[4:00] This evening by trustee Heineman. Please stand. Ready begin. I
[4:08] pledge allege allegiance to the flag of the United States
[4:12] of America and to the Republic for which it stands
[4:16] one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for
[4:21] all. Just sit. Down. Thank you at this time I
[4:27] would like to call the meeting to order. And I'd
[4:30] like to thank our audience members. We actually have an
[4:32] audience today. It doesn't matter that they're my family. They're
[4:35] still an audience. It's great. Let's begin with the approval
[4:39] of the Library Board of Trustees meeting minutes of June
[4:42] 23rd 2026. Do we have a motion to accept them
[4:46] as presented. I make a motion to accept the minutes
[4:50] as presented. Do we have a second. I second it.
[4:56] Emotion was made by Trustee Kinderlean, seconded by trustee Heineman,
[5:00] Ms. Bacchus, my we take a vote.
[5:16] Trustee Liddell. I don't have anything. Popping up here. Oh,
[5:21] okay. How do you vote. I. Abstain. I was not
[5:28] here. Right, thank you
[5:38] motion passes. Our consent calendar, all items listed on the
[5:42] consent calendar are considered to be routine matters. Status reports
[5:45] or documents covering previous library Board of Trustee items. The
[5:49] items listed on the consent calendar may be enacted in
[5:52] one motion with the concurrence of the Library Board of
[5:55] Trustees, a trustee, or any person in attendance may request
[5:58] that an item be removed for further consideration. Do we
[6:01] have a motion to accept the board graph stats calendar
[6:04] and flyers, our consent calendar as presented? I move that
[6:08] we accept the consent calendar. Do we have a second?
[6:11] A second. A motion was made by trustee Heineman and
[6:15] seconded by trustee Kinderley, Ms. Bakis. May we take a
[6:17] vote?
[6:32] Great. That was approved. Thank you very much. Persons wishing
[6:36] to address a library Board of Trustees on items listed
[6:38] on the agenda are requested to identify themselves and state
[6:41] the matter on which they wish to comment. No action
[6:44] will be taken on matters not listed on the agenda.
[6:46] The Library Board of Trustees would appreciate your cooperation in
[6:49] keeping your comments brief. Ms. Bakis, are there any speaker
[6:53] cards from the public. No speaker cards from the public.
[6:55] Are there any written comments from the public? No written
[6:58] comments from the public. All right. Well, we have an
[7:02] amazing list of reports this evening. Things that I'm very
[7:05] excited to see. And we will have our report introduced
[7:09] by our community services director Donna Finch and our report
[7:13] will then be given by Library Manager, Daniel Whittington. Thank
[7:17] you, Chair Leonard. Welcome back trustees. I know we had
[7:20] a nice summer break and hopefully everyone's enjoying the updated
[7:25] screens that we were able to get through our renovation.
[7:28] It's a nice new addition and added touch to the
[7:31] library. So we're happy to show that off for this
[7:33] meeting. Before I go ahead and get started with an
[7:37] overview of the report, I would like to make it
[7:39] introduction. We have our new assistant city manager with us
[7:42] tonight. Her name is Rebecca Kramer. Uh, she comes to
[7:45] us from the city of Manaphy, and this is her
[7:48] third week, I believe with the city. Um, she's overseeing
[7:51] the community services department. And I just wanted to make
[7:53] sure I had an opportunity to, um, welcome her and
[7:56] make sure that the trustees are all introduced to her.
[8:00] Um, so for tonight's report, we have a lot of
[8:02] updates for the Trustees tonight. We did not have a
[8:07] meeting in July. So we've got plenty to share for
[8:09] the entire summer. Um, we've had a wonderful summer at
[8:13] your library program, which you're going to receive an update
[8:15] on tonight, um, from that report. And we are now
[8:18] in full swing for fall. So, um, all of our
[8:21] kids are back in school and activities, um, are underway
[8:24] at the library for them. So we're excited to share
[8:27] some of the news and information on what we have
[8:28] going on. Um, and also, uh, during our time off,
[8:33] we, we finally had our grand opening of the innovation
[8:35] center. So, um, this Whittington is going to talk a
[8:37] little bit about that. Um, share some information about some
[8:40] of the programs and activities we're offering in there. I
[8:43] know that project's been a long time coming. We're very
[8:46] excited to have it in the, in the library. And
[8:49] it turned out beautifully. So if you haven't had a
[8:51] chance to come, um, look at it, I do encourage
[8:53] you to come by. For upcoming events, we have our
[8:56] reader con event coming up that is going to be
[8:59] on, um, September 12th. This is our third year bringing
[9:03] that back. Um, in partnership with the friends of the
[9:05] library, it's getting better and better every year. So we're
[9:08] really excited to share, um, what's going to be on
[9:10] the horizon for that. We also have another event coming
[9:13] up in August, August 23rd, a very fluffy day. Um,
[9:18] swedington is going to share some details about that. Um,
[9:21] we have an update on our ZipBooks program. So, uh,
[9:24] don't want to steal too much of the thunder here,
[9:26] but we lost funding and then we got funding again.
[9:28] So we're happy to announce that we're going to be
[9:30] able to continue that. Um, and then, um, also want
[9:33] to share that we have the California Library Association Conference
[9:37] coming up again. Um, it's going to be local again
[9:40] in the city of Riverside in the month of October.
[9:43] So excited to share that news and hopefully we can
[9:45] get some, um, participation from our trustees. We do have
[9:47] a small budget for you to be able to, to,
[9:50] um, participate in that conference. So we'd love if you
[9:52] could come out and join the team for that conference.
[9:56] Um, once again, we have our monthly spotlight for our
[9:59] Library employees this month. We're going to be spotlighting Shandora
[10:03] Khan. He's been with the library for quite a while.
