1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,960 2 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,240 OK this is the August library Advisory 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,380 Commission meeting, 2026. 4 00:00:06,380 --> 00:00:08,960 Sorry. 5 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,600 OK. 6 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:13,720 I call this Thursday, August 20 meeting of the library 7 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,480 Advisory Commission to order. 8 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,860 We'll start with the roll call. 9 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:22,360 Desiree van loon, tomasina Capo Deborah Gentry, Mary 10 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,420 Ann Reddick, Katie McCarthy. 11 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:26,440 Mark McCall. 12 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:26,940 All right. 13 00:00:26,940 --> 00:00:30,320 Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. 14 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,200 You can stand. 15 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,940 I try not to make sure anyone trips. 16 00:00:34,940 --> 00:00:36,980 So then it should be coming up. 17 00:00:36,980 --> 00:00:45,660 And this is as close as TV'S ever gone, I swear. 18 00:00:45,660 --> 00:00:48,560 19 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,400 Next time, I'll wear American flag shirts. 20 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:52,540 But you have to wait. 21 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:56,400 Yeah, I'll wave in the. 22 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,900 Lights there we go. 23 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:02,030 OK I pledge allegiance to the flag 24 00:01:02,030 --> 00:01:05,430 of the United States of America, and to the Republic 25 00:01:05,430 --> 00:01:06,850 for which it stands. 26 00:01:06,850 --> 00:01:09,770 One nation under God, indivisible, 27 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:11,730 with liberty and justice for all. 28 00:01:11,730 --> 00:01:18,070 29 00:01:18,070 --> 00:01:20,270 OK staff reports. 30 00:01:20,270 --> 00:01:23,050 All right, guys, we made it to the summer. 31 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:25,870 We're back. 32 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:26,770 Also for staff. 33 00:01:26,770 --> 00:01:28,550 You made it through the summer. 34 00:01:28,550 --> 00:01:33,230 So, some fun things that have been going on. 35 00:01:33,230 --> 00:01:36,230 Hollyhock library is officially closed today. 36 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:37,070 We were there. 37 00:01:37,070 --> 00:01:41,010 Hollyhock were there packing up everything we did not know. 38 00:01:41,010 --> 00:01:44,330 The moving company gave us carts to put all the books on. 39 00:01:44,330 --> 00:01:46,710 So we didn't have to pack up books into boxes 40 00:01:46,710 --> 00:01:48,150 and then remember their order. 41 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:50,510 So it went very well. 42 00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:53,630 Everyone's very sad to be leaving our little baby 43 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:56,110 hollyhock, but also very excited to be 44 00:01:56,110 --> 00:01:58,700 in the building with our Resource Center 45 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:00,700 that we direct people to the senior center 46 00:02:00,700 --> 00:02:04,020 so we still can get the bingo parking lot crazy. 47 00:02:04,020 --> 00:02:06,600 But staff have been going crazy with new programs, 48 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,460 so we'll be doing that because we have our very own space. 49 00:02:09,460 --> 00:02:10,840 But we do have larger rooms. 50 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,460 So as our storytimes grow larger than our baby hollyhock. 51 00:02:14,460 --> 00:02:16,360 We'll be able to move into bigger and bigger rooms. 52 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,180 So I can't wait. 53 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:22,520 We are trying to as we approved last meeting in June. 54 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,900 We'll be rotating now with hollyhock 55 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:25,920 in our commission meeting. 56 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:28,940 So double check exactly which location. 57 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:30,720 First time at hollyhock will be in October, 58 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:31,820 and I'll try to make sure that we 59 00:02:31,820 --> 00:02:36,700 do like a nice big tour for you guys to see everything as well. 60 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:40,140 Next library of things kits have been going crazy. 61 00:02:40,140 --> 00:02:41,633 Thank you Megan for also being in here 62 00:02:41,633 --> 00:02:42,600 while we're talking about it. 63 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,500 Megan is the one that has to do all of the records 64 00:02:44,500 --> 00:02:46,140 for our library of things. 65 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:48,567 Kelsey and I go on shopping sprees and buy random things, 66 00:02:48,567 --> 00:02:49,700 and then she has to figure out how 67 00:02:49,700 --> 00:02:52,740 to put them in our collection. 68 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:56,370 So when it gets cooler outside and you 69 00:02:56,370 --> 00:02:57,710 want to hang out outside. 70 00:02:57,710 --> 00:03:01,150 We have bags for cornhole, which we actually have at this park. 71 00:03:01,150 --> 00:03:03,070 If you just want to walk over and have a good time. 72 00:03:03,070 --> 00:03:06,390 Also, if you've lost all yours, the corn is out of it. 73 00:03:06,390 --> 00:03:07,710 You can take them home. 74 00:03:07,710 --> 00:03:09,250 Nice little travel pack. 75 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:12,010 We also got metal detectors coming in. 76 00:03:12,010 --> 00:03:14,790 So go find some lucky coins out in the park. 77 00:03:14,790 --> 00:03:18,210 Don't dig it up, but share anything you find, please. 78 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:21,190 But because it's still the middle of summer and it's hot, 79 00:03:21,190 --> 00:03:25,830 we've also continuing to do more American Girl dolls. 80 00:03:25,830 --> 00:03:27,150 Those are huge hits. 81 00:03:27,150 --> 00:03:29,430 So now we're duplicating some of the ones we've had. 82 00:03:29,430 --> 00:03:33,450 But we also added Felicity as the final America 250. 83 00:03:33,450 --> 00:03:35,550 She's from 1874. 84 00:03:35,550 --> 00:03:38,170 Nope 17 1774. 85 00:03:38,170 --> 00:03:41,410 There three years before. 86 00:03:41,410 --> 00:03:42,490 Thank you Megan. 87 00:03:42,490 --> 00:03:45,450 And then more Tony boxes and all of those as well. 88 00:03:45,450 --> 00:03:46,470 So library of things. 89 00:03:46,470 --> 00:03:47,750 We also heard from another library. 90 00:03:47,750 --> 00:03:50,170 They've been scoping out what we are doing. 91 00:03:50,170 --> 00:03:51,890 So now they are going to be copying 92 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:54,310 us with some American Girl dolls and a few other things. 93 00:03:54,310 --> 00:03:57,680 So Bravo to staff and Megan for coming 94 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,720 up with really cool ideas, and actually put them into motion. 95 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,767 And then we are hosting. 96 00:04:03,767 --> 00:04:05,300 This is going to be a really hard word for me, 97 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:07,900 reflecting America a semiquincentennial. 98 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:10,360 Oh, I killed it on the first try. 99 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,100 Living history event. 100 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:15,480 The goal is to bring in speakers from our community that 101 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,880 serve time with the service. 102 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,120 Have great family stories of being 103 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:21,700 in surprise from the beginning. 104 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:23,640 Have family stories dating all the way back 105 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,760 to our American Revolution, and other stories from our community 106 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,160 that are just quintessential American. 107 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,060 We're hoping to get a really good event together. 108 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:35,660 The call for speakers is through August 31. 109 00:04:35,660 --> 00:04:38,880 So if you know anybody, tell them to apply. 110 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,240 We're hoping to get at least a few speakers to have some really 111 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,680 cool ideas, and just show the history 112 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,100 of not only surprise and the Valley, but our entire country. 113 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,720 Did you say the date. 114 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,880 The final date for Call of speakers is August 31. 115 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,210 Our date for the event is November 19. 116 00:04:54,210 --> 00:04:57,030 So right after Veteran's Day, we wanted to have one 117 00:04:57,030 --> 00:05:01,590 last push for our America 250. 118 00:05:01,590 --> 00:05:03,910 I think that hit all of our major events. 119 00:05:03,910 --> 00:05:06,110 Staff reports are done. 120 00:05:06,110 --> 00:05:08,830 Well, that was fast. 121 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:14,390 OK, moving on to the. 122 00:05:14,390 --> 00:05:16,950 Commission agenda. 123 00:05:16,950 --> 00:05:18,230 Let's see. 124 00:05:18,230 --> 00:05:21,390 Wow I have one more. 125 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:23,510 Oh, sorry. 126 00:05:23,510 --> 00:05:26,310 I should've kept my mouth shut. 127 00:05:26,310 --> 00:05:28,990 This is what happens when I'm alone in a different library. 128 00:05:28,990 --> 00:05:31,370 I don't have people to bounce ideas off of but. 129 00:05:31,370 --> 00:05:34,110 130 00:05:34,110 --> 00:05:38,270 Our lovely library director here won a public Service Award. 131 00:05:38,270 --> 00:05:42,350 Please tell me the official title of the award, please. 132 00:05:42,350 --> 00:05:43,590 Thank you. 133 00:05:43,590 --> 00:05:47,830 The Gabe Zimmerman community public Service Award. 134 00:05:47,830 --> 00:05:50,610 Community builder, large community tab. 135 00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:53,780 Nice I won in 2020 2024. 136 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:55,680 We got two winners in the room. 137 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,880 Guys, this is fantastic. 138 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,980 Hot dog. 139 00:05:59,980 --> 00:06:00,780 Good for you. 140 00:06:00,780 --> 00:06:01,820 It's a big deal. 141 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:03,180 It is a big deal. 142 00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:04,140 It is. 143 00:06:04,140 --> 00:06:05,680 We're very proud of Kelsey. 144 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,880 She got to go down and have a little speech. 145 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,940 And a bunch of library staff went down to support 146 00:06:10,940 --> 00:06:13,900 and had Ashton come because it's her birthday. 147 00:06:13,900 --> 00:06:14,400 I'm sorry. 148 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,620 What day was it. 149 00:06:16,620 --> 00:06:17,160 I don't know. 150 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:18,860 Feels like this accolade is probably more 151 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:21,940 important than date of birth. 152 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:24,580 Should we take this to a vote. 153 00:06:24,580 --> 00:06:25,600 Real obnoxious. 154 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:27,120 I was like, I've never worked on my birthday. 155 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,400 I'm so sorry, I love you. 156 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:29,980 Have a great time. 157 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:32,820 But either way, it just shows what she's 158 00:06:32,820 --> 00:06:34,000 done with this library system. 159 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,260 She was the first employee. 160 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:37,220 She's the one that brought all of this to fruition 161 00:06:37,220 --> 00:06:40,260 and somehow allows us to do really crazy ideas. 162 00:06:40,260 --> 00:06:43,940 Half of them might be hers, but we're just 163 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:47,140 really excited that not only is Kelce on the list 164 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:50,020 and able to show what she does, but also she 165 00:06:50,020 --> 00:06:51,800 brings surprise public library along with them. 166 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:52,880 So great job. 167 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:54,340 I'm sorry I missed that. 168 00:06:54,340 --> 00:06:54,920 My bad. 169 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,660 I'm not. 170 00:06:55,660 --> 00:06:57,820 Should we do our reenactment. 171 00:06:57,820 --> 00:06:58,920 Yes do your speech. 172 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,020 Can you give it online. 173 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:04,740 Yeah, yeah, just go to the website. 174 00:07:04,740 --> 00:07:05,780 You can watch it. 175 00:07:05,780 --> 00:07:10,260 She's now more uncomfortable talking about me. 176 00:07:10,260 --> 00:07:12,660 All right, now we can finish. 177 00:07:12,660 --> 00:07:13,160 I'm done. 178 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:13,660 Thank you. 179 00:07:13,660 --> 00:07:15,880 OK OK. 180 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,260 Moving on to the regular agenda. 181 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:21,420 Item one consideration and action pertaining 182 00:07:21,420 --> 00:07:26,300 to the June 11, 2026 library Advisory Commission meetings 183 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:27,820 is a meeting minutes. 184 00:07:27,820 --> 00:07:30,820 Is there a motion to approve the meeting minutes. 185 00:07:30,820 --> 00:07:35,020 I motion to approve the June 11, 2026 library Advisory Commission 186 00:07:35,020 --> 00:07:38,900 meeting minutes I second. 187 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:41,700 It's been moved and seconded. 188 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:43,660 All those in favor say Aye. 189 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:45,920 Aye all those opposed. 190 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,750 Nay the motion carries. 191 00:07:48,750 --> 00:07:51,010 The minutes are approved. 192 00:07:51,010 --> 00:07:52,030 Item number two. 193 00:07:52,030 --> 00:07:55,130 Discussion and action pertaining to the selection of the library 194 00:07:55,130 --> 00:07:56,470 Advisory Commission. 195 00:07:56,470 --> 00:08:01,570 Chair discussion is open Yep And you have your voting slips. 196 00:08:01,570 --> 00:08:03,770 You have to put your name and who you 197 00:08:03,770 --> 00:08:05,590 nominate after your discussion. 198 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:07,610 Just so I've got a few rounds for when 199 00:08:07,610 --> 00:08:08,830 we do chair and co-chair. 200 00:08:08,830 --> 00:08:13,730 201 00:08:13,730 --> 00:08:16,610 Discuss first. 202 00:08:16,610 --> 00:08:19,490 Yeah I was just letting him know that the thoughts, opinions you 203 00:08:19,490 --> 00:08:21,830 just nominate and then you vote. 204 00:08:21,830 --> 00:08:23,830 First you nominate, then you use those to vote. 205 00:08:23,830 --> 00:08:26,010 OK, but I wasn't supposed to call for a vote 206 00:08:26,010 --> 00:08:27,810 to start the discussion. 207 00:08:27,810 --> 00:08:29,130 I'm really bad. 208 00:08:29,130 --> 00:08:29,630 No, no. 209 00:08:29,630 --> 00:08:30,410 You're fine. 210 00:08:30,410 --> 00:08:31,630 You're fine if you like. 211 00:08:31,630 --> 00:08:32,990 I've been gone for six months. 212 00:08:32,990 --> 00:08:35,610 It was only like one month off. 213 00:08:35,610 --> 00:08:39,130 Well, I would like to nominate Mark, a previous award winner 214 00:08:39,130 --> 00:08:39,710 to. 215 00:08:39,710 --> 00:08:42,490 216 00:08:42,490 --> 00:08:44,370 Thank you for a chair. 217 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:44,870 For chair. 218 00:08:44,870 --> 00:08:46,430 Yeah, that's the one we're on. 219 00:08:46,430 --> 00:08:48,500 Yes Yes sorry. 220 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:55,320 221 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:55,820 I'm sorry. 222 00:08:55,820 --> 00:08:57,140 You're writing this down first or what. 223 00:08:57,140 --> 00:08:59,280 OK oh, OK. 224 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,700 So is there a second. 225 00:09:00,700 --> 00:09:05,120 Yeah oh, you have to second the nomination. 226 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,480 Yeah, I think so. 227 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,000 We're so good at this, you guys. 228 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,320 It's been a year, to be fair. 229 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:11,840 I think I thought we'd do nominations 230 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,540 and then you vote, and then we read off the votes. 231 00:09:14,540 --> 00:09:16,840 So is there another person who would like 232 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:18,720 to be chair is the question. 233 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,080 Oh, or one. 234 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:21,740 You want to nominate someone else. 235 00:09:21,740 --> 00:09:23,520 I'm going to deflect the nomination to Desiree 236 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,660 and nominate Desiree again to continue. 237 00:09:25,660 --> 00:09:28,020 Oh, because I'm doing so well, at least. 238 00:09:28,020 --> 00:09:31,040 239 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,560 I'd like to nominate Tommy. 240 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:35,660 I got a rumble. 241 00:09:35,660 --> 00:09:39,120 242 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,800 She's in a very good chair. 243 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:41,900 I appreciate that. 244 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,680 245 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,190 Anybody else board chair. 246 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:49,190 OK, now you get to write your name 247 00:09:49,190 --> 00:09:51,870 and the person you vote for. 248 00:09:51,870 --> 00:09:52,930 For just chair. 249 00:09:52,930 --> 00:09:54,870 Yes OK. 250 00:09:54,870 --> 00:09:56,750 You can use this if you have extras. 251 00:09:56,750 --> 00:09:58,730 No, I'm just going to cross it out. 252 00:09:58,730 --> 00:10:01,550 253 00:10:01,550 --> 00:10:07,190 It's also hard to do with the first month back. 254 00:10:07,190 --> 00:10:11,030 I know I do feel sorry for us. 255 00:10:11,030 --> 00:10:11,850 Dang it. 256 00:10:11,850 --> 00:10:13,177 OK, I will take it. 257 00:10:13,177 --> 00:10:14,410 You don't have to read them out loud. 258 00:10:14,410 --> 00:10:15,570 Yes OK. 259 00:10:15,570 --> 00:10:18,190 Tabulate and then tell them who won. 260 00:10:18,190 --> 00:10:20,050 You don't say thank you. 261 00:10:20,050 --> 00:10:26,710 262 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,990 Last one. 263 00:10:29,990 --> 00:10:33,150 Over here. 264 00:10:33,150 --> 00:10:34,510 I'm just going to take this. 265 00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:35,790 Do you know who's there. 266 00:10:35,790 --> 00:10:39,030 Yes OK, good. 267 00:10:39,030 --> 00:10:39,650 All right. 268 00:10:39,650 --> 00:10:40,450 So, do I have to read. 269 00:10:40,450 --> 00:10:41,990 I don't have to read off each one. 270 00:10:41,990 --> 00:10:44,460 I have to put it in the minutes, so I guess we do. 271 00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:47,920 That's like mixing up. 272 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:48,960 So it's a surprise. 273 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,060 274 00:10:52,060 --> 00:10:55,260 Commissioner Gentry votes for Commissioner McCaul. 275 00:10:55,260 --> 00:10:57,340 Commissioner McCaul votes for Commissioner 276 00:10:57,340 --> 00:11:01,980 van loon and Commissioner Thomasina 277 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:03,160 voted for Commissioner. 278 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,000 Thomasina commissioner Mariann voted for Commissioner. 279 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,440 Thomasina I'm writing. 280 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,380 Just reading the names that you're putting on there. 281 00:11:11,380 --> 00:11:12,360 Yes OK. 282 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,740 Commissioner McCarthy voted for Commissioner 283 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:19,000 Tommy and Commissioner Desiree voted for Commissioner Tommy. 284 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,360 So we have a new chair. 285 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,620 286 00:11:23,620 --> 00:11:25,020 All right, so my acceptance. 287 00:11:25,020 --> 00:11:26,900 Yeah it's got to be longer than Kelly. 288 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:27,400 Yeah, yeah. 289 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,840 How long I think it was, like, three minutes, so. 290 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:30,780 OK, I can make it. 291 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:32,360 Do not forget who the inaugural was. 292 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:37,820 OK beautiful. 293 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:41,660 So then we need a motion to accept it. 294 00:11:41,660 --> 00:11:42,910 OK right. 