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WELL, I'D LIKE[1. CALL TO ORDER]
TO CALL TO ORDER THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH.UM, ALAN, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLE FOR US, PLEASE? I DON'T HAVE TO WORKS.
AND YES, CHAIR PASCAL, UH, PASCAL, I'LL TAKE THE ROLE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER I TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT BOARD MEMBER HALFORD AYE.
BOARD MEMBER HANO IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD BOARD MEMBER HUNT.
VICE CHAIR OLA VARIA IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC FORUM.
UM, OR ITEM TWO, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC FORUM.
SO ANY HAVE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
[3. CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVE ON INTO ITEM THREE, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.UH, SO I SEE, UH, 3.1 APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 FROM OUR, UM, LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES SPECIAL MEETING.
UH, SO I'LL PASS THAT OVER TO, UH, DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR BAKER.
ACTUALLY, MY NOTES SAY DIRECTOR BAKER, BUT I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ALAN, DO I PASS THAT TO YOU? YES.
AND I JUST ONLY, UM, HAVE A BRIEF MENTION OF THE MINUTES, JUST BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UM, IN TONIGHT'S CASE, THE THREE OF YOU BEING HERE, UM, BEING THE THREE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, YOU CAN APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARIFICATION.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE'LL BE ANY PROBLEMS, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND THAT COMPLETES MY STAFF REPORT.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, BOARD ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? SO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING BROADCASTED OUT, YOU REALLY DO WANT TO TALK CLOSELY? I GOTTA BE LIKE RIGHT TO THE MIC.
UM, SO BOARD ANY DISCUSSION ON, UH, THIS ITEM? NO.
OKAY, THEN I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ITEM FOUR MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.AND I SEE 4.1 IS ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
UH, DIRECTOR BAKER, ARE YOU TAKING THIS ONE? THIS ONE CAN COME TO ME AS WELL.
AND I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, UM, AND MAKE CLARIFICATIONS ON THAT FOR, UM, NEXT MONTH.
SO, UM, AT THE FIRST MEETING OF EACH YEAR, THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, JUST IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER ADVISORY BODIES IS ASKED TO, UM, SELECT, UM, A CHAIR AND, SORRY, CHAIRPERSON AND A VICE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT CALENDAR YEAR UNTIL THE NEXT, UM, YEAR BEGINS.
AND AT THAT FIRST MEETING OF THAT YEAR, WE WILL RINSE AND REPEAT.
UM, THERE ARE ONLY THREE OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, BUT EVERYONE ON THE, UM, LIBRARY BOARD, ALL OF THE TRUSTEES ARE ELIGIBLE TO, UM, TO SERVE.
UM, IF THE SAME PERSON DOES IT MULTIPLE YEARS, CONSECUTIVE YEARS, THAT'S TOTALLY OKAY.
UM, WE DO LIST IN THE, UH, THE STAFF REPORT THE TERMS FOR ALL OF THE CURRENT LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS.
IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE IN A TERM THAT'S GONNA LAST FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A LIMITATION FOR SOME REASON.
IF SOMEBODY WAS SELECTED AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY COULD NOT, UM, FULFILL THE TERM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T APPOINTED TO ANOTHER TERM, UM, THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
WE CAN STILL JUST FIND A WAY TO APPOINT A NEW CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR IF THAT COMES UP.
AND EVEN IF SOMEBODY WAS LEAVING AND WE KNEW DEFINITIVELY THAT WOULD NOT, UH, PROHIBIT THEM FROM SERVING.
SO ULTIMATELY IT IS THE WILL AND THE DECISION OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHO THEY WANT TO FILL THOSE ROLES.
AND, UM, YOU'LL JUST NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ONCE YOU'VE SELECTED FOLKS AND A VOTE TO CONFIRM.
AND THAT COMPLETES MY STAFF REPORT.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, SO BOARD DISCUSSION ON THIS CHAIRPERSON, VICE CHAIRPERSON.
I'M CURRENTLY CHAIR, NANCY WAS VICE CHAIRPERSON LAST YEAR.
NANCY IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO APPOINT SOMEONE
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WHO'S NOT HERE TO AFFIRM AFFIRMATIVELY SAY THAT SHE WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN.THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO VOLUNTEER SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE.
UM, SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT? IS THE CHAIR INTERESTED IN CONTINUING AS CHAIR? UH, I WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE AS CHAIR.
SO I'M, I'M WILLING TO CONTINUE AS CHAIR.
UM, I GUESS WE COULD APPOINT NANCY AGAIN.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
AS ALAN SAID, WE COULD ALL, YOU KNOW, IF SHE DOESN'T, THEN WE COULD ALWAYS APPOINT SOMEONE.
BUT ALSO I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KNOW, A, IF SHE'S INTERESTED IN DOING VICE CHAIR AGAIN AND B IF SHE IS, IF SHE'S GOING TO REAPPLY FOR APPOINTMENT IN JUNE, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE APPOINTING SOMEONE WHO IS HERE TONIGHT.
WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO DO IT?
WHAT ABOUT DEB? I WOULD ACCEPT IT IF ASKED
DEB, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE VICE CHAIR?
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED A, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT.
I MOVE THAT WE ELECT, UH, CHAIR PASCAL AS CHAIR AND DEB HALFORD AS VICE CHAIR.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, JUST A VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 4.2, PRESENTATION ON THE 2026 OPPORTUNITIES EXPO.
I'LL PASS THIS ONE TO DIRECTOR BAKER.
CHAIR PASCAL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRUMLEY IS HERE TO GIVE A RECAP ON OUR 2026 OPPORTUNITIES EXPO, WHICH WAS OUR, I BELIEVE, THIRD ANNUAL EVENT AND OUR HIGHEST ATTENDANT THUS FAR, MR. BRUMLEY.
ALRIGHT, I'LL TAKE THE MICROPHONE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW CLOSE IT HAS TO BE.
TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOTTA BE RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, YES, I'M PRESENTING FOR, UH, LIBRARY MANAGER EMILY LOWELL TONIGHT.
SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT, UH, I PROMISE I'LL DO YOU PROUD EMILY
UH, SO, UH, THIS WAS ACTUALLY OUR FOURTH YEAR.
WE'VE HOSTED OPPORTUNITIES EXPO.
UM, IT WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE LOCAL JOB SEEKERS WITH EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES, UM, UH, KIND OF, UH, O OFFER THEM RESUME REVIEWS, UM, PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS PORTRAITS AND, UH, MEET LOCAL EMPLOYERS THAT ARE HIRING.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GROWING KIND OF EACH YEAR AND GOING THROUGH A FEW LITTLE MODIFICATIONS EACH TIME WE THINK IT'S GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
UM, SO SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ASK A JOB ARE AT THE LIBRARY, AND YES, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
UH, WE'RE CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES, WE'RE CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH, UM, JOB SKILLS, THE, THE TOOLS TO CREATE RESUMES AND SEND THOSE THINGS.
SO WHY WOULDN'T WE TRY ALSO TO CONNECT THEM WITH EMPLOYERS? UM, THE PLA HAS A STATEMENT HERE, UM, THAT, UH, IS, IS GOOD ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAVE WHOLE PROGRAMS ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE OF COURSE WERE INSPIRED BY SOME OF THESE THINGS.
WE WEREN'T FOLLOWING THEIR, THEIR PLAYBOOKS, BUT WE APPRECIATE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, AS PART OF OUR, ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES HERE, UM, LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL PROMOTE LITERACY IN ALL ITS FORMS TO HELP PEOPLE FULFILL THEIR LIFE GOALS AND BE MORE ACTIVE, ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND, UH, THAT CERTAINLY INCLUDES, UH, FINDING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.
UM, WHAT'S WHAT'S NICE IS WE, WE LIKE TO THINK OF THIS AS, AS TWO, TWO THINGS.
WE'RE, WE'RE SERVING PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR, FOR WORK, BUT WE'RE ALSO SERVING THE EMPLOYERS, LOOKING FOR EMPLOYEES AND MAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
SO OUR, UH, PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS THIS YEAR WERE THE CITY OF LIVERMORE.
UM, THE, UH, SCHOOL DIS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, L-A-R-P-D.
WE HAD, UH, 99 RANCH MARKET HERE AT AND T SERVICES, TIMBERLAND SENIOR HELPERS, AND THEN PICTURED HERE AT PANDA EXPRESS.
OF COURSE, WE HAD OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SO RON ESSEX AND, UH, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRI VALLEY CAREER CENTER.
UH, RON ESSEX PROVIDED 48 BUSINESS PORTRAITS TO ATTENDEES AT A VERY SUPER DISCOUNTED PRICE TO US.
UM, THEY GOT TO SELECT THEIR PHOTOS, AND THEN THEY WERE RETOUCHED AND THEN EMAILED.
SO IT WAS LIKE KIND OF A FULL, UH, SERVICE THERE.
AND THEN THE TRI-VALLEY CAREER CENTER PROVIDED ONE-ON-ONE RESUME REVIEWS FOR 39 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR.
