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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS TO ORDER, UH, LIBRARY, UH, ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR AUGUST 27TH, 2026.WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN JUST ANSWER, UM, I OR PRESENT TO INDICATE THAT YOU'RE HERE.
BOARD MEMBER OLA VARIA IS ABSENT FOR THE RECORD.
[2. OPEN FORUM ]
AND, UM, OPEN OUR OPEN FORMS. YES.WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UM, JOE LEE.
MR. LEE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
YOU CAN GO ON UP TO THE PODIUM.
AND THEN WHERE THAT SPEAKER, UH, THE MICROPHONE IS FACING TOWARDS YOU.
IF YOU PUSH, UH, DOWN AT THE BASE OF IT, YOU'LL SEE IT LIGHT UP GREEN LIKE THAT.
JUST, JUST, I'LL JUST READ OUR, OUR LITTLE THING ABOUT THE, OUR OPEN FORUM FOR A MOMENT, WHICH IS, UM, SO IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT, NO ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ITEMS PRESENTED DURING THE OPEN FORUM.
UM, SO TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, SPEAKER CARD, WHICH YOU ALREADY DID, UM, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON.
AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SECRET FLOOR.
IN THE, IN THIS LONG STRETCH SINCE THE LAST TIME I VISITED, UM, I'VE HAD TWO FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION MEETUPS AT THE LIVERMORE LIBRARY.
UH, THESE ARE MEETUPS, UH, UH, IT'S THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION IS A CHARITABLE NON-PROFIT BASED IN BOSTON.
UM, THEY CLOSED THEIR PHYSICAL OFFICE IN BOSTON, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NORMALLY HAVE A YEARLY MEETING AND PEOPLE WOULD GO IN WORLDWIDE, UH, AT A CONFERENCE CALLED LIBRE PLANET.
WELL, THEY CLOSED, UM, THEIR, THEIR OFFICE, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND THEY CALLED ON PEOPLE TO, MAYBE IT'S BEEN TWO, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW.
THEY CLOSED THEIR PHYSICAL OFFICE IN BOSTON AND THEY CALLED ON PEOPLE RUN YOUR OWN LOCAL MEETUPS, PLEASE.
AND, UH, I DECIDED TO RUN ONE FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, PEOPLE CAME FROM, UH, ONE OF THE MOST NOTABLE VISITORS WAS, UH, A CHILD PROBABLY AROUND 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD, HAD DRAGGED HIS DAD HERE FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW.
HIS DAD, UH, WORKED AT GOOGLE, AND, UM, HE CAME AND, UH, KIND OF TOOK OVER, UH, TO GAVE TO TAUGHT, UH, ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE, UM, HOW TO USE FREE SOFTWARE AND GAVE THIS LONG, UM, DID PRESENTATIONS FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN, UM, I WASN'T GONNA HOLD ONE THIS YEAR AND I ENDED UP, UH, HOLDING ONE BECAUSE THE, THE KID WANTED TO DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION THIS YEAR.
SO HE DRAGGED HIS DAD HERE FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW.
AND, UM, I GAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON HIS WORK ON GNU HERD BECAUSE HE BECAME A KERNEL DEVELOPER AT 13 YEAR, 12 OR 13 YEARS OLD.
AND HE, UH, CAME AND DID A PRESENTATION ON INSTALLING GU NEW HERD ON A, ON A 64 BIT MACHINE, UM, A 64 BIT VERSION OF GU NEW HERD, WHICH IS PRETTY RARE.
NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE RUN IT DIRECTLY ON HARDWARE.
AND, UM, I ALSO WAS REALLY FORTUNATE, UM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT I OWED THE KID AN AUDIENCE.
I WAS OUT IN THE STREETS SCREAMING AT PEOPLE TO COME TO THE EVENT, COME FOR FOOD, COME FOR REFRESHMENTS, PLEASE.
AND, UM, THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT, I SCREAMED AT SOMEONE REALLY NOTABLE, JUST BY CHANCE IT WAS, UM, UM, SOMEONE NAMED RONALD MINNICK, AND I WASN'T REALLY FAMILIAR WITH RONALD MINNICK JUST YET.
AND THEN HE, HE TOLD ME HE'S THE INVENTOR OF CORE BOOT.
AND THAT I KNEW, BECAUSE I USE CORE BOOT ON ONE OF MY LAPTOPS.
A SYSTEM 76 LAPTOP CORE BOOT IS ALSO THE, UH, BIOS THAT'S IN EVERY CHROMEBOOK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S OUT THERE.
UM, SO I, I KNEW COR CORBO, UM, AND, UH, HE SAID HE WOULD COME TO THE MEETING.
I SENT I, I'D BEEN FOR A YEAR IN A TEXT MESSAGE, UM, WITH, IN A SIGNAL CHAT WITH THE, THE KID AND HIS DAD FOR A YEAR.
I TOLD THEM RONALD MINNICK IS GONNA COME.
I DID NOT NEED TO INTRODUCE RONALD MINNICK TO THESE GUYS.
UM, HIS, THE KID'S DAD WORKED AT GOOGLE.
RONALD MINNICK ALSO WORKED AT GOOGLE TOO.
AFTER HE FINISHED, UM, HIS WORK ON LINUX BIO AT LOS ALAMOS LAB, HE WENT TO GOOGLE AND BROUGHT COR BOOT TO, UH, TO, TO GOOGLE.
AND WHEN HE WAS THERE, UM, HE, HE PUT ALL THE COR BOOT INTO ALL THE COURT, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE, THE CHROMEBOOKS.
AND WHEN HE LEFT, HE, I THINK HE, HE WENT TO, UM, HE CAME TO LIVERMORE, I THINK AFTER THAT.
AND, UM, WHEN HE LEFT THE KID'S DAD JOINED GOOGLE.
AND WHEN THE KID'S DAD SAID THAT, WHEN HE JOINED GOOGLE, EVERYONE.
OH, AM I, MR. LEE, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE DONE.
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON INTO ITEM FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.
[3. CONSENT CALENDAR ]
APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT MINUTES FROM OUR JUNE 25TH, 2026 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, AMENDMENTS OR UPDATES ON THAT
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STAFF HAS NO STAFF REPORT ON THE MINUTES? ALL FIVE, UM, LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS WERE PRESENT, SO EVERYONE'S ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.THIS ONE WE JUST APPROVE WITH A SIMPLE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR AND AN AYE OR A, SO YOU STILL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN YES.
