[Public Library Board on August 12, 2026.]
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I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT TO ORDER AT 6:31 PM OKAY.
THEN I'LL GO TO ITEM TWO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, UH, VISITOR FERMAN, UH, ANY, UH, VISITOR, WE, YOU HAVE A VISITOR.
SHAY BROOKS IS OUR YOUTH SERVICES SUPERVISOR, AND SHE IS HERE TONIGHT TO DO A PRESENTATION ON HER DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ITEM THREE, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, APPROVE, UH, APPROVE OF THE, UH, MAINTENANCE ON MAY 13TH, 2026 MEETING, UH, ANY FOR THE MOTION.
THIS, THE ITEM THREE, APPROVAL OF THE MAINTENANCE MAY ON THE MAY 13TH, 2026 MEETING.
SO ANY, UH, CALL FOR THE MOTION? MM-HMM
AND, UH, WE VOTE ON THE MINUTES.
AND THEN, UH, WE GOTTA GO INTO THE PRESENTATIONS.
UM, THE ITEM FOUR, UH, FOR DIRECTOR, UH, DAVIDON TO LIBRARY RENOVATION UPDATES.
UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DELAY THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME FINAL PROJECT ELEMENTS, AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE NEWS LATER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE RENOVATION RIGHT NOW.
AND, UH, HOW ABOUT THE, UH, YOUTH, UH, SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR SHAY? UH, BOOKS PRESENT.
SHE'S ABOUT TO, I'M PULLING UP HER PRESENTATION.
I'M THE SUPERVISOR OF YOUTH SERVICES HERE AT THE RICHARDSON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT YOUTH SERVICES IS GROWING UP.
LITERALLY, YOUTH SERVICES WILL BE EXPANDING FROM JUST THE MAIN FLOOR.
SO LOOK FOR US ON LEVELS ONE AND TWO IN THE NEWLY RENOVATED LIBRARY SPACE.
THE TWO FLOOR LAYOUT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE OFFERING RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN.
THAT'S THE BABIES, THE TODDLERS, AND THE PRESCHOOLERS ON THE MAIN LEVEL IN A FOOTPRINT SIMILAR TO WHERE CHILDREN'S HAS ALWAYS BEEN, WILL BE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE LIBRARY'S COMMUNITY LIVING ROOM.
WHAT'S NEW IS THAT RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AGES SIX AND UP HAVE MOVED UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL.
LET'S EXPLORE WHAT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT ON LEVEL ONE.
FAMILIES WITH VERY YOUNG CHILDREN CAN BROWSE HER NEW BINS OF BOARD BOOKS INTENDED FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS.
THOUSANDS OF PICTURE BOOKS FOR TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOL KIDDOS, AS WELL AS FICTION AND NONFICTION.
EARLY READERS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN LEARNING TO READ ON THEIR OWN.
THEY CAN HAVE THOSE EARLY READING EXPERIENCES AND SEEDINGS JUST THEIR SIZE, OR SNUGGLE TOGETHER WITH THEIR GROWNUP TO ENJOY A GREAT THE SEARCH AND FIND ASPECT OF LOCATING FANTASTIC KIDS BOOKS WILL BE JUST PART OF THE ADVENTURE IN THE CHILDREN'S SPACE.
WE KNOW FROM OUR STATISTICS THAT RPL FAMILIES LOVE TO PLAY WHILE THEY'RE AT THE LIBRARY.
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE ALONE, WE WERE ASKED FOR PUZZLES AND GAMES MORE THAN 900 TIMES.
SO WE WORK AT MAKING THEIR PLAY MEANINGFUL.
IN THE UPDATED CHILDREN'S SPACE, WE'VE BAKED IN MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYFUL LEARNING.
IT CAN OCCUR AT A PROGRAM IN OUR EXPANDED PROGRAM ROOM THAT SEATS UP TO 150 PEOPLE.
OR KIDS CAN PLAY AND ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD IMPORTANT ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.
OUT IN THE OPEN AREA, CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO TOUCH, POKE, PROD, TWIST, DROP, AND HANDLE THE PLAY WALL IN THE OPEN AREA.
OR THEY CAN TRY THE QUIETER, COZY CAVE UNDER THE STAIRS.
THESE MANIPULATIVE PLAY ZONES GIVE CHILDREN AGES ONE TO FIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOST THEIR BRAIN FUNCTION, FLEX THEIR PHYSICALITY BY PUTTING THEIR GROSS AND FINE MOTOR MUSCLES INTO ACTION AND HAVE POSITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS.
THEY CAN USE THEIR IMAGINATION AND BOOST THEIR CREATIVITY QUOTIENT BY PLAYING WITH PUPPETS OR THE EVER CHANGING FELT PLACE, SCENE, OR EXPLORE NEW WAYS OF THINKING AS THEY BUILD WITH DUPLO AT OUR NEW DISCOVERY ACTIVITY TABLE, WHICH YOU SEE HERE.
OR THEY CAN EXPERIMENT WITH TRANS TRANSLUCENT LETTERS, NUMBERS, BLOCKS, AND OTHER SENSORY MATERIALS.
AT THE LIGHT BOX DISCOVERY TABLE SLIDE.
BOTH OF THE NEW DISCOVERY TABLES WILL BE POPULAR WITH THE KIDS, BUT THE LIBRARIANS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEM TOO.
WHY
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ALSO BE USED FOR STEAM EXPLORATION AT PROGRAMS FOR OLDER CHILDREN.WE CAN DELVE INTO COLOR THEORY DESIGN AND BUILD STRUCTURES.
TRY SOME CODING, EXPLORE MAGNETISM, EXAMINE COOL STUFF LIKE X-RAYS AND MORE USING TRANSLUCENT PATTERN BLOCKS, GD GEOMETRIC SOLIDS AND MAGNET TILES, AND ON AND ON.
WE WOULD SIMPLY MOVE THE LIGHT TABLE INTO THE PROGRAM ROOM FOR RECURRING PROGRAMS LIKE CTECH KIDS CLUB, THE MEGA MATH MEETUPS, STEAM STARTERS, AND EVEN SMART ART SLIDE.
WE KNOW CHILDREN IN FIRST GRADE AND ABOVE START GAINING MORE AND MORE INDEPENDENCE BY ATTENDING SCHOOL.
THEY ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRANCH OUT RIGHT HERE AT RPL.
RESOURCES AND SERVICES FOR AGES SIX TO 12 ARE LOCATED ON THE SECOND LEVEL.
MATERIALS ARE GEARED FOR NEWLY INDEPENDENT READERS UP THROUGH THE TWEENS.
THEY CAN BROWSE THE STACKS FOR EASY CHAPTER BOOKS, FIND MORE ADVANCED FICTIONAL READS, LOUNGE AROUND WITH THEIR FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL CHARACTERS, AND EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FAR RANGING FACTUAL TOPICS IN THE NONFICTION AND BIOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS.
THE LAPTOP KIOSK IS LOCATED ON LEVEL TWO AS WELL IN THE RENOVATED SPACE.
SO WITH THEIR PARENT AND GUARDIAN'S APPROVAL, KIDS UP TO AGE 18 WILL ALSO HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A COMPUTER IF THEY NEED ONE, THEY CAN RELAX IN THE BEAN BAG PIT, WORK ON GROUP PROJECTS, MEET WITH TUTORS OR HOMESCHOOL PARTNERS, CHECK OUT AND PLAY STIMULATING BOARD AND CARD GAMES, OR LITERALLY TAKE A BIG BREAK AND PLAY WALL SIZE SCRABBLE
THE YOUNG ADULT COLLECTIONS OF FICTION, NON-FICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS IN MANGA HAVE ROOM TO EXPAND AND GROW, AND THE TEENS HAVE MORE ROOM TO SPREAD OUT.
THE SPACE INCLUDES TWO STUDY ROOMS, TV MONITORS THAT ALLOW LAPTOP CONNECTION, DEVICE CHARGING CABLES, WHITEBOARDS, AND A VARIETY OF SEATING OPTIONS THAT FLEX FOR TEAMS WORKING SOLO OR IN GROUPS.
THEY HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE PLACE TO MEET UP, HANG OUT, ACCOMPLISH TASKS, AND DO LIFE AWAY FROM HOME OR SCHOOL.
SO PLEASE NOTE, EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE WE'VE GROWN THE LIBRARY SPACES FOR YOUTH A LOT, WE ALSO PLAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OTHER COOL NEW AREAS IN OUR RENOVATED GON LAB, THE TEST KITCHEN AND THE MAKERSPACE TO OFFER PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND TEENS REALLY EXPANDING, MEET THE YOUTH SERVICES STAFF.
WE ARE EXPANDING THIS FALL BY ADDING ANOTHER PART-TIME LIBRARIAN, ONE OR TWO WHO WILL HELP US COVER ALL THIS NEW TERRITORY AS A STAFF OF FIVE FULL-TIME AND FIVE PART-TIME LIBRARIANS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE.
WE PLAN TO KEEP GROWING AND IMPROVING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH AREA SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO CHILDREN'S AND TEENS.