295 00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:45,510 We do that and then we move on to coaching. 296 00:11:45,510 --> 00:11:48,370 Yeah all right, so is there a motion 297 00:11:48,370 --> 00:11:50,970 to approve the new commission. 298 00:11:50,970 --> 00:11:54,050 Commission chair I motion to approve Tomasino 299 00:11:54,050 --> 00:11:55,470 da Capo as commissioner. 300 00:11:55,470 --> 00:12:02,770 Chair for the 2627 library year. 301 00:12:02,770 --> 00:12:04,810 Seconded oh, yeah. 302 00:12:04,810 --> 00:12:08,430 OK, second, it's been moved and seconded. 303 00:12:08,430 --> 00:12:10,290 I'll call for a vote. 304 00:12:10,290 --> 00:12:13,170 All those in favor of Thomas Capo being 305 00:12:13,170 --> 00:12:14,850 the chair of the library Advisory Commission 306 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:19,330 for the 2627 fiscal year. 307 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:20,690 All those in favor say Aye. 308 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:22,310 Aye all those opposed. 309 00:12:22,310 --> 00:12:24,770 Nay the motion carries. 310 00:12:24,770 --> 00:12:26,790 Yay again. 311 00:12:26,790 --> 00:12:29,650 312 00:12:29,650 --> 00:12:34,170 OK, so discussion and action pertaining 313 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:37,250 to the selection of the library Advisory Commission. 314 00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:39,330 Vice Chair or co-chair. 315 00:12:39,330 --> 00:12:40,960 What's the official title. 316 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:41,500 Vice Chair. 317 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:42,760 What does it say. 318 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:43,940 Well, this says co-chair. 319 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:44,760 This says Vice Chair. 320 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,300 Vice Chair. 321 00:12:45,300 --> 00:12:46,480 OK OK. 322 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:46,980 My bad. 323 00:12:46,980 --> 00:12:48,100 Fine Vice Chair. 324 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:48,900 Meetings canceled. 325 00:12:48,900 --> 00:12:54,000 So the discussion is open. 326 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:59,080 So I'd like to nominate Mark McCall. 327 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:00,640 Thank you. 328 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,460 I think he already won that award, so. 329 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:07,320 330 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,480 Well, then I'll throw it back to you and nominate. 331 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,980 Again and we'd be happy to help you. 332 00:13:13,980 --> 00:13:18,120 333 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:18,900 Any more. 334 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,360 335 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,120 No OK. 336 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:24,780 All right. 337 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:30,720 So I guess let's write it on our ballots 338 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:44,790 and then hand them to Ashley where is it still the tile. 339 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:45,370 Yeah it is. 340 00:13:45,370 --> 00:13:48,050 Yeah I tried to hang it up and bought a bunch of studs, 341 00:13:48,050 --> 00:13:48,750 so I didn't. 342 00:13:48,750 --> 00:13:52,090 Oh what do you call it. 343 00:13:52,090 --> 00:13:54,690 The Velcro. 344 00:13:54,690 --> 00:13:56,170 The magic for me. 345 00:13:56,170 --> 00:13:59,630 Oh what do you call the script. 346 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:01,510 That's how I hang it in my office, because it's all 347 00:14:01,510 --> 00:14:03,630 asbestos, so we can't. 348 00:14:03,630 --> 00:14:04,750 So we use the command. 349 00:14:04,750 --> 00:14:05,670 All right. 350 00:14:05,670 --> 00:14:08,130 Justice commissioner van loon votes. 351 00:14:08,130 --> 00:14:10,270 Commissioner McCaul. 352 00:14:10,270 --> 00:14:13,010 Commissioner Thomasina nominates commissioner. 353 00:14:13,010 --> 00:14:18,090 Desiree commissioner Gentry nominates. 354 00:14:18,090 --> 00:14:19,130 Commissioner McCaul. 355 00:14:19,130 --> 00:14:21,870 356 00:14:21,870 --> 00:14:26,510 Commissioner Mary Ann nominates commissioner McGuirk. 357 00:14:26,510 --> 00:14:28,830 Commissioner McCarthy nominates Commissioner 358 00:14:28,830 --> 00:14:33,510 Mark and Commissioner McCaul nominates commissioner Desiree. 359 00:14:33,510 --> 00:14:35,950 So we do have a majority. 360 00:14:35,950 --> 00:14:40,860 Oh, over time, I had to look up. 361 00:14:40,860 --> 00:14:43,020 So now someone needs to make a motion. 362 00:14:43,020 --> 00:14:46,780 Is there a motion. 363 00:14:46,780 --> 00:14:48,360 Is there a motion to approve. 364 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:51,180 Commissioner McCall, as the Vice Chair of the library Advisory 365 00:14:51,180 --> 00:14:54,140 Commission, I move to select commissioner 366 00:14:54,140 --> 00:14:57,860 McCall as Vice Chair of the library Advisory Commission, 367 00:14:57,860 --> 00:14:59,500 I second. 368 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:00,080 Thank you. 369 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,060 It's been motion and seconded. 370 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:03,680 We'll now call for a vote. 371 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,300 So all those in favor say Aye. 372 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:07,160 Aye all those opposed. 373 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,520 Nay the motion carries. 374 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,060 Congratulations Thank you. 375 00:15:11,060 --> 00:15:13,300 All right. 376 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:19,220 Thank you. 377 00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:20,440 Yeah do we have fun here. 378 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,800 Oh, absolutely. 379 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,220 OK yeah. 380 00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:25,500 Oh, no. 381 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:27,500 Please, no. 382 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:28,160 All right. 383 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:28,760 Item 3. 384 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,380 Discussion and action pertaining. 385 00:15:30,380 --> 00:15:30,880 Oh, sorry. 386 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:31,520 Item 4. 387 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,220 We just did that presentation and discussion 388 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,970 of staff attendance at the American Library Association 389 00:15:35,970 --> 00:15:38,430 2020 sixth annual conference. 390 00:15:38,430 --> 00:15:39,970 I love this stuff. 391 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:42,370 You guys love this stuff. 392 00:15:42,370 --> 00:15:44,950 We love to send people to our conferences. 393 00:15:44,950 --> 00:15:47,570 And of course, every year, our largest one 394 00:15:47,570 --> 00:15:49,010 that we tend to get a lot of staff for 395 00:15:49,010 --> 00:15:51,110 is our American Library Association conference. 396 00:15:51,110 --> 00:15:53,490 This year was in Chicago, and we were luckily 397 00:15:53,490 --> 00:15:55,310 able to send four people. 398 00:15:55,310 --> 00:15:57,330 So you have to listen to four different staff talk about how 399 00:15:57,330 --> 00:15:59,650 wonderful we are and how wonderful the conference is 400 00:15:59,650 --> 00:16:01,410 and all of that. 401 00:16:01,410 --> 00:16:04,690 And they're not lying at all, but we will have them go through 402 00:16:04,690 --> 00:16:07,450 and I pass it over to Bambi to get us started. 403 00:16:07,450 --> 00:16:12,530 Yes so this was my first time attending the American Library 404 00:16:12,530 --> 00:16:14,210 Association conference. 405 00:16:14,210 --> 00:16:16,690 Not my first time in Chicago, but it was my first time 406 00:16:16,690 --> 00:16:19,590 as a tourist in Chicago. 407 00:16:19,590 --> 00:16:20,870 So I fell in love with it. 408 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:22,590 So the conference was amazing. 409 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:26,130 It was from June 25 to June 29. 410 00:16:26,130 --> 00:16:27,870 Oh, hang on, back up. 411 00:16:27,870 --> 00:16:29,650 OK, here. 412 00:16:29,650 --> 00:16:31,190 Here are all the attendees. 413 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:34,520 So I'm with Megan one of the days, and then Rachael and Emily 414 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:35,940 and I got to fly together. 415 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:38,920 So we were at the airport bright and early. 416 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,680 So that's how the session started. 417 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,760 When we got there, Megan and I both 418 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,780 attended a new member orientation, 419 00:16:47,780 --> 00:16:48,940 so that was kind of cool. 420 00:16:48,940 --> 00:16:50,840 They gave us the whole layout of what 421 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,780 to expect, how to get in on round tables, 422 00:16:54,780 --> 00:17:00,000 how to join other committees at the ALA. 423 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,600 It was just kind of an all in all 424 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,599 informative, all encompassing. 425 00:17:04,599 --> 00:17:07,700 Some of the other conferences I went to or not conferences, 426 00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:09,740 seminars leading from the middle, 427 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:12,300 building consensus from influence, not authority. 428 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:14,560 So that one was really cool. 429 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,579 It really spoke to me as a middle manager, 430 00:17:17,579 --> 00:17:19,579 talked the whole room was nothing, 431 00:17:19,579 --> 00:17:24,280 but middle managers spoke a lot about having 432 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,860 to be able to sell things to the people that you're leading, 433 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:31,880 but then also be able to communicate 434 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,370 and share that knowledge up or down, 435 00:17:34,370 --> 00:17:35,970 depending on which way it's going. 436 00:17:35,970 --> 00:17:38,910 And so it was kind of nice to be around a bunch of people that 437 00:17:38,910 --> 00:17:42,110 could relate and share stories. 438 00:17:42,110 --> 00:17:48,150 They talked about being a glue helping motivate the staff when 439 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:51,030 you have new things come down that maybe seem 440 00:17:51,030 --> 00:17:53,890 a little daunting, but still trying to sell it to them, 441 00:17:53,890 --> 00:17:56,430 that it's going to be great. 442 00:17:56,430 --> 00:17:59,670 It also talked about being able to adjust and interpret 443 00:17:59,670 --> 00:18:01,290 what needs to be said. 444 00:18:01,290 --> 00:18:05,010 So maybe something's being told to you from senior management, 445 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:08,070 but you need to be able to interpret that to your staff. 446 00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:09,370 So it gave a lot of tools. 447 00:18:09,370 --> 00:18:13,330 It was a pretty lengthy slide show that we were a part of. 448 00:18:13,330 --> 00:18:16,190 And it was a lot of discussion, so that was a lot of fun. 449 00:18:16,190 --> 00:18:18,110 Another one I attended was called Becoming 450 00:18:18,110 --> 00:18:19,770 a library triple threat. 451 00:18:19,770 --> 00:18:22,370 How improv helped you become a better librarian, 452 00:18:22,370 --> 00:18:23,570 teammate, and leader. 453 00:18:23,570 --> 00:18:25,630 Rachel and I were in that one together, 454 00:18:25,630 --> 00:18:28,990 and this one was so much fun that we just did it at our staff 455 00:18:28,990 --> 00:18:31,260 meeting this last week. 456 00:18:31,260 --> 00:18:33,420 So talked about how improv can really 457 00:18:33,420 --> 00:18:39,480 help teams be better listeners, be better storytellers, 458 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,780 be able to team build. 459 00:18:42,780 --> 00:18:45,660 One of the exercises we did was you went around the room 460 00:18:45,660 --> 00:18:49,020 and each person just had was able to say one sentence 461 00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:51,440 to create an entire story. 462 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,180 And so it allowed you to show your ideas how those can work 463 00:18:56,180 --> 00:18:58,060 together to create something really 464 00:18:58,060 --> 00:19:00,600 cool, strengthen the teamwork. 465 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,380 It sparked creativity. 466 00:19:02,380 --> 00:19:04,840 It helped just in general. 467 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:05,640 It was a lot of fun. 468 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,140 We had a lot of fun doing it at ALA 469 00:19:07,140 --> 00:19:09,460 and then we had even more fun, I think, doing it with our staff 470 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:13,880 because we were talking about library specific stuff. 471 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:17,740 And so it turned out to be a real fun activity. 472 00:19:17,740 --> 00:19:20,480 Another one I went to this one I kind of stumbled upon. 473 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,940 It was called Breaking barriers a librarians story 474 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:24,580 of changing times. 475 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:25,600 So I was using the app. 476 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,040 It was my first time using the app. 477 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,820 I didn't really know what to expect when I 478 00:19:30,820 --> 00:19:33,160 tell you this place was so big. 479 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,520 Or what was the name of the convention center. 480 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,600 McCormick Place. 481 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:41,020 It's over 1,000,000ft So imagine and they 482 00:19:41,020 --> 00:19:42,400 don't really give you a map. 483 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,620 You just pick out what you want to go to. 484 00:19:44,620 --> 00:19:48,220 So you're just walking for miles, what felt like miles 485 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,560 and miles to get to these. 486 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:51,427 So this one I was like, this sounds cool. 487 00:19:51,427 --> 00:19:52,160 It's right next to me. 488 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,820 I don't want to walk any further. 489 00:19:54,820 --> 00:19:56,960 And it ended up being one of my favorites. 490 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,860 It actually was for retirees from ALA that had 491 00:20:00,860 --> 00:20:02,840 been on previous round tables. 492 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,020 And so while I wasn't a retiree, I 493 00:20:06,020 --> 00:20:07,300 think there's something to be said 494 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:11,120 about hearing from the people that have come before you. 495 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:14,520 And so the guy that was talking there, 496 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:20,180 he was the executive director of ALA from 1972 to 1985, 497 00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:21,760 and he worked with Nixon. 498 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,420 He worked with Barbara Bush. 499 00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:25,740 He, like, was one of the leading people 500 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:32,050 to start like to make sure literacy services basically 501 00:20:32,050 --> 00:20:34,910 adult literacy campaigns. 502 00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:36,150 We're starting with Barbara Bush. 503 00:20:36,150 --> 00:20:37,550 I mean, this guy was phenomenal. 504 00:20:37,550 --> 00:20:41,470 So I couldn't have lucked out on stumbling into a better one. 505 00:20:41,470 --> 00:20:43,630 Like when I say it was my favorite, it really was. 506 00:20:43,630 --> 00:20:46,630 They invited me to their retiree roundtable that night. 507 00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:48,030 I mean, it was just a lot of fun. 508 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:52,210 But one of the things that he spoke to that during that 509 00:20:52,210 --> 00:20:54,430 was about food insecurity. 510 00:20:54,430 --> 00:20:58,890 And he talked about how food insecurity and illness, how they 511 00:20:58,890 --> 00:21:00,850 correlate with low literacy. 512 00:21:00,850 --> 00:21:03,730 And so it's like he was saying that it's libraries, jobs 513 00:21:03,730 --> 00:21:07,110 to focus on, not just the literacy part, 514 00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:12,770 but we need to be collaborating with agencies to help with food 515 00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:14,850 insecurities and things like that because they 516 00:21:14,850 --> 00:21:16,890 all go hand in hand. 517 00:21:16,890 --> 00:21:18,350 And so that was really interesting. 518 00:21:18,350 --> 00:21:20,010 He was like saying, we need more programs 519 00:21:20,010 --> 00:21:21,550 to work with adults as well. 520 00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:22,310 On low literacy. 521 00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:24,530 I think we focus a lot on the early literacy 522 00:21:24,530 --> 00:21:27,100 and we're constantly pushing early literacy, 523 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:31,440 but we forget that not everybody was educated the same way 524 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,420 or came from the same socioeconomic background. 525 00:21:34,420 --> 00:21:38,120 And so he was just really saying, since he's 526 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:39,880 been in like that's been his mission 527 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:45,360 is to try and correlate the get more and more together 528 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:47,440 about the early literacy, the adult 529 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,140 literacy, the correlation between food insecurity. 530 00:21:50,140 --> 00:21:53,440 So it was really cool. 531 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,960 I went to a lot more, but those were the main ones 532 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,180 that I want to talk about. 533 00:21:57,180 --> 00:21:59,840 But the more fun things that I got to do 534 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,220 is I heard someone even say they looked. 535 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:05,940 I got to go to the Obama Presidential Center Library, 536 00:22:05,940 --> 00:22:08,980 and one of the ladies I was with knew the manager there. 537 00:22:08,980 --> 00:22:11,140 So I got the whole tour. 538 00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:14,000 I got to go into the staff area. 539 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,560 We got all the ins and outs of how 540 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,500 the Obamas selected the specific books in the library. 541 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:24,000 And it was just it was super, super cool. 542 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,810 Not only did they take how we have our seed library, 543 00:22:26,810 --> 00:22:28,370 they took it to a whole other level. 544 00:22:28,370 --> 00:22:31,590 They have a whole garden outside, a vegetable garden 545 00:22:31,590 --> 00:22:34,230 that people can actually pick the vegetables 546 00:22:34,230 --> 00:22:36,010 from and take them home. 547 00:22:36,010 --> 00:22:38,810 So it wasn't just inside the museum. 548 00:22:38,810 --> 00:22:41,130 It wasn't just that it was all outside. 549 00:22:41,130 --> 00:22:44,610 There was just so much to walk around, so much to see. 550 00:22:44,610 --> 00:22:48,650 I didn't get to go in the actual main. 551 00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:52,470 Let me show you here on this photo, that big brick 552 00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:53,830 thing in the middle that I'm standing 553 00:22:53,830 --> 00:22:56,490 in front of the second photo from the left. 554 00:22:56,490 --> 00:22:57,970 I didn't get to go inside there. 555 00:22:57,970 --> 00:22:59,970 That one wasn't open yet to the public, 556 00:22:59,970 --> 00:23:02,870 but we got to go into the actual museum part, which 557 00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:06,410 is I don't think I took any pictures of that on here, 558 00:23:06,410 --> 00:23:10,050 but the one to the right of that is inside the library, 559 00:23:10,050 --> 00:23:12,330 and the one to the left is inside the library. 560 00:23:12,330 --> 00:23:14,250 So really cool. 561 00:23:14,250 --> 00:23:19,470 They had a lot of program rooms that the library hopefully 562 00:23:19,470 --> 00:23:20,570 will be able to utilize. 563 00:23:20,570 --> 00:23:22,850 Because the library itself was pretty small. 564 00:23:22,850 --> 00:23:26,620 All, they meant it to be more of like a living room style 565 00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:29,820 that you can see, a lot of the wood, the ladders. 566 00:23:29,820 --> 00:23:31,600 It was just very quaint. 567 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,320 They do their storytime right at a couch and a rug, 568 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,220 right in what looks like a living room. 569 00:23:37,220 --> 00:23:40,860 So it was just very intimate. 570 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:44,060 They had these really cool sound barrier things 571 00:23:44,060 --> 00:23:45,240 all throughout the ceiling. 572 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,360 So while there was like 200 people inside this library, 573 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:50,200 it was almost like silent in there, 574 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:51,200 but everybody was talking. 