Sep 08, 2025 Library Board Meeting

[1. Call to Order: The Library Board of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 7:00 PM to consider the following items of business:]

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CALL TO ORDER. THE LIBRARY BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025 AT 7 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.

WELCOME TO THE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, AND THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:01 P.M..

NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION. I HAVE ASKED BETSY TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND CINDY TO LEAD THE PLEDGE.

I WILL. WILL ALL PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE.

TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GATHERING TONIGHT OF THE CITY OF SACHSE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING.

LORD, PLEASE SUPERINTEND ALL THE DETAILS AND GUIDE OUR DISCUSSION AND THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

LORD, AND PLEASE BLESS THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WHO MAKE OUR LIBRARIES SUCCESS.

WE LOVE YOU AND WE THANK YOU, JESUS. AMEN. AMEN.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

WOULD ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD.

[1. Consider approving the August 11, 2025, meeting minutes.]

DO WE HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND, CINDY WOODCOCK.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

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

THANK YOU. AUGUST WAS ALL ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL AT THE LIBRARY.

STORYTIME WAS ON A BREAK, BUT WE STILL HAD A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.

NOTABLY THE MINI DRAGON WINGS KIDS CRAFTERNOON WHERE THEY MADE LITTLE WEARABLE WINGS.

THOSE WERE REALLY FUN. WE HAD A BABY IN ME DIY STAMPS PROGRAM AND A POTATO POTLUCK.

SO OVERALL IT WAS, YOU KNOW, LESS PACKED THAN JUNE AND JULY, BUT WE STILL HAD A LOT OF VISITORS COME THROUGH THE BUILDING AND A LOT OF COMPUTER USE AS WELL. WE HAD AN IN-SERVICE STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.

WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TRAINING SESSION BY BOOK SYSTEMS THERE.

THE COMPANY BEHIND OUR LIBRARY SOFTWARE, THAT'S THE BRAINS OF THE LIBRARY.

SO INTERESTINGLY, ALL OF THE STAFF WE HAVE NOW WERE HIRED AFTER THAT SOFTWARE WAS INITIALIZED.

SO THIS WAS A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR US ALL TO GET SOME KIND OF FORMAL TRAINING ON SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF PREDATED OUR ARRIVAL.

SO I FOUND IT REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK I THINK WE ALL DID.

WE ALSO HAD AN ALL STAFF MEETING AND TOOK SOME TIME TO CLEAN AND ORGANIZE THE BUILDING.

WE CELEBRATED GRANDPARENT'S DAY ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.

SO THIS EVENT WAS SPEARHEADED BY THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND IT INVOLVED THE LIBRARY, THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

AND WE DID A SPECIAL GRANDPARENT'S DAY STORYTIME AT THE LIBRARY.

NOW, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE LEISURE SERVICES PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CULTIVATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR,

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IT WAS A NICE EVENT AND WE'LL BE WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

BUT YEAH. WHO ORGANIZES? OH, SORRY. WHO? LIKE SOMEBODY FROM THE LIBRARY AND SOMEBODY FROM THE LEISURE SERVICES PARTNERS AND ORGANIZES. THE COMMUNITY CENTER KIND OF TOOK POINT.

THEY TOOK POINT ON SETTING THIS UP AND CREATING THE EVENT.

AND SO THEY STARTED OUT AT THE LIBRARY FOR STORY TIME.

THEY WENT TO THE THE SENIOR CENTER FOR DONUTS, AND THEY HAD ACTIVITIES AND GAMES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THEN A VISIT FROM A FURRY FRIEND FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

SO IT'S KIND OF INVOLVED EVERYONE. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A REALLY NICE TIME.

SWEET. LET'S SEE. WE DO HAVE JULY STATS IN THE AGENDA PACKET FOR THIS MEETING.

WE ADDED OVER 200 NEW LIBRARY USERS AND REALLY A SOLID PROGRAM ATTENDANCE.

WE NOW RECORD JULY STATS. WE HAD OVER 500 AT OUR SUMMER SEND OFF AT THE END OF SUMMER, WHICH IS ALMOST AS MANY AS THE KICKOFF EVENT.

SO AGAIN, REALLY, REALLY GOOD SUMMER. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT KIND OF COVERS OUR MONTH IN REVIEW.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSED LIBRARY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS,

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

SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO. HOMESCHOOL HANGOUT IS BACK.

THIS IS A MONTHLY PROGRAM FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES IN THE AREA TO MEET UP AND CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, USUALLY OVER A CRAFT AND A SNACK. SO IT'S KIND OF AN INFORMAL GET TOGETHER, BUT JUST A CHANCE FOR THE KIDS AND FAMILIES TO KIND OF NETWORK AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER. WE HAVE. WHAT AGES? IT'S REALLY, IT'S ALL AGES.

