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TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 20TH, 2025.
[Municipal Library Board Meeting on May 20, 2025.]
THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD REGULAR MEETING HAS BEEN FOR MAY, HAS BEEN CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:01 PM UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT LEGALAND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED.
UM, WITH THAT, ITEM TWO ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE
NEXT ITEM ITEM THREE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 29TH, 2025.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? APPROVAL? THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HARDING AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SECOND STAGGS.
ANY DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MEETING MINUTES? OKAY.
HEARING NONE AND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A STAFF OVERVIEW OF T PROGRAM BY BENNETT WHO HAVE JOINED.
I'M THE MANAGER OF DALLAS HISTORY AND ARCHIVES DIVISION, WHICH IS THE SEVENTH FLOOR HERE AT DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU GENEALOGY AND HISTORY FLOOR HERE AT THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BRING YOU, UH, A DEMO OF RECOLLECT.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITHOUT, UM, A WONDERFUL, UH, EVAN STAFF, HEATHER, SALLY, ANDREW, AND, UM, TECHNICAL SERVICES AND OUR WONDERFUL TEAMS, UM, WHO ARE REPRESENTING TODAY.
UM, AND, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER A, WE'RE GONNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WHAT IF RECOLLEC I SHOULD THAT.
SO RECOLLEC IS A DIGITAL PLATFORM.
IT GIVES THE PUBLIC EASY ACCESS TO DIGITAL CONTENT FROM DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UM, CURRENTLY WE'VE GOT CONTENT FROM DALLAS HISTORY AND ARCHIVE AND THE GENEALOGY DIVISION IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED.
IT'S, WHAT'S SO GREAT IS WE CAN PUT COLLECTIONS OF ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL COLLECTION MATERIALS ONLINE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WE HAVE LOTS OF PLANS FOR EXPANSION, BUT WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR.
UM, IT DID TAKE MANY YEARS OF DESIGNING AND MAKING THIS, UM, AND IT HAS BEEN
THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT, AND IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO GET TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND TO KIND OF PLAN WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND HOW WE CAN SHOW THEM TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE MAIN THEMES BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND INTO THE COOL COLLECTION.
UM, I FEEL LIKE REALLY IT'S BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN DALLAS'S HISTORICAL PAST AND THE PRESENT.
YOU CAN SEE BUILDINGS, UM, WHAT THEY USED TO LOOK LIKE, HOUSES, UM, COMMUNITIES, UH, AND THINK ABOUT THEM AND TERMS OF TODAY.
UM, IT ALLOWS EXPLORATION OF OUR SHARED CONNECTION AND WE ALL USED TO GO TO THAT SAME PARK TOGETHER, UM, OR COMMONALITIES.
UM, AND IT REALLY TELLS THE STORY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOWS THE
AND SO WE HOPE WE KEEP THOSE IN MIND AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL COLLECTIONS ON RECOLLECTION.
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN FIND.
UM, SOME OF OUR PICTURES ARE SPOTLIGHTED HERE IN OUR, UM, POWERPOINTS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE DOCUMENTS, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US TELL STORIES LIKE FAMILY BIBLES, UM, UH, FUNERAL PROGRAMS AND MORE.
WE HAVE VIDEO, UM, THAT YOU CAN PLAY.
UM, WE HAVE MAPS AND WE HAVE POSTCARDS AND MUCH, MUCH MORE TO COME.
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AND NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR LIVE DEMO.I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THIS ALL DAY.
SO THIS IS THE RECOLLECT MAIN PAGE.
UM, IT'S HOW YOU START SEARCHING IN OUR COLLECTIONS.
IT'S GOT A SLIDING CARE OF CELLS, SOME KIND OF PHOTOS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
THEY'RE ALL CLICKABLE, UM, WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH IMAGE.
UM, THERE'S JUST STUFF WE THOUGHT WERE INTERESTING AS A PICTURE OF, YOU KNOW, 1950S DALLAS AT NIGHT.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ITEM TYPES STEPHANIE JUST TALKED ABOUT THERE THAT YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON JUST TO EXPLORE, WHICH I GUESS I'M GOING OUTTA ORDER, SORRY.
AND
BUT, UM, YOU CAN SEARCH, UM, AS WELL AS YOU CAN BROWSE BY COLLECTION.
AND WHEN YOU SEARCH, YOU SEARCH FOR PEOPLE, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, STREETS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOCATIONS.
UM, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF WAYS YOU COULD FIND, UH, MATERIALS IN HERE.
UH, STAFF HAVE GONE THROUGH AND ENTERED A LOT OF METADATA.
IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN POLARIS, BUT IT IS MUCH MORE VISUAL REPRESENTATION, ENJOYABLE TO
UM, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT INTERESTING WAYS THAT YOU CAN LINK THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE IN OUR PREVIOUS SYSTEM.
AND, UM, ON OUR HOMEPAGE, WE HAVE NINE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR.
I KEEP CALLING IT DPLS TOP NINE.
THESE ARE MUSTY COLLECTIONS THAT YOU MUST CHECK OUT.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THESE.
