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This evening by trustee Heineman. Please stand. Ready begin. I

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pledge allege allegiance to the flag of the United States

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of America and to the Republic for which it stands

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one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for

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all. Just sit. Down. Thank you at this time I

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would like to call the meeting to order. And I'd

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like to thank our audience members. We actually have an

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audience today. It doesn't matter that they're my family. They're

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still an audience. It's great. Let's begin with the approval

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of the Library Board of Trustees meeting minutes of June

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23rd 2026. Do we have a motion to accept them

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as presented. I make a motion to accept the minutes

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as presented. Do we have a second. I second it.

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Emotion was made by Trustee Kinderlean, seconded by trustee Heineman,

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Ms. Bacchus, my we take a vote.

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Trustee Liddell. I don't have anything. Popping up here. Oh,

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okay. How do you vote. I. Abstain. I was not

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here. Right, thank you

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motion passes. Our consent calendar, all items listed on the

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consent calendar are considered to be routine matters. Status reports

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or documents covering previous library Board of Trustee items. The

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items listed on the consent calendar may be enacted in

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one motion with the concurrence of the Library Board of

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Trustees, a trustee, or any person in attendance may request

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that an item be removed for further consideration. Do we

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have a motion to accept the board graph stats calendar

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and flyers, our consent calendar as presented? I move that

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we accept the consent calendar. Do we have a second?

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A second. A motion was made by trustee Heineman and

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seconded by trustee Kinderley, Ms. Bakis. May we take a

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vote?

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Great. That was approved. Thank you very much. Persons wishing

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to address a library Board of Trustees on items listed

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on the agenda are requested to identify themselves and state

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the matter on which they wish to comment. No action

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will be taken on matters not listed on the agenda.

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The Library Board of Trustees would appreciate your cooperation in

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keeping your comments brief. Ms. Bakis, are there any speaker

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cards from the public. No speaker cards from the public.

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Are there any written comments from the public? No written

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comments from the public. All right. Well, we have an

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amazing list of reports this evening. Things that I'm very

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excited to see. And we will have our report introduced

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by our community services director Donna Finch and our report

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will then be given by Library Manager, Daniel Whittington. Thank

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you, Chair Leonard. Welcome back trustees. I know we had

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a nice summer break and hopefully everyone's enjoying the updated

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screens that we were able to get through our renovation.

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It's a nice new addition and added touch to the

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library. So we're happy to show that off for this

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meeting. Before I go ahead and get started with an

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overview of the report, I would like to make it

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introduction. We have our new assistant city manager with us

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tonight. Her name is Rebecca Kramer. Uh, she comes to

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us from the city of Manaphy, and this is her

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third week, I believe with the city. Um, she's overseeing

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the community services department. And I just wanted to make

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sure I had an opportunity to, um, welcome her and

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make sure that the trustees are all introduced to her.

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Um, so for tonight's report, we have a lot of

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updates for the Trustees tonight. We did not have a

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meeting in July. So we've got plenty to share for

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the entire summer. Um, we've had a wonderful summer at

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your library program, which you're going to receive an update

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on tonight, um, from that report. And we are now

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in full swing for fall. So, um, all of our

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kids are back in school and activities, um, are underway

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at the library for them. So we're excited to share

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some of the news and information on what we have

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going on. Um, and also, uh, during our time off,

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we, we finally had our grand opening of the innovation

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center. So, um, this Whittington is going to talk a

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little bit about that. Um, share some information about some

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of the programs and activities we're offering in there. I

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know that project's been a long time coming. We're very

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excited to have it in the, in the library. And

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it turned out beautifully. So if you haven't had a

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chance to come, um, look at it, I do encourage

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you to come by. For upcoming events, we have our

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reader con event coming up that is going to be

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on, um, September 12th. This is our third year bringing

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that back. Um, in partnership with the friends of the

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library, it's getting better and better every year. So we're

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really excited to share, um, what's going to be on

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the horizon for that. We also have another event coming

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up in August, August 23rd, a very fluffy day. Um,

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swedington is going to share some details about that. Um,

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we have an update on our ZipBooks program. So, uh,

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don't want to steal too much of the thunder here,

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but we lost funding and then we got funding again.

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able to continue that. Um, and then, um, also want

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to share that we have the California Library Association Conference

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coming up again. Um, it's going to be local again

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in the city of Riverside in the month of October.

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So excited to share that news and hopefully we can

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get some, um, participation from our trustees. We do have

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a small budget for you to be able to, to,

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um, participate in that conference. So we'd love if you

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could come out and join the team for that conference.

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Um, once again, we have our monthly spotlight for our

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Library employees this month. We're going to be spotlighting Shandora

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Khan. He's been with the library for quite a while.

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Great addition to our team. So we're excited to share

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some information about him. Um, we also have our top

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titles, uh, we're going to be sharing for fiction, nonfiction

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and ebooks. And we have two months worth of top

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titles to share for june or July. Um, and then

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our incident updates. So I know we were on a

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good streak. We didn't have very many incidents for a

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while. Um, I think the summer heat just tends to

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bring out some additional activities. So we have, um, some

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incidents to report, um, fortunately it seems like things have

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come down a bit since then. So, um, excited to

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see things kind of, um, uh, normalize over at the

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library again. And then, um, finally, we'll be wrapping it

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up with our events calendar and then an update on,

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um, upcoming item citywide. So with that, I'll turn it

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over to miss Winnington to give the report for the

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month of August. Thank you, Director Finch. And good evening,

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Madam Chair and Trustee's. All right. We had our Innovation

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Center grand opening. And if you haven't been to the

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library with its new paint and flooring, uh, this kind

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of just is the, uh, the crown jewel, I guess

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I could say, um, in the, in the library, the

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innovation center where it currently stands used to be just

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tall shelving and Heidi spaces, uh, but now it's a

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place where you can come and you can learn and

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you can create. And we can, um, hyper focus on

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STEM and steam and how to grow a small business

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and so many more other things. So we had our

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grand opening on August 12th. We had over 60 people

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attend. Not only did we have local dignitaries, but we

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also had some of our patrons come and experience the

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space as well. Uh, seen USD adult schools classes have

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already started. Norco College will start classes in early September

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that deal with, uh, financial matters. And then Library Lib

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programming is to begin very shortly thereafter. Our grand opening

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was also featured in the press enterprise, uh, was very

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surprised to click on the link when they sent it

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to me. And then I see my face. Uh, it

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was jump scare. So, um, but it was a very

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lovely article about the, um, the offerings that we're going

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to have in the center and just really highlighted the

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space. And so, um, I just want to also let

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the trustees know if you're ever interested and experiencing the

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VR headsets, let me know. And I will make sure

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that you experience one of the training sessions that are

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offered through the transfer software. Our reader CON is coming

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back for its third annual event. It's going to be

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on Saturday, September 12th from one to five. It's for

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all ages. And it is free. We will have over

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60 authors come and be in attendance. And our featured

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author is Hannah Shaw. And I've been told that if

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you are in the world of kittens and cats, you

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will know who Haneshaw is. She is an award -

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winning kitten rescuer. So she will be at the event

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and we will have a list of all the authors

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and the event schedule at our Aspen Discovery website. Oh,

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and a special thank you to our friends of the

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Library for assisting us in putting this on. This past

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Sunday, we had a very lay - vay day. And

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that's how you pronounce that. My staff have informed me

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that I have been pronouncing it incorrectly. It's not Lalfi.

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But I will continue to say that. Um, but we

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had a very levey day. And if you don't know

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who Levey is, she is a two - time Grammy

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Award winning artist. And every year she puts on, um,

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places third places where you can go to be creative

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and to be safe. And so, um, people, patrons were

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able to come by, get a very, um, limited edition.

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Levey card or levey themed card for the Corona Public

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Library. We had activities and crafts and story time. There

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were opportunity drawings for Leve's vinyls and her children's book.

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Uh, and was really cool is that the Corona Public

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Library was the only library in Riverside County to officially

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partner with Leibe. So we were, uh, one of the,

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um, uh, one of, I think 10 libraries in California

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that partnered with her. And we were featured specifically on

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her website, which was really neat to see. We had

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over 456 people attend and out of that, we had

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256 new library cards made that day. So special thank

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you to DBZ Records Books and Records for their donation

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in the vinyls of Levey. And we're excited to hopefully

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have another levey. People were disappointed she wasn't there, but

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come on. She wasn't going to be there. Okay. So

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a zip books update. Zig Books is a very popular

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program with a Corona Public Library. If you don't know,

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if we have a book that's not inside the library,

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you can request it online through our, um, our catalog.