UM, SOME THINGS WE, WE, UH, HAVE
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BEEN REFLECTING ON AND CONSIDERING FOR THIS YEAR.UM, SO IT WAS THE HIGHEST ATTENDED OPPORTUNITIES, OPPORTUNITIES EXPO TO DATE.
SO 204 ATTENDEES, REALLY GREAT TURNOUT.
UM, THEY RECEIVED A REPORT, AS YOU SAW FOR RESUMES AND THEIR PHOTO, THE PHOTOGRAPHY THERE, 48 PEOPLE GOT THAT.
UM, IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS HARDER TO FIND EMPLOYERS TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR THAN IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS TOO IN THE NEXT, SO TRIVE CAREER CENTER, THEY DO A, UH, JOB FAIR AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS YEAR THEY HAD 20 EMPLOYERS ATTEND.
HOWEVER, UH, THEY WERE TALKING TO US, THEY USUALLY HAVE 40 ATTEND.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THAT TIME OF, UH, IN THE ECONOMY, I GUESS, WHERE, UH, MORE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK AND EMPLOYERS AREN'T NECESSARILY WORK LOOKING FOR AS MANY EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF FI FINDING OUT AT LEAST THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR IS JUST HAVING A, EVEN JUST A BIGGER COLLABORATION WITH THE TRI-VALLEY CAREER CENTER, UM, SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING A JOB FAIR AND THEN JUST WE CAN BRING ALL OF THE, OUR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK AND THEY'RE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THESE GREAT CONTACTS WITH EMPLOYERS.
WE'RE OF COURSE GONNA LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYERS BEYOND THAT, BUT THAT CAN REALLY HELP.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR, OR, UH, TAKE YOUR COMMENTS.
DO YOU JUST STAY, UH, DO YOU JUST STAY WITHIN THE TRI-VALLEY FOR EMPLOYERS TYPICALLY? YES.
YEAH, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO SERVE IS LIVE ROOM RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, BEYOND THAT, OF COURSE YOU CAN WORK BEYOND THE TRI-VALLEY, BUT IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER WITH THE COMMUTES, SO.
I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'VE ENGAGED WITH THE NATIONAL LABS? YES, WE HAVE IN THE PAST.
UM, I THINK THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE HAVING THEM COME, BUT WHAT ABOUT THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR? THAT NORTH WIND? IT'S CALLED THIS LATELY.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I CAN ASK THE STAFF WHO WERE LOOKING IT, IT, YOU SAID NORTH WIND? NORTH WIND.
I WILL WRITE THAT DOWN AND CHECK IN, AND THEN IF NOT, WE'LL CHECK IT OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
I'M CURIOUS, WHERE, WHERE DOES, UH, THE TRI-VALLEY CAREER CENTER, WHERE DO THEY HOST THEIR JOB FAIR? I, I BELIEVE THAT'S OVER AT THE LAS POSITAS, UH, COLLEGE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE BASED OUT OF.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.3, PRESENTATION ON THE 20 25 26 WINTER READING PROGRAM.
SO, OUR WINTER READING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL HERE.
TO GIVE A RECAP OF OUR LATEST WINTER READING PROGRAM IS SUPERVISING LIBRARIAN YANG.
SO WINTER READING PROGRAM, UM, 25 26 THIS YEAR.
IT STARTED ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2025, AND IT ENDED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2026.
UM, THE CHALLENGE FOR THIS WINTER READING PROGRAM WAS, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO READ 50 HOURS.
AND SO WE CREATED A GAME BOARD FOR PARTICIPANTS.
AND, UM, EACH TIME, UM, THEY COMPLETED A GOLD, GOLD NUMBER ON THE GAME BOARD.
THEY GOT A CHANCE TO GET A RAFFLE TICKET TO PUT IN FOR A RAFFLE TICKET DRAWING.
AND SO COMPLAINING OF GOLD SQUARE EARNS A RAFFLE TICKET.
FOR THIS PAST WINTER READING PROGRAM, WE HAD 2,807 PARTICIPANTS.
AND OUT OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS, WE HAD 1,779 COMPLETED.
UM, READING, LOGGING 50 HOURS.
SO IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE PAST COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, THIS YEAR, THIS, THIS PAST WINTER READING, WE HAD 2,807.
AND IF WE LOOK AT THE MINUTES, UM, WE HAD OVER 2,000,551 AND 53 MINUTES LOGGED AND SOME OF THE POPULAR RAFFLE PRIZE THIS YEAR.
WE HAD, UH, THE BATH AND BODY WORKS HANDS, UH, SANITIZER, KEY CHAINS.
THESE ARE REALLY POPULAR WITH THE KIDS AND ALSO ADULTS.
THE CAT BEANBAG WAS SUPER POPULAR.
WE EVEN HAD ENGAGEMENT, UM, OVER SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE COMMENTING ON IT, PEOPLE CALLING IN.
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THE TRAEGER GRILL THIS YEAR.UH, THE FAMILY THAT PICKED UP WERE SUPER EXCITED.
UH, THE DAD CAME WITH THE, UH, THE, THE KIDDOS AND THEY WERE JUST SUPER EXCITED.
WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SCHEDULE THEM TO PICK IT UP IN THE DELIVERY AREA BECAUSE IT CAME IN A REALLY BIG BOX
AND ONE OF THE COOLEST PRIZES, BECAUSE I'M A YOUTH SERVICES, UH, LIBRARY MANAGER, WAS THE BLUEY BUMPER CAR.
AND SO IF YOU GUYS LOOK HERE, THE SLIDE, WE HAD A, UM, FAMILY, A THREE GIRLS, UM, THEY CAME AND PICKED THE PRIZE.
THEY WERE ALL SMILING, AND THE PARENTS JUST REALLY SHARED HOW, UM, EXCITING THE READING PROGRAM WAS FOR THEM AND HOW THEY, UH, CAN'T WAIT, UH, TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR, UH, YOUTH SERVICES, UH, WE INTENTIONALLY TRY TO REACH OUT TO, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TEENS.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TEENS IS ONE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT'S HARDER TO REACH.
AND SO, UH, UH, ME AND, UM, ONE OF OUR USERS, LIBRARIAN AND NAALI, WE, UH, HAD A TUTSI TUTSI ROLE LIBRARY POPUP AT GRAN HIGH SCHOOL TO PROMOTE SIGNUPS FOR THE READING PROGRAM.
SO, UH, WE HAD SOME TOOTSIE POP, UM, IN A BOX, AND IF THEY PULLED OUT THE TOOTSIE POP AND IT FEELS COLORED, THEN THEY HAD A CHANCE TO WIN EXTRA PRIZES LIKE GATORADE AND CHIPS AND SNACKS.
AND THEN, UM, MOST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDDOS, THEY HAVE LIKE MOBILE DEVICES.
SO THEY, UH, SO IT, UM, THEY SHOWED THAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE READING CHALLENGE VIA OUR BEANS STACK APP.
UH, THEY, THEY CAN PICK UP THE REGISTRATION PRICE RIGHT THERE AT THE SCHOOL.
SO WE HAD, UM, THE LUNCHTIME IS ONLY LIKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
WE HAD, UM, UP TO LIKE 10 TEENS BE LIKE, HEY, LOOK, I SIGNED UP.
CAN I GIVE 'EM A PRIZE? AND THEN THE ONES THAT, UM, HAVE NEVER SIGNED UP BEFORE, THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED UP AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN ONE OF THE COOL THINGS IS FOR THE STUDENTS, THEY HAVE A SCHOOL APP CALLED THE FIVE STAR APP, AND ON THE APP IS ACTUALLY THEIR SCHOOL ID.
AND SO, UH, WE WERE THERE TO ALSO, UM, PROMOTE THAT, HEY, WITH YOUR FIVE STAR APP, IF YOU PULL UP WITH A BARCODE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME TO ANY LITTLE MORE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND YOU CAN USE THAT TO CHECK OUT ANY LIBRARY MATERIALS OR IF YOU NEED TO PRINT ANY HOMEWORK, UM, HOMEWORK, PAPER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STOP BY ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS AND YOU CAN DO THAT FOR FREE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE GI BOARDS AVAILABLE FOR THE KIDDOS TO TAKE HOME AS WELL.
UM, WE WERE HOSTING, UH, THIS TABLE, THE TEACHERS ON, UH, THE TEACHERS AND SOME OF THE LIBRARY STAFF, UM, FROM THE SCHOOL NEXT TO US WAS GIVEN, GIVEN AWAY HOT COCOA.
SO IT WAS LIKE A SUPER BUSY, UH, LU LUNCH HOUR.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED STUDENTS COME, UM, COME BY JUST TO, UM, UH, UH, SAY HI TO US.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I MESSED UP ON THE LAST ITEM, ALAN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO I'LL ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM 4.3.
UM, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
AND FOR THE RECORD, NO PUBLIC COMMENT HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
UM, BOARD QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS.
IS THIS FOR AUDIO BOOKS AS WELL? IS THIS FOR AUDIO BOOKS AS WELL, OR NOT? YES.
SO IT'S FOR LOGGING BOOKS, AUDIO BOOKS.
UH, IF YOU ATTEND A STORY TIME PROGRAM AND THEY READ A BOOK TO YOUR KIDDO, THAT COUNTS AS WELL.