[4. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION]
ITEM FOUR MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION.WE HAVE ITEM 4.1 PRESENTATION ON THE 2026 JAZZ AND JULY PROGRAM SERIES.
HAS COULD GIVE A RECAP ON THIS YEAR'S JAZZ AND JULY SERIES, I'M SORRY, LIBRARY TWO, PAUL
PAUL, WHENEVER YOU READY TO START.
FOR SOME REASON IT DOESN'T CLICK.
DO I NEED THE MICROPHONE OR, OH, YES.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE A BRIEF RECAP OF OUR 2026 JAZZ IN JULY SERIES.
THIS YEAR'S SERIES WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, AND ONCE AGAIN, SHOW JUST HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY ENJOYS LIVE MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY.
OVER THE COURSE OF JULY, WE PRESENTED FIVE CONCERTS, WELCOMED A TOTAL OF 726 ATTENDEES, AND EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE IMPRESSIVE, BUT WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT WAS THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM.
THE STORY TIME ROOM WAS PACKED WITH MUSIC LOVERS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, AND THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AT EACH PERFORMANCE.
WE STARTED WITH THE SMOOTH GROOVES OF THE DAVE ROCHA QUINTET, FOLLOWED BY THE HIGH ENERGY SOUNDS OF CHARGE PARTICLES.
WE THEN WELCOMED THE SOOTHING BLEND OF GUITAR AND BASS FROM MIMI FOX AND JEFF DENSON, THE LEON JOYCE TRIO FEATURING HEART THUMPING DRUM SOLOS BY LEON JOYCE JR.
AND FINALLY, THE SWINGING SOUNDS OF THE COOL TONES BIG BAND.
EACH GROUP BROUGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE SERIES.
AUDIENCES HEARD JAZZ STANDARDS AND CLASSICS, ALONG WITH SOME CONTEMPORARY SELECTIONS AND ORIGINAL TUNES.
THE MUSICIANS ALSO REALLY SEEM TO ENJOY PLAYING INSIDE THE STORY TIME ROOM AND INTERACTING WITH THE LIVERMORE COMMUNITY.
AND OUR COMMUNITY DEFINITELY SHOWED UP.
THE FIVE CONCERTS DREW 726 ATTENDEES ALTOGETHER.
WHAT I FOUND REALLY REWARDING WAS SEEING HOW ENGAGED THE AUDIENCES WERE.
PEOPLE WEREN'T JUST ATTENDING, THEY WERE LISTENING CLOSELY, REACTING TO THE MUSIC, TALKING WITH THE PERFORMERS AFTERWARD AND COMING BACK FOR ADDITIONAL CONCERTS.
AND THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE BAY AREA, LIKE OAKLAND, WALNUT CREEK, CONCORD, TRACY, UM, AND, UH, EVEN AND SAN JOSE.
UM, IT REALLY FELT LIKE JAZZ IN JULY HAD BECOME SOMETHING PEOPLE WERE PLANNING FOR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO.
FOR ME, UH, THE SUCCESS OF JAZZ IN JULY GOES BEFORE, BEYOND THE ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.
WE HAD PACK AUDIENCES, ENTHUSIASTIC MUSICIANS AND ATTENDEES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, STANDING OVATIONS OF EVERY PERFORMANCE.
IT ALSO CREATES A SPECIAL ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY.
UH, OUR SUNDAY STAFF MEMBERS ENJOY HEARING JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BUILDING WHILE THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT JAZZ IN JULY IS SOMETHING THEY LOOK FORWARD TO EACH YEAR.
SO IT HAS REALLY BECOME, UH, A SUMMER TRADITION, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PATRONS, BUT FOR OUR STAFF AS WELL.
AND WE ENDED THE SERIES IN A BIG WAY.
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ON JULY 30TH, WE PARTNERED WITH SLA VINEYARDS FOR OUR JAZZ AND JULY FINALE, FEATURING THE COOL TONES BIG BAND.THE PROGRAM WAS ENVISIONED, ORGANIZED AND HOSTED BY LIBRARIANS NIDIA, MEL GZA AND NAALI CERVANTES.
WITH HELP FROM LIBRARY, ASSISTANT CLAIN AND YOUNG ADULT VOLUNTEERS.
THE EVENT BROUGHT OUT 218 PEOPLE MAKING IT THE LARGEST AUDIENCE OF THE SERIES.
IT WAS MORE, IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN A CONCERT.
PEOPLE ENJOYED MUSIC, WINE, FOOD, DANCING CRAFTS, AND SIMPLY SPENDING TIME TOGETHER IN A BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SETTING.
UH, THE RESPONSE WAS ESPECIALLY GRATIFYING.
THE BIG BAND LEADER AND SEVERAL GUESTS WERE PLEASANTON RESIDENTS, AND THEY TOLD ME HOW IMPRESSED THEY WERE WITH WHAT THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS ABLE TO OFFER THE COMMUNITY.
A FEW EVEN JOKE THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE ENVIOUS BECAUSE THEY HADN'T SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT OFFERED THROUGH THEIR OWN LOCAL LIBRARY.
SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL REMINDER OF HOW SPECIAL THIS KIND OF PROGRAMMING CAN BE AND A GREAT WAY TO TAKE JAZZ IN JULY BEYOND THE WALLS OF THE LIBRARY AND TURN THE FINALE INTO A TRUE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.
OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THEIR ENTIRE JAZZ AND JULY SERIES WAS SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND OUR FINALE WAS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RELA VINEYARDS.
I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO THE FRIENDS FOR THEIR CON CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND THEY ALSO ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LIBRARY, FOR, UH, UH, FOR PRODUCING THE SERIES.
AFTER THE CONCERTS, SEVERAL FRIENDS MEMBERS TOOK THE TIME TO COMPLIMENT ME AND THE LIBRARY ON ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SERIES.
AND, UH, UH, MANY PEOPLE DONATED THE MONEY.
UH, THE, WE HAD THE DONATION BOX OUTSIDE AND THEY DONATED $20, $5, $10 AFTER EVERY SHOW.