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And for the last couple of years, we receive, uh,

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we received grant funding from the California State Library. And

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we were told two weeks before the FY27 fiscal year

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was supposed to begin that they cut this entire grant.

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So that one million dollar grant that was usually given

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out to participating libraries for ZipBooks was, um, was eliminated.

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However, um, I pitched an idea to the friends of

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the library and they have voted to potentially fund this

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program so that we can continue on with zip books

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and offering this wonderful service to our community members for

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FY27. Oh, it's now, instead of calling it zip books

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because we didn't want any sort of copyright infringement, it's

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going to be called request a book. So same sort

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of style, but, um, a little bit of a different

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name. So the, um, California Library Association Conference is going

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to be in Riverside again this year. We'll be August

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22nd through the 24th. Early bird pricing last until September

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11th. So if there are any trustees that are interested

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in attending, please let myself or Ms. Baki Snow and

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we will be able to sign you up for that.

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Um, I'm also encouraging my staff to go, especially to

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the AI sessions so that we're all, um, so we

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all know what to do for our libraries and making

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sure that we offer programs that are informative and fun,

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but also allow you to learn a little bit more

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about the digital literacy and using AI. Our staff highlight

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this evening is Shonda Raccoon. He is our library specialist

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too. He works for LCE. And I asked him for

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one fun fact and he gave me three. And so

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I wanted to say all three of them. Um, he

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likes to travel and taste foods, especially in LA and

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Long Beach. Those are his favorite spots. Um, he likes

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country music and soul blue and Blake Shelton is his

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most favorite artist of all time. A couple of Arabica

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freshly made coffee is his favorite with his coffee with

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his favorite music really makes his day. So if you

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ever want to get on Shundara's good side, make sure

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you give him a Blake Shelton CD and a cup

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of really good coffee. Our top titles for fiction in

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June and July. Pokemon's back on top with 140 checkouts.

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our top titles, one of, or sorry, five of six

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of our top titles, uh, for June and July. And

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then for July, specifically for our ebooks, um, Felicia's favorites,

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Danielle Steele was our top e - book checkout. So

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as Director Finch mentioned, um, the heat is just, you

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know, getting to people. Um, so we did have about

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five incidences with drugs and drug paraphernalia. We did have

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one incident report. I did want to mention that I

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have been in discussions with legal public works and PD

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on how to continue to make the library safer, um,

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we have also included, and this was mentioned in our

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June report. An additional 20 plus cameras to inside and

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outside the library to make it a lot more safer

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for our patrons. This is our, um. Our calendar for

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the month of that was supposed to be for September

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and for some reason. It is September, but the title

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is wrong. So this is the month for September. It

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says August. It's just making sure that, uh, you were

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reading it correctly. So, um, this is the calendar for

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August. The Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th

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for Labor Day. And then lastly September 5th, we have

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Adopt DePaul with pause at the Corona Animal Shelter. Again,

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September 7th, we are going to be close for Labor

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Day, but we will reopen on 9 - 8. Our

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reader con is at the Corona Public Library at 1pm

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on the 12th. And on the 22nd, we will have

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our next library board of trustees meeting. We will have

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our budget report. That's Connect Report and a computer policy

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report. Are there any questions. Ms. Bakes, are there any

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speaker cards from the public. No speaker cards from the

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public. Any written comments from the public? No written comments

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from the public. All right. Trustee Liddell, do you have

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any comments or questions. I have one comment I've already

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been contacted by the friends of the Library to volunteer

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for the Reader Con. I'm very excited. I'd be my

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first time going. And I, they are looking for more

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volunteers. So I'm very excited. Thank you, trustee Kennerley. Do

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you have any comments? Uh, excuse me. I would just

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like to say that I did in attend the innovation

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center grand opening. And I'm excited to learn all of

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the equipment and things that's there. So Ms. Whittington, I

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will be taking you up on your offer. So everything

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is great. And a lot of the people who were

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there were very excited as well. So. As usual, great

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job this year, this month, this summer. Thank you. Thank

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you. Vice Chair Heineman, do you have any comments. Yes,

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congratulations on the. Congratulations on the wonderful job for the

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Innovation Center. I'm very excited. And Martin, I just have

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to tell you, when I do that, I am not

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doing the knee surgery. Cause I do not like blood.

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So I will not be doing that one. So pick

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another one out for me, Miss Winnington. Okay. Um, no,

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I was so excited to see the innovation center and

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the whole library all done, all freshly painted and everything.

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And, um, you know, it, it was a difficult time.

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I know when between the building of the innovation center

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and all that, the library staff did a fabulous job

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trying to make everything that they could accessible. So I

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really encourage everyone to go in, not only to the

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innovation center, but to the library and look and see

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what new things. They're always looking for ways to increase

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services to the public. So please check out the library.

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Thank you for all you do. Thank you. Well, thank

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you guys very much for all that you've done between

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like Vice Chair Heineman said the innovation center, the painting,

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the carpening. It has been a very full year, um,

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and you have all handled it with grace. So that

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was, uh, something that I feel was needed to be

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said now about the innovation center. I don't know if

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I trust manager, Whittington, to pick out something for me.

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I'm always in her office bugging her. So she might

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just take that as time for payback. Um, I do

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have a quick question regarding that, um, incident reports. Now

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normally we, we don't have incidents. Um, and I don't

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want to point fingers at a cause. But do we

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know how much of that traffic comes from the clinic

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that's next door. I can't be a hundred percent sure.

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Um, there are theories that when the vans are sitting

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there and people get bored, they just would naturally wander

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into the local community. And unfortunately our building is right

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there. So, um, there have been parallels of people going

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and going to the clinic and then going to the

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library to the use, the restroom. And then also to

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use the restroom. So it's, it's understandable that, um. It

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just could just be a natural way that people are,

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you know, not wasting, but waiting for the time for

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their, their van to eventually leave. So it's, I don't

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know. I can't a hundred percent say like I can't

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like pinpoint. I'm not out there asking like, who are

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you from or where are you from? Who are you

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here with? But yeah, we have seen an increase in

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uptick. And is that something and this may be something

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more for community services directors. Is that something that we

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could work with the clinic in conjunction with the clinic

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to help minimize rather than, um, criminalize more just minimize

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and redirect. I mean, are those attempts that have been

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made? Or is it just that we're trying to do

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our own route? So PD and legal and public works

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are all working together to figure out ways that we

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can make the library a lot safer. They're looking at,

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um, policies and other ways to just kind of enforce

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people behaving, especially on city property. And so it's just,

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it's, it takes a while to figure out what's the

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best path, not only for the library, but for the

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business and the people that they serve. But I don't

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know if director Finch has any additional comments on that.

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Yeah. Just to add, so there has been outreach with

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the clinic, um, the police department has been in touch

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with them many times. So they are aware of concerns.

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And then, um, just at a policy level, the council

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is considering, uh, ordinance right now for conditional use permit

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for those types of operations that would, uh, put in

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place a certain safeguards that would require businesses of that

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type to not be located next to facilities where we

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have children. So those are things right now that are

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working their way through the council. And then there are

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ongoing discussions with the clinic itself. And then we do

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have an additional, um, uh, presence and relationship with the

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police department to make sure that we're actively monitoring the

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library and making sure that we're, we're doing everything we

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can to make it as safe as possible. Thank you

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very much. Like I said, I do understand like the

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businesses clinics to have their purpose and the location and

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relation to the hospital is very important as well. Um,

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but again, with the number of children who are walking

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into our services to receive our services. I just want

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to make sure everyone is safe and everyone is getting

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what they need. So thank you very much. All right.

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Summer at your library. Report given by Library Specialist.

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Hello. Hello. Uh, good evening, Madam Chair, trustees and director

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of inch. My name is Martin. I am a library

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specialist too specifically one of our outreach leads for the

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Corona Public Library. But I get the privilege of presenting

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our summary or library recap today. And so every year,

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if you are unfamiliar, maybe for those watching from home

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for the first time, summart your library or S -

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A - Y - L. We pick a theme to

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go with every year. And this year, Steam was dragons,

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dreams and daring reads. So if you think about anything

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fantasy related, medieval, knights and dragons, we went all in

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on that theme this year, probably Marso than we have

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in recent years. Uh, with our programming, with our graphics,

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with our design, with our prizes that we gave out.