I HAD A QUESTION ON, UM, UH, COMPLETION.
SO 1,779 COMPLETIONS, THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO READ ALL 50 HOURS.
SO YOU'RE SAYING OVER HALF OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED ACTUALLY, LIKE, READ.
MAYBE MY MEMORY IS NOT
IT, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
UM, ALSO, IS THE GAME BOARD DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WITH THE GOLD DENOTING WHERE THE, THE RAFFLE TICKETS ARE? OR IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN AROUND TOO? THAT'S BEEN AROUND, MAN.
WE WERE EMBRACING THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR.
I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH ALL OF THE SUMMER AND WINTER READING PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR.
I ALSO THINK, AND THEN I FORGET, UM, CLEARLY, WHICH IS, UM, SCHOOLS SHOULD REALLY DO A READ-A-THON OVER WINTER BREAK FOR TO RAISE MONEY AND TIE IT INTO THIS.
BECAUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY POWERFUL TO GET KIDDOS READING OVER THE BREAK AND THEN ALSO RAISING MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE A NICE WIN-WIN.
UM, AND NOW I HAVE A KID GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE COOL FOR LIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS,
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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE WILL MOVE INTO, UM, ITEM 4.3, OR, I'M SORRY, 4.4 PRESENTATION ON THE NEWLY LAUNCHED 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN INITIATIVE.
WE'RE BEGINNING A NEW INITIATIVE HERE FOR LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY ANYWAY, TO HELP ENCOURAGE CAREGIVERS TO READ WITH THEIR CHILDREN CALLED 1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN HERE TO GIVE A BREAKDOWN ON THAT NEW INITIATIVE.
ONCE AGAIN, SUPERVISING LIBRARIAN YANG.
SO, UM, FEBRUARY 1ST WE LAUNCHED THE 1000 BOOKS FOR KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR OVER A YEAR WITH, UM, OUR USERS LIBERIAN TIER.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS, UM, VERY SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE, UM, MY THREE OLDEST GIRLS, UM, THEY ALL COMPLETED THIS PROGRAM.
AND NOW THAT THEY'RE IN, UM, FIRST GRADE, KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL, UH, YOU JUST SEE THAT COMPARE IF YOU COMPARE THEM TO OTHER STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.
UM, 'CAUSE I STILL GET INVITED TO GO OUT TO PRESCHOOLS TO READ TO THEM.
UM, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE USED TO BEING READ, THEY JUST RESPOND BETTER.
AND I FEEL IN A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA LEARN BETTER AS WELL.
SO, UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT 1000 BOOKS FOR KINDERGARTEN, IT'S, IT'S TO ENCOURAGE CAREGIVERS TO REACH TO THEIR CHILDREN.
UM, THIS PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FOR ANY KIDS THAT HAVE, UH, NOT BEGAN, UM, KINDERGARTEN YET.
SO YOU'RE TALKING FROM BABY INFANTS, UM, UP TO, UH, UH, TRANSITIONAL, UH, KINDERGARTEN, WHICH IS TK.
SO AS LONG AS THEY HAVEN'T STARTED, UH, KINDERGARTEN, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
AND SO, UM, FOR OUR ADVERTISING, UH, WE HAD OUR FLYERS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THIS KIND OF HELPS, UM, OUR, UM, SPANISH DEMOGRAPHIC TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE, UM, PARTICIPANTS TO USE THE BEANS STACK APP.
UH, 'CAUSE THE THING IS, IF WE, THIS IS A YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM, SO IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP AND START TRACKING BOOKS, WHEN WE DO OUR BIG READING PROGRAM, LIKE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM AND WINTER READING PROGRAM, THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO LOG THEIR BOOKS.
SO WE'RE HOPING WITH THE SEASONAL PROGRAM, UM, WHEN WE'RE DOING OUTREACH AND DIFFERENT THINGS, IF IT'S NOT WINTER OR SUMMER, IT'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY CHANCE TO ENGAGE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY TO BE LIKE, HEY, UM, IF YOU READ TO YOUR KID, YOU SHOULD SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE OF A, B, CD.
UM, SO FOR TRACKING, UH, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE BEANS STACK APP.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE LIKE A GAME BOARD, UH, LIKE A HUNDRED ITEMS THEY CAN COLOR INSTEAD.
A A LOT OF THE KIDS, THEY PREFER TO COLOR THINGS OR, UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE NANNIES OR GRANDMAS WHO DON'T WANT TO USE THE BE SACK APP, BUT THEY, UM, PREFER TO USE THE PAPER COPIES.
AND THE GAME BOARD REALLY ENCOURAGES, UH, EARLY, UH, MOTOR SKILLS AS WELL, BECAUSE AS THEY COLOR OR SCRIBBLE OR WRITE, UM, THAT'S REALLY PREPARING THEM FOR KINDERGARTEN.
UM, FOR EVERY 100 BOOKS THAT THEY DO READ, IT'S LIKE A BENCHMARK.
AND SO WE ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR THEM THAT EVERY TIME THEY REACH A HUNDRED, THEY, UM, WHEN THEY GET A HUNDRED, THEY GET THEIR, UM, 100, THEY GET THEIR 1000 BOOKS GAME BOARD ON THE RIGHT OVER THERE.
THEY ACTUALLY GET A STICKER TO SAY 100, AND THEN THEY HIT, HIT 200, THEY GET A STICKER FOR 200.
IT GOES ALL THE WAY UNTIL THEY HIT 1000.
UM, AS OF WHEN WE, WE, WE LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 1ST ON, UH, BY FEBRUARY 5TH, WE HAD 70 PARTICIPANTS ALREADY.
I JUST CHECKED RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME FOR THIS MEETING, AND WE HAVE 101 PARTICIPANTS AS OF TODAY, OVER 3000 BOOKS LOGGED ALREADY, AND WE'RE BARELY ONE MONTH IN.
SO SOME OF THE COOL PRIZES THAT THE KIDDOS, THEY, THEY CAN WIN IS WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HIT 100 BOOK, THE, UH, 100 BOOKS, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS THEY COME TO THE LIBRARY, THEY GET THEIR TRACKER TO SAY THEY, THEY GOT A HUNDRED BOOKS.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A PICTURE IN THE LIBRARY, AND THEN WE POST IT IN A YOUTH SOURCES ROOM SO THAT THEY, THEY CAN BE PROUD OF THEMSELF AND SAY LIKE, HEY, LOOK, I REACH A HUNDRED BOOKS.
AND THEN SOME OTHER PRIZES THAT YOU CAN WIN IS LIKE SENSORY BOARD BOOK.
UM, EVERY OTHER A HUNDRED, THEY CAN GET A MYSTERY PRIZE.
UM, ONE THING THAT'S REALLY COOL IS YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET A READING BUDDY WHEN YOU HIT 400 BOOKS AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY UNTIL YOU HIT A THOUSAND.
AND THEN WHEN THEY HIT A THOUSAND, UM, THEY GET A CHANCE TO PICK A COUPLE BOOK OPTIONS.
AND THE, THE BOOK THEME IS, UM, GETTING READY FOR KINDERGARTEN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THIS PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME GUYS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO PUBLIC, SORRY, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SO HOW ARE WE PROMOTING THIS?
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WE, WE ARE, WE POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.WE HAVE FLYERS IN THE LIBRARY.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO EXPAND EVEN MORE.
UM, SO THAT INCLUDES DOING PROMO VIDEOS AS THE WARMER, AS THE WEATHER WARMS UP AND FARMER'S MARKET KICKS OFF ON THURSDAYS AGAIN.
UM, WE'RE HOPING TO SIGN UP TO, WE PROMOTE THIS WHEN, UM, WE JUST HAD THE TK KINDER ROUNDUP, UH, THIS, I THINK AT THE END OF JANUARY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO EVEN THOUGH, UM, THAT WAS ENROLLING TK AND KINDER STUDENTS, A LOT OF FAMILIES, THEY HAVE EVEN YOUNGER KIDS THAN LIKE THE KID THAT'S GETTING SCHOOL.
SO WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE IN, UM, IN PUBLIC, WE ARE ALSO, UM, ADVERTISING THIS AS, OR PROMOTING IT AND ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO REALLY SIGN UP.
ARE YOU MENTIONING IT AT LIKE EVERY STORY TIME YOU HAVE? YES, WE ARE.
AND, UM, I FORGOT A, A COMMENT EARLIER, UH, BUT I HAD A MOM COME IN TWO WEEKS AGO AND SHE SAID LIKE, UM, I, I USED TO LIVE IN CONCORD.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PROGRAM.
MY OLDER CHILD PARTICIPATED IN IT, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT MY YOUNGER KIDDO NOW CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME PROGRAM THE OLDER SIBLING DID.
YEAH, MY GRANDSON DID THIS IN, IN SAN DIEGO, AND HE LOVED IT AND WENT THROUGH A THOUSAND BOOKS AND AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE FLYERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW OF THAT HAVE CHILDREN UNDER KINDERGARTEN? YES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE FLYERS AT THE LIBRARY POSTED.
