City of Laredo, Texas Library Advisory Committee, 28 Apr 2021

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Public Library Advisory Committee Meeting 042821

A

You can start the meeting already.

B

Okay can y'all hear me.

C

B

All right, then, uh let's go ahead and call the meeting to order. We have. uh We have enough for a quorum, correct, miss angie.

C

Yes, sir everybody's saying.

B

Okay, all right, uh I guess we begin with the pledge of allegiance. I guess space north, I don't know and then look at it or just look there, just look there. We can stand up and look there all right. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands.

B

One nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Now we can sit down again, um roll call.

C

Roll call sandra present really.

D

There present okay.

B

D

We have a quorum.

B

All right very good. Thank you. Okay, uh this time and there were no citizen comments, correct.

C

B

There were no citizen comments right, nobody signed up or anything.

A

No, nothing has come in.

B

Okay, good, then we'll go over to the minutes uh for reading of approval. I think that was one of the attachments from last time or from our email. So if you want to look at the minutes, I'll give you some.

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C

B

I'm looking at the minutes on my phone and sometimes it's too small.

C

Yeah yeah, I I did the same doing the same thing.

E

B

So does anybody have any corrections or anything any additions or deletions that they all want to make at this time.

C

No, I know that we approve the minutes.

B

Okay, emotion has been made um all those four all right, all those against okay.

B

The minutes are approved as as as they were, presented, okay, um communications and announcements.

A

I have none other than um we are. If, if anybody is up to it, we are allowed to have uh in-person meetings uh as long as everybody has been fully vaccinated. I know I don't know. Angie has given you that option that we can or make it a hybrid where some people are are at home, and some people can be here. We've done that before with the other commission, but just as an fyi and if anybody is is willing or if you're not comfortable. Yet we can continue virtual. That's just an announcement.

B

I I actually would like to meet. I may be in person. This is just me um for anybody here. uh I have been fully vaccinated, but uh it's just. I think we just encountered so many issues with. uh What's this called webex webex, you know and it's really delaying the start of our meetings, but that does not mean that anybody who I mean I'll probably show up in person next time. uh My god will I get out of here on time.

B

I'm still here, as you can see, but anybody who doesn't I mean, I'm sure can like you said: missouri's can still remain at home and that option.

C

Room and then you have it there, okay or do it at home. I think.

A

That's a good idea.

C

Whoever can she can show up or whoever wants to show up and we're, I guess we're all fully vaccinated. Then we can do that. I don't see a problem.

A

Yeah, let me know that way: we can have it set up um the way we did it in the past is we have a big screen tv and that's where you'll be watching it? Okay, we can see the people that are at home on there.

B

No miss olives. Do you have uh any kind of those plexiglas things could maybe some people want to feel a little safer? I don't know, I know some places. Have it or even I know, even some bars have them now or and don't ask me how I know that, but they just they just put toxic classes in individual seating areas. You've.

A

B

I was told I saw somebody put a selfie, you know, but just I don't know is that something you have there when you have these meetings.

A

Yes, well not at that time, because it was before uh we just socially distanced when we sat, but we do have uh plexiglas that we've ordered for the for the service desks and uh we've used it for other things too.

A

So, if that's, uh uh you know, of course, we'll have to wear our mask and we have shields too.

B

Okay, that sounds good, that sounds good um and and maybe just um uh disinfecting or whatever, I'm not saying disinfecting but uh sanitizing. That's a better word sanitizing prior to our arrival and then oh.

A

Yes, well definitely yeah. That's.

B

What we do with this with the students we test we're bringing them in the test. uh We we sanitize before we sanitize after all, that stuff goes on.

A

Yes, yes, definitely.

B

Okay sounds good, so I guess when we do meet again, it is up to uh I guess. As everybody understands, you have the option of remaining exactly where you're at now or to go in and just please advise miss solis, miss angie. If you're all going to be coming in that way, they can set up the room.