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Uh, so we'll talk about all of that today. So

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sale or S - A - Y - L, some

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of your library encompasses three main things. It entails the

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programs and events that we put on as a library.

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It includes the summer reading challenge, which is the main

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way that we reward patrons for the reading that they

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do over the summer. And it all comes together through

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the beanstack app. On the app, it not only tracks

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the reading they do as a family, but it also

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gives them information about the events and programs that are

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available for their age group, depending on the reader that

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they have logged in to the app. So what I'll

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really kind of synthesize on the app, which is why

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we'll give it, it's on little section at the end

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of today's presentation. This year, sale ran from June 8th

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to July 31st. So it was about eight weeks of

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reading, fun and medieval times. So first, we're going to

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talk about our events and programs because there was definitely

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a lot to do at the library this year. Every

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year we design a summer calendar that includes all of

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these summer specific programs. So on here, this is the

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front side, which included information about, uh, lunch at the

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library. It included our summer kickoff and finishers party events.

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Um, and then on the backside, and we'll talk about

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all of these programs in a bit. So I'm just

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going to breeze through them real fast here. On the

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backside, you'll notice that, um, we have plethora of programs

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available. And the color on the title for the program

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indicates the age range. So just that first glance, you

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can tell that we have programs pretty much for all

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ages here. Um, so let's get right into it. So

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kick us off on June 8th. We had a performer

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of the juggling arts. His name was Brad Allen. And

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he was, he had a whole setup with a juggling

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yo - yos juggling bowling pins. Uh, he had a

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very cool balancing act where he was passing hoops through

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his body while maintaining his balance on like a, like

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a skateboard on a ball. Uh, he was juggling multiple,

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um, objects at once bouncing them off the ground, flipping

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them behind his back. Uh, it was a very cool

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presentation. We had a really big turnout as we typically

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do for a kickoff events, uh, and as you can

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see, tons of people, just eyes a hundred percent focus

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on his juggling, uh, they had a great time at

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that kickoff event to start us off. Mini makers is

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another one of our main stays for summer. And so

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this year we had multiple different kind of STEM or

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steam activities as part of the mini maker's programs. That's

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usually offered for ages six to 12 along with their

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caregivers. So we had examples or some examples of crafts

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that they were able to do at minimakers this year

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includes the shields and swords. They got to make pipe

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cleaner dragons. They got to do a cool, uh, castle

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design by weaving paper. So it looked like bricks. So

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they got to basically, you know, weave their castle there.

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Um, and then they had things like the flower crowns

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or the paper crowns, uh, that they were able to

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do. So that happened on Wednesdays in the afternoon. And

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along with the mini makers, they had two family STEM

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nights. So included with the maker programming for the summer,

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we had one each month. And this is where families

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work together to do a specific craft. So in June,

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they work together to create battering rams where the goal

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was to knock over a stack of the paper cups

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that you see on the screen. Um, and in July,

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they got to, uh, work together to make ships. And

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we actually did test to make sure their ships would

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float. And, uh, huge credit to a lot of our

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patrons. I think almost everybody got their boat to not

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sink. So it's very cool. As you can see, people

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had a great time working together. Um, and our STEM

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programs are usually one of the, uh. Coolest programs that

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we do. And obviously well attended. Along with that, we

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also have STEM for the Little Twigs. So that's the

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program that we host on Friday mornings. Typically it's hosted

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on the first Friday of each month, but for the

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summer, it gets, um, the every Friday schedule. So every

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Friday morning for ages two to six with their caregivers.

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They're able to come in. They do some crafts that

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work on building. Some of the concepts that they'll need

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for STEM programming later on in life, um, and so

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as you can see, it's just more fun STEM programming

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for the littles. Along with the, um, story times that

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we offer on Wednesday and Thursday mornings for the summer,

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we offered two spotlight story times as well. So to

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go along with a theme of Dragons, dreams and Daring

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reads, we offered the Gnomes and Fairy Story time in

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June and the Knights and Dragon Story time in July.

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So staff got into it. They dressed up a little

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bit for those story times. And the rhymes and songs,

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the dances, the books that they read are all related

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to the themes as well. So it kind of changes

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it up, but also gives maybe some of the older

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crowd a chance to attend one of the story times

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at the library. And as you can see, it's for

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the whole, uh, for the whole family there. So speaking

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of programs for the whole family, we invited our learners

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in the Adult Literacy Program for a workshop this year

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to make their own family crest. So very medieval theme.

474
00:31:59,572 --> 00:32:02,052
They got together to work on a design. And they

475
00:32:02,052 --> 00:32:04,452
were just able to create something unique and special to

476
00:32:04,492 --> 00:32:07,332
their family while having a great time and enjoying some

477
00:32:07,372 --> 00:32:13,992
snacks at the library. Guided Storywalk is another program that

478
00:32:14,032 --> 00:32:16,574
we brought back for this summer. So for those that

479
00:32:16,835 --> 00:32:20,254
may be unfamiliar, uh, at Mountain Gate Park, we have

480
00:32:20,355 --> 00:32:23,614
panels, uh, along the trail there. And each panel has

481
00:32:23,795 --> 00:32:26,734
one page of a story. And that story changes for

482
00:32:26,734 --> 00:32:29,694
month to month. So the guided story block portion is

483
00:32:29,694 --> 00:32:32,814
where staff, or sometimes even the author or illustrator themselves

484
00:32:33,395 --> 00:32:36,414
leads the walk, uh, reading the story as we walk

485
00:32:36,414 --> 00:32:39,294
through the park. So for June, staff read The Knight

486
00:32:39,334 --> 00:32:42,334
Who Said No by Lucy Rowland. And in July, we

487
00:32:42,355 --> 00:32:45,214
read the evil princess and the brave knight along with

488
00:32:45,214 --> 00:32:47,774
each guided story walk. We also had a craft that

489
00:32:47,774 --> 00:32:50,554
patrons were able to do. And so they're pictured, you

490
00:32:50,554 --> 00:32:52,094
see the June Story walk where they got to make

491
00:32:52,355 --> 00:32:55,454
dragon wings to where as we walked around the park.

492
00:32:55,454 --> 00:32:57,694
We did some dances. We did some jogging. We did

493
00:32:57,694 --> 00:33:00,334
some activities from panel to panel. And they had a

494
00:33:00,334 --> 00:33:05,835
great time in Mountain Gate Park. So lunch at the

495
00:33:05,835 --> 00:33:07,595
library was one of the biggest programs that we had

496
00:33:07,696 --> 00:33:11,195
this summer. Uh, mostly because anyone under the age of

497
00:33:11,195 --> 00:33:13,155
18 was able to pick up a free lunch. So

498
00:33:13,155 --> 00:33:17,915
this is a program in partnership with CNUSD. They're pictured.

499
00:33:17,915 --> 00:33:20,395
You see our four library interns that we had specifically

500
00:33:20,435 --> 00:33:24,235
to assist with this program. Um, and so on Tuesdays,

501
00:33:24,235 --> 00:33:28,155
we had lunch in the afternoons along with a movie.

502
00:33:28,155 --> 00:33:32,555
And on Thursdays, we had lunch offered alongside a performer.

503
00:33:32,555 --> 00:33:35,987
And so we'll talk about that. So for the lunch

504
00:33:35,987 --> 00:33:38,707
in a movie program, that's again, Tuesday afternoon, starting at

505
00:33:38,747 --> 00:33:42,867
1230. We offered a variety of medieval themed movies. Some

506
00:33:42,867 --> 00:33:45,507
of them involving dragons. Some of them involving nights or

507
00:33:45,528 --> 00:33:51,827
warriors, heroes, good life moral lessons. So you see there,

508
00:33:51,827 --> 00:33:55,027
the movie offerings that we had included Pete's Dragon, sword

509
00:33:55,027 --> 00:33:57,907
in the stone, onward, which is a very sad movie.