[10:06] Great addition to our team. So we're excited to share
[10:08] some information about him. Um, we also have our top
[10:11] titles, uh, we're going to be sharing for fiction, nonfiction
[10:15] and ebooks. And we have two months worth of top
[10:17] titles to share for june or July. Um, and then
[10:20] our incident updates. So I know we were on a
[10:22] good streak. We didn't have very many incidents for a
[10:25] while. Um, I think the summer heat just tends to
[10:28] bring out some additional activities. So we have, um, some
[10:32] incidents to report, um, fortunately it seems like things have
[10:35] come down a bit since then. So, um, excited to
[10:38] see things kind of, um, uh, normalize over at the
[10:41] library again. And then, um, finally, we'll be wrapping it
[10:44] up with our events calendar and then an update on,
[10:47] um, upcoming item citywide. So with that, I'll turn it
[10:50] over to miss Winnington to give the report for the
[10:53] month of August. Thank you, Director Finch. And good evening,
[10:56] Madam Chair and Trustee's. All right. We had our Innovation
[11:01] Center grand opening. And if you haven't been to the
[11:05] library with its new paint and flooring, uh, this kind
[11:08] of just is the, uh, the crown jewel, I guess
[11:11] I could say, um, in the, in the library, the
[11:16] innovation center where it currently stands used to be just
[11:18] tall shelving and Heidi spaces, uh, but now it's a
[11:22] place where you can come and you can learn and
[11:25] you can create. And we can, um, hyper focus on
[11:28] STEM and steam and how to grow a small business
[11:32] and so many more other things. So we had our
[11:34] grand opening on August 12th. We had over 60 people
[11:38] attend. Not only did we have local dignitaries, but we
[11:41] also had some of our patrons come and experience the
[11:44] space as well. Uh, seen USD adult schools classes have
[11:48] already started. Norco College will start classes in early September
[11:53] that deal with, uh, financial matters. And then Library Lib
[11:58] programming is to begin very shortly thereafter. Our grand opening
[12:02] was also featured in the press enterprise, uh, was very
[12:05] surprised to click on the link when they sent it
[12:08] to me. And then I see my face. Uh, it
[12:11] was jump scare. So, um, but it was a very
[12:13] lovely article about the, um, the offerings that we're going
[12:17] to have in the center and just really highlighted the
[12:20] space. And so, um, I just want to also let
[12:22] the trustees know if you're ever interested and experiencing the
[12:26] VR headsets, let me know. And I will make sure
[12:28] that you experience one of the training sessions that are
[12:32] offered through the transfer software. Our reader CON is coming
[12:40] back for its third annual event. It's going to be
[12:44] on Saturday, September 12th from one to five. It's for
[12:48] all ages. And it is free. We will have over
[12:51] 60 authors come and be in attendance. And our featured
[12:55] author is Hannah Shaw. And I've been told that if
[12:58] you are in the world of kittens and cats, you
[13:02] will know who Haneshaw is. She is an award -
[13:05] winning kitten rescuer. So she will be at the event
[13:08] and we will have a list of all the authors
[13:11] and the event schedule at our Aspen Discovery website. Oh,
[13:16] and a special thank you to our friends of the
[13:18] Library for assisting us in putting this on. This past
[13:23] Sunday, we had a very lay - vay day. And
[13:27] that's how you pronounce that. My staff have informed me
[13:30] that I have been pronouncing it incorrectly. It's not Lalfi.
[13:34] But I will continue to say that. Um, but we
[13:37] had a very levey day. And if you don't know
[13:39] who Levey is, she is a two - time Grammy
[13:42] Award winning artist. And every year she puts on, um,
[13:47] places third places where you can go to be creative
[13:51] and to be safe. And so, um, people, patrons were
[13:56] able to come by, get a very, um, limited edition.
[13:59] Levey card or levey themed card for the Corona Public
[14:03] Library. We had activities and crafts and story time. There
[14:07] were opportunity drawings for Leve's vinyls and her children's book.
[14:11] Uh, and was really cool is that the Corona Public
[14:13] Library was the only library in Riverside County to officially
[14:16] partner with Leibe. So we were, uh, one of the,
[14:20] um, uh, one of, I think 10 libraries in California
[14:24] that partnered with her. And we were featured specifically on
[14:27] her website, which was really neat to see. We had
[14:30] over 456 people attend and out of that, we had
[14:34] 256 new library cards made that day. So special thank
[14:38] you to DBZ Records Books and Records for their donation
[14:41] in the vinyls of Levey. And we're excited to hopefully
[14:47] have another levey. People were disappointed she wasn't there, but
[14:51] come on. She wasn't going to be there. Okay. So
[14:58] a zip books update. Zig Books is a very popular
[15:00] program with a Corona Public Library. If you don't know,
[15:03] if we have a book that's not inside the library,
[15:06] you can request it online through our, um, our catalog.
[15:12] And for the last couple of years, we receive, uh,
[15:16] we received grant funding from the California State Library. And
[15:19] we were told two weeks before the FY27 fiscal year
[15:24] was supposed to begin that they cut this entire grant.
[15:27] So that one million dollar grant that was usually given
[15:30] out to participating libraries for ZipBooks was, um, was eliminated.
[15:36] However, um, I pitched an idea to the friends of
[15:39] the library and they have voted to potentially fund this
[15:43] program so that we can continue on with zip books
[15:46] and offering this wonderful service to our community members for
[15:50] FY27. Oh, it's now, instead of calling it zip books
[15:56] because we didn't want any sort of copyright infringement, it's
[15:59] going to be called request a book. So same sort
[16:02] of style, but, um, a little bit of a different
[16:05] name. So the, um, California Library Association Conference is going
[16:14] to be in Riverside again this year. We'll be August
[16:18] 22nd through the 24th. Early bird pricing last until September
[16:22] 11th. So if there are any trustees that are interested
[16:25] in attending, please let myself or Ms. Baki Snow and
[16:28] we will be able to sign you up for that.
[16:31] Um, I'm also encouraging my staff to go, especially to
[16:34] the AI sessions so that we're all, um, so we
[16:39] all know what to do for our libraries and making
[16:41] sure that we offer programs that are informative and fun,
[16:46] but also allow you to learn a little bit more
[16:48] about the digital literacy and using AI. Our staff highlight
[16:55] this evening is Shonda Raccoon. He is our library specialist
[16:58] too. He works for LCE. And I asked him for
[17:03] one fun fact and he gave me three. And so
[17:05] I wanted to say all three of them. Um, he
[17:08] likes to travel and taste foods, especially in LA and
[17:11] Long Beach. Those are his favorite spots. Um, he likes
[17:14] country music and soul blue and Blake Shelton is his
[17:17] most favorite artist of all time. A couple of Arabica
[17:21] freshly made coffee is his favorite with his coffee with
[17:25] his favorite music really makes his day. So if you
[17:27] ever want to get on Shundara's good side, make sure
[17:31] you give him a Blake Shelton CD and a cup
[17:33] of really good coffee. Our top titles for fiction in
[17:41] June and July. Pokemon's back on top with 140 checkouts.