C

Okay sounds good. Thank you.

B

Okay, any other communications or announcements.

A

B

Okay uh on the next item, items for discussion and possible action.

A

There are none there.

B

Are none okay and we move on staff reports, library, directors update. I was seeing some of these.

A

Okay, um as far as the reopening we're still waiting to go ahead, um we could possibly have an answer next monday at city council, because uh there is a there's always an item about uh covet as it stands right now. Eighty percent of my staff is fully vaccinated, so um we've reached that threshold that the city has so I I don't know if that's uh one of the ones that that is still pending.

A

I know that at some point there was also discussion about um the the budget because they did take into account us being close to the public as some savings, um but that might change we are. I I uh sent a list of all the supplies that we've.

A

Sanitizing the everything that comes in uh staff, we have plenty of masks, vinyl gloves shields a lot of cleaning supplies, um hand sanitizer, that if we should open, we would put at the at the front of the at the entrance. um Angie has a little bit.

A

We don't know exactly what the city is going to require us to do whether we uh you'll you'll see that there the staff is taking temperatures, but we don't know if they're gonna. Let want us to do that, but uh it's still a very rough draft angie. If you want to play it.

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C

Let me try to share it.

A

It's about a minute long! Do you see that no okay.

C

Okay, here we go, do you see that? Yes, okay, let me here we go. Do you hear it.

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And it is not complete, I mean we're going to be filming. I I asked him to to film little sections to show you um and then we will put it together once so, we'll let the public know uh what all we've been doing and joe. So it has a list of all the of the things that are being done. I don't know if you can share it, and this has been we've been doing this since the beginning.

A

Since we closed- and this is mostly for staff- all the things that we were doing when we were um when we first started, we would bring some bells and ask people to go wash their hands every 30 minutes. So it depends on where we're at when we're opening.

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A

Yes, we can see it and then general staff duties of how we can stay.

A

Safe, just as an fyi.

A

Okay, any questions.

B

Do you have a regular like every two weeks or so testing of staff for for coving.

A

No no um at the beginning, when this all started, we were offered uh testing and but it was on a voluntary basis.

B

So right now, there's nothing like like any every department doesn't have like, like I don't know what we test at the schools like every two weeks, we're testing next week. All staff will step and it is voluntary also by the way well, the staff that come in or our students as well. We test them so and I'm sure realized he does. A lot of the same things um is. Is there something like that? That's been offered at all.

A

um No there's just uh that that curative types we have one across the street and uh in the rec centers um boss has one in their parking lot facing zapata. So uh and it's it we're not being required or- or somebody doesn't come in here and says: okay, who wants to get tested. That is not, but we have the testing facilities or the the the uh curative nearby and.

B

What about at the stations there like of circulation and other like reference where people are behind a table or desk of some kind, or are there plexi glass shields that will be protecting the employees.

A

We have ordered them, they are here. We we, when we first got them in, we did set them up, but since we weren't using them, we did take them off but sure we have to open. Yes, we have them ready to go.

B

Okay good, and what about um what about like, like spacers like when people line up to for reference or for checkouts, do you have the dials on the floor that says.

A

Yes, we did order, it says, wait here and we're gonna space them and uh we're gonna try uh using the the the rope around so that people know that. Okay, you have to go straight and not go around the desk, because it's a very big test.

B

Right right, right, yeah, so just so we can, you know, make the employees feel safer and the public feels safer and traffic. Now, of course, I guess like when you go into restaurants. Now they have some areas where it's like you don't sit here. Is that something you're gonna look at doing for yesterday.

A

Yes, we've already uh spaced out just taking out some furniture, putting them in storage, so I mean they're not tempted to sit in the lobby. The the tables are pretty spaced out.

B

Okay, and how often would you would you have your custodians clean, the restrooms.

C

I believe angie.

A

I don't know if you were gonna say I would say three to four times a day as it stands right now, but that's because yes, it's it's uh at least three or four times, but then there's only certain bathrooms that we're using for you we're gonna have to step it up once the public is coming in.