575 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,240 It was like the weirdest, weirdest thing, 576 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,160 because whatever these sound, things were all on the ceiling. 577 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,120 It just eliminated that sound, but super cool. 578 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:02,780 That was probably one of my favorite things. 579 00:24:02,780 --> 00:24:06,340 Another thing, it was the 150th celebration for ala. 580 00:24:06,340 --> 00:24:09,000 We were there, I didn't even yeah, yes, 581 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,540 I can't say that word, but so I got 582 00:24:12,540 --> 00:24:18,360 to go to a dinner and a celebration about the 150th. 583 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,100 So that was a lot of fun. 584 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:22,910 Somehow I just kept landing with all these vendors. 585 00:24:22,910 --> 00:24:26,350 I kept getting to go to these vendor dinners and stuff. 586 00:24:26,350 --> 00:24:28,490 And so I got to learn about these launch 587 00:24:28,490 --> 00:24:30,730 pad quests that were hopefully going to be getting 588 00:24:30,730 --> 00:24:32,390 here within our library system. 589 00:24:32,390 --> 00:24:33,830 They just launched with playaway. 590 00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:35,190 It's like one of the coolest things. 591 00:24:35,190 --> 00:24:38,810 They're kind of like a big pad and they have stem games 592 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:42,010 on them and reading games and it's all math and science 593 00:24:42,010 --> 00:24:43,910 and they're super, super cool. 594 00:24:43,910 --> 00:24:46,730 So yeah, look out for those. 595 00:24:46,730 --> 00:24:47,950 What else did I get to do. 596 00:24:47,950 --> 00:24:52,870 I went to oh they'll talk more about the vendor thing. 597 00:24:52,870 --> 00:24:54,470 But it was a little overwhelming. 598 00:24:54,470 --> 00:24:56,810 I mean there were just like thousands. 599 00:24:56,810 --> 00:24:57,310 I'm not. 600 00:24:57,310 --> 00:24:58,710 That's not even an exaggeration. 601 00:24:58,710 --> 00:25:00,690 Thousands of vendors. 602 00:25:00,690 --> 00:25:02,650 I took a picture. 603 00:25:02,650 --> 00:25:05,830 They had American Girl dolls, and they had a big giant box. 604 00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:07,650 And you got to pick your American Girl doll 605 00:25:07,650 --> 00:25:09,610 that you wanted to pose with. 606 00:25:09,610 --> 00:25:11,850 So of course, had to take a photo. 607 00:25:11,850 --> 00:25:14,770 And then when I told you guys, I went kind of as a tourist 608 00:25:14,770 --> 00:25:17,970 this time I took the architecture river tour 609 00:25:17,970 --> 00:25:21,700 and that if you haven't ever done that was really amazing. 610 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:25,700 So while I learned a lot about libraries, 611 00:25:25,700 --> 00:25:29,240 I think the networking and meeting the vendors 612 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,800 and finding out about what other library systems are doing, 613 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:37,800 hearing from past like that one was really cool. 614 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,860 I had a blast. 615 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:42,880 So I'm very appreciative that I got to go 616 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,920 and I thought it was a lot of fun. 617 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:54,440 Yeah OK. 618 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,020 Hi, everyone. 619 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,480 My name is Marissa Gonzalez. 620 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,480 This is my second time going to ALA. 621 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:03,900 I went two years ago as a very last minute substitute. 622 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,780 So this time I was able to bring an extra suitcase. 623 00:26:05,780 --> 00:26:08,040 And it was much more fun because there 624 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,440 are so many vendors at all times just 625 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:12,100 throwing free things at you. 626 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:13,360 So it's very important if you get 627 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:16,080 to go bring an extra suitcase, you'll use it. 628 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,070 OK, so this is my experience. 629 00:26:19,070 --> 00:26:22,670 This is my definitive ranking of all my tote bags at ALA. 630 00:26:22,670 --> 00:26:24,430 I got 14 of them. 631 00:26:24,430 --> 00:26:26,070 Wow, there are a lot. 632 00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:27,030 Just kidding. 633 00:26:27,030 --> 00:26:29,430 We're going to talk about how to best 634 00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:31,710 serve tweens and teens in their mental health 635 00:26:31,710 --> 00:26:32,530 through literature. 636 00:26:32,530 --> 00:26:36,110 I was super invested in this. 637 00:26:36,110 --> 00:26:38,270 Go back to that. 638 00:26:38,270 --> 00:26:40,130 They want to know at least the top one. 639 00:26:40,130 --> 00:26:41,570 Yeah tell us your favorite one. 640 00:26:41,570 --> 00:26:43,210 The librarians start in. 641 00:26:43,210 --> 00:26:44,090 Ignorance is pretty. 642 00:26:44,090 --> 00:26:45,090 That one's a really good one. 643 00:26:45,090 --> 00:26:45,770 I like that. 644 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:48,030 The ACLU one. 645 00:26:48,030 --> 00:26:51,130 That one I got also for my best friend who's a public defender. 646 00:26:51,130 --> 00:26:53,750 So there are two of those. 647 00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:55,990 I think it says boom, the boom comic ones 648 00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:58,230 is really good because it's got the flat bottom like an IKEA 649 00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:58,830 bag. 650 00:26:58,830 --> 00:27:05,870 Yeah So for vibes, it's the ACLU one. 651 00:27:05,870 --> 00:27:09,250 And then the highlights one I think is the cutest. 652 00:27:09,250 --> 00:27:11,910 And then for practicality it's the boom because it's 653 00:27:11,910 --> 00:27:13,290 just it's the biggest one. 654 00:27:13,290 --> 00:27:14,250 It's going to fit the best. 655 00:27:14,250 --> 00:27:16,790 All those other tote bags were actually in the boom tote bag 656 00:27:16,790 --> 00:27:17,480 at one point. 657 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:18,940 Oh, yeah. 658 00:27:18,940 --> 00:27:22,020 What's in the bags. 659 00:27:22,020 --> 00:27:23,220 It's the best. 660 00:27:23,220 --> 00:27:27,100 OK I also got a lunch box from the Library of Congress. 661 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:28,420 There you go. 662 00:27:28,420 --> 00:27:30,140 Thank you. 663 00:27:30,140 --> 00:27:30,780 Library people. 664 00:27:30,780 --> 00:27:31,280 Get it. 665 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:32,820 That's amazing. 666 00:27:32,820 --> 00:27:34,820 OK, so now we're going to talk about serving 667 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:38,900 the mental health needs of teens through literature. 668 00:27:38,900 --> 00:27:42,220 So just a little overview of some terminology. 669 00:27:42,220 --> 00:27:44,940 Adverse childhood experience better known as ACEs 670 00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:48,080 are things traumatic events. 671 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,220 So abuse neglect household challenges 672 00:27:50,220 --> 00:27:54,700 other adversities that are just a myriad of things. 673 00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:59,400 But aces for kids can lead to toxic stress. 674 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,540 So prolonged experience or prolonged exposure 675 00:28:01,540 --> 00:28:04,940 to any of these things can lead to toxic stress, which can then 676 00:28:04,940 --> 00:28:08,040 impact young brains and affect things like attention span, 677 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:09,620 learning, and decision making. 678 00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:13,240 So the antidote to that is pieces, 679 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,810 which is positive childhood events, which include 680 00:28:16,810 --> 00:28:19,590 being in a safe, stable home, a good community, 681 00:28:19,590 --> 00:28:22,530 having trusted adults in their lives like librarians, 682 00:28:22,530 --> 00:28:23,910 and reading. 683 00:28:23,910 --> 00:28:27,570 Reading is actually a good, positive childhood event. 684 00:28:27,570 --> 00:28:30,250 Medically speaking, we had a pediatrician on staff 685 00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:31,310 at this presentation. 686 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,930 It was very cool. 687 00:28:33,930 --> 00:28:35,770 Where do I go from there. 688 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:40,210 Oh, I had a mom a few weeks ago who came up to the front desk 689 00:28:40,210 --> 00:28:41,070 with her little girl. 690 00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:43,530 And she said, I have to read this from the script. 691 00:28:43,530 --> 00:28:45,510 She said, this lady is a librarian. 692 00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:47,890 That means she can help you, not just when you need help 693 00:28:47,890 --> 00:28:50,290 with a scavenger hunt, but if you ever get lost 694 00:28:50,290 --> 00:28:52,770 or need help can come to her. 695 00:28:52,770 --> 00:28:55,410 Oh dang it, I thought I'd made me cry. 696 00:28:55,410 --> 00:28:59,290 I know she is a grown up you can trust. 697 00:28:59,290 --> 00:29:01,810 So having kids in the library is actually 698 00:29:01,810 --> 00:29:04,470 important to their developing mental health, 699 00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:08,610 not just their grips on all of the aspects of early literacy. 700 00:29:08,610 --> 00:29:11,910 So moving on from that to the totes, 701 00:29:11,910 --> 00:29:14,720 we talk about totes for a minute. 702 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:15,760 Circle back. 703 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:18,280 OK, so how can libraries help. 704 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,840 The biggest one is to stock the hard stuff. 705 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,680 All of the panelists on this particular talk 706 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:28,980 were young adult or teen to middle grade, 707 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:32,480 to picture book authors who are all adults 708 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,780 who experienced a lot of adversity in their childhood. 709 00:29:35,780 --> 00:29:38,060 So their number one recommendation. 710 00:29:38,060 --> 00:29:39,500 And this goes for the pediatrician as well, 711 00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:41,240 is to stock the hard stuff. 712 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,200 Books are a free space for kids where they can see that what 713 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,160 they're going through is not completely unique, even 714 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,700 though it is unique to them. 715 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:51,560 It happens in the world, and it's not something 716 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,020 they need to be ashamed of. 717 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:54,400 It's not something they need to bottle 718 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,520 up and push down for the rest of their lives 719 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,360 and turn it into those aces. 720 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,480 And then readers' advisory specifically 721 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,200 for parents with struggling kids is a really 722 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,680 big thing I have resources on. 723 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,360 They had the most comprehensive list of everything seen things 724 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:15,530 from body dysmorphia in toddlers loss of a parent, 725 00:30:15,530 --> 00:30:16,970 grandparent or caretaker. 726 00:30:16,970 --> 00:30:18,490 Just anything you could think of. 727 00:30:18,490 --> 00:30:23,150 They had books for kids, from toddler to tween. 728 00:30:23,150 --> 00:30:24,790 It was awesome. 729 00:30:24,790 --> 00:30:26,590 And then the pediatrician actually 730 00:30:26,590 --> 00:30:31,330 prescribes books to some of her younger patients, 731 00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,590 not patrons patients. 732 00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:35,950 And she always asks the question for kids who don't 733 00:30:35,950 --> 00:30:37,890 really like to read just yet. 734 00:30:37,890 --> 00:30:40,850 She says, if you were going to read a book about you, 735 00:30:40,850 --> 00:30:42,590 what kind of story would it be. 736 00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:45,990 So I think that's a really good piece of advice for anyone who 737 00:30:45,990 --> 00:30:49,210 has a young child come up to them and be like, I want a book, 738 00:30:49,210 --> 00:30:50,870 but I don't know what kind of book. 739 00:30:50,870 --> 00:30:52,410 That's a really good question to ask them, 740 00:30:52,410 --> 00:30:54,230 because it then puts the onus back on them 741 00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:55,730 and they get to reflect a little bit, 742 00:30:55,730 --> 00:30:57,310 and then they end up getting a book that they 743 00:30:57,310 --> 00:30:58,450 can see themselves in. 744 00:30:58,450 --> 00:31:00,670 However that may be. 745 00:31:00,670 --> 00:31:02,630 And then we have to keep being a safe space 746 00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:04,190 for all of our kiddos. 747 00:31:04,190 --> 00:31:06,990 That's really a huge part for the library. 748 00:31:06,990 --> 00:31:10,430 Part of the ACS that I forgot to mention earlier 749 00:31:10,430 --> 00:31:13,030 is that 19% of US teens have consulted 750 00:31:13,030 --> 00:31:15,590 ChatGPT for mental health help. 751 00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:20,470 Yikes 15% to 20% have clinical depression 752 00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:23,650 and 40% report persistent sadness or hopelessness. 753 00:31:23,650 --> 00:31:26,150 And these numbers only increase incrementally 754 00:31:26,150 --> 00:31:28,190 for our queer youth as well. 755 00:31:28,190 --> 00:31:31,190 Specifically for trans and nonbinary. 756 00:31:31,190 --> 00:31:34,210 So safe spaces are an absolute must. 757 00:31:34,210 --> 00:31:37,710 Having universal resources and especially paying attention to 758 00:31:37,710 --> 00:31:42,270 and forming good connections and bonds with our toddler 759 00:31:42,270 --> 00:31:45,670 all the way up to teen and tween when they need the most help 760 00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:48,970 and maybe don't have the tools to reach out for it, 761 00:31:48,970 --> 00:31:52,950 or they don't have someone at home who they can go to. 762 00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:55,710 So those are my biggest takeaways from that really 763 00:31:55,710 --> 00:31:57,510 informative panel. 764 00:31:57,510 --> 00:31:58,210 Thank you so much. 765 00:31:58,210 --> 00:31:59,350 I learned a lot. 766 00:31:59,350 --> 00:32:05,150 Awesome oh. 767 00:32:05,150 --> 00:32:08,190 She just went for the hot dogs and the toaster and the beans. 768 00:32:08,190 --> 00:32:11,820 We risked our lives. 769 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:16,420 I'm not as funny as Rachel, and I'm not as eloquent as Bambi. 770 00:32:16,420 --> 00:32:19,180 But Rachel did. 771 00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:22,820 But Rachel did say something that I want to piggyback off of. 772 00:32:22,820 --> 00:32:26,920 I went to school outside of Chicago, in River Forest. 773 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:34,660 That's where I got my m.l.s. degree 20 years ago this year. 774 00:32:34,660 --> 00:32:36,200 I became a librarian. 775 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,440 I started working in libraries in 2007, and when my mom died, 776 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,380 I moved to California to start my first full time 777 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:45,060 library job there. 778 00:32:45,060 --> 00:32:52,060 So I've been working in libraries for 20 years. 779 00:32:52,060 --> 00:32:55,140 So I knew Chicago pretty well. 780 00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:59,000 So I stepped close to the conference center. 781 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,920 And I had some and it was my first one. 782 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:06,420 It was my first time going and it was really overwhelming, 783 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:11,210 but I've found some great takeaways. 784 00:33:11,210 --> 00:33:15,090 These are just a list of the things that came to my mind 785 00:33:15,090 --> 00:33:19,570 when I was trying to put things together about the conference. 786 00:33:19,570 --> 00:33:21,670 It was kind of like a mind clap. 787 00:33:21,670 --> 00:33:26,170 It was like one of those cloud word cloud things. 788 00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:33,170 Very kind of disorganized, but I was trying to put it together. 789 00:33:33,170 --> 00:33:35,910 Rachel said something about stocking the hard stuff. 790 00:33:35,910 --> 00:33:37,470 I work in collections. 791 00:33:37,470 --> 00:33:38,590 I work in collections. 792 00:33:38,590 --> 00:33:42,350 I buy the team material here, the Spanish collection, 793 00:33:42,350 --> 00:33:45,770 I work, I buy the digital overdrive. 794 00:33:45,770 --> 00:33:47,410 And so I went. 795 00:33:47,410 --> 00:33:50,310 I took away from the collection development. 796 00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:56,870 I went to one on eradicating white supremacy in libraries, 797 00:33:56,870 --> 00:34:01,250 and it talked about being intentional with your selection, 798 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:04,350 don't buy for just one demographic. 799 00:34:04,350 --> 00:34:07,160 You have to buy for everybody because when you serve 800 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,320 everybody, and when somebody comes into the library 801 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:16,600 and they want something that they can see themselves into 802 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,540 and it I've seen it. 803 00:34:18,540 --> 00:34:24,239 When I hand a book to somebody who really who was looking 804 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,280 for it, or I recommended a book and their face lights 805 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,960 up because they know you took the time 806 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,920 to learn who they are as a person 807 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,800 and find a book that reflected their life experience. 808 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,219 There's so many different lived experiences in this world. 809 00:34:40,219 --> 00:34:42,900 It's hard to buy books for everyone, 810 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:45,920 but the least we can do is try. 811 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,800 So as collection development. 812 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,639 I've worked as a branch manager, I've 813 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:54,080 worked as head of collections, I've 814 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,860 worked as a circulation clerk. 815 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:57,860 I've done so many different positions, 816 00:34:57,860 --> 00:35:01,280 and I have spoken to so many different kinds of people. 817 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:06,610 This was just a reminder to me that I serve everybody, 818 00:35:06,610 --> 00:35:09,190 I serve all these people, and so they all deserve 819 00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:11,410 something to see themselves in. 820 00:35:11,410 --> 00:35:15,190 So ensure access to diverse stories, 821 00:35:15,190 --> 00:35:19,390 because in a time where people are trying to take away some 822 00:35:19,390 --> 00:35:21,630 of those stories, it's really important 823 00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:24,950 that libraries continue to be the safe space 824 00:35:24,950 --> 00:35:29,470 for holding all those stories. 825 00:35:29,470 --> 00:35:31,430 And they shouldn't just have stories 826 00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:34,670 that reflect their experience, but they should have stories 827 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:38,630 that make them feel welcomed and affirmed because they don't 828 00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:41,430 always get that in schools. 829 00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:44,310 Or like growing up with other kids, they get bullied. 830 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:45,830 I got bullied as a kid because I wore 831 00:35:45,830 --> 00:35:48,250 glasses, got weird nicknames. 832 00:35:48,250 --> 00:35:55,430 And so libraries are someplace they come to be safe. 833 00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:57,950 The other thing I learned a lot about 834 00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:00,750 was how to advocate for libraries. 835 00:36:00,750 --> 00:36:04,260 The data alone doesn't tell the story. 836 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:08,620 Libraries have been suffering a lot of funding cuts. 837 00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:12,580 So when you advocate they reminded me when you advocate 838 00:36:12,580 --> 00:36:17,540 for library use, the data that is amazing to tell a story 839 00:36:17,540 --> 00:36:21,140 because people hear numbers and they're like, 840 00:36:21,140 --> 00:36:23,620 OK, yeah, that sounds good, but what 841 00:36:23,620 --> 00:36:26,800 does that mean as an impact. 