SO THAT FEEDBACK MEANT A LOT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEIR SPONSORSHIP IS 'CAUSE THE FRIENDS IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAMMING POSSIBLE.
SO, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE BY THANKING THE MUSICIANS WHO SHARED THEIR TALENTS WITH US.
THE FRIENDS AT THE LIVERMORE PUBLIC LIBRARY, REST LA VINEYARDS, OUR LIBRARY STAFF MEMBERS AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THE SERIES POSSIBLE.
UH, JAZZ IN JULY CONTINUES TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH MUSIC CULTURE AND SHARED EXPERIENCES.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE SERIES HAS BECOME.
UM, WHERE IS A REMINDER TO MYSELF THAT TO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? FIRST QUESTIONS THEN, AND THEN BOARD COMMENTS BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET THAT.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? CLARIFY QUESTIONS.
THE MEMBERS, UM, I WAS, I WENT TO ONE OF YEAH.
UM, AND IT WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY.
USUALLY IT'S, THAT IS, YEAH, WE GOT
BUT, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF, I THINK WITH THE GROWING SUCCESS AT THIS, UM, DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT GO TO TICKETS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, SO THAT MORE PEOPLE, I DUNNO HOW YOU COULD FIT IN MORE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, WE NEVER, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STANDING ROOM ONLY, WE NEVER REALLY REACH CAPACITY.
IT'S STORY TIME ROOM, UH, YOU COULD ACTUALLY FIT OVER 250 PEOPLE.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LIMIT THERE.
SO WE'VE NEVER, WE HAVEN'T PUT THAT, UH, THAT MAX YET.
BUT I THINK, UH, WHAT NIDIA AND NA DID AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH RELOVE AND THE WINERIES IS A GREAT IDEA.
'CAUSE IT, 'CAUSE THERE WERE LIKE, I BELIEVE OVER LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, WHICH, UH, AND A BIG BAND SO THAT WE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO FIT THAT IN THE STORY TIME ROOM.
SO IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PARTNER WITH, WITH RELO FOR AN OUTDOOR SETTING.
SO WE MIGHT EXPLORE MORE OF THAT, DOING MORE, MORE OF IT OUTDOORS.
OR PARTNER WITH THE, WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE IT AT RELO 'CAUSE THEY REALLY, IT WAS GREAT FOR THEM AND THEY WANT US BACK, SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA HAVE IT THERE.
SO WE MIGHT EXPLORE MORE THAT KIND OF, UH, VENUE.
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GOOD QUESTION.I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP COMMENT.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, FEEDBACK? UH, WE ATTENDED WITH MY FAMILY, OH, HOLD ON.
OH YEAH, WE ATTENDED WITH MY FAMILY AND TODDLER AND I MEAN, WHAT AN EVENT FOR ALL AGES.
I MEAN, SHE WAS PART OF THE STANDING OVATION, SO THERE'S THAT.
WHICH POSTURE WAS IT? UH, IT WAS THE CHARGED PARTICLES.
UM, AND THE ROOM WAS PACKED AND MY HUSBAND STOOD INSIDE THE ROOM WITH MY DAUGHTER AND I SAT OUTSIDE AND HEARD EVERYTHING PERFECTLY.
YOU CAN, WE TELL PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN SIT OUTSIDE AND READ.
AND IT WAS BUZZING IN THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE ENERGY.
SO I, YES, I COULD, I COULD SEE MORE ROOM BEING NEEDED AT SOME POINT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
UM, SO REALLY GREAT SERIES IN, I THINK THERE'S OTHER JAY MONTHS.
MAYBE WE COULD DO MORE JAZZ IN JANUARY AND JAZZ.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MUCH APPRECIATED MUSICAL PROGRAMS PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH.
NOT JAZZ, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, YES.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIVE MUSIC, UH, YEAR ROUND.
UM, ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM 4.2 PRESENTATION ON THE RECENTLY LAUNCHED GENEALOGY DROP IN SERVICE.
THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL, HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON IN GENEALOGY HELP DROPPING SERVICE IS LIBRARIAN AND NEW LIBRARIAN JOHN CHRISTIAN.
START WHENEVER YOU FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO TONIGHT IS JUST PRESENT A VERY GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, UM, AND, UH, TRY TO ANSWER ANY, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA START BY, UM, CALLING OUT THE PROGRAM.
IT'S THE GENEALOGY HELP DROP-IN SERVICE.
UM, IT TAKES PLACE ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM 10:30 AM TO 12:30 PM IN, UH, THE LIBRARY, UH, STUDY ROOM 1 36.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY OUT ON THE FLOOR IN THE PUBLIC COMPUTER AREA, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SECTION OF THE LIBRARY.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR YOU.
THE PROGRAM STARTED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH IN KIND OF A BUILDING PHASE, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN CONTEXT LATER.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA OF THE PROGRAM WAS, UH, WAS AND IS TO POSITION THE LIBRARY AS AN ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, UM, AS WELL AS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TIME CONSTRAINTS AND ISSUES WE CAME ACROSS IN PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS.
UM, PRIOR TO THIS MONTHLY SESSION, THERE WOULD BE ROUGHLY QUARTERLY WORKSHOPS, UH, THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOMS. UM, AND THE DEMAND FOR THOSE TENDED TO BE OVERWHELMING AND THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH, UM, VOLUNTEERS TO HELP.
SO, UM, BY MOVING IT TO A MONTHLY SYSTEM, WE'RE HOPING TO PROVIDE MORE CONSISTENT HELP TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO THIS, UH, IS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THIS IS DONE WITH VOLUNTEERS FROM THE LIVERMORE AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
SO THEY'RE A LOCAL ORGANIZATION.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, AND THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH THE LIBRARY ON THE PAST WORKSHOPS THAT I WAS DESCRIBING.
SO THEY'RE STILL WITH US AND THEY'RE STILL PARTNERING WITH US ON THIS NEW, UM, THIS NEW ITERATION OF THE PROJECT.
UM, EACH SESSION IS LED BY TWO VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH.
THEY'RE BOTH MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, THEY'RE BOTH WELL VERSED IN, UH, THE DATABASES AND MATERIALS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, IT CONTINUES OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP 'CAUSE THEY WERE WITH US PREVIOUSLY.