C

A

Yes, we've had our our multi-purpose being uh room being used by the fire department for testing and the the desks are all spread out and they're, using our plexiglas right now and they're uh restricted to that restroom. That's right! There and they've been cleaning it more often.

B

Okay, yeah, because that's something that I know we do so it's something I would expect you all will. Also probably I mean to think about it. Do because it is. It is a lot now. Is I, like the video, I think, the videos it looks. I like the music to it. I think you're all doing a good job. It's a rough draft. I got it, but it looks good. I'm sure you're going to have um narration over it telling explaining the to the people where this is where you go.

B

This is maintain six feet, uh avoid areas that have been blocked off. You know if you use the restrooms, you want to make sure you wash your hands, you know often, and all these things. You know that that uh that I'm sure you're you're you're thinking about I know because we had to make videos for for testing I mean I was over there with our uisd.

B

uh What is it the communications area- and I I made our I think mine was like five minutes or something, and we have all these details you got to think about. It turns into quite a lot and english and in spanish, so it's actually on youtube.

B

You could watch it, so uh I'm not very proud of it, but still I had to do it so, uh but yeah just something about, uh and then of course I would say we aired a lot on public access or going through pro a or you know to univision whatever just to just to let the public know when it does what uh I guess thinking through backwards, like whatever we know the date that we're going to set, because eventually it's going to open because we already know we know schools are going to open.

B

In fact they kind of aren't already. um I know we have. I don't know how much you all have at roosevelt or lic schools, but we got matias. We got 300, 330, kids, I think about right. Now I got over half my my school back and it's it's a lot and it's it's a it's a day-to-day logistical, little tiny, tiny, two-minute nightmare when it comes to lunch and and all that so but we're working with it, but we've had the most pretty much throughout the whole year. So I understand what you're going through.

B

I understand the anxiousness about people, but and that's why I feel pretty good about meeting in person, because I'm here with 300 some kids uh 80 some employees- I mean I'm, I'm back. I just wear this thing when I'm not in my office by myself, so nemo.

A

Normal for us now.

B

Right right, right right so and I think it's uh I think the mask has done a great job, because it has anybody heard of anyone getting the flu.

A

No, no! That's because allergies still lots of allergies! Oh.

B

Yeah, allergies, yeah, but but no flu, no because you've been wearing this everyone's very careful with it. You know, I mean think about it. I mean the flu kills people bacterial! Yes, oh that's! The other thing I wanted to ask. You said you were going to put those antibacterials like at the front bar. Are you going to have perhaps maybe stations of them around the yes.

A

Not just in the front wherever it's open, we've ordered several standing ones so that um much less.

B

A

Would say even.

B

Like, like put it in key areas like like any resources that people get, or maybe we have to remove those resources, I don't know like the daily newspaper uh magazines, any use of the computer before you get on there. You got to hand sanitize.

A

Required, oh no, yeah! No, yes and cleaning the computer after every use. Also.

B

Right right so it'll help that, if they hand sanitize prior to even pressing anything touching anything and then cleaning it after- and you know these little our new, our new realities on how to function when we go anywhere, especially our public libraries.

B

So maybe just some things like that which that video is good um and maybe even include some of the people.

B

B

As far as our public libraries yeah.

C

I just I just stopped top of my head.

B

I don't know something to include. I don't know if anybody else got any ideas. I'm sorry. I did talk a lot. Sorry.

A

No, you probably have the most experience with this.

B

Kid it's been a lot, it's been.

C

B

It's been a heck of a year, it's been rough, I can't I mean I lost more hair, it's been better.

C

B

Think that's a good.

C

Idea, robert good idea.

B

Yes, it's been again trial and error, uh I'm sure miss uh mellie can say the same. It's like, oh, my god. How do we do it like, because that that's interesting I'm like I don't know, I'd like to hear? Maybe what your perspectives are? You all are going to handle things or how are y'all already handling things with kids and like books.