AND WE HOPE TO COLLABORATE MORE WITH CITY OF RICHARDSON DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE ANIMAL SHELTER, PARKS AND RECREATION, FIRE AND POLICE, WHO KNOWS, TO OFFER NEW AND EXCITING PROGRAMS FOR OUR YOUNG PATRONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? SHE'S, YOU ARE SO GOOD.
BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL COME VISIT US.
NOW WE GO TO THE, UM, THIS, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, GO TO, UM, MS. PATRICK ABOUT, UH, THE DISCUSSION ITEM ON THE POLICY.
SO THIS IS THE LAST SECTION OF OUR POLICY UPDATES.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER WE WILL BRING BACK THE ENTIRE MANUAL FOR YOU ALL TO PERUSE AND ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE.
AND WE'LL, WE HOPE TO FINALIZE IT.
THE VERY FIRST ONE IS WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE COMPUTER USE POLICY.
UM, THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT THIS WAS UP, YOU'D ASKED US TO LOOK INTO HOW TO REGULATE INTERNET ACCESS, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH A PATRON'S OWN LAPTOP AND SMART DEVICE.
AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO US ACCESSING INAPPROPRIATE SITES, VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES, AND ET CETERA.
UM, WE TALKED WITH THE CITY'S IT DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S NO WAY TO REGULATE, UM, ANYTHING ON ANOTHER PERSON'S, UM, DEVICE EXCEPT TO ASK THE PATRON TO LEAVE WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED OR NOTICE THAT SOMEONE'S VISITING THESE SITES IN VIEW OF CHILDREN.
UM, YOU'D ALSO ASKED US ABOUT CREATING AN AI POLICY, AND I NEED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL MEANT BY THAT.
WE DO HAVE IT WORKING ON A CITY STAFF AI PROGRAM, UM, POLICY, BUT I'M
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NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL MEANT OR IF IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, HOW PATRONS USE IT.I DON'T THINK I WAS, I WAS GOING ON THAT QUESTION.
SO I DON'T HAVE COMMENT THERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE, DID, WHO BROUGHT UP THAT QUESTION? I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN.
I JUST HAVE AI DUDES AS IF THAT WOULD STRICTLY REFLECT TO THE CT ATTORNEY BECAUSE CT WILL HANDLE THE WHOLE BIG PICTURE.
SO IN OUR MANUAL WILL SAY WAS CT.
UH, ATTORNEY TO, UH, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY WAY OF, OF REGULATING THIS ON OTHER PEOPLE'S DEVICES.
WE, I THINK WE SORT OF GET AWAY FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IF WE START LOCKING DOWN OUR OWN COMPUTERS TO NOT ALLOW THIS.
AND I'M NOT SURE IT COULD ALLOW IT ON OUR OTHER COMPUTERS EITHER.
SO ALL OF THAT TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S MUCH INTERVENTION WE CAN DO ON THAT.
SO IF YOU ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT AS IT'S WRITTEN NOW, THEN WE'LL JUST ADD IT TO NEXT MONTH, THE NEXT MEETING STUFF AND, AND MOVE ON.
I JUST, I THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, LIKE, UH, WERE THERE OTHER LIBRARIES THAT HAD I AI POLICIES YET? NO ONE HAS YET.
I THINK THAT WAS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIES AND HOW IT WORKS TOWARDS SCHOOLWORK AND THAT KIND OF THING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOSTLY THE, UM, FORERUNNERS OF AN AI POLICY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PUBLIC I COULD REALLY GET INTO IT.
SO ON, UH, POLICY 2 25 FOR LOCAL HISTORY.
UH, JUST KIND OF, UM, USER RESPONSIBILITY.
THE, THE FIRST BULLET BULLET OR IT JUST PUT, UH, DOT THE PERIOD.
AND, AND WE DID INCLUDE, JUST TO BACK UP THE, WHAT EVERYBODY AGREES TO WHEN THEY GET ONTO THE WIFI HERE IN THE LIBRARY OR IN THE CITY.
THAT WILL BECOME PART OF, UH, THE ACTUAL POLICY ON THE 2 25 FOR LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION.
UM, ALL WE DID WITH THIS WAS JUST TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE AND MADE IT EASIER TO
YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT ONE? OKAY.
UH, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION LAST TIME WAS TO, UM, FOLLOW THE ICEMAN CENTER ON THEIR POLICY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND AFTER DIGGING INTO THE PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES OF THAT, UM, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD STICK TO THE ORIGINAL POLICY.
'CAUSE WE DON'T EVER EXPECT TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
IT WILL ALWAYS, ALL OF THE SHOWS WILL ALWAYS GO THROUGH THE RICHARDSON CIVIC ARTS SOCIETY.
UM, AND THEY WILL VET EVERYBODY.
THAT'S HOW THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
AND AFTER DIGGING INTO ALL OF THAT, I JUST, I WALKED AWAY WITH THE WEBY GIBBS GOING, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'D HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO COULD KEEP UP WITH ALL THOSE
UM, OUR ART SHOWS ARE NOT TO THE CALIBER THAT THE EMANS WOULD BE.
SO I THINK KEEPING IT LOCAL AND THAT KIND OF THING WOULD SERVE US BETTER.
THERE'S ALSO CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
THE PHOTO, UH, THE ART SHOWS IN THE PAST HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WONDERFUL.
OH, MY KIDS EVEN HAD ONE THERE FOR A WHILE, SO IT'S CUTE.
SO IT KIND OF FUN TO HAVE THE HIGH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXHIBITING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAT WORKS? NO, I THINK THAT WORKS GREAT.
4 0 5 REFERS TO OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
UM, THIS ONE WAS PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING OUT OF ALL OF THEM.
UM, WE DELETED VERBIAGE ON CO-SPONSOR PROGRAMMING.
UM, IT WAS CLUNKY AND HARD TO EXPLAIN.
DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH BEARING ON OUR PROGRAMMING.
UM, WHAT THAT REFERRED TO WAS PARTNERS.
AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO, TO DO A PROGRAM WAS, HOW DO I BECOME A PARTNER? AND THAT LED TO, ALL THEY REALLY WANTED WAS THE PROGRAM ROOM.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO REALLY PARTNER WITH US.
SO IT WAS A VERY ONE-SIDED, UM, EVENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT LED US TO DELETE THE WHOLE THING ON, CO-SPONSORED IT.
IT WAS JUST A VERY CLUNKY THING.
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WE TIGHTENED UP THE LANGUAGE AND MADE IT EASIER TO READ AND GROUPED ITEMS TOGETHER.WE ADDED THE LIBRARY'S REQUIREMENT OF A SIGNED CONTRACT OR WAIVER BASED ON NEW CITY POLICIES.
UM, WE'VE EXPANDED THE SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS LIMITATIONS.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF CLUNKY TO SAY TOO.
AND NOW ALLOW FOR QR CODES TO BE UTILIZED IF A PRESENTER WANTS TO LINK TO A NEWSLETTER SIGN UP THAT THEY DO.
AND IT'S, IT HAS TO BE CLEARLY DEFINED AS THEIR NEWSLETTER AND NOT OURS.
AND SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS THAT THEY WOULD PUT THEIR NEWSLETTER SIGN UP RIGHT NEXT TO THE LIBRARY'S PROGRAM STUFF AND PEOPLE WERE GETTING CONFUSED ON, THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND THEY'RE NOT.
UM, SO WE DON'T MIND IF PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING IN TO DO PRESENTATIONS ADVERTISE THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR WANT TO DO THE NEWSLETTERS, BUT THEY JUST NEED TO SEPARATE IT FROM THE LIBRARY AND CARRY GOING FORWARD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW SHE'S GONNA SAY THAT.
SO, UM, THE LAST ITEM ON THIS WAS THAT WE EXPLAINED THAT PRESENTERS MAY SELL BOOKS OR OTHER ITEMS PROVIDING THEY ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CASH AND CREDIT HANDLING.
IN THE PAST, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN JUST BOOKS.
NOW WITH UNO DOSE TRACE COMING ON, AND THEY HAVE SUCH A LARGE FOLLOWING AND THEY LOVE TO COME HERE.
THEY SELL T-SHIRTS AND CDS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT YOU ALL TAKE YOUR, NOT Y'ALL, THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BREAK HUNDRED DOLLARS BILLS OR RUN DOWN HERE IN INTERMIX.
DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? THIS LOOK REALLY GOOD.
WAY BETTER APPROPRIATELY OPEN, ACCOMMODATE ALL PRESENTERS LIKE THAT.
ALL 4 0 7 REFERRED TO OUTREACH PROGRAMMING.
AGAIN, WE TIGHTEN UP THE LANGUAGE.
UM, WE ELIMINATED SERVICES THAT ARE EITHER NO LONGER AVAILABLE OR THAT WERE NOT REALLY CONSIDERED OUTREACH IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, ONE OF THOSE THAT DIDN'T WASN'T, I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WAS LOGGED UNDER OUTREACH, BUT IT WAS OUR BOOK BABBLE TO GO KITS, WHICH ARE BOOK BABBLE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS CONSIDERED OUTREACH.