[17:47] And with, um, with a nonfiction again, primary phonics is
[17:52] our top titles, one of, or sorry, five of six
[17:57] of our top titles, uh, for June and July. And
[18:00] then for July, specifically for our ebooks, um, Felicia's favorites,
[18:06] Danielle Steele was our top e - book checkout. So
[18:13] as Director Finch mentioned, um, the heat is just, you
[18:16] know, getting to people. Um, so we did have about
[18:19] five incidences with drugs and drug paraphernalia. We did have
[18:23] one incident report. I did want to mention that I
[18:26] have been in discussions with legal public works and PD
[18:30] on how to continue to make the library safer, um,
[18:34] we have also included, and this was mentioned in our
[18:37] June report. An additional 20 plus cameras to inside and
[18:43] outside the library to make it a lot more safer
[18:46] for our patrons. This is our, um. Our calendar for
[18:53] the month of that was supposed to be for September
[18:56] and for some reason. It is September, but the title
[18:59] is wrong. So this is the month for September. It
[19:02] says August. It's just making sure that, uh, you were
[19:05] reading it correctly. So, um, this is the calendar for
[19:08] August. The Library will be closed on Monday, September 7th
[19:12] for Labor Day. And then lastly September 5th, we have
[19:19] Adopt DePaul with pause at the Corona Animal Shelter. Again,
[19:24] September 7th, we are going to be close for Labor
[19:26] Day, but we will reopen on 9 - 8. Our
[19:29] reader con is at the Corona Public Library at 1pm
[19:33] on the 12th. And on the 22nd, we will have
[19:36] our next library board of trustees meeting. We will have
[19:38] our budget report. That's Connect Report and a computer policy
[19:42] report. Are there any questions. Ms. Bakes, are there any
[19:50] speaker cards from the public. No speaker cards from the
[19:53] public. Any written comments from the public? No written comments
[19:56] from the public. All right. Trustee Liddell, do you have
[19:59] any comments or questions. I have one comment I've already
[20:03] been contacted by the friends of the Library to volunteer
[20:05] for the Reader Con. I'm very excited. I'd be my
[20:08] first time going. And I, they are looking for more
[20:12] volunteers. So I'm very excited. Thank you, trustee Kennerley. Do
[20:18] you have any comments? Uh, excuse me. I would just
[20:22] like to say that I did in attend the innovation
[20:25] center grand opening. And I'm excited to learn all of
[20:29] the equipment and things that's there. So Ms. Whittington, I
[20:33] will be taking you up on your offer. So everything
[20:36] is great. And a lot of the people who were
[20:39] there were very excited as well. So. As usual, great
[20:43] job this year, this month, this summer. Thank you. Thank
[20:48] you. Vice Chair Heineman, do you have any comments. Yes,
[20:52] congratulations on the. Congratulations on the wonderful job for the
[20:58] Innovation Center. I'm very excited. And Martin, I just have
[21:01] to tell you, when I do that, I am not
[21:03] doing the knee surgery. Cause I do not like blood.
[21:08] So I will not be doing that one. So pick
[21:10] another one out for me, Miss Winnington. Okay. Um, no,
[21:14] I was so excited to see the innovation center and
[21:17] the whole library all done, all freshly painted and everything.
[21:23] And, um, you know, it, it was a difficult time.
[21:27] I know when between the building of the innovation center
[21:31] and all that, the library staff did a fabulous job
[21:35] trying to make everything that they could accessible. So I
[21:39] really encourage everyone to go in, not only to the
[21:42] innovation center, but to the library and look and see
[21:45] what new things. They're always looking for ways to increase
[21:49] services to the public. So please check out the library.
[21:53] Thank you for all you do. Thank you. Well, thank
[21:57] you guys very much for all that you've done between
[22:03] like Vice Chair Heineman said the innovation center, the painting,
[22:07] the carpening. It has been a very full year, um,
[22:10] and you have all handled it with grace. So that
[22:12] was, uh, something that I feel was needed to be
[22:16] said now about the innovation center. I don't know if
[22:19] I trust manager, Whittington, to pick out something for me.
[22:25] I'm always in her office bugging her. So she might
[22:28] just take that as time for payback. Um, I do
[22:30] have a quick question regarding that, um, incident reports. Now
[22:34] normally we, we don't have incidents. Um, and I don't
[22:38] want to point fingers at a cause. But do we
[22:42] know how much of that traffic comes from the clinic
[22:46] that's next door. I can't be a hundred percent sure.
[22:52] Um, there are theories that when the vans are sitting
[22:57] there and people get bored, they just would naturally wander
[23:02] into the local community. And unfortunately our building is right
[23:06] there. So, um, there have been parallels of people going
[23:10] and going to the clinic and then going to the
[23:12] library to the use, the restroom. And then also to
[23:15] use the restroom. So it's, it's understandable that, um. It
[23:21] just could just be a natural way that people are,
[23:24] you know, not wasting, but waiting for the time for
[23:27] their, their van to eventually leave. So it's, I don't
[23:31] know. I can't a hundred percent say like I can't
[23:34] like pinpoint. I'm not out there asking like, who are
[23:37] you from or where are you from? Who are you
[23:39] here with? But yeah, we have seen an increase in
[23:43] uptick. And is that something and this may be something
[23:47] more for community services directors. Is that something that we
[23:51] could work with the clinic in conjunction with the clinic
[23:55] to help minimize rather than, um, criminalize more just minimize
[24:02] and redirect. I mean, are those attempts that have been
[24:06] made? Or is it just that we're trying to do
[24:11] our own route? So PD and legal and public works
[24:15] are all working together to figure out ways that we
[24:18] can make the library a lot safer. They're looking at,
[24:23] um, policies and other ways to just kind of enforce
[24:29] people behaving, especially on city property. And so it's just,
[24:34] it's, it takes a while to figure out what's the
[24:36] best path, not only for the library, but for the
[24:39] business and the people that they serve. But I don't
[24:42] know if director Finch has any additional comments on that.
[24:45] Yeah. Just to add, so there has been outreach with
[24:48] the clinic, um, the police department has been in touch
[24:51] with them many times. So they are aware of concerns.
[24:55] And then, um, just at a policy level, the council
[24:57] is considering, uh, ordinance right now for conditional use permit
[25:01] for those types of operations that would, uh, put in
[25:04] place a certain safeguards that would require businesses of that
[25:08] type to not be located next to facilities where we
[25:12] have children. So those are things right now that are
[25:14] working their way through the council. And then there are
[25:17] ongoing discussions with the clinic itself. And then we do
[25:20] have an additional, um, uh, presence and relationship with the
[25:25] police department to make sure that we're actively monitoring the
[25:28] library and making sure that we're, we're doing everything we
[25:30] can to make it as safe as possible. Thank you
[25:33] very much. Like I said, I do understand like the
[25:37] businesses clinics to have their purpose and the location and
[25:41] relation to the hospital is very important as well. Um,
[25:45] but again, with the number of children who are walking
[25:48] into our services to receive our services. I just want
[25:52] to make sure everyone is safe and everyone is getting
[25:54] what they need. So thank you very much. All right.
[26:00] Summer at your library. Report given by Library Specialist.
