* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] OKAY, WELCOME TO [1. Call to Order: The Library Board of the City of Sachse will hold a regular meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 7:00 PM to consider the following items of business:] THE SAXE LIBRARY BOARD MEETING. TODAY IS MONDAY, APRIL 13TH, AND THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM I'VE ASKED ADI TO OFFER THE INVOCATION AND MEGAN TO LEAD THE PLEDGES, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE. GOOD EVENING. LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND CENTER OURSELVES. WE GATHER TONIGHT IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY ENTRUSTED WITH THE STEWARDSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE, ACCESS, AND OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY. MAY WE APPROACH THIS MEETING WITH OPEN MINDS, THOUGHTFUL DISCERNMENT, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE GREATER GOOD. GRANT US THE WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT REFLECT FAIRNESS, INCLUSION, AND INTEGRITY. HELP US TO LEARN WITH RESPECT, SPEAK WITH CLARITY, AND COLLABORATE IN A SPIRIT OF UNITY. MAY OUR WORK HERE STRENGTHEN THE LIBRARY AS A PLACE OF LEARNING, CONNECTION, AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL WHO WALK THROUGH ITS DOORS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THIS MISSION. MAYOR, OUR EFFORTS THIS EVENING BE GUIDED BY PURPOSE AND CARE. THANK YOU. 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 THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? NO. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA [1. Consider approving the March 9, 2026, meeting minutes.] ITEM. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE, UH OH, LET'S CONSIDER APPROVING THE MARCH 9TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE BOARD. I, ELISA LOYA MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 9TH, 2026. RIGHT. SO ELISA MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I, MEGAN KERSHAW SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED. FIVE TO ZERO TO ZERO. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE [1. Receive and discuss the Library Manager's monthly report.] ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS NOW. SO LET'S RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT. RANDALL, THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE, UH, FEBRUARY STATS IN THE PACKET THIS EVENING. UM, NEW BORROWER REGISTRATIONS WERE UP, UH, OVER 50% COMPARED TO FEBRUARY, UH, LAST YEAR. THAT'S A REALLY BIG INCREASE. THAT'S HUGE. YEAH. WHICH I THINK IS, THAT'S GONNA FEATURE IN OUR DISCUSSION A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT, UM, ABOUT BORROWER CARDS, RESIDENTIAL, YEAH. MM-HMM . AND SO WE HAD A BUSY, UH, SPRING BREAK IN MARCH. UH, THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE IN, IN THE NEXT MONTH'S REPORT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD, UM, ABOUT 350 PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS JUST IN THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK. SO WE HAD ACTIVITIES, UH, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD SOME, SOME GOOD PROGRAMS. WE DID OUR, UH, ANNUAL HARRY POTTER NIGHT, AND WE HAD A, UH, PLUSHY, UH, PICNIC, WHICH IS A FAMILY STORY TIME EVENT AND A BTS LISTENING PARTY. AND THEN WE WERE, UH, WE WERE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD FOR GOOD FRIDAY. BUT OTHER THAN, OTHER THAN THE NEW BORROWER REGISTRATIONS, I THINK THE OTHER NUMBERS ARE PRETTY IN, IN LINE WITH, WITH LAST YEAR. OKAY. NOPE. ALRIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE [2. Discuss the current Library Circulation Policy on borrower cards.] ON TO OUR LIBRARY CIRCULATION POLICY ON BORROW