IT'S MORE OF A SERVICE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A OUTREACH.
ADULT LITERACY, WHICH IS NUMBER 4 1 5.
UM, FOUR 20 REFERS TO LIBRARY GROUP TOURS.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST ENDED UP THE LANGUAGE AND MADE IT EASIER TO READ.
4 25 LIBRARY PARTNERS WAS A NEW POLICY I WANTED TO HAVE JUST BECAUSE IT DEFINED WHAT AN ACTUAL LIBRARY PARTNER WAS.
UM, AFTER TALKING TO MIKAYLA DOLLAR, IT'S MORE OF A DEFINITION, NOT A POLICY.
SO AT LEAST NOW WE HAVE SOME CLARITY AS TO WHAT WE CONSIDER A POLI.
UM, A PARTNER, UM, MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE CO-SPONSORED PROGRAMS, PEOPLE JUST WANTED A ROOM TO DO THEIR OWN MEETING SPACE AND DIDN'T, IT WAS A ONE-SIDED EVENT.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST A DEFINITION, IF WE'RE PRESSED BY, UM, PATRONS OR PRESENTERS, WE HAVE A CONCRETE WAY OF SAYING THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES.
AND WE'RE, WE ARE OR ARE NOT ACCEPTING NEW PARTNERS RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THE LAST ONE, I THINK MAYBE NOT.
OH WAS PROGRAM AND STUDY ROOMS. UM, WE EXPANDED THIS ONE TO INCLUDE NO RESERVATION SOFTWARE IN THE SEPARATE TEEN STUDY ROOM AREAS.
AT THE LIBRARY BOARD, WE NEED YOUR HELP ON COMING UP WITH THE DECISION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN ADVANCE TO MAKE A RESERVATION.
DO YOU ALL HAVE A PREFERENCE? YOU HAVE A SET OF DAYS? YOU, YOU THINK SO? YEAH.
SORRY, REPEAT YOUR QUESTION PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS AHEAD OF TIME? SOMEBODY CAN MAKE A RESERVATION.
IS SEVEN GOOD? WOULD YOU DO LESS DAYS? WOULD YOU DO MORE DAYS? IT'S COMFORTABLE WITH THE ALL I WHAT IS THE PROCESS? I THINK THAT MAYBE 30.
USUALLY THEY WALKED IN AND IF THERE WAS A ROOM OPEN AND THEY WENT IN AND THEY CAMPED OUT ALL DAY.
NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE KEYPADS ON THE DOORS, THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE.
WE DON'T WANNA DO IT TOO FAR IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY BOOKING UP THIS ROOM.
WELL, THEY ONLY GET SO MANY PER WEEK.
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PER SIX HOURS TOTAL PER FOR THE WEEK.SO, SO THEY DON'T GO IN AND BOOK TOO MUCH.
BUT, BUT WHAT IF, WHAT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY'RE ALL OPEN BUT THEY HAVEN'T BOOKED SEVEN DAYS OF ADVANCE? YEAH.
WELL, THEY CAN GET ON RIGHT THEN AND BOOK IT.
SO, AND IF IT'S A GROUP, ONE PERSON CAN BOOK IT ONE DAY AND THE OTHER PERSON CAN BOOK THE SECOND DAY.
SO, BUT I WAS ALSO THINKING THAT WHY, WHY COULDN'T YOU BOOK IT LIKE 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE? SO IF YOU HAD A STUDY GROUP AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE GETTING BACK TOGETHER.
IS THAT WAY TOO FAR OUT? LIKE IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE, I COULD SAY YOU'RE IN A CLASS TOGETHER FIRST OR SOMETHING, AND YOU WANNA GET TOGETHER AND YOU SAY, HEY, LET'S PUT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR BIG GROUP TOGETHER.
I MEAN, WHY WOULD WE NEED TO JUST LIMIT TO SEVEN DAYS INSTEAD OF GOING OUT 30 OR 15 OR SOMETHING? WHAT PROTECTIONS IS THAT JUST FOR PEOPLE, FOR PLANNERS? WHAT PROTECTIONS IS THAT PROVIDE? I, I THINK THE, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN COME UP WITH AND ANYBODY CAN JUMP IN HERE IS THAT THE LONGER, THE LONGER LEAD TIME YOU HAVE, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THEY WON'T SHOW UP.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOOD OR BAD.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T CLAIM THEIR RESERVATION IN 15 MINUTES, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
IT, AND WE GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE HERE.
SO, AND LIKE THE TEEN ROOM IS LIMITED.
SO THEY DO IT TOO FAR IN ADVANCE.
SOMEBODY COMING IN THAT NIGHT WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE IT.
SO, SO ARE WE TALKING LIKE BOOK CLUBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT COME IN? THEY COULD.
WHAT'S IT LIKE STUDY GROUPS OR THEY COULD BE SOMEBODY WORKING TUTORS.
PEOPLE COME IN AND DO BUSINESS HERE.
THEY COULD GET INTO THE ROOM AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE BUSINESS CALLS OR DO INTERVIEWS.
WE HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS.
IS IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD DO A BLOCK OF THEM WITH A LEAD TIME AND THEN HAVE A COUPLE OTHERS? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS SOME OF THESE STUDY GROUPS, ESPECIALLY WITH KIDS, THEY MAY NOT KNOW SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE THAT THEY'RE GONNA MEET.
SO, WELL IT SAYS UP TO SEVEN DAYS.
SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, ANY ONE TO SEVEN, ZERO TO SEVEN IF IT'S OPEN.
BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE GONNA REMEMBER IN A MONTH THAT THEY PUT THAT.
SO, BUT A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WANTS TO USE IT FOR, OR BOOK CLUB, THAT MEANS VALID PURPOSE, A BOOK CLUB.
OR MAYBE THEY DO WANNA DO SOME SORT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN THERE.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOOK AHEAD SEEMS REALLY HELPFUL.
WE DID LOOK AT OTHER LIBRARIES.
FRISCO IS ONE, ONE BECAUSE THEY GOT SO MANY ROOMS AND THEY WERE, I THINK WE'RE CHANGING THEIR POLICY A LOT.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ROOMS, BUT HOW HAS THAT WORKED FOR THEM? I THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD.
I THINK THE LONGER, THE LONGER LEAD TIME YOU GIVE, THE MORE CHANCES THAT THAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA MONOPOLIZE THE SPACE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA JUST BOOK IT.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA, PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND YEAH.
THEY'RE GONNA THINK, OH MY GOSH, I NEED TO HURRY UP AND, AND BOOK THIS ROOM.
AND THEN THEY MAY NOT SHOW UP.
THERE'S A HOW MANY TIMES PER YEAH, THERE'S TWO HOURS PER DAY AND THEN SIX HOURS PER WEEK YOU COULD DO IT SAYS THAT PER FOUR A WEEK.
COULD IT BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION SEVEN DAYS GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS IF YOU REALIZE, HEY, YEAH.
THE WAY DID SAY WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS BUILDING'S GONNA, RIGHT.
YOU CAN PLAN FOR IT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT, HOW TO USE IT.
SO, AND IF YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER OUT.
THE ONE THING IS IF WE MAKE IT A POLICY, WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU.
SO IF WE COULD TRY IT FOR THREE MONTHS AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE'LL BE BACK WITH YOU SAYING THIS IS THE ROOMS ARE EMPTY.
OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD WRITE ON THIS ONE WAS THAT WE COULD SAY 14 DAYS AND THEN EXTENSION OR, OR CHANGE IT LIES WITH THE DIRECTOR.
AND THEN IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT AS WRITTEN, THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS INDUCE IT AT THAT POINT IF YOU DISCOVER RIGHT.
WE'RE GETTING TOO MANY NO-SHOWS.
ARE Y'ALL, IS THERE A PENALTY FOR NO-SHOWS? NO, I DON'T.
WAS GONNA, NO ONE IS WAITING, WAITING.
OCCUPANTS MAY REMAIN UNTIL THEY'RE ASKED TO VACATE.
UM, THEY JUST SOMEBODY ELSE DID SOMEBODY DONE SHOW SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE YEAH.
THEY CAN STAY UNTIL THE NEXT PERSON COMES.
OH, WHAT IF THERE IS A CHRONIC BOOKER AND NO SHOW? THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO IT JUST SHOWS THE BOOKS THAT, LET'S BOOK IT, I'LL BOOK IT, LET'S BOOK IT.
I'LL JUST HAVE IT IN MY BACK POCKET,
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YOU KNOW.BUT DOES SAY IF RESPOND, FAIL TO ADHERE TO THIS POLICY MAY RESULT IN SUSPENSION OF STUDY AND MEETING ROOM PRIVILEGES.
THEN YOU CAN KICK THEM IN THE BUTTON, TELL 'EM THEY CAN'T BOOK.
AND WE COULD ALSO READDRESS IT LATER IF YOU DISCOVER YEAH.