UM, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A THOUSAND BOOKS? LIKE WHY, WHY THAT NUMBER? I'VE SEEN THIS IN OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS. I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE, WHAT IF, IF THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
UM, WELL, THE 1000 BOOKS PROGRAM OVERALL HAS ITS OWN ARCHING UMBRELLA.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY, BUT I DO, I DO KNOW THAT IT REALLY ENCOURAGES READING.
UM, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, UM, MY, MY KIDS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND I PROBABLY READ LESS TO THEM NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO BENCHMARK TO HIT.
I STILL READ TO THEM
BUT I, I THINK A THOUSAND IS A, A VERY GOOD, AMAZING NUMBER.
UM, I ALSO NOTICED OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS, WHEN THEY DO THIS, THEY'LL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY'LL POST WITH PERMISSION, I THINK PICTURES OF LIKE THE KIDS.
AND USUALLY THERE'S LIKE A SIGN AND LIKE, I READ A THOUSAND BOOKS, OR THEY HOLD SOMETHING AND IT'S LIKE A BIG, KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PLANS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO, BUT IT, IT'S VERY CUTE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, PLEASE SHARE.
WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO, UM, PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE THIS PROGRAM AS THIS PROGRAM GROWS.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT AS WE HAVE MORE TIME, UH, WE CAN, UM, PROMOTE THIS EVEN, UH, TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
AND HERE IN LIVERMORE, IS THERE LIKE A UPPER LIMIT ON CAPACITY FOR THIS? UH, CAPACITY AS IN LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN SIGN UP, LIKE, LIKE HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS YOU, YOU CAN, LIKE, THAT YOU HAVE PRIZES FOR AND YOU HAVE SPACE FOR? I MEAN, IS IS IT LIKE ANYONE WHO SIGNS UP, WE GOT STUFF FOR YOU AND SPACE FOR YOU? WE, WE KIND OF BUDGETED EN ENOUGH TO, TO SEE WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE AT, AT SIX MONTHS, AND THEN AFTER SIX MONTHS WE WOULD DO A REVIEW.
WE'RE PROBABLY IN NOW JUST TO SEE IF, IF THE COMMUNITY DOES RESPOND TO THE PROGRAM, AND IF IT DOES, THEN WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING TO, TO EXPAND IT EVEN MORE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 4.5 REPORT ON THE LIBRARY STRATEGIC PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DIRECTOR BAKER, MAYOR PASCAL, THE LIBRARY IS VERY EXCITED TO BE WRAPPING UP OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SURVEY, UM, TO THE POINT TO WHERE WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAUNCH IT VERY SOON.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I'M HERE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN SURVEY THAT IS, IS, UM, MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO MCFARLAND.
UM, HOPEFULLY THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH THE SURVEY AND REVIEW THIS AS A PART OF THE PACKET.
I'M GONNA GIVE MY PRESENTATION IN TWO PARTS.
THE FIRST PART WILL BE HERE JUST TALKING ABOUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE STAFF REPORT.
AND THEN I'LL PULL THE SURVEY UP ON THE SCREEN THERE SO WE CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FLOW.
WE DON'T NEED TO SEE OBVIOUSLY EVERY SINGLE LINE ITEM, BUT JUST TO KINDA GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING FROM.
UM, THE SURVEY IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR THE LIBRARY IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT'S GONNA HELP US COLLECT DATA, FEEDBACK AND INPUT THAT IS GOING TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY'S NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT IT'S ALSO JUST GONNA GENERALLY INFORM PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
NOT EVERY BIT OF DATA THAT WE GET FROM THE SURVEY IS GONNA BE SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE PLAN.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST GONNA BE GOOD FOR STAFF.
OUR, ESPECIALLY OUR SERVICES SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO KNOW.
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WE ACTUALLY HAD A STAFF MEETING ABOUT THIS EARLIER DISCUSSING IT, AND I THINK MY KEY POINT I WAS HOPING TO MAKE, AND THAT IT SEEMED LIKE WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED IS THAT WHEREAS WE HAVE EXPERTS, UH, WE HAVE OUR DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AND OUR LIBRARY MANAGERS WHO ARE PHENOMENAL WITH WHAT THEY DO, ALONG WITH THE STAFF, OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE PUBLIC IS FEELING, WHAT THEY'RE THINKING, WHAT THEIR DESIRES ARE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THEM IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.THAT'S WHAT THIS SURVEY IS GONNA HELP SUPPORT.
UM, I TALKED A LITTLE IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT THIS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY USING INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM OTHER LIBRARIES, UM, OUR OWN LIBRARY STAFF, OUR LIBRARY'S LEADERSHIP, AND JUST SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES GATHERED FROM OTHER LIBRARY SYSTEMS. WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE, UM, IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT HOW, UH, WHAT THEIR END PLAN WAS.
AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY CONSTRUCTED THE PLAN, HOW THEY GOT THE INFORMATION FOR IT, AND THAT INFORMED SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT WENT INTO THIS SURVEY.
UM, ALTHOUGH THE SURVEY IS ULTIMATELY PRETTY MUCH IN ITS FINAL FORM, THERE MAY BE SOME LAST MINUTE MINOR MODIFICATIONS.
THE BOARD'S ROLE IS JUST BEGINNING AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLICIZING THE SURVEY AND HELPING TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SURVEY.
I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT ONE OF THOSE WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO SUPPORT IT IS, UM, STAFF HAS CREATED A POSTCARD, UM, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY, UM, THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY.
IT OFFERS A QR CODE THAT SOMEBODY CAN SCAN AND JUST GO RIGHT DIRECTLY TO THE SURVEY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND FORGIVE ME IF I DIDN'T NOTE THIS IN THE REPORT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE.
WE HAVE TRANSLATED THE SURVEY INTO SEVEN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES ON TOP OF THE ENGLISH.
SO, UM, THE SURVEYS THAT'LL BE PAPER AND BE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON HAVE AN OBSTACLE, UM, THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DOING IT ONLINE.
THE PAPER ONES WILL BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT ANYBODY WHO GOES ONLINE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY CAN CHOOSE FROM ENGLISH, SPANISH, TAGALOG, KOREAN, CHINESE, PUNJABI, HINDI, AND FARSI
SO, UM, THAT'S A HUGE, I THINK, WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.
WE WON'T ALWAYS BE ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING IN SO MANY LANGUAGES, BUT WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES IN THE HOME BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND THAT'S HOW THOSE LANGUAGES WERE SELECTED.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GET CARDS TO YOU.
UM, THE SURVEY IS GONNA GO OUT FAIRLY SOON.
SORRY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CARDS DONE TONIGHT, BUT THE GOAL IS TO MAIL THEM OUT TO YOU, UM, OR MAKE 'EM AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP, AND THEN YOU CAN PASS THEM OUT IN THE CIRCLES THAT YOU'RE IN.
OR, UM, IF IT'S A BUSINESS THAT YOU GO TO THAT YOU THINK IS, UM, IMPORTANT, AN IMPORTANT PARTNER WITH PATRONS, WHEREVER YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, PLEASE SHARE IT IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THEN THIS WON'T BE THE END OF IT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THIS AS THIS GOES ALONG.
WE ARE AT THE, I WOULD SAY WE'RE NEARING THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, MAYBE INTO THE SECOND QUARTER IF IT WAS FOOTBALL
UM, THIS IS FAR FROM BEING THE COMPLETE PICTURE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST EXTERNAL LIFT.
A LOT OF THE OTHER WORK IS GONNA BE INTERNAL.
IT'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH STAFF, WORKING WITH OUR LEADERSHIP, OF COURSE, WORKING WITH YOU ALL.
SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU, UM, AS APPROPRIATE, GIVEN REPORTS ON, UM, THE STATUS OF THE SURVEY WHERE IT'S GOING, OF COURSE WHEN IT'S LAUNCHED, THAT'S ANOTHER TIME THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL IN TERMS OF PUBLICIZING IT, LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW IT'S OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP.
UM, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND STOP THERE WITH THIS PORTION OF THE REPORT.
I'LL PULL A SURVEY UP AND JUST TALK THROUGH A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
AND PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS, UH, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I WON'T HAVE THIS ONE IN THE SAME FORMAT ON THE SCREEN, THAT WAY I'LL BE ABLE TO SCROLL AS
BUT, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED ME TO STOP AND, UH, REPEAT OR EXPLAIN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE THING, BUT JUST TOUCHING ON THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE SURVEY, AND THIS IS IN BLACK AND WHITE, BUT REST ASSURED, THE ACTUAL SURVEY WILL HAVE SOME LIFE AND SOME COLOR TO IT,
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THEY SEE IT IN THE PAPER FORM.UM, BUT THIS IS JUST REITERATING WHAT WE WERE JUST SAYING, UM, HOW THIS IS GONNA HELP GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO GENERAL LIBRARY EFFORTS AND PROGRAMMING.
WE DO EXPLAIN THAT WE, WHILE WE ENCOURAGE RESPONSES TO ALL QUESTIONS, THERE IS THE OPTION TO ANSWER ONLY THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE MOST COMPELLING TO PEOPLE.
AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRE A RESPONSE TO MOVE FORWARD WILL BE DENOTED WITH AN ASTERISK.
AND IF SOMEBODY CANNOT FINISH THE SURVEY ALL AT ONCE, THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION TO SAVE IT AND RETURN AT A MORE CONVENIENT TIME.
UM, AND OF COURSE, THEIR RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY WILL BE ANONYMOUS.
WE DON'T COLLECT NAMES OR IP ADDRESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THE ONE LIMITATION, UM, TO THEM BEING ABLE TO, UM, COME BACK AND COMPLETE IT IS WE ARE, THE GOAL IS TO SET UP A COMPUTER, A DEDICATED COMPUTER IN THE LIBRARY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT THERE BECAUSE IT'S BASED IN COOKIES.
IF ONE PERSON STARTS AND DOESN'T FINISH, THAT'S THE ONE CASE WHERE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND FINISH.
BUT IF YOU DO IT FROM YOUR PHONE OR YOU DO IT FROM YOUR HOME COMPUTER AND YOUR COOKIES ARE ENABLED, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE.
ALAN, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, SHOULD WE HOLD OR I THINK, UH, I THINK AT THIS POINT, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS, JUST GO WITH IT.
IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, FOR, FOR THIS AND FOR SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS, I JUST NOTICED THE READING LEVEL'S A LITTLE HIGH.
UM, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, I KNOW FOR LIKE PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION, THEY TEND TO TRY AND GET IT AT LIKE A FIFTH GRADE READING LEVEL, MORE OR LESS.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER, THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMPELLING TO YOU? LIKE THAT'S KIND OF A, LIKE HIGH VOCABULARY WORD,
UM, THAT'S MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR LIKE THE SUMMARY STATEMENTS, THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF A SECTION, WE MADE A PRETTY CONCERTED EFFORT, I'D SAY FOR THE ACTUAL INLINE QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO BE PROBABLY LOWER THAN EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL.
I DIDN'T RUN IT THROUGH WORD TO SEE WHAT THEY SAID, IT WAS
UM, AGAIN, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT COME IN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE HELP AVAILABLE OR IF SOMEBODY REACHES OUT TO US, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO CONSIDER IT.
BUT, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
UM, THE FIRST SECTION THAT, UH, WE HAVE AS PART OF THE SURVEY, AND AGAIN, THIS PAPER LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE ONLINE WOULD, THE ONLINE ONE, YOU'RE CLICKING BOXES, YOU'RE ANSWERING, YOU'RE FINISHING A SECTION, AND THEN YOU'RE CLICKING NEXT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION.
SO, UM, BUT IT STARTS WITH THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH LIVERMORE, UH, PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE'RE WANTING TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE LIBRARY AND IDENTIFY, UM, THOSE AREAS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE IMPROVEMENT IS NEEDED.
UH, CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT BEST DESCRIBES YOU.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD.
I PREVIOUSLY HAD A CARD BUT NO LONGER USE IT AND I NEVER HAD A LIBRARY, UM, A LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD.
THE REASON I READ THIS ONE OUT IS JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, BASED ON THE ANSWERS SOMEBODY MAKES ON THE DIGITAL SURVEY, IT WILL TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT MOST APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY SAYS, I'VE NEVER HAD A LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD, THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN THE SURVEY THAT WON'T BE RELEVANT TO THEM, OR IF THEY SAY, I'VE NEVER ATTENDED A PROGRAM AND EVERYTHING, THERE'S DIFFERENT TRIGGERS THROUGHOUT THE SURVEY THAT ARE MEANT TO BE, IT'S SURVEY LOGIC, BASICALLY, THAT ARE MEANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT STUMPED OR STUCK ON A QUESTION THAT'S NOT RELEVANT TO THEM.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A FOURTH OPTION HERE TO BE NITPICKY.
UH, THE ONE CARD, THE STUDENTS THAT USE THEIR SCHOOL ID RATHER THAN THE LIBRARY CARD, THEY TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD.
AND SO THEY MAY BE CONFUSED IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION OR THEY MAY ANSWER IT LIKE, I'VE NEVER HAD A LIBRARY CARD, BUT THEY'RE REALLY LIBRARY USERS.
YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, UH, A GREAT POINT.
I'LL, UH, WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AS WE'RE MAKING, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS BASICALLY FINAL, BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE, UH, FIXES TO THINGS THAT ARE INACCURATE OR THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO PHRASE THEM OR WORD THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT IS NOT A LIMITATION 'CAUSE THAT MAKES IT SOUND NEGATIVE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO MAKE A CHANGE ON, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRANSLATIONS, UM, FOR ALL OF THEM, UNLESS THEY'RE SIMPLE THINGS AND ADDING THEM ON.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR
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ENERGY TOWARDS THE MOST CRITICAL CHANGES, IF ANY, ARE NECESSARY.BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND, AND AGAIN, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE AN INTERNAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT LIBRARY ACCOUNT WOULD'VE BEEN MORE ACCURATE, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WELL, AND I'M JUST READING IT.
I MEAN, IT'S, YOU'VE KEYED IT TO THE LIBRARY CARD, THAT'S THEIR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP.
YOU CAN NOT HAVE A LIBRARY CARD AND USE THE LIBRARY A LOT.
AND SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO MODIFY THAT QUESTION AWAY FROM LIBRARY CARD TO, HEY, I USED THE LIBRARY.
HEY, I USED TO USE THE LIBRARY.
YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL INQUIRY THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT THIS IS GOOD DATA FOR US TO HAVE TOO.
IT'S SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKING THE SURVEY HAVE A LIBRARY CARD.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS ABSOLUTELY VALID IN TERMS OF THERE MAY BE PEOPLE IN OTHER SITUATIONS WHO WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AS WELL.
AND YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT YOUR ELECTRONIC VERSIONS ARE GONNA TAKE PEOPLE AWAY WHO DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY CARD TO QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE IRRELEVANT TO THEM, BUT THOSE QUESTIONS MAY BE RELEVANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE LIBRARY WITHOUT USING THE LIBRARY CARD.
YEAH, IT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE WERE DOING A DEMONSTRATION BEST BASED OFF THE ELECTRONIC VERSION TO SHOW KIND OF LIKE WHEN EACH INDIVIDUAL QUESTION, UM, MAKES SENSE.
UH, ON PAPER, OF COURSE, THEY'RE JUST GONNA GET ALL THE QUESTIONS RIGHT.
AND IN SOME CASES THEY'RE JUST NOT GONNA HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THEM.
AND WE'VE KIND OF ALREADY CONSIDERED THAT.
WE STILL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH GETTING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN GET FROM THOSE, THOSE PATRONS.
BUT, UH, NOTE, NOTE MADE, NOTE TAKEN FOR SURE.
UM, ONE QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU EVER VISITED THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY? IF SOMEBODY SAYS NO, UH, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE LOGIC OF THE SURVEY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER EXAMPLE.
REALISTICALLY, IF SOMEBODY SAYS NO, THEY'VE NEVER VISITED THE LIBRARY, THEN OBVIOUSLY ASKING THEM, DO YOU ATTEND EVENTS AT ANY OF THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY LOCATIONS? THAT'S A MORE KIND OF STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT EDGE, UH, ANSWER.
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY POINT TO BRING THEM BACK TO THAT QUESTION.
UH, WE ASK, UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, DO YOU ATTEND ANY EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY? UM, IF SOMEBODY SAYS, NO, THEY DON'T ATTEND, UH, THE LIBRARY OR THEY DON'T USE LIBRARY SERVICES, UM, WE'VE PUT A LIST OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS THAT THEY CAN CHECK HERE TO SAY, THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY DON'T.
THIS IS GONNA BE A POWERFUL ONE FOR US BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION IS REALLY GONNA HELP US FIGURE OUT THAT.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GREAT SATURATION IN THE COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING LIKE THE LIBRARY IS, IS NOT A TOOL FOR ME, LET'S FIND OUT WHY.
IT'S ALSO GONNA HELP US WHEN WE MAKE THOSE ARGUMENTS FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR SOMETHING ADDITIONAL WE NEED.
ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT CAME UP EARLIER IN OUR MEETING WAS, I DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW FOR A FACT DIRECTOR BAKER'S HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BUS STOP.
UH, 'CAUSE I'VE HELPED COORDINATE SOME OF THEM.
AND IF A THOUSAND PEOPLE SAY, HEY, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT'S GOOD BACKING FOR US TO SHARE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, GATHERING NEW RESOURCES AND NEW OPTIONS.
SO, UH, WE ASK WHAT LIBRARY LOCATION, UH, DO THEY PRIMARILY VISIT? AGAIN, DATA COLLECTION.
UH, WE ASK IF THE HOURS ARE GREAT FOR YOU, DO THESE HOURS AT YOUR PRIMARY LOCATION WORK OUT WELL? AND IF THEY DON'T, WE ASK THEM TO SAY WHAT DOESN'T WORK? AGAIN, JUST, IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR US.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, UH, THE JOKE CAME UP EARLIER.
SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY, I WISH CIVIC CENTER WAS 24 HOURS.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT.