WORK CARDS SINCE WE HAD A LOT OF CARDS ISSUED THIS LAST MONTH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, LAST MONTH WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, E-CARDS AND, UH, TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARDS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAD BEEN SEEING. SO I THOUGHT, UH, WE, WE WENT BACK, COLLECTED SOME MORE, SOME MORE DATA, MORE NUMBERS FOR YOU. AND, UH, SO I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GO OVER. GREAT. UH, TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS TRENDS. SO ON THE, UH, THE FIRST ONE JUST TO KIND OF, TO KIND OF RECAP, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIBRARY CARDS, UH, [00:05:01] WHAT WE MIGHT CALL A TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARD. YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE CARD IN PERSON OR ONLINE. AND THEN YOU PHYSICALLY COME TO THE LIBRARY AND GET YOUR, YOUR CARD. AND THEN THAT'S HOW YOU GET STARTED. AND THEN IN, UM, 2020, THE LIBRARY STARTED OFFERING AN E-CARD AND YOU APPLY FOR THE E-CARD ONLINE. UH, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WITH THAT ONE IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO EVER COME TO THE LIBRARY IN PERSON AND THE APPLICATION IS ONLINE, AND YOU CAN, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU CAN GET A FREE E-CARD FOR THE SEXY PUBLIC LIBRARY. UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A SPLIT OF ABOUT 14,500 TRADITIONAL CARDS AND A LITTLE OVER 2000 OF THE E-CARDS. UH, THE, UH, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS JUST HOW QUICKLY THE E-CARDS HAVE BEEN GROWING, I'D SAY IN THE LAST YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 15% OF OUR OVERALL PATRON BASE HAVE E-CARDS. NOW, THAT INCLUDES PATRONS THAT LIVE IN SAXE AND OTHER CITIES. SO THESE ARE ALSO SSI RESIDENTS. MM-HMM . BUT IT'S, RIGHT NOW IT'S A SPLIT OF ABOUT 15% ARE E-CARD HOLDERS. AND WE'RE SEEING, UH, A REALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMPARED TO YEARS PAST FOR PEOPLE SIGNING UP WITH THE E-CARD. OKAY. AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AND AGAIN, THIS, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE KIND OF CONTEXT, UH, FOR THE TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARD, OF COURSE, SSI RESIDENTS MAKE UP THE BULK OF OUR TRADITIONAL, TRADITIONAL CARDHOLDERS OVER 9,000. AND THEN THE, THE TOP AF ONE CITIES AFTER THAT, OUR GARLAND AND WILEY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP CITIES, AND I HAVE A TOP 10 BREAKDOWN IN A LITTLE BIT, THEY'RE THE TRADITIONAL CAR HOLDERS ARE DEFINITELY OUR NEIGHBORING GEOGRAPHIC CITIES. OKAY. MM-HMM . SO THAT MADE, MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE. YEAH. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AND THEN FOR OUR E-CARD PATRONS, UH, SSI IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE CITY FOR E-CARDS AT, AT 599. UM, BUT THEN WHEN YOU COMPARE THOSE CITIES, THE DISTRIBUTION GETS A LITTLE BROADER, A LITTLE WIDER, AND THE, THE TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN IS NOT ONLY DO THE E-CARDS REACH, UH, A LARGER AREA, BUT KIND OF THAT CIRCLE IS GROWING. MM-HMM . SO THE REACH OF THE E-CARD IS GOING FURTHER OUT INTO THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO NOT JUST FRISCO OR MCKINNEY OR HORNEY, BUT YOU KNOW, EL PASO AND AUSTIN. AND HOUSTON. OH, OKAY. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE, THESE ARE THE TOP, THE TOP 10 CITIES, AND THAT'S BY NUMBER OF CARD HOLDERS. SO AGAIN, IT MAKES SENSE. SSI WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE FOR BOTH E-CARDS AND TRADITIONAL. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP MM-HMM. MM-HMM. BETWEEN THE TWO. OKAY. SO AS FAR AS HOW THESE E-CARDS HAVE GROWN, AGAIN, THEY WERE REALLY POPULAR IN 2020 WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED. AND THEN WE'VE JUST SEEN, I CALL IT AN EX AN EXPLOSION OF POPULARITY IN THE LAST ABOUT 12 MONTHS. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF COINCIDES WITH, UH, OUR ADOPTION OF THE LIBBY APP AND SORT OF THE INTEREST THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN USING THAT. UH, IN FEBRUARY WE HAD 160 NEW E-CARDS JUST IN THAT MONTH, AND WE'RE SEEING MORE GROWTH AGAIN OUTSIDE OF SSI. SO JUST LOOKING AT JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD 408 E-CARDS, AND ONLY ABOUT 8% OF THOSE WERE SSI RESIDENTS. SO YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY AT THE E-CARD AGAIN, SAXE WAS, WAS NUMBER ONE, AND THEY'RE STILL NUMBER ONE, BUT ONLY 8% ROUGHLY THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN SAXE RESIDENTS APPLYING FOR THAT E-CARD. AND 124 OF THOSE 408 CARDS ARE WELL OUTSIDE THE DFW AREA. HMM. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CLEARLY. MM-HMM . SO WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS THAT THE LEFTOVER, LIKE THE 60% IS NOT FROM SAXY, BUT WITHIN THE DFW AREA, I WOULD CALL THOSE LIKE OUR, OUR GEOGRAPHIC MIRROR. SO THAT BIG CHUNK IS OKAY. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO I'D SAY THE MAJORITY [00:10:01] ARE STILL EITHER SSI RESIDENTS OR KIND OF IN OUR, WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE YEAH. KIND OF HUB AND THEN THAT 30% ARE WAY OUTSIDE. NO. OKAY. SO WHY THIS MATTERS IS THE IMPACT THAT THOSE CARDS CAN HAVE ON OUR, UH, OUR EBOOK USAGE. SO MARCH, WE SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR NUMBER OF USERS IN LIBBY, AND FOR NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS, UH, WE LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE HOLDS, UH, JUST ON OUR, UM, ADVANTAGE COLLECTION IN LIBBY. THOSE ARE THE, THE EBOOKS THAT WE PURCHASE WITH OUR LIBRARY MONEY. SO 425 ACTIVE HOLDS ON OUR EBOOKS ON MARCH 10TH, 478 ON MARCH 31ST. I LOOKED AT AGAIN TODAY, THIS MORNING, UH, 515. WOW. AND TOP FIVE LIBBY USERS WITH THE MOST ACTIVE HOLDS, UH, ARE NON-RESIDENTS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, JUST FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING AND FOR ME, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT ACTIVE HOLDS MEAN FOR THE LIBBY WORLD? MM-HMM . YEAH. UH, HOLDS JUST MEANS THAT HOW MANY HOLDS THERE ARE, LIKE CURRENTLY AT THE TIME OF THAT, AT THE TIME OF THAT REPORT. SO HOW MANY HOLDS WERE ON OUR COLLECTION AS OF MARCH 10TH. RIGHT. BUT WHAT DID, IS THAT LIKE A CHECKOUT? IS THAT LIKE A DIGITAL FORM OF CHECKING OUT A BOOK, BASICALLY, OR, UM, SO JUST LIKE A BOOK ON THE SHELF, WE HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUAL COPIES OF THE EBOOKS. SO WHEN SOMEBODY CHECKS THAT OUT IN THE APP, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR CHECKOUT UNTIL IT'S UH, RETURNED. OKAY. UH, SO IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO CHECK OUT IMMEDIATELY, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO PLACE A HOLD ON THAT ITEM. OKAY. SO YOU GET TO LIKE, GUARANTEE YOUR PLACE IN LINE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN THAT BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT IN THE APP. OKAY. SO JUST LIKE IF YOU, UH, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH A PHYSICAL BOOK AT THE LIBRARY. SOMEBODY HAS IT CHECKED OUT, YOU CAN PLACE A HOLD ON IT IN THE CATALOG, AND THEN YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN. OKAY. AND SO THE MEANING IS EXACTLY THE SAME? YES. OKAY. MM-HMM . BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOLDING THE ITEMS NOW ARE TAKING PRECEDENCE OVER OUR PEOPLE IN OUR HUB OR IN OUR CITY. UH, THE, THE ISSUE, I THINK THE, THE PROBLEM OR THE ISSUE BETWEEN THE E-CARD AND THE TRADITIONAL CARD IS WITH THE TRADITIONAL CARD, YOU HAVE MORE OF A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, I GUESS, COMPETING OVER THIS, THIS RESOURCE. UM, AND THAT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT ARE GONNA DRIVE TO THE LIBRARY AND COME GET THAT PHYSICAL BOOK. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S OF COURSE, SEXY RESIDENTS AND OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WILEY MURPHY, YOU KNOW, EVEN RICHARDSON, PLANO MM-HMM . UH, SO KIND OF OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BUT WITH THE E-CARDS, BECAUSE THAT'S OPEN TO TEXAS RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE STATE. MM-HMM . I MEAN, THERE'S POTENTIALLY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH MORE. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE COMPETING OVER, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL RESOURCE. GOT IT. AND THAT MEANS IN THE LAST MONTH WE'VE INCREASED 20% ON THE NUMBER OF HOLDS, THEN IF WE'RE UP TO FIVE 15. FIVE 15, YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A LIMIT TO NUMBER OF HOLDS A SINGLE CARD CAN HAVE AT ONE TIME? YEAH. WELL, I KNOW IT ON MY CAR THOUGH. . SO, UM, CERTAIN LIBRARIES THAT YOU HAVE 20, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR POLICY IS, BUT CERTAIN LIBRARIES THAT YOU HAVE 20 AND CERTAIN LETS YOU HAVE 30, UM, OKAY. FOR THE HOLDS. AND I MAXIMIZE HOLDS OUT ALL THE TIME. LIKE I JUST, I'M LIKE, OH YEAH, SURE, I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT, I'LL WAIT. YEAH. SO YEAH, I MEAN, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE END OF THE, UH, OF THE SLIDE I DIDN'T WANNA OVERWHELM YOU WITH, WITH RIGHT. TOO MANY STATS. UM, I KNOW, AND THEN FROM LAST, FROM OUR LAST MEETING, UH, THERE WAS SOME TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS AND WILEY AND I SPOKE WITH THEM AND, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS BECAUSE THEY ALL ALSO OFFER, UM, E-CARDS THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR ONLINE. AND, UM, THEY SAID THE, UM, THE CONVERSION RATE FOR PEOPLE THAT APPLY AND THEN ACTUALLY GET THEIR CARD IS, IS VERY HIGH. UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HIT A RECORD NUMBER OF CHECKOUTS IN MARCH. SO THEY'RE ONLINE ON LIVING EFFORT LIVING. YEAH. SO THEY'RE SEEING, UM, KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION, I THINK, UM, [00:15:01] FOR THEIRS. UH, YOU DO HAVE TO, UH, GET A CARD WITHIN SIX MONTHS. SO THERE'S SORT OF THIS, THIS WINDOW OF TIME WHERE YOU GET YOUR E-CARD AND THEN YOU HAVE TO COME IN AND GET, AND LIKE CONVERT IT TO A, A REGULAR CARD WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BUT YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS OF ACCESS MM-HMM . UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE, I THINK THEY'RE SEEING A SIMILAR TREND. UM, SO I THINK WHAT I'M SEEING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, KIND OF BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JANUARY THROUGH APRIL IS I, I DON'T FEEL THAT THE, THE E-CARD AS IT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN AND STILL OFFER OUR RESIDENTS A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH OUR OKAY. DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES. UM, I THINK, I THINK IT SERVED A PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, FROM 2020 AND, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW YEARS. UM, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A PAUSE ON THE E-CARDS AND, UH, WE WERE KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OUR POLICIES THIS YEAR AND WE DID THE, THE PATRON BEHAVIOR POLICY MM-HMM . MM-HMM . I THINK WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT THE, UH, COMPUTER, UH, POLICY NEXT. AND UM, THIS KIND OF, KIND OF BLEW UP AND WE KIND OF, WE HAD TO KIND OF TURN OUR ATTENTION TO, UH, CIRCULATION AND OUR BORROWER RULES AT, UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SIX MONTH MM-HMM . OURS IS, THERE IS NO, YOU APPLY IT, YOU APPLY ONLINE. OKAY. YOU, YOU GET IT. MM-HMM . OKAY. AND THEN YOU RENEW EVERY TWO YEARS. AND IF WE'RE PUTTING IT ON HOLD, IT'S FOR HOLD FOR EVERYBODY OR JUST HOLD FOR PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF SAXY PROPER, LIKE, LIKE PAUSING THE ECARD, LIKE RIGHT. IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING PAUSING THE E-CARDS, WOULD YOU JUST PAUSE AND SAY NOBODY GETS NEW E-CARDS OR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN SAXE, WE'RE NOT ISSUING 'EM, BUT IF YOU LIVE IN SSI, WE WILL STILL ISSUE THEM. YEAH. I THINK WHILE WE KIND OF ADDRESS THE CIRCULATION POLICY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST STOP THE E-CARDS FOR RIGHT NOW, OR ACROSS THE BOARD MM-HMM . UM, AND WHILE WE WORK ON REVISING THE CIRCULATION POLICY, UM, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO PUT A PAUSE ON, I THINK THE SIMPLEST THING TO DO, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF SAYING, WELL, RESIDENT, NON-RESIDENT, JUST PAUSE THE E-CARDS. AND, UH, I THINK, I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PAUSE THOSE AND THEN GIVE A WINDOW OF TIME FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN E-CARD TO CONVERT TO A TRADITIONAL LIBRARY CARD, COME VISIT US IN PERSON AND GET YOUR REGULAR LIBRARY CARD. UM, I THINK GIVING THEM UNTIL THE END OF JULY, EVERYONE THAT HAS A LIBRARY CARD ON ANY TYPE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER READING PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER. MM-HMM . THAT'S FAIR. YEAH. THEY COULD GET, YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF NOTICE MM-HMM . I THINK MM-HMM . MM-HMM . UM, I THINK IF, IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE GONNA GET TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE RESIDENT, UH, CARDS AND THEN FEE-BASED NON-RESIDENT CARDS, AND I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A COMPROMISE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE. RIGHT. YEAH. UM, SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GO ABOUT LIKE, UM, NOTIFYING PEOPLE OF THIS CUTOFF? DO YOU HAVE THEIR EMAIL INFORMATION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SEND VIA EMAIL MM-HMM . AND THEY JUST WILL ALL GET A NOTICE. SO I GUESS I SEE KIND OF LIKE TWO PHASES. UH, WE START WITH START BY JUST REMOVING THE, THE E-CARD APPLICATION FROM THE WEBSITE. AND SO YOU A LIBRARY CARDS YOU APPLY IN PERSON AT THE LIBRARY. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE, UM, THE, I GUESS THE NEXT PHASE OF, UM, CONVERTING THOSE E-CARDS TO TRADITIONAL ONES, WE DO HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES. SO, UH, WE CAN CONTACT EVERYONE THAT HAS AN E-CARD. UM, I THINK WE COULD, UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THOSE E-CARDS AND SET AN EXPIRATION DATE TILL AGAIN, LIKE THE END OF JULY. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE CARD EXPIRES, AND OF COURSE THEY'LL, THEY'LL KNOW WHEN THE CARD'S NO LONGER ACTIVE. UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE NEWSLETTERS, WE HAVE THEIR EMAIL, UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT METHODS TO, TO REACH OUT TO THEM. UM, I HAD, SORRY, GO AHEAD. I, I WAS JUST SAYING, IS THERE, I, ARE THERE SERVICES LIKE IN SSI FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT LIKE, HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION OR LIKE ABILITY TO COME TO THE LIBRARY? LIKE I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT LIKE, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE RESIDENTS AND WHO ACTIVELY ENJOY USING LIBRARY RESOURCES BUT AREN'T PHYSICALLY ABLE TO COME IN PERSON? LIKE, IS THERE A RESOURCES WE COULD DIRECT THEM TO? IS THERE SOME WAY THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY [00:20:01] ACCOUNT FOR THAT? YEAH. AND THAT'S A REALLY, THAT'S A GOOD, A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR SAXY RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE HOME BOUND OR HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING HERE, I THINK WE COULD ADDRESS THAT ON A CASE BY CASE. AND IF WE NEEDED TO MAIL LIBRARY CARDS OUT TO THEM MM-HMM . I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, WE COULD LOOK AT. UM, AND AGAIN, IN THE KIND OF THE BROADER REIMAGINING OF WHAT THE NEW BORROWER POLICY IS GONNA, I WOULD, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE. UM, YEAH. YEAH. ABOUT, YEAH. OPTIONS FOR, UM, SEXY RESIDENTS THAT, THAT MAY BE HOME BOUND OR HAVE YEAH. TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. YEAH. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH. YEAH. MY, MY QUESTION, I GUESS KIND OF PIGGYBACKED OFF OF THAT ONE, IT WOULD BE LIKE, I GUESS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POLICY AND LIKE SETTLE DOWN, SETTLE ON LIKE THE FINAL POLICY MM-HMM . THINKING ABOUT LIKE IF IT'S SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS A SAXY ADDRESS, LIKE COULD THEY JUST GET AN ELECTRONIC CARD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? VERSUS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO COME IN AND GET A PHYSICAL CARD AND THAT PHYSICAL CARD IS ATTACHED TO THEIR LIBYA ACCOUNT. LIKE IF YOU HAVE A SAXE ADDRESS, COULD YOU JUST GET THE ELECTRONIC CARD? UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S A PARAMETER THAT'S ALLOWED, BUT THEN THAT WOULD KIND OF HELP OUT WITH LIKE THE RESIDENTS WHO MAYBE COULDN'T COME OR IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP IT PHYSICAL CARD ONLY. I KNOW THAT I THINK ROCKWELL DOES THAT. LIKE, YOU GET YOUR CARD, YOU HAVE TO LIKE SET UP THE PIN IN THE LIBRARY, BUT I DON'T KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT THINGS FOR THE FUTURE WHEN WE ACTUALLY SET THE POLICY, UM, AND LIKE THE KIND OF PARAMETERS WE WANNA SET, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK HOW WE'RE VERIFYING RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT. YEAH. AND UM, LIKE ARE THEY SENDING US LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A PHOTO OF LIKE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND HOW, HOW THAT INFORMATION IS LIKE YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. IT'S STORED. UM, 'CAUSE I SEE THE, I SEE DEFINITELY THE, THE ADVANTAGE OF, OF OFFERING THAT TO RESIDENTS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IS, IS LIKE THE PROCESS AND HOW THAT ACTUALLY YEAH. RIGHT. SO END OF JULY, NO CARS ARE WORKING NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CITY IS. I, TO ME, I FEEL YEAH. LIKE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, LIKE POINT BLANK PERIOD. THESE CARDS ARE NOT WORKING UNLESS YOU, AND THIS, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DISCUSSION AND SO, BUT I THINK WHERE WHAT I, WHAT I FEEL IS I THINK OUR, OUR BEST PATH FORWARD IS LIKE WE, OKAY, E-CARDS ARE DONE. YEP. AND THEN END OF JULY, UM, DEADLINE, I THINK THAT'S DEADLINE THE TIME YEAH. TO GET YOUR PHYSICAL CARD. YEAH. AND THAT'S, THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH. AND THIS IS JUST SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, WE, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM AND, BUT IN ORDER, I THINK TO KEEP US ON THE RIGHT PATH, WE KIND OF HAVE TO KIND OF CHANGE IT. YEAH. YEAH. BUT I THINK THAT, DOES THAT SEEM REASONABLE? I THINK JULY SEEMS REALLY REASONABLE, GIVING ME ENOUGH TIME. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THAT GIVES EVERYBODY ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT THAT PROCESS TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEW CARDS AND THEN MAYBE YOUR END OF SUMMER EVENTS. THAT'D BE A NICE WAY TO GET EVERYBODY INFORMATION ON THEIR NEW CARDS OR WHATEVER. THAT'S WHAT I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE MAY, JUNE, JULY WHERE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OR NOT TRAVELING AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO, I THINK COME TO SAXE ON VACATION AND GET YOUR LIBRARY CARD THAT STOP YEAH. AGAIN. YEAH. 'CAUSE SEND OFF AND KICK OFF. THOSE ARE OUR TWO REALLY BIG SUMMER EVENTS. OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THINGS. YEAH. OKAY. AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE E-CARDS COULD COME IN PRIOR TO THE CUTOFF IN JULY AND OH, SURE. GET THEIR PHYSICAL CARD SO THEY CAN CONTINUE AND THEY WON'T BE DROPPED. OH, OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO IF THEY HAVE A PHYSICAL CARD, IF SOMEBODY SIGNS UP FOR A PHYSICAL CARD, ARE Y'ALL GONNA HAVE A WAY FOR THAT CARD TO BE ABLE TO GET ONTO LIBBY? UH, WHEN YOU THE TRADITIONAL OR PHYSICAL CARDS? YEAH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GET ON LIBBY, THAT'S HOW YOU, OKAY. MM-HMM . THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE, THE DIGITAL CARD, YOU CAN ONLY USE LIKE DIGITAL RESOURCES. OKAY. SO LIBBY AND DATABASES, BUT THE PHYSICAL CARD LET'S YOU, YOU CAN USE CARD. THE TRADITIONAL CARD OFFERS EVERYTHING THE DIGITAL CARD DOES. OKAY. YEAH. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . MM-HMM . OKAY. YEAH, I THINK THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. OKAY. IF THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. I THINK, WE'LL, I THINK FOR SURE WE'LL START IMPLEMENTING THOSE STEPS AND THEN, UM, WE CAN WORK ON KIND OF THE WORKING A PHYSICAL, OR SORRY, A FORMAL REVISED POLICY THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU, UM, IN THE, LIKE MAYBE IN THE COMING MONTHS. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE. MM-HMM . UM, OKAY THEN, UM, WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS FOR NOW. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE [3. Discuss Library Board announcements regarding special events, current activities, and local achievements.] LIBRARY BOARD ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES, AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS. ALRIGHT. LET'S SEE. UH, WE HAD, UM, AMANDA KING AND, UH, MARTINA NEWSOM ATTENDED THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN HOUSTON. AND THEY BROUGHT BACK SOME, SOME GOOD IDEAS AND, UH, TALKED TO NEW VENDORS AND GOOD THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, [00:25:01] NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. NICE. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, SOME GIVEAWAYS DURING THE WEEK. AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AUDIO SYSTEM REPLACEMENT PROJECT GOING ON THAT WEEK TOO. INTERESTING. SO IT'S GONNA BE FUN, BUT ALSO A LITTLE HECTIC. SO LAST YEAR, UH, WE, WE REQUESTED, UM, THE SOUND SYSTEM THAT GOES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. WE USE IT FOR JUST KIND OF PLAYING, YOU KNOW, AMBIENT MUSIC DURING THE DAY, AND WE USE IT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. UH, THE SYSTEM IS VERY, VERY OLD AND WE REQUESTED, UH, WITH, IF WE'D LIKE TO, TO UPGRADE AND, AND REPLACE THIS AGING AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA START NEXT WEEK, AND IT'LL PROBABLY LAST FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS, SO IT'S