY PUTTING LAPTOPS IN OUR MEETING ROOM ON TABLES.

AND LAPTOPS ARE NOT REALLY GREAT TO TEACH COMPUTER CLASSES WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALLER AND THEY'RE NOT THE EASIEST THING TO LEARN ON.

ALSO, OUR LAPTOPS ARE PRETTY OLD, SO WE WOULD NEED TO GET SOME NEW ONES TO DO THIS.

BUT HAVING A LAB WOULD CERTAINLY HELP US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN INSTRUCTOR STATION WITH A SCREEN AND PEOPLE ABLE TO EASILY SEE AND LEARN THAT WAY.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, GIVEN THE RIGHT, THE ABILITY TO HOST THOSE WOULD BE A ABSOLUTELY ON OUR SHORT LIST OF PRIORITIES FOR ADULT PROGRAMING BECAUSE WE GET ASKED FOR COMPUTER CLASSES A BIT.

TEXTING ETIQUETTE. I LIKE THAT ONE, THOUGH.

IT'S NICE. WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT EMOJIS MEAN? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WE COULD PROBABLY DO NOW.

I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO ALSO ASSIST.

AND THAT BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN SENIORS AND TEENS.

SO I LIKE THAT. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

THANK YOU ALL. YOU KNOW ALL THOSE THINGS.

EXACTLY. WONDERFUL ABOUT A RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE HAVE HOSTED THOSE AS WELL.

THAT'S SORT OF ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE LAPTOP COMPUTER IN FRONT OF THEM.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE TAUGHT A BUNCH OF THOSE.

THOSE ARE, THOSE CAN BE FUN.

TEACH THEM HOW TO USE HOW TO LOOK UP JOBS ON GLASSDOOR AND INDEED AND BASICS OF WRITING A COVER LETTER AND A RESUME, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND HAS A LIBRARY LIKE HOSTED A JOB FAIR BEFORE.

OH. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE.

NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF IN RECENT MEMORY.

WE'VE HAD, LIKE, AUTHORS, FAIRS AND THINGS LIKE AUTHORS, EMPLOYERS.

WHAT'S THAT? AUTHORS? CON YEAH, WE DID THE AUTHOR CON ONE.

THAT WAS BEFORE I GOT HERE.

YEAH, I WAS AROUND FOR THAT.

YEAH, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A JOB FAIR.

THAT COULD BE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU.

WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HOST ONE OF THESE OFFSITE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE COLLIN COLLEGE WYLIE CAMPUS THAT MAY HAVE DESKTOPS THAT YOU COULD DO A LAB.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO.

NOW, WHETHER THEY'D LET US COME IN AND AND HOST THE CLASS AND AGAIN, THE LOGISTICAL ASPECT OF US GOING IN AND TEACHING A CLASS AT A COLLEGE.

I'D LOOK INTO IT. YEAH.

YEAH. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT TAX LITERACY.

SO AS A 30 YEAR OLD, TAX LITERACY IS SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS TEACH YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO YOU FIND THIS OUT AS YOU'RE AN ADULT.

AND SO I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME LIBRARIES THAT DO OFFER THIS PROGRAM WHERE OLD CPAS COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, OLD TAX OFFICIALS WILL COME IN AND TEACH YOU HOW TO FILE YOUR TAXES AND ALSO ASSIST YOU DURING TAX TIME.

I'M NOT SURE IF OUR LIBRARY DOES ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SPECIFICALLY WHERE SOMEONE WILL COME IN AND SORT OF TEACH A CLASS ON HOW TO DO YOUR DO YOUR OWN TAXES.

THAT WOULD BE A NEAT ONE TO DO.

IT WOULD NEED TO BE TAUGHT BY HAVING A PERSON BROUGHT IN LIKE THAT.

THAT'D BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE HAD WE USED TO BE PART OF THE AARP TAX AIDE PROGRAM WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE THE FOLKS COME IN TO DO TO PREPARE PEOPLE'S TAXES FOR THEM WITH SIMPLE RETURNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHEN IN 2020, THAT PROGRAM BASICALLY SHUT DOWN.

IT HAS COME BACK IN A IN A LITTLE WAY.

BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS TO HAVE PEOPLE AT OUR FACILITIES.

THE CLOSEST LOCATION THAT THEY'VE HAD FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN RICHARDSON, I THINK RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY OR COMMUNITY CENTER OVER IN RICHARDSON SOMEWHERE.

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WE HAD THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

BUT NO, WE COULD BRING IN A PERSON TO DO HOW TO PREPARE YOUR OWN TAXES.

A GOOD IDEA? YEAH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNDER ADULT AND FAMILY PROGRAMING? OKAY, MOVING ON.

AND THE REST OF THESE WILL GO MUCH MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE MOST OF THE METRICS, A LOT OF THEM ARE UNDER THE PROGRAMS ASPECT SERVICES, ENSURING STAFF ARE ALWAYS VISIBLE, AVAILABLE AND APPROACHABLE FOR VISITORS.

WE WANT TO INCREASE STAFFING LEVELS TO ALLOW FOR TWO STAFF MEMBERS SCHEDULED AT THE FRONT DESK DURING 100% OF THE LIBRARY'S OPEN HOURS OF OPERATION BY FISCAL YEAR 25.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR IF IT IS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET TO INCREASE THE HOURS, INCREASE STAFFING AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GIVEN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, IF IT'S APPROVED AGAIN, AND THEN PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF TRAINING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, DE ESCALATION AND OTHER TOPICS, SCHEDULING AN ANNUAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR STAFF TO RECEIVE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

THE HANDBOOK WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH THOSE BULLET POINTS ARE ANOTHER, ARE STILL THERE.

AND THEN THE NEXT SECTION ABOUT ENSURING LIBRARY RESOURCES ARE ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO USE.

THOSE ITEMS ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS DRAFT THAT I PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS UNDER GOAL TWO THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS OR COMMENT ON OR ANYTHING ADDED TO? AS FAR AS THE METRIC FOR THIS? I HAD QUESTIONS, DANIEL, REGARDING THE PAIN OF FINES OR FEES.

IS THAT SET UP TO PAY ONLINE CURRENTLY? IT IS NOT.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LESS A FUNCTION OF THE LIBRARY AND MORE A FUNCTION OF A CITY.