HEY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PERSISTENT PROBLEM AND THE TEENS, ONLY TEENS CAN USE THOSE ROOMS, CAN BOOK 'EM.
SO, SO THEIRS IS THE SAME 14 DAYS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT TEEN RINGS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY'S NO, IT IS, EVERYTHING'S THERE IS A SEPARATE ON THE TEEN.
IT'S BROKEN OUT ON THE BOTTOM.
AND, AND WHAT IS OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF ROOMS? UH, WE HAVE 11 ROOMS. I'M IN THE BASEMENT, FIVE ON THE SEC.
THIS IS GONNA, IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING MEETING.
SO IF WE SAY 14 DAYS, SO MUST BE ZERO TO 14 MM-HMM
SO IT MUST BE IN THAT RANGE 14 DAYS.
WHAT IS THE, DOES THE PODCAST ROOM FALL IN THIS AS WELL? YES.
WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE IF I SAID IN THE PODCAST ROOM, YOU THINK STUDY MEETING AND PODCAST ROOM? YEAH, I CAN CHANGE THAT.
TO ME, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF WHETHER YOU THINK THAT DISTINCTION WOULD OR WOULD NOT PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR PATRONS.
BECAUSE OF ITS PROGRAM ROOMS WOULD NOT ESSENTIALLY RELATE TO THE KITCHEN AND LIKE THE KITCHENS AREN'T PART OF THIS.
THESE ARE JUST A, A ROOM WITH A TABLE PROGRAM ROOMS ARE SEPARATE IN THAT THEY'RE RE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.
UM, AND THE MEETING AND STUDY ROOMS, INCLUDING THE PODCAST ROOM WOULD FALL UNDER THE REST OF THE POLICY.
I'LL PUT THAT INCLUDING, THERE'S FIVE BIG ONES ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
TWO TEAM ONES, WHICH ARE FOR BIG GROUPS.
AND THEN IN THE BASEMENT THERE'S FIVE ONE TO TWO PERSON ONES IN THE PODCAST ROOM AND ONE OF 'EM HAS JUST CHAIRS.
SO IT IS MEETING ROOM, SO, WELL IT'S GOT A SOUND BOARD IN THERE, SO YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'D WANT SOMEBODY STUDYING OR DOING YEAH.
IT HAS A GREEN SOMETHING ELSE.
STUFF LIKE THAT TOO, DOESN'T IT? I DON'T THINK SO.
THE NEW ONES STRICTLY, STRICTLY SOUND.
FOUR 40 REFERS TO GIFTS, UM, OR DONATIONS, HOWEVER YOU PREFER TO LOOK AT IT.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST CLEANED UP THE LANGUAGE.
5 0 2 IS THE SMOKING POLICY AND THAT'S DICTATED BY CITY ORDINANCE.
SO WE REALLY CAN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THAT ONE.
AND THEN NOW IT'S THE LAST ONE,
SO THE BIGGEST CHANGES WERE THAT WE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN THE TEENS AND ALL OTHER MINORS AND HOPEFULLY MADE THE POLICY EASIER TO ENFORCE BY ELIMINATING THE VARIOUS AGE RANGES FOR WHO CAN BE ALONE, WHO CAN BE WITH AN OLDER SIBLING, AND WHO NEEDS A PARENT IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
UM, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT OR, I LIKE THAT A LOT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A, A THING ABOUT CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF SIX HAVE TO BE WITH A CAREGIVER AND CHILDREN AGES SEVEN TO 10 HAVE TO BE SUPERVISED BY A CAREGIVER AT LEAST 12 YEARS OLD.
AND PATRONS OF ANY AGE WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL SUPERVISION SHALL BE A IT, IT WAS JUST, IT'S HARD TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ENFORCE THESE.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOKS GREAT.
ONE LAST LITTLE QUESTION ABOUT THE PODCAST ROOM.
HOW OLD DO YOU HAVE TO BE TO RENT OUT THE PODCAST ROOM? OR IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT FOR THAT CONTAINS RUN IT OUT? I THINK SO.
I'M, I'M THINKING IF I'M, IF I REMEMBER THE MAKER, IT WOULD PROBABLY FALL AS FAR AS USAGE UNDER THE MAKERSPACE POLICY.
AND I THINK WE DID, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION EARLY ON ABOUT THE AGE, UM, AN UNATTENDED MINOR COULD BE IN AND USE THE
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EQUIPMENT BECAUSE SOME OF IT IS KIND OF DANGEROUS.THERE'S THE LASER CUTTER AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, AND I THINK WE LANDED ON 16 BECAUSE THAT'S THE TIME YOU COULD LEGALLY DRIVE.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT IN THE PODCAST ROOM, OR THEY CAN BE WITH A SIBLING OR A PARENT AND USE IT.
I JUST IMAGINE THAT EQUIPMENT'S NOT CHEAP.
AND SO YOU WOULD WANT SOME RIGHT.
RIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAVE TO UNDERGO TRAINING PART.
TO USE ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THE MAKERSPACE, THERE'S A, A CERTAIN KIND OF TRAINING, EXCUSE ME.
YOU HAVE TO DO ONE OF OUR CLASSES OR YOU HAVE TO, STEVEN IS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN ONLINE CLASS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, EXCUSE ME, UH, GO THROUGH TRAINING AT A, AT THEIR OWN PACE, MAYBE ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULE, AND THEN PROVE THAT THEY'VE TAKEN IT AND HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ON THE, UH, TEEN SERVICES AREA? YES.
IT SAYS AS THINKING BY CHILD UP, YOU SERVE THERE EXCEPT FOR RETRIEVED MATERIALS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS, LET'S SAY YOUR KID KNOWS YOU'RE GOING TO THE LIBRARY AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU PICK UP THE WHATEVER BOOK FOR ME WHILE YOU'RE THERE? THAT MEANS POP IN, YOU GRAB THE THING, YOU LEAVE THERE, IT MEANS YOU CANNOT LINGER AND HANG OUT IN THE TEEN AREA.
BUT ACTUALLY THE WHOLE CHILDREN'S AREA.
UNLESS YOU ARE WITH, WITH A CHILD.
THE CHILD COULD BE WITH A TUTOR AT ANOTHER TABLE AND YOU'RE SITTING THERE WHILE THEY'RE DOING THAT.
WE HAVE GOOD SPACES ON THE THIRD FLOOR AND IN THE BASEMENT FOR ADULTS.
IF SOMEBODY GOT PLOP MYSELF DOWN IN THE, IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA AND I DON'T HAVE A KID, I WOULD BE ASKED TO LEAVE.
IT'S NOT A POPULAR, IT'S NOT A POPULAR, UM, THING TO DO.
I HAD TO TELL SOMEONE THEY HAVE TO DO.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WEIRDOS, PEDOPHILES COME WITH EVERY SHAPE AND COLOR AND WE TOOK THE CONCRETE PANELS OFF THE THIRD FLOOR SO THE ADULTS WOULD HAVE WINDOWS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE WE REMOVED THE FIRST AND THE SECOND FLOOR, WHICH HAS ALL THE WINDOWS FROM, THEY CAN SIT IN THE LOBBY RIGHT NEXT TO THE CHILDREN'S AREA, WHICH HAS WINDOWS TOO.
BUT, AND LARGE PRINT ON THE FIRST FLOOR HAS SPACE TO SIT.
BUT THE THIRD FLOOR IS REALLY THE ADULT FLOOR AND THE READING ROOM, THE LOCAL HISTORY ROOM IS A READING ROOM FOR ADULTS.
SO, AND THERE'S PODS DOWN THERE, FURNITURE PODS.
SO HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THESE AGE LIMITS? LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK OLDER OR YOUNGER THAN THEIR ACTUAL AGE.
A A LOT OF TIMES IT'S YOU, YOU JUST SAY, DO YOU MIND IF I ASK HOW OLD YOU ARE?
YOU KNOW, UM, KIDS WILL USUALLY, AND AND THEY GENERALLY DO.
I'VE BEEN LIED TO A FEW TIMES,
AND YOU KIND OF GO, IT BECOMES A BEHAVIOR THING THEN TOO.
SO YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, I NEED YOU TO BRING YOUR PARENTS OR DO YOU HAVE YOUR SCHOOL ID SO I CAN SEE WHAT SCHOOL YOU IN? MAYBE.
THAT'S WHAT I, I WAS HONESTLY JUST CURIOUS LIKE HOW I, I JUST HOPE THE JUVENILE AREA HAS TONS OF PLACES FOR THEM TO GO SIT.
THAT I KNOW THEY'LL WANNA BE IN THE TEEN ROOM, BUT WE FOUND IN THE OTHER SPACE, IT WAS SO SMALL WHEN ANYBODY ELSE WAS IN THERE, THEY DIDN'T WANNA BE ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
SO WE HAD NO TEENS IN THE TEEN ROOM.
MY KIDS WOULD GO GET THE THINGS AND YEAH.
SO, SO THIS WAY THE BOOKS AREN'T IN THERE.
THEY CAN JUST GO STUDY AS A GROUP.