842 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:33,300 And that's when you bring in the story of a homeless person 843 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,480 coming in to find something at the library, 844 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,100 and the library gave him a water bottle or something 845 00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:45,100 to make him feel comfortable, or you want to pair those numbers 846 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:49,620 with faces of people to make it, because that 847 00:36:49,620 --> 00:36:53,400 is how you are going to advocate for your library. 848 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:59,560 And we all have a part to do play in that. 849 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:00,520 Every one of us. 850 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,410 And they were like every one of you 851 00:37:02,410 --> 00:37:05,170 can be an advocate from your library, 852 00:37:05,170 --> 00:37:07,250 and it doesn't matter where you are 853 00:37:07,250 --> 00:37:09,770 or who you're talking to could be talking to the person 854 00:37:09,770 --> 00:37:10,830 doing your teeth. 855 00:37:10,830 --> 00:37:12,670 You can advocate for your library. 856 00:37:12,670 --> 00:37:16,190 There have advocated to the library at my doctor's office, 857 00:37:16,190 --> 00:37:18,790 I'm like, have you seen the latest stuff that we got today. 858 00:37:18,790 --> 00:37:19,750 Oh, you like that. 859 00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:22,570 Oh, you should come to the library. 860 00:37:22,570 --> 00:37:27,450 People probably want me to shut up, but I keep doing it anyway. 861 00:37:27,450 --> 00:37:32,970 Preach the Gospel of library and Doctor. 862 00:37:32,970 --> 00:37:36,250 The keynote, KEYNOTE speakers. 863 00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:39,250 The speakers I really related to was 864 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:43,530 where LeVar Burton and Doctor Biden because guys 865 00:37:43,530 --> 00:37:45,010 have to see Doctor Biden. 866 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:46,550 Doctor what does that not come up. 867 00:37:46,550 --> 00:37:49,290 When you were talking, Doctor and Rachel Maddow said 868 00:37:49,290 --> 00:37:50,430 she had a crush on all of us. 869 00:37:50,430 --> 00:37:55,230 Yeah Doctor Biden, can we go next time. 870 00:37:55,230 --> 00:37:56,070 I'll pay for my way. 871 00:37:56,070 --> 00:37:56,910 No, literally. 872 00:37:56,910 --> 00:38:00,060 I know commissioners are encouraged to go to. 873 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:04,840 874 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,840 New Orleans to sit up in the front row. 875 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,960 The front row right by the stage. 876 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,280 And I took a bunch of pictures and I 877 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,560 should have put one in there. 878 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:17,440 But she had such a mom feel and she was just 879 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,280 like I say to my students all the time 880 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,440 that we have to commit ourselves to acts of kindness, 881 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:28,100 that we have to be the ones to keep the positivity going. 882 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:30,520 In a world where there's too much 883 00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:35,320 anger, too much hostility, too much impatience with each other. 884 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:35,940 She's like. 885 00:38:35,940 --> 00:38:37,920 She went on about how much she loved 886 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,900 libraries, how they were all welcoming and inclusive places. 887 00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:44,320 And she's like, keep doing that. 888 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,440 I love libraries and I love you. 889 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:52,600 And then LeVar Burton kind of bookend 890 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:58,990 with LeVar Burton and these thousands of librarians reading 891 00:38:58,990 --> 00:39:01,410 and he was. 892 00:39:01,410 --> 00:39:05,070 He talked about what are the odds like. 893 00:39:05,070 --> 00:39:07,530 Yeah, it was just favorite shows. 894 00:39:07,530 --> 00:39:08,950 Oh my God. 895 00:39:08,950 --> 00:39:10,210 He talked about that. 896 00:39:10,210 --> 00:39:15,790 He talked about Reading Rainbow how it was like playing roots. 897 00:39:15,790 --> 00:39:18,390 How playing Geordi La Forge, how he gave 898 00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:20,350 his input on his characters. 899 00:39:20,350 --> 00:39:25,750 And they said, we have to keep pushing the positivity 900 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:27,290 and bringing light. 901 00:39:27,290 --> 00:39:29,090 People love to read. 902 00:39:29,090 --> 00:39:34,110 He just loves Reading Rainbow and he loves that he's reading. 903 00:39:34,110 --> 00:39:36,090 That's what we all love. 904 00:39:36,090 --> 00:39:39,150 And then he finished, finished up with all of us 905 00:39:39,150 --> 00:39:40,670 singing Reading Rainbow. 906 00:39:40,670 --> 00:39:42,830 And that's fine. 907 00:39:42,830 --> 00:39:44,630 That's awesome. 908 00:39:44,630 --> 00:39:49,470 That was basically that was basically. 909 00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:51,470 That was the most fun. 910 00:39:51,470 --> 00:39:52,050 That was my. 911 00:39:52,050 --> 00:39:53,850 No, literally it was amazing. 912 00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:54,990 And the vendors. 913 00:39:54,990 --> 00:39:55,850 So many things. 914 00:39:55,850 --> 00:39:57,720 So many ideas for Library of things. 915 00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:01,020 So many ideas for more books. 916 00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:03,860 Yeah so take it away, EO. 917 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:07,500 How am I supposed to. 918 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:11,300 Like oh my goodness, you guys were so good. 919 00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:12,400 You got this. 920 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:13,240 Thank you. 921 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:15,640 OK, so my name is Emily. 922 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,940 We have two Emily's that work in our system 923 00:40:17,940 --> 00:40:22,200 currently, so they call me EO is my last name. 924 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,140 925 00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:27,260 Thank you for clarifying. 926 00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:30,720 But this was my second time going to ALA annual. 927 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:33,500 My first time was with Rachel. 928 00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:35,700 They can't send us without each other. 929 00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:37,220 We're a bonded. 930 00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:41,000 Yes we just learned so much together. 931 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,900 932 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:46,200 But it was my first time in Chicago. 933 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,980 I've been all over the Midwest, but I had never been to Chicago. 934 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:53,700 I absolutely fell in love with it there. 935 00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:58,170 Want to go back already, but it was such a cool experience. 936 00:40:58,170 --> 00:41:00,490 So up on the screen or in your little 937 00:41:00,490 --> 00:41:05,770 packets are a list of the panels I was able to attend. 938 00:41:05,770 --> 00:41:10,890 I think the ones that really resonated the most with me was 939 00:41:10,890 --> 00:41:14,010 the pre preschool because we're always talking 940 00:41:14,010 --> 00:41:16,250 about pre kindergarten and at first that's 941 00:41:16,250 --> 00:41:17,470 what I thought the panel was. 942 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:24,810 And I'm like wait we said pre twice like but it was all they 943 00:41:24,810 --> 00:41:26,910 gave so many good resources. 944 00:41:26,910 --> 00:41:32,010 It was a Wisconsin library that got to partner with PBS. 945 00:41:32,010 --> 00:41:35,490 And they have so many good resources 946 00:41:35,490 --> 00:41:39,090 for social and emotional learning for toddlers 947 00:41:39,090 --> 00:41:40,830 before they go off to preschool. 948 00:41:40,830 --> 00:41:44,070 Because the issue that they were having is like, 949 00:41:44,070 --> 00:41:46,010 that's the first time the kid has 950 00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:48,050 been apart from their adults. 951 00:41:48,050 --> 00:41:51,130 And that's the thing I didn't even think of with my toddlers 952 00:41:51,130 --> 00:41:51,950 and my toddlers. 953 00:41:51,950 --> 00:41:55,200 Storytime and just how to build those really 954 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,820 secure attachments with adults. 955 00:41:57,820 --> 00:42:02,720 So they're not like they don't have that anxious attachment 956 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:06,440 style, but just finding out appropriate ways 957 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,240 to build those safe and secure attachments. 958 00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:14,520 And that's just kind of eases them into preschool. 959 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:20,600 The other panels that really resonated with me on the book 960 00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:25,280 stage, they'll have different publishers come up 961 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:26,880 and talk about different books that they're 962 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,680 having or different topics. 963 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:34,480 And I went to one that talked about youth literature 964 00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,800 and embracing deaf culture. 965 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:46,660 So going off on what Megan said, just our responsibility, 966 00:42:46,660 --> 00:42:50,360 we have as a library staff to make sure everybody 967 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,430 feels seen, but also the responsibility that we 968 00:42:54,430 --> 00:42:57,130 are being true to those voices. 969 00:42:57,130 --> 00:43:00,210 And we're not speaking for those voices. 970 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:03,270 We're amplifying those voices, which we can do 971 00:43:03,270 --> 00:43:04,930 through literature, of course. 972 00:43:04,930 --> 00:43:08,590 But this panel was very interesting 973 00:43:08,590 --> 00:43:14,630 because there is such a large disconnect between people who 974 00:43:14,630 --> 00:43:18,230 are hearing and how they understand 975 00:43:18,230 --> 00:43:21,110 deaf language and deaf culture, because it's 976 00:43:21,110 --> 00:43:23,890 so much more than a language. 977 00:43:23,890 --> 00:43:28,390 It's a culture and just understanding 978 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:32,950 how to be respectful when you're learning from deaf people, how 979 00:43:32,950 --> 00:43:40,110 you want to learn from deaf teachers, and just 980 00:43:40,110 --> 00:43:45,070 the conscious and unconscious bias of audism, 981 00:43:45,070 --> 00:43:48,930 because there's so many times where hearing people think that, 982 00:43:48,930 --> 00:43:52,830 oh, we need to fix this problem, but so many people 983 00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:55,210 in the deaf community don't see it as a problem. 984 00:43:55,210 --> 00:43:58,830 That's their communication. 985 00:43:58,830 --> 00:44:05,990 So yes, just always trying to put ourselves to understand 986 00:44:05,990 --> 00:44:07,870 different cultures. 987 00:44:07,870 --> 00:44:13,910 One of the panels I went to in my first ALA annual 988 00:44:13,910 --> 00:44:18,290 was about Arab American voices in libraries, 989 00:44:18,290 --> 00:44:21,230 and just how much there is a disconnect 990 00:44:21,230 --> 00:44:27,750 between our education system and understanding geography. 991 00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:30,957 And you get what I know. 992 00:44:30,957 --> 00:44:32,990 Yeah, I literally just woke up the other day with my friends. 993 00:44:32,990 --> 00:44:34,410 It's not really taught anymore. 994 00:44:34,410 --> 00:44:37,870 Even when I was in school, like, geography is not a thing. 995 00:44:37,870 --> 00:44:39,910 And just like I'm very bad at trivia night 996 00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:43,970 and literally when it lands on geography. 997 00:44:43,970 --> 00:44:45,410 Yeah good night. 998 00:44:45,410 --> 00:44:47,510 No right. 999 00:44:47,510 --> 00:44:50,140 But awesome. 1000 00:44:50,140 --> 00:44:53,260 But just like and even just getting 1001 00:44:53,260 --> 00:44:56,620 confused with ethnicity and religion 1002 00:44:56,620 --> 00:44:59,700 and just those stereotypes. 1003 00:44:59,700 --> 00:45:03,860 And so we bear a lot of that responsibility to make sure 1004 00:45:03,860 --> 00:45:07,900 we're spreading the accurate information 1005 00:45:07,900 --> 00:45:09,820 and always staying up to date. 1006 00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:11,700 We're lifelong learners. 1007 00:45:11,700 --> 00:45:16,300 Always trying our best to keep up with what's going on matching 1008 00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:17,980 the community needs. 1009 00:45:17,980 --> 00:45:20,820 The other really interesting panel I went to 1010 00:45:20,820 --> 00:45:23,060 was crush climate anxiety. 1011 00:45:23,060 --> 00:45:26,800 So this is definitely something. 1012 00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:31,420 The newer generations are learning more and more about. 1013 00:45:31,420 --> 00:45:33,600 And they just gave ways to. 1014 00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:36,780 1015 00:45:36,780 --> 00:45:42,980 Acknowledge how the children how a lot of these kids are feeling 1016 00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:49,090 and how although it's like this huge problem and it 1017 00:45:49,090 --> 00:45:53,130 may make the kid feel very, very small. 1018 00:45:53,130 --> 00:45:56,410 There are ways that we can take other 1019 00:45:56,410 --> 00:45:59,210 and try and come back to that. 1020 00:45:59,210 --> 00:46:05,630 But yeah, that one was what's the word. 1021 00:46:05,630 --> 00:46:07,370 Like sad. 1022 00:46:07,370 --> 00:46:08,550 Yeah happy. 1023 00:46:08,550 --> 00:46:15,990 Sad like just so overwhelming and existential because I mean, 1024 00:46:15,990 --> 00:46:17,710 that's what libraries are always going to be. 1025 00:46:17,710 --> 00:46:20,410 We're always going to have to be reflecting on what 1026 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:22,450 the new generations need. 1027 00:46:22,450 --> 00:46:24,970 And so it's very important. 1028 00:46:24,970 --> 00:46:27,870 But it also is very harmful. 1029 00:46:27,870 --> 00:46:28,790 It's just sad. 1030 00:46:28,790 --> 00:46:37,370 But I think that this being the 150 years of ALA, 1031 00:46:37,370 --> 00:46:45,080 that they did a really nice job of reflecting and connecting 1032 00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:51,500 librarians on us, our core bill of rights as librarians, 1033 00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:56,240 but also us reflecting and re-examining 1034 00:46:56,240 --> 00:47:01,660 those to see how those Bill of Rights continue today. 1035 00:47:01,660 --> 00:47:04,400 1036 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,700 And then there are the main stage speakers. 1037 00:47:06,700 --> 00:47:10,920 I saw one of my favorite authors, Min Jin Lee. 1038 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:14,480 Yes, I was sobbing. 1039 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:22,960 Yes And I was actually able to get her newest book 1040 00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,440 that's coming out on NetGalley. 1041 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:26,420 Oh yes. 1042 00:47:26,420 --> 00:47:29,960 You guys should probably be able to sign up for NetGalley. 1043 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:35,000 Yes a way to get electronic advance reader copies if you 1044 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:36,800 haven't heard of it before. 1045 00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,900 Yes and so they were talking about her book. 1046 00:47:39,900 --> 00:47:44,150 And I was like, wow, I know what they're talking about. 1047 00:47:44,150 --> 00:47:47,110 You haven't read it yet, but yes. 1048 00:47:47,110 --> 00:47:48,250 Yes it was. 1049 00:47:48,250 --> 00:47:50,190 Yes it's such a good book. 1050 00:47:50,190 --> 00:47:53,990 And she was just such a great speaker 1051 00:47:53,990 --> 00:47:56,290 and I'm a very emotional person. 1052 00:47:56,290 --> 00:48:01,130 So I was just like everything, what Rachel was saying earlier, 1053 00:48:01,130 --> 00:48:03,650 I was like, oh my God, I can't read that without crying. 1054 00:48:03,650 --> 00:48:06,550 And that happened months ago. 1055 00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:11,850 But yes. 1056 00:48:11,850 --> 00:48:14,930 Oh, George and Johnson, that was a great speaker too. 1057 00:48:14,930 --> 00:48:16,630 I didn't even realize that they're 1058 00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:20,150 having another book come out. 1059 00:48:20,150 --> 00:48:23,690 Just a lot about book bans. 1060 00:48:23,690 --> 00:48:27,590 There was also talk about what one of the panels 1061 00:48:27,590 --> 00:48:30,510 talked about soft and quiet book bans. 1062 00:48:30,510 --> 00:48:34,470 So not like sometimes you'll see it in the news 1063 00:48:34,470 --> 00:48:38,330 like, oh, this school library is taking out this book. 1064 00:48:38,330 --> 00:48:41,470 But then a lot of the times, it's just kind of 1065 00:48:41,470 --> 00:48:44,940 pushed under the rug. 1066 00:48:44,940 --> 00:48:47,040 Sure that's all I need to say about that. 1067 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,340 We all know what's going on with that. 1068 00:48:50,340 --> 00:48:54,340 Yeah, I just saw something about how. 1069 00:48:54,340 --> 00:49:00,220 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's not going to get too crazy here. 1070 00:49:00,220 --> 00:49:02,860 But yes, Rachel Maddow is claiming they 1071 00:49:02,860 --> 00:49:05,300 were all such great speakers. 1072 00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:10,380 And then my last slide, I got to meet Daniel typekit. 1073 00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:12,740 Oh, I know that. 1074 00:49:12,740 --> 00:49:13,640 I'm sorry, guys. 1075 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,180 That was my highlight. 1076 00:49:16,180 --> 00:49:18,300 That was pretty crazy. 1077 00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:20,280 And just being there. 1078 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,340 Oh, I was also wearing my Arthur shirt that day 1079 00:49:23,340 --> 00:49:26,480 and PBS getting so excited. 1080 00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:28,140 Like the people at that booth. 1081 00:49:28,140 --> 00:49:32,420 Like, it's just so beautiful, such a inner child 1082 00:49:32,420 --> 00:49:35,180 like healing experience. 1083 00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:37,860 Yes so much cute stuff. 1084 00:49:37,860 --> 00:49:41,170 I was so excited to show my toddlers that I 1085 00:49:41,170 --> 00:49:43,370 got to meet Daniel Tiger. 1086 00:49:43,370 --> 00:49:44,970 Not to brag. 1087 00:49:44,970 --> 00:49:47,070 We also got a bunch of cool resources. 1088 00:49:47,070 --> 00:49:49,850 We got blue storytime stuff. 1089 00:49:49,850 --> 00:49:53,250 Yes, I was very happy with all of the youth 1090 00:49:53,250 --> 00:49:56,330 oriented stuff they had. 1091 00:49:56,330 --> 00:49:58,450 Rachel was kind of disappointed in me 1092 00:49:58,450 --> 00:50:02,090 for including the picture of the big hot dog 1093 00:50:02,090 --> 00:50:05,970 going to town like Lizzie, but. 1094 00:50:05,970 --> 00:50:07,590 Chicago in front of the bean. 1095 00:50:07,590 --> 00:50:09,330 What are you going to do. 1096 00:50:09,330 --> 00:50:10,670 It's like your job. 1097 00:50:10,670 --> 00:50:13,970 1098 00:50:13,970 --> 00:50:15,850 I know Kelce. 1099 00:50:15,850 --> 00:50:18,970 Wow OK. 1100 00:50:18,970 --> 00:50:23,990 Yes and there's me reading from one of my favorite books. 1101 00:50:23,990 --> 00:50:27,650 Genderqueer the author was actually there. 1102 00:50:27,650 --> 00:50:28,990 Yes, yes. 1103 00:50:28,990 --> 00:50:31,270 And they signed a copy of the book for me. 1104 00:50:31,270 --> 00:50:33,290 Yes that was super cool. 1105 00:50:33,290 --> 00:50:35,750 And I get to make. 1106 00:50:35,750 --> 00:50:37,190 It was a very long line. 1107 00:50:37,190 --> 00:50:38,490 And Megan. 1108 00:50:38,490 --> 00:50:43,400 Megan got me, got me empowered to get in the line 1109 00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,180 because I was really looking forward to that. 1110 00:50:45,180 --> 00:50:49,880 I was like definitely have to pick your battles with what 1111 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,440 you're doing because you're just so much cool stuff 1112 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,540 and so much exciting stuff. 1113 00:50:54,540 --> 00:50:57,220 And, well, don't worry, next time we'll be there so we can. 1114 00:50:57,220 --> 00:51:00,960 Yeah And take different. 1115 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:02,660 I love all of it. 1116 00:51:02,660 --> 00:51:05,780 Yeah it looks like you went to the Field Museum. 1117 00:51:05,780 --> 00:51:07,580 Indeed yes. 1118 00:51:07,580 --> 00:51:08,460 Oh, my goodness. 1119 00:51:08,460 --> 00:51:11,440 That's such a good. 1120 00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:13,960 Pattern recognition. 