YEAH. EVEN OLDER, FOR THE TEENS? IT'S OPEN TO TEENS, YEAH.

YEAH, IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES.

AND THE AGES TEND TO BE MAYBE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

YEAH. SORRY. IT WON'T GO AWAY. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.

YEAH. WE HAVE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FIESTA IS ON MONDAY THE 15TH.

AND ALSO LATER THAT WEEK, A BILINGUAL SPECIAL PRE-K STORYTIME, A BILINGUAL EDITION ON THE 18TH.

WE'VE GOT A BOARD GAME SWAP ON THE 23RD FOR ATTENDEES TO BRING IN THEIR GENTLY USED GAMES TO TRADE WITH EACH OTHER.

AND OUR SATURDAY TEEN PROGRAM ON THE 27TH WILL GIVE ATTENDEES THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT CPR BASICS AND HELP THEM PREPARE FOR A CERTIFICATION EXAM. OH, NICE. AND ON THE 29TH, WE'RE DOING A COOK THE BOOK PROGRAM.

SO IT'S PART BOOK CLUB, PART POTLUCK. SO PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP WILL CHOOSE A RECIPE FROM THE COOKBOOK.

SO IT'S ALL FROM THE SAME COOKBOOK. YOU CHOOSE A RECIPE, YOU PREPARE THE DISH AND BRING IT TO THE MEETING.

AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN CAN TRY THEIR CREATIONS.

AND THAT'S FOR ADULTS? THAT'S, THAT ONES FOR ADULTS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT OUR STAFF MEETING I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KIND OF WENT OVER SOME LIBRARY POLICIES.

OUR PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY AND THE COMPUTER USE POLICY ARE THE OLDEST THINGS LIKE THEIR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICY WERE UPDATED MORE RECENTLY.

SO PATRON BEHAVIOR AND COMPUTERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PROBABLY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT AS RECENTLY.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE TO REVIEW THESE POLICIES PERIODICALLY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LIBRARY.

SO I THINK AT OUR OUR NEXT MEETING, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS KIND OF THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

AS WE LOOK AT KIND OF REVISING, MAYBE MAKING SOME CHANGES HERE OR THERE, BUT ACTUALLY GET THAT OPEN FOR DISCUSSION NEXT TIME.

SEPTEMBER IS LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP MONTH. SINCE 1987, LIBRARY CARD SIGN UP MONTH, SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, HAS BEEN HELD EACH SEPTEMBER TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO JUST AS KIND OF A WAY TO CELEBRATE THAT WE ARE WAIVING THE REPLACEMENT FEE FOR LIBRARY CARDS, WHICH IS ONLY A DOLLAR. BUT IF YOUR CARD IS LOST OR DAMAGED, YOU GET A FREE ONE THIS MONTH, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. YEAH. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME BOOK GIVEAWAYS FOR THOSE NEW CARDHOLDERS THIS MONTH.

SO IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE LIBRARY, YOU'LL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR SOME, SOME BOOK PRIZES.

SO I'M JUST KIND OF A FUN WAY TO RECOGNIZE NEW LIBRARY MEMBERS.

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SO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE FUNDS, IT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS WE RECEIVE FOR OUR ANNUAL ACCREDITATION.

SO IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT PROCESS IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT REIMBURSEMENT.

AND IS IT FOR THE FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU USE? I DON'T KNOW.

I USE THAT, BUT I WONDER, HOW I KNOW HOW IT WORKS, WHEN YOU GO ONLINE.

BUT MONETARILY AND HOW. IT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF OUR COSTS FOR THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN.

YEAH. AND IT ALLOWS US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, THAT COURIER NETWORK.

SO IT KEEPS US WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE, THOSE LIBRARY INTERLIBRARY LOAN REQUESTS QUICKLY.

YEAH. AND LET'S SEE, LASTLY ONE LAST REMINDER THAT SEPTEMBER IS OUR FINAL MONTH WITH CLOUD LIBRARY. SO IN OCTOBER, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS TO MIGRATE OVER THE CONTENT WE'VE PURCHASED IN CLOUD OVER TO LIBBY. SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING OFF OR WHAT'S CHANCE GOING, GOING BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE EARLY, BUT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE OUR, OUR TRENDS, WE'RE REALLY GETTING THOSE DIGITAL CARD SIGNUPS.

SO I THINK THE WORD'S GETTING OUT AND IT'S GETTING A GOOD, GOOD RESPONSE ON THE LIBBY APP.

SO IT'S BEEN I THINK THUS FAR IT'S BEEN POSITIVE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU RANDALL, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.

YEAH. THE LIBRARY MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:13 P.M.

WOW.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.