D

Actually, it's been all ebooks. We haven't allowed for books to go out only if teachers requested them, then we would check them out on a case-to-case basis, but we haven't it's all been ebooks. We've worked really hard in building our ebook collection, of course, working with the public library as well, but that's it so um we're we're going as long as you know.

D

I don't know when we come back depending on how things are I mean we don't know yet we don't know how we're gonna handle checking out books, um how they're gonna come to the library. How many it just depends on the guidance that we get from. You know from cdc.

D

I don't know we don't know yet. I'm not gonna lie I'm a little nervous about it. Yeah.

B

D

Because it's a lot I mean I was just watching the video and I was just gonna- ask maria like okay, so how? How long does it take to disinfect the books? Because.

D

Kids in and out in and out in and out, you know getting books so and.

A

And that's one of the man.

D

Power like we don't have help to do that, like it's just the librarian and the assistant, but a lot of times the assistant is, is called out to do other duties. So I don't know.

A

um I know other uh public libraries quarantined books for 72 hours. um I think we're we're doing, because I I just saw on one of the list servers. They sent out a cdc report where touch surfaces are like, maybe one in 10 000 that could pass the infection to somebody. So it's it's very low and that's in an area uh that is uh highly contagious like right now. uh I think, if you're in an area that doesn't is not affected too much as maybe one in a hundred thousand, that could do that.

A

So I think right now you know my safety guy tells me we're probably overkill with the with the uv light and the wiping of the book and right now we're okay, because the volume is not.

A

We open and the volume of books rotating is it probably we're. Gonna have to stick to one either to the the uv or the wiping or the quarantining of the book.

B

Right right, yeah um on those uv- uh I don't know they're not wands, but the staff does know to be careful with that because, like don't don't ever put it near your skin or anything.

A

Yes and it's shaped so that it just faces down, you know it doesn't come out right.

B

Yeah because that's definitely can cause cancer skin cancers.

D

B

Yeah, you have to be very careful with them, but they are effective, they're very effective for killing the virus. Okay, uh I think I think it's a great start. uh I think not knowing what's coming and, like you said any any other direction, like you said, miss pies coming in.

B

Is of course masks uh because, as you know, it's not required, but I don't know, does the city is able to say well within our public buildings or they.

A

Can't it's mandatory for staff to wear masks. You want to work here. You need a shirt of shoes on your.

D

Mask for everyone to wear a mask and.

A

It's not a business, I mean, but the city can mandate it and it has it. It has mandated anybody coming into. One of our buildings has to be.

B

Okay, good yeah- and I was thinking- maybe even have um I don't know- I don't know if there, if it's in your budget or if the city's gonna supply it uh a set of masks. uh You know, of course, brand new masks, but the the cheaper ones uh in case somebody comes in and they don't have a mask. Oh.

A

No, we we plan on doing that and we we have when somebody walked in here accidentally without a mask. We gave them a mask.

B

Right right: good, because that's what we do.

A

They're getting a lot cheaper, the little paper ones, the the disposable ones. Yes,.

B

Yes, that's exactly right and I do think that you should still check the temperatures. um I don't know, that's something that or I don't. I know we're required to do. Dr al, I don't know uh it's like a self-check.

B

I don't know if that's something that I mean and you go to some places as because there are people who come often to the library mm-hmm you know and with their regulars. Well, they can often do that. I don't know if that's something that they do all. Are you all required to do that with the city? Do something like to check into a doctoral prior to?

B

What's a dr l, okay, so yeah it's an app, it's an app that our district required us to it's a it's a self-check check-in before you walk into like my our school here you have to say: okay, uh I have not been. I don't have a fever, I don't have any symptoms and this and that so you're saying that you're, okay so and it checks in and and then the like, you would be able to check okay.

B

These people are coming in everything's, okay uh and if something can be traced to them whatever, then you lied. You know.