[26:12] Hello. Hello. Uh, good evening, Madam Chair, trustees and director
[26:16] of inch. My name is Martin. I am a library
[26:19] specialist too specifically one of our outreach leads for the
[26:22] Corona Public Library. But I get the privilege of presenting
[26:25] our summary or library recap today. And so every year,
[26:29] if you are unfamiliar, maybe for those watching from home
[26:31] for the first time, summart your library or S -
[26:34] A - Y - L. We pick a theme to
[26:36] go with every year. And this year, Steam was dragons,
[26:39] dreams and daring reads. So if you think about anything
[26:41] fantasy related, medieval, knights and dragons, we went all in
[26:46] on that theme this year, probably Marso than we have
[26:49] in recent years. Uh, with our programming, with our graphics,
[26:52] with our design, with our prizes that we gave out.
[26:56] Uh, so we'll talk about all of that today. So
[26:59] sale or S - A - Y - L, some
[27:01] of your library encompasses three main things. It entails the
[27:04] programs and events that we put on as a library.
[27:07] It includes the summer reading challenge, which is the main
[27:10] way that we reward patrons for the reading that they
[27:12] do over the summer. And it all comes together through
[27:14] the beanstack app. On the app, it not only tracks
[27:17] the reading they do as a family, but it also
[27:20] gives them information about the events and programs that are
[27:23] available for their age group, depending on the reader that
[27:26] they have logged in to the app. So what I'll
[27:28] really kind of synthesize on the app, which is why
[27:30] we'll give it, it's on little section at the end
[27:32] of today's presentation. This year, sale ran from June 8th
[27:36] to July 31st. So it was about eight weeks of
[27:39] reading, fun and medieval times. So first, we're going to
[27:44] talk about our events and programs because there was definitely
[27:46] a lot to do at the library this year. Every
[27:50] year we design a summer calendar that includes all of
[27:52] these summer specific programs. So on here, this is the
[27:56] front side, which included information about, uh, lunch at the
[27:59] library. It included our summer kickoff and finishers party events.
[28:02] Um, and then on the backside, and we'll talk about
[28:05] all of these programs in a bit. So I'm just
[28:07] going to breeze through them real fast here. On the
[28:09] backside, you'll notice that, um, we have plethora of programs
[28:13] available. And the color on the title for the program
[28:17] indicates the age range. So just that first glance, you
[28:20] can tell that we have programs pretty much for all
[28:22] ages here. Um, so let's get right into it. So
[28:26] kick us off on June 8th. We had a performer
[28:29] of the juggling arts. His name was Brad Allen. And
[28:33] he was, he had a whole setup with a juggling
[28:37] yo - yos juggling bowling pins. Uh, he had a
[28:41] very cool balancing act where he was passing hoops through
[28:44] his body while maintaining his balance on like a, like
[28:47] a skateboard on a ball. Uh, he was juggling multiple,
[28:51] um, objects at once bouncing them off the ground, flipping
[28:54] them behind his back. Uh, it was a very cool
[28:56] presentation. We had a really big turnout as we typically
[28:59] do for a kickoff events, uh, and as you can
[29:01] see, tons of people, just eyes a hundred percent focus
[29:04] on his juggling, uh, they had a great time at
[29:07] that kickoff event to start us off. Mini makers is
[29:12] another one of our main stays for summer. And so
[29:15] this year we had multiple different kind of STEM or
[29:18] steam activities as part of the mini maker's programs. That's
[29:21] usually offered for ages six to 12 along with their
[29:23] caregivers. So we had examples or some examples of crafts
[29:28] that they were able to do at minimakers this year
[29:30] includes the shields and swords. They got to make pipe
[29:33] cleaner dragons. They got to do a cool, uh, castle
[29:37] design by weaving paper. So it looked like bricks. So
[29:41] they got to basically, you know, weave their castle there.
[29:44] Um, and then they had things like the flower crowns
[29:47] or the paper crowns, uh, that they were able to
[29:49] do. So that happened on Wednesdays in the afternoon. And
[29:56] along with the mini makers, they had two family STEM
[29:59] nights. So included with the maker programming for the summer,
[30:03] we had one each month. And this is where families
[30:05] work together to do a specific craft. So in June,
[30:08] they work together to create battering rams where the goal
[30:11] was to knock over a stack of the paper cups
[30:13] that you see on the screen. Um, and in July,
[30:16] they got to, uh, work together to make ships. And
[30:19] we actually did test to make sure their ships would
[30:22] float. And, uh, huge credit to a lot of our
[30:24] patrons. I think almost everybody got their boat to not
[30:28] sink. So it's very cool. As you can see, people
[30:30] had a great time working together. Um, and our STEM
[30:32] programs are usually one of the, uh. Coolest programs that
[30:36] we do. And obviously well attended. Along with that, we
[30:40] also have STEM for the Little Twigs. So that's the
[30:42] program that we host on Friday mornings. Typically it's hosted
[30:46] on the first Friday of each month, but for the
[30:48] summer, it gets, um, the every Friday schedule. So every
[30:52] Friday morning for ages two to six with their caregivers.
[30:55] They're able to come in. They do some crafts that
[30:57] work on building. Some of the concepts that they'll need
[31:00] for STEM programming later on in life, um, and so
[31:02] as you can see, it's just more fun STEM programming
[31:04] for the littles. Along with the, um, story times that
[31:11] we offer on Wednesday and Thursday mornings for the summer,
[31:14] we offered two spotlight story times as well. So to
[31:16] go along with a theme of Dragons, dreams and Daring
[31:19] reads, we offered the Gnomes and Fairy Story time in
[31:22] June and the Knights and Dragon Story time in July.
[31:26] So staff got into it. They dressed up a little
[31:28] bit for those story times. And the rhymes and songs,
[31:31] the dances, the books that they read are all related
[31:34] to the themes as well. So it kind of changes
[31:36] it up, but also gives maybe some of the older
[31:38] crowd a chance to attend one of the story times
[31:41] at the library. And as you can see, it's for
[31:43] the whole, uh, for the whole family there. So speaking
[31:49] of programs for the whole family, we invited our learners
[31:51] in the Adult Literacy Program for a workshop this year
[31:55] to make their own family crest. So very medieval theme.
[31:59] They got together to work on a design. And they
[32:02] were just able to create something unique and special to
[32:04] their family while having a great time and enjoying some
[32:07] snacks at the library. Guided Storywalk is another program that
[32:14] we brought back for this summer. So for those that
[32:16] may be unfamiliar, uh, at Mountain Gate Park, we have
[32:20] panels, uh, along the trail there. And each panel has
[32:23] one page of a story. And that story changes for
[32:26] month to month. So the guided story block portion is
[32:29] where staff, or sometimes even the author or illustrator themselves
[32:33] leads the walk, uh, reading the story as we walk
[32:36] through the park. So for June, staff read The Knight
[32:39] Who Said No by Lucy Rowland. And in July, we
[32:42] read the evil princess and the brave knight along with
[32:45] each guided story walk. We also had a craft that
[32:47] patrons were able to do. And so they're pictured, you
[32:50] see the June Story walk where they got to make
[32:52] dragon wings to where as we walked around the park.