510
00:33:57,907 --> 00:34:00,467
That one got to me. Tale of Desborough, one of

511
00:34:00,467 --> 00:34:03,827
my favorite books, how to train your dragon. Robinhood, puss

512
00:34:03,827 --> 00:34:07,787
and boots and the quest for Camelot. On Thursdays, we

513
00:34:07,808 --> 00:34:10,427
had the lunch and learned, which was the lunch offered

514
00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:13,307
with the performer. So we had things like the puppet

515
00:34:13,328 --> 00:34:18,827
show, a harpest percussionist. Science experiments done live by the

516
00:34:19,008 --> 00:34:21,947
science heroes there. B, for the solution. So as a

517
00:34:21,947 --> 00:34:25,867
program about bees and honey and just creating organic farms,

518
00:34:25,867 --> 00:34:29,227
uh, we had author Dan Gutman, the Dan Gutman join

519
00:34:29,227 --> 00:34:32,267
us for a virtual kind of talk and show and

520
00:34:32,307 --> 00:34:35,147
tell. And then we also had it presentation on indoor

521
00:34:35,187 --> 00:34:38,747
farming and hydroponics. And lastly, we had author Shakira Smith

522
00:34:38,787 --> 00:34:41,227
that did a story time and presentation with this as

523
00:34:41,227 --> 00:34:46,277
well. For teens, the programs that we offered specifically for

524
00:34:46,317 --> 00:34:49,397
them were called The Teen Knights that typically ranges for

525
00:34:49,418 --> 00:34:52,597
ages 13 to 17. And in June, it included the

526
00:34:52,778 --> 00:34:55,797
fencing class. And in July, we have the teen murder

527
00:34:55,837 --> 00:34:58,757
mystery. And teen murder mysteries, another one of those mainstays

528
00:34:58,757 --> 00:35:01,617
that we offer for summer, always a good time, uh,

529
00:35:01,738 --> 00:35:03,397
but for the fencing class, I did want to point

530
00:35:03,397 --> 00:35:07,477
out, it got me because the instructor pulls out the

531
00:35:07,578 --> 00:35:10,277
real fencing sword at first. And he has all this,

532
00:35:10,277 --> 00:35:11,957
you know, students kind of touch it and hold it

533
00:35:11,978 --> 00:35:13,937
and feel the weight of the sword and everything. And

534
00:35:13,937 --> 00:35:15,637
then he was like, all right, well, here's what we're

535
00:35:15,637 --> 00:35:17,157
going to practice with. And he pulls out the pool

536
00:35:17,178 --> 00:35:20,037
noodles. Um, so they still had a good time. They

537
00:35:20,037 --> 00:35:22,357
learned about footwork. They learned about, you know, what it

538
00:35:22,357 --> 00:35:24,437
takes to be a good fencer and just practicing as

539
00:35:24,477 --> 00:35:27,380
a group. And of course the murder mystery, they always

540
00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:30,420
have a good time solving that, you know, who done

541
00:35:30,420 --> 00:35:35,964
it. For our adult programs now, we did have some

542
00:35:36,065 --> 00:35:39,484
specific adult only programs available for those ages 21 and

543
00:35:39,524 --> 00:35:43,644
up. The adult murder mystery, that was for 16 and

544
00:35:43,644 --> 00:35:45,484
up. And so that was a workshop that was held

545
00:35:46,385 --> 00:35:50,748
in July. And that was Tuesdays every week where they

546
00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:54,428
worked on a campaign for Dungeons and Dragons as a

547
00:35:54,428 --> 00:35:58,305
group. And, um, as you can see there, pictured on

548
00:35:58,305 --> 00:36:00,465
the bottom, they all got their own little character that

549
00:36:00,465 --> 00:36:03,425
they were able to create and our dungeon master led

550
00:36:03,425 --> 00:36:08,213
them through a shortened dungeons and dragons campaign. And for

551
00:36:08,213 --> 00:36:11,093
the adult murder mystery, they also had a fantastic time

552
00:36:11,114 --> 00:36:14,693
solving that crime. Um, and of course just enjoying each

553
00:36:14,693 --> 00:36:17,413
other's company, uh, enjoying some of the magic tricks that

554
00:36:17,434 --> 00:36:19,813
get put on as part of that performance, um, and

555
00:36:19,853 --> 00:36:23,759
of course, plenty of jokes and good times. What are

556
00:36:23,759 --> 00:36:25,999
the main adult programs that we offer this summer was

557
00:36:25,999 --> 00:36:28,859
toward the end, uh, it was our fantasy bowl. And

558
00:36:28,859 --> 00:36:32,079
this was a 21 and over event with a DJ.

559
00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:34,839
They were, uh, live dance instructor that was there. We

560
00:36:34,839 --> 00:36:38,079
had palm reading offered. We had a few fantasy authors

561
00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:41,819
that joined us for booths in the library courtyard. And

562
00:36:41,819 --> 00:36:45,199
we had snacks drinks and a bunch of other activities,

563
00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:47,119
uh, laid out on the tables for the adults to

564
00:36:47,159 --> 00:36:50,159
partake in. And I just have to say how blown

565
00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:53,439
away I was. I stuck around after work just to

566
00:36:53,439 --> 00:36:55,199
check it out. And I ended up staying almost the

567
00:36:55,199 --> 00:36:58,079
entire time because it was so much fun. Um, everybody

568
00:36:58,420 --> 00:37:01,039
dressed up so well and so nicely. And I really

569
00:37:01,039 --> 00:37:03,759
have to hand it to the community because this really

570
00:37:03,759 --> 00:37:06,879
impressed me with how much they leaned into the fantasy

571
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:10,239
theme, much like we did as staff all summer law.

572
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,479
So picture there you see our photo booth that we

573
00:37:12,479 --> 00:37:15,999
had offered, the dance filler was lively all night long.

574
00:37:15,999 --> 00:37:17,439
We had our authors that had a good time talking

575
00:37:17,540 --> 00:37:19,439
to our patrons. And our patrons had a good time

576
00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:22,559
talking to everybody, uh, including their friends, family, and some

577
00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:28,029
new faces that they met at the fantasy ball. So

578
00:37:28,210 --> 00:37:33,389
overall we had 208 programs offered this summer, smattering of

579
00:37:33,570 --> 00:37:36,589
teen, adult programs there, some programs were held off site

580
00:37:36,690 --> 00:37:39,449
or some were done as outreach for the library. And

581
00:37:39,570 --> 00:37:43,869
in total, we had about 9, 386 attendees. Uh, this

582
00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:46,829
is a slight decrease from last year, but again, there

583
00:37:46,850 --> 00:37:49,609
are many factors that go into that largely, mainly, uh,

584
00:37:49,810 --> 00:37:55,474
the construction. But even though our program numbers might have

585
00:37:55,495 --> 00:37:57,714
been slightly lower, we now get to talk about the

586
00:37:57,714 --> 00:38:01,154
summer reading challenge. So along with the events and programs,

587
00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:03,874
we offer the reading challenge and we entice our community

588
00:38:04,295 --> 00:38:07,074
to log the reading that they do over the summer.

589
00:38:07,074 --> 00:38:10,114
And we trade them some prizes. So for ages zero

590
00:38:10,114 --> 00:38:12,834
to four, we offer things like little dragon plushies or

591
00:38:12,935 --> 00:38:16,274
bendable horse toys for the readers agents five to nine.

592
00:38:16,274 --> 00:38:19,874
We offered inflatable swords. We offered literal mystery monsters that

593
00:38:19,914 --> 00:38:22,254
they could clip on their backpacks or key chains. Uh,

594
00:38:22,254 --> 00:38:25,874
we offered minerals and rocks, gemstones that they could take

595
00:38:25,914 --> 00:38:28,674
home and keep for free. Um, you know, if they

596
00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:30,834
earn the prize. And for the adults, we offered things

597
00:38:30,855 --> 00:38:33,874
like socks. They also got Little Rock key chains or

598
00:38:33,874 --> 00:38:37,634
the opportunity for some crochet kits or leather bound journals.

599
00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:42,172
And our teens even got, uh, specific prizes just for

600
00:38:42,172 --> 00:38:46,092
the age ranges as well. So not pictured here are

601
00:38:46,092 --> 00:38:48,732
the grand prizes that we offered through the beanstack app

602
00:38:48,772 --> 00:38:52,072
as well. So each age group had an option. The

603
00:38:52,072 --> 00:38:54,572
more they participate in the summer reading challenge through the

604
00:38:54,612 --> 00:38:57,752
app, the more opportunities they get to put in, uh,

605
00:38:57,793 --> 00:39:00,572
for the drawing for those grand prizes. So each age

606
00:39:00,593 --> 00:39:03,132
range got an additional two extra prize packs that they

607
00:39:03,132 --> 00:39:05,692
could have earned as part of the summer reading challenge.

