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[Public Library Board on February 11, 2026.]
FOR OF THE, UH, RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD TO ORDER AT 6:31 PM UH, WE GOT A PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS AND, UH, VISITOR, UH, FE UH, THE, UM, MARINA, UH, PATRICK.WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING AT THIS TIME.
AND, UM, SO NOW WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, FROM THE, OUR AGENDA.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, NEW POLL MEMBER, UH, JENNIFER JOHNSON, THE WELCOME HERE, AND THAT, UH, WE'LL GIVE A FEW MINUTES TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US.
I AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF RICHARDSON.
I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS FOUR.
MY HUSBAND WENT TO RSD SCHOOLS.
I WORK FOR TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES IN DALLAS, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I REALLY LOVE TO READ AND, AND LOVE BOOKS AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
SO
AND THEN, UH, ALL MEMBER TO INTRODUCE, UM, YOURSELF TO HER AND A FEW, ONE OR TWO MINUTES
SO, UH, WE'D LIKE TO, WE'D LIKE TO BE FIRST.
UM, MY NAME IS RICHARD, LIVE IN RICHARDSON, SO I LIKE THIS KIND OF
I LIVE IN HERE, UH, MOVING RICHARDSON 2002.
AND, UM, I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND I ORIGINALLY FROM TAIWAN, I JUST VISIT TAIWAN, UH, SPEND TAIWAN IN JAPAN FOR A MONTH.
SO I JUST NEED ANOTHER TIME TO COVER MY VACATION
AND THEN I DO MY ATTORNEY IN, SINCE BY SIX YEARS SERVING THE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER.
AMANDA? UH, MY NAME'S AMANDA GALLEGOS.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR, UM, 11 YEARS, COMING UP IN JULY.
I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, A 7-YEAR-OLD AND A 10-YEAR-OLD WHO BOTH ATTEND, UH, RISD.
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2023, I BELIEVE.
UM, I, UH, LOVE LIBRARIES AS WELL, AND I AM AN ATTORNEY AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE LIBRARY, AND I'M FILLING IN VIRGINIA THIS EVENING, SO.
I'M JOHN AT ALTER AND, UM, I, UH, LOVE LIBRARIES AND LOVE READING AND BIG FAN OF BOOKS.
HAPPY TO BE SERVING ON THIS BOARD FOR ANOTHER TERM.
AND, UM, I WORK FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, I'M SIR AYERS AND, UM, I'VE LIVED IN RICHARDSON FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM COLORADO, AND, UH, I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS AND ONLY JOB I'VE EVER HAD.
SO I, AND SO I KNOW THE LIBRARY VERY WELL, AND I AM AN AVID, AVID READER AND I LOVE BEING YEAH, I LOVE THE LIBRARIES TOO, SO, YEAH.
CURRENTLY I'M AN EVENTS COORDINATOR AT, FOR SCHNEIDER BAPTIST CHURCH.
UM, BEEN IN RICHARDSON SINCE THE EIGHTIES.
UM, BOTH MY BOYS WENT THROUGH RESD AND THEY'RE IN ALL NOW ADULTING AND OUTTA THE HOUSE.
UM, AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, JOBS THROUGH THE YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A DANCE TEACHER, I'VE BEEN A STAGE MANAGER.
UM, AND, UH, I WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 13 AND A HALF YEARS AT THE ICEMAN CENTER.
SO I DO ALL KINDS OF CRAZY THINGS AND TO KEEP MY BRAIN SANE.
I READ, MY DAUGHTER IS A THEATER TEACHER IN FORT WORTH CURRENTLY, SO, YEAH.
SO, YEAH, WELCOME, UM, JENNIFER TO THE POLL.
AND THEN, UH, GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEMS, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, ON THE NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025 MEETING AND CALL FOR MOTION ANY SECOND.
SO MOVE TO APPROVE THE MEETING FROM NOVEMBER? YES.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO DO THAT.
UH, SO ANY, UH, NO FINDING, THEN WE WILL APPROVE AS THE READING.
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MINUTES.NOW WE GO TO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, FOR THE, UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE VOTE ON IT.
YEAH, WE WOULD VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
SO WE GOT, I ABSTAIN SINCE I WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE LAST MEETING.
SO WE GOT, WELL, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT TOO.
NOW WE MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, THAT, UH, UM, MARINA PATRICK TO TAKING CARE OF THAT.
YEAH, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO GO THROUGH THIS EVENING.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE LIBRARY RENOVATION UPDATES.
UM, OUR PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 75% COMPLETE.
THE SITE WORK HAS PROGRESSED, BUT, UM, COMPLETION OF IT NOW IS PENDING ADDITIONAL WATERPROOFING WORK.
THE NEW SOUTH STAIR STEEL INSTALLATION IS ONGOING.
UM, THE FR GLASS WAS DELIVERED YESTERDAY ACTUALLY.
AND, UM, THEY HOPE TO START INSTALLING THE GLASS ON THE, THAT GLASS ON THE THIRD FLOOR NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
UM, THE ENTRY CANOPY STRUCTURE'S COMPLETE AND THE SHEATHING IS GOING ON.
THE BUILDING NOW HAS PERMANENT POWER AND HVAC, UM, AND IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL.
THE INTERIOR CEILING GRID IS MOSTLY COMPLETE.
UM, AND THE INTERIOR PAINTING MILLWORK AND FLOOR FINISH INSTALLATION IS COMING ALONG VERY NICELY.
IT'S ONGOING FURNITURE INSTALLATION IS PLANNED FOR MID-SPRING.
UM, AND HERE'S JUST A FEW PHOTOS.
YOU CAN SEE IN MOST ALL OF THEM THAT THE FLOORING, AT LEAST THE CARPET IS, UM, HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
THE LEFT PHOTO, LEFT TOP PHOTO IS THE LARGE PRINT ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THE MIDDLE IS THE MULTIPURPOSE PROGRAM ROOM DOWNSTAIRS IN THE, UM, BASEMENT.
UM, THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE CANOPY OR THE NEW ENTRANCE.
UM, AND ACTUALLY THE, THE, WHEN JENNY AND I WERE THERE THIS AFTERNOON, THEY HAVE PUT THE WINDOWS IN THE SECOND FLOOR RIGHT ABOVE THE CANOPY, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE NOW.
UM, AND THEN THE EXTERIOR STAIR THAT WILL GO FROM THE BASEMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE THIRD FLOOR.
AND THEN THE RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS THE MONUMENTAL STAIR THAT GOES FROM THE FIRST FLOOR CHILDREN'S AREA TO THE SECOND FLOOR JUVENILE FICTION AREA.
UM, SO THIS, UM, THE TOP LEFT PHOTO IS OUR STORY TIME ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT CHARLES CLAUD, A OUT OF COMMUNICATIONS WILL, UM, DRAW IN A MURAL ON IT.