UM, AND IF, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT ONE THING YOU SHOULD LOOK AT, UH, THESE COLLECTIONS, UM, AND ONE OF THEM THAT STEPHANIE'S GONNA CLICK ON NOW IS THE MARY AND BUS COLLECTION.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT SIGNIFICANT TO DALLAS COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN DALLAS HISTORY AND ARCHIVES.
IT'S, UH, OVER 58,000 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES FROM A AFRICAN AMERICAN DALLAS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE DOCUMENTED, UM, RELIGIOUS AND CIVIC AND FAMILY LIFE STARTING IN THE 1950S TO THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
SO, UH, THIS IS A SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM HIS WORK, AND WE ARE ADDING MORE EVERY DAY.
UM, IT'S JUST A CONSTANT PROCESS.
THERE'S ALSO LESSON PLANS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE SCANNING ALL OF THESE IN, OR WE HAVE SCANNED 'EM IN THE PAST, AND NOW WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO, UM, HAVE A DEVICE TO EASILY AND, UM, VERY, UH, SEAMLESSLY UPLOAD THEM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM.
SO WE, WE DID HAVE SOME THINGS IN OUR PREVIOUS CATALOG.
WE DID HAVE A MARY AND BUT'S WEBSITE IN THE PAST, BUT WE'VE TAKEN ALL THAT MATERIAL AND WE PUT IT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE SCANNED THAT WASN'T IN THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A LONG, DIFFICULT PROCESS.
THIS IS, UM, SO MUCH MORE STREAMLINED AND SO MUCH MORE REWARDING WHEN YOU BROWSE IT.
UM, THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO KEEP GETTING EVERYTHING WE HAVE SCANNED INTO THIS SORT SYSTEM SO PEOPLE CAN FIND IT.
PEOPLE CAN DO RESEARCH, PEOPLE CAN LEARN IT ABOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND A LOT OF THIS PROCESS IS JUST ORGANIZING THINGS.
YOU ALREADY HAD A LOT OF IT VISUAL FORMAT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE METADATA CREATION AND, UM, NOT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL UNLESS YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PICTURES, BUT THEN TO MAKE IT A RECOLLECT RECORD, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU WANNA PUT IN TO HELP.
UM, PEOPLE MIGHT MAKE IT FINDABLE, MAKE IT SEARCHABLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, SO STAFF ARE GOING THROUGH AND LIKE KIND OF TWEAKING DATES AND, AND PUTTING IN LIKE DATE RANGES, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE 1920 THROUGH THIRTIES, IF WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF FINDING WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND, AND I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH MORE, UM, I THINK PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE COLLECTIONS BECAUSE IT ALL IS GOOGLEABLE.
SO IF YOU GOOGLED MARY, IF YOU GOOGLED MARY AND BUTS, AND I'M SORRY TO JUMP IN, I KNOW Y'ALL WERE GETTING TO THIS, BUT I'M TOO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, SO IF YOU GOOGLED MARY AND BUTS, THESE IMAGES WOULD COME UP IN THAT SEARCH.
AND SO IT'S REALLY A POWERFUL TOOL TO EXPOSE THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS WE HAVE TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T RESEARCHERS AND EXPERTS THAT KNOW HOW TO USE AN ARCHIVES.
SO WHEN YOU GOOGLE AND IT, IT BRINGS YOU TO THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY WEBSITE, NOT JUST, IT'LL BRING YOU TO THIS, THIS REPOSITORY.
SO IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE DPL WEBSITE.
YOU HAVE TO GO TO THAT U RL THAT YOU PUT UP AT THE BEGINNING.
IT'S LINKED THROUGH THE IT'S WEBSITE.
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WHERE IT'S, THERE SHOULD BE A LINK ON THE MAIN PAGE.DALLAS LIBRARY DIGITAL COLLECTION.
THERE, OR YOU GO STRAIGHT TO THIS URL.
I'LL SAY TOO, WITH THE SEARCHING, IT'S VERY EASY TO EXPLORE AND FIND NEW THINGS.
UM, I DID A SEARCH FOR ENGLAND, WHICH YOU WOULDN'T REALLY THINK DALLAS, THAT'S A THING.
UM, BUT, UH, A PHOTOGRAPH OF PRINCE CHARLES NAP, KING CHARLES CAME UP AND, UM, HE WAS HANGING OUT AT CITY HALL WITH THE KLO RANGER TOURETTES AND, UH, MAGAZINE 86.
UM, SO THAT'S A HUGE DOWN STRAIGHT, JUST HAD LONG FORGOTTEN.
UM, BUT, UM, IT, IT TOOK SOME INVESTIGATING ON OUR PART AND WE WERE ABLE TO UPDATE THE RECORD, UH, TO REFLECT THAT.
UM, HE WAS HERE, UH, TO CELEBRATE THE 210TH ANNIVERSARY AMERICA, 76.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY SORT OF VEHICLE OR PROCESS BY WHICH USERS CAN ADD CONTEXT IF THEY KNOW IT? YES.