THEY'RE FRIENDS OR HANG OUT OR WHATEVER.
WELL, THANK YOU, UH, MS. PATRICK.
AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE NUMBER SIX, UH, STEP REPORTS, UH, UH, DIRECT DIRECTOR, UH, UH, DEON TO TAKE CARE.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD QUITE A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
I THINK I TOLD YOU AT THE LAST ONE, SCOTT THOMPSON WAS ONE OF OUR LONGTIME FULL-TIMERS, RETIRED.
UM, JANAE TON WAS ONE OF OUR PART-TIME LIBRARIAN TWOS.
SHE'S BEEN PROMOTED TO TAKE HIS PLACE AND WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE HER WITH JULIE MCPHERSON WHO STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND THEN, UM, THE SIX POSITIONS THAT
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DONNA APPROVED THAT WE OPEN, WE'VE NOW HIRED THREE.ONE ACTUALLY MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SHOULD BE STARTING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE DONE CONDITIONAL OFFERS.
WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE BACKGROUND AND DRUG TESTING FOR THOSE TWO.
AND THEN THE THIRD PERSON, OR THE FOURTH PERSON SHOULD BE HIRED SHORTLY TOO.
SO THERE'S TWO MORE TO OPEN FROM THAT.
BUT MEANWHILE, WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS HAPPENING AND ACT TWO OF THOSE SPEAK SPANISH, SO THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.
AND THESE ARE THE NEW LIBRARY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES.
THEY'RE GONNA START IN CIRCULATION OR SHELVING AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ROTATE 'EM AND THEN START 'EM WORKING AT DESKS.
SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE MOVE, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM PRETTY WELL TRAINED ON THE CATALOG AND THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE BUILDING.
UM, SO MEANWHILE, UM, ACTUALLY SHAY HAS A POSITION OPEN.
SHE TALKED ABOUT IT THAT IT WAS, WE'RE GOING TO FIVE PART-TIMERS AND THESE ARE ALL PART-TIMERS AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT WE DID HAVE, UM, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL MORE PART-TIMERS LEAVING.
UM, SUSAN MANINO IS RETIRING AFTER 25 YEARS AS A PART-TIMER WITH US.
SHE HAD RETIRED PREVIOUSLY FROM PLANO.
SHE HAD A FULL-TIME JOB UP THERE AND WAS WORKING HERE PART-TIME, BUT NOW IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY RETIRED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OUR PAGES ARE EITHER 70, 60 TO 70 YEAR OLDS, OR THEY'RE COLLEGE KIDS AND TWO OF THE COLLEGE KIDS GOT THEIR FIRST FULL-TIME JOB.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THEM GO.
ONE WORKS FOR SMU IN THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.
AND THEN, UM, MARCO JUST YESTERDAY, I THINK STARTED SCHOOL.
HE, HE IS STARTING SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY.
SO I WISH HIM, WELL, I HAVE NOT ASKED DON TO OPEN THESE YET.
I WAS TRYING TO LET THINGS SETTLE.
'CAUSE WE HAD A FEELING HE WAS GONNA LEAVE.
'CAUSE HE, HE WAS INTERVIEWING AND THEY WERE DOING ALL THE, ALL THE STUFF FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT HE WENT TO.
UM, BUT, SO THERE'S SEVERAL MORE POSITIONS TO BE OPEN.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW IT.
DALLAS JUST ANNOUNCED THEY WERE LAYING OFF 76 PEOPLE.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THEM REACH OUT ONE OF YOUR JOBS OPENING.
SO, 'CAUSE I HAD SAID WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME, THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET THEIR PEOPLE SETTLED.
SO, AND THEY WERE FULL-TIMERS.
SO ACTUALLY THE WHOLE CITY JUST DID A MASSIVE LAYOFF.
SO, SO WE MIGHT MAKE OUT FROM THAT.
WE MIGHT GET SOME EXPERIENCED LIBRARIANS FROM DALLAS.
SO
THINK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY.
MY BRAIN WAS, YEAH, THEY LOST SO MANY BRANCHES.
AND THEN MEANWHILE WE CONTINUE TO CROSS TRAIN.
WE HAVE YOUTH SERVICES GOING OVER TO ADULT SERVICES.
ADULT SERVICES IS STARTING TO COME.
THEY'VE COME TO THE TEEN DESK AND NOW WE'RE MAKING THEM GO INTO THE LITTLE KIDS.
UM, I NOW WORK THE FIRST FLOOR DESK OR THE, THE MAIN DESK TO REFRESH MY SKILLS.
AND SO JUST BECAUSE THAT WELCOME DESK AS YOU WALK INTO THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE CIRCULATION AND YOU'RE DIRECTIONAL FOR AS PEOPLE ENTER THE BUILDING.
SO WE NEED THAT PERSON TO, IN THE PAST, THE OLD BUILDING, YOU WALKED IN AND YOU WOULD SEE THE QUESTION DESK.
SO YOU'D COME OVER THERE AND THEY WANTED A LIBRARY CARD.
SO WE'D SEND THEM BACK ACROSS THE LOBBY AND THEN WE, THEY WOULD FIND OUT THAT THEY WERE FROM DALLAS.
AND SO THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE LIBRARY AND TO SAY, OH, YOU NEED A TECH SHARE CARD AND YOU NEED, THIS IS WHERE THE CLOSEST.
SO TO STOP THE BACK AND FORTH, WE HAVE ONE DESK.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION CIRCULATION AND A COMBINATION DIRECTIONAL OF WHAT'S IN THE BUILDING.
AND ANY LONGER QUESTIONS WE'RE GONNA SEND YOU TO ANOTHER FLOOR AND CALL THAT PERSON AND SAY, HEY, THIS PERSON'S COMING TO YOU.
THEY EITHER NEED HELP WITH A BOOK OR THEY NEED HELP RESEARCHING THIS.
SO, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT AREA.
UM, ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THE LIBRARY WAS WHEN YOU WOULD COME IN AND HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, UH, BIOGRAPHIES, THE NONFICTION, THE FICTION, THE MYSTERY, THE, THE WHOLE AREA RIGHT THERE WITH THE IS THE NEW.
I WOULD JUST SPEND LIKE AN HOUR LOOKING AT THE MODEL.
WE HAVE IT, IT'S JUST REALLY TINY.
AND, BUT I LIKED THAT IT HAD SECTIONS TOO THAT IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS NOW I THINK WE HAVE AN S IT'S KIND OF A WIGGLY, A SNAKE SHAPED BOOKSHELVES THAT'LL BE KIND OF MOVABLE ACROSS THE LOBBY.
AND THEN THE HOLD SHELVES WILL BE IN THE LOBBY TOO.
YEAH, SO NEW BOOKS AND HOLDS THERE.
THERE'LL BE LOTS OF SEATING BY THE WINDOWS.
SO YOU CAN WATCH THE FOUNTAIN 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS.
OR CITY HALL OR YOU CAN LIKE GO OVER TO LARGE PRINT IS THERE TOO.
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SO THAT'S THE LIVING ROOM IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT.SO, SO YOU STILL HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING AND SEEING ALL THE NEW BOOKS.
WHEN YOU COME IN, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE THIRD FLOOR IS WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
SO IT'S BEEN KIND OF FUN TO GET BACK ON THE DESK AND GET ASKED A QUESTIONS OR EVERYTHING.
SO VERSUS DEALING WITH JUST PROBLEMS. BUT, OKAY.
SO OUR PRO PROGRAM UPDATES, UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS FROM THE SUMMER.
SO SUMMER READING CLUB, WE ONCE, THIS IS I THINK THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE ADULTS.
SO WE HAD 386 ADULTS REGISTER AND 209 COMPLETED.
WAS THAT WHAT IT WAS? DON'T REMEMBER.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE KIDS, THIS IS THE READ TO ME.
SO EVERYTHING WAS DONE WITH MINUTES.
SO YOU HAD TO READ A CERTAIN MIN AMOUNT AS AN ADULT.
UM, KIDS HAD THREE CHOICES YOU COULD EITHER BE READ TO.
SO IF YOU WERE LITTLE AND DON'T READ YOURSELF OR JUST ENJOYED BEING READ TO, YOU COULD CHOOSE THAT.
OR YOU COULD BE AN INDIE READER WHERE YOU WERE READING YOURSELF.
AND THEN WE HAD A TEEN ONE TOO.
SO, UM, 966 KIDS REGISTERED AND 519 COMPLETED.
UM, THE TEENS IN PARTICULAR, JEN MADE A POINT TO GO TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE IT.
AND SHE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF TEENS WHO COMPLETED, I THINK IT WENT FROM 75 TO 150 OR 60 TO 120.
SO IT WAS REALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO TOTAL MINUTES READ, ADULTS READ ABOUT 625,000 MINUTES.
THE KIDS READ 883,000 MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION MINUTES, WHICH IS 25,000 HOURS.
SO A LOT OF READING THIS SUMMER IN RICHARDSON.