AND THEN CERTAIN VIPS IN THE COMMUNITY, PROBABLY YOU ALL TOO, WILL BE ASKED TO COME IN, UM, AND HELP US PAINT IT.
LOCAL HISTORY IS THE ONE BELOW.
UM, AND ACTUALLY THEY HAVE PUT THE NICE BIG BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING DOWN THE CENTER.
UM, SO IT IS IMPROVED EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
AND THEN THE RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS THE, UM, CHILDREN'S AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE PICTURE BOOK AREA, UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING FROM THE MONUMENTAL STAIR SORT OF SOUTHEAST, I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S SOME INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS.
WHAT'S THE FLOORING IN THE HISTORY ROOM? IT'S, IT'S A BLUE, BLUE AND A LIGHTER BLUE, BUT IT'S ALSO HERRINGBONE AND IT, IS IT A CARPET? IT IS A CARPET, YEAH.
AND IT, IT IS AN OMBRE, SO IT STARTS DARK ON ONE SIDE AND GETS LIGHT AS YOU GO ACROSS THE FLOOR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE,
SO THIS IS PART OF A PRESENTATION THAT JENNY GAVE, UM, NOT THIS PAST MONDAY, BUT THE MONDAY BEFORE.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE, WE DID HAVE WATER INFILTRATION ISSUES ON THE EAST SIDE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
WE KNEW ABOUT THAT THEY EXCAVATED AND WATERPROOFED THE ACTUAL, UM, BUILDING ON THAT SIDE, AND WE'VE HAD NO PROBLEMS ON THAT SIDE SINCE.
BUT IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THE RENOVATION, WATER HAS STARTED CREEPING IN ON THE OTHER SIDES.
UM, SO THEY'VE TRIED BENTONITE SOIL INJECTIONS, UM, ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES, AND IT HAS NOT HELPED.
SO THE DESIGN TEAM, UM, INCLUDING A BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULT CONSULTANT, RECOMMENDED EXCAVATING ALONG THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST FACADES TO APPLY THE SAME EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING AS ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S TWO SPOTS ON THE NORTH AND
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SOUTH CORNERS THAT WE CAN'T GET TO.SO THEY'RE GONNA DO A, A DIFFERENT KIND OF GROUT SYSTEM TO KEEP THAT FROM ALSO, UM, ALLOWING WATER IN.
SO MUCH OF THE WORK IS OCCURRING CONCURRENTLY, UM, AS WE FINISH THIS PROJECT.
IN FACT, THEY'VE ALREADY EXCAVATED THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE, AND THEY'RE STARTING HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK TO ACTUALLY APPLY, UM, THE WATERPROOFING TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
UM, AND SO AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, LIBRARY, THE SUMMER OPERATIONS IS OUR HIGHEST DEMAND, UM, AND OUR PEAK USAGE.
SO RELOCATING DURING THE JUNE AND JULY TIMEFRAME WOULD REALLY CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT DI DISRUPTION FOR PATRONS AND LIBRARY PARTNERS AND STAFF.
SO, UM, IT'S CRITICAL FOR FAMILY ACCESS.
IT'S USED BY OTHER PEOPLE WHO, TUTORS AND WHATNOT THAT COME IN AND RELY ON OUR OUR HOURS.
SO, UM, WE NEEDED TO DETERMINE A FIRM MOVE DATE, UM, IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
UM, SO THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, UM, AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE LEAST DISRUPTIVE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND IT WOULD ALSO AFFECT OUR, UM, IT WOULDN'T KEEP US FROM BECOMING ACCREDITED, BUT IT WOULD DIMINISH OUR STATISTICS TO, UM, AND THEN YEARS LATER WHEN WE GO BACK TO RESEARCH IT, NOBODY WOULD REMEMBER WHY
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD BE CLOSED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS TO MOVE THE BOOKS, THE STAFF WORKROOM AND THE OFFICES WE HOPE TO REOPEN AGAIN, UM, IN MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER.
SO THEY HOPE THAT MOST ALL OF THIS WILL, ALL OF THE PUNCH LIST AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINISHED IN THE MAY JUNE TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE EXTRA WATERPROOFING THEY DID SUBMIT IN THE LIBRARY, I'M SORRY, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED INCREASED FUNDING FOR THIS.
IT COVERS THE EXCAVATION ALONG THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST FACADES FOR THE EXTERIOR WATERPROOFING.
UM, PLUS THE INJECTABLE GROUT SYSTEM ON THOSE TWO CORNER AREAS.
AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT WAS FUNDED, UM, THE FUNDING WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH BOND PROGRAM CONTINGENCY RESERVES THAT WERE SET ASIDE IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.
IT WAS JUST SITTING THERE AND WE TOOK IT TO FIX THE WATER PROBLEM.
SO NOW MOVING ON TO WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED AS A LIBRARY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, WE RECEIVED THE 2024 ACHIEVEMENT AND EXCELLENCE IN LIBRARIES FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES DIRECTOR ASSOCIATION FOR THE 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
UM, WE RECEIVED ACCREDITATION FOR THE, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FROM THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION.
UM, ROVER, OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH VAN CAME ONLINE IN FISCAL YEAR 25, AND WE ALSO HIRED A NEW OUTREACH COORDINATOR, UM, TO EXPAND THE LIBRARY OUTREACH EFFORTS.
WE ATTENDED 57 EVENTS AND, UM, TALKED TO OVER 15,000 PEOPLE WITH THE, THAT EXPANSION OF ROVER.
UM, WE SUCCESSFULLY AND SEAMLESSLY IMPLEMENTED TYLER CASHIERING AND TYLER PAYMENTS, WHICH HELPS OUR, UM, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCOUNTING PEOPLE.
UM, SO THEY WERE HAPPY WITH THAT.
THE LIBRARY LAUNCHED A NEW EMAIL PLATFORM, AND THIS IS AN EMAIL NEWSLETTER PLATFORM, JUST SO THAT'S CLEAR, UM, CALLED PATRON POINT.
IT REPLACED AN OUTDATED SYSTEM, AND THE NEW ONE INCLUDES HOLD NOTICES AND OVERDUE NOTICES.
IT PROVIDES READING SUGGESTIONS, UM, ALLOWS US TO SEND EVENT UPDATES, WELCOME MESSAGES FOR NEW CARDHOLDERS, AND REMINDS PEOPLE, UM, WHEN THEIR LIBRARY CARD IS EXPIRING.
UM, WE ALSO PROMOTED CULTURAL DIVERSITY THROUGH DISPLAYS, PROGRAMS, AND COLLECTIONS, AND LAUNCHED OUR PAGES OF PERSPECTIVE BOOK CLUB, WHICH FOSTERS AN UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY OF DIVERSE GROUPS THROUGH READING.
AND IT'S STILL, IT'S VERY POPULAR.