PERSON RECOLLECT, BECAUSE YOU CAN ADD RECOLLECTIONS TO IMAGES.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER AND CHARLES, UM, YOU CAN ADD YOUR MEMORY OF THAT AND, UM, WHY HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO, WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO POSSIBILITY OF USING IT TO CROWDSOURCE SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT PHOTOS THAT'S MISSING.
LIKE IF WE HAVE A GREAT PHOTO, WE DON'T KNOW WHO ALL'S IN IT.
UM, AND THERE MAY BE STILL PEOPLE LIVING WHO MIGHT RECOGNIZE AND BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, YOU CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND THEN YOU CAN LIKE, SEND US A MESSAGE, BASICALLY MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, AND THEN STAFF CAN GO OVER THAT AND UPDATE OUR METADATA.
SO IT'S A ALSO A GOOD WAY TO HELP BUILD INFORMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT ANOTHER SAMPLE.
IF I CAN FLIP OUR VETERANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS, UM, PUT TOGETHER BY, UM, ONE OF OUR GENEALOGY AND HISTORY LIBRARIANS, SAMANTHA DIAZ, WHO BROUGHT THIS PROJECT TO US AND PITCHED IT AS AN IDEA THAT, UM, WE NEEDED TO BRING TO DALLAS.
UM, IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, UM, WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER, UH, A VETERANS WORLD HISTORY FIELD GUIDE, UM, FOR, UH, LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO INTERVIEW OUR VETERANS.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND RECOLLECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, SHARE THESE VIDEOS.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT, UM, JUST TO GET STARTED.
THIS PROJECT STARTED IN 2024, AND WE WENT THROUGH AND WE STARTED INTERVIEWING OUR LIBRARY STAFF, UM, WHO ARE VETERANS.
AND THIS IS OUR WONDERFUL ED BOER.
UM, ED HAS BEEN, UH, WITH THE LIBRARY, UH, LONGER THAN ANY OF US.
UM, HE'S A SECOND MOST TENURED, UH, STAFF PERSON IN THE LIBRARY.
HE'S ALWAYS WORKED IN THE GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, HE HAS AN IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL, AND NOW YOU ALL CAN HEAR IT, UM, SAY RECOLLECT.
UM, RECOLLECT ALSO HAS INTERESTING INTERACTIVE FEATURES.
LIKE, UH, THERE'S AN INTERESTING INTERACTIVE MAP THAT WE MADE TO SHOW OFF HISTORIC RESIDENCES AND BUILDINGS IN DALLAS.
AND SO THEY CREATED THIS MAP, WHICH APPLICABLE, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE BUILDING.
AND THEN WE'VE CREATED PAGES THAT HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH BUILDING.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, ARCHITECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR COLLECTION.
AND SO THIS IS JUST GONNA GROW, THIS IS THE START, I GUESS, OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S JUST, UM, IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STAFF CAN ADD INFORMATION TO.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO NOW TO ADD IN THERE.
SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS THE DAVIS BUILDING, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN AT 1309.
MAIN STREET, USED TO BE THEIR REPUBLIC BANK, BUT ANYONE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CAN FIND IT ON THIS SPECIFIC PAGE.
UM, AND IT HAS GEO COORDINATES.
WE MAP OUT THE GEO COORDINATES THERE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE THIS, UM, SECTION CALLED MORE RESOURCES, UM, WHICH FEATURES, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE STILL ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR.
UH, SO NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY HAS, BUT WE ARE ALSO ENCOURAGING YOU IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN DOING MORE RESEARCH TO, UM, COME DOWN AND, UM, RESEARCH HERE IN
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THE LIBRARY.ARE THOSE BUILDINGS JUST LIMITED TO DOWNTOWN, OR IS IT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS SO FAR WITH THE MAP THAT WE HAVE JUST DOWNTOWN.
BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST SO EXPANSIVE.
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE KIND OF ENDLESS.
WE ARE JUST AT THIS POINT FIGURING OUT WHICH DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO IN TO FINISH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT TO DO NEXT.
BUT, UM, HIGHLIGHTING SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS IS SOMETHING WE'RE ALSO GONNA START FOCUSING ON, PARTICULARLY LIKE PICTURES OF WEST DALLAS, PICTURES OF EAST DALLAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE DONE IN, UM, OUR DALLAS NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES GRANT COLLECTION.
UM, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT, UM, WE JOINTLY WORKED ON IN 2019.
UM, AND WE TARGETED SPECIFIC, UM, UNDERSERVED UNDERREPRESENTED NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, SO THAT WE COULD, UM, BUILD UP THESE COLLECTIONS TO, SO THAT PEOPLE COULD SEE THEMSELVES IN OUR LIBRARY COLLECTIONS.
WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST CONTACTING HERITAGE OAK CLIFF SINCE WILL CLIFF HAS A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT.
AND THEY STILL HAVE, THEY'RE STILL, THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE.
ONE OF, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT THIS, HAVING THIS PRODUCT INSTEAD OF JUST OUR CATALOG, IS THAT WE CAN GROUP THINGS BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, YOU KNOW, 10TH STREET, UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN, UM, EAST DALLAS AND OAK CLIFF, WE CAN GROUP THOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR, OUR NON RESEARCHER FRIENDS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HISTORY, THAT'S USUALLY WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
SO IT'S, IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE USER FOCUS.
IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR, FOR YOUR REGULAR, REGULAR PERSON TO GET REGULAR PERSON.
UM, AND SPEAKING OF BUILDINGS, UM, I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UPLOAD, UM, OUR FIRST, UH, CITY OF DALLAS BUILDING PERMIT BOOK.
UM, THIS IS A COLLECTION THAT'S HOUSED ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR.
IT COVERS 1905, UM, THROUGH, UH, 1970S.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UM, IS A MULTI YEAR PROJECT, UM, WHERE WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND SCAN, UM, THESE BUILDING PERMIT BOOKS.
THEY'RE TWO LARGE, UM, FOR EVEN THE LARGEST SCANNER.
UM, SO WE HAD TO, UM, SCAN EACH PAGE AND THEN STITCH 'EM BACK TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN WE RELY ON VOLUNTEERS TO GO THROUGH AND TRANSCRIBE ALL THIS, UM, UH, 20TH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY HANDWRITING.
UM, WELL, IT, IT'S ANGRY PERSON, ANGRY PERSON, BUREAUCRATIC PERSON.
UM, THE OWNER WHO BUILT, UM, THEIR NAMES ARE INDEXED.
THE HOUSE NUMBERS ARE INDEXED, SO YOU CAN SEARCH AWAY.
THIS USED TO BE A PROJECT THAT, UH, HAVE AN AMNESTY FLOOR THAT WOULD TAKE THIS.
THIS IS AN AMAZING DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THESE BOOKS ARE NOT IN ANY KIND OF ORDER.
THE PERSON WALKED INTO THE CITY PERMIT OFFICE, RIGHT?
SO IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE BUILT IN 1910 AND YOU'RE LIKE, I WANNA FIND THE PERMIT FOR IT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT WHOLE YEAR.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WENT IN.
UM, IT'S, AND IT'S, IT'S ONEROUS TO READ.
IT IS CURSIVE AND IT IS IN VARIOUS STATES OF, YOU KNOW, LEGIBILITY.
SO, UM, THE SEARCHABILITY FUNCTION IS GONNA BE AMAZING FOR ALL THE USERS THAT WANNA FIND THIS INFORMATION.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING ON THIS VOLUNTEERS.
UM, AND SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE GROUND.
SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND I'M, I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UH, WE'RE AIMING FOR MID-JUNE, BUT, UM, THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY HAS HAD A COLLECTION FROM CIVIL SUPPORTS, ACTIVIST AND POLITICIAN 180 CRAFT SINCE 1983.
UM, HER HOUSE, UH, JUST REOPENED AS A REIMAGINED TO START MUSEUM.
WE COLLABORATED ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, BUT WE GOT A TAX TREASURES GRANT TO HAVE, UH, THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE LA CRAFT COLLECTION SCANNED AND DIGITIZED 20% OF THE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PUT ONLINE.
AND WE HAVE HAD, UM, SOMEONE WORKING ON THAT, UM, SINCE THE, SINCE IT WAS FUNDED.
AND THEY'RE JUST WRAPPING UP AND IT'S ALL GONNA GO, IT'S OVER 600 IMAGES AND INCLUDING SOME SCRAPBOOKS AND COLLECTIONS FROM HER WORK AT THE NA NAACP.
THAT'S VERY INTERESTING STUFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S GONNA REALLY RAISE HER PROFILE AS WELL AS DALLAS.
IT'S LIKE A CENTER FOR OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ACTIVITY.
SO THAT'S GONNA, IF YOU VISIT FOR MUSEUM, THERE'LL
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BE LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT SINCE THE ACTUAL ARCHIVE, UM, OR JUST HOW TO DO IT.SO THE ARCHIVES THROUGH US, THEN WE DID COLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, WHICH RUNS THE MUSEUM.
AND YEAH, WE WILL SEND THEM STUFF TO GET, BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENED YET.
SO WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH HERE, AND THEN WE'LL SHARE INFORMATION THERE.
BUT, UM, A LOT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE IN THE MOVIE ON DISPLAY, A LOT OF THE DESIGNS ARE THINGS PEOPLE CAN NOW SEE IN THE COLLECTION ONLINE, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, ANYTIME THEY WANT, THEY CAN DO RESEARCH ABOUT
AND IF THEY'VE BEEN DISPLAYED IN THE MUSEUM, THEN THEY HAVE TO REST FROM LIGHT AND FROM BEING TOUCHED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO BEING ABLE TO SCAN THEM AND PROVIDE THEM DIGITALLY AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY PRESERVE THE MATERIALS, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THEM.
AND LASTLY, THIS IS THE RECOLLECTION,
UM, UH, WE ARE EXCITED, UH, TO BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY GROUP, UM, TO, UH, SCAN AND DIGITIZE AND OCR, UM, OUR MCGOWAN FUNERAL HOME PROGRAMS. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, AGAIN, MULTI-YEAR AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, IT'S ENTIRELY COMMUNITY LED.