1121 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,480 Yes it was really cool. 1122 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:20,640 We were disappointed that the Pokemon exhibit was sold out. 1123 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:22,640 It was OK. 1124 00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:24,220 Yeah, that was very crazy. 1125 00:51:24,220 --> 00:51:26,140 Like, I just want you to take my money. 1126 00:51:26,140 --> 00:51:27,180 Yeah, yeah. 1127 00:51:27,180 --> 00:51:29,800 And then we did have to take a cab back to. 1128 00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,960 That was a really crazy McCormick 1129 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:34,720 to see Rachel Maddow because we couldn't get her back. 1130 00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:35,340 That was. 1131 00:51:35,340 --> 00:51:38,310 I had never been to. 1132 00:51:38,310 --> 00:51:42,330 I didn't even know what she was talking about anyway. 1133 00:51:42,330 --> 00:51:44,050 But yeah, that was my experience. 1134 00:51:44,050 --> 00:51:47,250 I'm so grateful I got to go and it's just so nice. 1135 00:51:47,250 --> 00:51:50,830 It's so refreshing to be around so many people who 1136 00:51:50,830 --> 00:51:54,670 are so excited about the same things and new things, 1137 00:51:54,670 --> 00:51:56,450 and just it was wonderful. 1138 00:51:56,450 --> 00:51:59,550 I'm going to start crying now. 1139 00:51:59,550 --> 00:52:01,450 Are we able to ask a question. 1140 00:52:01,450 --> 00:52:06,050 Absolutely This has been very light here towards the end, 1141 00:52:06,050 --> 00:52:07,970 but I want to ask a serious question. 1142 00:52:07,970 --> 00:52:12,870 In light of being a safe place and hearing stories 1143 00:52:12,870 --> 00:52:16,770 about children's experiences, of not being somewhere safe, 1144 00:52:16,770 --> 00:52:20,430 not the library, but our librarians 1145 00:52:20,430 --> 00:52:23,590 mandated reporters of abuse. 1146 00:52:23,590 --> 00:52:30,230 Not in Arizona, unless you're a school librarian, I know. 1147 00:52:30,230 --> 00:52:34,350 Yeah, because that starts to get interesting because 1148 00:52:34,350 --> 00:52:37,820 of the ethics and. 1149 00:52:37,820 --> 00:52:40,740 I know because I'm in library school right now. 1150 00:52:40,740 --> 00:52:43,060 I remember that was a big thing that they talked 1151 00:52:43,060 --> 00:52:45,300 about in my ethics course. 1152 00:52:45,300 --> 00:52:51,200 And it's really difficult. Yeah, that's all I can say. 1153 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:55,780 It's difficult. I can't speak on surprise that we are not 1154 00:52:55,780 --> 00:52:57,580 mandated reporters, but we do have 1155 00:52:57,580 --> 00:52:59,660 a close relationship with our community officers 1156 00:52:59,660 --> 00:53:00,600 who are going out. 1157 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:03,300 And so if we talked about one of our patrons who 1158 00:53:03,300 --> 00:53:05,500 tends to be a resident here, and we see issues that 1159 00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:07,060 are coming up, we can talk to them 1160 00:53:07,060 --> 00:53:09,540 about what options do we have. 1161 00:53:09,540 --> 00:53:11,360 And then we also work with HSV. 1162 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:15,340 So we're not mandated, but we have criers 1163 00:53:15,340 --> 00:53:17,880 and we have very large hearts in this library system. 1164 00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:20,000 So we do have resources to reach out. 1165 00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,580 So you could never see it and then not 1166 00:53:22,580 --> 00:53:24,280 say we don't have to but we do. 1167 00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:25,000 Yes right. 1168 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,060 You don't sit there with this pent up 1169 00:53:27,060 --> 00:53:28,620 knowledge you haven't placed. 1170 00:53:28,620 --> 00:53:32,520 And I think that's a great way how Ashley worded that. 1171 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:37,690 Because it's really important to make sure that the person 1172 00:53:37,690 --> 00:53:39,950 who it's affecting that they have the autonomy, 1173 00:53:39,950 --> 00:53:42,170 which is what makes me nervous about being 1174 00:53:42,170 --> 00:53:44,350 if we were mandated reporters. 1175 00:53:44,350 --> 00:53:46,290 It's like, I don't feel comfortable just 1176 00:53:46,290 --> 00:53:48,070 going to the police right away. 1177 00:53:48,070 --> 00:53:51,890 So making sure we're connected with our community resources 1178 00:53:51,890 --> 00:53:56,890 and that whoever we're helping, we want to be helpful. 1179 00:53:56,890 --> 00:53:59,250 Yeah love that. 1180 00:53:59,250 --> 00:54:01,290 Thank you. 1181 00:54:01,290 --> 00:54:03,410 Any other questions. 1182 00:54:03,410 --> 00:54:04,870 I love that. 1183 00:54:04,870 --> 00:54:05,750 Thank you so much. 1184 00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:08,050 You guys are so engaging and passionate 1185 00:54:08,050 --> 00:54:11,050 and I love every minute of this. 1186 00:54:11,050 --> 00:54:13,690 And I do want to go next year now. 1187 00:54:13,690 --> 00:54:19,090 And I have this registration for and around the same time as WNBA 1188 00:54:19,090 --> 00:54:19,630 all stars. 1189 00:54:19,630 --> 00:54:21,330 So like, we could just make it one big trip. 1190 00:54:21,330 --> 00:54:25,470 I mean, Chicago, it was just this past year. 1191 00:54:25,470 --> 00:54:27,510 Yeah where is the next one located. 1192 00:54:27,510 --> 00:54:28,310 New Orleans. 1193 00:54:28,310 --> 00:54:30,530 Oh, no. 1194 00:54:30,530 --> 00:54:31,790 This was my first ala. 1195 00:54:31,790 --> 00:54:34,280 And it was a great time. 1196 00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:38,160 But speaking of that, I love the ranking of the tote bags. 1197 00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:41,800 But also I would love to know what did you experience there 1198 00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:45,480 in Chicago that you really enjoyed that just added 1199 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,080 to the experience and made it like, 1200 00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:50,600 I'm so excited and energized to go back to the conference 1201 00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,280 because I got to see or do this. 1202 00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,640 Yeah what I really love about Chicago 1203 00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:00,740 is it has a Midwest feel like everyone is so nice, 1204 00:55:00,740 --> 00:55:03,320 but you're still in a big city. 1205 00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,300 So that was just because I mentioned, 1206 00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:09,200 I've been all over the Midwest, but it was 1207 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,420 just so different in that way. 1208 00:55:11,420 --> 00:55:12,660 Just everyone. 1209 00:55:12,660 --> 00:55:16,300 So just do your thing, like. 1210 00:55:16,300 --> 00:55:19,520 And people like I remember cab driver. 1211 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,400 Oh, yeah. 1212 00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,620 Our cab driver, there was somebody honking, 1213 00:55:23,620 --> 00:55:26,200 and he was just unfazed. 1214 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,040 I feel like here. 1215 00:55:28,040 --> 00:55:32,510 Like it's scary to honk, even if you think 1216 00:55:32,510 --> 00:55:33,650 you're going to get hit. 1217 00:55:33,650 --> 00:55:37,370 And they're just everybody just and it's like, yeah. 1218 00:55:37,370 --> 00:55:41,190 And it's just like I love that honesty 1219 00:55:41,190 --> 00:55:45,510 just don't have to worry. 1220 00:55:45,510 --> 00:55:48,550 Yeah do you have a ranking of the best things that you 1221 00:55:48,550 --> 00:55:49,450 ate while you were there. 1222 00:55:49,450 --> 00:55:50,897 I was going to say my thing is the food, 1223 00:55:50,897 --> 00:55:52,630 because I feel like you can tell a lot about a place 1224 00:55:52,630 --> 00:55:53,550 from the food. 1225 00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:54,250 And my. 1226 00:55:54,250 --> 00:55:55,530 My mom's from Michigan. 1227 00:55:55,530 --> 00:55:57,090 I've been all over Michigan. 1228 00:55:57,090 --> 00:55:57,890 I know the Midwest. 1229 00:55:57,890 --> 00:56:00,070 I wasn't expecting Chicago to have, like, 1230 00:56:00,070 --> 00:56:03,110 such awesome diversity and quality of food. 1231 00:56:03,110 --> 00:56:05,750 We ate on a different country every single night 1232 00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:07,990 and it was always wonderful. 1233 00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:10,870 This was my first Chicago dog also. 1234 00:56:10,870 --> 00:56:14,670 Yeah Emily almost got me punched by the guy making the Chicago 1235 00:56:14,670 --> 00:56:17,410 dog because I made a joke about ketchup, and she goes out loud. 1236 00:56:17,410 --> 00:56:19,710 Rachel, no, don't put ketchup on it. 1237 00:56:19,710 --> 00:56:23,990 And the guy just turns real slow. 1238 00:56:23,990 --> 00:56:27,630 No, he hands it to me and he goes, don't put ketchup on it. 1239 00:56:27,630 --> 00:56:32,510 I was going to anyway. 1240 00:56:32,510 --> 00:56:34,510 But yes, the food was really good. 1241 00:56:34,510 --> 00:56:38,750 Chicago dog would have again for sure. 1242 00:56:38,750 --> 00:56:41,750 No scrunch dogs at Home Depot has really good. 1243 00:56:41,750 --> 00:56:42,890 OK, that's good to know. 1244 00:56:42,890 --> 00:56:46,990 Yeah, I had an I went I found a restaurant 1245 00:56:46,990 --> 00:56:52,190 that my dad took my younger brother to back in the back 1246 00:56:52,190 --> 00:56:54,830 a few years ago. 1247 00:56:54,830 --> 00:56:58,410 And because my family's from the Midwest, I grew up in Wisconsin. 1248 00:56:58,410 --> 00:57:01,430 And so Chicago, Chicago is like going home. 1249 00:57:01,430 --> 00:57:04,910 So I was like, as soon as I got off the plane, I'm like, 1250 00:57:04,910 --> 00:57:08,310 my people, I am here. 1251 00:57:08,310 --> 00:57:11,450 So we went to a German restaurant, which was delicious. 1252 00:57:11,450 --> 00:57:14,990 But the best thing I had in Chicago was this 1253 00:57:14,990 --> 00:57:17,890 dessert called it was a s'more. 1254 00:57:17,890 --> 00:57:20,070 It was a giant s'more. 1255 00:57:20,070 --> 00:57:26,950 And they grilled it so that you could actually taste the. 1256 00:57:26,950 --> 00:57:32,160 You could smell the fire, that it was like tasting us more. 1257 00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,360 And it was giant. 1258 00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:38,380 It was like this big and it was most delicious 1259 00:57:38,380 --> 00:57:39,520 dessert I had ever had. 1260 00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:44,500 So I ate it like three more times while I was there. 1261 00:57:44,500 --> 00:57:45,320 And it was. 1262 00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:47,440 And they were like, unfortunately, 1263 00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,900 one of the nights the grill broke and they 1264 00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:52,500 saw me coming because they. 1265 00:57:52,500 --> 00:57:53,780 It's a small lady. 1266 00:57:53,780 --> 00:57:55,940 Yeah they didn't, they saw me coming 1267 00:57:55,940 --> 00:57:58,560 and they're the grill broke. 1268 00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:00,760 So it's not going to have that fresh. 1269 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:03,340 And I'm like, oh, it's fine, it's fine. 1270 00:58:03,340 --> 00:58:05,000 And they knew it wasn't really fine. 1271 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,360 But they one night they comped me for it. 1272 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:10,840 So I was like, yeah, it was really funny. 1273 00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:11,520 So yeah. 1274 00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:15,420 1275 00:58:15,420 --> 00:58:20,120 So I literally went to a vendor dinner like every single night. 1276 00:58:20,120 --> 00:58:25,120 So we got to go into the science museum after hours. 1277 00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:29,250 So we had it to ourselves and they were giving hors d'oeuvres 1278 00:58:29,250 --> 00:58:31,530 and it was bacon wrapped mushrooms. 1279 00:58:31,530 --> 00:58:34,830 And so I didn't really get anything fancy like you guys, 1280 00:58:34,830 --> 00:58:37,850 but I had really good food the whole time. 1281 00:58:37,850 --> 00:58:39,430 Yeah, I don't It was all catered. 1282 00:58:39,430 --> 00:58:40,310 Mine was all free. 1283 00:58:40,310 --> 00:58:42,750 Well, except for the 150th that you had to pay. 1284 00:58:42,750 --> 00:58:45,190 It was a plated was a plated night. 1285 00:58:45,190 --> 00:58:48,370 And I would say the food was not my favorite. 1286 00:58:48,370 --> 00:58:50,170 The other ones that I got to go to. 1287 00:58:50,170 --> 00:58:52,210 So yeah. 1288 00:58:52,210 --> 00:58:54,810 And you said for the Obama, the library branch 1289 00:58:54,810 --> 00:58:57,250 at the Obama center that they have rooms that they 1290 00:58:57,250 --> 00:58:58,510 will do programming in. 1291 00:58:58,510 --> 00:59:00,110 Do they have programming now. 1292 00:59:00,110 --> 00:59:01,790 It's separate from the library. 1293 00:59:01,790 --> 00:59:03,550 So the library is very small. 1294 00:59:03,550 --> 00:59:05,690 Like I can't remember the square. 1295 00:59:05,690 --> 00:59:10,070 I want to say it was like 5000ft Don't quote me on that. 1296 00:59:10,070 --> 00:59:12,390 But I remember it being half the size of a sort. 1297 00:59:12,390 --> 00:59:16,170 So it has the tiny little room where there's only two. 1298 00:59:16,170 --> 00:59:18,930 A two person desk for checkout and check in. 1299 00:59:18,930 --> 00:59:19,970 Like that's it. 1300 00:59:19,970 --> 00:59:21,730 And then there's another room that's called 1301 00:59:21,730 --> 00:59:24,090 the Presidential reading room. 1302 00:59:24,090 --> 00:59:27,380 And so that one's it's everything in there. 1303 00:59:27,380 --> 00:59:29,800 President Obama picked and there's one little desk 1304 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:33,520 in there, and then there's some tiny little STEM areas 1305 00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:35,560 to do, like maker space. 1306 00:59:35,560 --> 00:59:38,140 And when I tell you the staff area guys, 1307 00:59:38,140 --> 00:59:41,000 I was like, I'm never going to complain about my staff area 1308 00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:41,540 again. 1309 00:59:41,540 --> 00:59:44,200 I could literally touch both sides. 1310 00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:45,820 It had a sink right here. 1311 00:59:45,820 --> 00:59:48,960 It had four lockers and two desks, 1312 00:59:48,960 --> 00:59:51,620 and there's nine staff members there. 1313 00:59:51,620 --> 00:59:53,420 So I was like, where are they all sitting. 1314 00:59:53,420 --> 00:59:56,367 I was kind of confused, but yeah, it's very, very small. 1315 00:59:56,367 --> 00:59:57,800 So they are going to have to do programming 1316 00:59:57,800 --> 00:59:59,340 next door at the other museum. 1317 00:59:59,340 --> 01:00:01,040 But that had tons of program rooms 1318 01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:03,920 tons downstairs in the basement. 1319 01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:05,680 And it had a really cool theater where 1320 01:00:05,680 --> 01:00:07,960 I got to watch the whole thing about presidents. 1321 01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:09,740 President Obama's presidency. 1322 01:00:09,740 --> 01:00:12,900 And it brought me to tears like it was a lot of fun. 1323 01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:17,080 And then somehow I ended up at a block party. 1324 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:19,500 Ex-mayor of Chicago. 1325 01:00:19,500 --> 01:00:20,940 I don't know how I ended up at that one. 1326 01:00:20,940 --> 01:00:23,040 I was just ending up at these places 1327 01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:25,030 where people are going to be like. 1328 01:00:25,030 --> 01:00:28,870 They're like, oh yeah, next to me was. 1329 01:00:28,870 --> 01:00:32,050 Like, hey, I don't know what I'm doing here, but nice to be here. 1330 01:00:32,050 --> 01:00:33,210 Thanks for having me. 1331 01:00:33,210 --> 01:00:36,230 And I just got some food and some drinks and. 1332 01:00:36,230 --> 01:00:37,850 Hi I'm Emmanuel. 1333 01:00:37,850 --> 01:00:40,610 No yeah, it was a lot. 1334 01:00:40,610 --> 01:00:41,450 It was a lot of fun. 1335 01:00:41,450 --> 01:00:43,650 I really met a lot of cool people. 1336 01:00:43,650 --> 01:00:46,330 I met like all of Chicago's library. 1337 01:00:46,330 --> 01:00:49,183 I mean, they think they have 20 some libraries or something. 1338 01:00:49,183 --> 01:00:50,250 I mean, it's a lot of libraries. 1339 01:00:50,250 --> 01:00:52,710 I think the Obama ones, like the 22nd or. 1340 01:00:52,710 --> 01:00:55,190 Yeah so I met, like most of the branch managers 1341 01:00:55,190 --> 01:00:56,730 for all the different Chicago libraries. 1342 01:00:56,730 --> 01:00:57,570 It was just a lot of fun. 1343 01:00:57,570 --> 01:00:59,170 I had a lot of Uber rides. 1344 01:00:59,170 --> 01:01:02,950 I've never taken so many Uber rides in my entire life. 1345 01:01:02,950 --> 01:01:06,310 I really know how to use Uber now. 1346 01:01:06,310 --> 01:01:08,970 Is it hard to travel there, when you're going in between stuff. 1347 01:01:08,970 --> 01:01:11,370 It's like the Uber is like traffic crazy. 1348 01:01:11,370 --> 01:01:13,550 Like I'm going to teach them how to use public transit 1349 01:01:13,550 --> 01:01:14,930 in Chicago next time. 1350 01:01:14,930 --> 01:01:16,450 Yeah, it is so easy. 1351 01:01:16,450 --> 01:01:17,050 I never did that. 1352 01:01:17,050 --> 01:01:20,870 I never did the public ride the bus when I took e-bikes and mine 1353 01:01:20,870 --> 01:01:23,660 didn't work, so that was cool. 1354 01:01:23,660 --> 01:01:26,520 And I think I got honked at three times. 1355 01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:31,580 Yeah so I was Obama library funded differently. 1356 01:01:31,580 --> 01:01:33,980 I thought I heard somewhere that it's 1357 01:01:33,980 --> 01:01:37,040 funded differently than the other Presidential Library. 1358 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:39,040 I think it's the only Presidential Library, 1359 01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:41,120 like true Presidential Library. 1360 01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:42,900 Like the only one, I think. 1361 01:01:42,900 --> 01:01:43,800 Oh, yeah. 1362 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:45,780 Yeah it's the only one that has an actual lending 1363 01:01:45,780 --> 01:01:47,240 library branch in it. 1364 01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:50,340 Oh and that it's not just a research library. 1365 01:01:50,340 --> 01:01:54,400 Yeah, well, there's a center, and then there's the library. 1366 01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:58,740 Connected But they're also different. 1367 01:01:58,740 --> 01:02:00,040 Yeah, it's really cool. 1368 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:01,100 Everyone should go. 1369 01:02:01,100 --> 01:02:05,500 Did you get on that ladder and ride across the room. 1370 01:02:05,500 --> 01:02:08,820 No, but I took the picture specifically for Kelsey, so. 1371 01:02:08,820 --> 01:02:10,120 OK I really wanted to do that. 1372 01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:12,620 Like in beauty. 1373 01:02:12,620 --> 01:02:15,120 Well, that is a dream. 1374 01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:16,180 Never mind. 1375 01:02:16,180 --> 01:02:17,320 Next time. 1376 01:02:17,320 --> 01:02:18,500 Yeah next time. 1377 01:02:18,500 --> 01:02:20,160 Well, I just echo what she said. 1378 01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:21,250 Your guys' passion. 1379 01:02:21,250 --> 01:02:22,750 Every time you talk, I swear I'm just like, 1380 01:02:22,750 --> 01:02:24,730 I got into I'm so passionate about my job 1381 01:02:24,730 --> 01:02:25,590 and I love what I do. 1382 01:02:25,590 --> 01:02:26,830 And every time I hear you, I'm like, 1383 01:02:26,830 --> 01:02:29,970 I think I should become a librarian. 1384 01:02:29,970 --> 01:02:31,770 Hey it's working. 1385 01:02:31,770 --> 01:02:32,650 That's another one. 1386 01:02:32,650 --> 01:02:35,350 I'm like, I love what I do, too. 1387 01:02:35,350 --> 01:02:37,290 I mean, you just make me like. 1388 01:02:37,290 --> 01:02:38,710 That's how she got me, that's for sure. 1389 01:02:38,710 --> 01:02:40,590 Oh, it's so good. 1390 01:02:40,590 --> 01:02:41,630 I'm going to cry. 1391 01:02:41,630 --> 01:02:44,810 1392 01:02:44,810 --> 01:02:47,510 Yeah And Emily, I want to tell you, 1393 01:02:47,510 --> 01:02:50,790 you're talking about being a person who makes impact on kids. 1394 01:02:50,790 --> 01:02:51,390 My son. 1395 01:02:51,390 --> 01:02:52,790 Well, my four-year-old will literally. 1396 01:02:52,790 --> 01:02:55,170 If you're at the desk, he waits for you to be 1397 01:02:55,170 --> 01:02:57,850 available to check stuff out. 1398 01:02:57,850 --> 01:03:02,090 I hired her three times. 1399 01:03:02,090 --> 01:03:03,350 He'll go ask her for things. 1400 01:03:03,350 --> 01:03:04,750 Like when we're doing a scavenger hunt. 1401 01:03:04,750 --> 01:03:06,410 If he doesn't have a pencil, he'll like. 1402 01:03:06,410 --> 01:03:08,250 There's people at the desk open, and he 1403 01:03:08,250 --> 01:03:11,850 will go to her putting books away and ask her for a pencil. 1404 01:03:11,850 --> 01:03:14,370 So you've made that impact. 1405 01:03:14,370 --> 01:03:15,150 She's so happy. 1406 01:03:15,150 --> 01:03:18,250 That's my favorite part of working in my life. 1407 01:03:18,250 --> 01:03:24,040 Just so stressful. 1408 01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:24,540 But yeah. 1409 01:03:24,540 --> 01:03:25,580 Shout out Bambi. 1410 01:03:25,580 --> 01:03:27,580 She introduced me to the library. 1411 01:03:27,580 --> 01:03:28,460 Oh, geez. 1412 01:03:28,460 --> 01:03:31,700 She hired me when we were with the County as a page, 1413 01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:33,660 and I was like, she's going to be. 1414 01:03:33,660 --> 01:03:37,320 Yeah, this is just going to be like. 1415 01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:38,140 Yeah, yeah. 1416 01:03:38,140 --> 01:03:39,940 You're going to go to school for psychology. 1417 01:03:39,940 --> 01:03:41,320 Yeah she switched. 