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C

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B

Yes, electronic it's a digital version of that that's exact, and that could be something I know some places around where we're doing that with pencil paper. Even to cut your hair. Oh don't laugh mine, but.

D

B

uh Absolutely and it's something that was occurring, you had to check off hey, I'm, okay and you're, signing saying because we're trusting you there's a big level of trust here, but I don't know.

A

Going to be required to take temperatures like you saw in the video so that if you go to city hall, annex they have something that's automatically, you walk in front of it and then.

B

Right there, those are, those are fancy. Those are, I know, don't forget.

C

I know how much they.

B

Cost, I don't know we use, we use, I have it, I have them here. I have one here yeah, we use those things and we have a team of people for all the kids that get off the bus and come in and every morning and that's what we do.

B

B

Because you all have the the city, the city, uh what is it tv people that that can.

A

Do an excellent.

B

Job with mr leon is it so mr leon.

A

Actually we're doing it in-house.

B

Oh wow that looks great.

A

The other video I showed to you and everything that we're doing we we- uh I I told you about that, grant we got from the texas state library and that's what we did. We bought some production equipment so that we can do it and and the guys we've been in.

B

That's excellent to promote a lot of things that you all do, whether it's through youtube facebook. What have you that's.

D

B

Investment, that's a good, buy. Okay, all right any other questions on uh the reopening I'm just talking are we opening.

C

No, I think, that's good. It's a good start.

A

Thank you have any suggestions. Let us know appreciate that good feedback.

B

All right, I guess, or where what are we on on the recent and upcoming library programs that we're at yes, okay, recent, I know you sent you sent uh some stuff on things that are coming up.

A

The the flyers for may and uh we are going to be having.

A

And we will get, uh we will be having special programming during the summer.

B

Okay, I see that.

D

I'm sorry mariah so the summer reading program and the summer program, so are they going to be in person? No, no.

A

I told staff I just didn't see us opening and having enough time to plan for it, so uh we're gonna continue this year doing it virtual. um I I have talked to you about a drive time story hour, so we're.

A

The rocking your way back to school. That's when we're we're aiming for august at the beginning of august to do that, we're having some equipment that we're getting repaired. The speakers and we already have the stage so hopefully.

A

We continue also with the income tax assistance, since they extended the deadline to may 17th. I believe we uh for texas- they extended it till june. So um while we still.

A

uh We make it like five to six appointments a day now, where it used to be every half hour. We had somebody um we're we're pretty much catching up. I believe we've done 600 with just a staff of uh of four of us doing this. Oh.

C

That's great yeah wow, that's great.

B

That's a lot of tax returns. Oh.

A

B

Wow, so was there a number on that that maybe uh we can promote that says you know: we've saved the radio, and this is how much money you know.

A

Well, we we're part of a coalition and they usually do that. All the items that we have.

B

All right I mean I'm just thinking, maybe to put something in the entrance, something like you know: 600 tax returns processed here you know just let's the public know that the you know the library's working it's doing.

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B

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We can do that. We can uh uh once we get the the final numbers. Okay, we can do that all.

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C

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That a virtual.

B

Mother's day or something on may 4th.

A

Let me see the program.

E

It's my program bob. I have write, poetry, laredo as a poet period and I've been doing a workshop poetry workshop every month from february march.

E

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To 30, sometimes more than participants and yeah, it's it's very good. I.

E

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And thank you, mr misoli. They do a great job. Helping me put this workshop to the community.

C

Thank you, rosa maria. We.

E

Had a 14 year old girl who's been in all the workshops and she writes every time she's in a middle school. To me, that's she's, my hero.

E

E

And we also have high school, kids and, of course, community people, but uh this month I'm gonna have amanda lopez, reading mary sue galindo reading her own poems and then I'm having lucinda faroq, who was an english professor at lc, she's gonna be reading two english poems and then dr gonzalez, from tammy. You will be reading a spanish and another spanish teacher, ileana molina, you know jose, will be reading in spanish. Also, so it's pretty varied.