[32:55] We did some dances. We did some jogging. We did
[32:57] some activities from panel to panel. And they had a
[33:00] great time in Mountain Gate Park. So lunch at the
[33:05] library was one of the biggest programs that we had
[33:07] this summer. Uh, mostly because anyone under the age of
[33:11] 18 was able to pick up a free lunch. So
[33:13] this is a program in partnership with CNUSD. They're pictured.
[33:17] You see our four library interns that we had specifically
[33:20] to assist with this program. Um, and so on Tuesdays,
[33:24] we had lunch in the afternoons along with a movie.
[33:28] And on Thursdays, we had lunch offered alongside a performer.
[33:32] And so we'll talk about that. So for the lunch
[33:35] in a movie program, that's again, Tuesday afternoon, starting at
[33:38] 1230. We offered a variety of medieval themed movies. Some
[33:42] of them involving dragons. Some of them involving nights or
[33:45] warriors, heroes, good life moral lessons. So you see there,
[33:51] the movie offerings that we had included Pete's Dragon, sword
[33:55] in the stone, onward, which is a very sad movie.
[33:57] That one got to me. Tale of Desborough, one of
[34:00] my favorite books, how to train your dragon. Robinhood, puss
[34:03] and boots and the quest for Camelot. On Thursdays, we
[34:07] had the lunch and learned, which was the lunch offered
[34:10] with the performer. So we had things like the puppet
[34:13] show, a harpest percussionist. Science experiments done live by the
[34:19] science heroes there. B, for the solution. So as a
[34:21] program about bees and honey and just creating organic farms,
[34:25] uh, we had author Dan Gutman, the Dan Gutman join
[34:29] us for a virtual kind of talk and show and
[34:32] tell. And then we also had it presentation on indoor
[34:35] farming and hydroponics. And lastly, we had author Shakira Smith
[34:38] that did a story time and presentation with this as
[34:41] well. For teens, the programs that we offered specifically for
[34:46] them were called The Teen Knights that typically ranges for
[34:49] ages 13 to 17. And in June, it included the
[34:52] fencing class. And in July, we have the teen murder
[34:55] mystery. And teen murder mysteries, another one of those mainstays
[34:58] that we offer for summer, always a good time, uh,
[35:01] but for the fencing class, I did want to point
[35:03] out, it got me because the instructor pulls out the
[35:07] real fencing sword at first. And he has all this,
[35:10] you know, students kind of touch it and hold it
[35:11] and feel the weight of the sword and everything. And
[35:13] then he was like, all right, well, here's what we're
[35:15] going to practice with. And he pulls out the pool
[35:17] noodles. Um, so they still had a good time. They
[35:20] learned about footwork. They learned about, you know, what it
[35:22] takes to be a good fencer and just practicing as
[35:24] a group. And of course the murder mystery, they always
[35:27] have a good time solving that, you know, who done
[35:30] it. For our adult programs now, we did have some
[35:36] specific adult only programs available for those ages 21 and
[35:39] up. The adult murder mystery, that was for 16 and
[35:43] up. And so that was a workshop that was held
[35:46] in July. And that was Tuesdays every week where they
[35:50] worked on a campaign for Dungeons and Dragons as a
[35:54] group. And, um, as you can see there, pictured on
[35:58] the bottom, they all got their own little character that
[36:00] they were able to create and our dungeon master led
[36:03] them through a shortened dungeons and dragons campaign. And for
[36:08] the adult murder mystery, they also had a fantastic time
[36:11] solving that crime. Um, and of course just enjoying each
[36:14] other's company, uh, enjoying some of the magic tricks that
[36:17] get put on as part of that performance, um, and
[36:19] of course, plenty of jokes and good times. What are
[36:23] the main adult programs that we offer this summer was
[36:25] toward the end, uh, it was our fantasy bowl. And
[36:28] this was a 21 and over event with a DJ.
[36:32] They were, uh, live dance instructor that was there. We
[36:34] had palm reading offered. We had a few fantasy authors
[36:38] that joined us for booths in the library courtyard. And
[36:41] we had snacks drinks and a bunch of other activities,
[36:45] uh, laid out on the tables for the adults to
[36:47] partake in. And I just have to say how blown
[36:50] away I was. I stuck around after work just to
[36:53] check it out. And I ended up staying almost the
[36:55] entire time because it was so much fun. Um, everybody
[36:58] dressed up so well and so nicely. And I really
[37:01] have to hand it to the community because this really
[37:03] impressed me with how much they leaned into the fantasy
[37:06] theme, much like we did as staff all summer law.
[37:10] So picture there you see our photo booth that we
[37:12] had offered, the dance filler was lively all night long.
[37:15] We had our authors that had a good time talking
[37:17] to our patrons. And our patrons had a good time
[37:19] talking to everybody, uh, including their friends, family, and some
[37:22] new faces that they met at the fantasy ball. So
[37:28] overall we had 208 programs offered this summer, smattering of
[37:33] teen, adult programs there, some programs were held off site
[37:36] or some were done as outreach for the library. And
[37:39] in total, we had about 9, 386 attendees. Uh, this
[37:43] is a slight decrease from last year, but again, there
[37:46] are many factors that go into that largely, mainly, uh,
[37:49] the construction. But even though our program numbers might have
[37:55] been slightly lower, we now get to talk about the
[37:57] summer reading challenge. So along with the events and programs,
[38:01] we offer the reading challenge and we entice our community
[38:04] to log the reading that they do over the summer.
[38:07] And we trade them some prizes. So for ages zero
[38:10] to four, we offer things like little dragon plushies or
[38:12] bendable horse toys for the readers agents five to nine.
[38:16] We offered inflatable swords. We offered literal mystery monsters that
[38:19] they could clip on their backpacks or key chains. Uh,
[38:22] we offered minerals and rocks, gemstones that they could take
[38:25] home and keep for free. Um, you know, if they
[38:28] earn the prize. And for the adults, we offered things
[38:30] like socks. They also got Little Rock key chains or
[38:33] the opportunity for some crochet kits or leather bound journals.
[38:39] And our teens even got, uh, specific prizes just for
[38:42] the age ranges as well. So not pictured here are
[38:46] the grand prizes that we offered through the beanstack app
[38:48] as well. So each age group had an option. The
[38:52] more they participate in the summer reading challenge through the
[38:54] app, the more opportunities they get to put in, uh,
[38:57] for the drawing for those grand prizes. So each age
[39:00] range got an additional two extra prize packs that they
[39:03] could have earned as part of the summer reading challenge.