UM, WE EXPANDED OUR LIBRARY AND IN CHARGE TRAINING TO INCLUDE SENIOR LIBRARY CLERKS, AND INSTEAD OF ONCE A MONTH, WE MEET TWICE A MONTH NOW.
UM, THIS HAS GIVEN, UM, THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN SUPERVISORS IN THE ADMINISTRATION IS OUT OF THE BUILDING.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
WE ALSO INCREASE CROSS TRAINING AMONG OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO READY STAFF FOR THE RETURN TO THE RENOVATED BUILDING.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH AND NUMEROUS TO NUMEROUS CITY AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS, WHICH STACY WILL TOUCH ON LATER.
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UM, AT THE TIME THAT FISCAL YEAR ENDED, UM, FOR 25, WE WERE 50% COMPLETE, UM, WITH THE REOPENING SCHEDULED FOR MID 2026, UM, THE LIBRARY STRENGTH AND COMMUNITY TIES THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS IN CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS RA, UM, RICHARDSON ADULT LITERACY CENTER, UM, THE COUNSELING PLACE WHERE WE HOSTED WEEKLY PROJECT POSITIVE CLASSES FOR TEENS IN THE SUMMER.UM, THE FRIENDS OF THE RICHARDSON LIBRARY, WE CONTINUE TO, TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THEM.
DURING THE LIBRARY'S RENOVATION, WE PROVIDED LOCATION FOR CITY SURVEYS FOR THE MASTER PLANS THAT MANY RESIDENTS SAW.
WE COLLABORATED WITH THE EISMAN CENTER ON LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTED EMAN EVENTS.
UM, WE HA HELD SEVERAL OF OUR PROGRAMS AT THE IQ HQ, UM, DURING THE SUMMER, UM, FOR LIBRARIES, THE LIBRARY'S YOUNG AUTHORS PROGRAM, STEAM STARTERS AND CTEC KIDS CLUB.
UM, WE PARTICIPATED IN SANTA'S VILLAGE, POTO FEST CULTURE IN THE CORE, THE PARKS EXTRAVAGANZA AND THE WILDFLOWER MUSIC FESTIVAL.
UM, WE ACQUIRED COPIES OF THE CORE LEADERSHIP BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS SO THAT THE DIRECTORS AND ABOVE COULD, UM, IMPROVE ON THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE PREPAREDNESS PASSPORTS FOR RESIDENTS FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO WE HAND THOSE OUT FOR WHOEVER WANTS THEM NOW ONTO CITY OF RICHARDSON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS UPDATE.
UM, JUST SO YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING WHERE WE'RE DOING THE AUDIO RECORDINGS.
UM, THEY ADDED MEANINGFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE AGENDA ITEMS TO APPRISE THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE COVERED DURING THE MEETING.
WE REMOVE GENERALIZED TERMS SUCH AS OLD BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS.
IT INCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT AND VISITOR FORUM SECTION.
NOW, MORE VISIBLY, UH, WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS AUTHORIZED FOR SEEKING CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ANY LISTED AGENDA ITEM.
AND OF COURSE, THE AUDIO RECORDINGS ARE REQUIRED AND WILL BE POSTED, UM, WITH THE MEETING DOCUMENTS WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE MEETING.
UM, THE NEW POSTING REQUIREMENTS FROM TEXAS HOUSE BILL 1522, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025, SAYS THAT THE AGENDA MUST BE POSTED AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING AT CITY HALL BULLETIN BOARD AND THE CITY WEBSITE.
I THINK THAT INCREASED FROM JUST THREE GENERAL BUSINESS, UM, THREE GENERAL DAYS.
UM, BEFORE THE MEETING, UM, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO POST THE AGENDA PACKET AND THE PRESENTATIONS FOR TRANSPARENCY.
WE'LL POST THE APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THE MEETING DOCUMENTS FROM THIS MEETING.
UM, JENNY WILL BE WORKING WITH AMY, ER, THE CITY SECRETARY, UM, ON MEETING RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE, UM, FOR THE ADOPTION BY THE LIBRARY BOARD IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
AND JUST A REMINDER THAT LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS MUST ATTEND 75% OF THE MEETINGS IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
NEXT UP WE HAVE, UM, OUR, WE'RE GONNA DO A LIBRARY DEPARTMENT UPDATE FROM TECHNICAL SERVICES.
SARAH IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT HER DEPARTMENT AND TAKE IT AWAY.
I'M SARAH C**N AND I'M THE SUPERVISOR FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES.
UM, SO BASICALLY OUR DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF SIX STAFF MEMBERS THAT EACH HAS A JOB TO DO.
UM, WE ORDER ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT COME INTO THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE CATALOG THEM, WHICH IS A BACKEND SYSTEM WE DO CALLED MARK RECORDS, CLASSIFY THEM.
SO IT'S ALL OF THE THINGS YOU SEE ON THE SPINE LABEL.
UM, WE PROCESS THEM AS IN COVER THEM, PUT SPINE LABELS ON IN STICKERS, OUR ID TAGS, ALL THAT.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMEONE WHO REPAIRS OUR MATERIALS FOR US, WHICH HELPS US SAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 200,548 ITEMS IN OUR CATALOG.
'CAUSE EVERY DAY WE GET NEW STUFF IN NEW CENTRAL.
UM, IN THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE'VE ADDED 15,789 ITEMS TO THE COLLECTION.
EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS HAS THEN SEEN AT LEAST THREE HANDS FROM MY DEPARTMENT,
UM, WE REMOVED 8,504 ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION.
UM, THAT'S BASICALLY THINGS THAT WERE JUST, UM, A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, NOT IN THE BEST CONDITION ANYMORE.
UM, THINGS THAT WE HAD TO CHECK OUT IN A WHILE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE NEW THINGS THAT COME IN.
UM, WE RECEIVED 2,675 INVOICES.
WE PREPARED 4,198 ITEMS. WE SENT 6,000 ITEMS TO TEXAS BOOK CONSIGNMENTS FOR RESALE AND RECYCLE.
UM, THAT'S THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FRIENDS AT THE LIBRARY.
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AND THEN WE GAVE OUT 3,973 SEED PACKETS THROUGH OUR SEED LIBRARY.CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? SURE.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT, WHAT BOOKS GET PULLED AND ITEMS? WHAT ITEMS GET PULLED AND DISCARDED? LIKE THERE'S A, THERE'S A MANUAL THAT WE FOLLOW.
UM, SO THERE'S CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
SO EACH, UH, PART OF THE COLLECTION HAS A SELECTOR WHO BUYS ALL THE ITEMS. OKAY.
SO THEY ALSO ARE THE ONES WHO GO COMB THROUGH IT AND SEE.
UM, SO IT, LET ME JUST GIVE FICTION AS AN EXAMPLE.