UM, THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE WE HEAR YOU'RE LAUNCHING A NEW, UH, DIGITAL PLATFORM? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, DIGITIZING THE FUNERAL COLLECTIONS? UM, AND WE WERE LIKE, YES, THAT IS A PHENOMENAL IDEA.
UM, AND WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, UM, BECAUSE, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN WORK ON.
WE'VE GIVEN, UM, VOLUNTEER SPECIAL TRAINING, UM, AND SCANNING THESE COLLECTIONS, UM, AND GETTING THEM READY TO INPUT, UH, INTO RECOLLECT.
UM, ONE THING THAT I LOVE AGAIN, IS THAT IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PERSON, IF YOU HAVE A MEMORY TO SHARE, IF YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH, UM, INTO MS. MRS JOBY BRIGGS, UM, YOU CAN ADD THAT HERE.
YOU CAN ADD YOUR RECOLLECTION.
UM, I AM SO EAGER FOR SOMEBODY TO DO A LOT OF RESEARCH ON MRS. JOIE RICE, BECAUSE I FOUND HER FUNERAL PROGRAM.
UM, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MAIDEN NAME.
SHE ONLY HAD, UH, ONE RELATIVE.
AND LET'S FIND OUT ABOUT HER AND TELL HER STORY.
AND, UM, ALL OF THE, UM, TEXT IN THE FUNERAL PROGRAM IS, IS, UM, OCR, MEANING THAT YOU CAN SEARCH, UH, FOR GREG'S FAMILY, YOU CAN SEARCH, UM, BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS LISTED IN THE PROGRAM, UM, AND FIND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION EASILY, UM, AND BRING IT UP.
HOW, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN UP ON VALENTINE'S DAY FOR THE LAST LOOK? WELL, I CALL IT LAST LOOK, THE FUNERAL HOMES? UM, NO, SHE HAD A WHOLE COLLECTION.
THIS WAS 20 YEARS AGO, BUT, OKAY.
I PLAYED WITH A, A LITTLE, LIKE ON SOCIAL, A PREVIEW IN THE PHOTO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF TRAFFIC YOU'VE HAD SO FAR? WEBSITE QUESTION.
YEAH, WE DO HAVE STATISTICS, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY I'VE COMPILED ALL OF THEM.
THAT WOULD'VE WELL, I, I WAS THINKING OF THIS ALSO BECAUSE HEATHER MENTIONED, I THINK THAT SEO LIKE THE SEARCH OPTIMIZATION.
SO I'M CURIOUS ALSO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA TO THE SITE AND ACCESSING IT, OR IF THEY'RE REACHING IT.
UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.
I KNOW WE DO USE GOOGLE ANALYTICS TO, UM, TRACK THAT.
AND I'M NOT SURE WE'LL LOOK INTO IF IT WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US THAT.
I THINK IT MAY, MIGHT, WELL, YOU THINK THAT, BUT NOPE.
SOMETIMES I JUST KNOW FROM YOUR WORDS WEBSITE, IT'S A REPOSITORY, DOESN'T, IT WORKS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, UH, A REGULAR WEBSITE, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST PLUGGING IN THE MM-HMM
BUT IT, IT SHOULD, I MEAN, WE'LL CERTAINLY GET VISITORS, UM, USE, YOU KNOW, USERS, SHARES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UH, THE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FIFTIES, HAVE THEY BEEN ENHANCED OR WERE
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THEY THAT GOOD? THE ORIGINALS? THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN ENHANCED.THEY, THAT IS, UH, THE WAY THEY WERE SCANNED.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S TWEAKED JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR TECHNICAL REASONS.
YEAH, WE HAVE, WE'VE DEFINITELY NOT, YOU KNOW, PHOTOSHOPPED OR WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MISREPRESENT THE IMAGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN ARCHIVIST, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN EXACT COPY OF THE OBJECT AS IT LOOKS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WHAT WE CALL DIGITAL SURROGATE WITH PEOPLE.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT IT TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED, SO THEY'RE IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
AND IN SOME CASES, IF THERE WERE SOME REALLY MAJOR PROBLEM, WE MIGHT TWEAK IT.
LIKE WE WOULD NEVER SHOW AN IMAGE THAT HAD BEEN CHANGED WITHOUT NOTING IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT WAS LIKE A POSTER OR SOMETHING, YOU MIGHT DO THAT, BUT NOT IN THE ARCHIVE.
SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF ALREADY.
DALLAS HAS A NUMBER OF HOLLYWOOD AND SHOW BUSINESS CONNECTIONS.
UH, THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNER, DOROTHY MALONE, LIVED HERE FOR THINK IN HER CHILDHOOD.
AND THEN IN HER LATER YEARS, AND IN FACT, I WENT TO HER FUNERAL, UH, SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO ALSO, UH, JANE MANSFIELD ATTENDED SMU.
AND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE MAY WELL HAVE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN WHO HAVE ARCHIVES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GO ABOUT THAT.
IT'S, UH, SOMETHING TO PURSUE.