UM, UH, IN ADDITION, UM, THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO, UM, FOSTER THE USAGE OF OTHER LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, SO JUST TO, UM, ENCAPSULATE WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN THUS FAR SINCE FEBRUARY, IT'S BEEN LOW VOLUME, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY HIGH IMPACT SERVICE.
UM, SO IT'S GOAL OVERALL IS TO HELP PATRONS GET STARTED WITH GENEALOGY.
SO IT IS A VERY DAUNTING, UH, UNDERTAKING AT FIRST.
BUT LUCKILY WITH THE HELP OF THESE EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP, UH, PATRONS START USING, UM, A LOT OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, INCLUDING ANCESTRY.COM.
SO WE DO HAVE THE LIBRARY EDITION, WHICH IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC,
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UM, IN THE LIBRARY.UM, THE VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO THERE TO HELP PATRONS ORGANIZE THEIR INFORMATION.
SO THEY PROVIDE, UM, GENEALOGICAL PEDIGREE SHEETS, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY CALL THEM TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP TRACK OF THE INFORMATION THEY'VE DISCOVERED SO FAR.
UM, THE LIBRARY IS PROVIDING, UH, USBS AS WELL AS NECESSARY PRINTING TO ASSIST WITH THIS.
SO THAT WAY, UH, PATRONS WHO COME IN ARE GETTING HELP AND RECEIVING IT ARE ABLE TO WALK AWAY WITH A TANGIBLE PRODUCT, KIND OF KEEP THEIR, UM, RESEARCH WITH THEM AND CONTINUE WORKING ON IT FROM HOME, OR HOPEFULLY COME BACK THE NEXT MONTH AND GET SOME MORE ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND AGAIN, UM, IT'S TO HELP PROMOTE, UM, RESOURCES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY.
SO I MENTIONED, UH, ANCESTRY.COM, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR OWN DATABASES.
UM, SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH A BUNCH, UH, INDEX FOR OUR MICROFILM COLLECTION.
UM, THIS IS ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO STEER PEOPLE TO OTHER LOCAL HISTORY ARCHIVES, INCLUDING THE HOLDINGS AT THE LIVERMORE HERITAGE GUILD, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER SURROUNDING ORGANIZATIONS UP THROUGH CONTRA COSTA AND ALL THE WAY INTO THE EAST BAY.
SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PROMOTE, UM, AND GET PEOPLE STARTED ON A PATH OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY AS WELL.
UM, SO THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE PROGRAM, UM, SO FAR ARE, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO GROW OUR ATTENDANCE NUMBERS.
UM, WE CURRENTLY AVERAGE ABOUT TWO USERS PER SESSION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT AS A VERY HIGH VALUE SERVICE.
SO IT'S A HIGH IMPACT SERVICE.
SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT GETTING THE NECESSARILY THE HIGHEST NUMBERS, THE THE EXPERTISE AND THE TIME THEY'RE GETTING, UM, IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED WHEN COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS WHERE PEOPLE WERE KIND OF RUSHED THROUGH AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING THE HELP AND ATTENTION THAT THEY NECESSARILY WERE EXPECTING FROM A GENEALOGY WORKSHOP.
SO IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD, IT'S, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA HELP FOSTER INDEPENDENT RESEARCH SKILLS.
SO I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, WE WANT PEOPLE GOING OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES, GOING INTO ARCHIVES, BUT, UM, IT ALSO SUPPORTS DIGITAL LITERACY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE HELPING THEM USE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATABASES AS WELL AS TEACHING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, BASIC, YOU KNOW, FILE SHARING AND THAT TYPE OF THING TO HELP ORGANIZE THEIR RESEARCH.
UM, ANOTHER GOAL IS TO CREATE MORE ADULT, UH, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE LIBRARY.
UM, SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER ONBOARDED, UM, WITH US IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET MORE AS THE VOLUME OF PATRONS VISITING, UM, FOR THIS SERVICE CONTINUES TO GROW.
UM, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROMOTE THE EVENTS BY THE LIVERMORE AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
SO THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS, SO IT'S, UH, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CROSS PROMOTE AND SHOW OUR PATRONS, UH, THE FREE RESOURCES, LECTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO IT'S AGAIN, ABOUT CONNECTING THEM WITH THE CONTENT EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, IT CAN HELP US, UM, IMPROVE OUR COLLECTIONS AND HELP US BETTER SERVE RESEARCHERS, UM, IN OUR NONFICTION AND REFERENCE RESOURCES.
WE DO HAVE GENEALOGICAL, UH, RESEARCH MATERIALS, HOWEVER, WORKING WITH THEM, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT BETTER.
UM, SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO DO MORE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND, AND I, UH, THINK, OH, OKAY.
AND, UM, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
UM, ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
UH, ANY COMMENTS ON NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED? OKAY.
UM, OTHER COMMENTS FROM OR, UH, WELL, I GUESS MINE WAS A CLARIFYING QUESTION, BUT ALSO A COMMENT.
I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THIS PHOTO WAS ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THIS ONE.
UM, SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR OPEN MICROFILM DRAWERS.
UM, SO THAT IS A MICROFILM OF THE, WE HAVE SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS THAT ONE HAPPENED, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE TRI-VALLEY HERALD.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE INDEXED ON THE BUN SHOT INDEX.
SO THAT IS A PHYSICAL HOLDING THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UM, THAT IS USED FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH.
IT'S, IT'S THE BEAUTY OF MICROFILM BOXES.
UM, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE LIBRARY DOING, UM, EVENTS THAT ARE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT WELL ATTENDED, BUT THEY'RE STILL CONSISTENTLY DONE BECAUSE I HAVE ATTENDED EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOW ATTENDANCE, BUT HIGH IMPACT AND BLESS SO LOVELY AND HELPFUL.
AND SO, LIKE, THEY DO THAT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WAYS, SO THANK YOU.
SO WOULD SOMEONE COME TO COME TO THE WORKSHOPS, UM, AND NOT REALLY HAVE ALL OF THEIR, I HAVE A LOT OF MY FAMILY RESEARCH DONE ALREADY,
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BUT I JUST FIND IT INTERESTING.SO COULD I JUST COME AND LISTEN AND SEE? WHAT DO YOU LIKE, GIVE A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING TO HELP PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED HELP.
SO THE IDEA IS TO HELP A RESEARCHER WHERE THEY'RE AT.