608
00:39:06,867 --> 00:39:12,126
So overall we had 1, 674 total registered readers this

609
00:39:12,166 --> 00:39:17,406
year. We had 4, 974 prizes distributed and a collective

610
00:39:17,667 --> 00:39:24,126
minutes read of 1, 659, 742. That totals to slight

611
00:39:24,227 --> 00:39:27,006
increases from last year. So even though we had a

612
00:39:27,027 --> 00:39:30,366
slight decrease in the amount of readers we had registered,

613
00:39:30,366 --> 00:39:32,586
the amount of prizes that we distributed went up, the

614
00:39:32,586 --> 00:39:34,846
amount of minutes that we read as a community went

615
00:39:34,867 --> 00:39:39,559
up. And the people or the patrons who finished and

616
00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:42,839
completed the summer reading challenge also went up by a

617
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:45,799
significant amount. So since we've started using beanstack, we've seen

618
00:39:45,839 --> 00:39:48,119
the amount of people that get to the 1200 point

619
00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:51,319
mark or the end of the summer reading challenge that

620
00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:54,519
has gone from 32 to 34 to now 37 and

621
00:39:54,519 --> 00:39:57,959
a half percent. So the more our readers use beanstack,

622
00:39:57,959 --> 00:40:00,679
the more familiar they get with it, the more they're

623
00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:03,879
actually committing and completing these reading challenges. So that's very

624
00:40:03,919 --> 00:40:06,519
encouraging for us to see. We had a similar reading

625
00:40:06,620 --> 00:40:09,159
camp. Our overall higher numbers for our reading challenge as

626
00:40:09,159 --> 00:40:13,831
well. And a little sneak peek there was our finisher's

627
00:40:13,831 --> 00:40:17,153
party, which we're talking about in a second. We couldn't

628
00:40:17,174 --> 00:40:20,953
have done these summer reading challenge without our volunteers. So

629
00:40:21,174 --> 00:40:24,993
in total, we had 37 volunteers work for our summer

630
00:40:25,014 --> 00:40:28,353
at your library program. That totaled up to 568 hours

631
00:40:29,334 --> 00:40:31,873
just from them alone, which is a slight increase from

632
00:40:31,913 --> 00:40:35,159
last year as well. And of course, summer always ends

633
00:40:35,180 --> 00:40:38,439
with a finisher's party where we celebrate anyone and anyone

634
00:40:38,460 --> 00:40:42,199
that, uh, participate it in our summer reading challenge or

635
00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:44,759
just participate in any kind of library program or just

636
00:40:44,799 --> 00:40:46,839
wanted to maybe check it out for the first time.

637
00:40:46,839 --> 00:40:50,519
So on July 31st, we held a live jousting performance

638
00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:53,719
from the Imperial Knights of Norco. And that was held

639
00:40:53,740 --> 00:40:55,911
at one of his to park. So even though it

640
00:40:55,911 --> 00:40:58,951
was very toasty that day, we had, um, I believe

641
00:40:58,951 --> 00:41:02,391
it was over 400 patrons still attend and watched this

642
00:41:02,412 --> 00:41:06,231
live performance and it included a skills challenge on horseback

643
00:41:06,492 --> 00:41:09,411
and included the nights doing battle with different weapons, uh,

644
00:41:09,532 --> 00:41:12,191
and of course, the jousting performance at the end. We

645
00:41:12,191 --> 00:41:15,031
had face painting available. We had some lawn games available

646
00:41:15,132 --> 00:41:18,391
for patrons. We had a Hawaiian shaped ice truck that

647
00:41:18,412 --> 00:41:21,251
also came out and offered refreshments, uh, so it was

648
00:41:21,251 --> 00:41:23,911
a great time that we held there at one of

649
00:41:23,951 --> 00:41:30,081
his depart. Alongside the party and the celebration, they also,

650
00:41:30,081 --> 00:41:33,281
uh, did a drawing for that sword of destiny and

651
00:41:33,281 --> 00:41:35,761
the child that 18 was so shocked that they had

652
00:41:35,801 --> 00:41:37,871
actually won it. We can see their picture here. He

653
00:41:38,212 --> 00:41:40,271
is in disbelief that he has won the sort of

654
00:41:40,271 --> 00:41:42,751
destiny, but he got a cool picture with one of

655
00:41:42,751 --> 00:41:44,911
the nights themselves, uh, and I do have to hand

656
00:41:44,951 --> 00:41:47,311
it to the Imperial Knights of Norco. They stuck around

657
00:41:47,652 --> 00:41:49,791
in the heat. They took pictures with anyone that wanted

658
00:41:49,892 --> 00:41:53,551
a picture. The horses were very well behaved and very

659
00:41:53,551 --> 00:41:55,711
cool to see, uh, and everybody just had a great

660
00:41:55,711 --> 00:42:01,349
time at the finishers party. And of course we couldn't

661
00:42:01,389 --> 00:42:03,349
have done it without the sponsors that provide things like

662
00:42:03,530 --> 00:42:06,789
coupons for our reading challenge as prizes. Uh, so big

663
00:42:06,829 --> 00:42:09,189
shout out to In - N - Out Berger, lazydog,

664
00:42:09,189 --> 00:42:13,089
good fellas cafe, raising canes, red robin, just yoga, and

665
00:42:13,089 --> 00:42:17,619
Texas Roadhouse, which were our sponsors this year. Now, does

666
00:42:17,619 --> 00:42:24,857
anyone have any questions. Thank you, Martin. Ms. Bakis, are

667
00:42:24,857 --> 00:42:28,059
there any speaker cards from the public. No speaker cards

668
00:42:28,059 --> 00:42:30,779
from the public. Any written comments from the public? No

669
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,979
written comments from the public. Okay. Trustee Liddell, do you

670
00:42:33,979 --> 00:42:37,179
have any comments or questions? Who comes up with all

671
00:42:37,219 --> 00:42:45,030
these ideas. The collective hive mind. We are led by

672
00:42:45,051 --> 00:42:48,630
our wonderful supervisor here to my left, Jennifer Bowserman. We

673
00:42:48,731 --> 00:42:52,230
have some very talented staff that constantly have ideas going

674
00:42:52,270 --> 00:42:54,470
through their heads. And we are very grateful to provide

675
00:42:54,651 --> 00:42:57,350
a nice outlet for those creative ideas in the form

676
00:42:57,350 --> 00:43:00,070
of library programs. Um, so anytime that we come up

677
00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:02,230
with a theme as a group, we pick the prizes

678
00:43:02,270 --> 00:43:04,070
as a group. We start to kind of lay out

679
00:43:04,731 --> 00:43:07,160
the programs that we want to do. And we just

680
00:43:07,421 --> 00:43:11,530
do them. I am in awe. I am absolutely shocked

681
00:43:12,351 --> 00:43:14,090
at all of the different things that you guys have

682
00:43:14,130 --> 00:43:18,090
come up with. My brain cannot comprehend. But working as

683
00:43:18,130 --> 00:43:20,070
a group, I think is a really good thing. And

684
00:43:20,991 --> 00:43:26,487
I'm very impressed. Trustee Kernelly, do you have any comments

685
00:43:26,527 --> 00:43:29,476
or questions. It's like, where were you when I was

686
00:43:29,497 --> 00:43:33,716
little? Okay. I probably would have lived at the library

687
00:43:33,897 --> 00:43:37,956
with all these activities going on. I'm like Trustee Liddell

688
00:43:37,977 --> 00:43:42,272
was saying it's like, wow. And, um, the proof is

689
00:43:42,293 --> 00:43:44,512
in the pudding, right? Everybody's showing up. The numbers are

690
00:43:44,552 --> 00:43:49,318
going up. Uh, that's just awesome. You guys are doing

691
00:43:49,499 --> 00:43:53,764
wonderful job. Vice Chair Heinemann. Do you have any comments?

692
00:43:54,585 --> 00:43:57,424
I do. Um, and I know there are a lot

693
00:43:57,424 --> 00:44:00,244
of creative people, but it seems like this year they

694
00:44:00,244 --> 00:44:03,364
really went all out. Um, but I have a question

695
00:44:04,745 --> 00:44:08,804
on, you know, overall, like for the teen ones about

696
00:44:08,804 --> 00:44:12,484
how many kids are there during one of the times.