THE CITY'S FINANCES. OKAY.

MAKING THAT ALL WORK TOGETHER.

RIGHT NOW, OUR FINES AND FEES FOR WHEN AN ITEM IS LOST OR WHATNOT IS HANDLED THROUGH OUR.

IT'S AN ILS. IT'S OUR INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM.

IT HANDLES OUR PATRONS AND LIBRARY CARDS.

IT HANDLES THE BOOK CHECK INS, CHECK OUTS.

CATALOGING ALL OF THAT STUFF IS THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

IT DOESN'T TALK TO THE CITY'S FINANCE SYSTEM.

OKAY. AND THAT'S THE BIG CHALLENGE, IS GETTING TWO THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER THAT AREN'T MADE TO WORK TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'D LOVE FOR IT TO BE AVAILABLE TO PAY ONLINE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME BIG PROGRAMING, SOME CHANGES IN THE BACK END TO MAKE THAT WORK.

AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I WOULD KNOW EVEN WHERE TO BEGIN.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ANYTHING, I THINK OUR IT DEPARTMENT COULD REALLY HELP WITH THIS.

YEAH. YEAH.

BUT NO, WE LIKE THE IDEA QUITE A BIT OF BEING ABLE TO PAY ONLINE.

YEAH. UM, SO ON GOAL TO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. WE'LL GO ON TO GOAL THREE COLLECTIONS UNDER THE FIRST ITEM TO ENSURE THAT THE COLLECTION IS UPDATED ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WE ADDED JUST A BULLET POINT TO MAKE SELECTIONS AND PURCHASE OF PHYSICAL MATERIALS ON AT LEAST A MONTHLY BASIS, AND WE ARE DOING THAT CURRENTLY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY HOPING TO.

WE'VE RECENTLY I'LL SAY THIS.

WHEN WE WENT TO THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN APRIL, OUR VENDOR THAT WE PURCHASED MOST OF OUR MATERIALS THROUGH IT'S CALLED INGRAM WAS THERE AND THEY HAVE JUST RECENTLY ROLLED OUT A NEW SERVICE THAT WE CAN THAT WE HAVE NOW ENROLLED IN AN EXPRESS SERVICE THAT WE CAN ORDER HIGH DEMAND MATERIALS THAT WE NEED VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR, YOU KNOW, A BIG GROUP OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'LL SEND IT.

OF COURSE, IT'S FREE SHIPPING LIKE ALL OF OUR STUFF IS.

WE DON'T GET AS BIG OF A DISCOUNT ON IT BECAUSE WE USUALLY DO GET THE LIKE THE NORMAL LIKE THE 45% DISCOUNT ON A LOT OF ITEMS LIKE A BOOKSTORE WOULD GET.

BUT IT HELPS US GET IT QUICKLY IF WE NEED IT QUICKLY.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A COPY OF A NEW BOOK THAT GETS DAMAGED AND WE NEED THAT NEW BOOK IN STOCK TOMORROW.

WE CAN GET IT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND PUT IT BACK OUT IF SOMEBODY'S DAMAGED THE ORIGINAL COPY, THAT SORT OF THING.

A VERY GOOD SERVICE. AND SO WE ARE WE HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO MAKE SELECTIONS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH THESE SMALLER PURCHASES IF THEY ARE.

DESPERATELY NEEDED IN A HURRY IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN.

WE'VE MADE USE OF IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

YEAH. NEXT ONE TO EXAMINE THE COLLECTION ON A REGULAR BASIS TO ENSURE THAT IT REFLECTS THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING A SCHEDULE FOR INVENTORY OF THE LIBRARY'S COLLECTION BY FISCAL YEAR 25 AND INCREASE TO AN ANNUAL INVENTORY BY FISCAL YEAR 2028.

LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS JUST A LITTLE BIT.

INVENTORY IN A LIBRARY IS A VERY LONG PROCESS IN A STORE.

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WE HAVE 40,000 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE INVENTORIED AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO IT'S A LOT.

AND IN A LIBRARY SIZE, IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A GOOD YEAR TO DO IT IF WE WERE ALSO OPEN.

AT THAT TIME, WE ACCOMPLISHED AN INVENTORY IN A THREE MONTH SPAN DURING COVID WHEN WE WERE CLOSED AND IT TOOK ALL OF OUR STAFF TO DO IT IN THREE MONTHS.

SO AND THAT WAS THAT THEY WERE DOING THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE HERE WAS AN INVENTORY.

SO IT'S CHALLENGING TO DO WHILE WE'RE OPEN BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME AND BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GET A AN INVENTORY DONE WHILE WE'RE OPEN BETWEEN NOW AND 2025 AND THEN FIND A WAY TO GET ON A SCHEDULE TO DO AN ANNUAL INVENTORY BY 2028.

AND THAT WILL JUST REQUIRE MORE STAFF.

AND THEN GETTING THAT SCHEDULE ROLLING AND FINDING SORT OF A GROOVE OF THIS TIME WE DON'T INVENTORY THE CHILDREN'S SECTION DURING THE SUMMER, THAT SORT OF THING.

WE JUST WHEN DO WE DO EACH PART? SO THAT'S THE INVENTORY EXPLANATION.

AND THEN AGAIN, FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, THE NEXT ITEM THAT WOULD BE MAKING MONTHLY SELECTIONS AND PURCHASES FOR THOSE AT LEAST EVALUATING EACH COLLECTION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND WE'D USING SPACE CREATED THROUGH THAT, WAITING FOR EXPANDING HIGH USE COLLECTIONS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UNDER INTRODUCING NEW FORMATS AND COLLECTIONS THAT PROMOTE STEM AND EARLY LITERACY, THE ITEM IS TO RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW COLLECTION OF STEM KITS AND INTRODUCE THE COLLECTION OF A FISCAL YEAR 2028.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GRANT OF SOME SORT TO INTRODUCE SOME MORE STEM KITS FOR CHECKOUT.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THEIR COLLECTIONS? I HAVE ONE FOR THE INVENTORY PROCESS.

IS THAT YOU'RE PHYSICALLY INVENTORYING EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THE QUALITY OF IT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED? THAT IS PART OF IT, YES.