SO IF YOU WERE TO SHOW UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, A FOLDER FULL OF RESEARCH, THEY'LL KIND OF PICK UP FROM THERE AND EXPLORE MAYBE SOME AVENUES THAT YOU COULD GO DOWN.
UM, CONVERSELY WE DO HAVE FOLKS WALK IN WHO'S LIKE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN GENEALOGY, WHERE DO I START? AND THAT'S WHEN THEY KIND OF START FROM SCRATCH.
SO THE IDEA IS FOR IT TO BE A VERY PERSONALIZED SERVICE.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE HIGH IMPACT NATURE OF IT, IS THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
WE DON'T WANT TO SET ANY, UM, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, EXPECT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EXPERTISE OR KNOWLEDGE.
WE JUST WANT TO HELP PEOPLE GET STARTED.
OR IF YOU'RE ALREADY FAR DOWN THE PATH BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTENT EXPERTISE, BECAUSE THEY DO THIS ALL THE TIME, THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO MAYBE EXPLORE AVENUES THAT, UM, AND EXPERIENCE RESEARCHER WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE FOUND VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
ITEM PRESENTATION ON THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL
SO HERE TO GIVE A REPORT ON OUR RECENT SPECIAL PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE LIBRARY IS ASSISTANT LIBRARY DIRECTOR NATHAN BRUMLEY, FLOOR SHORES.
SO I AM NATHAN RUMLEY, YOUR ASSISTANT LIBRARY SERVICES DIRECTOR.
UM, WE WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME AND JUST KIND OF GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOME OF THE EXTRA EFFORT WE PUT INTO BRINGING PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE THE WALLS, UM, GOING TO MORE OUTREACH EVENTS OVER THE SUMMER.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT, IT HELPS SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
WHEN PEOPLE SEE US OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AND, UM, KIND OF TALK ABOUT TOOLS THAT CHANGE LIVES THAT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH YOUTH AND, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX OF OUTREACH AND OUR STORY TIMES IN THE COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, FIRST UP IS JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR FARMER'S MARKET.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE CONTINUING GOING TO THESE, UM, AT THIS OUTREACH EVENT.
UM, WE REALLY PUSHED OUR SUMMER LEARNING.
UM, AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME WAS THEY, THEY DID A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPERIMENT AND MADE MANY MORE CONNECTIONS IN THE LATER HOURS THAT THEY WERE THERE VERSUS THE, THE EARLIER HOURS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER WHEN WE GO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT PEOPLE WERE REALLY RESPONSIVE, EXCITED ABOUT SUMMER LEARNING AND, UH, PASSING OUT PLENTY OF OUR EVENTS GUIDES TOO.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH, UM, WELL, IT'S REALLY THROUGH THE, UH, LIVERMORE LIVERMORE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND, UM, THEY OVERSEE AND ADMINISTER LAKEY SQUARE, WHICH IS A LOW INCOME HOUSING, UM, UH, AREA.
AND SO, UH, WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP WE WERE ABLE TO BRING, UM, OUR, UH, SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM TO THEM.
UM, WE BROUGHT, UM, A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE, UH, I THINK IT WAS ICE CREAM MAKING.
UM, AND, UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION CAN BE A BARRIER.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY, UH, WE REALLY LIKE TO DO THESE KIND OF THINGS.
UM, JUST THE HIGHLIGHT HERE, UM, I THINK DOES HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF US GOING OUT TO THESE EVENTS BECAUSE WITHOUT US BEING THERE, WITHOUT MAKING THAT CONNECTION, THE MOTHER MENTIONED IN THIS, UM, IN THIS ANECDOTE HERE, WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT WE HAVE A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES, UM, LIKE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS TO PEOPLE.
NEXT, UH, WE ATTENDED AN EVENT THAT PUT ON BY THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT.
UM, THEY HOSTED AN EVENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS NETWORK, AND WE WENT AND PROVIDED A STORY TIME, WE DID A CRAFT WITH THEM, UM, AND THEN ALSO GAVE OUT, GAVE AWAY BOOKS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH L-A-R-P-D FOR A WHILE NOW.
IT'S IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO SPECIFICALLY PARTNER AT THEIR EXTENDED STUDENT SERVICES SITES, UH, OR ESS, UM, AND, UH, BRINGING ALL OF OUR SUMMER LEARNING MATERIALS TO THEM SO THAT THAT WAY THEY CAN PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIBRARIES PROGRAM.
THEY GET THE FULL BENEFITS OF DOING IT.
WE'VE, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGED THEM TO COME WITH THE LIBRARY WITH THEIR PARENTS, BUT WE
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ALSO KNOW THAT PLENTY OF THOSE STUDENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TRANSPORTATION TO OUR SITE.SO WE'RE STILL MAKING READING EXCITING FOR THEM OVER THE SUMMER.
UM, BUT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON ACTUALLY GETTING TO THE LIBRARY TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO STORY TIME IN THE PARK, THESE HAVE BECOME OUR MAINSTAY, UH, REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP GENERALLY WITH L-A-R-P-D SHOWCASING THE DIFFERENT PARKS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S SO NEAT, UH, AND ALWAYS WELL ATTENDED.
BUT, UM, ONE THING WE TRY DIFFERENTLY, AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PARTNERING WITH A, UH, A LOCAL BUSINESS, IS WE HAD A SPECIAL STORY TIME AT, UH, ALDEN LANE NURSERY.
AND, UH, WE, WE DID THE STORY TIME, WE DID A CRAFT THERE, AND IT WAS WONDERFULLY ATTENDED.
226 COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME OUT FOR THIS.
UM, WHICH EVEN BY, UH, STORY TIME AND THE PARK STANDARDS, THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT ATTENDANCE.
SO, UM, THIS TELLS US THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S MAYBE LOOKING AT OTHER SITES THAT MIGHT WORK WELL FOR THIS TOO.
