* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. UM, [1. CALL TO ORDER] SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2026. ALAN, WOULD YOU MIND CALLING THE ROLE FOR US, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER I TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT BOARD MEMBER HUNT. AYE. BOARD MEMBER OLA VARIA AYE. BOARD MEMBER ROSALIND AYE. VICE CHAIR, HALFORD AYE. AND CHAIR PASCAL. AYE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, OPEN, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, THE OPEN FORUM. UM, ALAN, HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL MOVE ON [3. CONSENT CALENDAR] TO ITEM THREE, OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. WE'LL START WITH ITEM 3.1, APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM APRIL 23RD, 2026. UH, IS THERE, UH, ANY STAFF REPORT ON THIS ONE? SORRY, THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. I DID JUST WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FORMAL ITEMS AND WELCOME OUR NEW LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBER AARON ROSLYN. UH, WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE GET TO THE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED, BUT THANK YOU FOR, UH, JOINING US TONIGHT AND JOINING THE BOARD. THANK YOU. GLAD TO BE HERE. EXCELLENT. ALRIGHT. UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE, UM, ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED. GREAT. UM, BOARD DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES AMENDMENTS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, LOOK FOR A, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I SECOND. PERFECT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I THINK ONLY THE THREE OF US CAN DO THAT. SO, ALL IN FAVOR, . OKAY. PASSES. ALRIGHT. UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM ITEM FOUR [4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION. WE'LL START WITH 4.1 PRESENTATION ON THE NEWLY LAUNCHED LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS. I'LL PASS THIS OVER TO, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRUMLEY. THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL. UH, AND THANKS FOR PASSING IT OVER TO ME, BUT I'M GONNA PASS IT RIGHT OVER TO LIBRARIAN TWO. UH, PAUL SVIA, TAKE IT AWAY. PAUL. HELLO. HELLO. OKAY. TRY TO ADJUST IT. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE LIKE, IT'S TUNED UP A LITTLE BIT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO, UH, PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS PROGRAM AND THE VALUE IT CONTINUES TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM IS A NATIONWIDE PARTNERSHIP THAT PROVIDES LIBRARY PATRONS WITH FREE ACCESS TO LIVE ONLINE CONVERSATIONS FEATURING BESTSELLING AUTHORS AND OTHER NOTABLE SPEAKERS. PATRONS CAN ATTEND THESE EVENTS FROM ANYWHERE, SUBMIT QUESTIONS TO AUTHORS AND VIEW RECORDINGS IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE LIVE. ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM ESPECIALLY ACCESSIBLE IS HOW EASY IT IS TO REGISTER. THERE IS NO NEED FOR A LIBRARY CARD AND PARTICIPANTS DO NOT NEED TO DOWNLOAD ZOOM OR ANY OTHER SOFTWARE USERS. SIMPLY VISIT LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARIES LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM MICROSITE, CHOOSE THE TALK THEY'D LIKE TO ATTEND AND ENTER THEIR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS. THEY'LL THEN RECEIVE A LINK THAT ALLOWS THEM TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM EVENT FROM THEIR PHONE, FROM THEIR COMPUTER, TABLET, OR SMARTPHONE. BY PARTNERING WITH THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM, WE EXTEND THE LIBRARY'S REACH BEYOND OUR PHYSICAL WALLS, CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH WORLD CLASS AUTHORS FROM WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE. THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO OFFER PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR A SINGLE LIBRARY TO PROVIDE ON ITS OWN, WHILE ENSURING BROAD ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THE VARIETY OF SPEAKERS IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS GREATEST STRENGTHS. RECENT TALKS HAVE FEATURED BESTSELLING NOVELISTS, CHILDREN'S AUTHORS, AND NONFICTION AUTHORS. THIS [00:05:01] DIVERSITY HELPS US SERVE A BROAD RANGE OF INTERESTS AND AGE GROUPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SINCE THE LIBRARY'S MICROSITE WENT LIVE IN APRIL, OUR PATRONS REGISTERED FOR 40 48TH VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS GENERATING 2,145 102,141 VIEWS OF LIVE AND ARCHIVED EVENTS. ACTUALLY, AS OF TODAY, I CHECKED AGAIN, OUR PATRONS REGISTERED FOR 63 VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS GENERATING 3,103 VIEWS WITH AN AVERAGE RATING OF 10. UH, SO THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPORTS SEVERAL OF THE LIBRARY'S STRATEGIC GOALS. IT EXPANDS ACCESS TO BESTSELLING AUTHORS, ENCOURAGES READING AND LEARNING, AND HELPS CONNECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH NEW IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES. BECAUSE THE EVENTS ARE VIRTUAL, THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PATRONS WHO MAY FACE TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, OR SCHEDULING CHALLENGES. THE EVENTS ARE ALSO CLOSED. CAPTION PATRON FEEDBACK CONTINUES TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY POSITIVE. THE PROGRAM HAS EARNED AN AVERAGE NET PROMOTER SCORE, OR NPS OF 10 OUT OF 10 NPS MEASURES HOW LIKELY PARTICIPANTS ARE TO RECOMMEND THE PROGRAM TO OTHERS. AND A SCORE OF 10 INDICATES A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SATISFACTION AND ENTHUSIASM AMONG AMONG ATTENDEES. WE WILL CONTINUE PROMOTING UPCOMING TALKS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS ARE POPULAR BOOKMARKS AND IN LIBRARY DISPLAYS TO ENSURE THAT MORE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THIS VALUABLE RESOURCE. IN CLOSING, THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM VIRTUAL AUTHOR TALKS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE A MEANINGFUL EXTENSION OF THE LIBRARY'S SERVICES BY CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH ACCLAIMED AUTHORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS LIFELONG LEARNING, BROADENS ACCESS TO BESTSELLING AUTHORS, AND REINFORCES THE LIBRARY'S ROLE AS A GATEWAY TO KNOWLEDGE AND DISCOVERY. THANK YOU. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, QUESTIONS . SO, UM, THERE YOU GO. SO, UH, THIS IS AWESOME. IT IS. YEAH. UH, I REGISTERED FOR TALK. UM, MY PROBLEM WAS I COULDN'T FIND THE MICROSITE FOR A LONG TIME. I WENT TO THE WEBPAGE. THERE'S NO INDICATION ON THE LIBRARY'S WEBPAGE AH, ABOUT THESE AT ALL. YEAH. THE ONLY WAY I FOUND IT WAS I WENT TO THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS MM-HMM . IT IS ON THE, AND I FOUND A VAGUELY WRITTEN EVENT ON THE CALENDAR EVENTS. ALL IT SAYS IS ONLINE TALK WITH, UH, WITH LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY DOESN'T SAY WHO THE AUTHOR IS OR WHAT THE TOPIC IS ON THAT CALENDAR. UM, SO IT'S PRETTY HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO TO CLICK ON THAT AND SAY, OH, I WANT TO GO. I WANNA DO THAT. YEAH. SO, UH, I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU'RE GONNA DO MORE WEBSITE PROMOTION AND MAYBE FIX THE WEBSITE A LITTLE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND YEAH. FIND THIS RESOURCE. I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T, UH, HANDLE THE WEBSITE COMPONENT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT, UM, WE COULD HAVE THE, THE LINK TO THE MICROSITE ON THE BOOKS AND MORE RIGHT. DROP DOWN MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE WEBPAGE. UH, YEAH, I KNOW IT WAS PROMOTED IN THE BANNER. THE YEAH, I LOOKED ON THE BANNER. IT'S NOT ON THE BANNER NOW. RIGHT. UH, BUT DEFINITELY. YEAH. AND, UH, THERE'S DEFINITELY, I KNOW THAT OUR MARKETING TEAM HAS BEEN PROMOTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU, UH, IT'S ON FACEBOOK, UH, AND INSTAGRAM. BUT DEFINITELY THERE'S, UH, WE WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING PERMANENT ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH. I'LL RECOMMEND THAT TO THE MARKETING AND, AND THE CALENDAR ENTRIES SHOULD BE SPECIFIC. MM-HMM. ALL OF THEM I SAW WERE JUST THIS GENERIC ONLINE SPEAKER . [00:10:01] OH, YEAH. CLARIFY THIS. THE, FROM LAST MEETING, JUST TO CLARIFY. SO AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS ARE DONE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED. UM, AND THEN WE CHECK FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO THE DISCUSSION IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK YOU WANT TO OFFER OR SUGGESTIONS YOU WANT TO GIVE. SO JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE, I'M SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OTHER LIBRARIES IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IN THE BAY AREA HAVE THIS? I THINK ALL THE MAJOR LIBRARIES THAT'S OF COMPARABLE SIZE OF LIVERMORE HAS IT? I KNOW, UH, LIKE, UM, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS IT, UM, UH, BERLINGAME MM-HMM . PUBLIC LIBRARY. MM-HMM . IT'S, UH, YEAH. I THINK ALL THE, ALL THE MAJOR LIBRARIES, UH, ARE, ARE PART OF THE CONSORTIUM AND THAT'S, IF YOU'RE WATCHING A, A LIVESTREAM EVENT, YOU CAN GET PATRONS FROM, FROM FLORIDA MM-HMM . TO LIKE WASHINGTON, UH, TO ALL, ALL CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY INTEREST, PRETTY FUN. YEAH. ACTUALLY. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. I HAD A QUESTION. UM, I LIKE THAT THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. SO I COULD SEE THERE WAS LIKE 11 AND 4:00 PM OR THE TIMES CHOSEN NOT BY US, RIGHT? YEAH. IT, IT'S CHOSEN BY THE CONSORTIUM. OKAY. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO HAS TO, THEY'RE MAINLY, I THINK THERE IN THE EAST COAST, SO, OR A LOT OF THE AUTHORS THAT THEY TALK ARE MORE LIKE, UH, IN THE EAST COAST TIME ZONE. SO, UM, SO IT'S MAINLY 11:00 AM 4:00 PM YEAH. THOSE ARE MAINLY THE, IF I, I'VE BEEN NOTICING THOSE ARE THE TIMES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. 'CAUSE A LOT OF PATRONS ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SENIORS, THEY'RE MORE, UH, THEY APPRECIATE THE, THE EARLIER TIMES OF PROGRAMS AND, UH, UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CAREGIVERS, UH, PEOPLE WHO, WHO, UH, UM, MAY BE AT HOME MOST OF THE TIME. SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THEM. UH, BUT ALSO THE TIME IS VERY FLEXIBLE TOO. 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A LIVE, UH, A SHOW LIVE, YOU CAN WATCH IT. YOU CAN WATCH A RECORDING ANYTIME, . YEAH. DOES IT HAVE A, A TIME LIMIT OF HOW LONG THE, THAT IS ON AVAILABLE? YOU KNOW, I, UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, I, BUT I'VE SEEN LIKE, UM, I THINK THEY'RE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY. YEAH. UM, THAT, I'LL, I'LL ASK THEM ABOUT THAT IF THERE'S A, IF THEY EVENTUALLY CLEAR THE ARCHIVE MM-HMM . BUT IT'S, I MEAN, UH, YEAH. I THINK, UM, IT MUST, THEY MUST KEEP IT THERE A LONG TIME AT LEAST. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD. YEAH, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT AS WE'RE, AS YOU'RE DOING THE MORE, UM, OUTREACH AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS HIGHLIGHTING THAT THERE YOU'VE RECORDED AND STILL THERE. 'CAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN I SEE LIVE, AND IF I CAN'T MAKE IT, I'M THINKING, OH, I MISSED THIS. MM-HMM. I CAN'T, OH YEAH. SO THEN I DON'T LOOK FOR IT OR, UM, LOOK INTO IT. BUT IF YOU, WE CAN ADD THAT, UM, AS PART OF OUR DESCRIPTION MM-HMM . I THINK THAT MIGHT BRING PEOPLE MORE, LIKE, DON'T WORRY IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT, IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, ON FILE OR WHATEVER. OH YEAH. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, DEFINITELY. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, FUNDING FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS FUNDED PARTIALLY THROUGH, UH, LIKE ART THE ARTS COMMISSION. UM, IS THAT JUST FOR ONE YEAR? ARE WE, IS THIS INDEFINITE? ARE WE DOING LIKE A TRIAL RUN? YEAH, ACTUALLY I'M NOT A, UH, PART THAT'S MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, MATTER. SO, UH, MAYBE SOMEONE FROM ADMINISTRATION CAN, UH, TALK MORE ABOUT THE PARTICULARS OF THAT IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH, GO AHEAD. GREAT QUESTION. UM, SO THIS YEAR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 THAT WE JUST FINISHED, AND FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, 26, 27, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE FUNDS, UM, THE PUBLIC ART FUNDS. WE WORKED WITH THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS. WE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO EXPAND LIBRARIES, ARTS PROGRAMMING. IT WORKS FOR BOTH OF US. IT BENEFITS PATRONS, OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE ARTS EVEN FURTHER THAN WHAT OUR [00:15:01] EXISTING RESOURCES, UM, SUPPORTED. IT'S ALL CITY MONEY. UM, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS PLATFORM FROM THAT MONEY THAT WAS DESIGNATED FOR THE LIBRARY RIGHT NOW. UM, IT'S JUST BEEN DESIGNATED FOR, AGAIN, THESE TWO FISCAL YEARS. BUT I'M SURE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, THERE'LL BE CONSIDERATION FOR, UM, SEEING IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO FUND IT AS WELL IF WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME, UM, PUBLIC ART FUND MONEY. THANKS. WELL, JUST TO ADD THAT, UM, YEAH, I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW IS A REALLY GREAT TRIAL PERIOD. MM-HMM . HAVING ACCESS TO THIS, THESE LIKE, ADDITIONAL FUNDS. AND SO IF PEOPLE ARE REALLY, REALLY RESPONDING TO IT, WE'LL DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND IT IN ANOTHER WAY IF WE HAVE TO. SO, YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THE MICROPHONE. WE PUT AN IT TICKET IN JUST WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE, , IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE BACKING AWAY, WE DON'T PICK UP AS MUCH AUDIO, BUT NOT AS MUCH FEEDBACK EITHER. SO SORRY GUYS. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. UM, OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY? NO. OKAY. UH, THEN I'LL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS ITEM AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I ASK IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION, FROM THE BOARD. . OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO 4.2 PRESENTATION ON THE 2026 ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH PROGRAM SERIES. UM, THIS ONE OVER TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRUMLEY. THANK YOU AGAIN. I WILL TALK LONGER. OH, NOPE. I DON'T HAVE TO. SO, THIS , IT'S ALREADY THERE. UM, NO, UH, WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO BRING YOU THIS SERIES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER THIS YEAR. UM, WE, WE'VE WANTED TO DO A LOT MORE FOR ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTHS IN THE PAST. UM, WE'VE KIND OF SHIED AWAY FROM DOING MORE PROGRAMMING IN MAY, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S USUALLY OUR GEAR UP FOR BIG SUMMER. BUT, UM, THANKS TO THE HARD EFFORTS OF AND WORK OF STAFF, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING THIS MONTH MORE KIND OF THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO, UH, LIBRARY SERVICES MANAGER, YANG CHONG FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EVERYONE WHO'S PRESENT. OH, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S THE MAGIC. OKAY. SO, UM, ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE, UH, HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLAND HERITAGE MONTH IS USUALLY OB OBSERVED EVERY YEAR IN MAY. AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED AS A WEEK LONG CELEBRATION IN 1979 AND EXPANDED TO A MONTH IN 1990. UH, IT CELEBRATES THE CULTURE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE A-A-N-H-P-I COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THE REASON WHY WE DO IT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, IT REALLY, UM, BRINGS FORTH THAT INCLUSION. AND SO PART OF THE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE FOR OUR NUMBER ONE IS THE LEARNMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, PROMOTE LITERACY IN ALL FORMS TO HELP PEOPLE FULFILL THEIR LIFE GOALS AND TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND THEN, UH, THERE'S TWO OF THE KEY POINTS. THE, UH, LEARNMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, WELL FIRM EQUITY INCLUSION BY REFLECTING THE DIVERSE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND STAFFING MATERIALS AND SERVICES OFFERED. AND NUMBER THREE, THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL ENABLE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN AND BENEFIT FROM LIBRARY RESOURCES BY INCREASING THEIR AWARENESS OF AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE RESOURCES. SO, VERY COOL. THIS YEAR, UM, WE, UM, HAD A CHANCE TO BRING, UM, AND, UM, ANGIE KING. SO, UM, I WAS BROUGHT AWARE THAT, UH, IT CAN ALSO BE PRONOUNCED KONG. UM, SHE IS A FAMOUS AUTHOR AND SHE ACTUALLY, UH, HER PARENTS USED TO LIVE HERE IN LIVERMORE. SO, UM, SHE HAS SOME LIVERMORE, UM, UM, HERITAGE AS WELL. SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 45 ATTENDEES. UH, WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT ANGIE IS THAT, UH, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN AUTHOR, SHE'S ALSO AN ILLUSTRATOR. SO, UM, HER AWARD-WINNING BOOK, UM, OUR LAKE, UM, IS ACTUALLY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HER. AND SO, UM, UM, IT WAS REALLY COOL FOR A LOT OF, UM, YOUNG, YOUNG CHILDREN AND ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS TO COME AND ACTUALLY TALK TO SOMEONE, UM, UH, TO ASK, HEY, HOW DO YOU BECOME AN AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR? UM, WE ALSO, UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING AN AUTHOR ELAINE CASTILLO, WHERE WE HAD A TOTAL OF, UH, 19 ATTENDEES AND, UM, FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND MEDIA, [00:20:01] UM, WAS IN CHARGE OF IT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE ALSO OFFER, UH, CALLIGRAPHY WITH ARTISTS ING. UM, IT WAS VERY POPULAR. UM, PEOPLE, UM, I, I WORK ON THE DESK OCCASIONALLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. WE HAD PHONE CALLS ALL WEEK, LIKE ASKING TO SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM. UH, WE ALSO HAD THE FILIPINO VENING DRAWING WORKSHOP. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 14 ATTENDEES. UM, SOME OF, UM, OUR LIBRARY STAFF, UM, ARE OF, OF FILIPINO HERITAGE AND SOME OF OUR PATIENTS AS WELL. SO, UM, I RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM SOMETHING BEING LIKE, OH, THAT'S SO COOL. YOU GUYS ACTUALLY OFFER FILIPINO VENING DRAWING WORKSHOP. SO, UM, GETTING THOSE FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT, UM, TO AFFIRM THAT, HEY, WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT REALLY REFLECT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN AT RAINCON, UH, WE, UH, UH, HOSTED A K-POP DEMON HUNTER PARTY. AND SO, UH, TOTAL ATTENDEES BLEW, LIKE WE HAD OVER, UH, 262 ATTENDEES. SO IT WAS SUPER POPULAR. UM, THE WHOLE LIBRARY WAS PACKED TO PEOPLE AND, UH, K-POP, IF YOU GUYS ARE AREN'T AWARE, IT'S LIKE KOREAN CULTURE TYPE THINGS. AND SO, UM, DEMON HUNTER IS A VERY POPULAR, UM, UH, MOVIE THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY. AND SO, UM, THERE'S A HUGE WAVE OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN KOREAN CULTURE. AND SO HOSTING THIS EVENT, UM, IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE PHOTOS, UH, IT WAS A PACKED EVENT AND VERY WELL ATTENDED. AND THEN AT SPRINGTOWN, UH, WE OFFERED, UM, TAKE AND MAKE A SKYPE CAREER CHALLENGE. UH, WE MADE KITS THAT PEOPLE CAN PICK UP. SO OUR SPRINGTOWN BRANCH LIBRARIES OWN OPEN DAYS A WEEK. AND SO A LOT OF OUR PATRONS DO COME ON THE CITY THAT ARE OPEN. UM, AND, AND SO, UH, OVER 99 KITS WERE GIVEN AWAY SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE SOME KITS AT HOME. UM, THESE KITS ARE REALLY POPULAR. WE ALSO OFFERED A BOOK LIST. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, UM, AUTHORS, UM, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE BOOK LIST TO, UM, EXPLORE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIALS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. DOWN, DOWN. YEAH. MAYBE IT'S LIKE, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED. OKAY, GREAT. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD, I'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.3 REPORT ON LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 2026 SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM KICKOFF. I'LL PASS THIS OVER TO ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR BROMLEY. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO I'M GONNA BE PASSING THIS OVER ONCE AGAIN VERY SOON, BUT, UH, OUR KICKOFFS HAVE BEEN GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR. IT'S, IT KIND OF BLOWS ME AWAY THAT STEPH KEEP COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO MAKE IT AS POPULAR AS THEY ARE. UM, I'M NOT GONNA STEAL ANY THUNDER FROM, UH, MR. CHONG'S PRESENTATION. UM, BUT, UH, TONS AND TONS OF PEOPLE CAME THIS YEAR. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN. UM, AND JUST NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY TOO. SO, ANYWAY, WITH THAT YANG, UH, TAKE IT AWAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRUMLEY. SO, UM, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, UH, THE PERSON WHO, IF YOU GUYS LOOK UP HERE, THE PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY WEARING PET THE CAT, UM, IS ONE OF OUR PAGES AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LIKE, WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT? AND IT'S ONE OF OUR PAGES. UM, HER NAME IS ARIEL. UM, SHE WAS ONE OF OUR TEEN ACADEMY INTERNS FROM LAST SUMMER. SO EVERY, EVERY SUMMER, UM, WE TAKE ON, UM, SUMMER INTERNS. SHE WAS ONE OF OUR SUMMER INTERNS WHO GOT HIRED AS A LIBRARY PAGE AFTERWARDS. AND SO IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE THE GROWTH OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, PEOPLE WHO, UM, CONNECT TO THE LIBRARY AND THEY GET TO REPRESENT THE LIBRARY IN VERY COOL, AMAZING WAYS. SO, PROGRAM OVERVIEW. UM, FOR THIS YEAR WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1,796 INDIVIDUALS. SO IF YOU WANNA COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 1600. SO, UH, DEFINITELY, UH, MORE PEOPLE CAME THROUGH THE DOOR. UM, WE HAD PROGRAMS ALL DAY LONG STARTING FROM 11 ALL DAY TO 3:00 PM. UH, TO KIND OF KICK US OFF, WE HAD PETE THE CAT STORY TIME AT 11 IN THE MORNING. UH, WE OFFERED A KOREAN COOKING SHOW AT 12:00 PM 1:00 PM MASTER GARDENERS. THEY TALKED ABOUT KOREAN, UM, POLLINATOR GARDEN AT 2:00 PM WE HAD TWO GRAPHIC, UM, NOVELISTS WHO KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE BOOKS. AND THEN FROM 11 TO THREE, UH, MOSTLY OUTSIDE, [00:25:01] WE HAVE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE AT THE LIBRARY, THEY HAVE THINGS TO DO. UH, WE HAD AMAZING, UH, PETTING ZOO. WE HAD A DIRT PUDDING SNACK STATION WHERE PEOPLE COULD MAKE THEIR OWN SNACKS. WE HAD A, UM, PLAY A WATER PLAYSTATION CRAFT FOR KIDS. QUEST WAS THERE WITH QUEST CENTERS. UM, THEY HAD, UM, ACTIVITIES FOR, UM, ALL, ALL, ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. EAST BAY REGIONAL, UM, PARK DISTRICT WAS OUT THERE IN THEIR MOBILE VAN. UH, WE HAD A TEMPORARY TATTOO, UH, MACHINE. WE HAD BUBBLES AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, INSIDE THE LIBRARY, WE ALSO HAD THE REGISTERING BOOK, PRIZES FOR CHILDREN, TEENS FOR, SO ANYONE WHO REGISTERED FOR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM THAT IS A, A CHILD OR A TEEN, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE HOME A BOOK THAT DAY. SO, PETE THE CAT STORY TIME WAS SUPER POPULAR. UH, IT WAS A PACKED LAWN. AND THEN, UM, AFTER, UH, AFTER STORY TIME, UH, PETE THE CAT WAS ALSO INSIDE THE LIBRARY, SO IT HAD A, PROVIDED A CHANCE FOR, UM, MORE CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WHERE PET THE CAT WASN'T OVER OVERRUN OR RAN. AND SO, UM, KIDDOS AND FAMILIES HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE PICTURE WITH PET THE CAT. UH, THE KOREAN, UH, COOKING CLASS, UH, WAS SUPER POPULAR. UM, IF YOU GUYS LOOK UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU GUYS MIGHT RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE. UM, UH, IT'S VERY WELL INTENDED. IT WAS, UH, BY REGISTRATION AND, UM, EVEN AFTER REGISTER WAS FULL, THE ROOM WAS PACKED. PEOPLE WERE STILL COMING BY LIKE, OH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THERE? UM, ON, UH, VERY, VERY HAPPY PEOPLE. AND, AND THEN THEY, THEY GOT TO EAT THEIR FOOD AFTERWARDS. UM, THE MASTER GARDENER, UM, GAVE A TALK ABOUT, UM, POLLINATING GARDENS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PLANT HERE. UM, OUR THEME WAS PLANT, UH, IS PLANTED A SEED THIS YEAR. SO WE TRY TO CREATE A THEME THAT KINDA REVOLVES AROUND THAT. AND THEN, UM, OUR GRAPHIC NOVELIST ALSO, UM, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE BOOKS AND UM, AND PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO, UM, UM, UH, GET THE BOOK SIGNED AFTERWARDS AS WELL. SO WE HAD TWO GRAPHIC, UM, NOVELISTS THAT DAY. UH, STEWART POPLAR WAS A PETTING ZOO, AND SO PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT, UH, GOATS, UH, ALKA, UH, CHICKENS. UH, WE HAD A TORTOISE IN THERE. UM, IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW THE GOATS AND THE, UH, ALKA, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO MAGIC TRICKS. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY HAD A PIECE, A LEAF AND YOU SWIRLED IN A CIRCLE, IT WOULD ACTUALLY TURN AROUND FOR YOU. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. AND THEN, UH, AT THE EVENT, WE COULDN'T REALLY DO IT WITHOUT OUR YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTEERS. SO IF YOU GUYS, UM, WERE THERE AT THE EVENT, YOU GUYS WOULD SEE A LOT OF, UH, YOUNG TEENS, UM, HERE IN LIVERMORE. THE HELP STATION, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT HERE FOR THE PUDDING STATION RIGHT HERE. UM, OUR, OUR WATER STATION, UM, WAS POPULAR ALL DAY. UM, ONE OF THE KIDS JUST DIVED IN AND THEY WERE JUST HAVING THAT MUCH FUN, UH, UP TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, IT GOT TO THREE O'CLOCK WHERE WE ACTUALLY CLOSED THE STATION. WE HAD KIDS THERE ALL DAY LONG WITH THE PARENTS. AND THEN, UM, INSIDE THE LIBRARY IN A READING ROOM, UM, ADULTS HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, MAKE ONE OF THE, UH, THE GLASS CUPS, I FORGET WHAT THE PROPER TERMINOLOGY IS, BUT THEY CAN PUT STICKERS ON IT. AND IF YOU GUYS KIND OF SQUINT, YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY SEE, UM, BOARD MEMBER ALL YEAR IN THERE. RIGHT BEHIND THE PURPLE PERSON. SO I DO WANNA, UH, THINK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO, UM, SHOW UP THAT DAY. AND THEN QUEST WAS THERE AND WE HAD A BOARD MEMBER, UH, HUNT, UH, RIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE OVER HERE. AND, UM, IT WAS PACKED. AND THEN ON THE LAWN ROADS ALSO, UM, QUEST ALSO BROUGHT THIS, UM, SKELETON, UH, A COW AS WELL, SO SCIENCE RELATED. AND THEN, UH, WE HAD EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK WITH THEIR VAN, UM, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THEY WERE DOING. UM, EAST BAY IS A VERY IMPORTANT PARTNER. WE DO TONS OF PROGRAMS WITH THEM ALL YEAR LONG. AND THEN WE DID BUBBLES ON THE LAWN, UM, SUPER PAPA AS WELL. UM, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE BUBBLE SOLUTIONS, SO AS LIBRARIAN AND WE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT CAN WE POTENTIALLY DO. SO OUR USERS LIBRARIAN TIER, SHE LOOKED AT SOME RECIPE AND WE CREATED SOME BUBBLE STATIONS FOR THE KIDDOS. AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT, UM, IN THE ROOM I WAS IN MOSTLY FOR THE DAY WAS THE, UM, IN OUR, UH, BOARDROOM AT, UH, CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY WAS WHERE PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO PICK UP BOOKS. AND, UH, WE ARE, UM, CHAIRPERSON, UH, PASAL AND HER FAMILY CAME TO PICK UP BOOKS. SO IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO COME THAT DAY. AND FOR SOMEONE FOR SOME REASON, UM, SOMEONE ELSE SHOWED UP. AND I MISS YOU. I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT SUPER EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OH, TURN OFF, SORRY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT SUMMER READING KICKOFF? UH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION, WHICH IS, DO WE [00:30:01] OWN THE PETE THE CAT COSTUME ? THAT, THAT WAS A QUESTION SOMEONE ASKED ME. THEY WERE LIKE, DO WE OWN THIS COSTUME OR DO WE RENT IT? LIKE, DOES PETE THE CAT COME OUT FREQUENTLY? I WAS LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT I CAN FIND OUT THERE, THERE IS A, THERE IS THIS COMPANY IN CALIFORNIA WHERE, UM, UH, WE ONLY PAY FOR SHIPPING. UM, THE, I GUESS LIKE THE BOOK AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, THEY OFFER THESE CUSTOM FREE FOR LIBRARIES. AND SO ALL WE DO IS PAY FOR SHIPPING FOR THEM TO SEND IT. THEY USUALLY SEND A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH IT, SOMEONE COMES UP AND PICKS UP THE COSTUME AND DELIVERS TO THE NEXT SPOT THAT NEEDS TO GO TO. OH, COOL. VERY COOL. THANK YOU . UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BOARD? SURE, YEAH. OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. HE GOT A MIC IN FRONT OF YOU, . YEAH. SO, UM, WHAT A FUN DAY. OKAY, SO I BROUGHT MY THREE KIDS. UM, I HAVE JUST, I GUESS FEEDBACK. UM, I LOVE THE USE OF SPACE THIS TIME AROUND 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS ACTIVITIES, LIKE EVERYTHING WASN'T IN THE FRONT OF THE LIBRARY. I LOVE THAT, HOW WE USE SOME OF THE BACKSPACE AS WELL. SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. UM, I LOVE THAT THERE WAS ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS. I ALMOST WANTED MY HUSBAND TO COME AND LET ME BE, PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE ADULT ONES. AND, UM, BUT I REALLY LIKE HOW THE KOREAN DEMO KIT, UH, WAS KIND OF BOTH FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. SO THAT I REALLY LIKED THAT. AND THEN I LOVE THE T-SHIRTS 'CAUSE I FELT LIKE YOU GUYS SHOWED LIKE A UNITED FRONT. I KNEW WHO TO TALK TO. I KNEW WHO WAS STAFFED. IT JUST SEEMED SO ORGANIZED. AND I WANT A SHIRT TOO, SO , UM, . AND SO, UM, SO I LOVE THE SHIRTS AND I LOVE THE ADULT, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCORPORATED. AND I THINK FROM MY KIDS' FEEDBACK, THE BEST THING WAS THE PETTING ZOO, JUST BECAUSE THE ANIMALS WERE DIFFERENT THAT THEY'VE SEEN. SO IT WAS REALLY FUN FOR THEM TO GO. UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY BIG HIT. SO, UM, KUDOS. IT WAS GREAT. I, I LOVED IT. UM, YEAH, IT WAS JUST WELL ATTENDED, WELL ORGANIZED. I COULD SEE THAT. SO I CAN ECHO ALL THAT. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I WAS THERE WITH QUEST, AS YOU KNOW. UM, AND WE WERE ALTERNATELY MOBBED AND THEN NOT MOBBED WHEN THERE WAS ANOTHER PROGRAM GOING ON. UH, WE WERE HAPPY THAT WE WERE NEXT TO THE, THE DIRT PUDDING STATION BECAUSE WE, WE HELPED A LOT OF KIDS WITH CHOCOLATE PUDDING, MUSTACHES, , WHILE, WHILE THEY WERE DOING CIRCUIT BOARDS OR REASSEMBLING THE, THE COW . SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT IT KEEP CONTINUES TO GROW. I'M JUST SCARED ALL THAT . THAT'S OKAY. OH GOSH. UM, YEAH, SO I ATTENDED WITH MY DAUGHTER WHO'S TURNING TWO NEXT FRIDAY. AND SHE LOVED EVERY EVENT. AND I MEAN, I HOPE ALL AGE GROUPS FELT THAT, BUT IT, IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S THE SOAPY WATER, IT'S THE WATER WITH TOYS IN IT. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE SAME LITTLE POOL AT HOME, BUT IT WAS MORE FUN AT THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? . UM, SO WE, WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. THE PETTING ZOO WAS AMAZING. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A, A PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING TONS OF PICTURES. AND MY DAUGHTER HAPPENED TO BE IN A LOT OF THEM. WHERE CAN I FIND THEM? , BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHER 'CAUSE IT WAS ADORABLE. ALL THESE KIDS WITH THESE ANIMALS, OF COURSE. AND NOT JUST MINE. UM, BUT YEAH, MY FEEDBACK IS AWESOME EVENT. LIKE I, I, I HADN'T BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, SO I HAVE NOTHING TO COMPARE IT TO, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY LOOKED LIKE 'CAUSE I HADN'T BEEN BACK THERE. AND THE FACT THAT WE, THERE WERE, WE WERE LIKE, OH, THERE'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SOLAR FARM BACK THERE, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. AND THERE'S THE SKATEBOARDING OR THE BIKING THING NOW. AND I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH. JUST TO SEE THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY WAS ALSO REALLY COOL. SO, UM, THAT'S MY FEEDBACK. , I MISS THE PARTY AND I'M SAD . ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE [00:35:01] TO SAY. THERE. YES. UH, YEAH, WE, WE ALSO ATTENDED, MY KID WAS VOLUNTEERING, UM, IN THE, IT FELT LIKE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR, WHICH WAS A VERY COOL VIBE. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY KID ACTUALLY SAID AFTER THE FACT WAS HE WAS LIKE, IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THERE WERE SOME, UM, TABLES THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT LOWER FOR SOME OF LIKE THE, THE YOUNGER KIDDOS. 'CAUSE THEY WERE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE TOO SHORT. UM, BUT YEAH, HE, HE HAD A GREAT TIME VOLUNTEERING. WE HAD FUN. I GOT NEW STICKERS FOR MY, I DIDN'T PUT 'EM ON A WATER BOTTLE, I JUST TOOK 'EM FOR MY LAPTOP . UM, BUT YEAH, AGREED ABOUT LIKE UTIL UTILIZING THE SPACE. WE WENT OUTSIDE TO WATCH THE STORY TIME BECAUSE IT HAD A LIVE BAND, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY COOL. LIKE THE MUSICIANS. MM-HMM . UM, YEAH, JUST ALWAYS SO WELL DONE. I, WE KNOW IT'S A TON OF WORK. WE ARE JUST SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO. OH, SORRY. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY. UM, YES. UH, UTILIZING THE FULL SPACE OF OUR, OUR FOOTPRINT I THINK IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OVER THE YEARS. SOMETIMES SUCCESSFULLY, SOMETIMES NOT. I THINK EVEN LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN THE BACK, BUT WHAT REALLY HELPED IS WE PUT THE PUDDING BACK THERE THIS TIME AROUND . SO, UM, THAT I THINK HELPS WITH MORE QUIET IN THE BACK. YEAH. UM, AS FAR AS PHOTOS GO, COME TALK TO ME AFTERWARDS. 