SO, UM, PROGRAM WISE, UM, KIDS PROGRAMS ALWAYS OUTNUMBER THE ADULT ONES.
THEY HAD 141 PRO PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER AND FORTY EIGHT, A HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE ATTENDED THOSE.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE WE, YOU KNOW, SIX WEEKS OF STORY TIME OR YOUNG AUTHORS OR SOME OF THE REPEATING ONES.
BUT SOME WERE STANDALONE PROGRAMS. UM, ADULT PROGRAMS. WE HAD 63 AND WE HAD 1,720 ATTEND THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN OUTREACH, WE DID AN RASD SUMMER LEARNING CAMP.
WE'D GO OVER TO THE, I THINK IT WAS THE, IS IT THE PRE-K THING OR I THINK IT, YES, IT WAS KIND OF A, A SUMMER CAMP DONE THROUGH RASD.
SO WE WENT OVER THERE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT UM, THE LIBRARY TO THEM AND THEN PROBABLY DID SOME STORY TIME TOO.
UM, WE ALSO DID THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY FOR THE RICHARDSON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN BASIS, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S A SCHOOL OVER HERE ON GREENVILLE.
UM, THEY HAD US COME FOR TWO OF THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS.
SO THERE WERE 11 EVENTS THIS SUMMER.
UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR ROVER ROAMS AND ROVER BLACKS WITH ROVER RELAX WITH ROVER.
SO 11 EVENTS WITH 692 PEOPLE ATTENDING THOSE.
SO OVERALL 215 PROGRAMS WITH SEVENTY TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE PEOPLE ATTENDING THOSE PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT WAS JUNE, MAY 31ST THROUGH AUGUST 1ST.
SO, SO IT WAS 20 HOURS WAS THANK YOU
SO COMING UP THIS FALL, UM, SINCE WE'RE IN THIS SORT OF LIMBO OF, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE'RE MOVING.
UM, WE PLANNED AUGUST BECAUSE THINGS CHANGED.
AND SO WE HAVE LIMITED PROGRAMS. IF YOU'VE SEEN PAGE, I THINK IT WAS PAGE 12 IN THE RICHARDSON TODAY MM-HMM
UM, WE HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT THINGS GOING ON.
UM, WE KEPT, WE'RE KEEPING THE BOOK CLUBS, EVEN IF WE DO CLOSE, WE WILL STILL HAVE BOOK CLUB MEETINGS.
SO WE'LL EITHER USE THE SPRING CREEK CONFERENCE ROOM, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT BORDERS CITY HALL IN THE LIBRARY, OR WE CAN USE AT THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.
UM, OR WE CAN MEET OUTSIDE, LIKE AT A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING IF THE GROUP WANTS TO DO THAT.
UM, THE ADULTS WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE DROP IN TECH HELP.
SO THEY SIT AT A TABLE EVERY THURSDAY.
UM, THAT WILL GO ON EVERY THURSDAY TILL WE CLOSE.
UM, SPECIALTY CLASSES WE'RE COMING UP, I THINK IT'S IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
THERE'S A WOODEN DOOR HANGER CRICKET CLASS.
SO WE GOT A NEW CRICUT WITH THE MAKERSPACE.
ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS ARRIVING.
SO WE HAVE SEWING MACHINES IN THE BACK.
WE HAVE A D SUBLIMATION PRINTER.
I KIND A TEST ONE I'D LIKE, YEAH, THE 3D PRINTER CAME IN.
WE WE'RE INVITING PEOPLE IF YOU KNOW HOW TO USE AN EMBROIDERY SEWING MACHINE.
WE HAD SOMEBODY'S SISTER WAS IN TOWN.
SHE CAME OVER AND TESTED IT FOR US.
UM, STEVEN'S BEEN MAKING MUGS AND T-SHIRTS,
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THE HEAT PRESS AND THE DICE SUPPLEMENTATION PRINTER.SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF FUN BACK THERE.
HE, IN FACT SENT PICTURES TODAY OF WHERE HE IS, GOT EVERYTHING STORED.
SO HE IS NOT BLOCKING ANYBODY
BUT UM, THE CRICUT CLASS, I THINK THEY'RE USING THE NEW CRICUT FOR IT.
SO IT'S, THEY'RE EXCITED TO TO USE IT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO HAVING A JUNK JOURNAL CLASS IN SEPTEMBER FOR ADULTS.
AND THEN THINGS WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THROUGH TILL WE CLOSE ON THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, WE'LL HAVE OUR GAME ON PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK HE HAD 38 PEOPLE SHOW UP AT THE LAST ONE.
AND IT'S IN THE LITTLE ROOM OVER THERE,
BUT THEY GET FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW EACH OTHER, SIT DOWN AND PLAY A BOARD GAME TOGETHER.
SO HE BOUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW ONES.
UM, DOING IT IS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH AND THEN COMPUTER CLASSES WE'RE DOING ONE EVERY FRIDAY.
SO THEY'RE JUST KIND OF ROTATING, WHETHER IT'S A 3D PRINTING CLASS OR A INTRO TO EXCEL OR A HOW TO SOMETHING.
LIBBY, LIBBY PLUS WAS PART OF IT WAS ONE OF 'EM.
SO, SO THAT'S ON THE ADULT SIDE FOR THE KIDS FAMILY STORY TIMES HAVE MOVED BACK INTO THE LIBRARY FOR THE MOMENT THEY'RE IN THE STORY TIME ROOM BECAUSE THE ATTENDANCE WAS DROPPING OFF DOWN THERE.
UM, WITH BACK TO SCHOOL, WE DON'T, NOT SURE WHAT IT'LL DO, BUT IT WILL BE HERE UNTIL WE CLOSE.
AND THEN ONCE WE CLOSE, 'CAUSE WE'RE CLOSED FOR SIX WEEKS, IT'LL GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON SATURDAYS SO PEOPLE CAN STILL COME AND SEE US AND UM, WE CAN DO THAT WHILE WE'RE CLOSED TO TOO.
UM, A SPECIALTY PROGRAM THEY'RE DOING EVERYBODY BUILD IT WAS KIND OF TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE MOVE AND THE RENOVATION.
SO IN FACT WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE BACK.
THEY HAVE BOXES TO BUILD TOWEL TOWERS.
I THINK THE LEGOS WERE ON THE ADD, SO THEY MUST BE DOING THE LEGOS.
AND THEY HAVE LITTLE HARD HATS AND VESTS FOR, FOR THE KIDS WHO WERE COMING.
UM, TAILS FOR TAILS IS THE DOGS COME AND THEY READ, THE KIDS CAN READ TO THEM.
WE HAD AN EVENT FOR, TO MEET THE DOGS LAST MONTH AND 150 PEOPLE CAME TO MEET THE DOGS.
AND THEN I THINK NORMALLY ABOUT 78 PEOPLE COME TO READ TO THE DOGS, SO IT'S SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
UM, AND THAT'S WITH THE HEART OF THERAPY DOGS, THE HEART OF NORTH TEXAS, TEXAS, HEART OF THEIR, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, KATIE'S SMART ART, IF YOU'VE WALKED DOWN THAT HALLWAY AND SEE THE ART ON THE, THE WALL, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING UP AT THE MOMENT OR JUST ONE PIECE.
SHE'LL BE DOING THAT STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
UM, AND THEN THE END OF OCTOBER, WE ALWAYS DO SPOOK DISHES FOR HALLOWEEN.
SO WE'RE PLANNING THAT ALREADY.
SO AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST BEING PLANNED.
UM, SHE WE'RE ALSO GONNA DO A STORY STROLL AT COTTONWOOD PARK.
SO I THINK KAYLA TAKES, WE SET IT UP AND SHE MEETS THEM OVER THERE AND THEY KINDA WALK THROUGH THE PARK AND SHE READS A BOOK AS THEY GO AND THEY STOP AND THEY LOOK AROUND.
SO WE'VE DONE IT A COUPLE TIMES AT HUFFINES AND HEIGHTS.
SO, AND THEN REGULAR THINGS WE'RE GONNA HAVE STORY TIMES ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
AND THESE ARE, WE USED TO DO REGISTRATION, SO YOU HAD TO COME, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD TO CALL IN AND REGISTER.
NOW IT'S JUST GONNA BE COME THE FIRST SO MANY PEOPLE, 'CAUSE THAT ROOM CAN ONLY HOLD SO MANY.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND ONE AFTER FOR THE OVERFLOW.
SO THAT'LL JUST BE THE DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS WANT TO, I THINK IT'S BABY SIT IS THE BABIES BABY.
UH, BABY STEPS IS TODDLERS AND THEN WIGGLE WORMS. WIGGLE WORMS IS THE, I GUESS THREE AND FOUR.
UM, AND THEN MEGA MATH WAS SUPER, SUPER POPULAR THIS SUMMER AND WE HAVE A FORMER TEACHER WHO LOVES DOING IT.
SO THEY'RE GONNA KEEP UP THE MEGA MATH GOING.