PLUS, I, I ALSO KNOW ALDEN LINE'S JUST WELL LOVED IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THOSE FAMILIES THAT CAME FOR OUR EVENT, THEY, THE PEOPLE THAT SAW THE ADVERTISEMENT, RIGHT? IT'S ALSO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE THERE AT THE, AT THE NURSERY SAYING, HEY, WHAT'S THIS? IT'S SEEING THEIR LIBRARY INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, OF COURSE THE ADULT SERVICES, THEY'VE BEEN OUT DOING THEMSELVES TOO, AND LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS AND, UH, OUTREACH, UH, EFFORTS WITH, UM, OUR RIVER VISTA SENIOR COMMUNITY, TRI-VALLEY HAVEN, THE VINEYARD RESOURCE CENTER.
AND SOME NEW PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING ARE WITH GOODNESS VILLAGE AND THE LIVERMORE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, THROUGH OUR ADULT, UH, OUTREACH TWO.
AND JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR O OFFSITE ADULT SERVICES.
UM, SO THERE WAS THE BOOK BEDAZZLING, UH, UH, ROSA FIRO SELLERS, UM, REALLY, REALLY WELL APPRECIATED BY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, EVERYBODY WHO ATTENDED THAT WAS LIKE OVER THE MOON ABOUT IT, PRETTY EXCITED.
AND THEN, UH, WE HEARD FROM PAUL EARLIER ABOUT WHAT A SUCCESS THAT MOONLET JAZZ IN JULY PROGRAM AT RETS L WINERY WAS.
UM, I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE WE WANNA BE BUILDING.
SO, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, OUR, OUR OUTREACH AND PROGRAMMING IN THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AT OUR LIBRARY.
UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE SEEN BY THE COMMUNITY.
IT REMINDS THEM THAT THEIR LIBRARY'S THERE, IT INTRODUCES THEM TO CONCEPTS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE HEARD THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE LIBRARY.
IT'S REALLY A LOT EASIER FOR US TO HAVE THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AND TALK ABOUT THOSE NEW EXCITING THINGS AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY, EVEN IF SOMEBODY'S A REGULAR LIBRARY USER, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE USED THE LIBRARY OF THINGS BEFORE AND THEY MIGHT DISCOVER IT THROUGH THAT WAY.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE DOING THESE KIND OF THINGS, UM, AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE IS, IS REALLY EXCITING.
ANY QUESTION? CAN YOU, UH, CLARIFY BOOK
IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH OUR WONDERFUL, UH, PROGRAMMING LIBRARIANS.
UM, SO YOU TAKE A BOOK AND THE, UM, THERE'S THOSE LITTLE GEMS THAT, UH, YOU BEDAZZLE THINGS WITH, AND YOU TAKE THOSE, THOSE GEMS AND APPLY THEM TO COVERS OF THE BOOK USING DIFFERENT COLORED GEMS, AND YOU BEDAZZLE IT, UH, YOU MAKE IT EXCITING.
YOU, YOU CAN BRING YOUR OWN BOOK.
WE ALSO HAD SOME BOOKS AVAILABLE.
AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, COMMA, SOME OTHER, UM, THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UH, I DID SEE THE PHOTOS FROM THE BEDAZZLING, UM, ONLINE AND PEOPLE SEEMED REALLY HAPPY, LIKE, JUST LIKE
UM, ALSO, I I LOVE THAT, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ESS AND THAT THEY HAVE INTEGRATED THE MEANTIME INTO THEIR DAILY SCHEDULE YES.
TO HELP PREVENT THAT LIKE SUMMER SLIDE.
REALLY LIKE, LOVELY PARTNERSHIP.
MOVE INTO ITEM FOUR REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY STATISTICS FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY, 2026.
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YOU CHAIR PASCAL.SO I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAD 709 NEW LIBRARY REGISTRATIONS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 19%, UM, IN JUNE COMPARED TO JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
A LOT OF THAT IS DUE DIRECTLY TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING TONIGHT.
OUTREACH OUTSIDE OF OUR WALLS, YOU KNOW, US ENGAGING OUR PATRONAGE ALL OVER THE CITY IN OUR BUILDINGS AT ALL LOCATIONS.
UH, REALLY REACHING OUT TO PATRONS WHO AND POPULATIONS WHO MAY NOT HAVE LIBRARY CARDS VISIT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO IT'S RESULTED IN, UM, AGAIN, 19% INCREASE COMPARED TO TO JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO OFFER 204 PROGRAMS DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHICH REPRESENTED A 33% INCREASE OVER JUNE, 2025.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY.
OF COURSE, A LOT OF THIS CORRELATES TO OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM AND A LOT OF OFFERINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING TO, UM, SCHOOL, SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
SO FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, UM, WE HAD A TOTAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE OF 8,287, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF, OF 18% OVER JULY OF LAST YEAR.
UH, AND WE ALSO SAW CONTINUED GROWTH AND OUR DIGITAL PRESENCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
UH, WE HAD NEARLY 24,000 WEBSITE VISITS, WHICH IS UP MORE THAN, UH, 13% AGAIN FROM, UM, LAST JULY.
AND THAT IS MY REPORT ON STATISTICS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, OTHER COMMENTS ACROSS, UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF, UM, YOU HEARD OF THIS PALACE PROJECT? DO THAT? UM, I JUST, I'M A, UM, A DIGITAL MEMBER OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY LIBRARY AND NOTICED FROM NONE THAT THEY HAD THAT THEN I SENT THAT TO MY, UH, ZOOM BOOK GROUP THAT I'M IN BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING ALL THE BOOKS THEY WANTED TO GET.
SO I SAID, SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY FLOORED THAT IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN, WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED INTO IT.
UH, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT OFFERINGS RIGHT NOW COMING FROM THE, THE STATE LIBRARY AS A MATTER OF FACT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FILTERING THROUGH EACH OFFERING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GONNA WORK BEST FOR OUR PATRONAGE.
UH, THIS IS REALLY A GOOD TIME, HONESTLY, TO EVALUATE THAT SINCE WE JUST FINISHED OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUX OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND WE REALLY GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO MATCH THAT UP TO SOME OF THE STATE OFFERINGS.
SO THAT'S NOT AN IDEA THAT WE'VE COMPLETELY LOOKED AWAY FROM.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING THAT ONE AS WELL AS SOME OTHER OFFERINGS AS WELL TOO.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO ITEM 4.5 OR REPORT RELATED TO ONGOING LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY 26.
THANK YOU CHAIR PASCAL, FOR JUNE.
I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE MADE, UH, 845 CONTACTS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER NINE DIFFERENT OUTREACH EVENTS.