[39:06] So overall we had 1, 674 total registered readers this
[39:12] year. We had 4, 974 prizes distributed and a collective
[39:17] minutes read of 1, 659, 742. That totals to slight
[39:24] increases from last year. So even though we had a
[39:27] slight decrease in the amount of readers we had registered,
[39:30] the amount of prizes that we distributed went up, the
[39:32] amount of minutes that we read as a community went
[39:34] up. And the people or the patrons who finished and
[39:39] completed the summer reading challenge also went up by a
[39:42] significant amount. So since we've started using beanstack, we've seen
[39:45] the amount of people that get to the 1200 point
[39:48] mark or the end of the summer reading challenge that
[39:51] has gone from 32 to 34 to now 37 and
[39:54] a half percent. So the more our readers use beanstack,
[39:57] the more familiar they get with it, the more they're
[40:00] actually committing and completing these reading challenges. So that's very
[40:03] encouraging for us to see. We had a similar reading
[40:06] camp. Our overall higher numbers for our reading challenge as
[40:09] well. And a little sneak peek there was our finisher's
[40:13] party, which we're talking about in a second. We couldn't
[40:17] have done these summer reading challenge without our volunteers. So
[40:21] in total, we had 37 volunteers work for our summer
[40:25] at your library program. That totaled up to 568 hours
[40:29] just from them alone, which is a slight increase from
[40:31] last year as well. And of course, summer always ends
[40:35] with a finisher's party where we celebrate anyone and anyone
[40:38] that, uh, participate it in our summer reading challenge or
[40:42] just participate in any kind of library program or just
[40:44] wanted to maybe check it out for the first time.
[40:46] So on July 31st, we held a live jousting performance
[40:50] from the Imperial Knights of Norco. And that was held
[40:53] at one of his to park. So even though it
[40:55] was very toasty that day, we had, um, I believe
[40:58] it was over 400 patrons still attend and watched this
[41:02] live performance and it included a skills challenge on horseback
[41:06] and included the nights doing battle with different weapons, uh,
[41:09] and of course, the jousting performance at the end. We
[41:12] had face painting available. We had some lawn games available
[41:15] for patrons. We had a Hawaiian shaped ice truck that
[41:18] also came out and offered refreshments, uh, so it was
[41:21] a great time that we held there at one of
[41:23] his depart. Alongside the party and the celebration, they also,
[41:30] uh, did a drawing for that sword of destiny and
[41:33] the child that 18 was so shocked that they had
[41:35] actually won it. We can see their picture here. He
[41:38] is in disbelief that he has won the sort of
[41:40] destiny, but he got a cool picture with one of
[41:42] the nights themselves, uh, and I do have to hand
[41:44] it to the Imperial Knights of Norco. They stuck around
[41:47] in the heat. They took pictures with anyone that wanted
[41:49] a picture. The horses were very well behaved and very
[41:53] cool to see, uh, and everybody just had a great
[41:55] time at the finishers party. And of course we couldn't
[42:01] have done it without the sponsors that provide things like
[42:03] coupons for our reading challenge as prizes. Uh, so big
[42:06] shout out to In - N - Out Berger, lazydog,
[42:09] good fellas cafe, raising canes, red robin, just yoga, and
[42:13] Texas Roadhouse, which were our sponsors this year. Now, does
[42:17] anyone have any questions. Thank you, Martin. Ms. Bakis, are
[42:24] there any speaker cards from the public. No speaker cards
[42:28] from the public. Any written comments from the public? No
[42:30] written comments from the public. Okay. Trustee Liddell, do you
[42:33] have any comments or questions? Who comes up with all
[42:37] these ideas. The collective hive mind. We are led by
[42:45] our wonderful supervisor here to my left, Jennifer Bowserman. We
[42:48] have some very talented staff that constantly have ideas going
[42:52] through their heads. And we are very grateful to provide
[42:54] a nice outlet for those creative ideas in the form
[42:57] of library programs. Um, so anytime that we come up
[43:00] with a theme as a group, we pick the prizes
[43:02] as a group. We start to kind of lay out
[43:04] the programs that we want to do. And we just
[43:07] do them. I am in awe. I am absolutely shocked
[43:12] at all of the different things that you guys have
[43:14] come up with. My brain cannot comprehend. But working as
[43:18] a group, I think is a really good thing. And
[43:20] I'm very impressed. Trustee Kernelly, do you have any comments
[43:26] or questions. It's like, where were you when I was
[43:29] little? Okay. I probably would have lived at the library
[43:33] with all these activities going on. I'm like Trustee Liddell
[43:37] was saying it's like, wow. And, um, the proof is
[43:42] in the pudding, right? Everybody's showing up. The numbers are
[43:44] going up. Uh, that's just awesome. You guys are doing
[43:49] wonderful job. Vice Chair Heinemann. Do you have any comments?
[43:54] I do. Um, and I know there are a lot
[43:57] of creative people, but it seems like this year they
[44:00] really went all out. Um, but I have a question
[44:04] on, you know, overall, like for the teen ones about
[44:08] how many kids are there during one of the times.
[44:14] So for the murder mystery, there was a, uh, it
[44:17] was a registration program. So registration was required. So there
[44:20] I believe it's, uh, 30 spaces, uh, that are available
[44:23] for that. And then for the teen nights where it's,
[44:26] for example, like a fencing class or maybe we do
[44:28] like a teen game night for previous summers. We usually
[44:30] do get around 20, sorry, but somewhere between 30 to
[44:34] 40 teens that show up for those programs. Okay. Um,
[44:37] and my other question, I did, I did go and
[44:40] see the juggler. He was amazing. And there was one
[44:43] little boy that screamed his lungs out. And I think
[44:47] the whole library thought, what's going on in there? He
[44:50] had the best time. The kids had so much fun.
[44:53] And I did stop by one day just to see
[44:55] about the lunch. And boy, it was so organized, so
[45:00] nice. Do you have an idea of average of how
[45:03] many kids were getting the lunch. So for the lunch
[45:11] at the library program, um, it was on average about
[45:14] 70 to 80 kids that would get lunches every day.
[45:16] Um, and then with their family members, you'd get numbers
[45:18] anywhere from like 110 and maybe 120 total attendees. And
[45:22] that's about on average. Some days were, you know, maybe
[45:24] up to 140. Some days were maybe a little less.
[45:27] But that's kind of what our average numbers were like.
[45:30] Wow. That's great. Of course, it also was a cool
[45:32] place in all the heat, wasn't it? Um, I was
[45:35] so glad to see that you had so many STEM
[45:38] and steam activities. I think that's really good. And having
[45:42] the adult, the family night doing those activities, it's really
[45:45] fun. It gives parents, I think, ideas of things they
[45:48] can do with their kids. So it can continue. So
[45:51] great job. Thank you. Thank you guys again. Martin Jennifer
[46:01] Casey, your team is just phenomenal. The things that you
[46:04] put on, I just would never have even thought possible
[46:12] because you walk into the library and you think it's
[46:13] a library, but you guys transform it into this whole
[46:17] other world, especially when we're talking about dragons and dreams
[46:20] and things. This whole other world, the fantasy ball, um,
[46:25] just, it was just amazing. And so, um, hats off
[46:28] to you guys for that. And then I do also
[46:30] appreciate, I mean, I know they're not here to hear
[46:33] this, but I do appreciate that the, um, school district
[46:37] utilized the library as a place to distribute lunches. Um,
[46:42] for some of our kids, they don't know where that
[46:44] meal is coming from and school provides that for them.