'CAUSE UH, I, I HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF THEM SO WE CAN SEE ABOUT . THAT'S GREAT DOING THAT. UM, SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS WE'RE HOPING TO USE FOR FUTURE, UH, MARKETING, SO, YEAH. UM, BUT YEAH, OVERALL A GREAT DAY. UM, I THINK WE LEARNED SOME GOOD LESSONS. I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE PETTING ZOO, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE PROVED WRONG. . SO THE SUMMER READING ARE, DO WE GET ENOUGH? UM, SORRY. UM, THIS ONE'S OFF. YEAH. IS IT JUST THAT ONE? THIS ONE'S OFF. THIS ONE'S OFF. YEAH. THIS ONE'S ON, SO, YEAH. OH, THAT ONE'S JUST, SORRY. SOLVED TONIGHT. PRESS DOWN THE TECHNIQUE. SAY IT DOWN. SUPPOSED TO HELP, SO, OKAY. WE'LL SEE. YEAH, YEAH. UM, ARE WE GETTING MORE NEW REGISTER OR ARE PEOPLE ALREADY REGISTERED AND KIND OF JUST GETTING THEIR TICKETS AND STUFF? OR ARE WE GETTING NEW REGISTRATIONS FOR THE SUMMER? IS THAT, SO THE GOAL IS ALL THE ABOVE, RIGHT? ESSENTIALLY. UM, IT'S, WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY SIGN UP BEFORE THE EVENT. UM, WE KIND OF PUSH THIS BIG THING WHERE IF PEOPLE SIGN UP AT THE EVENT, THEN THAT ALLOWS OUR, OUR KIND OF INITIAL, UM, PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME TO REALLY JUMP. UM, BUT NO, WE'RE HAPPY IF PEOPLE, UH, UH, REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME, COME AND GET THEIR BOOKS AHEAD OF TIME. WE'RE JUST PREPARED FOR A HIGHER VOLUME. 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER. WE'RE REALLY PUSHING IT, UH, WHEN WE'RE THERE. IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST A COMMUNITY DAY IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S, WE TRY TO CREATE THIS KIND OF BIG FESTIVAL KIND OF ENVIRONMENT TO CELEBRATE READING AND, AND MORE SO. SORRY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.4 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY, 2026. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRENLEY. THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL. UM, JUST A FEW THINGS I'LL, I'LL KIND OF CALL OUT IN EACH OF THE STATISTICS. UM, WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE RANK ON BRANCHES, UM, CIRCULATION, UH, IN IN APRIL. UM, EVEN IF OVERALL CIRCULATION'S DOWN, UM, IT, WE ARE GETTING FEWER, PROBABLY IT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE CLASS VISITS GOING AWAY AT THAT BRANCH. UM, THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, THE MARYLAND AVENUE'S SCHOOL STEAM ACADEMY, UM, THEIR LIBRARY WAS CLOSED LAST YEAR, SO WE MADE, IT HAD A PARTNERSHIP WHERE THEY WOULD BRING STUDENTS OVER, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK. UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THAT. UM, UH, BUT IT WAS KIND OF EXPECTED. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SHAME. UM, BUT IT, IT, UM, COULD BE WORSE. AND THEN, UH, , UH, DATABASE SU USAGE WAS UP THIS MONTH. UM, THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO A, TO Z DATABASES AS USUAL. UH, BUT WE DID ADD SOMETHING NEW, UH, [00:40:01] COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, LO FOR KIDS, THAT'S A ONLINE, UM, KIND OF STORY, UH, PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN GO AND LISTEN TO DIFFERENT BOOKS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. THEY HAVE SO MANY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON GETTING A IN LIBRARY KIOSK FOR THAT, UH, AT BOTH THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY AND THE RING CON RICH LIBRARY. UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'VE SEEN USAGE OF OUR VALUE LINE DATABASE REALLY JUMP, UM, WHICH WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. THAT'S, THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME. UM, AND THEN, UH, HAPPY TO SEE OVERALL COMPARISONS ARE UP COLLECTION, USE, STORE COUNT, UH, REGISTRATIONS. UM, PROGRAM ATTENDANCE IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T QUITE SURPRISE ME. WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO RECALIBRATE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK TO SOME DEGREE, UM, LAST YEAR, LIBRARIANS WERE REALLY PUSHING THEMSELVES MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOO HARD. AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE GONE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF MESSAGING WHERE WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THAT HARD. , ESPECIALLY RIGHT BEFORE SUMMER. SUMMER IS WHEN WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO GO SUPER HARD. ALL RIGHT. UH, STARTING IN MAY. UM, SO, UH, SMALL REDUCTION IN THE OVERALL COLLECTION USE, UH, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE TOO MUCH, UNFORTUNATELY. UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT TOO FAR DOWN, BUT I'M, I'M STILL A LITTLE SAD BY IT. UM, THAT BEING SAID, LAST YEAR'S CIRCULATION NUMBERS WERE THE BEST IN OUR LIBRARY'S HISTORY, SO I SHOULDN'T FEEL TOO BAD. UM, UH, WE ALSO SAW BIG INCREASES THIS YEAR IN OUR WEBSITE USE. UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PACKET FOR MAY, THE, UH, THE GROUPS STATISTICS ARE REALLY DOWN OVERALL. THAT'S PARTLY DUE TO THE RING CON BRANCH CLASSES WHERE MISS THAT'S WHERE THE, THOSE VISITS WOULD BE TRACKED ALSO, UH, WE MISSED ADDING ALL OF THE SCHOOL VISITS WE DID IN MAY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS. SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT IN THE NEXT PACKET. YOU'LL SEE PROBABLY IT, IT'LL SAY SOMETHING LIKE, PREVIOUS MONTH THIS. AND YOU'LL SEE A HUGE NUMBER. IT'S, IT'S CLOSE TO 8,000, UH, CONNECTIONS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONTRIBUTOR TO WHY THAT'S SO LOW. SO WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT. UM, AND THEN, UH, CIVIC CENTER CIRC DID GROW THIS MONTH. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT IN OUR, WITH OUR BOOKS, UH, ALONG WITH OUR PROGRAMMING. SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE MADE THE EXTRA EFFORT TO DO THE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH OUR HERITAGE MONTH, THIS IN MAY. UM, AND THEN, YEAH, OVERALL STATS IN MAY ARE ALMOST ALL HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YEARS. SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO FIELD THOSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THIS ITEM. CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE KIOSKS AND LANGUAGES? WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, LOAF FOR KIDS, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A VENDOR THAT PROVIDES THESE THINGS. UM, YOU CAN VISIT JUST THEIR WEBSITE AND LOG IN VIA YOUR LIBRARY CARD. WE HAVE A LINK TO IT ON OUR HOMEPAGE. UM, BUT, UH, THE KIOSK IS, IS WHAT'S GONNA BE REPLACING THE PIKA BOOK IN, IN THE, UH, . WHAT'S THE PIKA BOOK? UM, THAT'S A FUN NAME. UH, SO IN THE YOUTH ROOM, WE, UH, HAVE THIS, UM, WHERE BASICALLY, UH, A MOVIE USED TO BE KIND OF SHOWING ON THERE WITH A CATERPILLAR WEARING A, A TOP HAT. UM, WE'VE KIND OF DISCONTINUED THAT SERVICE AND WE'VE MOVED IT OVER TO THIS OTHER SERVICE. UM, AND IT'S TAKEN US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK. UM, WITH OUR EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND THEIR, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SET UP, UH, I GUESS THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT NOT, UM, IN CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS. AND SO WE'VE HAD TO BUY, UH, UM, LIKE A NEW TABLET TO MAKE IT WORK. UM, SO WE, WE'VE DONE THAT. IT'S GONNA BE INSTALLED HERE PRETTY SOON, BUT THE LANGUAGES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE ARE PRETTY MUCH ANY LANGUAGE YOU WANNA LISTEN TO IT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING. SO YOU'LL HAVE, LIKE, THERE'LL BE STORIES THERE AND YOU CAN PICK THE LANGUAGE AND IT'LL JUST READ IT TO YOU IN THAT WAY. CORRECT. YEAH. AND SO, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BASICALLY FIRST GO THROUGH AND FIND THE LANGUAGE YOU WANNA LISTEN TO IN IT, UH, TAP THE LANGUAGE AND THEN IT'LL SHOW YOU THE AVAILABLE STORIES. THAT'S COOL. DO WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LINK UP THE, UM, THE DATASET, THE SETS OF LANGUAGES THAT WE HAVE? LIKE IS THERE SOME KIND OF, I DUNNO, WE CAN PROMOTE THE, THAT WE'RE GOING, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES ? UH, YES. UH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, ONCE WE KIND OF GET THE KIOSK ESTABLISHED, I THINK I'LL BE HAPPIER. WHAT WITH THAT. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF PUT SOMETHING IN THOSE, UM, INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE SECTIONS, LIKE, HEY, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ONLINE OR LISTEN TO MORE. AND ALL LIBRARIES ARE GETTING S OR IS IT JUST THE MAIN LIBRARY? IT'S CIVIC CENTER AND RING CON. UM, BUT IF YOU'RE AT, AT SPRINGTOWN AND YOU'RE USING A PUBLIC COMPUTER, YOU CAN STILL ACCESS IT, UM, JUST VIA THE, THE ONLINE WEBSITE. LIKE, YOU CAN EVEN ACCESS IT FROM HOME IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH, THEY ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE AN APP TOO. YEAH, THANK YOU. I HAVE AN APP. THEY HAVE AN APP. YES. SO YOU CAN LISTEN [00:45:01] TO YOUR, ON YOUR DEVICES TOO. THAT'S SO COOL. YEAH. WHAT'S IT CALLED AGAIN? LOTE FOR KIDS. LOTE FOUR KIDS. I . OKAY. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT TWO PROGRAMS. UM, THE BIKE TO WEAR EVERY DAY IN MAY, UM, LOOKS LIKE REALLY LOW ATTENDANCE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE BIKING, I MEAN, NOW THAT THE KIDS ARE OUTTA SCHOOL IS PRETTY INTENSE RIGHT NOW. , UM, WHICH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYWAY, I'M ASSUMING ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE LIKE THIS. UM, IS THAT JUST A BAD TIMING OR IS IT KIND OF JUST AN EVENT THAT WHY LOW ATTENDANCE, I GUESS WAS MY QUESTION. SO BOARD MEMBER, ROSALYN, I WILL DEFINITELY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ONCE WE GET TO THAT ITEM. THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM. THIS, OH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STATISTICS. OH, SORRY, SORRY. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES RIGHT NEXT AS, OH, THERE YOU GO. LIKE PULLED OUT A LITTLE BIT. SO STATISTICS FIRST, THAT'S, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANSWERING IT. GREAT. OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATISTICS? OKAY. UH, ALAN, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT'S BEEN RECEIVED. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 4.5 REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY, 2026. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BRUMLEY AGAIN. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS. UM, UH, WANNA CALL OUT, UH, THE D DE NINO CELEBRATION AT THE RING CON BRANCH LIBRARY. UH, LOVE BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE PARK AND THE SPACE AROUND THE LIBRARY TOO, WHENEVER WE DO THOSE THINGS. 106 ATTENDEES, UH, OUR KOREAN CULTURE FESTIVAL IN APRIL, WE PARTNER WITH THE KPA, THAT KOREAN PARENT ASSOCI, KOREAN AMERICAN PARENT ASSOCIATION TO PUT THAT ON. UH, THAT'S ALWAYS WELL ATTENDED, 297 THERE. UM, AND THEN ANOTHER THING I WANNA CALL OUT IS JUST OUR OUTREACH AT THE TRI-VALLEY INNOVATION FAIR. UM, 703 CONNECTIONS MADE AT THAT PARTICULAR VENUE. SO REALLY WORTH OUR TIME. AND THAT'S GREAT. IT'S, IT'S MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE HAVING, UM, A LOT OF OUR ADULT SERVICES STAFF, UH, FILLING VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD. AND SO HAVING SOMEBODY THAT'S KIND OF DE WELL, WE ALL DO OUTREACH, BUT ONE IN, UH, LIBRARY IN PARTICULAR. UH, LIBRARIAN PEMBLETON, SHE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. AND THEN, UH, FOR MAY, UH, K-POP DEMON HUNDREDS WAS ALREADY CALLED OUT. UM, SUPER GREAT. SO SAME WITH THE SUMMER LEARNING, UH, PROGRAM KICKOFF. I DO WANT TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TWEEN MAKER MADNESS. WE ONLY HAD ONE PROGRAM FOR THE TWEEN MAKER MADNESS, BUT 75 ATTENDEES IN MAY. SO, UH, REALLY GREAT FALLING FOR THAT PROGRAM. UM, ANOTHER REALLY COOL PARTNERSHIP WAS THE WATER RECLAMATION PLANT TOUR. UM, IT WAS FUNNY TO SEE HOW INTO PEOPLE WERE, UH, UH, THAT TOUR ACTUALLY FILLED UP. UM, AND SO NOT AS MANY PEOPLE COULD ATTEND IT AS WANTED TO. UH, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS A PRETTY COOL SPACE AND, AND NOT SOMETHING YOU KIND OF TAKE IT AS WINDOW DRESSING AS YOU'RE PASSING THROUGH. AND, UH, TO KNOW ALL THIS DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR, OUR WATER USAGE IS GREAT. AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SAY KIND OF THE, I I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE VARIETY OF OUTREACH WE DID IN THIS MONTH. UH, IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VENUES WE WENT TO IN MAY, UM, IS REALLY GREAT. UH, THE NUMBERS WE HIT ARE DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK BY DOING THAT, WE'RE CONTINUING TO REACH DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AND, AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE OFFER. AND THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO US. SO, UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER BOARD MEMBER ROSLYN'S QUESTION . SO YEAH, THE BIKE TO WHEREVER DAY THAT WAS, THAT WASN'T ACTUALLY A LIBRARY EVENT. EXACTLY. WE, WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY ON THAT ONE, AND SO, UH, WE, IT WAS VERY PASSIVE. UM, IT WAS A BOOTH KIND OF OUT FRONT, AND SO WE HAD THINGS AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE BOOTH TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT IT AND GET YOUR SWAG BAG OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, I THINK IF WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LIKE AN ACTIVE, UM, EVENT OR, UM, LIKE A SPECIFIC TIME TO COME FOR SOMETHING, USUALLY YOU'D SEE A HIGHER ATTENDANCE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, A A WINDOW WHERE YOU CAN ARRIVE, UM, KIND OF SITTING OFF TO THE SIDE, IT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS DRAW A BIG CROWD. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? PASS IT DOWN TO RICH. SO, UM, THE LIBRARY SPEAKERS CONSORTIUM, ARE THOSE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM? [00:50:01] STATISTICS? YES. , YOU KNOW WHAT? I ACTUALLY THINK THEY'RE COUNTED IN OUR, UM, CURRENTLY THE WAY WE'RE WE'RE COUNTING THEM IS THROUGH OUR DATABASE USAGE, BUT THAT MIGHT BE BETTER TO DO A DIFFERENT WAY IN THE FUTURE. YEAH. UM, COULD YOU SPEAK A BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, THE READING FLUENCY CLUB? 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE A REALLY, I LOVE THE IDEA, SO I JUST A LITTLE MORE, HOW IS IT GOING IN TERMS OF, IS IT CONTINUING OR, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SORRY, . YEAH, WE'RE GONNA CAUSE EACH OTHER PAIN FOR A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS A PILOT, UH, IT WAS A 10 WEEK PILOT. UH, WE LOVED WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WITH IT. UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT LESSONS LEARNED AND PLANNING FOR SOMETHING NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YEAH. YANG'S HEADING UP THAT IN FACT. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT OR HAVE I HIT IT IN, IN A NUTSHELL? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO, YEAH. DID YOU WANT MORE THAN A NUTSHELL? NO. UM, IS IT, UM, WHAT WERE THE, I GUESS WHAT WERE THE LESSONS LEARNED THE WHOLE YEAR? IS IT JUST, IS THERE NOT ENOUGH, UH, FULL GOALS? OR IS IT TIMING OR IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S KIND OF REALLY AT THIS POINT ABOUT SUPPORTING IT WITH STAFF TIME. UM, IT IS VERY TIME INTENSIVE. IT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I THINK, UM, WE ALSO KIND OF OBSERVED WE NEEDED SOME BETTER TRAINING AROUND, UM, UH, LIKE STUDENT MANAGEMENT. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO LEARNED WHAT, UH, OUR PEOPLE WORKING ON IT WERE STRONG AT AND WHAT WEREN'T. AND MAYBE IDENTIFIED SOME PLACES WHERE WE COULD IMPROVE SOME THINGS. WE ALSO MIGHT JUST DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME. UM, YANG, ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A, A DIFFERENT COUPLE OPTIONS. SO, UM, WE, WE ARE, WE'RE LIKELY TO OFFER A READING INFLUENCE PROGRAM. WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD BRING IN A CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY AND PILOT THERE AS WELL TO SEE IF THE CAN BE RESPONS FROM RECON. UM, OUR HOURS OF OPERATION. UM, WE DO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY AT CIVIC CENTER. SO IF WE DO CHANGE THE HOURS, IS THAT GONNA, UM, HELP WITH, UM, BRINGING MORE PEOPLE, UM, FOR, FOR, UH, THE PAUSE TO READ FOLKS TO BRING THEIR DOGS FOR THE PROGRAM. ALSO, STAFFING AS WELL. SO I THINK IN, IN THE FALL WINTER, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO HOST, UM, A TYPE OF WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS, UM, WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN, UM, WORKING WITH FLUENCY WITH THEIR KIDDOS. KIND OF SHOW THEM, HEY, UM, THIS, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR KIDDOS. UH, CHECK THEIR, UH, WORKS PER MINUTE. AND THEN IF THOSE ATTENDEES DO COME, WE WANT TO COLLECT, UM, SURVEY INFORMATION FROM THEM AS WELL TO BE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO OFFER A READ FLUENCY PROGRAM. WHAT TIME OF THE WEEK WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU? WHAT TIME WOULD BE FOR YOU? SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONAL THIS TIME AROUND. UM, IF WE DO, AND IF WE DO, UM, GET COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, THEN WE'RE HOPING TO PILOT SOMETHING AT CIVIC CENTER AS WELL TO SEE IF, UM, WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE OA OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM THEN AND MOVE ON TO ITEM [5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBERS] FIVE. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED. SO BOARD MEMBERS, ANYTHING TO REPORT? START, START, . START ON THIS END. . YEAH. IT TURNS ITSELF, THE LIGHT TURNS ITSELF OFF. OKAY. SO I WENT TO THAT BIKE SAFETY TALK, ONE OF FOUR ATTENDEES. THE CONTENT WAS AWESOME AND IT'S, UH, WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT MORE DRIVERS DIDN'T SHOW UP. 'CAUSE IT WAS REALLY, THEIR FOCUS WAS REALLY HOW DRIVERS CAN KEEP BICYCLISTS ALIVE. UM, AND KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT FROM BICYCLISTS AND, AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VIEW FOR THE BICYCLISTS TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A, FROM A DRIVER. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TALK. UM, AND [00:55:01] IT'S JUST TOO BAD. I DON'T KNOW WHY MORE PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW UP. I THINK THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP. UM, SO THAT WAS THAT ONE. UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN OUTREACH. SO I WAS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET WITH YANG, UH, AND I WAS AT A TABLE IN THE LIBRARY, UM, PROMOTING THE SURVEY, UM, IN A VERY, WHAT'D SHE SAY, STAND BISH WAY WAS EMILY'S QUOTE FOR HOW TO PROMOTE THE SURVEY. UM, NON-AGGRESSIVE, NON-AG STAND. BACKISH WAS HER WORD. SO , I LIKE THE WATER DISPLAY IN THE PICK UP YOUR BOOK ROOM. UH, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A WEIRD PLACE TO PUT A DISPLAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT. AND I, I ASSUME THAT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THERE WAS SPACE. UM, BUT THE DISPLAY ITSELF WAS VERY INTERESTING. AND LASTLY, I GUESS I WROTE A HAIKU. SO , UM, I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT I WENT TO THREE OF, OF, UH, DIFFERENT TIMES TO DO THE COMMUNITY, UH, SURVEY AT THE FRONT, AT THE FRONT DESK AND WANTED TO RELATE JUST A LITTLE STORY THAT HAPPENED. UM, I SAW A YOUNG, YOUNG, A TEENAGER COMING TOWARDS ME AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO FILL OUT OUR SURVEY? AND SHE'S LIKE, I WOULD, BUT MY, MY PHONE IS DEAD AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, UH, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO CHARGE IT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A CHARGER? AND I, I SAID, NO, BUT I THINK YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LIBRARY OF THINGS, YOU CAN GET ONE. SO, SO SHE GOES OVER THERE AND, UM, SPEAKS TO A LIBRARIAN AND, UH, AND I'M SITTING AT THE, AT THE TABLE STILL, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, HEARING THAT, UM, SHE DOESN'T HAVE HER LIBRARY CARD WITH HER OR, UM, ANY ID OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO SHE CAN'T CHECK IT OUT. AND SO I HAD IN MY LIBRARY CARD AND I SAID, I'LL, YOU KNOW, CHECK IT OUT UNDER ME. SO WENT AND DID THAT AND I, SO I WENT OVER AND DID IT AND SHE, UM, I LOOKED AT THE GIRL AND SHE HAD TEARS COMING DOWN HER FACE, , I MEAN, SHE WAS SO OVERWHELMED AND OVERWROUGHT, I THINK BY FEELING SO WITHOUT POWER ON HER PHONE AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE, I JUST, I JUST LIKE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, PRETENDED NOT TO NOTICE 'CAUSE THAT DIDN'T WANNA EMBARRASS HER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? LIBRARIES ARE HELPING PLACES. YOU CAN ALWAYS COME TO THE LIBRARY AND GET HELP. AND I THINK THAT JUST IS A, IS A NICE, UM, YOU KNOW, THING TO REMEMBER AND TO PUT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S IT. DO YOU WANNA TURN THAT ONE OFF? ASK IT. UM, DO YOU WANNA USE THIS ONE IN INSTEAD? SCARCITY TO WORK PRETTY WELL. OKAY. YEAH. UM, I, I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE COULD, UH, PROVIDE A, UH, I KNOW WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE SURVEY, BUT JUST HOW IS THAT GOING AND ARE THERE STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THAT? AND THEN, UM, MY SECOND COMMENT IS THE BANNERS FOR THE SUMMER READING. I'M STILL AN ADVOCATE OF THE STICKERS, OF, UM, MAYBE PUTTING THE YEARS. AND, UM, SO IF WE COULD PUT THAT OUT THERE, THAT WOULD BE COOL. UM, BUT MINE IS ON MY LAWN, SO IT'S PERFECT. I LOVED GETTING THE, THE NEW ONE. UM, AND THEN AS IN THE, UM, THE KICKOFF WHEN I HAD TO GO TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY, I SAW LUNA AND LUNA'S. I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, UH, THOUGHTS IN DOING SOMETHING FOR HER ANNIVERSARY OR, UH, SOMETHING TO UM, UH, KIND OF COMMEMORATE THAT ONE YEAR. I DON'T, I THINK IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE SHE'S BEEN THERE. SO JUST LUNA, IS THERE SURVEY FOR THAT? I DON'T WANNA TALK ANYMORE. . I'M GONNA TURN IT OFF. IS THIS OFF? SO, IN REFERENCE TO THE SURVEY, SURVEY IS STILL GOING STRONG. WE'VE RECEIVED HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF, UH, SURVEY RESPONSES. UH, WE HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A DATE IN THE SECOND HALF OF JULY FOR THE SURVEY TO [01:00:01] CLOSE. IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR A WHILE. THIS IS MUCH LONGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE SURVEY, BUT WE KIND OF STAGGERED THE COMMUNICATIONS AROUND THE SURVEY. UM, I KNOW THIS IS NOT AGENDA ITEMS, SO WE'RE NOT GOING DEEP, DEEP INTO IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IT OUT ELECTRONICALLY FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEN THE BOOKMARKS AND THEN THE E-BLAST AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THE MAILERS THAT YOU ALL GOT TO YOUR HOMES. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW IS A TIME WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE HIT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL THAT'S REALISTIC AT THIS POINT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT CLOSING IT STILL PLENTY OF TIME. UM, IN CASE, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED, PLEASE KEEP DIRECTING THEM TO THE WEBSITE OR TO THE LIBRARY IF THEY WANNA DO IT ELECTRONICALLY THERE. THANK YOU. ALAN, WHAT WAS YOUR LAST QUESTION? LUNA. LUNA, THAT'S RIGHT. YES. UM, SO WE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THAT WITH THE CITY, OF COURSE. UM, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED. THE PLANTING DATE WAS ACTUALLY IN OCTOBER, SO THAT'S WHEN, UH, WE'LL BE PLANNING SOME KIND OF BIG PARTY FOR LUNA. YEAH. BUT LUNA'S DOING GREAT. I KNOW SHE'S, YEAH, YEAH. OH, OKAY. DO YOU WANNA JUST TALK ABOUT THAT? SO THE CITY DOES WANT TO DO MORE PROGRAMS FOR LUNA. SO, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY CAME TOGETHER. AND THEN LAST THURSDAY FOR THE MAKER MADNESS, UM, UH, ACTIVITY WAS ACTUALLY A, A, WE, WE, IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT L LUNA, THE MOON TREE. AND SO OUR USERS LIBRARIAN, UM, THEY, UH, WHOEVER CAME TO MAKE A MANUS HAD A CHANCE TO GO VISIT THE TREE. AND SINCE LUNA IS MOON THEME, UH, WE HAD AN OREO ACTIVITY. SO, UM, PARTICIPANTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE MOON. AND THEN I KNOW THE, UH, THE YARD SIGNS. UH, I'VE GOT A NOTE HERE ABOUT STICKERS FOR YARD SIGNS. I'VE STILL GOT MY ORIGINAL ONE OUT THERE. I'M GLAD WE BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE THE YARD SIGNS ARE REALLY FUN. IT'S SO, IT'S SO GREAT TO TELL A DRIVE AROUND AND SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT YARD SIGNS IN, IN PEOPLE'S YARDS. SO YEAH. GREAT, GREAT IDEA. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE BY NOW TO MEET OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER, ERIN ROSLIN. UM, SHE WAS APPOINTED TO A, UH, TERM THAT'S THREE YEARS IN LENGTH. IT BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, 2026. IT'LL GO THROUGH, UH, JUNE, I'M SORRY, UH, . IT, UH, IT'LL GO THROUGH JUNE 1ST, 2029. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. IT JUST GOES, UH, DAY TO DAY. SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER, GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HER WHEN WE DID THE ORIENTATION. DIRECTOR BAKER WENT THROUGH THAT. UM, PLEASE TELL US, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU AND JUST AGAIN, WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. UM, NORMALLY LIKE THIS. THAT'S OKAY. NO WORRIES. UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS ME 'CAUSE I AM HORRIBLE WITH TECHNOLOGY . UM, SO YEAH, HI. I'M SO EXCITED TO BE ON THE BOARD. UM, I, WE MOVED TO LIVERMORE ABOUT JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO. UM, WE WERE IN PLEASANTON BEFORE THAT, SO NOT VERY FAR AWAY. AND THEN I WAS IN OAKLAND BEFORE THAT. UM, I MENTIONED MY DAUGHTER TURNS TWO NEXT FRIDAY. UM, I'M SO EXCITED. , THAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR. UM, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE JUST AVID READERS, OBVIOUSLY. UM, SO THE LIBRARY IS, UH, SAFE SPACE FOR US AND A VERY FUN PLACE FOR OUR DAUGHTER. AND WE RIDE OUR BIKES UP HERE AND IT'S A, A WEEKEND ACTIVITY FOR US. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. UM, AND, AND THIS IS VERY, UM, YEAH, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA COMING IN. IT'S INTERESTING. I WENT TO THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING ABOUT BEING ON A, ON THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH SOUNDS VERY, VERY INTERESTING THAN BEING ON THE LIBRARY BOARD. UM, VERY DIFFERENT. AND, UM, I, I JUST, I'VE BEEN, I, I FEEL LIKE I, I JUST REALLY WANNA GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE CITY THAT I HAVE GROWN TO LOVE SO MUCH. AND EVEN JUST TWO YEARS OF BEING HERE, UM, AND NOW RAISING A DAUGHTER THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE LIBRARY, IT JUST, IT JUST ALL FEELS REALLY SPECIAL TO ME. SO, VERY EXCITED. UM, CURRENTLY I AM, UM, UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE THERM, I WORKED FOR THERMO FISHER, WHICH EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THERMO FISHER IS, PROBABLY 'CAUSE OF THE AREA. UM, AND THEY HAD A BIG RIFF LAST FALL AND I WAS PART OF THAT. UM, BUT I WORKED ON A GLOBAL TEAM. I THINK THE LOCAL TEAM DIDN'T DO AS BADLY AS, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM I WAS ON. SO STILL HOPING TO GET BACK INTO THE JOB MARKET AT SOME POINT. UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I AM, I VOLUNTEER WITH FERTILE GROUNDWORKS. I DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. SO YOU'LL SEE ME AROUND, GENERALLY ON MY E-BIKE JUST CAUSING RUCKUS . UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ME. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, ANYTHING, I'M AN OPEN BOOK. UH, I TALK TOO MUCH. [01:05:01] AND, UM, I DON'T ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M ALWAYS LISTENING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHO I AM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY OTHER ITEM REAL QUICK, JUST UH, AND THIS'LL BE NEW FOR SOME OF YOU, UM, BUT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE CANCELED THE JULY LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING. UM, THINGS ARE RAMPED UP PRETTY, PRETTY HIGH AT THE LIBRARY. I THINK NATHAN AND YANG WILL AGREE TO THAT UNLESS WE HAVE ANY TIME SENSITIVE BUSINESS, UM, THAT NECESSITATES HAVING A MEETING, I'D SAY THAT'S THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME. WE WE'RE NOT FORMALLY CANCELING IT YET. A NOTICE HAS TO GO OUT, BUT HISTORICALLY THIS IS THE MONTH THAT WE'VE CANCELED. BUT WE'LL COMMUNICATE THAT TO YOU. UM, AND AGAIN, IF SOMETHING VERY UNUSUAL COMES UP THAT YOU JUST NEED TO SEE IT RIGHT AWAY, THEN WE'LL WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO IT HELPS. I WON'T THAT. MAKE NOTE OF THAT, JUST PUT IT OVER THE TOP. UM, YES, SO WELCOME. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD. UM, I, I THINK THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO REPORT, LIKE THE OTHERS IS I VOLUNTEERED WITH THE, UM, THE LIBRARY SURVEY IN THE LIBRARY. I REALLY WAS LIKE, COME ON EMILY, GIVE ME LIKE THE PRIZE WHEEL AND LET ME LIKE GIVE AWAY ALL OF THE SWAG. AND SHE WAS LIKE, NO, YOU NEED TO JUST SIT HERE AND IF PEOPLE WANNA DO IT, THEN JUST PASSIVELY THEY CAN COME AND DO IT . UM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. UM, I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, PEOPLE REALLY THOUGHT I WAS LIKE A LIBRARIAN AT THAT TABLE BECAUSE, UM, IT DIDN'T SAY, THERE WASN'T A BANNER THAT SAID LIKE, TAKE OUR SURVEY. IT WAS JUST LIKE A LITTLE THING ON THE TABLE. IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE BIT TOO SMALL. IT LOOKED LIKE THE CANDY . YEAH. YEAH. SO PEOPLE JUST THOUGHT WE WERE LIKE THE INFORMATION DESK A LITTLE BIT. SO I THINK, UM, IF, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, LIKE HAVING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, LIKE RIGHT BEHIND WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE THERE FOR. UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK, AND THIS IS A A LONG-TERM THING. I KNOW EVENTUALLY WE'RE DOING A LOT OF POLICY UPDATES, UM, AND, AND DOING POLICIES IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. ONE OF THE POLICIES I WANTED TO JUST, UH, ASK IF WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT EVENTUALLY, I THINK WE DID IT NOT VERY MANY YEARS AGO, MAYBE 2024. ME, I KNOW . NO, NO, IT'S, IT'S THE MEETING ROOM YOUTH POLICY. WOW, OKAY. SO I KNOW WE DID IT THAT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED THOUGH IS THAT UM, RENTAL OF THE ROOM IS NOT RESTRICTED BY LOCATION EVEN THOUGH GETTING A LIBRARY CARD IS, AND SO TO ME IT KIND OF WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET A LIBRARY CARD HERE, IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT, THEN BEING ABLE TO RENT THE ROOM ALSO SEEMS LIKE THAT MIGHT NEED TO NOT NEED TO BE A REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED OR BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. I'D SAY. UM, WE DO OCCASIONALLY MAKE UPDATES TO THE FORM, UM, TO THE POLICY. IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE THINK IT WOULD, UH, DRAW INPUT FROM THE LIBRARY BOARD, THAT'S WHEN WE'D BE MORE LIKELY TO BRING IT. UM, AGAIN, WITHOUT GOING TOO DEEP INTO IT, 'CAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDIZED, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PATHWAY TO, UM, MAKING IT WHERE PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA CAN'T USE THE SPACES. IT'S JUST TOO POPULAR AND WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE REGION WHO ARE JUST NOW USED TO USING IT. UM, I WOULDN'T WANNA STEP ON THE PUBLIC SERVICES SIDE ALSO AND SAY, WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BROADEN OR CHANGE WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON YOUR SIDE. BUT, UM, DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THE NEXT TIME THAT WE GO THROUGH IT. I THINK THE LAST CHANGE TO THE MEETING ROOM POLICY WAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. BUT THAT'S ABOUT HOW OFTEN I'D SAY WE'RE REVIEWING IT UNLESS WE BECOME AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT CAUSES US TO, UM, REVIEW IT AND POTENTIALLY MAKE CHANGES SOONER. SO THE, THE ONLY REASON I BRING IT UP IS THAT A NEIGHBORING LIBRARY IN THE BAY AREA HAD A OUTSIDE EXTREMIST GROUP COME IN AND USE LIBRARY SPACE AND NO ONE WAS RENTING IT WHO WAS FROM THE CITY, BUT THEY BROUGHT, UH, A VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC INTO A LOCAL SPACE WHERE NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY LIVED. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH IT HERE IN LIVERMORE SPECIFICALLY. SO, BUT I I, I HEAR YOU. SO, OKAY. WELL I AM I MOST FREQUENTLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT 'CAUSE IT GOES THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT MY CALL, BUT YEAH, YOUR FEEDBACK IS UM, WILL CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED. I'LL MAKE SURE OF COURSE MR. BAKER IS NOT HERE WITH US NIGHT. I'LL MAKE [01:10:01] SURE HE'S AWARE OF IT AS WELL. JUST DID WANT TO ASK, WHERE DID YOU SEE THAT YOU COULDN'T BE GET A LIBRARY CARD IF YOU WERE A RESIDENT? THAT'S, UH, YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, MAYBE I'M MISREMEMBERING THE, THE POLICY. DON'T YOU HAVE TO, DON'T THE LIBRARY CARDS GET LIKE MAILED TO YOU? YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIVERMORE ADDRESS. NO. IS THAT CHANGED NOW? THAT'S BEEN CHANGED FOR A WHILE AND YEAH, WE, WE UM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN LIVERMORE TO GET A LIBRARY CARD. OKAY. UM, YOU CAN DEFINITELY LIVE ANYWHERE IN CALIFORNIA AND IN SOME CASES EVEN ANYWHERE IN THE US. OKAY. I GUESS I'M MIS MISREMEMBERING THE WE WE DO LIMIT, UM, CHALLENGES TO OUR BOOKS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS ONLY. THAT'S MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT. OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY AT ANY POINT IF YOU WANNA SHARE, YOU KNOW, ANY FURTHER THOUGHTS OR ANY FEEDBACK YOU HAVE IN GENERAL, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS, UH, REACH OUT TO ME. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO HEAR LIKE YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IT. AND IF YOU THINK IT'S A MATTER THAT IS UM, IMPORTANT, WHERE SHOULD BE A AGENDAS AND DISCUSSED RIGHT HERE IN THIS TIME IS THE TIME YOU WOULD SAY I'D LIKE TO UM, NDS A MATTER TO BRING THIS BACK. I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS THIS ONE PROBABLY OFFLINE FIRST, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WELL I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ITEM UNLESS THERE ARE ANY MATTERS INITIATED BY THE LIBRARY FOR ME. JUST THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME. YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN US . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.