MAYBE YOU'VE DONE THAT ALREADY.
WE DO REACH OUT WHENEVER WE'RE AWARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG CITY AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OF INTEREST.
SO WE, IF IF SOMEONE GIVES US A TIP, WE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP.
UM, AND THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALSO WORK THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS JUST TRYING TO BUILD AWARENESS OF TRYING TO PRESERVE HISTORY AND WHETHER WE'RE DOING IT COLLABORATIVELY, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT SCAN THEIR ITEMS AND RETURN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE PRESERVED DIGITALLY MM-HMM
WITHIN THE ORIGINAL STAY WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WANNA DONATE AND HAVE US PRESERVE THEM.
I MEAN, WE WORK ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA UNDERSCORE, LIKE, UH, HAVING AN AMAZING SPECIAL COLLECTION IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY REALLY IS A SPECIAL THING.
THE, THE FACT THAT KIDS CAN WALK IN OFF THE STREET AND GET ACCESS TO THESE MATERIALS.
LIKE I'VE WORKED AT, I WORKED FOR UCLA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, NOT JUST ANYBODY COULD COME IN AND, AND SEE THE MATERIALS.
AND SO IT REALLY, IT REALLY IS A, A THING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO A ELECTION, YEAH.
YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET A, GET A REGISTRATION, SAY WHY ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A RESEARCH PROJECT SOMETIMES.
ONE MORE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERS, OR IS THERE A SPECIAL TRAINING YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR HEALTH? YES.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT TRAININGS, UM, FOR, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS.
LIKE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE PART IN THE TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT, WE HAVE, UH, ORIENTATIONS THAT WE GIVE IN PERSON FOR THAT.
UM, THOSE ARE GONNA COME UP, UH, AT THE END OF JUNE.
WE'RE GONNA START THIS UP AGAIN.
UM, AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UH, SCANNING TRAINING, UM, WE DO THAT, UM, THROUGH OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY GROUP.
SO THEY, THEY COORDINATE ALL OF THAT, UM, FOR US.
WE JUST SHOW 'EM HOW TO USE IT.
SO WILL THERE EVER BE AN UPCOMING, UM, ONLINE PRESENTATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK IN
I DID AN ONLINE PROGRAM AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE MORE TO THEM.
YEAH, WE DID ONE RIGHT AT LAUNCH.
I WAS LIKE, I SCHEDULED IT
AND, UM, WITH A NEW WEBSITE EVEN MORE.
OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, IT'LL BE EVEN MORE PROMINENT ON OUR NEW WEBSITE, UM, WHEN THAT COMES.
AND THAT WILL HELP DRIVE TRAFFIC TO IT AS WELL.
AND I DEFINITELY WILL TRY TO PROMOTE IT AS WELL.
THANK YOU,
AND, UM, I DID WANNA MOVE ON BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I ASKED HEATHER TO PRESENT, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON WITH LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FACILITIES.
ALSO, SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT ON SOME CHANGE IN POLICIES AND HOW THEY'RE BEING ENFORCED REGARDING FOOD AND
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SOME GUIDELINES REGARDING OUR FRIENDS GROUP.JUST ON A, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I STARTED, WHEN I STARTED MY LIBRARY CAREER, I WAS IN DIGITAL COLLECTIONS.
AND, UM, SO ONE OF THE VERY FEW THINGS THAT BUMPED ME OUT ABOUT BECOMING INTERIM LIBRARY DIRECTOR WAS I HAD TO STEP AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT.
SO TO SEE IT, UH, COME TO FRUITION, UM, HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL FOR ME.
UM, SO WE'LL START AS WE NORMALLY DO WITH A BUILDING UPDATE.
UM, AND WE'LL START HERE IN CENTRAL.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO BE ON, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.
GRANT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FOR THE WEST SIDE PLAZA THAT SHOULD BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 25TH.
UM, SO WE WILL, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THAT GOING.
UM, ALSO JUST YESTERDAY WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THE ARCHITECT FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE FIRST FLOOR BATHROOM.
UM, SO THAT IS ALSO A MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO.
UM, AND I'M, THERE'S A LOT HERE, SO I'M GONNA STICK TO THE MAIN, UM, THE LARGER MAINTENANCE.
SO SKYLINE, WE HAVE BEGUN OUR A DA RENOVATION OF THE BATHROOMS THERE.
UM, IT IS, UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO SKYLINE, UM, HEATHER, I, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, THE, THE BATHROOMS ARE RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK IN THE, THE FRONT DOOR, AND THEY'RE RIGHT BY THE AUDITORIUM.
UH, SO THE, THE BATHROOMS AND THE AUDITORIUM ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY'VE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT ONE OF THOSE PLASTIC SEALS UP TO CONTAIN THE, THE RENOVATION BYPRODUCTS.
UM, AND WE HA WE DO HAVE PORTA PORTA-POTTIES OUTSIDE.
SO IT'S, UH, AND IT, AND IT'S NOISY ALSO, IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT SKYLINE LIBRARY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE.