WE FOCUS, UH, SO MUCH ON PROGRAMMING INSIDE THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S WHY TONIGHT IS SO REFRESHING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE OF THE WALLS, UH, AND THE EFFECTS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE LIBRARY.
845 CONTACTS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER NINE DIFFERENT OUTREACH EVENTS.
SO ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE AT THE HUNDRED AND 25TH, UH, CENTENNIAL LIGHT BULB CELEBRATION, WHICH I BELIEVE EMILY YOU WENT TO.
AND, UH, BUT WE ALSO PERFORM OUTREACH AT OTHER AREAS AS WELL, LIKE THE TRI-VALLEY FOR BLACK LIVES, JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, THE FARMER'S MARKET, UM, LIVERMORE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH, WHICH NATHAN MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER AREAS AS WELL TOO.
SO, UH, DEFINITELY THE OUTREACHES HAS BEEN ROBUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THROUGH THE SUMMER.
UM, PAUL TALKED RECENTLY HERE ABOUT JAZZ IN JULY.
IT'S GOTTEN BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAY HAVE TO START LOOKING TO EXPAND A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY'S WALLS.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERDO THE FIRE MARSHALS CODE.
I I KNOW YOU SAID 250 PEOPLE
UH, IT'S TWO 15 ON THE, UH, IS IT TWO 15 IN THERE? I THINK SO.
SO WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO THAT NOW.
SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH, WORTH INVESTIGATING AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, 'CAUSE EVERY YEAR I'M, I'M TELLING YOU, IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
I THINK THE WORD IS GETTING OUT MORE INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MORE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COME TO THE, TO THE JAZZ EVENT.
SO WE'RE GETTING, UH, EXTREMELY POPULAR.
UM, ANOTHER THING HERE, STORY TIME AT THE PARK BROAD LIBRARY PROGRAM AND ALSO DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH WE REACHED, UM, 226 PEOPLE, UH, AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AS WELL.
AND ALSO, UH, BECAUSE I NEVER REALLY WANNA MISS OUT ON THIS ONE,
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WHEN I HAVE A CHANCE TO GET THIS ONE IN, UM, IS IN JULY, OUR LUNCHES FOR KIDS AND TEENS TO OUR LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY PROGRAM.UH, WE SERVE 954 ATTENDEES ACROSS, YOU KNOW, 21 DIFFERENT DATES.
UM, AND OUR, UH, TWO JACK AND THE BEANSTALK PUPPET SHOWS ALSO ATTRACTED, UH, 328 ATTENDEES AS WELL.
UM, I'M ALWAYS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THOSE NUMBERS FOR THE LUNCH PROGRAM.
UH, THERE'S SO MUCH FOCUS ON LUNCH AND REGULAR DOING REGULAR SCHOOL, SO KIDS GET BREAKFAST, THEY COME EARLY ENOUGH, THEY GET LUNCH, SOMETIMES THEY MAY GET DINNER AT HOME, SOMETIMES THEY MAY NOT.
BUT WHEN THE SUMMER COMES, GUESS WHAT, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T EVEN GET THE, THE BREAKFAST AND A LUNCH.
SO BEING ABLE TO FILL THAT VOID AND BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP AND, AND BE ABLE TO ROTATE IT BETWEEN SPRINGTOWN COMMUNITY AND, AND RANKON, UH, IS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR A LOT OF KIDS IN THE AREA.
SO THAT IS MY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES.
UM, THE, THE LUNCH PROGRAM, HOW IS THAT FUNDED? THE LUNCH PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A BETTER OPEN HEART KITCHEN.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH OPEN HEART KITCHEN.
UH, THEY'RE WORKING WITH US DIRECTLY AS PARTNERS, BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME STATE FUNDING FROM, FROM THE STATE LIBRARY AS WELL TOO, IF WE EVER WANTED TO KIND OF TAP INTO THAT.
WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE NEED SO FAR TO, TO DO IT.
OMAHA KITCHEN'S BEEN A, A REALLY GREAT PARTNER FOR US.
AND IS THAT DONE HERE AT THE LIBRARY? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS DONE OVER AT THE, UM, THE RECON OKAY.
I THINK THEY, THEY ALTERNATE DAYS SURE.
IS IT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OR THURSDAY BETWEEN THE TWO BRANCHES? YES.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT BEEN RECEIVED, OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? UM, I REALLY LIKE SEEING THAT THE, UH, THE E-BIKE EDUCATION COURSE WAS OFFERED THIS SUMMER.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY NEEDED.
PROBABLY MORE SO THAN YOU EVEN KNOW HERE,
YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER CAME AND ASKED US TO, TO COORDINATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CITIZENS VERY INTERESTED IN, IN WHAT THE RULES AND THE LAWS ARE AROUND THEM.
PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALKS AND, AND THOSE BIKES COME UP ZOOM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY CAN'T EVEN HEAR 'EM UNTIL THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.
OR WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING, GETTING READY TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND THERE'S A BIKE RIGHT THERE.
YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY WITH MOTORCYCLES WE CAN HEAR 'EM REVVING UP AND KIND OF GET A BETTER FEEL FOR WHERE THEY'RE ON THE ROAD.
BUT THESE, THESE BIKES ARE SO SOLID AND THEY'RE JUST AS FAST AS LIKE THE DIRT BIKES IN THAT I HAD GROWING UP AS A KID.
YOU KNOW, THEY COULD DO 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
UM, SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT PROGRAM'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING NOT ONLY THE, THE KIDS UNDERSTAND THE RULES, BUT THEIR PARENTS WHO ARE PAYING FOR THESE BIKES ARE COMING AS WELL TOO AND, AND BEING ABLE TO BE EDUCATED.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
[5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY LIBRARY DIRECTOR AND BOARD MEMBERS]
INTO ITEM FIVE, BOARD MEMBER REPORTS.AND I APPRECIATE CARD MEMBERS.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OR RECORD ON THIS TIME
SO I WENT TO TWO OF THE LIBRARIES CONSORTIUM TALKS AND JUST WAS THRILLED WITH BOTH OF THEM DURING CHILDHOOD.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD ROAD TRIP AROUND THE US CHILDHOOD AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE LIBRARY HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO MAKE PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF THOSE EVENTS.