OKAY. ANOTHER PART OF INVENTORY IS, IS THIS ITEM STILL ACTUALLY IN THE LIBRARY? OKAY. BECAUSE SOMETIMES, I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, A BOOK CAN WALK OUT THE DOOR AND NEVER COME BACK.

AND IF THEY DIDN'T MEAN TO BRING IT BACK, THEN IT'S JUST GONE.

AS SAD AS IT IS TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH OUR BOOKS ARE FREE, PEOPLE TAKE THAT QUITE LITERALLY.

SOMETIMES NOT VERY OFTEN, BUT IT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY.

WE RECENTLY HAD JUST AN ISSUE WITH A WE FOUND SOME EMPTY DVD CASES ON OUR SHELVES.

SOMEONE HAD TAKEN THE DISCS AND THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.

IT'S KIND OF JARRING TO FIND A FEW OF THEM ALL RIGHT TOGETHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEFT DOES HAPPEN.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEMS ARE STILL THERE.

AND THEN, YES, CONDITION OF THE ITEMS IS A BIG COMPONENT OF THE INVENTORY PROCESS.

WE GET TO PUT HANDS ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM IN THE COLLECTION AND DETERMINE THIS IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND OR IF WE NEED TO REPLACE IT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

IS THIS STILL CURRENT? DO WE NEED A NEWER COPY? YEAH. AND THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE NOTICED IS THAT WHEN YOU, LIKE FIX A DAMAGED BOOK, I NOTICED THAT YOU GUYS WRITE IN THE THE YEAR THAT IT WAS.

WE'VE STARTED ADDING THE DATE, THE MONTH AND THE YEAR.

THE MONTH IN THE YEAR. WE HAVE STARTED DOING THAT RATHER THAN JUST STAMP IT DAMAGED NOTED.

WE WANT TO KNOW, OKAY, WELL, WE SAW THIS DAMAGE AT THIS TIME AND THIS DAMAGE AT THIS TIME.

SO THIS IS OLD DAMAGE OR THIS IS RELATIVELY NEW DAMAGE.

AND THEN ITEMS TYPICALLY IN THE LIBRARY BOOKS ONLY LAST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS BEFORE THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED ANYWAY BECAUSE THE USE OF THE ITEM JUST WEARS IT OUT SOME SECTIONS MORE THAN OTHERS.

WE WERE JUST JOKING EARLIER TODAY ABOUT DOG MAN.

WE GOT LIKE FOUR COPIES OF SOME OF THE NEW DOG MAN BOOKS AND THEY JUST GET WORE OUT REAL QUICK.

AND SO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WHERE WE JUST, YOU KNOW, IT COMES IN AND IT'S LIKE, OH, WELL, THIS ONE'S HAD IT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BUY ANOTHER ONE.

BUT YES, WE'LL PUT HANDS ON EVERYTHING IN THE COLLECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE AND CURRENT.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING IF YOU ARE SHORT STAFFED OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER, IS THERE A WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT AS LIKE A VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE LIBRARY? OBVIOUSLY NOT LIKE EVERYTHING, BUT THAT WAY IT WOULD BE IT WOULD SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY, BUT ALSO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER HOURS.

THAT'S THE TRICKY PART FOR VOLUNTEERS IS THE EVALUATING THE ITEM ITSELF.

WE CAN WE CAN EASILY TRAIN A VOLUNTEER TO GO THROUGH AND SCAN THE ITEMS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE.

BUT IT'S THE QUALITY, THE QUALITY OF THE ITEM AND THE CURRENCY OF THE ITEM.

DOES THIS ITEM BELONG IN OUR COLLECTION STILL OR HAS IT SEEN ITS USE? SO WE NEED TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

THAT'S THE PART THAT IS TRICKIER TO DO WITH VOLUNTEERS.

NOW, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOT A VOLUNTEER OUT THERE THAT I KNOW THAT COULD BE TRUSTED TO DO THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE INTERACT WITH THIS COLLECTION EVERY DAY.

WE SEE THE GOOD BOOKS AND THE BAD BOOKS, AND WE AND WE CAN MAKE THAT KIND OF JUDGMENT CALL IN THE MOMENT.

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THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HAVE WORK FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS TO DO AND THEY HELP US WITH A LOT OF THINGS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? SURE. AND THIS IS PERTAINING TO COLLECTIONS.

BUT, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF LIBRARY BOARDS FOR APPROVAL? OR NO? SO IT WILL BE APPROVED.

THE APPROVAL WOULD BE BY THIS BOARD.

WE WOULD JUST NEED TO HAVE A LONG RANGE PLAN APPROVED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT IS JUST PART OF OUR ACCREDITATION BY THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY.

SO ONCE IT'S APPROVED HERE, IT'S APPROVED.

IT DOESN'T NEED FURTHER APPROVAL, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED AND REPORT TO THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

ARE THEY ABLE TO REQUEST A COPY AT THEIR WHEN THEY.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO SUBMIT.

SEND THEM A COPY OR ANYTHING. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR THE WORD DIVERSE IN TODAY'S POLITICAL CLIMATE, I'M HEARING SOMETHING.

THERE'S, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS CHOSEN SPECIFICALLY OR? BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THAT WORD.

BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND BULLET POINT.

YEAH. WHERE IT SAYS THE REFLECTS THE DIVERSE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

LIKE MAYBE REFLECTS THE FULL NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE EARWORM.

YOU KNOW, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT LIKE, ARE WE SUBMITTING THIS TO A STATE BOARD FOR APPROVAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO. OKAY. IT'S JUST FOR APPROVAL BY THIS BOARD.

WOULD WE BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE WORD? THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

IF THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE BOARD, WE CAN CHANGE THE WORD.

I'M OKAY WITH DIVERSE BECAUSE IT'S UNIVERSAL AND SO AM I.

AND IT HAS MULTIPLE MEANINGS.

AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, I THINK DIVERSE IS A GREAT POINT TO HAVE.

ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DIVERSE COLLECTION WITHIN OUR CITY'S LIBRARY, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF. LIKE I'M LEARNING TO KNIT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NORMAL 30 YEAR OLDS DON'T NORMALLY DO BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSE COLLECTION.

SO, YEAH. AND FULL IS MORE AMBIGUOUS.