E

You know it's um it's uh and it's creating a lot of interest about poetry in the community and I'm very proud to say that that the library and I are doing it together.

B

That's good. I know that it's one of the hardest areas for our kids to interpret really it's on the star exam and it's it's not easy for they. They don't get it really yeah, but part of it also is on the test fault. There was a, I think, a poet who they interviewed and they and they asked her. Is this the interpretation of your poem, because that's what the star says is correct and she goes no. That's not it.

E

No one of the things that we say about poetry,.

E

It's it's a very personal thing. I think it's hard if they put you know and if they expect the children to.

E

Just um accept a lot of of uh interpretations. That's.

B

Not I'm on your side there with diana. I wish they would, but that's what they do, and it makes it very difficult for our kids.

E

In the start, I I was grading the star exams, but this year no, I have too much on my plate being done, because I would have spoke well yeah. I I uh greatly spanish one though that's um they have to write in fourth grade. I I would um grade the fourth grade essay. They write an essay and you know it touched my heart. It was it. It was very hard on me. You know I I I'm.

E

I get very involved with what they write, but no that is not you know. Poetry is supposed to be fun so and yes,.

B

E

I tell it's: it's your own poems and come and see me.

E

This is may 4th, so you can see what so you can help your kids, you know and that's what we think and every every month we've been doing it different. This would be different. uh I wrote mr brooke is going to explain, edna and vincent malay and edgar allan poe, two iconic poets, yes, and uh then we'll be writing about mothers and I'm gonna tell them. You know that relationships are very hard and our mothers. We have one poem in spanish from us, um a poet from nicaragua who now lives here who it's a revolution.

E

She was in the revolution against almost very interesting, but she writes about how hard it is being a mother and how she would like to be. You know like the ads like the mother that everybody but she's, not because.

E

Mothers different topics about motherhood um and, um and then I tell them you know um you don't have to write about your mother. You can write about an absent mother if she has died or if she I mean, there's a lot of abandonment, whether you believe it or not. A lot of children don't have mothers, be because of one reason or another and uh or a substitute. So we you know it. It gets interesting bob. It's.

B

E

And and then what I tell them, you know: poetry comes from your heart and uh from your feelings it's like, and then I equate it. I always equate it to writing a song. You know so yeah we have tips and come over may 4th at six o'clock may.

B

4Th all righty I can I can uh y'all can be my psychology, my psychiatrist, and I can talk about my mom.

E

Yeah, that's what we talked, that relationships are not easy and, and somehow my you know I I started doing as a young teacher. You know idealistic. We started writing for el magnan.

E

They expected you to write beautiful things about your mother and then I would do metaphors because we do metaphors and in poetry- and I said, do you come? Why do you compare your mother to it?.

E

My girl said no la comparo nico na pera.

E

And then I realized, you know that, so that's why I've changed.

E

Before every time we would write it, you know, and your mothers are human they're, not perfect, but if you don't have a mother, how about a subsidy? You know somebody who filled in as a mother and or um or maybe your mother, one of one.

E

Time, because you know we had him in this- is the trimester we had trimesters at martin high school back in the day and what the previous trimester her mother had died, and we were here. We were reading beautiful mother's day book.

E

I tried to you know to to do a lot of feelings and well last month we were shakespeare and cervantes, but we, you know the write, something that feels.

E

Really talked about how his father about his father's abandonment- and it was, you know it was wrong and- and I says, and his name is well- I'm not going to say that.

E

But you, you know, put your feelings in there and if you feel you know your father's abandonment well come on.

B

Over calendar- and I see there's a bunch of other things here like uh what's this korean pop culture, miss solis.

A

We we have a a an intern from tamiyu that had to do some hours so we're doing it virtually.

A

A korean because of the the k-pop um I don't know so um that she, the intern, is leading a with a one.