ADULT FICTION, UM, THERE'S A THING ABOUT IF IT HASN'T CHECKED OUT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IT NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE MIGHT WANNA READ IN THE FUTURE? IS IT A CLASSIC? IS IT NOT? MAYBE IT DIDN'T DO WELL.
BUT FOR THE MOST OF THE TIME, I WOULD SAY THINGS ARE GETTING PULLED FOR A CONDITION, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY GET CHECKED OUT A LOT OF TIMES.
SO THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE JUST WORN, TORN UP AND WORN OUT AND THEY GET CHUNKED.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION TOO? MM-HMM
WHAT, WHAT IS THE SEED PROJECT? SO WE HAVE THE SEED LIBRARY, UM, HERE IS ACROSS FROM THE, UH, ADULT SERVICES DESK.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KEEP, YOU KEEP WALKING.
IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF LARGE PRINT.
AND IT'S AN OLD CARD CATALOG, AND WE TAKE SEEDS THAT ARE DONATED TO US AND WE PUT THEM IN PACKAGES.
UH, THEY'RE LIKE IN LITTLE, UM, COIN PACKAGES,
AND, UM, PEOPLE CAN TAKE AS MANY SEED PACKETS AS THEY WANT.
WE TRY TO SAY 10, BUT WE'RE NOT WATCHING YOU.
UH, TAKE THEM FLOWERS AND PLANTS.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS, THERE'S LIKE HEIRLOOM VARIETY.
VEGETABLES, IT'S ALL, AND ANYBODY CAN DONATE.
THERE'S A NICE LITTLE BIN ON THE TOP IF YOU WANNA PUT YOUR SEEDS IN THERE.
OR, UM, I THINK WE WILL ALSO TAKE MONETARY, UH, DONATIONS IF YOU WANT TO.
UM, 'CAUSE WE CAN BUY SEEDS IN BULK, UM, AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THEM WITHIN THE SEED LIBRARY.
UM, ACTUALLY ONE OF STACY'S, UM, EMPLOYEES, UH, THERESA IS REALLY IN CHARGE OF PUTTING TOGETHER THE PACKETS OF SEEDS.
UH, MY DEPARTMENT JUST HELPS HER WITH THAT
I'LL GET, I'LL GET MORE INFORMATION.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW BUILDING, I'M ASSUMING WE'RE, WHAT DO, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CHANGE OUR, UH, NUMBERS OF ITEMS IN THE COLLECTION TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW SPACE? MM-HMM
SO WE WERE GIVEN MONEY AT $35,000 FOR AN OPENING DAY COLLECTION.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AT THE MOMENT OF BUYING ALL OF THOSE.
WE ARE PROCESSING THEM, BUT WE ARE NOT MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC YET.
SO WE ARE BOXING THEM UP AND HOLDING ONTO THEM UNTIL WE GET TO OPENING DAY.
THEN WE WILL PUT THEM ON THE SHELF RIGHT BEFORE WE OPEN.
IN THAT TIME THAT WE'RE CLOSED, WE'RE GONNA INTEGRATE THOSE INTO OUR, OUR, UM, SHELVING UNITS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS LEFT OVER FROM OUR LAST YEAR'S BOOK BUDGET, ABOUT $18,000, I WANNA SAY ADDED TO THAT, TO BUY MORE OPENING DAY ITEMS. OKAY.
SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON TWO FLOORS.
IT'S A LOT MORE SHELVING MM-HMM
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF FOCUSING IN ON BUYING A LOT OF KIDS BOOKS, BUT THE ADULT COLLECTIONS ARE ALSO GETTING BULKED UP AS WELL.
AND WHEN YOU BUY A, A LIBRARY BOOK IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF I WENT TO BARNES AND NOBLES AND BOUGHT A BOOK.
YOU MEAN IF WE BUY THE BOOK? YEAH.
WHEN Y'ALL BUY BOOKS, ARE THEY, ARE THEY, ARE YOU GET CHEAPER PRICING WHEN YOU BUY 'EM? OR IS IT THE SAME TYPICAL? YES.
THEN LIKE THE COVER PRICE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT, YES.
WE, WE NEVER, WE WERE NEVER PAYING COVER PRICE
UM, IT'S, I WANTED TO SAY TYPICALLY IT'S ABOUT A 40% DISCOUNT.
SO LIBRARIES USED FROM THEIR BOOK VENDORS BECAUSE 35,000 IS A LOT, BUT IT'S NOT THAT MUCH IF YOU'RE PAYING COVER PRICE FOR BOOKS, RIGHT? NO.
WHEN THE AVERAGE OF A HARD BAG IS ABOUT $30.
UM, SO YES, THAT'S WHAT, SORRY.
OPENING DAY COLLECTION IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S EXCITING TRYING TO FIND, UM, STORAGE SPACE FOR ALL THOSE BOXES OF BOOKS WHILE WE'RE HERE.
SO BEYOND ALL OF THAT, WE'VE WORKED ON A FEW SPECIAL CATALOGING PROJECTS, MY DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, UM, TRYING TO MAKE ITEMS IN THE CHILDREN'S COLLECTION A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND, ESPECIALLY THESE KIND OF SPECIALTY ITEMS. AND I BROUGHT SOME TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SERIES, RIGHT? MINECRAFT IS A SERIES FOR KID THINGS, SPIDERMAN, BATMAN, MINECRAFT.
RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL MOSTLY WRITTEN BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS.
SO WHEN WE PUT THINGS, WE USUALLY DO COLLECTION, AND THEN THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME IS USUALLY THE CALL NUMBER.
HOWEVER, FOR THESE, WE'RE MAKING THEM MINECRAFT.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING UNDER SEVERAL DIFFERENT AUTHORS ALL THROUGHOUT THE JUVENILE FICTION COLLECTION, THEY'RE NOW JUST UNDER ONE CALL NUMBER SO THE KIDS CAN FIND ALL THE MINECRAFT BOOKS WRITE TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY ALL ARE.
THIS IS WHERE MY GREAT ARE THIS YEAR.
UM, THE EASY READERS ARE THESE LOVELY BOOKS RIGHT HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SPINES ARE VERY SMALL.
AND ORIGINALLY IT SAID ER ON THE SPINE LABEL.
AND THEN JUST ONE LETTER TO REPRESENT THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME.
IMAGINE IF YOU HAD TO GO FIND A BOOK AND ALL YOU HAD TO GO BY WAS S
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TO TWO LETTERS.NOW, MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US TO FIND THINGS.
THIS IS MORE FOR HELPING PEOPLE WITH WAY FINDING IN THE COLLECTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, EASY READER, NON-FICTION.
SO THESE ARE BOOKS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE IN THE NON-FICTION COLLECTION AND MIGHT GET LOST A BUNCH AMONGST THOSE BIG BOOKS.
BUT NOW WE'VE MOVED THEM TO THE END OF THE EASY READERS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE BOTH THE SAME SIZE.