WHILE DIVERSE, IT COVERS ALL AGES, ALL ABILITIES.

YES. BUT WHILE WE'RE ON THIS TOPIC, IF THERE IS ANY PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT, IF THERE IS ANY PARTICULAR LANGUAGE, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO A PARTICULAR WORD OR PHRASE.

IF THAT'S THE DECISION OF THE BOARD, WE'RE DEFINITELY ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES FOR FOR IT TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SO. FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH KNITTING BOOKS.

I THINK THAT'S FINE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON GOAL THREE? OKAY, MOVING ON TO GOAL FOUR FACILITIES.

UNDER THAT FIRST BULLET POINT THERE, EVALUATING OUR HOURS OF OPERATION BASIS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY CHANGES NEEDED.

THAT BULLET POINT THERE IS TO EXPAND THE LIBRARY'S HOURS OF OPERATION TO 60 HOURS PER WEEK, INCLUDING FOUR EVENINGS PER WEEK BY FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND AGAIN AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

IF IT IS APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANTICIPATED JANUARY 20TH, 24.

ONCE WE HAVE TIME TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE HOURS TO THAT LEVEL.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THE NEXT METRICS ARE ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE.

AND IN FACT, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY METRIC UNDER THAT SECTION BECAUSE THE OTHERS ARE JUST ADD THESE THINGS, NOT REALLY THINGS TO MEASURE.

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO STAFFING AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE TOGETHER.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING FACILITIES REAL QUICK.

YES. IT SAYS UNDER THIS BULLETIN, EXPAND THE LIBRARY'S ROLE OF BEING COMMUNITY HUB FOR ACTIVITIES RESOURCES.

SO I'M, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT IS DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A LIAISON WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS STATE PARKS.

I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME LIBRARIES THAT IF YOU CHECK OUT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A STATE PARK.

LIKE A PASS? YEAH, A PASS. IT'S FREE TO CITY'S RESIDENTS TO GO AND VISIT THE STATE PARKS.

AND HERE IN TEXAS, WE HAVE WONDERFUL STATE PARKS.

WE HAVE ONE IN CLEBURNE, NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM US AND THEN ONE IN AN HOUR AWAY, WHICH IS DINOSAUR VALLEY.

AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL FAMILIES AND EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN SACHSE TO AT LEAST ADVENTURE THIS WONDERFUL STATE OF TEXAS.

I LIKE THIS IDEA.

I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT IN REGARDS TO STATE PARK PASSES, BUT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO.

I'VE SEEN THIS DONE.

I DON'T THINK EVEN DALLAS DOES IT FOR LIKE MUSEUMS OR WHATNOT.

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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THAT THE METROPOLITAN INNER LIBRARIES WILL DO FOR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LIKE A MUSEUM THAT FALLS WITHIN.

WE HAVE THE SACHSE MUSEUM.

WE HAVE THE SACHSE MUSEUM. YEAH, WE HAVE THAT.

BUT GIVEN OUR DISTANCE FROM A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS ATTRACTIONS, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE A LOT OF LEGWORK ON THAT I CAN PROBABLY DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY OF FACILITIES OR IF THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FALL UNDER PROGRAMS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE A LIBRARY PROGRAM. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A RESOURCE PROVIDED BY THE LIBRARY.

I THINK THAT FALLS UNDER SERVICES.

OR MAYBE PROGRAMS? OKAY. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD.

MY APOLOGIES. NO, IT'S OKAY.

AND THE STATE PARK. I HADN'T THOUGHT OF DOING STATE PARK PASSES, BUT THAT'S I'VE GOT THAT DOWN HERE.

I'LL CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING IF IT'S THROUGH THE STATE AND RATHER THAN LIKE A MUSEUM THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THE STATE PARKS EVERYWHERE, WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT WORK. I JUST I'LL HAVE TO CHECK.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT OTHER LIBRARIES MIGHT BE DOING THAT? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIBRARIES IN OKLAHOMA THAT ARE DOING IT, AND THEN I KNOW THAT THERE ARE.

WHAT IS IT LIKE? EACH STATE DOES ONE AND SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS A LIBRARY HERE IN TEXAS THAT DOES IT.

OKAY. SO, YEAH, THANK YOU.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE STATE PARK ONE.

YEAH, I'M A BIG FAN AND ADVOCATE FOR STATE PARKS.

IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR ALL FAMILIES TO GO OUT AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN LEARN SOMETHING NEW.

SO YEAH. EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO STAFFING.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS UNDER HERE.

WE WANT TO SO UNDER THE SECOND ONE, TO ENCOURAGE ALL STAFF TO ATTEND TRAINING SESSIONS AND WEBINARS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES.

THE BULLET UNDER THERE IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FULL TIME AND PART TIME STAFF, PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE TRAINING SESSION OR CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASS PER YEAR.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, WE DO THOSE OF US THAT GET TO GO TO THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, WHICH WE WANT TO SORT OF DO A ROTATING SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF.

WE WANT TO DO A ROTATION THROUGH OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT SO THAT THEY ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE FOR OUR PART TIME EMPLOYEES AS WELL FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES, OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST ONE PER YEAR.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE.

THE NEXT ITEM WAS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL FULL TIME STAFF, AS I MENTIONED, TO ATTEND THAT CONFERENCE ON A ROTATING BASIS BY 2025.

AND THAT WAS LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS FROM THE DRAFT UNDER THE STAFFING SECTION FROM LAST MONTH.

THE NEXT ITEM UNDER THE LIBRARIES VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THAT ONE REAL QUICK.

SO UNDER FOSTERING GROWTH, THE LIBRARIES VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, SINCE WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VOLUNTEERS A MINUTE AGO, THE ITEMS UNDER THERE ARE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR BOTH TEENS AND ADULTS TO ADVERTISE, INTERVIEW AND SELECT VOLUNTEERS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO ENSURE VOLUNTEERS ARE ADEQUATELY TRAINED FOR THE TASKS REQUIRED AND TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY.

AND WE FIND THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS INTEGRAL TO HAVING A SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, IS BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO HELP OUT THE LIBRARY.