UM, BUT MAYBE IF THERE'S A FEELING THAT SPRINGTOWN, UM, AN OVERWHELMING FEELING THAT THEY NEED TO ADJUST THEIR HOURS TO A DIFFERENT TIME OR A DIFFERENT DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT COULD EVENTUALLY ONE DAY IMPACT, UH, LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR THE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
UH, WE ASKED AGAIN, JUST STRAIGHT DATA COLLECTION.
UM, DO YOU UTILIZE THE STUDY ROOMS AT THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY? THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
THAT'S JUST WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED SAID YES OR NO TO THAT.
AND THEN WE ASKED, HOW DO YOU MOST FREQUENTLY ACCESS THE LIBRARY IN PERSON, ONLINE, OR THROUGH THE APP? UM, BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE THROUGH THE APP.
EQUALLY, WE ARE MAKING SOME SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS QUESTION THAT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS TO CLARIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENTIATE PEOPLE WHO ACCESS THE LIBRARY DIGITALLY VERSUS THEY ACCESS IT THROUGH THE APP.
THERE WAS A FEELING THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO DISTINCT DIFFERENT THINGS.
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WE'RE GETTING CLARIFICATION ON THAT.UH, HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU USED THE LIBRARY? AGAIN, IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW HOW OFTEN PEOPLE ARE, UM, INTERACTING WITH US.
WE ASK ABOUT FAMILIARITY WITH EASY ACCESS AT THE SPRINGTOWN BRANCH LIBRARY, AND OF COURSE WE ASK, IS THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUR PRIMARY LIBRARY? AND IF NOT, WHERE IS JUST GOOD FOR US TO KNOW IF THEY ARE IN OUR AREA WHERE THIS SURVEY HIT THEM, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH THEM COMING IN THE BUILDING OR THROUGH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSTCARDS IN THE MAIL, EVEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF THEY'RE GETTING THIS AND THEY'RE SEEING THIS, UM, WHAT IS THE REASON LIVERMORE CAN'T MEET YOUR NEEDS AND YOU'RE GOING ANOTHER PLACE? MAYBE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE NEAR MY JOB.
OR AGAIN, IF THERE'S A REASON THAT WE CAN'T MEET YOUR NEEDS, TELL US WHAT IT'S, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, EASY ACCESS? BECAUSE SURVEYS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TO GIVE INFORMATION
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE EASY ACCESS LOCKERS WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS
WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, THERE'S A QUESTION LATER THAT SAYS, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT YOU, BY THE WAY, SIGN UP FOR OUR, UH, RIGHT.
BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IN RESEARCH, THERE ARE SOME OBSTACLES THAT IF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE SURVEYS OR ADVERTISEMENTS, HMM.
SO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS, AT LEAST INTERNALLY, UH, IN THE BRIEF CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH THE DIRECTOR WERE, IF WE FOCUS ON THE GATHERING AT THIS STEP, WE'LL KNOW WHICH OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEED THE MOST SUPPORT.
IF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SAY, I MEAN, IF 99% OF PEOPLE SAY, NO, I DON'T USE YOUR STUDY ROOMS. WE NEED TO ADVERTISE STUDY ROOMS. WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE THIS IS A POWERFUL TOOL AND OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT OUT, UH, THEY HAD NO IDEA IT WAS OUT THERE.
THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND AGAIN, THE FORMING OF JUST GENERAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES GOING FORWARD.
I WAS GONNA SAY, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE
I'M NOT, UH, MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS.
UM, WE ASKED THEM, UH, WITH A SCALE OF STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, NEITHER AGREE TO DISAGREE, DISAGREE, STRONGLY DISAGREE, UM, TO ANSWER, UM, HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AGAIN, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOCATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A SAFE SPACE, WHETHER THEY FEEL LIKE STAFF ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND PROVIDE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE ONES THAT THE, THE STAFF AND THE GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE, IT'S GONNA BE 99%, UH, POSITIVE AND STRONGLY AGREE.
BUT IT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE STAFF.
AND I ALSO THINK FROM AN INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE, IT'S GREAT FOR STAFF TO HEAR, UH, THIS WILL BE GOOD.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE GONNA BE JUST AS IMPORTANT TO STAFF THE RESULTS AS THEY ARE GONNA BE TO THE ACTUAL FUTURE PLANNING BASED ON THE RESULTS.
UM, IF ANYBODY ANSWERS DISAGREE OR STRONGLY DISAGREE TO ANY PROMPT, WE ASK THEM TO TELL US WHY.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS? UM, JUST USING AN EXAMPLE, UM, IT'S CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED.
IF YOU SAY STRONGLY DISAGREE, WHAT'S NOT WORKING FOR YOU, TELL US WHERE YOU'RE FINDING THAT THE, UH, BUILDING IS NOT, UM, CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT, NOT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SURVEY, BUT ALSO FOR THE PURPOSES OF JUST THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, NEXT SECTION FOR THE SURVEY IS ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THIS ONE WAS DRIVEN, I WISH YOU WAS HERE, UM, BY A LIBRARY MANAGER, EMILY LOWELL, THIS ONE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S PERSONAL TO HER.
SHE'S, IT'S PERSONAL TO EVERYBODY AT THE LIBRARY, BUT ESPECIALLY HER.
AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THE ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS OF OUR PATRONS.
IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE THAT WE DO HAVE OR WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT SO WE CAN AT LEAST RESEARCH IT, LOOK INTO IT, AND, UH, SEE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
AGAIN, IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRECTOR BAKER, UM, IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, WE DON'T KNOW.
SO WE DO NEED PEOPLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US, WHICH TOOLS THEY'RE USING MAYBE IN OTHER PLACES OR THAT WILL BE, UH, ULTIMATELY HELPFUL TO THEM.
AND THEN WE ASK THE QUESTION, AND, AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET A LOT OF BAD NEWS, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS EXPERIENCED THAT ACCESSIBILITY BARRIER THAT'S, UH, PREVENTED THEM FROM USING OUR LIBRARY OR WEBSITE,
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PLEASE TELL US WHAT IT IS.'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TACKLE IT OR SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS AND RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE.
WE HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR PATRONS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH ACCESSIBILITY NEEDS.
UH, NEXT SECTION IS PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S REITERATING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, ESPECIALLY AS LIBRARIES AND, UM, COMMUNITIES' NEEDS HAVE EVOLVED.
WE HAVE A SCALE OF EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ALL THE WAY TO NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT.
WE DO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THAT NOT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY ALREADY, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT ARE THESE THINGS TO YOU IN THE FUTURE? ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IMPORTANCE OR INTEREST? BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN ALL OF THEM.
I THINK IMPORTANCE IS DEFINITELY, UM, WAS THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION.
I THINK INTEREST KIND OF GOES PRETTY CLOSE.
I'D SAY IF SOMEBODY IS SAYING IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, MAYBE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY'RE GONNA PERSONALLY PARTICIPATE.
BUT IF THEY THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WE DO WANT TO GET IT OUT THERE.
AGAIN, IF IT'S AN OPTION, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, YEAH.
I THINK THE DANGER, USING THE IMPORTANT WORD IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH GRANULAR INFORMATION AS YOU HOPE.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK MANY PEOPLE LIKE LANNY SAID, WELL, IT'S ALL IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE DONE INTEREST, YOU'LL GET DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
SO YOU'RE, BECAUSE LIKE I WOULD RATE ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT, BUT LIKE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN LITERACY TUTORING AND I'M NOT INTERESTED IN LIKE, LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE A, WELL, I GUESS AGE SPECIFIC SURE.
BUT IF IT HAD SAID LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, STUFF FOR PRESCHOOLERS, LIKE, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THAT.
RIGHT? SO I HAVE A, IF WE WERE TO, TO, TO TAKE THAT AND, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T PUT EVERY SINGLE QUESTION IN THERE, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.
BUT IF WE WERE TO CHANGE IT TO YOUR LEVEL OF INTEREST, IS IT A POSSIBILITY? SOMEBODY SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING JUST FOR ME.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE LIBRARY DO IT, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD MAYBE RUN INTO A TRAP EITHER WAY.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHAT'S THE BEST APPROACH? I I, I DEFINITELY SEE IT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NATHAN, WERE YOU ABOUT TO ADD SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, I THINK FOR ME, WHY IMPORTANCE WORKS IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO, WITH THIS QUESTION, GET AT WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR YOUR LIBRARY? AND IF, IF YOU EXPECT US TO DO ALL THESE THINGS RIGHT, LIKE THEN THAT'S GREAT, THEN, THEN WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
BUT MAYBE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE AREN'T IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY ANYMORE.
LIKE WE MIGHT BE TAKING A LOT OF THINGS FOR GRANTED IN OUR FIELD THAT WE, WE WON'T KNOW UNLESS WE ASK THIS QUESTION.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YEAH, WE'RE LIKE, YOU GUYS, ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.
AND IT ALSO EXPANDS BEYOND PERSONAL IMPORTANCE.
IT EXPANDS BEYOND PERSONAL IMPORTANCE TO WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
MOVING INTO, UH, THIS SECTION, UH, WE DO ASK THEM TO RANK THE FUTURE PRIORITIES.