A

Way for the team for the teams to socialize and they love it. I mean they really really like it.

A

Well, they didn't.

A

Need a program online, usually with teams well.

B

Let me let me ask you with these programs that you have there's so many of them like, like mrs daniels, the poetry, this korean pop culture and other things that you have. Are you having like a digital sign in so we can continue to show that the library is active and- and you know, because don't we have to do that for for our annual? um What is it.

A

One program and the people that sign in at register, because it's via zoom, so we do have the numbers. And if you look at your, we have the quarterly report that we're uh we're bringing to you and that's just a list of the actual. The names of the program.

B

Okay, wow it's craft show we had a thousand nine hundred and thirty seven over four meetings.

A

um We're at I'm sorry.

B

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Was like january.

A

Yes, yes, because afterwards we we leave it on facebook and people watch it.

B

So let me ask you.

B

Are you are your numbers higher or lower.

A

No, they are lower, but we're seeing that, um for example, the team programs we're getting good attendance on those because they're.

A

Comfortable, it gets prettier, I mean they, they participate they're less shy than in person. That's what.

B

Organization, no matter what it does has to consider moving forward that, because I know for for educators, we don't want to let our students lose the technology that they've learned.

B

Listen how to do this and this and that and it's become uh now it's normal.

B

So it's how to submit assignments and just without.

B

You know just for your planning uh sake is like okay, we're gonna, have our live event, but we're gonna stream. It we're gonna.

B

Or a car or something to go, see it in person so and to continue that participation.

A

Yes, I definitely see us keeping.

A

uh Live in person and then maybe having some people log on that, can't make it for that day. Right.

B

Right so I think that's something.

C

That we're gonna have to.

B

Patient with everybody, okay sounds good.

C

E

You I wanted to say.

E

Poem that came out because they they have already taken the test right. Could you send me the poem is that is that legal or not.

B

No, I couldn't.

B

Do though, what you can do is they do have release tests that it's available to anybody in the public and anybody in the world. So you can just log on to the ta website and just go look on there and you can see it's during it's in the reading.

B

It's and they've released it. You you're free to use it. You can see what the questions are to that poem too. What they're asking so.

E

You can definitely do that yeah. I would like to help. I mean this is that's.

E

And I've been doing boys recently elementary because in mexico it is it's a very big part, and I think I never taught elementary in the united states, but I I've seen books and they all have poems and poetry.

B

Yeah so that'd be something that'd be interesting. Something for you to do is to.

E

D

Kids interpret.

B

As and then you look at the with the questions and not even show that it was a start.

B

See the differences, then you start to see how insane it is that they're actually testing them on this right.

E

B

Okay, good idea, good idea: okay,.

B

Any other anything else with recent programs and services.

A

No, not not at this time. uh As for the statistics, you do have the quarterly report, so you can see the the types of programs we've done from january to march. Okay,.

B

If anybody wants to look at the statistics and uh any questions they may have on them,.

A

um We only have the the quarterly for the two la two pro libraries that are currently providing services. Okay, the numbers are much higher for the main, because we do have some some of the mos staff over here, helping out with the program um a virtual program that counts for everybody.

A

A

We do have uh one of our librarians that is doing outreach um with uh with ozobots and and they actually and it's for for for small christian schools, because it does have to be less than 10 10 kids, because you're trying to do this uh virtually but they've loved it and we've had a good success with that.

B

A

Ozobots, don't ask me it's uh it's uh robotics, where it's simple ones that they teach the kids. How to do? This uh ayala probably knows more. I've seen them and I've built some myself, but I could not save my life teach a class on it.

B

Take your word for it: yeah, I'm, not sure. Okay, all right does anybody else. Have any any observations or questions about the quarterly reports.

B

Okay, I wanted.

E

To ask: I had a question about the cut the website always do you lend them out and they take them home for a whole week.