AND FOR TEENS, IT'S EASY BECAUSE WE GIVE THEM PIZZA AFTER THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM STUFF AND SAY THANK YOU, HERE'S SOME FOOD.

BUT FOR ADULTS, WE PROVIDE WE PROVIDE A NICE LITTLE THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT FOR THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO HELP US OUT.

UM, SO ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNDER STAFFING WHILE WE'RE ON THAT SECTION? WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT STAFF NEEDS? SO THE BIGGEST THING IS WE WERE UNDER, I WOULD SAY WE WERE A LITTLE UNDERSTAFFED.

WE KIND OF DETERMINED LAST SUMMER WITH AS BUSY AS WE WERE, EVEN WITH FULL STAFF, IT WAS WE WERE REALLY STRETCHED AND WE CAME BACK AFTER COVID REALLY HARD.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD PEOPLE COME OUT LIKE MAD, AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE MORE, I THINK.

AND SO EVEN GIVEN OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS WITHOUT ADDING MORE HOURS, WE WOULD NEED MORE PEOPLE, AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE PART TIME POSITIONS IS WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T ADD HOURS.

BUT WE WANT TO ADD HOURS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE EVENING EVENTS AND PROGRAMS AND SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND THE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY INTO TIMES THAT ARE CONVENIENT FOR FAMILIES TO COME OUT IN THE EVENINGS AFTER YOU'RE OFF WORK OR OFF OF SCHOOL.

AND SO THAT JUMPED TO 60 HOURS PER WEEK, WHICH I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS ITEM, IS UP FROM 48.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY ADDING 25% MORE HOURS TOTAL FOR THE LIBRARY.

AND SO THE STAFFING NEEDS FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE TWO FULL TIME POSITIONS AND TWO PART TIME POSITIONS.

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BUT IT'S TWO FULL TIME.

A FULL TIME PROGRAM SPECIALIST, A FULL TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANT AND THE PROGRAM SPECIALIST WOULD HELP THE PROGRAMS, THE LIBRARY ASSISTANTS HELP WITH THE FRONT DESK, PRIMARILY KEEPING THE YOU KNOW, IT'S STAFFED AND DOING HOLDS AND CHECKOUTS AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND THEN TWO PART TIME LIBRARY ASSISTANTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, IS FOUR MORE STAFF MEMBERS.

BUT WE'RE ADDING HOPING TO ADD 25% MORE HOURS, TOO.

SO IT'S QUITE A BIT. UM, AND SO.

DID THAT GET TO THE HEART OF YOUR QUESTION? I'M TRYING TO THINK BACK TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY. YES, THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER STAFFING RELATED COMMENTS? QUESTIONS. OKAY.

WITH THE CONTINUING EDUCATION.

SO IS THIS SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER, THAT YOU WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GO TO SOME SORT OF ONLINE TRAINING OR LIKE TAKE A COLLEGE CREDIT AT COLLIN COLLEGE AND IT'S PAID FOR.

IT WOULDN'T BE A COLLEGE CREDIT CLASS.

IT WOULD BE LIKE A CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE OFFERED THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY USUALLY, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE LIBRARY WORKERS SPECIFIC CLASSES, FOR INSTANCE, IN.

ONE THAT'S FOR FRONTLINE STAFF ESPECIALLY, IS VERY USEFUL IS TRAINING IN DEESCALATING TENSE SITUATIONS.

IF YOU HAVE A PERSON THAT'S UPSET ABOUT HAVING A FINE, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE PERSON THAT'S ANGRY? AND SO HAVING I MEAN, WE CAN TRAIN, WE TRAIN PEOPLE ON THAT AND OFFER SORT OF HERE'S WHAT YOU DO IN THIS SITUATION, BUT IT CAN'T ENCOMPASS EVERY SITUATION THAT THEY ENCOUNTER. AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING IN LIKE, HEY, HERE'S HOW YOU APPROACH THIS.

IF YOU'RE FORCED INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU REALLY NEED TO BE THE ONE THAT MAKES THE CALL, HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT CALL? SO THOSE CLASSES CHARGE TO THE LIBRARY.

OKAY. YEAH. WHAT'S THE RANGE OF THOSE CLASSES? I'M USUALLY NOT THAT EXPENSIVE. $50 FOR A CLASS, PROBABLY.

AND THAT'S USUALLY FOR LIKE A 1 OR 2 SESSION WEBINARS, MAYBE ABOUT $50.

NOW THERE ARE CLASSES THAT WOULD BE MORE INVOLVED AND WE HAVE HAD SOME STAFF MEMBERS TAKE A CLASS ON CATALOGING FOR BEGINNERS.

THAT IS SORT OF THE LEVEL OF THAT WOULD BE ALMOST A MASTER'S LEVEL CLASS THAT WE WOULD TAKE IN LIBRARY SCHOOL.

BUT THIS IS MAYBE OFFERED TO A PARAPROFESSIONAL TO GET THEIR FEET WET WITH CATALOGING.

THAT WOULD BE A MORE EXPENSIVE CLASS.

THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN 2 OR 3 SESSIONS.

IT'D PROBABLY BE A SIX WEEK COURSE.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO OFFER POTENTIALLY LIKE A FULL TIME PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT CLASS.

BUT THAT WOULD BE NOT A FOUR CREDIT CLASS, THAT WOULD BE JUST A C CREDIT SORT OF THING.

DO YOU HAVE AN OVERALL IDEA OF HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS NEED ABOUT HOW MANY HOURS AND WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS MIGHT BE? OH. I LOOKED INTO THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR A BUDGET PROCESS AND SEE IF I CAN BRAINSTORM THIS.

SO FOR OUR PART TIMERS, I FIGURED ON THE $50 LEVEL CLASSES AND SO THAT WOULD BE.

$250 FULL TIMERS.

I FIGURED THE LONGER ONES AND THERE WOULD BE TWO OF THOSE.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT.

ANY ABOUT 750 OUR NON MASTER'S DEGREE POSITIONS AND OUR MLS POSITIONS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE ONES TO GO TO TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES TYPICALLY.

AND SO THAT'S ALREADY PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET.

BUT FOR THE, TO PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES FOR ALL OF OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL STAFF, PROBABLY ABOUT $750.