UM, AND THEN SHAY TALKED ABOUT IT FOR THAT LIGHT TABLE THAT WHEN WE GO BACK, MEGA MATH IS ONE OF THE STEAM THINGS WE LIKE TO DO.
UM, TEEN PROGRAMS, JEN WILL BE PLANNING SOME FOR, TO CONTINUE TO DO THE TEEN ONES.
UM, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE DOWN IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS OPEN.
UM, AND THEN IN BETWEEN BOOK CLUB IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BOOK CLUBS THAT JUST WILL KEEP GOING.
SO WE'LL FIND A SPACE FOR THEM AND FOR THEM TO COME OVER.
UM, OUTREACH WE HAVE ROVER ROMES, WHICH IS STORIES, CRAFTS AND GAMES IN THE PARK.
IT'S THE SECOND THURSDAY AT 4:00 PM UM, UPCOMING BIG EVENTS.
THE JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DALLAS DISCOVERY CENTER GRAND OPENING IS AT GREENWOOD HILLS.
UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO, POTO FEST AND CULTURE IN THE CORE ARE THINGS WE ALWAYS PARTICIPATE IN.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT DONE.
THE SENIOR CENTER HAS A HEALTH INFO AND WELLNESS FAIR THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP
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WORKSHOP IS ALSO AT THE SENIOR CENTER.AND THEN CROWLEY PARK, UM, HAS REACHED OUT AND ASKED, WILL WE DO THEIR FALL FEST FOR THEM? COME OVER WITH ROVER.
UM, AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, THIS IS A SEPARATE ORGANIZATION.
THE THREE OF US ARE PART OF THAT.
IT IS THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES BY KATE MESSNER.
AND SO THE LECTURE IS SEPTEMBER 15TH AT SEVEN 30 AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF RICHARDSON IS THE LECTURE.
AND THEN THE LUNCHEON IS THE FOLLOWING DAY AT 1130.
SO WEDNESDAY THE 16TH AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE EISMAN CENTER BANK OF AMERICA HALL.
AND TICKETS WENT ON SALE TODAY FOR THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE EISMAN NOT, NOT TD THIS YEAR.
SO YOU CAN GET ON AT THE EISMAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE LUNCHEON AND BUY YOUR TICKET NOW.
I THINK IT'S 38 IF YOU WALK IN AND PAY FOR IT.
BUT, AND THAT MOSTLY COVERS THE LUNCH.
UM, JOHN JOHN HAD REACHED OUT TO US AFTER THE LAST MEETING AND ASKED ABOUT OUR SERIALS AT WHAT WE HAVE FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS IN THE LIBRARY.
'CAUSE AT THAT POINT WE WERE CHANGING, UM, PHYSICALLY WE HAVE BARRON'S INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY, RICHARDSON LIFE MAGAZINE, THE DALLAS BUSINESS JOURNAL, D MAGAZINE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW YORK TIMES VALUE LINE, AND THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS.
SO THOSE ARE PHYSICALLY OVER THERE ON A SHELF AND THERE WILL BE A SPOT IN THAT LOBBY FOR THE, THE MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS.
UM, DIGITALLY WE HAVE CHANGED.
WE HAD PRESS READER AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE IT 'CAUSE IT GOES THROUGH AUGUST I THINK.
I DON'T, SHELLEY PAYS THE BILL.
UM,
WE CHANGED TO NEWS BANK BECAUSE WE, WE DIDN'T GET INITIALLY FOR THAT, BUT IT WAS LIKE A HUGE BONUS.
AND IT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING ON THERE IS THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ONLINE.
SO THEY DROPPED IT OR, OR ACTUALLY THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS WENT TO NEWS BANK AND SO THAT WAS THE MAIN THING PEOPLE WERE USING IT FOR.
AND IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO US.
WE CAN'T AFFORD BOTH THAT WE HAVE THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ONLINE FOR PEOPLE.
SO WE SWITCHED TO NEWS BANK AND SO WE GET DALLAS MORNING NEWS, THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM, USA TODAY.
AND THEN ADDED TO THIS, WE'VE HAVEN'T HAD THIS FOR A WHILE, I DON'T THINK AT THE RICHARDSON ECHO IS AN OLD TIME RICHARDSON PAPER THAT WE LOST ACCESS TO WHEN WE DROPPED NEWS BANK PROBABLY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
SO ECHO YES, I THINK FROM THE TWENTIES.
SO NOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT AGAIN.
'CAUSE THE DALLAS, UH, I GUESS NEWS BANK OWNS IT.
SO, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A BONUS.
UM, OTHERWISE DIGITALLY, UM, GAIL THROUGH THE TEXAS STATE LIBRARY, WE GET YEAH, IT'S TEXT.
YEAH, WE GET TEXT SHARE DATABASES.
SO WE PAY AN ANNUAL FEE TO THEM AND THEY GIVE US, I FORGOT HOW MANY IT IS.
THERE'S QUITE A, THERE'S A LOT.
AND SO ACADEMIC JOURNALS, YOU CAN SEARCH OVER 8,000 PLUS WITH FULL TEXT.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SUBJECT LIKE YOU WANNA LOOK UP AI, IT'LL ACTUALLY, YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU SAY YOU WANNA SEE FULL TEXT AND GIVE IT DATES AND IT'LL RETURN TO YOU JOURNALS, NEWSPAPERS THAT COVER THIS TOPIC.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU USED TO USE IT WHEN YOU WERE IN SCHOOL AND YOU'D WRITE A TERM PAPER WITH RESEARCH, BUT IF YOU WANNA GO LOOK UP SOMETHING, YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
UM, GAIL ONE FILE, THERE'S A NEWS ONE THAT HAS THE US AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS ONLINE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY GAIL ONE FILE POPULAR MAGAZINE COLLECTION.
SO IT'S NOT EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S SOME.
AND THEN, UM, OTHER THINGS WE PAY FOR NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE, THE TEXAS COLLECTION.
THIS IS 700 TEXAS NEWSPAPERS FOR FAMILY HISTORY, BUSINESS NOTICES, NEWS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, LEGAL INFORMATION AND MORE.
SO THIS IS, WE, I THINK WE GET THIS FOR STACY FOR HER LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH, BUT IT'S, PEOPLE CAN USE IT TOO.
AND THEN RECENTLY, UH, HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS IT THAT THE ROTARY GAVE US TWO, TWO YEARS AGO THAT ROTARY GAVE US A GRANT TO DIGITIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER LIKE 10 YEARS OF THE RICHARDSON DAILY NEWS.
AND THIS IS THE LATER NEWSPAPER.
WE HAD THE MICROFILM, WE STILL HAVE THE MICROFILM.
BUT, UM, SHORT OF COMING IN AND DOING THIS, DIGITIZING, IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SEARCH IT.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEARCH THE DIGITIZATION
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FOR LIKE SOMEBODY'S NAME AND IT'LL FIND IT.SO, UM, WE, WE RECEIVED, UM, MONEY FROM A RICHARDSON RESIDENT FOR THE MAKERSPACE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE ALSO ASKED CAN WE USE IT TO DIGITIZE THE LAST OF THE RICHARDSON DAILY NEWS? AND SHE SAID YES.
SO WE FINISHED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE FULL RUN OF THE RICHARDSON DAILY NEWS.
SO I'VE ALREADY LOOKED UP SOME THINGS.
AND IF YOU EVER NEED HELP, THERE'S SOME INTERESTING THINGS IN THERE.
SO
SO SHE'S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE.
BUT YOU GIVE HER A RESEARCH THING AND SHE'LL GO CRAZY.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE, THE LAST SECTION, UH, CALENDAR ITEMS. SO PUBLIC SAFETY EXPO LOOK FOR US THERE, IT'S UM, SEPTEMBER 19TH AND THIS IS ONE, I THINK THEY ANNOUNCED IT AT THE COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT IT'S COMING BACK TO THE CAMPUS OVER THERE ONCE EVERYTHING IS DONE.
SO, UM, WE ARE HAVING OUR IN-SERVICE DAY ON AUGUST 28TH.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE LIBRARY.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE WERE GONNA WAIT TILL WE CLOSED TO DO IT AND YOU KNOW, JUST DO IT ON A DAY.
BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE BUILDING.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOME VOLUNTEERING WITH NETWORK.
UM, ONE OF THE NETWORK LADIES IS GONNA TALK TO US.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT STRESS AND DEALING WITH
I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA GIVE THE, THE LIBRARY STAFF A CORE OF THE BUILDING.
SOME OF 'EM GOT TO SEE IT IN MAY WHEN YOU GUYS CAME, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN SINCE DECEMBER.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES.
UM, AND IT ALSO, MAYBE THEY'LL STOP ASKING US QUESTIONS, SO
UM, WE WILL ALSO BE CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY AND THEN OUR VOLUNTEER DINNER.
IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
IT'S PROBABLY THE 12TH OF 13TH.
SO LOOK FOR AN INVITATION IN YOUR EMAIL.
WHAT DAY IS THAT? UM, IT'S SEPTEMBER 12TH OR 13TH.
IT'S EITHER A SATURDAY OR A SUNDAY.