697
00:44:14,497 --> 00:44:17,276
So for the murder mystery, there was a, uh, it

698
00:44:17,316 --> 00:44:20,236
was a registration program. So registration was required. So there

699
00:44:20,897 --> 00:44:23,676
I believe it's, uh, 30 spaces, uh, that are available

700
00:44:23,697 --> 00:44:26,556
for that. And then for the teen nights where it's,

701
00:44:26,556 --> 00:44:28,076
for example, like a fencing class or maybe we do

702
00:44:28,116 --> 00:44:30,636
like a teen game night for previous summers. We usually

703
00:44:30,676 --> 00:44:34,156
do get around 20, sorry, but somewhere between 30 to

704
00:44:34,257 --> 00:44:37,508
40 teens that show up for those programs. Okay. Um,

705
00:44:37,609 --> 00:44:40,228
and my other question, I did, I did go and

706
00:44:40,228 --> 00:44:43,668
see the juggler. He was amazing. And there was one

707
00:44:43,708 --> 00:44:47,469
little boy that screamed his lungs out. And I think

708
00:44:47,469 --> 00:44:49,949
the whole library thought, what's going on in there? He

709
00:44:50,050 --> 00:44:53,149
had the best time. The kids had so much fun.

710
00:44:53,149 --> 00:44:55,549
And I did stop by one day just to see

711
00:44:55,970 --> 00:45:00,469
about the lunch. And boy, it was so organized, so

712
00:45:00,469 --> 00:45:03,789
nice. Do you have an idea of average of how

713
00:45:03,829 --> 00:45:11,201
many kids were getting the lunch. So for the lunch

714
00:45:11,201 --> 00:45:13,761
at the library program, um, it was on average about

715
00:45:14,102 --> 00:45:16,961
70 to 80 kids that would get lunches every day.

716
00:45:16,961 --> 00:45:18,961
Um, and then with their family members, you'd get numbers

717
00:45:18,982 --> 00:45:22,861
anywhere from like 110 and maybe 120 total attendees. And

718
00:45:22,861 --> 00:45:24,881
that's about on average. Some days were, you know, maybe

719
00:45:24,921 --> 00:45:27,601
up to 140. Some days were maybe a little less.

720
00:45:27,601 --> 00:45:30,081
But that's kind of what our average numbers were like.

721
00:45:30,081 --> 00:45:32,721
Wow. That's great. Of course, it also was a cool

722
00:45:32,742 --> 00:45:35,521
place in all the heat, wasn't it? Um, I was

723
00:45:35,561 --> 00:45:38,161
so glad to see that you had so many STEM

724
00:45:38,262 --> 00:45:42,241
and steam activities. I think that's really good. And having

725
00:45:42,262 --> 00:45:45,921
the adult, the family night doing those activities, it's really

726
00:45:45,961 --> 00:45:48,481
fun. It gives parents, I think, ideas of things they

727
00:45:48,521 --> 00:45:51,721
can do with their kids. So it can continue. So

728
00:45:51,782 --> 00:46:00,034
great job. Thank you. Thank you guys again. Martin Jennifer

729
00:46:01,415 --> 00:46:04,914
Casey, your team is just phenomenal. The things that you

730
00:46:04,954 --> 00:46:10,354
put on, I just would never have even thought possible

731
00:46:12,055 --> 00:46:13,634
because you walk into the library and you think it's

732
00:46:13,735 --> 00:46:17,074
a library, but you guys transform it into this whole

733
00:46:17,175 --> 00:46:20,594
other world, especially when we're talking about dragons and dreams

734
00:46:20,695 --> 00:46:25,134
and things. This whole other world, the fantasy ball, um,

735
00:46:25,415 --> 00:46:28,674
just, it was just amazing. And so, um, hats off

736
00:46:28,714 --> 00:46:30,674
to you guys for that. And then I do also

737
00:46:30,935 --> 00:46:33,074
appreciate, I mean, I know they're not here to hear

738
00:46:33,074 --> 00:46:36,754
this, but I do appreciate that the, um, school district

739
00:46:37,255 --> 00:46:41,294
utilized the library as a place to distribute lunches. Um,

740
00:46:42,135 --> 00:46:44,594
for some of our kids, they don't know where that

741
00:46:44,855 --> 00:46:48,114
meal is coming from and school provides that for them.

742
00:46:48,114 --> 00:46:50,514
So when we're off on the summer, um, it's nice

743
00:46:50,554 --> 00:46:52,354
that they still have a place to go in a

744
00:46:52,354 --> 00:46:54,754
reliable meal to look forward to. So I appreciate you

745
00:46:54,754 --> 00:46:58,914
guys doing that as well. Martin, just one question. Which

746
00:46:58,914 --> 00:47:02,346
version of Pete's dragon did you show? I believe it

747
00:47:02,447 --> 00:47:06,464
was the modern version. If I have memory serves correctly.

748
00:47:08,340 --> 00:47:11,439
I think there were a couple of them that were,

749
00:47:11,439 --> 00:47:15,919
um, like the older versions, but I believe we chose

750
00:47:16,820 --> 00:47:18,959
intentionally some of the more modern ones for the little

751
00:47:18,999 --> 00:47:21,439
kids that maybe, you know, maybe they've seen him. Maybe

752
00:47:21,439 --> 00:47:22,799
they've heard of about it before, uh, but I do

753
00:47:22,799 --> 00:47:25,999
believe it was the modern retelling. That's one movie where

754
00:47:26,100 --> 00:47:30,159
I actually don't mind the modern retake on it. Like

755
00:47:30,159 --> 00:47:32,199
because it was just as adorable as the original. So

756
00:47:32,420 --> 00:47:36,517
thank you very much. All right. Now we have our

757
00:47:36,778 --> 00:47:41,317
urine review. Our poor given by Library Supervisor, Jennifer Bowsman.

758
00:47:44,855 --> 00:47:49,554
Hi, good evening, everybody. Um, so yes, today, tonight I'll

759
00:47:49,554 --> 00:47:53,474
be talking about, um, are you in stats as well

760
00:47:53,474 --> 00:47:56,114
as, um, show you a video of all of our

761
00:47:56,135 --> 00:47:59,314
fun pictures and everything from all of our events for

762
00:47:59,354 --> 00:48:02,434
the year. Um, we are going to go into this

763
00:48:02,855 --> 00:48:06,514
with just a reminder that we, um, had construction at

764
00:48:06,554 --> 00:48:11,554
the library. Um, so between March and May, there were

765
00:48:11,554 --> 00:48:14,434
a lot of services that were not available, um, so

766
00:48:14,434 --> 00:48:17,054
you will see that our stats have gone down. But

767
00:48:17,054 --> 00:48:19,214
from previous years, but there was a lot of, um,

768
00:48:20,055 --> 00:48:22,594
positive to it as well. So I expect us to

769
00:48:22,594 --> 00:48:30,287
be back up, um, this coming year. So we had

770
00:48:31,268 --> 00:48:35,887
over 220, 000 patrons visit the library that did go

771
00:48:35,927 --> 00:48:39,007
down. But as we said, the construction and stuff not

772
00:48:39,007 --> 00:48:43,307
being available to access. We did see a jump in

773
00:48:43,307 --> 00:48:45,707
our website visits though. So while people were not physically

774
00:48:45,888 --> 00:48:49,387
coming to the library, they were still accessing information from

775
00:48:49,488 --> 00:48:56,453
the library via our website. And then of course our

776
00:48:56,554 --> 00:48:59,173
public computer usage to go down as well. Um, we

777
00:48:59,173 --> 00:49:02,533
didn't have computers available for an extended period of time.

778
00:49:02,533 --> 00:49:04,373
And we still, we are still working on getting them

779
00:49:04,554 --> 00:49:08,613
all set back up, um, currently as well. Um, and

780
00:49:08,794 --> 00:49:11,253
most people that come into the library either using the

781
00:49:11,354 --> 00:49:15,413
computers themselves or they're using our Wi - Fi with

782
00:49:15,413 --> 00:49:18,253
our new laptop checkouts, we should see Wi - Fi

783
00:49:18,394 --> 00:49:26,119
usage, um, continue to grow. And of course we had

784
00:49:26,220 --> 00:49:30,999
our, um, material circulation. Um, and you can see there

785
00:49:31,039 --> 00:49:34,999
is not a huge difference between fiscal year, um, 25

786
00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:39,239
and fiscal 26 with regards to the number of checkouts,

787
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:42,759
which is, um, very positive because again, we had sections

788
00:49:42,799 --> 00:49:47,879
of the library materials unavailable for extended periods of time.