AND THAT'S AT ONE CLASS PER PERSON.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. SO IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THIS IS ONLY GOING TO BE A $750 INCREASE TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN.

PRETTY MUCH, YEAH. AND THAT'S AGAIN, THAT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT FIGURE THAT'S JUST BASED OFF OF MY HEAD.

YEAH, WE DID THAT MATH.

IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT NO, THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IS ALREADY THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR BUDGET FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT WOULD NOT BE.

I THINK I DID ADD ONE MORE PERSON GOING TO TLA BECAUSE WE WERE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF.

I THINK THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ONE PERSON TO GO BECAUSE IT'S TRAVEL AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF IN THERE, BUT WELL WORTH IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE FOUR DAYS WORTH OF CLASSES.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO BEYOND UNDER THE STAFFING ITEM, IS THERE ANY MORE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

LAST SECTION, TECHNOLOGY.

UM, WE ADDED AN ITEM UNDER THE SECOND BULLET POINT EVALUATE THE LIBRARY'S WEBSITE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND WE WOULD ESTABLISH A WEBSITE REVIEW SCHEDULE ON AT LEAST A

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BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT BECAUSE SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT AND WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE FORGOT IT WAS THERE.

AND THEN ON THE LAST SECTION, WE DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS AS FAR AS METRICS, BUT JUST ENSURING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IS UP TO DATE AND REPLACE ITEMS AS NEEDED.

AND THERE'S THAT LIST THERE.

AND THEN EVALUATING TRENDS AND IMPLEMENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES WHEN AVAILABLE AND AS APPROPRIATE.

SO GENERALLY THERE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SPECIFIC MEASURES UNDER THERE.

MOST OF THE SPECIFIC MEASURES ARE UNDER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND COLLECTIONS AND THINGS AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

SO I HAVE TALKED FOR A GOOD LONG BIT THERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

BUT I FIGURE SINCE THERE IS THE OPTION TO APPROVE, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AND JUST SHOW YOU WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN ADDED.

SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR PROGRAMS AND FOR SERVICES TO ADD.

A LOT OF THESE WOULD BE THINGS THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE SPECIFICALLY ADDED TO THE PLAN, BUT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE PLAN.

BUT THERE LET'S SEE.

I THINK I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS THE LIT LOOT BOXES AND THE LOOT KIT ASPECT.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THE BOARD DOES HAVE THE OPTION STILL, EVEN THOUGH I'M SAYING THIS TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT, I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD I BELIEVE WOULD FIT INTO THE PLAN ITSELF, A DIFFERENT LOOT KIT AND LOOT BOX SERVICES.

AND SO.

IF WE COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH ANOTHER DRAFT OF THIS, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED AND THAT WOULD BE I THINK THAT IS THE ONLY I'LL LOOK BACK THROUGH MY NOTES HERE, BUT THAT MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT WE WILL ADD.

THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND THINGS, HYBRID STORY TIMES, THE DIFFERENT CLASSES LIKE THE TEXTING ETIQUETTE FOR ADULTS.

I REALLY LIKE THAT, BY THE WAY.

THOSE WOULD BE THINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE ITEMS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE.

SO OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY BIT OF TALKING.

SO. WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FOR NEW MEMBERS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER TWO YEARS.

WE DID GET STARTED ON IT QUITE A WHILE AGO.

WE DID. AND I WOULD THINK FOR NEW MEMBERS, IT MIGHT GIVE THEM TIME TO LOOK OVER THIS AND VOTE ON IT NEXT MONTH WHEN EVERYBODY'S HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO RESEARCH IT.

IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER IDEAS.

AND I WAS THINKING, UNLESS THERE WERE NO CHANGES NEEDED, I WAS THINKING NEXT MONTH WOULD BE THE TIME.

BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND WE COULD LOOK AT IT AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE NEXT MONTH.

UNLESS ANYBODY REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WITHOUT THE CHANGE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE CHANGE, BUT IT'S BECAUSE I RECEIVED IT AND I READ THROUGH IT.

AND SO BUT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE'S OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

SURE. SO, YES, NO NEED TO HURRY AND APPROVE THIS TODAY.

SO THIS IS A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR FIVE YEARS; CORRECT? SO WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LEAVE THE LIBRARY IN TWO YEARS AND WE HIRE ON SOMEBODY NEW? IS THIS A DIRECTIVE FOR THEM TO FOLLOW? YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT DOESN'T STAY WITH ME.

THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT STAYS WITH THE LIBRARY ITSELF.

AND ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD, I MEAN, THIS IS PART OF THE RECORD OF THE LIBRARY BOARD.

AND THIS WOULD BE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ON THE LIBRARY SITE FOR OUR LONG RANGE PLAN.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE COMING INTO MY POSITION OR ANYONE COMING INTO THE LIBRARY BOARD AT A FUTURE DATE THAT COULD REFERENCE THIS AND SEE THE PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE LIBRARY.

SOME OF THE LIBRARY STAFF THAT YOU'VE HAD COME AND PRESENT TO THE BOARD, AND IF THEY WERE TO LEAVE AND SOMEONE NEW TO COME IN THERE, YOU REVIEW THIS WITH THEM? YES, I HAVE REVIEWED THAT.

OF COURSE, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING IT.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A CONVERSATION OF, HEY, HERE'S THE CURRENT ONE.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO ADD OR CHANGE? BUT YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE REVIEWED WITH WITH OUR INCOMING, SPECIFICALLY OUR OUR LIBRARIAN STAFF, OUR MASTER'S DEGREE LIBRARIANS.

I WILL GO THROUGH THE ITEMS ON HERE AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF OUR COLLECTION.

WELL, HERE'S WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR LONG RANGE PLAN REGARDING OUR COLLECTION.

WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE THAT IS OUT OF DATE? AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF THINGS THAT WERE OUT OF DATE UNDER THAT AND THEN UNDER PROGRAMING FOR OUR PROGRAMING.

LIBRARIAN YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT'S CURRENTLY HERE.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? THAT'S THAT'S BEEN LATELY THAT'S BEEN MORE OF A CONVERSATION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASSUMING.