1418 01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:45,040 Yeah but I think eventually maybe one day. 1419 01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:48,000 But I'm very happy where I am right now. 1420 01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,500 Well, we're happy where you are. 1421 01:03:50,500 --> 01:03:53,040 1422 01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:53,900 Thanks, guys. 1423 01:03:53,900 --> 01:03:55,840 Amazing thank you. 1424 01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:58,520 And you get a glimpse into what the back of our workroom 1425 01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:00,380 sounds like at all times. 1426 01:04:00,380 --> 01:04:03,580 It is a very fun place to be because we have such characters, 1427 01:04:03,580 --> 01:04:04,620 but they love it. 1428 01:04:04,620 --> 01:04:07,280 A truly like this is why we want to send them 1429 01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:09,140 is because they have passion. 1430 01:04:09,140 --> 01:04:10,380 We can't teach them everything. 1431 01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:12,520 And we should get out of surprise and see what else. 1432 01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:16,520 Teachers are working hard. 1433 01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,197 But it's just wonderful to see them connect 1434 01:04:18,197 --> 01:04:19,530 because they come back and they're like, 1435 01:04:19,530 --> 01:04:20,490 I'm going to do everything. 1436 01:04:20,490 --> 01:04:22,470 And I was like, maybe once a week, 1437 01:04:22,470 --> 01:04:25,610 like, chill, take a deep breath, OK, now go. 1438 01:04:25,610 --> 01:04:27,730 And you do that when you go, I gotta go. 1439 01:04:27,730 --> 01:04:31,310 1440 01:04:31,310 --> 01:04:32,850 I gotta tell the best part. 1441 01:04:32,850 --> 01:04:36,610 So they've talked about getting a lot of free stuff. 1442 01:04:36,610 --> 01:04:41,130 I had so much free stuff that I walked blocks with my suitcase. 1443 01:04:41,130 --> 01:04:44,670 I already checked out of the hotel and a box of books 1444 01:04:44,670 --> 01:04:47,110 to mail because I am cheap, so I wanted 1445 01:04:47,110 --> 01:04:49,350 to find the local post office. 1446 01:04:49,350 --> 01:04:52,370 So I walked like four blocks with my suitcase, 1447 01:04:52,370 --> 01:04:58,190 my carry on, my backpack and the box of books to mail back here. 1448 01:04:58,190 --> 01:05:01,590 It's also fun to watch you guys react to them because we're 1449 01:05:01,590 --> 01:05:02,730 all library nerds. 1450 01:05:02,730 --> 01:05:06,530 Whether you like it or not, we're all in it together, so. 1451 01:05:06,530 --> 01:05:08,010 Well, yeah, they said LeVar Burton. 1452 01:05:08,010 --> 01:05:09,990 I was like, I right. 1453 01:05:09,990 --> 01:05:13,670 What I know when everybody saw Rachel's tote bags 1454 01:05:13,670 --> 01:05:15,330 and just like, understood. 1455 01:05:15,330 --> 01:05:18,240 Like, oh yeah, that was the best because it's IKEA. 1456 01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:21,180 Thank you. 1457 01:05:21,180 --> 01:05:22,820 Well thank you guys. 1458 01:05:22,820 --> 01:05:24,860 Thank you so much. 1459 01:05:24,860 --> 01:05:26,440 May I have that clip, please. 1460 01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:27,460 Yes throw it. 1461 01:05:27,460 --> 01:05:29,380 That's a hard act to follow. 1462 01:05:29,380 --> 01:05:30,880 I didn't know that. 1463 01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:32,000 You could just go. 1464 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:33,840 If that's the case, I will be there next year, 1465 01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:35,300 like on New Orleans. 1466 01:05:35,300 --> 01:05:38,180 Awesome and I've just now learned like 1467 01:05:38,180 --> 01:05:39,480 to not be scared of flights. 1468 01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:43,060 So like, I'm ready to travel, so I need to go. 1469 01:05:43,060 --> 01:05:46,700 Yeah I think some of us will be going next year. 1470 01:05:46,700 --> 01:05:47,600 So we. 1471 01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:53,020 1472 01:05:53,020 --> 01:05:55,980 Need to make myself care so I can be invited to this again. 1473 01:05:55,980 --> 01:05:57,040 You don't have to. 1474 01:05:57,040 --> 01:05:58,260 I'm just. 1475 01:05:58,260 --> 01:05:59,900 I'm just. 1476 01:05:59,900 --> 01:06:01,240 I'm just telling you I'm going to go. 1477 01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:02,840 Just go to New Orleans and chill. 1478 01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:05,600 Yeah you can just tell that you are. 1479 01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:07,160 And they would never question you. 1480 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:09,440 Yeah, well, you were chair. 1481 01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:11,460 You keep saying that. 1482 01:06:11,460 --> 01:06:14,670 You were saying it's like being a former president, right. 1483 01:06:14,670 --> 01:06:16,770 Yeah we got an Obama title. 1484 01:06:16,770 --> 01:06:17,730 Obama same. 1485 01:06:17,730 --> 01:06:21,130 Same OK. 1486 01:06:21,130 --> 01:06:24,290 Presentation and discussion on the 2026 summer reading program 1487 01:06:24,290 --> 01:06:25,490 on Earth. 1488 01:06:25,490 --> 01:06:25,990 I'm sorry. 1489 01:06:25,990 --> 01:06:28,343 I'm not as funny as all of them together. 1490 01:06:28,343 --> 01:06:29,310 We're going to have some fun. 1491 01:06:29,310 --> 01:06:30,870 I just wanted to do a brief overview. 1492 01:06:30,870 --> 01:06:32,990 I knew we had a lot on the agenda tonight, 1493 01:06:32,990 --> 01:06:34,550 but summer reading is huge. 1494 01:06:34,550 --> 01:06:38,370 Our staff put so much time, so much effort into it. 1495 01:06:38,370 --> 01:06:40,350 Again, at the same point of view you just watched, 1496 01:06:40,350 --> 01:06:42,450 we have to tell them to not do 12 more programs 1497 01:06:42,450 --> 01:06:44,290 that are already doing 37. 1498 01:06:44,290 --> 01:06:45,270 Please stop. 1499 01:06:45,270 --> 01:06:46,610 Choose it for another month. 1500 01:06:46,610 --> 01:06:49,130 So I just like to bring in the numbers and a few 1501 01:06:49,130 --> 01:06:51,850 of the pictures, just to see exactly 1502 01:06:51,850 --> 01:06:53,490 the impact that our staff are doing 1503 01:06:53,490 --> 01:06:55,690 and really how we're growing. 1504 01:06:55,690 --> 01:07:00,110 So this year, our registered users were 6673. 1505 01:07:00,110 --> 01:07:04,930 For context, our very first year in 2023, we had 2000. 1506 01:07:04,930 --> 01:07:07,690 Wow that's insane. 1507 01:07:07,690 --> 01:07:08,990 Word has gotten out. 1508 01:07:08,990 --> 01:07:10,470 People love our coupons. 1509 01:07:10,470 --> 01:07:11,550 They love the program. 1510 01:07:11,550 --> 01:07:15,700 They love all of our secret codes and our scavenger hunts. 1511 01:07:15,700 --> 01:07:17,200 We get yelled at by kids that we don't switch 1512 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:19,280 the scavenger hunts enough. 1513 01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:20,280 They're very serious. 1514 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,840 So then we do extra ones during the summer 1515 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:23,480 and it's still not enough. 1516 01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,800 Our first time participants ever in a summer reading 1517 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:29,160 program at all was over $3,000. 1518 01:07:29,160 --> 01:07:30,960 Wow that's amazing. 1519 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:32,520 We are. 1520 01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:34,080 I want to shout from the rooftops 1521 01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:35,220 that the library has things. 1522 01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:36,580 And this is showing that we're. 1523 01:07:36,580 --> 01:07:37,540 Something's working. 1524 01:07:37,540 --> 01:07:39,300 It's our staff going out to those outreaches. 1525 01:07:39,300 --> 01:07:41,320 It's again, I'm going to come back to the programs 1526 01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:42,180 that they're planning. 1527 01:07:42,180 --> 01:07:43,920 There's also dinosaurs this year. 1528 01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:49,080 So like people lose their mind over dinosaurs. 1529 01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:50,020 We were fantastic. 1530 01:07:50,020 --> 01:07:51,860 We had 3,600 achievers. 1531 01:07:51,860 --> 01:07:54,640 So these are all people that reached 1,000 minutes or more. 1532 01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:56,120 And there are some kids who will keep 1533 01:07:56,120 --> 01:08:00,000 putting in their minutes and it's getting 2, 3, 4 or 5,000. 1534 01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:04,040 Over the six month span, some of them do it in a day. 1535 01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:05,840 As impressive. 1536 01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:08,880 The badges are through the program 1537 01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:12,490 where you get badges for different it community events. 1538 01:08:12,490 --> 01:08:14,650 You go to Secret codes minutes. 1539 01:08:14,650 --> 01:08:16,229 They're kind of sprinkled in there. 1540 01:08:16,229 --> 01:08:18,710 That is a lot of badges. 1541 01:08:18,710 --> 01:08:20,970 And total minutes were over 9 million. 1542 01:08:20,970 --> 01:08:23,630 And these are just surprised residents 1543 01:08:23,630 --> 01:08:28,029 or surprise participants because you have to choose your branch. 1544 01:08:28,029 --> 01:08:30,630 I'm million minutes is a lot. 1545 01:08:30,630 --> 01:08:33,490 It is amazing that we are a budget person. 1546 01:08:33,490 --> 01:08:36,510 I'm actually going to call that just shy of a billion, right. 1547 01:08:36,510 --> 01:08:38,109 It's awesome. 1548 01:08:38,109 --> 01:08:39,330 I can learn from you. 1549 01:08:39,330 --> 01:08:42,430 And every day we're a tag team next month. 1550 01:08:42,430 --> 01:08:45,130 Yeah, but now I lost. 1551 01:08:45,130 --> 01:08:49,430 My train of thought completely derailed me. 1552 01:08:49,430 --> 01:08:50,930 I don't a lot of minutes. 1553 01:08:50,930 --> 01:08:52,229 It is a lot of minutes. 1554 01:08:52,229 --> 01:08:53,729 But it's just amazing to see. 1555 01:08:53,729 --> 01:08:55,350 Just how much our community is coming 1556 01:08:55,350 --> 01:09:00,630 together and enjoying reading and also enjoying the program. 1557 01:09:00,630 --> 01:09:04,410 The first summer reading meeting for next year is in October, 1558 01:09:04,410 --> 01:09:07,430 so this is a year long event. 1559 01:09:07,430 --> 01:09:09,990 Bambi, you're still in here, so I'm going to call on you. 1560 01:09:09,990 --> 01:09:12,189 What is this picture from. 1561 01:09:12,189 --> 01:09:13,950 Jamie's Dino. 1562 01:09:13,950 --> 01:09:17,210 It was a Dino dinosaur program, wasn't it. 1563 01:09:17,210 --> 01:09:18,090 The dinosaur parade. 1564 01:09:18,090 --> 01:09:18,810 Dinosaur parade. 1565 01:09:18,810 --> 01:09:20,210 Yeah what was the parade all through. 1566 01:09:20,210 --> 01:09:25,069 She played Jurassic Park and walked the entire perimeter 1567 01:09:25,069 --> 01:09:26,410 inside the library. 1568 01:09:26,410 --> 01:09:28,830 They made these little dinosaurs. 1569 01:09:28,830 --> 01:09:29,649 I love that. 1570 01:09:29,649 --> 01:09:30,510 It goes like. 1571 01:09:30,510 --> 01:09:31,370 And the feet. 1572 01:09:31,370 --> 01:09:32,770 And I believe that's hot dog. 1573 01:09:32,770 --> 01:09:33,490 Chicago dog. 1574 01:09:33,490 --> 01:09:35,470 Rachel inside the dinosaur. 1575 01:09:35,470 --> 01:09:37,630 Oh, yeah. 1576 01:09:37,630 --> 01:09:38,990 Chicago dog. 1577 01:09:38,990 --> 01:09:42,990 She does tend to be some of our costumed events. 1578 01:09:42,990 --> 01:09:46,350 Rachel's fantastic and a great character for those. 1579 01:09:46,350 --> 01:09:47,130 But this was. 1580 01:09:47,130 --> 01:09:48,370 People kept talking about it. 1581 01:09:48,370 --> 01:09:50,683 We had people come up to Bambi and when I was working the desk 1582 01:09:50,683 --> 01:09:52,350 the next week, talking about how much fun they had 1583 01:09:52,350 --> 01:09:53,990 at the dinosaur parade, because we 1584 01:09:53,990 --> 01:09:56,230 had a lot of velociraptors roaming through the library 1585 01:09:56,230 --> 01:09:57,810 with the Jurassic Park music. 1586 01:09:57,810 --> 01:09:58,910 I mean, you hear it going off and 1587 01:09:58,910 --> 01:10:00,390 everyone's like, what is that. 1588 01:10:00,390 --> 01:10:02,810 I think we had a program where we were working in the back, 1589 01:10:02,810 --> 01:10:06,030 and someone started the music and we were like, Jurassic Park. 1590 01:10:06,030 --> 01:10:08,220 We were actually in a very formal meeting 1591 01:10:08,220 --> 01:10:09,120 and we were both like. 1592 01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:15,500 1593 01:10:15,500 --> 01:10:17,320 I did that one just for you, but it's not a snake. 1594 01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:23,380 So for context, within just this June 1 and July 31, the reading 1595 01:10:23,380 --> 01:10:24,600 program ends the 20th. 1596 01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:26,320 But our staff can't stop themselves. 1597 01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:29,000 We did 110 just summer reading programs. 1598 01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,400 That's not including our book clubs, 1599 01:10:30,400 --> 01:10:33,960 our storytimes, our crafts that are every month programs. 1600 01:10:33,960 --> 01:10:37,340 They did 110 extra. 1601 01:10:37,340 --> 01:10:42,000 We have 20 programmers, I think within all of our staff, 1602 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:44,240 2025 programmers at 110. 1603 01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:47,100 That's a lot we had over. 1604 01:10:47,100 --> 01:10:47,920 Excuse me. 1605 01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:52,800 We had near $7,000 program attendees. 1606 01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:54,800 So these numbers are very fun. 1607 01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:58,340 And as Megan was saying, they want to tell a story. 1608 01:10:58,340 --> 01:11:00,320 The numbers are the story at times. 1609 01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:03,580 Like it is amazing that we had near as many people 1610 01:11:03,580 --> 01:11:05,960 come to programs as we had registered, 1611 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:09,650 which is still quadruple of what we've had in the past. 1612 01:11:09,650 --> 01:11:13,670 We also bring in a ton of teens for our summer reading. 1613 01:11:13,670 --> 01:11:15,610 They work the front desk or front desk. 1614 01:11:15,610 --> 01:11:16,830 The summer reading desk. 1615 01:11:16,830 --> 01:11:19,250 They hand out prizes, which saves our lives. 1616 01:11:19,250 --> 01:11:23,050 When you have million minutes and prizes for all of them. 1617 01:11:23,050 --> 01:11:23,550 Excuse me. 1618 01:11:23,550 --> 01:11:27,050 10,000,000 minutes, 10 million, I don't a billion, 1619 01:11:27,050 --> 01:11:28,290 billion, billion. 1620 01:11:28,290 --> 01:11:30,890 I've lost my brain. 1621 01:11:30,890 --> 01:11:33,890 And so, just a really awesome thing to see our community 1622 01:11:33,890 --> 01:11:36,110 come in and help us as well, because we need it. 1623 01:11:36,110 --> 01:11:38,710 So it's shelving that's doing the summer reading programs. 1624 01:11:38,710 --> 01:11:39,890 They're coming in and helping set 1625 01:11:39,890 --> 01:11:41,610 up for all the different crafts and then 1626 01:11:41,610 --> 01:11:44,610 breaking down the paint. 1627 01:11:44,610 --> 01:11:46,070 So pictures on this one. 1628 01:11:46,070 --> 01:11:49,030 Wild man Phil, people adore him, not Kelsey. 1629 01:11:49,030 --> 01:11:52,470 He brings in snakes and lizards and Gila monsters. 1630 01:11:52,470 --> 01:11:55,570 And he came in on a Monday at Asante 1631 01:11:55,570 --> 01:11:59,590 and we had 400 people at that one on a Monday morning, 1632 01:11:59,590 --> 01:12:03,010 which is usually a very quiet day for programming 1633 01:12:03,010 --> 01:12:05,240 because we don't have as many staff at Asante on Monday 1634 01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:06,940 and sold out the house. 1635 01:12:06,940 --> 01:12:08,360 It was amazing. 1636 01:12:08,360 --> 01:12:11,400 The middle one is from Baby cave painting, 1637 01:12:11,400 --> 01:12:14,520 so I put there a lot of the parents 1638 01:12:14,520 --> 01:12:17,580 disrobed their kids so they could really play in the paint. 1639 01:12:17,580 --> 01:12:19,040 Didn't want to post that publicly 1640 01:12:19,040 --> 01:12:20,960 and respects to the parents. 1641 01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:24,140 But they were covered in paint. 1642 01:12:24,140 --> 01:12:25,980 But they were cave paintings everywhere. 1643 01:12:25,980 --> 01:12:28,200 It was the most adorable thing in the world. 1644 01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:30,260 That was a cool program that Lisa put on. 1645 01:12:30,260 --> 01:12:33,880 And then we had our I can't remember the name of this group. 1646 01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:35,480 Dino Dino crew. 1647 01:12:35,480 --> 01:12:41,120 Maddie and Kelsey's child. 1648 01:12:41,120 --> 01:12:46,460 These guys come in full dinosaur getup and it is 110 degrees out. 1649 01:12:46,460 --> 01:12:51,880 So we're very grateful that they did our first day, our kickoff. 1650 01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:53,180 So just such a cool thing. 1651 01:12:53,180 --> 01:12:54,340 And the kids love this. 1652 01:12:54,340 --> 01:12:57,720 When you can take a story and learning from dinosaurs 1653 01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:01,060 or just reading books about dinosaurs and fictional stories, 1654 01:13:01,060 --> 01:13:02,900 and then to have them come alive. 1655 01:13:02,900 --> 01:13:05,510 It's very, very cool. 1656 01:13:05,510 --> 01:13:07,090 It gets everyone going. 1657 01:13:07,090 --> 01:13:11,510 Dinosaurs and I always want to take a moment. 1658 01:13:11,510 --> 01:13:13,370 I tried to get everyone on here. 1659 01:13:13,370 --> 01:13:14,930 This was the easiest way to do it. 1660 01:13:14,930 --> 01:13:17,550 We have so many people within our community that I want 1661 01:13:17,550 --> 01:13:20,843 to thank, and we work with them every year, 1662 01:13:20,843 --> 01:13:22,610 and they're always willing to come in and we're like, 1663 01:13:22,610 --> 01:13:25,410 hey, by the way, I know you gave us 4,000 coupons last year. 1664 01:13:25,410 --> 01:13:26,690 Now it's up to 6,000. 1665 01:13:26,690 --> 01:13:27,330 Is that OK. 1666 01:13:27,330 --> 01:13:30,150 And every time they want to join in. 1667 01:13:30,150 --> 01:13:31,990 So like our mainstays that are just 1668 01:13:31,990 --> 01:13:38,090 within surprise, our Portillo's, Culver's, Panda Express, Oreo, 1669 01:13:38,090 --> 01:13:40,150 Queen jet's pizza. 1670 01:13:40,150 --> 01:13:42,390 What are the things that are habit. 1671 01:13:42,390 --> 01:13:43,170 Habit? no. 1672 01:13:43,170 --> 01:13:44,970 Was countywide, wasn't it. 1673 01:13:44,970 --> 01:13:47,130 Yeah Phoenix Raceway was us. 1674 01:13:47,130 --> 01:13:50,070 Yeah Phoenix Raceway. 1675 01:13:50,070 --> 01:13:51,170 Texas Roadhouse. 1676 01:13:51,170 --> 01:13:53,450 Our friends of the library, like the Phoenix Raceway was. 1677 01:13:53,450 --> 01:13:54,390 I didn't see those. 1678 01:13:54,390 --> 01:13:55,650 It was like a coloring book. 1679 01:13:55,650 --> 01:13:58,150 And then on the back, you could enter 1680 01:13:58,150 --> 01:13:59,797 a drawing for free tickets. 1681 01:13:59,797 --> 01:14:00,530 OK, I didn't see that. 1682 01:14:00,530 --> 01:14:01,730 And they want to do more with that. 1683 01:14:01,730 --> 01:14:05,120 So I'm like, can we get a car out front. 1684 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:06,280 You can drive it around the block. 1685 01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:06,780 Let's see. 1686 01:14:06,780 --> 01:14:07,980 Yeah, yeah. 1687 01:14:07,980 --> 01:14:11,260 So we're just it's amazing to see every year we get more 1688 01:14:11,260 --> 01:14:13,620 sponsors that want to come on board because they believe 1689 01:14:13,620 --> 01:14:15,020 in what our staff is doing, but also 1690 01:14:15,020 --> 01:14:16,560 they're part of this community. 1691 01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:18,860 And it's just it's those little things that build 1692 01:14:18,860 --> 01:14:21,460 community that I just adore. 1693 01:14:21,460 --> 01:14:23,720 I turn in my Culver's and people are like, oh, did 1694 01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:24,720 you get this from the library. 1695 01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:26,680 I'm like, yes, I did, thank you so much. 1696 01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:28,480 I got 25 minutes until my next meeting. 1697 01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:29,900 Can I have my food. 1698 01:14:29,900 --> 01:14:31,060 No, I'm just kidding. 1699 01:14:31,060 --> 01:14:33,920 But it is very fun to see how many come through. 1700 01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:35,800 And like I said, we're getting more and more every year. 1701 01:14:35,800 --> 01:14:38,560 And these people keep signing up every single time. 1702 01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:39,560 I'll give you 1,000 more. 1703 01:14:39,560 --> 01:14:40,160 Oh, you ran out. 1704 01:14:40,160 --> 01:14:41,280 Let me give you 1,000 more. 1705 01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:44,180 So we're very, very grateful. 1706 01:14:44,180 --> 01:14:45,320 We have awesome prizes. 1707 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:46,880 But these add to it. 1708 01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:48,960 And it also brings people to surprise, 1709 01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:51,900 to spend money and surprise and continue to grow. 1710 01:14:51,900 --> 01:14:54,320 So I can never say enough about it. 1711 01:14:54,320 --> 01:14:56,680 Can I do comments positive in a critical. 1712 01:14:56,680 --> 01:14:58,480 Sorry positive. 1713 01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:00,610 The staff here as is always amazing when we 1714 01:15:00,610 --> 01:15:03,450 come in to collect the prizes. 1715 01:15:03,450 --> 01:15:06,030 They were out of one of the ones that I don't know. 1716 01:15:06,030 --> 01:15:09,110 I think it was the Barrio queen or something. 