[46:48] So when we're off on the summer, um, it's nice
[46:50] that they still have a place to go in a
[46:52] reliable meal to look forward to. So I appreciate you
[46:54] guys doing that as well. Martin, just one question. Which
[46:58] version of Pete's dragon did you show? I believe it
[47:02] was the modern version. If I have memory serves correctly.
[47:08] I think there were a couple of them that were,
[47:11] um, like the older versions, but I believe we chose
[47:16] intentionally some of the more modern ones for the little
[47:18] kids that maybe, you know, maybe they've seen him. Maybe
[47:21] they've heard of about it before, uh, but I do
[47:22] believe it was the modern retelling. That's one movie where
[47:26] I actually don't mind the modern retake on it. Like
[47:30] because it was just as adorable as the original. So
[47:32] thank you very much. All right. Now we have our
[47:36] urine review. Our poor given by Library Supervisor, Jennifer Bowsman.
[47:44] Hi, good evening, everybody. Um, so yes, today, tonight I'll
[47:49] be talking about, um, are you in stats as well
[47:53] as, um, show you a video of all of our
[47:56] fun pictures and everything from all of our events for
[47:59] the year. Um, we are going to go into this
[48:02] with just a reminder that we, um, had construction at
[48:06] the library. Um, so between March and May, there were
[48:11] a lot of services that were not available, um, so
[48:14] you will see that our stats have gone down. But
[48:17] from previous years, but there was a lot of, um,
[48:20] positive to it as well. So I expect us to
[48:22] be back up, um, this coming year. So we had
[48:31] over 220, 000 patrons visit the library that did go
[48:35] down. But as we said, the construction and stuff not
[48:39] being available to access. We did see a jump in
[48:43] our website visits though. So while people were not physically
[48:45] coming to the library, they were still accessing information from
[48:49] the library via our website. And then of course our
[48:56] public computer usage to go down as well. Um, we
[48:59] didn't have computers available for an extended period of time.
[49:02] And we still, we are still working on getting them
[49:04] all set back up, um, currently as well. Um, and
[49:08] most people that come into the library either using the
[49:11] computers themselves or they're using our Wi - Fi with
[49:15] our new laptop checkouts, we should see Wi - Fi
[49:18] usage, um, continue to grow. And of course we had
[49:26] our, um, material circulation. Um, and you can see there
[49:31] is not a huge difference between fiscal year, um, 25
[49:35] and fiscal 26 with regards to the number of checkouts,
[49:39] which is, um, very positive because again, we had sections
[49:42] of the library materials unavailable for extended periods of time.
[49:48] So we didn't have, they didn't have access to a
[49:50] lot of the children's winterials or they didn't have access
[49:51] to the teen and adult computers. But even with our
[49:55] materials, but even with that, we still, um, we're very
[49:58] close to a previous year. And then of course we
[50:01] did see e media checkouts rise. So again, if they
[50:04] could not physically come to the library to get a
[50:06] book, they were using, um, e - media services to
[50:10] have access to materials. And of course our programs, um,
[50:17] for this last fiscal year, fiscal year 25, we offered
[50:23] 1, 331 or 1329 programs. And again, that was, um,
[50:31] that's only down a couple from the previous year. And
[50:34] we had programs that we were not able to offer
[50:36] towards the end of the school year. So we should
[50:39] just continue to see, um, our numbers grow. Our most
[50:44] of our, we have about 54 percent of our program
[50:50] literacy services. Um, so all of our, um, classes that
[50:54] we have, um, in partnership with the Corona Narco Unifest
[50:58] School District Adult School is a part of that number
[51:01] as well as our veteran services and all of our
[51:04] book clubs, adult book clubs. Teens is about 16 percent
[51:11] of our, um, number of programs. And then we have
[51:17] ages six to 11, which is going to be your
[51:19] elementary age children. We're at, um, we have. Our younger
[51:28] babies in our early literacy. We have about 14 percent
[51:33] So with regards to the youth, we're pretty even across
[51:35] the board of what we're offering. Of course, adults have
[51:39] a little bit of a jump there. And then program
[51:46] attendance. We have. Um, we are pretty close even with,
[51:56] um, a lesser amount of programs that we were able
[51:59] to offer this year. Um, we did see some, we
[52:03] did see a small jump in, um, adult program attendance.
[52:08] Um, our teens also had a jump, which were always
[52:10] very excited about. And then we saw, um, lower numbers
[52:15] for our, um, elementary school age and preschool. And that's
[52:20] because we had to cancel programs in the spring, such
[52:23] as homework center, um, some of our story times weren't
[52:26] available. So that's why there's a discrepancy there. And then
[52:32] of course we have, um, library volunteers, we can't do
[52:36] nearly what we do without volunteers. And so we continue,
[52:40] um, to see that as a positive, um, this past
[52:44] fiscal year, we had over 14, 000 volunteer hours. Um,
[52:49] that were worked at the library. And we had 1,
[52:53] 613 volunteers. And we will continue to see that rise
[52:58] this year. And. Kathy, they may have to hit play.
[53:17] Now. Is that your
[53:26] brother.
[53:53] What. Do I do? I ask. For help. That's what
[53:56] I do.
[56:50] Speakers and story times in our community room and some
[56:53] fun author panels over in the team area. So we'll
[56:55] see you soon.
[57:36] And that is a wrap on reader con 2025. Thank
[57:39] you all so much for being here for both our
[57:42] authors, our community, and everyone else in between. We will
[57:45] see you next year.