A

And this is in place because we usually have them here for them to come play, especially for the the family place library, where that's a big part of that program. Since we can't have the the patrons here, we are lending them out. They. She has updated that flyer so that it has a number, and somebody can ask okay, I want number three, the little instruments or uh and then, of course, when they come back, we'll disinfect and it'll be ready to go out.

E

I I want to commend you on that. I think that's wonderful,.

A

That was probably one of the hardest programs to convert to to something where they could do it. Curbside we've also implemented some boxes, store um family place, boxes that have books on uh nutrition, potty training and all that for the parents and for the child that they can take with them and then bring them back and.

E

I I don't know, is there are there statistics about how many people are doing the curbside toys? No.

A

We just started it: oh okay, yeah. It was.

C

One number: you will have numbers next time for next.

E

Time, yeah yeah. I.

A

Mean it was it's like: how can we still do, because we I mean they're not being as strict, but we need to do at least a couple of workshops a year with the family place library so that they've been they're, not enforcing it for this year, but we we wanted to start figuring out how to do it at home.

E

Yeah and how do you advertise so? How do people know that this is exist.

A

We have the flyer we put it on our website, it's on facebook, um it is limited to 30 people um and, of course the toys will be circulating, but it's also going to be advertised. I believe the the one for the for the boxes the family place boxes did make it. uh The city did uh send it out on a weekly. They send out weekly uh activities and meetings that are going to be happening throughout the city and that one did get sent out. Is that number three.

E

No, oh! No! Oh that's an is that another. It's another one.

A

Let me find it I'm sorry, it's the one two three play with me: oh okay, okay and it it. It has books on uh to promote good health, earlier parents being involved with their children when, when they're playing- and this is.

E

For three and under that's- oh, my goodness, yeah, that's very good! Oh okay! Thank you. Yeah.

B

Okay, um anybody else have anything else, any anything on the monthly statistics or programs.

B

Okay, then we'll move on to library, advisory committee, member absences.

A

I don't believe anybody's absent, okay.

B

Great, that's good news, alrighty then uh items for next meeting. I know I would say just an update on to: where are we with the videos and the return to uh normalcy, I guess or a new normalcy for the videos on that? um I know mrs diano said about the numbers that she wanted on that just that recent program that she just talked about.

A

B

The toys, yes, the toys, rosa.

C

Maria excuse me, when is your event for mother's.

E

Day may 4th I'm it's it's, there may 4th it's in the facebook may 4th at 6 00 and you need to register.

C

Oh okay and it's.

E

Gonna, be the library it's yeah. Well, it's virtual. This is my studio where I'm, where I'm at this is my.

C

Little okay, so where do we log on.

E

uh It's there in the um what you saw there, the the flyer there it's a register with roxanne with roxanne. It says there, the flyer, but I'm gonna put it well, it's in it's already in facebook and the library uh facebook. I am going to put it in mine too. I put it in mine and then I put it in some of my friends, okay, um facebook, but that's all we advertise by word of mouth- and um you know, but.

C

E

Fortunately, we've had people.

C

Okay, so I could pass the word out: yeah.

E

C

Can see it wednesdays may 4th. Okay, thank.

B

You other items for for next meeting.

A

And as always, if you think of something before we post the agenda, which is the friday before before the meeting, uh let us know okay, we are scheduled for may 26th.

B

Anybody who wants to show up can show up at the branch library uh just allow, uh of course, let mrs uh angie and miss at least know that when they can prepare or you can continue to be in your home or wherever it is that you're at today, that's okay, also just fyi.

B

C

Perfect yeah, that's good.

B

What was the date again for the next one, the.

A

C

B

Right all righty.

C

Good job guys, everybody at the library, is doing a real good job. Congratulations and keep up.

A

C

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C

B

All right, any any emotions for adjournment.

E

uh I still will move forward.

B

All right, mr moved all those uh all those in favor all right. All those opposed all right guys have it meeting is hereby over. Thank.

A

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