THEY BOTH LOOK VERY SIMILAR AND THEY ARE, UM, LEVEL ONES ARE WHAT WE'VE MOVED.
YOU SEE HOW THEY HAVE JUST A FEW WORDS ON EACH PAGE.
THESE ARE MEANT FOR KIDS WHO ARE LEARNING HOW TO READ THROUGH READING ON THEIR OWN, BUT WANTED TO READ NONFICTION.
UM, SO WE'VE NOW MOVED THESE THROUGH OUR COLLECTION.
THAT WAS 7,778 ITEMS,
AND THEN JUVENILE WORLD, WORLD LANGUAGE, SPINE LABELS.
NOW I'LL HAVE THE LANGUAGE CODE AT THE TOP SO YOU KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO INTO IS EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING TO SHELVE THEM.
UM, AND THEN THEY GO UNDER WHAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE BEFORE THEY WERE ALL UNDER NUMBERS.
SO ALL THE SPANISHES WOULD BE UNDER LIKE 700, 7 7, 7 4 POINT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW.
AND THIS IS AN EASY READER ER.
AND THEN THE FIRST TWO LETTERS OF THE AUTHOR'S LAST NAME.
THEN THERE WOULD BE SPANISH EASY BOOKS, SPANISH JUVENILE FICTION, AND THEN SPANISH NONFICTION.
SO THEY ALL ARE NOW KIND OF HOW THEY WOULD LOOK IN THE ENGLISH COLLECTION CONDENSED INTO THE SPANISH COLLECTION ALL ON THEIR OWN.
UM, THE SAME FOR FRENCH BOOKS.
UM, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND THEN WE'VE MOVED OUR BOARD BOOKS.
SO THESE ARE THE ONES FOR THE ITTY BITTY BABIES.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A NONFICTION, UH, LITTLE COLLECTION AS WELL.
SO THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS TEACHING THEM ABOUT PALEONTOLOGY.
AND THEN WE MOVED, UM, SPANISH, UH, FOREIGN LANGUAGE BOARD BOOKS AS WELL INTO THEIR OWN COLLECTION.
SO THAT, BUT IT WAS WITH ALL THE OTHER BOARD BOOKS.
SO NOW YOU JUST KNOW THESE ARE THE BOARD BOOKS IN SPANISH.
UM, SO THEY'RE IN THE LITTLE, UM, HOUSE SHAPED, UH, COLLECTION OVER HERE.
AND THE LAST THING THAT WE DID WAS WE CHANGE OVER, UM, SOME OF THE BOOKS FROM YA TO YA PLUS THESE ARE JUST FOR MAYBE THE OLDER TEENS, UH, MIGHT BE WANTING TO READ THESE.
AND THIS IS OVER AT THE END OF OUR FICTION COLLECTION, BUT THEY NOW HAVE THIS SUN STICKER ON BESIDES, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE PLUS COLLECTION.
THIS AND IS, THAT'S
UM, AND OUR TEEN LIBRARIAN AND MOST OF THE LIBRARY STAFF ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN READING THESE AND, UM, LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF CONTENT.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING DETERMINED WHETHER IT GETS MOVED OVER OR NOT.
I LIKE THE, THAT WE'VE INTEGRATED THAT DESIGNATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THEN, OKAY, THESE ARE ALL BROUGHT UPDATES.
SO WE ADDED, UH, 18 NEW BOARD GAMES TO OUR COLLECTION THIS YEAR FOR CHECKOUT.
UM, ONE OF MY CATALOGERS ADULT, UH, PITY PORN, WHALE PURER
THOSE BOARD GAMES WE HOPE TO ADD MORE IN THE FUTURE.
I BELIEVE THOSE BOARD GAMES FOR ALL DONATIONS FROM A PATRON.
UM, UH, THE NEXT ONE'S ABOUT ME
UM, I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THAT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.
AND THAT'S ALL THE TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIANS THAT FROM ALL THE NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES MEET QUARTERLY, UM, TO DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR LIBRARIES, WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY WE'RE USING.
ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING THIS MORNING.
WE MET AT THE GARLAND CENTRAL LIBRARY, UM, AND GOT TO SEE THAT NEW, THEY HAD JUST RENOVATED THEIR LIBRARY.
UM, SO I BOOKED THE QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
I FIND OUR MEETING SPACES, I BOOKED THE SPEAKERS, UM, AND I TAKE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, I ALSO MANAGE THE LISTSERV, UM, ON SOMETHING CALLED AMIGOS, WHICH IS JUST A LISTSERV SUPPORTER.
UM, AND THIS BUILDING ACTUALLY HOSTED THE TECHIES MEETING, UM, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HOST OUR NOVEMBER MEETING AT THE NEW BUILDING.
SO, UM, AND THEN OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUED TO SEND WITHDRAWN BOOKS TO TEXAS BOOK CONSIGNMENTS THROUGH THAT COLLABORATION WITH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
SO WE WERE, WE SAVED ROUGHLY 6,000 ITEMS FROM GOING TO THE LANDFILL.
UM, THEY WILL EITHER RESELL OUR ITEMS OR RECYCLE THEM FOR US, WHICH IS VERY NICE.
UM, SPECIFICALLY WITH WITHDRAWN PICTURE CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS AND CHAPTER BOOKS, IF THEY'RE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WE ACTUALLY BOX THOSE UP, BOX THOSE UP AND TAKE THEM TO NETWORK COMMUNITY MINISTRIES.
AND THEY HAVE THE FREE, UM, BOOK SECTION IN THE FRONT IN THEIR LOBBY.
AND THEN, UM, FOR STAFF TRAINING, WHICH I THINK IS THE NEXT ONE.
UM, CONRAD GERTNER AND I, CONRAD GERTNER IS OUR ACQUISITIONS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR.
SO HE ACTUALLY PLACES ALL OF THE ORDERS FOR ALL OF OUR SELECTORS.
UM, HE'S ALSO OUR TECH GURU, WHICH
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MEANS IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING IN THE LIBRARY, CONRAD IS THE ONE YOU GO TO SEE TO FIX IT.SO HE AND I ATTENDED 89 COMBINED MEETINGS THIS PAST YEAR WITH VENDORS AND CITY STAFF TO DISCUSS NEW AND EXISTING PRODUCTS, REVIEW OUR PROCEDURES AND KEEP THE LIBRARY HAPPENINGS.
AND COLLECTIVELY OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, COMPLETED 56 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION WEBINARS.
UM, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KEEP OURSELVES ON TOP OF ALL THE NEWS THINGS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
THAT'S A LOT FOR OUR LIBRARY DEPARTMENT UPDATE FROM LOCAL HISTORY AND THE PAGES WE HAVE STACY DAVIS.
SO, UM, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF A PAGE? WELL, YOU'RE THINKING OF OUR LIBRARY SHELVES, AND THEY DO, THEY SHELVE A LOT.