UM, I SAW A BIG SCREEN AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIBRARY AND IT SAID, COME SEE
WHAT IT'S, YEAH, SO, UM, THE CITY, UH, PURCHASED THREE KIOSKS, UH, ONE FOR THE FRONT OF THIS BUILDING ACTUALLY.
UH, ONE FOR THE CIVIC CENTER LIBRARY AND THEN ONE OUT BY THE NEW PARKING GARAGE.
AND SO JUST, UM, THEY'LL ALL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS, UH, ON THEM.
SO IF PEOPLE WANNA FIND OUT AGENDAS, UPCOMING MEETINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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EVEN HAVE LIKE OLD RECORDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON THEM THAT THEY CAN WATCH.UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE A OP THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE, UM, LIKE EVENTS OUR CALENDAR ON THERE.
UM, AND THEN, UH,
AND POSSIBLY SOME LIKE LARGER VISUAL FLYERS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S PRETTY CUSTOMIZABLE.
UH, STEVE AND I WERE, UM, AND, AND EMILY AND I WERE AT A, UH, KIND OF A INTRODUCTION TO THIS, UH, EARLIER TODAY.
UM, SO STEVE'S TEAM IS GONNA CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE AND, AND WE WILL KIND OF GO FROM THERE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF, UM, I HAVE A FREE LITTLE LIBRARY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
I KNOW IT'S VERY POPULAR IN MANY TOWNS, SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WOULD BE, UM, SOME FLYERS OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET TO HOST ME, ME AT MY HOUSE, UH, MY LIBRARY POSTED ON MY
LIBRARIES, PEOPLE KNOW MORE JUST BY LOOKING AT THE FLYER, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT PARTICIPATE.
YEAH, THAT'S A DO YOU WANT YEAH,
UM, UH, WE, I MEAN WE HAVE EIGHT AND A HALF BY 11 FLYERS READY TO GO.
WE COULD EASILY PRINT OUT MORE AND LEAVE THEM OUT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE THEM AND PUT THEM ON THEIR, UM, LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES.
I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND THEY'RE REGISTERED SO PEOPLE WHO CAN REGISTER IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN, 'CAUSE THERE'S AN APP THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE FREE LITTLE LIBRARIES ARE AROUND.
SO IF YOU COULD CONTACT THEM, MAYBE WE CAN, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO BE PART OF THAT SO THAT YOUR ADDRESS SHOWS UP.
AH, MAYBE ONE OF OUR LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS.
DID YOU HAVE YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
IT'S SAY, SAY GO TO THE LIBRARY, YOUR WIRES, YOU KNOW, AND WHERE TO GO AT.
AND UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD A, UM, MONTHLY CALENDAR REDESIGN.
THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY NICE NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM YET.
UM, BUT UH, THOSE COULD ALSO BE PUT IN THERE.
I WONDER IF FREE BIG LIBRARIES CAN BE REGISTERED ON THAT APP TOO.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY'S PROBABLY COMING UP FOR THE AUGUST REPORT, BUT, UM, I DID ATTEND WITH MY KIDS A BOBA, UM, EVENT AND MAN, THAT WAS FUN.
UM, I KNOW THAT BOBA WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE TEAMS, BUT THERE WAS SOME LEFTOVER AND SO I VERY NICELY GOT SOME AS WELL.
UM, AND LIKE THEY WERE JUST HAVING SUCH A FUN YEAH, THAT WAS TO, TO SEE A GROUP OF LIKE DOZENS OF TEENAGERS HANGING OUT IN THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, THAT WAS REALLY, I GOT A LITTLE TEARY
THE PHOTOS THAT I SAW THAT MANY TEENS IN THE LIBRARY TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
THAT'S OUR TOUGHEST DEMOGRAPHIC THERE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE WAS REALLY A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THAT PROGRAMMING.
UH, YOU GET SOME GOOD FLAVORS IN AND BRING THEM IN TOGETHER AND, UH, IT CAN WORK.
AND, AND SO THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT, THAT PROGRAM BY THE WAY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I TOOK A LOOK AT THE, AGAIN, THE PHOTOS, I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS CAN'T BE ALL MOLLY AND GANG.
SO WE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY A NEW TEAM LIBRARIAN WHO'S, UM, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER.
SO, I MEAN, PROUD OF, I'M, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I DIDN'T NOTICE IT, BUT MY KID DID.
SO MY KID KNEW IT'S EVEN BETTER.
AND THEN CARPOOLED WITH FRIENDS TO GET TO THE LIBRARY TO GO TO THE BO IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE THING.
SO JUST APPRECIATE THE LIBRARY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER FOR OUR KIDS TO LIKE HANG OUT IN A SPACE WHERE THERE ARE BOOKS AND SOCIALIZING AND
UH, JUST SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT REGISTRATION.
UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE SYSTEM CAN REMEMBER EMAILS? I KNOW WE CAN'T PERSONALLY REGISTER OURSELVES LIKE ONLINE THROUGH A LINK OR SOMETHING, BUT EVERY TIME WE
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REGISTER WE HAVE TO SAY OUR EMAIL EVERY SINGLE TIME.AND SO SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HASN'T IT SAVED IT? UM, SO I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO DO THAT.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER LEARNING REGISTRATION EVENT? OH, OKAY.
AND THEN, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, CERTAIN, UH, REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN AT A CERTAIN TIME, SO THAT'S UNKNOWN.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF, OF BEEN A FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME PARENTS IS JUST I CALLED BUT I CAN'T REGISTER YET, BUT THEN I FORGET ABOUT IT, SO THEN I DON'T REGISTER.
SO YEAH, YOU NEED A PRE-REGISTRATION REGISTRATION FOR WHEN IT OPENS
UM, JUST 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN TO REGISTER.
UM, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE MUCH IMPROVED ONCE WE LAUNCH OUR, UM, ONLINE REGISTRATION.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH GETTING A CONTRACT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST TAKING A LITTLE BIT FOR US TO GET THERE, BUT, UH, YES.
I, FOR NOW, I, I KIND OF THINK THIS IS OUR BEST SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, BUT UH, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING IT BETTER.
ANY OTHER THINGS TO RECORD OR ANYTHING FROM THE LIBRARY? NO MATTERS INITIATED.