1717 01:15:09,110 --> 01:15:11,550 We don't have any more of the whatever. 1718 01:15:11,550 --> 01:15:13,110 Will you take a Culver's instead. 1719 01:15:13,110 --> 01:15:15,130 And we're like, are you kidding. 1720 01:15:15,130 --> 01:15:16,030 Yes thank you. 1721 01:15:16,030 --> 01:15:18,770 So we're picking the colors and then it's 1722 01:15:18,770 --> 01:15:22,050 the County wide sponsor, but just as we provide feedback 1723 01:15:22,050 --> 01:15:25,490 back the mercury again, we ran into difficulty 1724 01:15:25,490 --> 01:15:27,650 with the ticketing process and I had 1725 01:15:27,650 --> 01:15:30,770 to escalate all the way up to the vice president of the Suns 1726 01:15:30,770 --> 01:15:32,310 just to get my tickets. 1727 01:15:32,310 --> 01:15:33,850 I was not happy. 1728 01:15:33,850 --> 01:15:35,250 Wild yeah. 1729 01:15:35,250 --> 01:15:35,990 You're committed. 1730 01:15:35,990 --> 01:15:36,630 But we went. 1731 01:15:36,630 --> 01:15:37,350 It was a good game. 1732 01:15:37,350 --> 01:15:37,910 They won. 1733 01:15:37,910 --> 01:15:40,770 It was the Brittney Griner came back game 1734 01:15:40,770 --> 01:15:42,830 and we won and all that. 1735 01:15:42,830 --> 01:15:46,370 But still, it was like I shouldn't have to fight 1736 01:15:46,370 --> 01:15:47,870 to get tickets like that. 1737 01:15:47,870 --> 01:15:50,730 So just feedback I appreciate it because we can. 1738 01:15:50,730 --> 01:15:53,570 The Phoenix Mercury is a sponsor through the County 1739 01:15:53,570 --> 01:15:55,710 who the County then gives prizes to everyone. 1740 01:15:55,710 --> 01:15:59,720 Just for context, I love I'm going on Saturday, so 1741 01:15:59,720 --> 01:16:02,100 and I have another two games lined up, so I'll let you know. 1742 01:16:02,100 --> 01:16:03,140 And that was my thing. 1743 01:16:03,140 --> 01:16:05,880 I was like, we want to support the local community 1744 01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:07,540 and we want to support our sports teams, 1745 01:16:07,540 --> 01:16:10,040 but not if I have to beg you, yes, to get 1746 01:16:10,040 --> 01:16:11,980 me to switch apps this year. 1747 01:16:11,980 --> 01:16:14,820 And their logistics team is probably going through it, 1748 01:16:14,820 --> 01:16:16,920 because even in other libraries, we 1749 01:16:16,920 --> 01:16:19,040 have to refer them to a helpline because there's 1750 01:16:19,040 --> 01:16:21,380 just so much going on that we don't have control over. 1751 01:16:21,380 --> 01:16:22,900 Exactly, yeah, yeah. 1752 01:16:22,900 --> 01:16:24,920 But we pass all of that on. 1753 01:16:24,920 --> 01:16:28,060 We do surveys and we let everyone know. 1754 01:16:28,060 --> 01:16:31,153 Yeah, it was difficult. There was a week where Kelsey and I 1755 01:16:31,153 --> 01:16:32,020 were going back and forth. 1756 01:16:32,020 --> 01:16:33,220 Every time one of us would try, it's 1757 01:16:33,220 --> 01:16:34,600 like it's still not working. 1758 01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:35,760 But what I made it work. 1759 01:16:35,760 --> 01:16:37,200 Took her a couple more days. 1760 01:16:37,200 --> 01:16:40,360 If the Gabe Zimmerman award winners came. 1761 01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:41,220 That's right. 1762 01:16:41,220 --> 01:16:44,400 1763 01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:46,493 Oh, you just know who to call. 1764 01:16:46,493 --> 01:16:47,460 And you get it taken care of. 1765 01:16:47,460 --> 01:16:51,000 But still, lots of publicity about these events that 1766 01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,220 are on our social media and so forth. 1767 01:16:53,220 --> 01:16:57,470 But how else is it these statistics are so fantastic. 1768 01:16:57,470 --> 01:17:01,390 Where else are you going to publicize that. 1769 01:17:01,390 --> 01:17:02,330 The front desk. 1770 01:17:02,330 --> 01:17:03,350 Front desk. 1771 01:17:03,350 --> 01:17:06,930 I think that that's a lot of the places that I work. 1772 01:17:06,930 --> 01:17:08,810 The front desk, a measly four hours. 1773 01:17:08,810 --> 01:17:10,810 And it's like every time someone comes in 1774 01:17:10,810 --> 01:17:12,210 and they're like, oh, it's summer reading. 1775 01:17:12,210 --> 01:17:14,710 Like it's make sure you sign up for us 1776 01:17:14,710 --> 01:17:16,430 because you still get all the County stuff 1777 01:17:16,430 --> 01:17:17,290 and a little bit more. 1778 01:17:17,290 --> 01:17:20,150 And I think as you look at the expansion. 1779 01:17:20,150 --> 01:17:22,410 And as we plan for outreach and sponsorships, 1780 01:17:22,410 --> 01:17:26,210 we are becoming like the West Valley library. 1781 01:17:26,210 --> 01:17:29,257 Sorry, Avondale, but so building that reputation 1782 01:17:29,257 --> 01:17:30,490 of like, no, we're going to have fun, 1783 01:17:30,490 --> 01:17:32,030 we're going to do really cool stuff. 1784 01:17:32,030 --> 01:17:34,890 And I think that what separates us from a lot of the other ones, 1785 01:17:34,890 --> 01:17:37,930 it's very easy just to take the County prizes and be like, yeah. 1786 01:17:37,930 --> 01:17:39,550 And then we're going to have some extra programs 1787 01:17:39,550 --> 01:17:40,810 and we're like, no, no, no. 1788 01:17:40,810 --> 01:17:44,370 And then you get all of these big people love these prizes. 1789 01:17:44,370 --> 01:17:46,630 I guess what I didn't ask that. 1790 01:17:46,630 --> 01:17:48,430 I know the statistics. 1791 01:17:48,430 --> 01:17:51,510 Yeah our library dashboard is our number one. 1792 01:17:51,510 --> 01:17:52,330 It's on our website. 1793 01:17:52,330 --> 01:17:54,550 We want to send that out. 1794 01:17:54,550 --> 01:17:58,060 We also work with our marketing communications team 1795 01:17:58,060 --> 01:18:00,460 and through the city, and we're going 1796 01:18:00,460 --> 01:18:02,460 to be in the progress magazine. 1797 01:18:02,460 --> 01:18:05,500 And so we'll show some of our numbers there. 1798 01:18:05,500 --> 01:18:07,640 It depends on the lineup of when they come out, 1799 01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:10,380 where sometimes it's not all of our numbers, 1800 01:18:10,380 --> 01:18:12,800 but we're just happy to show, no, no, no, look at this. 1801 01:18:12,800 --> 01:18:14,420 We've done this. 1802 01:18:14,420 --> 01:18:16,240 And commission loves to tell people. 1803 01:18:16,240 --> 01:18:17,500 All right. 1804 01:18:17,500 --> 01:18:21,240 So you guys but also back to Kelsey's point. 1805 01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:23,440 Like we tell our staff these numbers. 1806 01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:25,600 And then when someone goes oh my God I love your summer reading. 1807 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:28,480 They're like, did we had $7,000 people. 1808 01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:30,880 Like they want to brag about what we're doing as well. 1809 01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:33,540 So how about this surprise independent or something 1810 01:18:33,540 --> 01:18:34,160 like that. 1811 01:18:34,160 --> 01:18:35,980 Love if they pick it up. 1812 01:18:35,980 --> 01:18:37,280 Oh, do you submit it. 1813 01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:38,460 And sometimes they don't. 1814 01:18:38,460 --> 01:18:39,800 Our marketing department does. 1815 01:18:39,800 --> 01:18:41,440 Our marketing leads all of that. 1816 01:18:41,440 --> 01:18:43,300 But feel free if you found something 1817 01:18:43,300 --> 01:18:45,260 that maybe they should know. 1818 01:18:45,260 --> 01:18:48,540 Yeah or. 1819 01:18:48,540 --> 01:18:49,320 Yeah oh. 1820 01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:49,840 That's cool. 1821 01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:51,840 You guys can do more things than we can. 1822 01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:54,270 Do you have a breakdown in demographics as far as age. 1823 01:18:54,270 --> 01:18:55,790 How many teens adults use. 1824 01:18:55,790 --> 01:19:02,850 Yes, so data just curious of the 3,000 new people we get whatever 1825 01:19:02,850 --> 01:19:04,920 because we can go in and pull if it's 0 1826 01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:07,110 to 5 because the different age groups you sign up for. 1827 01:19:07,110 --> 01:19:08,550 Yeah do I have that on here. 1828 01:19:08,550 --> 01:19:11,090 I think last year I was looking up because I like 1829 01:19:11,090 --> 01:19:12,350 am competitive a little bit. 1830 01:19:12,350 --> 01:19:15,430 So I was comparing it to Scottsdale, not to Phoenix, 1831 01:19:15,430 --> 01:19:18,210 but bigger cities like, well, our numbers like 1832 01:19:18,210 --> 01:19:20,890 and our numbers are actually close to or better 1833 01:19:20,890 --> 01:19:21,830 than Scottsdale. 1834 01:19:21,830 --> 01:19:24,670 And a lot of the metrics for last year's summer reading, 1835 01:19:24,670 --> 01:19:25,950 I don't know how we finished. 1836 01:19:25,950 --> 01:19:29,690 But for the first few weeks, we were the number 1837 01:19:29,690 --> 01:19:32,490 one branch outside of Phoenix. 1838 01:19:32,490 --> 01:19:34,930 Wow so every week I checked, I looked at your guys' name 1839 01:19:34,930 --> 01:19:36,110 to see where you guys were at. 1840 01:19:36,110 --> 01:19:39,490 And I was like, yeah, you guys are easily up there. 1841 01:19:39,490 --> 01:19:42,790 Yeah at one point, I believe off the top of my head, 1842 01:19:42,790 --> 01:19:44,870 I'm logging in to see if I can see it quickly. 1843 01:19:44,870 --> 01:19:48,510 But just like any librarian, there's data all over the place, 1844 01:19:48,510 --> 01:19:51,850 so it's pulling the actual right numbers is what I got to find 1845 01:19:51,850 --> 01:19:53,660 at one point in the middle of the summer, 1846 01:19:53,660 --> 01:19:56,940 we were beating everybody but County and Phoenix. 1847 01:19:56,940 --> 01:20:01,340 You have 15, 16, 17 libraries. 1848 01:20:01,340 --> 01:20:04,160 So like, obviously they're going to beat us every time. 1849 01:20:04,160 --> 01:20:05,700 Mesa and Chandler. 1850 01:20:05,700 --> 01:20:07,860 So we were the largest in the West Valley. 1851 01:20:07,860 --> 01:20:10,380 But Glendale is bigger than us, Scottsdale is bigger than us. 1852 01:20:10,380 --> 01:20:12,080 And we were having numbers bigger. 1853 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:14,220 Chandler's always had a killer summer reading. 1854 01:20:14,220 --> 01:20:16,320 They are the people that we want to be because somehow they 1855 01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:18,760 are destroying all the time. 1856 01:20:18,760 --> 01:20:20,140 And mesa is just huge as well. 1857 01:20:20,140 --> 01:20:21,660 It's a very large population. 1858 01:20:21,660 --> 01:20:25,080 So let's see. 1859 01:20:25,080 --> 01:20:28,640 And we also receive feedback in like a survey. 1860 01:20:28,640 --> 01:20:32,440 So less quantitative or qualitative of like here's 1861 01:20:32,440 --> 01:20:33,540 what we really like. 1862 01:20:33,540 --> 01:20:34,680 We didn't like this. 1863 01:20:34,680 --> 01:20:36,820 And they provide that directly to us. 1864 01:20:36,820 --> 01:20:41,680 So we can see great Bay County. 1865 01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:43,180 Yeah the County runs the survey. 1866 01:20:43,180 --> 01:20:44,900 And then they give us our results. 1867 01:20:44,900 --> 01:20:48,100 And I believe they do it both from a staff and a patron side. 1868 01:20:48,100 --> 01:20:50,880 OK, interesting. 1869 01:20:50,880 --> 01:20:54,960 OK I mean, do you guys are you going to submit it to that. 1870 01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:57,640 The video, they do the surprise lately. 1871 01:20:57,640 --> 01:21:01,200 There's the two ladies that do the. 1872 01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:02,940 Yeah, yeah. 1873 01:21:02,940 --> 01:21:04,300 Virginia yeah, yeah. 1874 01:21:04,300 --> 01:21:06,080 They're part of our marketing team 1875 01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:08,580 and we meet with Nicole every other week, so. 1876 01:21:08,580 --> 01:21:11,380 She tries to slip us in as many times. 1877 01:21:11,380 --> 01:21:14,280 We graciously have to understand there are other city departments 1878 01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:16,340 who also deserve the spotlight. 1879 01:21:16,340 --> 01:21:17,020 Not really. 1880 01:21:17,020 --> 01:21:19,440 But someday we will convince Nicole that we should 1881 01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:21,920 be the first and only time. 1882 01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:23,500 Yeah does it happen every time. 1883 01:21:23,500 --> 01:21:25,820 But I mean, the summer reading numbers are impressive, 1884 01:21:25,820 --> 01:21:28,120 so maybe you guys can make your own little library 1885 01:21:28,120 --> 01:21:31,040 talk show for your library. 1886 01:21:31,040 --> 01:21:32,380 Yeah library lately. 1887 01:21:32,380 --> 01:21:34,440 Yeah OK. 1888 01:21:34,440 --> 01:21:36,180 It's OK if you don't have it right at your fingers. 1889 01:21:36,180 --> 01:21:36,900 I'm just curious. 1890 01:21:36,900 --> 01:21:37,580 Yeah it's OK. 1891 01:21:37,580 --> 01:21:39,460 Our next meeting, I found it. 1892 01:21:39,460 --> 01:21:43,120 I just have to figure out exactly. 1893 01:21:43,120 --> 01:21:45,400 I'm going to guess adults is my. 1894 01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:49,530 That would be your highest improving age category. 1895 01:21:49,530 --> 01:21:50,730 That's kind of what I was wondering. 1896 01:21:50,730 --> 01:21:54,410 I feel like adults really got into literacy this past summer, 1897 01:21:54,410 --> 01:21:57,910 as they should, but I think a lot of them 1898 01:21:57,910 --> 01:22:00,230 don't realize that they're eligible because they're 1899 01:22:00,230 --> 01:22:01,130 working the desk. 1900 01:22:01,130 --> 01:22:03,270 And I'm like, oh, like my kids. 1901 01:22:03,270 --> 01:22:04,330 And they're in your name. 1902 01:22:04,330 --> 01:22:05,650 They're like, oh no, I'm not signed up. 1903 01:22:05,650 --> 01:22:09,630 And I'm like should be like, well, I read it 1904 01:22:09,630 --> 01:22:10,650 and I'm like, that counts. 1905 01:22:10,650 --> 01:22:12,010 Yeah, yeah, that's a two for one. 1906 01:22:12,010 --> 01:22:13,570 You should just read to a classroom. 1907 01:22:13,570 --> 01:22:16,250 Yeah OK. 1908 01:22:16,250 --> 01:22:19,230 I got the first numbers. 1909 01:22:19,230 --> 01:22:21,190 Removing Phoenix and County. 1910 01:22:21,190 --> 01:22:23,150 Chandler and mesa were the only two libraries 1911 01:22:23,150 --> 01:22:24,730 with more registered users. 1912 01:22:24,730 --> 01:22:26,450 Chandler and Chandler and mesa. 1913 01:22:26,450 --> 01:22:29,970 Mesa and then let me see if I can find I love data. 1914 01:22:29,970 --> 01:22:30,770 Let me give you data. 1915 01:22:30,770 --> 01:22:33,390 I think it's bigger than we are overall. 1916 01:22:33,390 --> 01:22:35,450 Yes which I mean, like Scottsdale, Glendale, 1917 01:22:35,450 --> 01:22:38,110 like most places, are substantially bigger 1918 01:22:38,110 --> 01:22:39,070 than we are. 1919 01:22:39,070 --> 01:22:41,470 How many does Avondale have. 1920 01:22:41,470 --> 01:22:42,550 I mean, you were just. 1921 01:22:42,550 --> 01:22:44,050 Tommy, you gotta ask this. 1922 01:22:44,050 --> 01:22:45,450 When I were here, what was the question. 1923 01:22:45,450 --> 01:22:48,460 Not a lot. 1924 01:22:48,460 --> 01:22:50,140 Branches we have two. 1925 01:22:50,140 --> 01:22:52,520 Yes And people. 1926 01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:53,600 As in workers. 1927 01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:54,240 No patrons. 1928 01:22:54,240 --> 01:22:55,940 Patrons, whatever. 1929 01:22:55,940 --> 01:22:57,540 It's a good question. 1930 01:22:57,540 --> 01:23:00,260 I was like, on a daily basis or during summer reading. 1931 01:23:00,260 --> 01:23:00,800 Summer reading. 1932 01:23:00,800 --> 01:23:02,000 Because you were saying we're trying 1933 01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:06,440 to be take what surprises and cut it in half like, all right. 1934 01:23:06,440 --> 01:23:07,920 We did have a lot of good numbers. 1935 01:23:07,920 --> 01:23:10,840 We've got I was going to say, their library director, 1936 01:23:10,840 --> 01:23:12,000 and I work together at one point, 1937 01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:14,100 so I do talk to her pretty frequently. 1938 01:23:14,100 --> 01:23:16,760 Their main branch has similar statistics to Asante. 1939 01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:17,780 OK yeah. 1940 01:23:17,780 --> 01:23:20,000 And that's the one I work at, is their main branch. 1941 01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:25,700 OK I think we had about 4,400 finishers 1942 01:23:25,700 --> 01:23:27,980 for our summer reading program. 1943 01:23:27,980 --> 01:23:28,800 Which was pretty good. 1944 01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:31,720 And it was mostly adults was our number one category. 1945 01:23:31,720 --> 01:23:33,340 A lot of pre readers. 1946 01:23:33,340 --> 01:23:34,000 That's cool. 1947 01:23:34,000 --> 01:23:34,600 Yeah OK. 1948 01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:37,460 Good OK. 1949 01:23:37,460 --> 01:23:43,800 So one format thing so I can actually see what I'm doing. 1950 01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:48,450 1951 01:23:48,450 --> 01:23:49,110 Let's see. 1952 01:23:49,110 --> 01:23:57,050 So adults were at 2,300. 1953 01:23:57,050 --> 01:24:03,090 Teens were at just shy of 1,000. 1954 01:24:03,090 --> 01:24:07,750 Our kids were at 2,500 again. 1955 01:24:07,750 --> 01:24:10,530 So adults and kids are kids is 5 to 11. 1956 01:24:10,530 --> 01:24:12,710 And then pre-readers is 4 and below. 1957 01:24:12,710 --> 01:24:14,590 And they were at 900. 1958 01:24:14,590 --> 01:24:17,910 So adults and kids right at that same age. 1959 01:24:17,910 --> 01:24:19,110 So same numbers. 1960 01:24:19,110 --> 01:24:22,570 That's awesome. 1961 01:24:22,570 --> 01:24:26,430 Any other questions on summer reading crushing it. 1962 01:24:26,430 --> 01:24:30,030 Yeah as usual our staff are great. 1963 01:24:30,030 --> 01:24:31,970 Like it's exciting because we get to be 1964 01:24:31,970 --> 01:24:32,950 the ones to tell you guys. 1965 01:24:32,950 --> 01:24:36,570 But like saw it there babbling, excited and thinking 1966 01:24:36,570 --> 01:24:37,430 about the next program. 1967 01:24:37,430 --> 01:24:39,270 Like we can't slow them down enough. 1968 01:24:39,270 --> 01:24:42,130 And it is just so fun to come in and brag and just 1969 01:24:42,130 --> 01:24:43,930 be like a proud mama bear every single time 1970 01:24:43,930 --> 01:24:46,280 of like, look what they did. 1971 01:24:46,280 --> 01:24:47,820 So just mad. 1972 01:24:47,820 --> 01:24:51,680 Kudos to all of our staff two 50th yet or is that coming up. 1973 01:24:51,680 --> 01:24:52,580 You don't have to do it. 1974 01:24:52,580 --> 01:24:54,620 Yes I will have to do a recap. 1975 01:24:54,620 --> 01:24:56,320 OK Maybe next month. 1976 01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:57,360 Next time. 1977 01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:58,820 The stats. 1978 01:24:58,820 --> 01:25:00,720 It's because I don't think it's over because our November 1979 01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:01,780 program is still in my head. 1980 01:25:01,780 --> 01:25:03,700 Oh, I see, I haven't done one because that was fun too. 1981 01:25:03,700 --> 01:25:08,000 And being able to do both at the same time was pretty cool. 1982 01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:13,320 Don't tell staff that it's in your outlook. 1983 01:25:13,320 --> 01:25:15,640 Nicole sent it to us. 1984 01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:18,020 The stars, oh, obviously the stars and stories. 1985 01:25:18,020 --> 01:25:18,700 Never mind. 1986 01:25:18,700 --> 01:25:21,440 1987 01:25:21,440 --> 01:25:23,700 For next time OK. 1988 01:25:23,700 --> 01:25:24,540 Yeah next meeting. 1989 01:25:24,540 --> 01:25:26,040 We'll do that. 1990 01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:30,200 All right, so call to the public. 1991 01:25:30,200 --> 01:25:33,840 There is no public. 1992 01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:35,260 Would you like to say something. 1993 01:25:35,260 --> 01:25:36,640 No OK. 1994 01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:38,520 No no no no. 1995 01:25:38,520 --> 01:25:41,660 Other business and future agenda items. 1996 01:25:41,660 --> 01:25:43,870 Discussion is open. 1997 01:25:43,870 --> 01:25:48,490 Do we have anything planned for the new Gen. Multi-gen center. 1998 01:25:48,490 --> 01:25:50,270 Like anything, we have to. 1999 01:25:50,270 --> 01:25:51,750 Yes I'm going to be emailing you guys 2000 01:25:51,750 --> 01:25:53,950 all the fun stuff coming up. 2001 01:25:53,950 --> 01:25:56,010 So we are having a soft open next week. 2002 01:25:56,010 --> 01:25:58,230 We're inviting the families and patrons 2003 01:25:58,230 --> 01:26:00,110 who come to hollyhock the most. 2004 01:26:00,110 --> 01:26:02,470 So that'll be a quiet thing. 2005 01:26:02,470 --> 01:26:05,090 Our marketing team will be there to catch the kids, 2006 01:26:05,090 --> 01:26:08,270 and we'll have word searches that are library related 2007 01:26:08,270 --> 01:26:11,183 and fun little coloring for them, 2008 01:26:11,183 --> 01:26:12,350 because we really want them to just 2009 01:26:12,350 --> 01:26:14,110 come in and be in the space. 2010 01:26:14,110 --> 01:26:15,910 We're also doing a community art project, which 2011 01:26:15,910 --> 01:26:17,790 will start that day, and we'll go all the way 2012 01:26:17,790 --> 01:26:18,990 through the first month. 2013 01:26:18,990 --> 01:26:22,830 And then the grand opening is September 3 2014 01:26:22,830 --> 01:26:23,770 and it is in the morning. 2015 01:26:23,770 --> 01:26:26,670 But I'll send all that information for you guys. 2016 01:26:26,670 --> 01:26:28,630 And then if you guys want to stop by at any time 2017 01:26:28,630 --> 01:26:33,190 ahead of time, but October, we will be there for commission. 2018 01:26:33,190 --> 01:26:34,610 You said September three. 2019 01:26:34,610 --> 01:26:35,410 September three. 2020 01:26:35,410 --> 01:26:38,950 It is a Thursday, but I have it on my list 2021 01:26:38,950 --> 01:26:40,820 to email you guys all the outreach stuff for September. 2022 01:26:40,820 --> 01:26:41,320 So September. 2023 01:26:41,320 --> 01:26:43,740 So that's coming up. 2024 01:26:43,740 --> 01:26:45,380 I have a request. 