[1:04:30] Any questions. Ms. Backe, is there any speaker cards from
[1:04:36] the public. No speaker cards from the public. Are there
[1:04:40] any written comments from the public? No written comments from
[1:04:42] the public. Trustee Liddell, do you have any comments. Did
[1:04:46] you put that together. Or was this a group. The
[1:04:51] video I did put together, yes. That was amazing. I'm
[1:04:55] just going to compliment you all all night long. That
[1:04:58] was amazing. Very nice. Trustee Kennelly, do you have any
[1:05:03] comments? No, I was just going to say the same
[1:05:05] thing she did. The video was awesome. You know, it
[1:05:08] just took us through the year. Awesome. Good job. Thank
[1:05:14] you. Vice Chair Heineman, do you have any questions or
[1:05:17] comments? I only have one word. Wow. Thank you. Do
[1:05:25] you guys sleep. Because there was a lot backed into
[1:05:30] that video. So that just tells me that you have
[1:05:33] caught at the library and that's what you pull out
[1:05:35] and you go to bed and you wake up the
[1:05:36] next morning. Just as wonderful as you are and start
[1:05:39] all over again. I do have one question. The material
[1:05:48] circulation, total circulation. I know we dropped a little bit
[1:05:53] and you kind of commented about the fact that we've
[1:05:55] dropped a little bit partially because we're being closed a
[1:05:58] lot. But I do wonder in that circulation how much
[1:06:04] of that was adult versus children. Because it seems as
[1:06:09] though in our hoopla account and cloud library or Liby,
[1:06:15] whatever we are using. That we're really increasing in the
[1:06:19] number of e - checkouts. And so I wonder if
[1:06:24] that accounts for some of the loss in circulation is
[1:06:27] because it's easier now for people to obtain reading materials
[1:06:30] without having to physically walk into the library. Whereas with
[1:06:33] kids, they're still thankfully still into having a physical book
[1:06:37] in their hand. And so they want to come to
[1:06:40] the library because they want to check out books. So
[1:06:42] I wonder if that's a little deceiving in the sense
[1:06:45] that maybe we didn't go down in circulations. If you
[1:06:48] like equate how many e - checkouts we had plus
[1:06:50] physical circulations, it looks like we increased by quite a
[1:06:53] bit. We just changed in the way we circulated our
[1:06:59] material. And so I think you guys have done an
[1:07:03] amazing job. Yes. So the total circulation is including e
[1:07:07] media. But I give that credit to why the difference
[1:07:11] is not much, even though we did have, um, physical
[1:07:15] collections unaccessible for a while because the e - media
[1:07:19] has gone up as much. Um, but that total circulation
[1:07:22] does include the e - media checkouts. Okay. And we
[1:07:26] didn't, you guys did an amazing job give in the
[1:07:29] amount of time that we were down. I know that
[1:07:31] like the friends book shop, we talk about the fact
[1:07:32] that we were down for about five weeks. And then
[1:07:36] you throw in the days that they were like, Oh,
[1:07:38] just kidding. Hey, we're coming into pain today. And, oh,
[1:07:41] he's just kidding. We've got this one carpet square we
[1:07:43] need to replace. And so it wasn't just a set
[1:07:46] period of time that you guys were down. You had
[1:07:48] to go up and down and up and down. And
[1:07:51] I watched your Facebook page and was like, Oh, Hey,
[1:07:54] by the way, this section's going to be close today.
[1:07:57] We're sorry. So, um, you guys just resilience is incredible.
[1:08:01] You were extremely flexible. And I can't thank you enough
[1:08:05] for everything that you've done for our community. So. Thank
[1:08:08] you. All right. Trustee communications. Trustee Liddell, do you have
[1:08:13] any comments for this evening. Actually have a few questions
[1:08:17] if that is okay. The Zipbook or request a book.
[1:08:21] A couple of questions. So I actually use this one
[1:08:23] day by accident. I couldn't find a book that was
[1:08:25] written in the 1940s. It was a fiction book. And
[1:08:31] I pressed that I want to have the book and
[1:08:34] somebody would contact me. I think within two days, the
[1:08:37] book was on my doorstep. I was like, wait, this
[1:08:40] is amazing brand new. So I returned it when I
[1:08:43] was done. So the couple of questions that I have
[1:08:45] first of all are when the book is returned. Do
[1:08:49] you put it into circulation? And the second question I
[1:08:53] have is they like if somebody keeps ordering zip books,
[1:08:56] is there a max that money will cover? Does that
[1:08:59] make sense? Like, oh, we're out of money. Are people
[1:09:02] using it wisely. So to answer your second question, yes.
[1:09:07] We typically limit the amount of zip books or request
[1:09:10] a books that you can, um, you can request during
[1:09:13] a certain period of time. Usually, um, in the past,
[1:09:16] it's been three. Now it's because the last couple of
[1:09:20] years with the grant they had, um, cut the amount
[1:09:23] of money that each library received. So we've cut it
[1:09:27] down to one. We check it in. Then we can,
[1:09:32] you know, open it back up to you. So, um,
[1:09:35] yes, we do make sure that when you have requested
[1:09:37] a book, um, and you still have it, um, we
[1:09:40] wait until you to return it so that we can,
[1:09:44] um, use our money wisely. And then, um, as for
[1:09:49] your first question, yes. So as soon as something, um,
[1:09:52] is within our scope and is something that is needed
[1:09:56] in our collection. We use our evidence - based software
[1:09:58] to justify what book goes into the library and what
[1:10:02] book. If we do not use it in our library,
[1:10:06] we donate it to the friends of the library so
[1:10:08] that it goes strictly to their bookstore. Thank you. Trustee
[1:10:15] Kennerley, do you have any comments. No, I don't have
[1:10:18] any comments. Everything job well done, all of you. Well,
[1:10:23] that was still a comment. I will. Vice Chair Heineman,
[1:10:27] do you have any comments. I don't know. It's been,
[1:10:32] the year didn't seem that long to me. I'm sure
[1:10:34] for all of you, it was very long. And, uh,
[1:10:39] Miss Whittington, yes, the white looks much better than the
[1:10:42] blood red or whatever it was called. So the library
[1:10:46] looks fantastic. Again, I just congratulate, because I know it's
[1:10:51] a team effort. So I can congratulate all the staff
[1:10:55] at the library for a wonderful year. I just had
[1:11:00] actually a piggyback question on Trustee Liddell's comment. Is there
[1:11:05] ever an instance where we don't fulfill a request a
[1:11:07] book. Yes. So sometimes they will request a book that
[1:11:11] is outside of our scope. We will request a book
[1:11:15] that we think is, um, like a textbook. Sometimes people
[1:11:19] will request textbooks. We don't fulfill those. Uh, and then
[1:11:22] the sometimes there's books that are made by, um, uh,
[1:11:29] there are questionable that we don't really think we should
[1:11:32] be purchasing. So those are some of the very few.
[1:11:36] I would say about 95 percent of the time somebody
[1:11:39] is requesting a book that they genuinely want to read
[1:11:41] and they can't find it or don't have the funds
[1:11:45] to purchase it for themselves. So they are community uses
[1:11:49] it in a very nice way. Other than that, I'm
[1:11:54] fresh out of words. I know it's rare, but I'm
[1:11:56] fresh out of words. Um, thank you everyone for joining
[1:11:58] us for the library Board of Trustees meeting. We, during
[1:12:03] this meeting at 6. 39 p. m. The next meeting
[1:12:06] library Board of Trustees will be on September 22nd, 2026
[1:12:10] F5 30 p. m. Same Bat Channel, same that time.
[1:12:14] Thank you very much.