AND I WANTED TO ADD THIS AS A REQUEST BECAUSE WE'VE GONE OVER THIS IN PAST MEETINGS AND AND YOU'VE ANSWERED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND

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BUT AS OPPOSED TO JUST CHANGING, BECAUSE MOST A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD IS WHAT'S THERE EITHER WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET? HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE BUDGET? CAN WE CHANGE OR WOULD THERE BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT? AND THEN ALSO, HOW'S THE COLLECTION OPTIMIZED AND WHAT'S THAT PROCESS? HERE. LET'S SAY YOU WERE TO LEAVE IN TWO YEARS.

SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN AND THEY READ THIS.

IT'S IT'S NOT AS CLEAR AS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES YOU'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS.

CAN WE CAN WE ADD SOME MORE DETAIL TO THAT BULLET POINT, THAT SECOND BULLET POINT UNDER COLLECTIONS? OKAY. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY.

I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THE SERVICE.

THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION FROM FOR IMPLEMENTING NEW SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, AND IT CAN BE USED FOR COLLECTIONS AS WELL.

YEAH, I THINK WE COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, IF I'M REMEMBERING THIS CORRECTLY, LIKE WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE MANGA AND YOU SAID, OKAY, WELL WE LOOKED AT PREVIOUS CHECKOUT RATES AND THIS IS LIKE CLEARLY NUMBER ONE OF WHAT'S BEING CHECKED OUT.

SO THAT'S A GOOD METRIC.

IT IS. YEAH.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE YOU'RE CORRECT LOOKING AT THIS.

WELL, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF THE COMMUNITY? THAT IS A VALID QUESTION THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PUT MORE DETAIL IN HERE ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.

THANK YOU, JOSH.

BIG QUESTION. HOW? JUST WROTE RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'LL BE PART OF THIS WHEN I BRING IT BACK NEXT MONTH.

HOW DO WE VIEW OR HOW DO WE RESEARCH THE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY? WHAT PEOPLE ARE CHECKING OUT AND THE STATISTICS OF WHAT SECTIONS ARE IN NEED OF ADDITIONAL COPIES OF NEW ITEMS AND THAT SORT OF THING BASED ON USAGE? YEAH.

YEAH. WELL, DEFINITELY. ALSO TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT JOSH HAD SAID IS WHEN WHEN WE HAVE TO DO OUT OF LOAN REQUESTS. YEAH. INTERLIBRARY REQUESTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE IT BUT WE HAVE TO GO GET IT FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY.

WOULD THAT BE ANOTHER INDICATOR? QUITE POSSIBLY, YES.

SO I'LL GO OFF TOPIC JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR A MOMENT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR ITEMS TO PURCHASE FOR THE COLLECTION OR LET'S SAY SOMEONE HAS REQUESTED A BOOK, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND SAY, HEY, IS THIS AN ITEM THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD ALSO WANT TO CHECK OUT FROM OUR LIBRARY? AND SOMETIMES IT'S A NEW AUTHOR THAT WE WOULD IT'S MAYBE A NEW AUTHOR.

IT'S A FIRST TITLE, AND MAYBE WE CONSIDER ADDING THEM BASED ON REVIEWS FOR THAT ITEM.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO ITEMS THAT GET SUGGESTED TO US THAT WE DON'T ADD.

FOR INSTANCE, THE BOOK THAT THEY WANT IS LIKE THE FIFTH BOOK IN A SERIES, WHICH WOULD MEAN WE WOULD NEED TO BUY THE OTHER FOUR BOOKS IN THE SERIES.

AND IT MAY BE VERY NICHE AND MAYBE IT WOULD JUST BE FOR THIS ONE PATRON AND NO ONE ELSE WOULD CHECK THIS OUT POTENTIALLY AND KIND OF DECIDING WHETHER THAT'S A RISK WORTH TAKING BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO BUY FIVE DIFFERENT BOOKS INSTEAD OF JUST THE ONE.

THAT'S SORT OF A DETERMINATION THAT WE MAKE BASED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.

AND IN THOSE CASES, IF IT'S NOT A BOOK THAT WE WOULD PURCHASE, WE'D GIVE THEM THE OPTION TO.

BUT THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE IN SOME CASES WHERE SOMEBODY REQUESTED THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN.

AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, WELL, MAYBE WE JUST BUY A COPY OF THIS BOOK, OR MAYBE THEY WANTED TO INTERLIBRARY LOAN LIBRARY LOAN A BOOK ON RECENTLY.

WE RECENTLY WE DETERMINED WE NEEDED TO BUY MORE BOOKS ON CODING LIKE PYTHON.

CPLUSPLUS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND SO IF SOMEBODY REQUESTED THAT INTERLIBRARY LOAN, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BUY SOME FOR OURSELVES TOO.

SO WE'LL DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

LOAN IT FOR THEM AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, BEEF OUT THAT COLLECTION A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO INTERLIBRARY LOAN AND REQUESTS FOR ITEMS ARE BOTH WAYS THAT WE DETERMINE KIND OF THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF OUR PATRONS.

SO AND IT CAN WORK BOTH WAYS, LIKE I MENTIONED.

YOU SAID THAT YOUR VENDOR IS INGRAM.

INGRAM IS THE ONE THAT WE THAT WE USE.

THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS A CONTRACT WITH INGRAM WHERE WE CAN GET A REALLY GOOD RATE ON LIKE I MENTIONED THAT 45% DISCOUNT A LOT OF ITEMS. SO WE CAN GET A PRETTY GOOD DEAL ON A LOT OF THE NEW BOOKS.

DO THEY HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY REPORTS OF LIKE WHAT'S TRENDING? WE MAKE VERY GOOD USE OF THOSE.

OKAY. SO LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD USE.

THAT'S STATEWIDE, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS AT LEAST STATEWIDE TRENDS.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY IN OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY AS WELL.

WHAT SOURCES WE USE FOR DETERMINING FOR WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR.

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EXACTLY. SO NOW WE HAVE LIKE THREE GOOD METRICS FOR HOW WE WOULD.

YEAH, THERE'S SEVERAL.

INGRAM IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE USE WHEN WE DEVELOP.

I'D HATE TO GET REALLY TOO GRANULAR WITH LIKE IN THE PLAN HERE ABOUT WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS SERVICE TO DO THIS AND THIS SERVICE TO TO CHECK TO LOOK AT WHAT THEIR TRENDING TITLES ARE.