UM, THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS JUNE 13TH.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK AT NIGHT, THE, THE NOISIEST WORK THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO AT NIGHT TO, SO THAT, THAT IT'S STILL A USABLE LIBRARY.
UM, AT RIDE WALLER PARK, WE HAVE, UM, ANY OF THE, ANY OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN BY THERE RECENTLY KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A SINKHOLE.
IT STARTED OUT AS A SMALL SINKHOLE, AND THEN THEY WENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REALIZED IT WAS A VERY LARGE SINKHOLE.
AND THEN WE HAD SEVERAL WEEKS OF RAIN.
UM, BUT WE ARE FINALLY TO THE POINT WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, LEVELED OUT THE
UM, AND IT IS, SEAN, I KNOW YOU JUST GOT AN UPDATE OF A COUPLE WE A WEEK FROM COMPLETION.
SO WE JUST GOT PHOTOS TODAY AND THE, THEY LEVELED EVERYTHING AND OFF, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THE FRAMING AND THE REBAR ON THURSDAY IS THE HOPE.
AND THEN IF THE, THE RAIN COOPERATES POTENTIALLY THIS WEEKEND, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT COULD, BUT IF IT DOESN'T, THEY WANT TO POUR CONCRETE ON TUESDAY.
AND THAT'S JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES WE UPDATE.
SO PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE IN YOUR LIFE IN TEXAS, HOPE FOR DRY HOT WEATHER.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, ON A SIMILAR VEIN, UM, IN PLEASANT GROVE, WE HAD A SMALL MOLD MEAT REMEDIATION PROJECT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN, UM, ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
UM, AND THAT IS IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER.
AND SO WE ARE, UM, ACTUALLY GONNA HAVE TO BE REPLACING SOME SHEET ROCK AND FLOORING THERE.
UH, AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN, I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME, BUT I WILL JUST, UH, RESTATE.
WE HAVE A NEW LANDSCAPING COMPANY.
UM, AND WE ARE, UM, UH, ASKING THEM REALLY TO EMPHASIZE NEW PLANTING.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE SOME WORK.
THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY CUT DOWN A COUPLE OF DEAD TREES HERE AT CENTRAL AND IN SOME OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE SEEING SOME, UM, SOME NEW PRETTY PLANTS AT YOUR LOCATIONS.
SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON LIBRARY MAINTENANCE ITEMS? SO THE DDI GRANT, SO WHAT GOES TO COUNCIL? IS IT THE PROPOSAL ON THE PROJECT AT THE END? THE DOLLAR? NO, NO.
IT'S REALLY, ANYTIME WE GET A GRANT, ANYTIME WE TO ACCEPT THE MONEY FROM, FROM THE GRANT, IT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S JUST THE CITY, HOW THE CITY WORKS.
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AND IF IT GETS APPROVED, LIKE HOW SOON WOULD IT, UM, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, SOME OF IT DEPENDS ON FACILITIES AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT.THEY, THEY HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME AS A HIGH, HIGH PRIORITY.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT QUOTES FOR, FOR THE WORK, SO, UM, AS SOON AS WE CAN.
BUT I MEAN, IT'LL STILL PROBABLY, REALISTICALLY, IT'LL STILL PROBABLY BE A, A FEW MONTHS BEFORE WE CAN GET SOMETHING.
SO I MEAN, JUST THE PACE OF GETTING THE, THE RIGHT VENDOR AND, AND THEM HAVING TIME TO PUT IT INTO THEIR SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW POLICIES.
DID EVERYONE HERE GET THE PERSONAL BELONGING AND THE FOOD AND DRINK GUIDELINES IN PERSON? AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, THEY'VE BEEN ADDED.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE ON MOBILE PHONES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ACCESS THEM.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE THREE DOTS AT THE VERY BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER NEXT TO CHAT, IF YOU CLICK ON THAT, IT'LL SAY CONTENT.
AND I CLICK ON CONTENT AND YOU SHOULD SEE THREE PDFS.
UM, SO, UH, THE FIRST, UH, ITEM I'LL GO OVER, UH, IS OUR FOOD AND DRINK GUIDELINES.
UM, IN THE PAST, UH, IT HAD GENERALLY BEEN A POLICY THAT THERE WAS NO FOOD AND DRINK ALLOWED AT COMPUTERS, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR POLICY, IT WAS NOT CLEAR.
UM, SO IT, I THINK THERE WERE VARYING LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT, UM, AROUND THE SYSTEM.
AND SO WE'VE MADE THAT CLEAR NOW.
UM, AND SO WE'VE TRAINED STAFF AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE HERE.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DO GENERAL, WE DON'T ALLOW MEALS REALLY INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT BECAUSE FOR PEOPLE'S COMFORT, BECAUSE PEOPLE COME IN WITH KIDS, PEOPLE COME IN WITH DIABETES, PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE SMALL SNACK TYPE ITEMS IN THE LIBRARY, UM, OR, UH, DRINKS WITH LIDS, BUT NOT AT THE COMPUTERS.