UM, A LOT OF THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE, INCREASE
I THINK AS THIS WAS BEING DEVELOPED, JUST BEING REALISTIC.
WE KNOW SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR US WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PRIORITIZING OF WHAT'S FIRST, WHAT'S NEXT, WHICH THINGS ARE WE, UM, TACKLING THOSE THINGS THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW THE THINGS THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
AND WE ALSO WANNA KNOW, LIKE IF YOU COULD ONLY PICK, THIS WOULD BE THE QUESTION THAT IF I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY THIS QUESTION, I WOULD SAY, IF YOU COULD ONLY PICK THREE OF THESE THINGS TO PRIORITIZE, WHICH WOULD BE THE THINGS AT THE TOP OF YOUR LIST.
THAT'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE TRENDS AND THE PATTERNS AS WE GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS WILL KIND OF SPEAK TO THEIR, YOU KNOW, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO HOW IS THIS QUESTION FORMATTED? ARE, ARE THEY RANKING ONE TO SEVEN? ARE THEY, CAN THEY RANK EVERYTHING? ONE AND EVERYTHING? SO THE WAY THAT THIS WILL APPEAR WHEN IT'S THE, THE PRINTED VERSION, LIKE
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A PAPER VERSION, IT'LL ASK FOR NUMBERING ONE TO SEVEN THE WAY IT APPEARS ONLINE, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WAS EXPORTED FROM.THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CLICK DOWN OR UP TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE PRIORITY.
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO CAN ACTUALLY JUST GRAB THE RESPONSE AND PUT 'EM IN ORDER.
SO THE PAPER VERSION WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY CAN'T RIGHT.
THERE ARE, ARE THEY, THERE'S SEVEN ITEMS HERE.
HOW MANY NUMBER ONES? CAN THERE BE ONE? YEAH, ONE.
SO THEY ARE RANKING 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
UM, AGAIN, YES,
WE MAY HAVE SOME OR WE MAY NOT.
THIS QUESTION IS REALLY WHAT'S MISSING.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR THE LIBRARY OR A POWERFUL RESOURCE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE? JUST IF UH, SOMEBODY SAYS YES TO THE QUESTION, WE ASK THEM, PLEASE DESCRIBE IT.
AND THEN AS WE GET DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM HOW TO BEST COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR THE LIBRARY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? UM, SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
UM, SOME OF THESE THINGS, AGAIN, WE'RE ALREADY DOING.
THERE'S THE NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT OR THE, UM, MONTHLY UPDATE THAT GOES OUT TO PEOPLE THAT BLAST.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, POSTINGS IN THE LIBRARY, THERE'S THE LIBRARY, WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT MAYBE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, HEY, IF I SAW THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE LIBRARY AND THE NEWSPAPER MORE, I WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE CITY, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, WHO STILL GET THEIR NEWS PRIMARILY FROM OPENING UP, YOU KNOW, THE INDEPENDENT EVERY THURSDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO DOES THE LIBRARY SEND TEXT MESSAGES? DO, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY DO? OH, I LOVE THAT.
UM, THE LANGUAGES, UH, LISTED HERE, UM, WERE BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND WERE THE MOST POPULAR LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE HOME BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT'S NOT AN EXACT MATCH TO ALL THE TRANSLATIONS, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK ON, BUT WE DID GET ALL THE LANGUAGES OFF OF THIS LIST THAT WE COULD.
AND THEN AS WE GET DOWN TOWARDS THE END, IT'S REALLY JUST, HEY, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FREELY.
WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST ABOUT THE LIBRARY? UM, WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE? IT'S, WE WANT TO HEAR A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS, BUT IF WE DON'T ASK FOR THE CRITICAL THINGS AS WELL, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MEANINGFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE LAST BOX IS REALLY JUST ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S WORKING, NOT WORKING? YOU HAVE AN IDEA, YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WHERE DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS SURVEY? UH, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THERE'S JUST A MESSAGE THANKING THEM FOR PARTICIPATING, REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING IT, UM, AND THE POWER IN THEIR VOICE AND THEIR PARTICIPATION TO GUIDE DECISIONS AND, UH, FUTURE ACTIONS.
AND WITH THAT, THAT COMPLETES MY STAFF REPORT.
UM, I THINK MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, AND I KNOW, UH, FOR OTHER SURVEYS THAT THE LIBRARY HAS DONE, THERE'S GENERALLY NOT COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, RIGHT? JUST LANGUAGES SPOKEN.
THAT'S THE ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM.
UM, AND I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.6 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2025 IN JANUARY, 2026.
OH NO, I FORGOT AGAIN, ALAN, I'M OFF MY GAME.
NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RE NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED ON THAT ITEM.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM 4.6.
NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 2025 AND JANUARY, 2026.
SO OUR WEBSITE VISITS ARE BOOMING TO SAY THE LEAST IN NOVEMBER.
THEY WERE UP 72% NOVEMBER OF, UM, 20 25, 70 2% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UM, NOVEMBER.
REFLECTING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT, UH, WE'RE HAVING SO MANY MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS VISIT OUR,
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OUR WEBSITE AND EVEN, UM, OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA AS WELL TOO, UM, FOR NOVEMBER, 2025 AS WELL.VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT REMAINS STRONG IN THAT MONTH WITH NEARLY 18% YEAR TO DATE GROWTH REFLECTING CONTINUED COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR OUR LIBRARY SERVICES.
MOVING ON TO DECEMBER, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCES, INCLUDING DATABASES AND STREAMING SERVICES, WERE UP 12% YEAR TO DATE IN DECEMBER.
REFLECTING SUSTAINED COMMUNITY USE OF OUR DIGITAL RESEARCH AND LEARNING TOOLS, WHICH TIE DIRECTLY INTO THE WEBSITE VISITS THAT I WAS RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2025.
IN JANUARY OF 2026, OUR DOOR COUNT WAS UP 17.64%, UM, OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH.
UM, AGAIN, OUR WEBSITE, OUR DOOR COUNT IS A LITTLE THIN IN DECEMBER ANYWAY, BUT WE SAW A STRONG REBOUND IN PERSON VISITATION VISITS IN JANUARY WITH THE DOOR COUNT UP AGAIN, NEARLY 18% THAT MONTH.
BY THE WAY, OUR DOOR COUNT WAS UP, UM, 2.9% FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2025.
UM, SHOWING A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT EMPHASIZES THAT OUR IN-HOUSE VISITS REMAIN STRONG AS WELL.
LASTLY, ADULT PROGRAM ATTENDANCE SURGED IN JANUARY, INCREASING NEARLY 190% OVER THE, THE PRIOR MONTH AND MORE THAN 30% OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT MORE ADULT PROGRAMS, A LOT MORE ATTENDANCE AND ADULT PROGRAMS AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GREAT.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND A, A BIT OF A POT OF GOLD THERE AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE MORE PROGRAMS, MORE AUTHOR VISITS AND MORE THINGS THAT ADULTS ARE INTERESTED IN.
AND, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON STATISTICS.
ALL RIGHT, OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
UH, BOARD ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS? NO.
4.7 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 25 AND JANUARY, 2026.
SO WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR ME TO REPORT ON.
FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE TRI-VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA CHOIR CONCERT.
SO THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOSTED A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY THE TRI-VALLEY YOUTH ORCHESTRA IN CHOIR SHOWCASING LOCAL STUDENT MUSICIANS AND VOCALISTS IN THEIR FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENING CONCERT.
UM, THIS PROGRAM STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHILE PROVIDING A HIGH QUALITY PERFORMING ARTS EXPERIENCE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY AT NO COST AND REALLY LIVENS UP, UM, THE LIBRARY AND GIVES THE THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO, TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAD A LATINX HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAM, DIA DE LOS MUTO CELEBRATION.
AND, UM, THE CULTURAL PROGRAM AND THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT ASPECT AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS VERY LIVELY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL REMEMBRANCE OF, UM, THE PROGRAM.
UM, ALSO WITH, UM, OVER 350 ATTENDEES THAT ALSO REFLECTED STRONG COMMUNITY INTEREST AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE PROGRAMMING AND REINFORCES OUR ROLE IN INCLUSIVE GATHERING SPACES AS WELL.
IN DECEMBER, 2025, WE HAD A, A NEW PROGRAM WE TRIED CALLED DOODLE AT YOUR LIBRARY CHILDREN'S EVENT.
AND ESSENTIALLY AS A CREATIVE ART FOCUS CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, ENCOURAGING IMAGINATION AND HANDS-ON PARTICIPATION IS ESSENTIALLY A DRAWING PROGRAM, ENGAGING, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS IN ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY SKILLS THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.
WE HAD 105 ATTENDEES FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
WE'RE ALSO, OF COURSE IN CHARGE OF THE LIVERMORE YOUTH COUNCIL.
WE HAD A LIVERMORE YOUTH COUNCIL HOLIDAY CARNIVAL AS WELL IN DECEMBER.
AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIVERMORE YOUTH COUNCIL, WE SUPPORTED AND PARTICIPATED THAT ANNUAL HOLIDAY EVENT, UM, SERVING YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THERE.