UM, THEY PLACE ALL THE MATERIAL THAT COMES BACK ON, BACK ON THE SHELL.
THERE'S THE FOUR SS THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE SHELVES, SCANS, SHIFT AND STRAIGHTEN.
SO THEY'RE ALWAYS SCANNING FOR THINGS OUTTA PLACE.
THAT'S PART OF THE JOB BECAUSE A BOOK THAT IS LOST, THAT IS OUT PLACE IS LOST.
THEY ALSO SHIFT CONSTANTLY AS THINGS COME BACK.
LIKE EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY CHECKED OUT ALL THE DOG MAN BOOKS.
SO YOU'VE GOT 40 THAT ARE OUT AND THEY ALL COME BACK AT ONCE.
YOU'VE GOTTA MAKE ROOM FOR 'EM.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING.
AND THEN WE'RE GETTING NEW THINGS ALL THE TIME.
AND SO THEY HAVE TO SHIFT SHELVES AND MAKE ROOM AND GO AROUND THE CORNER WITH THEM.
WE LIKE OUR SHELVES TO LOOK REALLY NICE WHEN OUR PATRONS COME IN.
SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY WHAT WE CALL, UH, FACING THE BOOKS.
THAT'S WHEN WE BRING ALL THE BOOKS TO THE END OF THE, UM, SHELVES SO THAT THEY ALL LINE UP NICELY INSTEAD OF PUSHING 'EM ALL BACK WHERE THEY'RE ALL KIND OF ALL WONKY JOB.
SO THAT'S BECAUSE THE PAGES, AS THEY'RE SHELVING, THEY'RE STRAIGHTENING.
SO THEY DO ALL FOUR THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
BUT IT SEEMS THAT THEY'RE SMILING.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE SMILING.
ACTUALLY THESE PAGES LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME, WE'VE HAD ONE FOR 35 YEARS.
UM, THEY SHALL, UM, 7,006, UM, 700,000, 600, 700, 660 9,000.
YOU SEE THE NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, THEY SPENT 3,470 HOURS ON EXTRA PROJECTS.
SO THEY SHELF, THAT'S THE MOST OF THEIR TIME, BUT THEY HELP WITH EVERYTHING.
UM, THEY PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE OUTREACH EVENT.
UM, SO THE PAGES DID 12, UM, EVENTS TOTAL.
THEY HELP WITH STORY TIMES AND BOOK CLUBS.
UH, THEY LEND A HAND WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED.
UM, WE HAVE ONE PAGE THAT, UM, HE'S A POPULAR WITH THE BABY SET AND THEY, HE OFTEN HELPS THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS AND THE BABIES JUST CRAWL OVER TO HIM AND JUST LOVE HIM.
UM, THEY STAFF THE SWITCHBOARD.
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY OUT BACK THERE CUTTING OUT CRAFTS FOR DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS. UM, THEY PULL BOOKS FOR LIBRARIANS FOR LIKE, THEY NEED TO LOOK OVER A CERTAIN, UM, A NUMBER OF BOOKS.
AND, UM, PAIGE THERESA AS SHE, UM, AS SARAH MENTIONED, SHE, UH, SORTED, LABELED, INVENTORIED AND CATALOGED ALL OF THOSE SEED PACKETS THAT THE, THAT THE LIBRARY GAVE OUT.
'CAUSE WE GET A BUNCH OF SEEDS AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE IN A BIG OLD, UM, PLASTIC BAG AND YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE 5,000 SEEDS TO SOMEONE.
SO SHE SEPARATES THOSE OUT INTO THEIR OWN LITTLE PACKETS.
AND, AND THEN INVENTORIES SEED, SHE COUNTS OUT, I DON'T KNOW,
AND YOU'LL SEE IF YOU GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT THE SEED LIBRARY, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
BUT THEY, IT IS A POPULAR COLLECTION.
PEOPLE WANNA TRY THINGS AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUY THEIR OWN SEEDS.
THEY CAN JUST GET SOME SEED PACKETS AND GO AND PLANT THEM
SO IT'S PRETTY, UM, POPULAR SEEDS ON THE WAY OUT.
SO I ALSO WEAR A DIFFERENT HAT.
I'M THE SUPERVISOR OF THE PAGES, BUT I AM ALSO THE LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN.
AND, UM, I AM CO CONSTANTLY RESEARCHING A LOCAL HISTORY SUBJECT.
SO I DID 52 RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE LAST, UM, YEAR.
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ASSISTANCE TO THIS, UH, CMOS OFFICE FOR THE HUNDREDTH, UM, ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF RICHARDSON.RICHARDSON WAS FOUNDED ONE YEAR, BUT WE DIDN'T INCORPORATE UNTIL 1925.
SO, UM, THEY NEEDED QUICK INFORMATION.
THEY ASKED ME AND I GOT IT FOR 'EM.
UM, I DO, UH, ALSO, I DO LOTS OF PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND I GOT INVITED TO THREE LAST YEAR TO DO, AND I'VE ALREADY DONE ONE THIS YEAR.
UM, THERE WERE 95 TOTAL ATTENDEES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY GREAT IS WE DIGITIZED THE REST OF THE, UM, THE RICHARDSON DAILY NEWS.
SO WE NOW HAVE IT FOR, ITS, ITS RUN OF 1963 TO 2000.
ACTUALLY IT STARTED IN 58, BUT THAT WAS NEVER MICROFILM FROM 58.
SO STARTED BEING MICROFILMED IN 63.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DIGITAL, THE WHOLE DIGITAL PAPER NOW, SO THAT WE CAN FIND INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE.
AND I WAS ON THE MS, HOW MS. BELL'S HOUSE COMMITTEE THAT, UM, WHEN THE HOUSE WAS MOVED TO HUFFINES PARK.
ANY QUESTIONS? SHE IS WONDERFUL.
WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, SARAH.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? I DO, YES.
SO I'M GO BACK TO WHEN, UH, WE'RE MOVING BACK TO THE NEW BUILDING AND OPENING.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR OPENING CELEBRATIONS AND COMMUNICATING THAT TO PUBLIC? UM, OUR BIGGEST THING AT THE MOMENT, WE'VE SORT OF STARTED THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE WERE HOPING FOR A PRETTY GRAND SORT OF CELEBRATION.
UM, WHAT WE WERE PRIMARILY NEEDING WAS A DATE
SO, UM, SO THE CLOSER I THINK WE GET TO THE SEPTEMBER, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A MUCH BETTER, A MUCH CLEARER IDEA OF THE DATE SO THAT WE CAN PLAN.
I ALSO THINK THAT THERE WAS, UM, SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING A SOFT OPENING FIRST MM-HMM
AND THEN HAVING A GRAND OPENING AS WE GET, YOU KNOW, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER BEING OPEN.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE IF, WERE YOU HERE FOR OUR 60TH ANN? MM-HMM.