2025 01:26:45,380 --> 01:26:48,700 I was dropping my son off at his in-home preschool 2026 01:26:48,700 --> 01:26:50,100 that he goes to. 2027 01:26:50,100 --> 01:26:51,580 There was a child wearing a shirt 2028 01:26:51,580 --> 01:26:54,400 that said surprise library on it with the logo, 2029 01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:55,120 and it was so cute. 2030 01:26:55,120 --> 01:26:57,320 And I was like, I want to have a shirt. 2031 01:26:57,320 --> 01:26:59,220 Why I have a shirt. 2032 01:26:59,220 --> 01:27:00,800 Turns out he's read 1,000 books. 2033 01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:04,100 So I just read you 1,000 books. 2034 01:27:04,100 --> 01:27:06,660 I know it's a little too late for me. 2035 01:27:06,660 --> 01:27:08,800 But just like, next time you guys are doing stuffed shirts, 2036 01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:09,560 like, I'll buy one. 2037 01:27:09,560 --> 01:27:10,320 I really want one. 2038 01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:12,980 Yeah, I have a beanie now, but I want a shirt. 2039 01:27:12,980 --> 01:27:14,520 A beanie I can wear, like two times. 2040 01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:16,140 Merch no. 2041 01:27:16,140 --> 01:27:19,740 These ones that say volunteer right now, putting it on a list 2042 01:27:19,740 --> 01:27:21,860 or can I just like illegally get your logo 2043 01:27:21,860 --> 01:27:23,680 and make my own shirt or something. 2044 01:27:23,680 --> 01:27:24,640 It's crooked. 2045 01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:25,640 Yeah, exactly. 2046 01:27:25,640 --> 01:27:27,200 I know people who make shirts. 2047 01:27:27,200 --> 01:27:28,660 I just really want one. 2048 01:27:28,660 --> 01:27:30,020 I can get you 1,000. 2049 01:27:30,020 --> 01:27:32,660 I have a hookup. 2050 01:27:32,660 --> 01:27:34,520 It's better if you're an adult with your. 2051 01:27:34,520 --> 01:27:37,500 2052 01:27:37,500 --> 01:27:40,290 Shirt one into the library and work your way around. 2053 01:27:40,290 --> 01:27:43,150 Yeah oh. 2054 01:27:43,150 --> 01:27:43,750 That's funny. 2055 01:27:43,750 --> 01:27:47,190 I can see, like, a cute little baby tee moment. 2056 01:27:47,190 --> 01:27:51,210 I know it's going to fit like a baby, too. 2057 01:27:51,210 --> 01:27:53,310 I was like, why does he have a library shirt. 2058 01:27:53,310 --> 01:27:55,030 I am a commissioner for the library. 2059 01:27:55,030 --> 01:27:56,910 I don't have a former chair. 2060 01:27:56,910 --> 01:28:01,810 I know all I have is, like, tote bags and an ornament 2061 01:28:01,810 --> 01:28:04,810 and a beanie and a magnet. 2062 01:28:04,810 --> 01:28:08,450 I agree, I would love to have. 2063 01:28:08,450 --> 01:28:10,490 I know that I have the one, I have the gray one 2064 01:28:10,490 --> 01:28:13,310 that I wear when I volunteer, which I feel like yeah, 2065 01:28:13,310 --> 01:28:14,430 because I'm a volunteer. 2066 01:28:14,430 --> 01:28:15,890 It doesn't say volunteer on it. 2067 01:28:15,890 --> 01:28:17,730 We did get new volunteers because when 2068 01:28:17,730 --> 01:28:20,530 I wear that with my badge, people think I work here. 2069 01:28:20,530 --> 01:28:23,530 But I am very helpful. 2070 01:28:23,530 --> 01:28:25,870 I do know where everything is for the most part. 2071 01:28:25,870 --> 01:28:27,070 But then there's sometimes I'm like, 2072 01:28:27,070 --> 01:28:29,110 well, I always say I'm just a volunteer, 2073 01:28:29,110 --> 01:28:30,570 but I can help you with that. 2074 01:28:30,570 --> 01:28:33,170 And if I say, I'm just a volunteer. 2075 01:28:33,170 --> 01:28:35,070 Let me take you to a library. 2076 01:28:35,070 --> 01:28:36,730 But I realized I was like, yeah, I probably 2077 01:28:36,730 --> 01:28:40,220 should use my cricoid to put volunteer on it, 2078 01:28:40,220 --> 01:28:42,440 but that would be great. 2079 01:28:42,440 --> 01:28:44,720 But just like any shirt that I could wear out to be like, 2080 01:28:44,720 --> 01:28:45,220 hey, yeah. 2081 01:28:45,220 --> 01:28:47,720 Hey, have you heard of just because Follow me 2082 01:28:47,720 --> 01:28:48,620 to the library. 2083 01:28:48,620 --> 01:28:51,200 Yeah everyone this way. 2084 01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:53,740 Yes we are very grateful for all the merch we have been given. 2085 01:28:53,740 --> 01:28:57,500 I actually used that little tape measure in my purse. 2086 01:28:57,500 --> 01:28:59,540 It's very useful, but it doesn't. 2087 01:28:59,540 --> 01:29:01,580 Like I don't get to show it to people. 2088 01:29:01,580 --> 01:29:03,460 It's not a conversation starter. 2089 01:29:03,460 --> 01:29:06,220 Like, maybe it could be you're not trying hard enough. 2090 01:29:06,220 --> 01:29:09,280 No like a t-shirt would be a surprise library 2091 01:29:09,280 --> 01:29:11,000 t-shirt with Rachel Maddow. 2092 01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:11,820 No right. 2093 01:29:11,820 --> 01:29:14,599 Joe Biden, Joe Biden. 2094 01:29:14,599 --> 01:29:15,300 I wonder if we could. 2095 01:29:15,300 --> 01:29:19,100 I don't want to copyright infringe, but take a look. 2096 01:29:19,100 --> 01:29:19,980 It's in a book. 2097 01:29:19,980 --> 01:29:21,300 Surprise Rachel. 2098 01:29:21,300 --> 01:29:24,420 Library just I don't know. 2099 01:29:24,420 --> 01:29:26,940 I agree, the shirt's not 1,000. 2100 01:29:26,940 --> 01:29:29,220 Maybe we're talking the whole tote bag department. 2101 01:29:29,220 --> 01:29:31,140 I mean, maybe we need to get on top of that. 2102 01:29:31,140 --> 01:29:32,720 And it could be our new favorite. 2103 01:29:32,720 --> 01:29:34,340 Obviously, we need the solid bottom, 2104 01:29:34,340 --> 01:29:36,080 they were saying for IKEA. 2105 01:29:36,080 --> 01:29:36,850 IKEA bag. 2106 01:29:36,850 --> 01:29:38,910 Yeah that's funny. 2107 01:29:38,910 --> 01:29:40,650 Well, it sounds like you don't need it. 2108 01:29:40,650 --> 01:29:46,110 You do need more participation in a summer reading program. 2109 01:29:46,110 --> 01:29:47,330 Would you want so much. 2110 01:29:47,330 --> 01:29:50,590 Because we all had t-shirts that had summer reading 2111 01:29:50,590 --> 01:29:55,110 program and the dates and summer reading 2112 01:29:55,110 --> 01:29:56,430 like a walking billboard. 2113 01:29:56,430 --> 01:29:59,190 Yeah, I'm just going to wear a sandwich board, 2114 01:29:59,190 --> 01:30:01,050 walk around town. 2115 01:30:01,050 --> 01:30:03,990 2116 01:30:03,990 --> 01:30:05,250 Yeah if there were multiple types. 2117 01:30:05,250 --> 01:30:08,370 I mean, I might be able to actually sell it. 2118 01:30:08,370 --> 01:30:10,290 I don't know what the rules are for that, 2119 01:30:10,290 --> 01:30:12,450 but if you had a little merch area, 2120 01:30:12,450 --> 01:30:13,890 people might actually buy it. 2121 01:30:13,890 --> 01:30:19,330 I know I would because I'm a library nerd, but safe space. 2122 01:30:19,330 --> 01:30:20,970 Yeah, but I agree. 2123 01:30:20,970 --> 01:30:24,150 I think that would be very nice. 2124 01:30:24,150 --> 01:30:28,150 And I can't wait to wear that beanie if it ever cools down 2125 01:30:28,150 --> 01:30:32,030 I know someday I'll go somewhere to wear 2126 01:30:32,030 --> 01:30:34,290 it when we go to New Orleans. 2127 01:30:34,290 --> 01:30:35,440 It's not cold there, is it. 2128 01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:37,240 No never mind. 2129 01:30:37,240 --> 01:30:38,340 It's at the end of journey. 2130 01:30:38,340 --> 01:30:38,960 Oh, OK. 2131 01:30:38,960 --> 01:30:43,060 Yeah so cold in the convention center. 2132 01:30:43,060 --> 01:30:45,620 Yeah, but everyone would definitely recognize us if we 2133 01:30:45,620 --> 01:30:46,960 all pulled up with our beanies. 2134 01:30:46,960 --> 01:30:49,820 They'd be like, what's wrong with those people in two. 2135 01:30:49,820 --> 01:30:51,200 Yeah, they're from Arizona. 2136 01:30:51,200 --> 01:30:52,120 This is cold for them. 2137 01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:55,740 No, literally, I think it's a plan. 2138 01:30:55,740 --> 01:30:58,600 So as far as I don't know if this is actually other business, 2139 01:30:58,600 --> 01:31:02,820 but have we decided anything about banned books 2140 01:31:02,820 --> 01:31:05,740 week coming up. 2141 01:31:05,740 --> 01:31:07,700 Like any sort of programming or anything 2142 01:31:07,700 --> 01:31:09,800 like that or just the display. 2143 01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:12,380 2144 01:31:12,380 --> 01:31:13,920 I don't know yet, to be honest. 2145 01:31:13,920 --> 01:31:17,940 I still have summer reading on the brain. 2146 01:31:17,940 --> 01:31:21,100 I mean, we always just focus on freedom to read. 2147 01:31:21,100 --> 01:31:22,640 Yeah either way, I don't. 2148 01:31:22,640 --> 01:31:26,220 Yeah, not picky, but something. 2149 01:31:26,220 --> 01:31:28,160 I know we had talked about it before, 2150 01:31:28,160 --> 01:31:32,300 but I didn't know if there was any movement come in and already 2151 01:31:32,300 --> 01:31:37,690 come in and chat about it and see how in depth we want to go. 2152 01:31:37,690 --> 01:31:43,810 And then I so in June, I went up to Burlington, Vermont 2153 01:31:43,810 --> 01:31:45,850 to stay with a friend of mine. 2154 01:31:45,850 --> 01:31:46,990 Her husband is deployed. 2155 01:31:46,990 --> 01:31:48,770 He's been gone a long time, and I was just going 2156 01:31:48,770 --> 01:31:50,310 to help her with the kids. 2157 01:31:50,310 --> 01:31:52,670 And, we just wanted to help. 2158 01:31:52,670 --> 01:31:55,230 And plus, it's really nice up there, and it's really hot here. 2159 01:31:55,230 --> 01:31:59,330 So I went up there and I basically was like hanging 2160 01:31:59,330 --> 01:32:00,430 out with the kids for the week. 2161 01:32:00,430 --> 01:32:01,550 They're 8 and 10. 2162 01:32:01,550 --> 01:32:02,510 They're my godchildren. 2163 01:32:02,510 --> 01:32:03,910 We had such a good time. 2164 01:32:03,910 --> 01:32:05,030 And of course, it's me. 2165 01:32:05,030 --> 01:32:07,850 So I'm like, let's go to the library 2166 01:32:07,850 --> 01:32:11,490 and see, sign you up for summer reading and do all the things 2167 01:32:11,490 --> 01:32:13,770 and see what programs they have going on this week. 2168 01:32:13,770 --> 01:32:16,030 And it's a really lovely library. 2169 01:32:16,030 --> 01:32:18,770 It's inside their City Hall. 2170 01:32:18,770 --> 01:32:21,410 It's actually she lives in South Burlington, which I didn't think 2171 01:32:21,410 --> 01:32:23,790 was big enough to warrant its own City Hall, 2172 01:32:23,790 --> 01:32:24,910 but apparently it does. 2173 01:32:24,910 --> 01:32:28,470 Burlington's not that big, but it's a really lovely space. 2174 01:32:28,470 --> 01:32:31,090 Their whole downstairs is the children 2175 01:32:31,090 --> 01:32:33,720 and juvenile area and then upstairs 2176 01:32:33,720 --> 01:32:36,060 is teens and adults, which is really nice. 2177 01:32:36,060 --> 01:32:40,500 And inside, it has they call it the wiggle room, 2178 01:32:40,500 --> 01:32:43,540 and it's an enclosed space where it's like all windows, 2179 01:32:43,540 --> 01:32:46,040 like from the pony wall up and then a glass door 2180 01:32:46,040 --> 01:32:47,380 and it's like all soft stuff. 2181 01:32:47,380 --> 01:32:49,500 So there's a bunch of toddlers in there, 2182 01:32:49,500 --> 01:32:51,860 just like having a great time. 2183 01:32:51,860 --> 01:32:55,400 And then the parents are mostly sitting outside, like chatting 2184 01:32:55,400 --> 01:32:57,620 and but you can view what's going on. 2185 01:32:57,620 --> 01:32:58,840 It's very sweet. 2186 01:32:58,840 --> 01:32:59,880 Nice space. 2187 01:32:59,880 --> 01:33:02,900 But I did notice they don't have much programming area. 2188 01:33:02,900 --> 01:33:04,480 They have a very small room. 2189 01:33:04,480 --> 01:33:06,380 And I was asking like, where do you do all your programs. 2190 01:33:06,380 --> 01:33:08,240 Like, well, in here, but we don't 2191 01:33:08,240 --> 01:33:10,080 really have that much space. 2192 01:33:10,080 --> 01:33:14,360 And so I was talking to their branch manager 2193 01:33:14,360 --> 01:33:18,960 and because I was like, I'm a Advisory 2194 01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:20,640 Commission chair, like in my city, 2195 01:33:20,640 --> 01:33:21,740 I'm like, oh, where are you from. 2196 01:33:21,740 --> 01:33:23,707 So we started talking because I didn't want them to think I 2197 01:33:23,707 --> 01:33:25,940 was just like a random weirdo. 2198 01:33:25,940 --> 01:33:29,080 I'm just like, I have a reason for being weird and asking 2199 01:33:29,080 --> 01:33:31,200 you all these questions. 2200 01:33:31,200 --> 01:33:32,260 Did you get a library card. 2201 01:33:32,260 --> 01:33:33,500 I did. 2202 01:33:33,500 --> 01:33:34,620 It's not activated. 2203 01:33:34,620 --> 01:33:35,680 But she let me have one. 2204 01:33:35,680 --> 01:33:42,200 But they were very sweet and they were asking like 2205 01:33:42,200 --> 01:33:45,140 oh like so we service 42,000. 2206 01:33:45,140 --> 01:33:48,480 Like they count their whole city like we service 2207 01:33:48,480 --> 01:33:50,860 this many people, even if that's not the number of library cards 2208 01:33:50,860 --> 01:33:51,360 they have. 2209 01:33:51,360 --> 01:33:54,220 This is who we service our whole community, 42,000 people. 2210 01:33:54,220 --> 01:33:56,420 They're like, what size are you. 2211 01:33:56,420 --> 01:33:58,220 And I'm like, oh, population. 2212 01:33:58,220 --> 01:33:59,180 It's more than that. 2213 01:33:59,180 --> 01:34:01,580 And she's like, because they didn't know where surprise was. 2214 01:34:01,580 --> 01:34:03,000 I was like, it's a suburb of Phoenix 2215 01:34:03,000 --> 01:34:04,340 in the West Valley of Phoenix. 2216 01:34:04,340 --> 01:34:06,580 Like, oh, OK, random town. 2217 01:34:06,580 --> 01:34:07,820 They've never heard of us. 2218 01:34:07,820 --> 01:34:10,180 And they thought like, surely we'd be really small. 2219 01:34:10,180 --> 01:34:13,180 Like maybe they would be bigger, but we do 42,000. 2220 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:16,240 I'm like, it's 140,000. 2221 01:34:16,240 --> 01:34:17,480 They're surprised. 2222 01:34:17,480 --> 01:34:22,380 Yeah, 55,000 active library cards than they do population. 2223 01:34:22,380 --> 01:34:24,580 Exactly and so I was like, I'm not trying to brag. 2224 01:34:24,580 --> 01:34:27,260 I was really nice about it, but she was very sweet. 2225 01:34:27,260 --> 01:34:30,150 But I like to ask people and talk to them 2226 01:34:30,150 --> 01:34:32,710 and just compare and see what they're 2227 01:34:32,710 --> 01:34:33,810 doing versus what we're doing. 2228 01:34:33,810 --> 01:34:35,430 And I do have to say they're very impressive 2229 01:34:35,430 --> 01:34:37,510 and they're very sweet, and they're also 2230 01:34:37,510 --> 01:34:40,310 very dedicated staff that were so excited to talk 2231 01:34:40,310 --> 01:34:42,230 to me about things. 2232 01:34:42,230 --> 01:34:47,230 But guys, our programming is absolutely amazing. 2233 01:34:47,230 --> 01:34:49,190 And I know they're a lot smaller than us, 2234 01:34:49,190 --> 01:34:52,250 but they had the whole week I was there, 2235 01:34:52,250 --> 01:34:54,570 but basically the whole month of June, 2236 01:34:54,570 --> 01:34:58,950 they only had two like school aged programs for kids 2237 01:34:58,950 --> 01:35:01,490 that because like I said, my godchildren at 8 o'clock and 10, 2238 01:35:01,490 --> 01:35:03,570 there were two things the whole month for them. 2239 01:35:03,570 --> 01:35:05,710 Like most things were like the story 2240 01:35:05,710 --> 01:35:08,910 time for Littles, which was only once a week. 2241 01:35:08,910 --> 01:35:12,750 And then they had a couple of teen things, basically 2242 01:35:12,750 --> 01:35:15,070 one thing a week for teens. 2243 01:35:15,070 --> 01:35:17,910 And I know they're probably limited with funding and things 2244 01:35:17,910 --> 01:35:21,410 like that, but I was like, wow, we are so fortunate, 2245 01:35:21,410 --> 01:35:23,270 but also so awesome. 2246 01:35:23,270 --> 01:35:25,470 So I wanted to just bring that back. 2247 01:35:25,470 --> 01:35:28,060 And every time I go and talk to a different library. 2248 01:35:28,060 --> 01:35:30,340 Our library is really amazing, so I just 2249 01:35:30,340 --> 01:35:31,640 wanted to share that with you. 2250 01:35:31,640 --> 01:35:33,900 And they were all they were all very impressed too. 2251 01:35:33,900 --> 01:35:35,320 So they thought we were amazing. 2252 01:35:35,320 --> 01:35:36,980 They were like, where is this city again. 2253 01:35:36,980 --> 01:35:39,160 Because they thought it was, oh, it's a little suburb. 2254 01:35:39,160 --> 01:35:40,220 It's really tiny. 2255 01:35:40,220 --> 01:35:41,960 Is that anywhere near scottsdale? 2256 01:35:41,960 --> 01:35:44,260 Yeah, I visited Scottsdale once. 2257 01:35:44,260 --> 01:35:46,140 No, these people had never, like, one of them 2258 01:35:46,140 --> 01:35:47,160 was like the branch manager. 2259 01:35:47,160 --> 01:35:48,460 She was from Wisconsin, and she had 2260 01:35:48,460 --> 01:35:50,860 never been West of Wisconsin. 2261 01:35:50,860 --> 01:35:54,840 And the other, the two, there was a page there, 2262 01:35:54,840 --> 01:35:59,920 and there was just like there she was, and she was an intern. 2263 01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:01,900 And now she works there. 2264 01:36:01,900 --> 01:36:04,440 But they were they're from Burlington, 2265 01:36:04,440 --> 01:36:06,200 like, never left the state of Vermont. 2266 01:36:06,200 --> 01:36:09,560 So they had no idea where any of our geography. 2267 01:36:09,560 --> 01:36:10,920 So that was almost better. 2268 01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:15,160 But like 1,000 people because to them that's huge. 2269 01:36:15,160 --> 01:36:17,140 Well, our County is bigger than your state. 2270 01:36:17,140 --> 01:36:18,700 Yeah exactly. 2271 01:36:18,700 --> 01:36:21,900 But I do have I just wanted to report back of how very proud 2272 01:36:21,900 --> 01:36:24,060 I was how impressed they were. 2273 01:36:24,060 --> 01:36:26,890 And like, every time I go to a new library, I'm like, 2274 01:36:26,890 --> 01:36:27,990 oh, we are so impressive. 2275 01:36:27,990 --> 01:36:31,250 So very cool. 2276 01:36:31,250 --> 01:36:32,650 Very cool. 2277 01:36:32,650 --> 01:36:33,410 Bring that back. 2278 01:36:33,410 --> 01:36:33,910 And like. 2279 01:36:33,910 --> 01:36:35,670 Because yeah, when we do get out of surprise, 2280 01:36:35,670 --> 01:36:38,750 it's good because we can steal some of our ideas. 2281 01:36:38,750 --> 01:36:41,390 And maybe they can steal some of our ideas. 2282 01:36:41,390 --> 01:36:43,770 And they were also impressed that we have 2283 01:36:43,770 --> 01:36:46,290 an Advisory Commission because they 2284 01:36:46,290 --> 01:36:47,783 do not and Burlington doesn't. 2285 01:36:47,783 --> 01:36:48,950 And they're like, oh, I don't know. 2286 01:36:48,950 --> 01:36:50,730 I don't know of anybody that has one. 2287 01:36:50,730 --> 01:36:51,890 Well we do. 2288 01:36:51,890 --> 01:36:54,610 So it's difficult to get all of them 2289 01:36:54,610 --> 01:36:56,690 together because there's not many of you. 2290 01:36:56,690 --> 01:36:57,470 So it's impressive. 2291 01:36:57,470 --> 01:36:59,770 And I wanted to let you all know that every time I 2292 01:36:59,770 --> 01:37:02,570 go to a different library, I'm more and more 2293 01:37:02,570 --> 01:37:04,770 impressed with what you all do. 2294 01:37:04,770 --> 01:37:08,970 So the link outside libraries with summer reading, who reached 2295 01:37:08,970 --> 01:37:12,170 out to us and was like, we were looking some library system in 2296 01:37:12,170 --> 01:37:15,950 like Kansas, like we searched all the summer reading programs, 2297 01:37:15,950 --> 01:37:18,490 like in this country and we're looking for ideas 2298 01:37:18,490 --> 01:37:21,070 and they called us and we're like, 2299 01:37:21,070 --> 01:37:22,710 can you tell me more about what you're doing. 2300 01:37:22,710 --> 01:37:25,940 So we have no affiliation with found either. 2301 01:37:25,940 --> 01:37:27,720 Our socials or whatever. 2302 01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:30,560 So slowly people are figuring it out. 2303 01:37:30,560 --> 01:37:33,140 Wow even faster than you can travel. 2304 01:37:33,140 --> 01:37:34,600 So very convenient. 2305 01:37:34,600 --> 01:37:37,560 Keep telling all the people. 2306 01:37:37,560 --> 01:37:39,220 Comparison is the thief of joy. 2307 01:37:39,220 --> 01:37:40,980 Unless you're comparing us to other people. 2308 01:37:40,980 --> 01:37:45,000 Yeah, and then it's awesome. 2309 01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:47,160 And then it brings lots of joy. 2310 01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:48,580 No, I mean, we're not as big as other. 2311 01:37:48,580 --> 01:37:51,400 Like, I have a friend who's on the Advisory Commission 2312 01:37:51,400 --> 01:37:54,300 for the Anaheim public library system, 2313 01:37:54,300 --> 01:37:56,040 and they're a lot bigger than we are. 2314 01:37:56,040 --> 01:37:58,320 They have a lot more money than we do. 2315 01:37:58,320 --> 01:38:00,620 They do some very cool things with it. 2316 01:38:00,620 --> 01:38:02,920 I'm not going to say it's better than what we do, 2317 01:38:02,920 --> 01:38:06,280 but they just have more options because their budget is bigger. 2318 01:38:06,280 --> 01:38:08,200 And their branches are bigger. 2319 01:38:08,200 --> 01:38:11,840 Circulation like, I mean, they're just a bigger city 2320 01:38:11,840 --> 01:38:13,140 that's much older than we are. 2321 01:38:13,140 --> 01:38:18,613 But I still even when I do that, I'm like, oh, well, 2322 01:38:18,613 --> 01:38:19,180 you guys do that. 2323 01:38:19,180 --> 01:38:19,680 That's awesome. 2324 01:38:19,680 --> 01:38:22,080 But like we do this and you guys don't 2325 01:38:22,080 --> 01:38:23,650 actually offer that at all. 2326 01:38:23,650 --> 01:38:28,830 So even when we're not the biggest or have the most money, 2327 01:38:28,830 --> 01:38:31,250 there are still things that we really shine up. 2328 01:38:31,250 --> 01:38:35,310 So I will still ask people all these questions 2329 01:38:35,310 --> 01:38:36,850 just so I can find those spots. 2330 01:38:36,850 --> 01:38:39,110 Yeah, we're doing this really great. 2331 01:38:39,110 --> 01:38:41,170 So I say it's not me, you guys. 2332 01:38:41,170 --> 01:38:44,430 But I'm very proud. 2333 01:38:44,430 --> 01:38:49,230 So is there any other business. 2334 01:38:49,230 --> 01:38:52,250 Current events and reports. 2335 01:38:52,250 --> 01:38:55,270 2336 01:38:55,270 --> 01:38:58,190 No any more discussion. 2337 01:38:58,190 --> 01:39:00,330 All right. 2338 01:39:00,330 --> 01:39:05,150 Is there a motion to adjourn the meeting. 2339 01:39:05,150 --> 01:39:10,070 I motion to adjourn the August library advisory meeting. 2340 01:39:10,070 --> 01:39:10,870 I'll second. 2341 01:39:10,870 --> 01:39:15,230 It's been moved and seconded. 2342 01:39:15,230 --> 01:39:16,630 All those in favor say Aye. 2343 01:39:16,630 --> 01:39:18,170 Aye all those opposed. 2344 01:39:18,170 --> 01:39:19,850 Nay the motion carries. 2345 01:39:19,850 --> 01:39:22,160 The meeting adjourned.