AND THE PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS THE LIBRARY'S VISIBILITY BEYOND OUR BUILDINGS AND, AND STRENGTHENS OUR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND YOUTH CONNECTIONS AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAD A PROGRAM THAT MONTH CALLED THE TOOTSIE ROW POPUP LIBRARY AT GRANADA HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK MR. YOUNG WAS, UM, PART OF THAT WHERE WE KIND OF OFFERED, UM, SOME TOOTSIE ROW AND HELPED STUDENTS REGISTER FOR, FOR LIBRARY CARDS AND, AND ALSO PROMOTED OUR WINTER READING PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, THEIR OUTREACH EFFORT CONNECTED TEENS DIRECTLY TO LIBRARY SERVICES AND INCREASED AWARENESS OF OUR DIGITAL AND OUR PHYSICAL BORROWING, UM, ACCESS.
IN JANUARY, 2026, WE HAD A PROGRAM CALLED THE BOYS OF RIVERSIDE, WHICH WAS AN ADULT PROGRAM.
UH, IT WAS A PRESENTATION CENTERED ON THE RIVERSIDE CUBS, WHICH WAS A DEAF HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS A DEAF HIGH SCHOOL, UM, TEAM WHOSE STORY OF PERSEVERANCE AND TEAMWORK GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION.
THE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED DISABILITY AWARENESS, INCLUSION AND INSPIRATIONAL
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STORYTELLING, ALIGNING WITH OUR GOALS OF OFFERING CULTURALLY AND SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL ADULT PROGRAMMING.EXPO 204 ATTENDEES JUST HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER MENTION OF OPPORTUNITIES EXPO.
UM, AGAIN, NATHAN, THANKS FOR CORRECTING ME.
IT WAS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL OPPORTUNITIES EXPO, CONNECTED JOB SEEKERS WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND WORKFORCE RESOURCES.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING OUR, OUR FIFTH ANNUAL NEXT YEAR AND HOPEFULLY TOPPING OUT, UM, AT EVEN MORE ATTENDANCE THAN THE 204, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON THIS? NOPE.
SO, AND I SEE THIS ONE, THERE WERE TWO EVENTS AND THERE WERE 31 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO BEDAZZLE THEIR BOOKS.
I THINK ALL 31 SUBMITTED COMMENT CARDS AND WE REALLY FOUND A PART A GOAL WITH THAT ONE.
THE PICTURES WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE ANNUALLY AND MAYBE EVEN EXPAND TO OTHER LOCATIONS AS WELL 'CAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR.
SO, SO THANKS FOR NOTICING THAT PROGRAM.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, LET'S SEE.
[5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBERS ]
AT ITEM FIVE, BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY A LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND BOARD, UH, BOARD.ANY REPORTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? SURE.
I'VE BEEN USING THE STUDY ROOMS AGAIN AND HAPPY, UH, THAT THEY'RE THERE AND, UH, AND THRILLED.
I HAVE ONE PET PEEVE ABOUT THE PATRON COMPUTERS.
I LOOK OUT AT THE PATRON COMPUTERS WHEN I'M IN THE STUDY ROOM AND IT SAYS SOMETIME AND I SAY, OH, MY APPOINTMENT'S LATE.
'CAUSE THOSE COMPUTERS ARE LIKE EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES FAST AND IT'S IRRITATING.
SO I DON'T WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR TIME FROM? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'VE GOTTEN SO OFF.
I, I'VE TALKED TO IT, IT, UH, TECHNICIAN ABOUT THIS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, THOSE COMPUTERS ARE, WE'RE MOVING TO DIGITAL, UH, VIRTUAL DESKTOPS PRETTY SOON.
THAT SHOULD HAPPEN ACTUALLY BY MAY, I'M TOLD MM-HMM
AND SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, YOU WON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING ANYMORE.
SO I HAD FUN WITH THE WINTER READING PROGRAM, STOPPED BY THE CAREER EXPO AND IT LOOKED, PEOPLE WERE EXCITED, IT SEEMED TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UM, I LIKE THE NEW CHECKOUT TERMINALS.
I, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY WORK
UM, AND UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT E DISCLOSURE, BUT I JUST TRIED TO USE IT PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT'S HAVING A CERTIFICATE PROBLEM AND IT WON'T EVEN LET YOU IN.
WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE.
UM, JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU'RE REFERRING TO, TO FILL OUT THE FORM 700, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.
YEAH, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT WASN'T DOWN, IT HADN'T BEEN REPORTED AS DOWN.
UM, BUT YEAH, AS DIRECTOR BAKER SAID, WE CAN YEAH.
IT SAYS IT'S HAVING A SECURITY CERTIFICATE ISSUE.
MM-HMM
SO I TRIED TO DIAL THAT NUMBER TO SAY, HEY, WHAT'S UP? AND IT SAYS IT'S DISCONNECTED
JUST, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, WE HAD AN ACTING CITY CLERK WHO WAS THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK BEFORE.
IT'S POSSIBLE 'CAUSE SHE'S NO LONGER WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S WHY YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH OUT, BUT NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S, I LOOKED UP THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE, THE PREFIX IS WRONG.
ALL THE, ALL THE EMAILS SAY 4 6 0 4 6 0 AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NINE SIX OH OH.
AND LASTLY, I WANT COMMEND THE CHAIR ON, ON HER CITY COUNCIL TALK.
I DIDN'T, DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT IN PERSON, BUT
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I PULLED OUT THE VIDEO LAST NIGHT AND GOOD JOB.VERY ON TARGET, VERY INCLUSIVE.
IT WAS PERFECT, PERFECTLY EXECUTED.
THANK YOU THAT, THAT WAS MY REPORT, WAS THAT I DID THAT
SO I JUST HAD TO STAND UP THERE AND SAY THE THINGS ALAN DID ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A VERY LUKEWARM, EASY SEAT.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE, JUST MUCH, I GUESS.
WELL THERE, THERE WAS A SOUND ISSUE AND WHEN I TRIED TO LOOK AT IT ONLINE, IT LIKE, THERE WAS NO SOUND ON YOUTUBE.
DID THEY FIX IT? TAKE YOU TO TV 30 AND LOOKING, LOOKING AT IT AT TV 30 AND IT'S FINE THERE.
THAT WAS PREVIOUS ONE BECAUSE IT'S POSTED THERE AS WELL.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY COMMUNICATE.
COMMUNITY WATCH, LIVE THERE AND YEAH, WE HAVE THIS WEBSITE OPTION.
I, I AM, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS OPTION HERE, THE ONE WHERE YOU'D BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING AFTER TONIGHT IS THE SAME ONE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY.
ANY OTHER, OKAY, ANYTHING FROM YOU, DIRECTOR BAKER? NO MATTERS INITIATED.
I HAVE JUST, UH, ONE QUICK, UH, THING TO NOTE BY THE WAY.
I DID JUST SEE THEY'RE POSTED ON YOUTUBE AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW THAT PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE LIVE STREAMED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL HAPPENING, BUT THE VIDEOS ARE THERE AS WELL.
UM, E-COMM AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MENTION THIS, UH, FOR THE GOOD OF THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE'VE MOVED TO THIS CURRENT PLATFORM, WE GOT AN E-COM AND, UH, IT'S JUST A REMINDER, UM, THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME YOU CAN GO AND CHECK THE AGENDA THAT'S POSTED ONLINE AND SEE IF ANY E-COMMERCE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THOSE COMMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME, THE SAME TIME THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE IT.
THE PUBLIC HAS THE ABILITY TO SEE IT.
IT'LL BECOME PART OF THE RECORD AFTER THE MEETING.
SO TOMORROW MORNING WHEN I'M WORKING AND I NOTE, UM, E COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED, THEY'LL BE UPLOADED TO PART OF THE PACKET SO SOMEBODY COULD SEE IT IN THE FUTURE.
BUT, UM, IT IS, IT, IT IS A GOOD TOOL.
UH, WE'VE HAD ONE OVER THE COURSE OF A LOT OF MEETINGS AND I'VE NOT HAD ONE WITH OUR OTHER COMMISSION, SO, UH, WE WERE SURPRISED.
BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT'S BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
WE'LL CONTINUE OF COURSE TO TRY TO NOTIFY YOU IF WE BECOME AWARE OF THEM.
SO THEY'LL LET YOU KNOW BEFORE THE MEETING HAPPENS.
SO WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH E-COMMERCE? 'CAUSE THIS PERSON CLEARLY WANTS TO ENGAGE WITH US, SO WE COULDN'T TAKE ACTION ON IT.
OBVIOUSLY DURING, LIKE EVEN IF THEY WERE HERE IN PERSON, WE COULDN'T TAKE ACTION.
UM, I THINK THE NEXT BEST STEP IS, UH, AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM FROM STAFF, KIND OF GATHER THEIR THOUGHTS AND, UM, SEE WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.
SEE IF THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, MAKES MOST SENSE TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, AS A, AS AN AGENDIZED ITEM.
IF IT'S A SPECIFIC MATTER, LIKE IF WE SAID, HEY, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.