789
00:49:48,060 --> 00:49:50,039
So we didn't have, they didn't have access to a

790
00:49:50,039 --> 00:49:51,959
lot of the children's winterials or they didn't have access

791
00:49:51,980 --> 00:49:55,639
to the teen and adult computers. But even with our

792
00:49:55,660 --> 00:49:58,759
materials, but even with that, we still, um, we're very

793
00:49:58,759 --> 00:50:01,319
close to a previous year. And then of course we

794
00:50:01,359 --> 00:50:04,439
did see e media checkouts rise. So again, if they

795
00:50:04,439 --> 00:50:06,679
could not physically come to the library to get a

796
00:50:06,679 --> 00:50:10,119
book, they were using, um, e - media services to

797
00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:17,570
have access to materials. And of course our programs, um,

798
00:50:17,771 --> 00:50:22,550
for this last fiscal year, fiscal year 25, we offered

799
00:50:23,611 --> 00:50:30,770
1, 331 or 1329 programs. And again, that was, um,

800
00:50:31,851 --> 00:50:34,290
that's only down a couple from the previous year. And

801
00:50:34,290 --> 00:50:36,310
we had programs that we were not able to offer

802
00:50:36,571 --> 00:50:39,110
towards the end of the school year. So we should

803
00:50:39,291 --> 00:50:43,815
just continue to see, um, our numbers grow. Our most

804
00:50:44,236 --> 00:50:46,455
of our, we have about 54 percent of our program

805
00:50:50,956 --> 00:50:54,375
literacy services. Um, so all of our, um, classes that

806
00:50:54,375 --> 00:50:58,055
we have, um, in partnership with the Corona Narco Unifest

807
00:50:58,055 --> 00:51:00,535
School District Adult School is a part of that number

808
00:51:01,756 --> 00:51:04,695
as well as our veteran services and all of our

809
00:51:04,876 --> 00:51:10,984
book clubs, adult book clubs. Teens is about 16 percent

810
00:51:11,645 --> 00:51:17,224
of our, um, number of programs. And then we have

811
00:51:17,645 --> 00:51:19,384
ages six to 11, which is going to be your

812
00:51:19,485 --> 00:51:28,124
elementary age children. We're at, um, we have. Our younger

813
00:51:28,545 --> 00:51:32,524
babies in our early literacy. We have about 14 percent

814
00:51:33,505 --> 00:51:35,804
So with regards to the youth, we're pretty even across

815
00:51:35,825 --> 00:51:39,404
the board of what we're offering. Of course, adults have

816
00:51:39,444 --> 00:51:46,144
a little bit of a jump there. And then program

817
00:51:46,485 --> 00:51:56,140
attendance. We have. Um, we are pretty close even with,

818
00:51:56,140 --> 00:51:59,500
um, a lesser amount of programs that we were able

819
00:51:59,500 --> 00:52:03,060
to offer this year. Um, we did see some, we

820
00:52:03,060 --> 00:52:08,220
did see a small jump in, um, adult program attendance.

821
00:52:08,220 --> 00:52:10,860
Um, our teens also had a jump, which were always

822
00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:15,411
very excited about. And then we saw, um, lower numbers

823
00:52:15,992 --> 00:52:20,851
for our, um, elementary school age and preschool. And that's

824
00:52:20,891 --> 00:52:23,731
because we had to cancel programs in the spring, such

825
00:52:23,731 --> 00:52:26,451
as homework center, um, some of our story times weren't

826
00:52:26,451 --> 00:52:32,519
available. So that's why there's a discrepancy there. And then

827
00:52:32,700 --> 00:52:36,279
of course we have, um, library volunteers, we can't do

828
00:52:36,460 --> 00:52:40,679
nearly what we do without volunteers. And so we continue,

829
00:52:40,679 --> 00:52:43,959
um, to see that as a positive, um, this past

830
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:49,699
fiscal year, we had over 14, 000 volunteer hours. Um,

831
00:52:49,820 --> 00:52:52,919
that were worked at the library. And we had 1,

832
00:52:53,420 --> 00:52:58,119
613 volunteers. And we will continue to see that rise

833
00:52:58,159 --> 00:53:07,482
this year. And. Kathy, they may have to hit play.

834
00:53:17,067 --> 00:53:26,999
Now. Is that your

835
00:53:26,999 --> 00:53:27,079
brother.

836
00:53:53,234 --> 00:53:55,947
What. Do I do? I ask. For help. That's what

837
00:53:56,128 --> 00:53:56,507
I do.

838
00:56:50,835 --> 00:56:53,054
Speakers and story times in our community room and some

839
00:56:53,094 --> 00:56:55,774
fun author panels over in the team area. So we'll

840
00:56:55,774 --> 00:56:56,094
see you soon.

841
00:57:36,976 --> 00:57:39,915
And that is a wrap on reader con 2025. Thank

842
00:57:39,915 --> 00:57:41,995
you all so much for being here for both our

843
00:57:42,016 --> 00:57:45,595
authors, our community, and everyone else in between. We will

844
00:57:45,595 --> 00:57:46,075
see you next year.

845
01:04:30,832 --> 01:04:36,179
Any questions. Ms. Backe, is there any speaker cards from

846
01:04:36,179 --> 01:04:40,117
the public. No speaker cards from the public. Are there

847
01:04:40,117 --> 01:04:42,597
any written comments from the public? No written comments from

848
01:04:42,637 --> 01:04:46,930
the public. Trustee Liddell, do you have any comments. Did

849
01:04:46,930 --> 01:04:51,694
you put that together. Or was this a group. The

850
01:04:51,715 --> 01:04:55,961
video I did put together, yes. That was amazing. I'm

851
01:04:55,961 --> 01:04:58,441
just going to compliment you all all night long. That

852
01:04:58,441 --> 01:05:03,248
was amazing. Very nice. Trustee Kennelly, do you have any

853
01:05:03,269 --> 01:05:05,248
comments? No, I was just going to say the same

854
01:05:05,269 --> 01:05:08,805
thing she did. The video was awesome. You know, it

855
01:05:08,805 --> 01:05:14,042
just took us through the year. Awesome. Good job. Thank

856
01:05:14,042 --> 01:05:17,319
you. Vice Chair Heineman, do you have any questions or

857
01:05:17,359 --> 01:05:25,521
comments? I only have one word. Wow. Thank you. Do

858
01:05:25,521 --> 01:05:30,378
you guys sleep. Because there was a lot backed into

859
01:05:30,418 --> 01:05:33,338
that video. So that just tells me that you have

860
01:05:33,679 --> 01:05:35,418
caught at the library and that's what you pull out

861
01:05:35,519 --> 01:05:36,698
and you go to bed and you wake up the

862
01:05:36,698 --> 01:05:39,018
next morning. Just as wonderful as you are and start

863
01:05:39,058 --> 01:05:48,839
all over again. I do have one question. The material

864
01:05:48,879 --> 01:05:52,659
circulation, total circulation. I know we dropped a little bit

865
01:05:53,340 --> 01:05:55,079
and you kind of commented about the fact that we've

866
01:05:55,119 --> 01:05:58,919
dropped a little bit partially because we're being closed a

867
01:05:58,919 --> 01:06:04,599
lot. But I do wonder in that circulation how much

868
01:06:04,639 --> 01:06:09,799
of that was adult versus children. Because it seems as

869
01:06:09,820 --> 01:06:15,479
though in our hoopla account and cloud library or Liby,

870
01:06:15,479 --> 01:06:19,559
whatever we are using. That we're really increasing in the

871
01:06:19,599 --> 01:06:23,453
number of e - checkouts. And so I wonder if

872
01:06:24,354 --> 01:06:27,613
that accounts for some of the loss in circulation is

873
01:06:27,613 --> 01:06:30,333
because it's easier now for people to obtain reading materials

874
01:06:30,434 --> 01:06:33,533
without having to physically walk into the library. Whereas with

875
01:06:33,634 --> 01:06:37,533
kids, they're still thankfully still into having a physical book

876
01:06:37,533 --> 01:06:40,173
in their hand. And so they want to come to

877
01:06:40,173 --> 01:06:42,533
the library because they want to check out books. So

878
01:06:42,594 --> 01:06:45,533
I wonder if that's a little deceiving in the sense

879
01:06:45,533 --> 01:06:48,413
that maybe we didn't go down in circulations. If you

880
01:06:48,434 --> 01:06:50,893
like equate how many e - checkouts we had plus

881
01:06:50,933 --> 01:06:53,453
physical circulations, it looks like we increased by quite a

882
01:06:53,453 --> 01:06:59,453
bit. We just changed in the way we circulated our