GONNA BE AT ONE OF THOSE, UM, PARDON OUR DUST SITUATIONS. MM-HMM . THEY'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MOVING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MAIN PART OF THE BUILDING, UH, REPLACING WIRING AND SPEAKERS. UM, BUT WHEN IT'S DONE, WE'LL HAVE, UM, A NICE NEW AUDIO SYSTEM, UH, THAT'LL, UH, ALLOW US TO, UM, EVEN HAVE, DO ANNOUNCEMENTS OUTSIDE. UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL REACH ALL THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING, AND SO IT'S JUST BE GOOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND, UH, RELIABILITY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH, AGAIN, JUST THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT. SOMETIMES THE MUSIC WOULD STOP AND, UM, SO IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA ALSO BE DURING LIBRARY WEEK, COME SEE US ANYWAY. WE'LL HAVE FUN STUFF GOING ON. UM, IN SOME SAD NEWS, UM, RETA, THE LIBRARY DOG AND HER OWNER, MS. KAREN, ARE RETIRING. OH. UM, THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE AND THEY, THEY ARE, UH, A BELOVED PART OF THE LIBRARY. AND, UH, EVERY, IT'S, UH, TWICE, TWICE A MONTH TO TUESDAY NIGHTS, UM, KIDS CAN COME READ TO GRETA, THE LIBRARY DOG, AND IT IS JUST A, A WONDERFUL PROGRAM FOR THEM. MM-HMM . UH, FOR STRUGGLING READERS THAT MAY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, SELF-CONSCIOUS OR READING TO ANOTHER ADULT OR, UH, READING FOR THE DOG IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NON-JUDGMENTAL AND IT'S JUST, UH, GRETA IS JUST A, A LOVELY ANIMAL AND WE'RE GONNA MISS THEM BOTH. UH, SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THANK YOU CARDS AT THE LIBRARY IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME STOP BY AND LEAVE HIM A NOTE. UM, AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A, A NEW PARTNER BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DOING. UM, AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS IF PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING TO BE A PARTNER? UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, DOGS THAT ARE, UH, SERVICE ANIMALS OR IN TRAINING TO BECOME SERVICE ANIMALS. UM, SO THE DOG WOULD, UH, NEED TO, I THINK, HAVE A, HAVE A TRAINING PROGRAM LIKE THAT. AND THEN, UH, THE HUMAN WOULD NEED A BACKGROUND CHECK JUST LIKE OUR REGULAR VOLUNTEERS. EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . UM, LET'S SEE. SOME UPCOMING PROGRAMS TO NOTE. UH, WELL, WE ARE, UH, WE HAD JUST LIKE A, A GARDEN GOING RIGHT NOW AT THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE SEEDLINGS AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TRANSPLANT, UM, ACTIVITY OR EARTH DAY GARDEN ON APRIL 22ND. SO WE'VE GOT SEEDLINGS STARTED AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE OUTDOOR PLANT SPACE, UM, ON THE, IS THAT THE EAST ENTRANCE OF THE, OF THE BUILDING. AND, UH, KIDS CRAFT AFTERNOON IS DOING, UH, PLANT BUDDIES TO TIE INTO THAT ON APRIL 20TH. AND TEEN WEEKEND IS A STEADY HANGOUT THIS MONTH. AND THEN COOK THE BOOK AND BOOK TALK ON THE 27TH AND 29TH. LOOKING A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD, UH, STORY TIME TAKES A BREAK IN MAY. AS WE KINDA GET PREPARED FOR SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE A, UH, SAXY COMIC CON ON SATURDAY, MAY 2ND. MM-HMM . AND THEN OF COURSE, SAVE THE DATE FOR SUMMER KICKOFF ON FRIDAY, MAY 29TH, 10 TO 12. AND THEN JUST SEND US GOOD VIBES THAT THE, THE WEATHER IS AS NICE THIS YEAR AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. , THAT'S, UH, I THINK ALL OF OUR YEAH. ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS? NO. ALL RIGHT THEN, THEN THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:30 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.