WE HAD A PRETTY GRAND CELEBRATION THEN TOO, AND I IMAGINE IT WILL BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
WELL, LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP CONTRIBUTE.
YES, IT, IT IS, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PART,
ANYTHING ELSE? HOW IS IT WITH THE, THE POSSIBLE PUSHBACK DEALING WITH THE OPENING OF CITY HALL AND ALL THAT STUFF? UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING CITY HALL IS STILL SCHEDULED TO BE EARLY 2027.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME, THERE'S SOME NOT OVERLAP, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATIONS.
SO WE GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSSION ITEMS OF REVIEW AND DISCUSS LIBRARY POLICY.
WE LIKE TO THE SPECIFICALLY TO THE LIBRARY COST? YES.
UM, WE STARTED GOING OVER OUR, THE LIBRARY'S POLICIES LAST TIME WE MET AND WE WENT THROUGH THREE OF THEM.
THESE ARE SOME THAT RELATE TO, UM, WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR LIBRARY CARD.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON EACH PAGE IS THE CURRENT, UM, THE CURRENT POLICY AND THEN WHAT WE PROPOSED, HOW IT WOULD CHANGE.
A LOT OF THIS IS JUST FORMATTING IT TO BE EASIER TO READ.
NOT A LOT OF CONTENT CHANGED ON THE LOAN PERIODS, WHICH IS 2 0 5.
UM, AGAIN, I CAN'T, NOTHING CHANGED EXCEPT FOR ADDING IN THE BOOK CLUB BOOKS NOW CHECKOUT FOR FOUR WEEKS BEFORE, UM, WAS IT THREE WEEKS? IT WAS THREE.
UNLESS THE BOOK CLUB, WE HAD A SLIP THAT YOU STUCK IN THE BOOK FOR THE BOOK CLUB PERSON AND THEN CIRCULATION HAD TO GO IN AND MANUALLY CHANGE THAT.
WE'VE NOW USED TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW FOR THE FOUR WEEKS, AND IT MAKES LIFE A WHOLE LOT EASIER, I HOPE.
IT'S OUR LATE FEES AND OVERDUE ITEMS. UM, AGAIN, UM, THE CHANGES PRIMARILY CONSIST OF REFORMATTING FOR EASE OF READING AND UNDERSTANDING, AND WE REMOVE THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR DISCRETION
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STATEMENT.UM, TO US THAT SEEMED A LITTLE REDUNDANT, BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
SO WE'VE GONE BACK TO LATE FEES ONLY ON INTERLIBRARY LOANS.
EXCEPT FOR INTERLIBRARY LOANS.
AND PEOPLE WILL BE ASSESSED OF A LATE FEE UNTIL THEY RETURN THEIR ITEMS, AND THEN THAT LATE FEE IS, UM, WAIVED AUTOMATICALLY.
THE BIG THING IS WE JUST WANT THE MATERIAL BACK.
ON 2 0 7, OUR LOST OR DAMAGED MATERIALS.
UM, AGAIN, JUST REFORMATTING FOR EASE OF READING AND UNDERSTANDING, WE REORDERED THE BULLETED LIST, UM, BY THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ASKED BY PATRONS OR THAT WE ENCOUNTERED.
SO, UM, THE MOST COMMON THING WAS, I HAVE THIS, I BOUGHT THIS REPLACEMENT FOR THE COPY I LOST.
UM, AND PRIMARILY THE REASON WE DON'T ACCEPT REPLACEMENTS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BRING US A PAPER BACK FOR THE HARD BACK THAT THEY LOST.
IF WE NEED THE EXACT, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE NEED THE EXACT SAME COPY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THERE.
UM, GOING TOO FAST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, TWO 10 TALKS ABOUT THE MATERIALS RENEWAL.
UM, THE CHANGES HERE CONSIST AGAIN, OF REFORMATTING AND SIMPLIFYING.
UM, WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANY OF THE ACTUAL CONTENT AT ALL.
FOR TWO 15 FOR THE HOLDS AND SAVED MATERIALS, UM,
UM, WE EXPLAINED WHO WAS ALLOWED TO PICK UP A HOLD IN CASE A REQUESTER UNABLE TO DO SO FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR LIBRARY LOANS AND WIFI HOTSPOTS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS TWO 20 AND IT IS FOR INTERLIBRARY LOANS.
UM, WE REFORMATTED IT AND SIMPLIFIED THE LANGUAGE ALSO, AND WE LISTED WHO SPECIFICALLY COULD REQUEST ILLS.
UM, WHEREAS BEFORE IT WAS KIND OF ANY RICHARDSON RESIDENT, WE SPELLED IT OUT TO INCLUDE, UM, WHAT A RICHARDSON RESIDENT CARD TYPE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THEN WE ALSO EXPLAINED WHAT A CARD IN GOOD STANDING MEANS.
THERE'S NO FINES OR FEES, THERE'S NO OVERDUE ITEMS, THERE'S NO BLOCKS INDICATING THAT THEIR LIBRARY PRIVILEGES HAVE BEEN REVOKED.
AND IF IT'S A MINOR ASKING FOR THE ILL, THEN THE GUARDIAN'S LIBRARY CARD ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINOR ACCOUNT ALSO HAS TO BE IN GOOD STANDING.
AND THEN WE CLARIFIED SPECIFICALLY WHAT COULD AND COULD NOT BE REQUESTED FROM OTHER LIBRARIES.
OBJECT Q NINE DISCIPLINE TAXPAYER.
IT'S LIKE A LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEY COULD LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, THEY CAN LIVE IN THE CITY OF PLANO, BUT THEY HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY IN RICHARDSON.
THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS IN RICHARDSON CORPORATE.
THOSE ARE LIKE, IF TI DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO GET A LIBRARY CARD FOR THEIR, UM, CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS OF THEIRS, THEY COULD DO THAT.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS THERE ANYTHING GLARING THAT WE LEFT OUT AND YOU THINK MIGHT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT? UM, SO IF A RESIDENT MINOR IS CHECKING OUT AN INTERLIBRARY LOAN, THEY CAN CHECK IT OUT ON THEIR OWN OR IT HAS TO BE UNDER THEIR ADULT, IT'S, WE WON'T REQUEST IT UNLESS THE PARENT HAS A LIBRARY CARD AND GOOD.
YEAH, AND, AND THAT'S, IT'S NOT THAT LITTLER CHILDREN WILL BE ASKING FOR
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INTERLIBRARY LOANS, IT'S MORE THE UPPER TEENS THAT MIGHT BE.UM, SO IF THEY'RE CLOSE TO BEING AN ADULT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO IT AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PARENT.
BUT IF THEY'RE 16 OR SO, WE WILL.
UH, NOW WE'LL GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, STEP.