883
01:06:59,493 --> 01:07:03,613
material. And so I think you guys have done an

884
01:07:03,653 --> 01:07:07,933
amazing job. Yes. So the total circulation is including e

885
01:07:07,973 --> 01:07:11,933
media. But I give that credit to why the difference

886
01:07:11,973 --> 01:07:15,213
is not much, even though we did have, um, physical

887
01:07:15,634 --> 01:07:19,773
collections unaccessible for a while because the e - media

888
01:07:19,773 --> 01:07:22,253
has gone up as much. Um, but that total circulation

889
01:07:22,594 --> 01:07:26,017
does include the e - media checkouts. Okay. And we

890
01:07:26,518 --> 01:07:29,377
didn't, you guys did an amazing job give in the

891
01:07:29,417 --> 01:07:31,297
amount of time that we were down. I know that

892
01:07:31,318 --> 01:07:32,817
like the friends book shop, we talk about the fact

893
01:07:32,857 --> 01:07:36,657
that we were down for about five weeks. And then

894
01:07:36,657 --> 01:07:38,337
you throw in the days that they were like, Oh,

895
01:07:38,337 --> 01:07:41,587
just kidding. Hey, we're coming into pain today. And, oh,

896
01:07:41,587 --> 01:07:43,507
he's just kidding. We've got this one carpet square we

897
01:07:43,507 --> 01:07:46,947
need to replace. And so it wasn't just a set

898
01:07:46,987 --> 01:07:48,947
period of time that you guys were down. You had

899
01:07:48,947 --> 01:07:51,247
to go up and down and up and down. And

900
01:07:51,247 --> 01:07:54,067
I watched your Facebook page and was like, Oh, Hey,

901
01:07:54,067 --> 01:07:57,347
by the way, this section's going to be close today.

902
01:07:57,347 --> 01:08:01,987
We're sorry. So, um, you guys just resilience is incredible.

903
01:08:01,987 --> 01:08:05,267
You were extremely flexible. And I can't thank you enough

904
01:08:05,288 --> 01:08:08,349
for everything that you've done for our community. So. Thank

905
01:08:08,349 --> 01:08:13,379
you. All right. Trustee communications. Trustee Liddell, do you have

906
01:08:13,379 --> 01:08:16,566
any comments for this evening. Actually have a few questions

907
01:08:17,147 --> 01:08:20,486
if that is okay. The Zipbook or request a book.

908
01:08:21,420 --> 01:08:23,639
A couple of questions. So I actually use this one

909
01:08:23,679 --> 01:08:25,639
day by accident. I couldn't find a book that was

910
01:08:25,679 --> 01:08:31,539
written in the 1940s. It was a fiction book. And

911
01:08:31,900 --> 01:08:34,999
I pressed that I want to have the book and

912
01:08:34,999 --> 01:08:37,619
somebody would contact me. I think within two days, the

913
01:08:37,619 --> 01:08:40,679
book was on my doorstep. I was like, wait, this

914
01:08:40,780 --> 01:08:43,319
is amazing brand new. So I returned it when I

915
01:08:43,319 --> 01:08:45,159
was done. So the couple of questions that I have

916
01:08:45,159 --> 01:08:49,999
first of all are when the book is returned. Do

917
01:08:49,999 --> 01:08:53,079
you put it into circulation? And the second question I

918
01:08:53,180 --> 01:08:56,279
have is they like if somebody keeps ordering zip books,

919
01:08:56,279 --> 01:08:59,479
is there a max that money will cover? Does that

920
01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:02,039
make sense? Like, oh, we're out of money. Are people

921
01:09:02,039 --> 01:09:07,033
using it wisely. So to answer your second question, yes.

922
01:09:07,033 --> 01:09:10,233
We typically limit the amount of zip books or request

923
01:09:10,273 --> 01:09:13,353
a books that you can, um, you can request during

924
01:09:13,374 --> 01:09:16,713
a certain period of time. Usually, um, in the past,

925
01:09:16,713 --> 01:09:19,993
it's been three. Now it's because the last couple of

926
01:09:20,033 --> 01:09:23,593
years with the grant they had, um, cut the amount

927
01:09:23,633 --> 01:09:27,433
of money that each library received. So we've cut it

928
01:09:27,433 --> 01:09:32,393
down to one. We check it in. Then we can,

929
01:09:32,393 --> 01:09:34,853
you know, open it back up to you. So, um,

930
01:09:35,214 --> 01:09:37,833
yes, we do make sure that when you have requested

931
01:09:37,854 --> 01:09:40,793
a book, um, and you still have it, um, we

932
01:09:40,894 --> 01:09:44,473
wait until you to return it so that we can,

933
01:09:44,473 --> 01:09:49,378
um, use our money wisely. And then, um, as for

934
01:09:49,799 --> 01:09:52,718
your first question, yes. So as soon as something, um,

935
01:09:52,919 --> 01:09:56,338
is within our scope and is something that is needed

936
01:09:56,378 --> 01:09:58,578
in our collection. We use our evidence - based software

937
01:09:58,599 --> 01:10:02,578
to justify what book goes into the library and what

938
01:10:02,759 --> 01:10:06,658
book. If we do not use it in our library,

939
01:10:06,658 --> 01:10:08,418
we donate it to the friends of the library so

940
01:10:08,418 --> 01:10:14,964
that it goes strictly to their bookstore. Thank you. Trustee

941
01:10:15,065 --> 01:10:18,234
Kennerley, do you have any comments. No, I don't have

942
01:10:18,274 --> 01:10:23,034
any comments. Everything job well done, all of you. Well,

943
01:10:23,034 --> 01:10:27,419
that was still a comment. I will. Vice Chair Heineman,

944
01:10:27,419 --> 01:10:32,044
do you have any comments. I don't know. It's been,

945
01:10:32,044 --> 01:10:34,524
the year didn't seem that long to me. I'm sure

946
01:10:34,705 --> 01:10:38,744
for all of you, it was very long. And, uh,

947
01:10:39,105 --> 01:10:42,604
Miss Whittington, yes, the white looks much better than the

948
01:10:42,644 --> 01:10:46,444
blood red or whatever it was called. So the library

949
01:10:46,465 --> 01:10:51,244
looks fantastic. Again, I just congratulate, because I know it's

950
01:10:51,284 --> 01:10:54,924
a team effort. So I can congratulate all the staff

951
01:10:55,025 --> 01:11:00,845
at the library for a wonderful year. I just had

952
01:11:00,885 --> 01:11:05,005
actually a piggyback question on Trustee Liddell's comment. Is there

953
01:11:05,005 --> 01:11:07,565
ever an instance where we don't fulfill a request a

954
01:11:07,565 --> 01:11:11,858
book. Yes. So sometimes they will request a book that

955
01:11:11,959 --> 01:11:15,858
is outside of our scope. We will request a book

956
01:11:15,858 --> 01:11:19,378
that we think is, um, like a textbook. Sometimes people

957
01:11:19,559 --> 01:11:22,338
will request textbooks. We don't fulfill those. Uh, and then

958
01:11:22,679 --> 01:11:27,938
the sometimes there's books that are made by, um, uh,

959
01:11:29,159 --> 01:11:32,018
there are questionable that we don't really think we should

960
01:11:32,018 --> 01:11:36,098
be purchasing. So those are some of the very few.

961
01:11:36,098 --> 01:11:38,898
I would say about 95 percent of the time somebody

962
01:11:39,079 --> 01:11:41,218
is requesting a book that they genuinely want to read

963
01:11:41,799 --> 01:11:45,378
and they can't find it or don't have the funds

964
01:11:45,418 --> 01:11:49,778
to purchase it for themselves. So they are community uses

965
01:11:49,778 --> 01:11:54,297
it in a very nice way. Other than that, I'm

966
01:11:54,478 --> 01:11:56,297
fresh out of words. I know it's rare, but I'm

967
01:11:56,398 --> 01:11:58,697
fresh out of words. Um, thank you everyone for joining

968
01:11:58,718 --> 01:12:03,097
us for the library Board of Trustees meeting. We, during

969
01:12:03,097 --> 01:12:06,857
this meeting at 6. 39 p. m. The next meeting

970
01:12:06,897 --> 01:12:10,377
library Board of Trustees will be on September 22nd, 2026

971
01:12:10,638 --> 01:12:13,257
F5 30 p. m. Same Bat Channel, same that time.

972
01:12:14,300 --> 01:12:14,839
Thank you very much.