SHE WAS POLLING THE VOLUNTEERS.
SO I, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE KIND OF A HOR D'OEUVRE KIND OF THING.
AND UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR NOT A FULL SIT DOWN DINNER LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR?
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
I DUNNO IF IT WAS QUIETER OUT HERE.
I DID HEAR A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS TODAY, SO MAYBE THE OLDER SIBLINGS WERE IN SCHOOL AND MOM WAS ENJOYING THE, THE, THE ONES
WELL THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, UH, DAVISON.
AND WE GO TO THE ITEM SEVEN, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON.
UPDATE OR CAN GIVE IT TO, UH, MR. UH, BARRY.
ONE, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET SEASON, SO IF THAT EXCITES YOU, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO, UH, ATTEND MEETINGS, KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING BUDGET WISE.
UM, TWO, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, I KIND OF, UH, FIGURED TODAY WOULD BE MY LAST DAY AND TODAY IS MY LAST DAY.
I DID SUBMIT MY LETTER OF RESIGNATION A WHILE BACK TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UM, I WILL OFFICIALLY BE OFF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THEY, AND THEN THE 28TH, THE NEW PERSON WILL COME IN, THEY'LL BE VOTED IN, THEY WILL BE.
TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE AND I WILL STEP DOWN.
I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY FEW WORDS AND STEP DOWN.
UM, SO WE ARE, THAT'S THE OTHER BIG THING HAPPENING ASIDE FROM BUDGET, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
UH, THE, UM, WE HAD 13 APPLICANTS TO, UH, TAKE THE PLACE.
UM, AND THIS COMING MONDAY, WE WILL NARROW THOSE DOWN TO A SMALLER, UH, NUMBER AND START DOING PUBLIC INTERVIEWS.
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
UH, IN PUBLIC SESSION, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE SOME PUBLIC DIALOGUE.
UH, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL IS EXTREMELY, UH, DEDICATED TO MAKING THIS AS TRANS, AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
IN ALL HONESTY, WE DID NOT HAVE A POLICY, A SET POLICY IN PLACE TO WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS I STAYED ON SO LONG.
I DID, I DID NOT FEEL RIGHT LEAVING WITHOUT, UM, THAT, SO, UM,
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WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A POLICY.UM, I WANNA TAKE ON A COUPLE MINUTES OF, UH, SOME, UH, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND JUST SHARE A FEW THINGS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
UM, ONE, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE ALONGSIDE Y'ALL.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW FACES COME ON AND OFF SINCE, SINCE I FIRST JOINED AS THE LIAISON HERE.
THANK Y'ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, NOT JUST ON THIS BOARD, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WERE CHOSEN FOR A REASON BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WHETHER IT'S RICHARDSON, TEXAS, OR ANY OTHER CITY IN THIS NATION, WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY COME TOGETHER.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE NEED MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT.
IT IS A PARTICIPATORY SPORT, AND, UH, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE STEPPING UP TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.
UH, IT TRULY, TRULY HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND, UH, I, I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT.
UM, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR FELLOW RESIDENTS TO, TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY.
AS SOMEBODY WHO'S ABOUT TO STEP DOWN ON THE COUNCIL, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN A CONVERSATION, SAY, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE APPLYING.
WE NEED MORE PEOPLE, UM, TO BRING THE VARIOUS VOICES AND EXPERIENCES TO THE TABLE WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.
UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU BRING A DIFFERENT VOICE, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU'RE AT IN LIFE, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE PROFESSIONAL, YOUR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, THE WAY YOU GREW UP, YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOU BRING A DIFFERENT VOICE.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN GOVERNMENT, UM, TO THE STAFF.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MEETING, MY, THIS, MY SON IS GONNA BE MOVED INTO MY ONLY HAVE ONE SON.
I MOVE HIM INTO THE DORMS AT 8:00 AM THIS NEXT SUNDAY AT OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AND OUR FIRST INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY, UH, SO THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, MY WIFE LIVED IN RICHARDSON.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE DATING, AND THEN WHEN WE MOVED IN TOGETHER, IT JUST MADE SENSE FOR US TO LIVE IN RICHARDSON.
OUR SON WAS BORN HERE, AND WE WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE CITY BY ANY MEANS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS HERE IN THE CITY.
WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LONG TIME, LONG TERM TIES TO RICHARDSON.
WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS, WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD, I WENT TO A LAPSE EVENT IN THE, IN, AT THE LIBRARY OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA OF THE OLD LIBRARY OR THE PRIOR RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST THING I EVER DID IN THE CITY.
THEN IT TURNED INTO GETTING INVOLVED WITH YMCA.
TO BE HONEST, I THINK I MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE YMCA THROUGH A FLYER AT THE LIBRARY WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, KINDERGARTEN AT FIVE AND SO ON.
AND AS HE'S GETTING OLDER, HE WENT FROM LAP SIT TO THOSE LITTLE, UM, LIKE LITTLE CLEAR BACKPACKS THEY HAD OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA WITH LIKE THE PHONE BOOKS AND THE PICTURE BOOKS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND THEN IN ELEMENTARY, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DYSLEXIA.
AND IT WENT FROM THAT TO HOW ARE WE GONNA GET HIM INTERESTED IN READING? 'CAUSE HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN LISTENING.
BUT ONCE HE GOT INTO THE PROCESS OF LEARNING TO READ, IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
SOMEBODY I, AND I WISH I REMEMBER WHO IT WAS, BUT IT WAS SOME, ONE OF THE STAFF AT THE RICHESON LIBRARY RECOMMENDED A GRAPHIC NOVEL.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK OF GRAPHIC NOVEL WAS
AND THAT HELPED THEM GO TO THE NEXT SPOT.
READING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR MY SON.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW HIM, YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.
I KNOW JOHANNA, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT AT CHURCH, BUT, UM, IT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE PEOPLE, LIKE LIBRARIANS AND SERVICES THAT LIBRARY PROVIDES, THAT PEOPLE LIKE MY SON HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, HE LEARNED TO LOVE TO READ.
WHILE IT IS STILL A STRUGGLE, UM, HE FOUND HIS WAY AND HOW HE COPES AND HE DOES HAVE A FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND COLLEGE THIS YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, NOT JUST IN HIS LIFE.
OVER THE YEARS, AS I'VE SEEN AS A PATRON, MYSELF GONNA THE LIBRARY AND SEEING THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN, IT IS NO SECRET.
THE LIBRARY, UM, WEBSITE IS THE MOST USED.
UH, YOU KNOW, PAGES IN THE CITY OF ALL THE CITY WEBSITES IS PROBABLY THE MOST USED RESOURCE I THINK IN, IN, IN THE CITY.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A RESOURCE THAT EVERYBODY USES REGARDLESS OF EDUCATION, REGARDLESS.
CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF RELIGION, OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, A PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
IT IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE, WHICH WITH THE SERVICES Y'ALL PROVIDE, AND
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YOU, YOU LITERALLY SERVE FROM WEEKS OLD ONTO THE VERY LAST, THE ELDEST OF OUR RESIDENTS.SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU.
UH, WE ARE IN A TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE LIBRARIES ARE NOT ALWAYS SEEN IN THAT LIGHT.
AND YOU GUYS FEEL THAT EVERY DAY.
WE AS A CITY HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT THOSE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE.
UM, AT LEAST NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE.
BUT I HOPE THAT NOT JUST EVERYBODY AROUND THIS TABLE, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WHETHER IT'S RICHARDSON OR THE STATE OF TEXAS OR AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN LIBRARIES THAT ARE OPENING UP DOORS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ALL BACKGROUNDS.
THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE
AND IF NOT, I TELL PEOPLE, LOOK, I, I SUSPECT, YES, I, I, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I AM RUNNING FOR THE US CONGRESS AND I SUSPECT WE'RE GONNA DO GOOD IN NOVEMBER, BUT WIN OR LOSE, I'M STILL GONNA BE HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN IN MY COMMUNITY FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
YOU COULD FIND ME AT 45 FIRSTHAND METHODIST CHURCH, RICHARDSON.
UH, BUT, UH, WIN OR LOSE, I'LL STILL BE THERE AND I'LL STILL BE AROUND.
AND, AND IF I DO LOSE, YOU MAY SEE ME AT SOME OF THE MAKER SPACE.
'CAUSE WITHOUT A SUN AND WITHOUT REAL DOG, WITHOUT, WITHOUT MUCH ELSE TO KEEP ME BUSY, I MAY END UP LEARNING TO SEW.
I DON'T, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR VOLUNTEERS.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE STATES, 1990 AND I LEARNED LIBRARY IS THE GATEWAY TO, TO LEARN TO KNOW AMERICAN CULTURE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I GET A CHANCE.
I CAN HELP IN LIBRARY AS WELL.
SO, UM, UM, ANY, UH, UPDATE LAST MINUTE DISCUSSION, OTHERWISE WE'LL GO TO THE NUMBER EIGHT.
YOUR COMING, YOUR TIME AND YOUR REPORT.