BUT WE MIGHT SAY BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY PART OF OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY, BUT WE COULD SAY THAT WE WILL USE RESOURCES FROM RESELLERS AND.

WHAT IS THE REVIEW PUBLICATIONS TO IDENTIFY THESE? AND I LIKE THE THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUEST AND JUST THE GENERAL QUESTION OF HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS AND WANTS WITHOUT BEING TOO TOO GRANULAR ABOUT WE LOCK OURSELVES IN TO JUST USING THESE THINGS.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOCK OURSELVES INTO JUST USING THESE SPECIFIC THINGS.

BUT NO, THE HOW IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND SO WE'LL ADD A HOW ONTO THAT ONTO THAT ITEM THERE WITHOUT GOING TO.

AND DANIEL? I'VE NEVER GONE TO THE TEXAS NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES BECAUSE I'M NOT A LIBRARIAN, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THAT ONGOING EDUCATION DURING THOSE CONFERENCES ON HOW TO TO LOOK AT THE TRENDING BOOKS THAT ARE OUT THERE AS WELL.

AND THEN I'M SURE YOU GUYS AS A WHOLE CAN GO TO THOSE CONFERENCES AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK AND MAYBE WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.

YES. WHAT WE TRY TO DO WHEN WE GO TO TLA, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEND THREE STAFF MEMBERS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, I GO TO MAINLY MANAGEMENT, THE TOP DOWN 1000 FOOT VIEW SORT OF THINGS ABOUT HOW TO RUN A LIBRARY AND THEN I'LL HAVE A STAFF MEMBER GO SPECIFICALLY FOR COLLECTION CLASSES TO DEVELOP A NEW AND UPCOMING YOUNG ADULT.

TRENDS IN ROMANCE AND WHAT TITLES ARE PATRONS ARE LOOKING OUT FOR.

THERE'S A LOT OF FUN ONES FOR THAT, AND THERE'S SOME EVALUATING STATISTICS OF YOUR COLLECTION.

THEY KIND OF PEPPER IT IN THERE WHERE IT'S LIKE REALLY HEAVY STUFF.

AND THEN LIKE, HERE'S SOME UPCOMING AUTHORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE.

AND THEN AT THE OTHER SIDE THERE'S PROGRAMING CLASSES AND IT'S SORT OF THE SAME THING WHERE IT'S LIKE, HERE'S SOME LIGHT AND FUN PROGRAMING STUFF AND HOW TO EVALUATE PROGRAMS. AND IT'S I TRY TO, OUT OF THE THREE OF US, HAVE ONE FOR PROGRAMING AND ONE FOR COLLECTIONS.

AND THEN I SORT OF SIT IN THE MIDDLE AND DO ALL THE RUNNING THE LIBRARY CLASSES.

SO THAT WAY I'M NOT FORCED TO GO TO ALL OF THEM BECAUSE I CAN'T.

SO THAT'S A GREAT STRATEGY.

DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND GET LOTS OF FREE BOOKS WHILE WE'RE THERE.

I THINK WE CAME BACK WITH LIKE 160 FREE BOOKS THIS LAST YEAR.

OH, REALLY? TONS OF FREE BOOKS.

YEAH, WE LOVE IT.

I NOW WANT TO BE LIKE.

WALKING AROUND THE EXHIBIT HALL WITH ABOUT 150 POUNDS OF BOOKS.

BRING THE WAGON.

THEY DON'T LET YOU BRING A WAGON INTO THE EXHIBIT HALL.

OH, I KNOW.

IT'S A HAZARD. I TRIED TO BRING MY ROLLING LUGGAGE IN.

I COULDN'T DO IT. ANYWAY, WAY OFF TOPIC THERE.

SORRY, BUT ANYTHING FURTHER ON WHAT WE WANT TO BRING BACK NEXT MONTH? I LIKE HOW IT SAYS THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY SURVEY WERE.

I THINK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REFERENCED WITH THAT I THANK YOU WAS WERE REFERENCED FREQUENTLY DURING THE CREATION SO YOU DID MENTION WHAT WAS REFERENCED FREQUENTLY DURING THE CREATION OF THE LONG RANGE PLAN, RIGHT ABOVE WHERE IT SAYS GOAL ONE PROGRAMS. SO YOU WERE THERE? YES, THERE IT IS.

YES. WELL, THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL DRAFTS AND DIDN'T NOTICE THAT AT ALL.

THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE WE HAVE AN END PUNCTUATION AND OTHERS WE DON'T.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU AND I ARE PERFECTIONISTS, SO YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK INTO THAT.

YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NOW YOU SAY THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO FIX THAT.

OKAY, COOL. IT WILL BE PUNCTUATED CORRECTLY.

THANKFULLY, I HAVE SOMEONE ON MY STAFF WHO LOVES TO DO THAT.

OH, YEAH? YOU ALL HAVE ALL MET MARTINA, SO SHE'S GOING TO DIG INTO THAT AND GET IT PERFECT.

ONCE I MENTIONED LIKE, HEY, I APPARENTLY DIDN'T PUT A PERIOD AT THE END AND SOME I DID AND SHE'S GOING TO BE LIKE, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? DANIEL JUST MADE MORE WORK FOR ME.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CHANGES OR PUNCTUATION OR SPELLING ERRORS, PLEASE? IF YOU FIND ONE, EMAIL ME LATER ON AND I'LL FIX IT.

SO I'M UNDER THE ASSUMPTION.

COME BACK TO APPROVE? OH, YEAH, YOU DEFINITELY DO THAT.

YES. YES.

ALL RIGHT. YES. SO THE NEXT IS SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

[7. Discuss Library Board announcements regarding special events, current activities, and local achievements.]

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WE GOT ALL ABOUT ANIMALS ON THURSDAY AT 11:00.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG, CUDDLY ANIMAL SHOW.

LOTS OF KIDS BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE CUDDLY ANIMALS.

HAVE THE CREEPY CRAWLY ANIMALS IN A FEW WEEKS.

SO. BUT ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

SECOND THAT.

MOTION IS JUST DONE BECAUSE IT'S ON THE AGENDA ONCE WE GET THERE.

WE'RE ADJOURNED TODAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.