SO JUST AN UPDATE ON SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH OUR STAFF.
UM, KELLY KELLER IS ONE OF OUR YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIANS, AND SHE WAS SELECTED FOR THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S BLUE COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR THE CITY OF RICHARDSON EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM.
UM, SO SHE'S GONNA BE READING A LOT OF BOOKS.
UM, BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN FULL-TIME LIBRARIANS ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, I WANNA SAY SIX YEARS OR SO.
UM, BUT CALEB WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR THE TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S TWO BY TWO LIST.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE READING A LOT OF PICTURE BOOKS,
UM, PAUL SHIPMAN IS ONE OF OUR, UM, PART-TIME LIBRARIANS, UM, IN THE ADULT SERVICES AREA.
HE WAS SELECTED TO HELP WITH THE STATISTICS PROGRAM FOR A NATIONAL GROUP CALLED THE COLLABORATIVE SUMMER LIBRARY PROGRAM.
THEY PROVIDE ALL OF OUR SUMMER READING MATERIAL TO HELP PROMOTE SUMMER READING.
UM, AND HE'S HELPING WITH ALL OF THAT.
UM, RILEY COVEY IS OUR LIBRARY OUTREACH COORDINATOR.
UM, SHE CAME TO US FROM MCKINNEY LAST YEAR, AND SHE WAS SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN THE CITY'S HR TOOLKIT PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT ALL FOUR OF IT.
IT TEACHES EMERGING LEADERS IN THE CITY ALL ABOUT, UM, FMLA, HIRING, HOW TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
IT'S, WELL, IT WAS AROUND BEFORE WE LEFT THE OTHER LIBRARY, BUT YEAH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, PEOPLE GET A LOT OUT OF IT.
SO SOME OF OUR PROGRAM UPDATES, UM, SOME STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS.
ROVER PARTICIPATED IN ITS FIRST EVER CHRISTMAS PARADE IN DECEMBER,
UM, WE SAW 9,147 VISITORS TO SANTA'S LIBRARY IN SANTA'S VILLAGE.
UM, TWOS ARE BALLET HAD 390 PARTIC, UM, ATTENDEES HARDY ALREADY LAST WEEKEND HAD 163 ATTENDEES.
AND WE STARTED OUR, UM, WINTER READING KICKOFF FOR ADULTS, UM, JANUARY 3RD, AND HAD 76 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT KICKOFF.
WE WERE CLOSED FOUR AND A HALF DAYS FOR THE WINTER WEATHER.
I HOPE EVERYBODY WAS SAFE DURING THAT WINTER WEATHER.
UM, AND DURING THAT TIME WE ENDED UP CANCELING NINE, UM, YOUTH PROGRAMS, TWO ADULT PROGRAMS, AND WE POSTPONED ONE, UM, DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS PER PROGRAM.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND STATE OF THE CITY, THE LIBRARY AND ROVER ARE ARE AT ABOUT THE ONE HOUR MARK.
SO WE WERE MENTIONED AND, AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UM, FOR ADULTS COMING UP.
UM, OUR WINTER READING CLUB ENDS, UH, FEBRUARY 28TH AT THE MOMENT.
WE HAVE 177 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE READ 247,209 MINUTES SO FAR.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF ASTOUNDING TO ME
UM, ONE OF OUR, UM, BOOK CLUB FACILITATORS CARRY SAMPLES IS LEADING A BOOK CLUB TOUR AT UM, SMU MEADOWS MUSEUM TOMORROW EVENING IN COLLABORATION WITH A BOOK WE'RE READING CALLED ATTRIBUTION.
SO BETWEEN THE TWO, THEY SOMEHOW MANAGED TO, UM, OVERLAP AND EXTEND THE BOOK CLUB.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.
UM, THE DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER IS AN ALL AGES PROGRAM COMING UP, UM, ON FEBRUARY 21ST TO CELEBRATE, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH PIE DAY.
THERE'S A PIE DAY RECIPE EXCHANGE ON MARCH 14TH.
UM, WE HAVE SO AND TELL, WHICH IS A SEED SWAP AND PACKING, PARTYING ON APRIL 11TH TO HELP WITH THE SEED PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE MOROCCAN MOSAIC WORKSHOP, UM, ON APRIL 18TH FOR YOUTH.
AND BY ALL MEANS, YES, IF YOU SEE ONE OF THESE, UH, FLYERS THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR UPCOMING PROGRAM, FEEL FREE TO TAKE ONE.
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UM, FOR YOUTH, WE HAVE THE SUPER SMART ART SPECIAL CELEBRATING A CONTEMPORARY BLACK ARTIST.I, I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART ARTISTS.
ON FEBRUARY 28TH, THE PHYSICS OF AERODYNAMICS WILL BE HERE ON MARCH 7TH.
THE POKEMON GYM BADGE CHALLENGE IS BACK, UM, IT SEEMS, EXCUSE ME, TO HAVE TURNED INTO AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION AND IT GOES ON FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
UM, STORY TIMES STARTED JANUARY 26TH, THEN WE'LL END MARCH 6TH.
WE HAVE THE STORY TIME STROLL MARCH 9TH AT COTTONWOOD PARK AND APRIL 20TH AT BRECKENRIDGE, WHICH THAT HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING.
WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THAT WAS GONNA GO, BUT IT HAS TURNED OUT WONDERFUL TO DO A STORY TIME AND HAVE PARENTS WALK AROUND AND STROLLERS OR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STROLLERS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
SO WE ALSO HAVE FOR TEENS ADULTING 1 0 1, HOW TO MANAGE CREDIT CARDS AND LOANS ON FEBRUARY 14TH AND K-POP FANDOM MODE ON MARCH 14TH.
AND THEN I'M SORT OF GONNA COMBINE TWO THINGS INTO ONE.
UM, DAN BARRIOS ISN'T HERE TO DO OUR LIBRARY, UH, LIAISON UPDATES.
SO HIS MAIN THING WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT LUNAR NEW YEAR IS ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH.
THE RICHARDSON ADULT LITERACY, UM, CENTER'S MURDER MYSTERY IS ONE OF THEIR MAJOR FUNDRAISERS.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.
UM, WE ARE CLOSED FOR EASTER SUNDAY ON APRIL 5TH, AND WILDFLOWER RETURNS ON MAY 15TH THROUGH THE 17TH, AND THE LIBRARY WILL BE THERE HOSTING THE KIDS ZONE, KIDS WILDFLOWER KIDS.
I HAD TO STOP AND THINK WHAT IT WAS.
THE, UM, MARINA JUST COMBINED THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, WE HAVE WITH NO, UH, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATE, BUT, UH, SHE REMIND US ABOUT THE NEW LEARNING YEARS.
UH, ANY, UH, FURTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? NO.
SO LIKE, NO, UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS, UH, ADJOURNED AT, UH, 7:23 PM.