UM, AND A LOT OF OUR LOCATIONS, UM, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EMMA FOYER OR HERE AT CENTRAL WE HAVE A A AND KIND OF IN OUR ENTRYWAY, WE HAVE AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN EAT, YOU KNOW, EAT A PACKED LUNCH OR EAT, EAT MORE OF A MEAL.
BUT IT IS, UM, AWAY FROM THE COLLECTION, UM, AND AWAY FROM ANYWHERE WE WOULD HAVE PROGRAMMING.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I THINK THAT ONE'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
WE'VE REALLY, THERE'S REALLY ONE BIG CHANGE.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT WE WERE, WE HAD IN OUR PRACTICE, BUT WE WERE, WE HADN'T SAID WE WERE DOING.
UM, SO THE BIG CHANGE IS IN THE PAST, WE, UM, HAD SAID CUSTOMERS MUST BE ABLE TO CARRY ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
UM, THAT'S REALLY, UH, WAS A GENERAL WAY THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD QUANTIFY THE SAFETY OF AN ITEM THAT THINGS WOULDN'T BLOCK AISLES OR TAKE UP TOO MUCH SPACE.
BUT WE HAVE FURTHER RESTRICTED THAT TO TWO PERSONAL ITEMS OR BAGS, UM, IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO CARRY THEM SO THEY'RE NOT JUST LIKE TWO ENORMOUS ITEMS. WE ALSO PARTICULARLY SPELLED OUT THAT UNATTENDED PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE DISCARDED.
UM, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAD THAT PRACTICE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE AN AIRPORT OR ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPACE, IT, IT JUST REALLY ISN'T SAFE FOR US TO HAVE UNATTENDED BAGS.
UM, BUT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING WE SPELLED OUT.
UM, BECAUSE THIS, UH, PARTICULAR POLICY, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A LITTLE HARDER TO COMPLY WITH, WITH ON THE SPOT, UM, THAN THE FOOD AND DRINK.
WE DID, WE'VE TAKEN A FEW WEEKS TO FULLY BE IMPLEMENTING IT.
WE SPENT A WEEK OR SO TALKING TO CUSTOMERS.
UM, WELL FIRST WE TRAINED STAFF
AND THEN WE POSTED, POSTED IT OFFICIALLY, AND GAVE PEOPLE ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK TO WHERE WE SAID, OKAY, NOW YOU NEED TO, TO BE CONSOLIDATING YOUR ITEMS. AND NOW WE, WE ARE FULLY ENFORCING THAT PARTICULAR PIECE AT THE, THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS.
THIS IS WHAT THE BRANCHES IS, THIS IS EVERYWHERE.
AND WE, WE HAVE HAD SOME, SOME COMPLAINTS FROM, FROM PATRONS ON IT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO IS REALLY THREADING A NEEDLE OF CREATING A SAFE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AND, AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE
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OR SECURITY? COULD YOU ELABORATE ON HOW, UM, SO IT'S PRIMARILY STAFF.WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SECURITY.
UM, THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DOESN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON, UM, ENFORCING THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY HELP US WITH IT.
BUT, BUT REALLY ALL, ALL OF OUR CODE OF CONDUCT STAFF DO.
WHEN DOES, I GUESS, WHEN, WHEN DOES SECURITY STEP STEP SEVEN? IF, IF THAT, IF THE, IF THERE'S A CONFLICT, UM, AND SECURITY IS THERE.
AND SO, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT OVER OVERSIZED WHEEL DEVICES.
SO IS THAT LIKE LUGGAGE TOO? UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY LIKE CARTS AND, AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT COMPACT BECAUSE WE HAVE RESEARCHERS THAT COME IN AND, AND BRING, UM, YOU KNOW, SUITCASES.
SO IT'S REALLY ANYTHING THAT'S NOT A COMPACT, UH, RIGHT.
I GUESS, UM, AND YOU SAID YOU DID A TRAINING FOR STAFF ON DID HOW TO HANDLE YES.
WHAT SORTS OF, WAS IT, UM, WHAT SORT OF POINTS DID YOU, HOW TO, HOW TO DE-ESCALATE, HOW TO THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PREPARE FOR IMPLEMENTING EXAMPLES MM-HMM
UM, REALLY JUST SCENARIOS AND, AND PREPARING STAFF TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN SOMETIMES SEEMS LIKE, IT'S NOT MUCH TO ASK, BUT MM-HMM
SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN, CAN FEEL JUDGED OR ANNOYED OR THEY'RE JUST HAVING A BAD DAY AND THEY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THE THREE BAGS THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW? AND SO JUST HOW, HOW TO APPROACH THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT I CAN JUST TALK TO THE MANAGER.
AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEIR ANSWER, LET ME KNOW.
I THINK THERE, I THINK THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEXT ONE.
UM, SO WE DID, AND I WON'T, I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE DOCUMENT, BUT WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD INFORMAL GUIDELINES, UM, FOR WORKING WITH OUR BRANCH FRIENDS GROUPS.
UH, BUT WE HAVE PUT THOSE INTO WRITING.
UH, AND SO I, I'LL GO OVER A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
I KNOW, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A LITTLE MORE FORMAL.
I THINK, UM, IN SOME CASES WE'VE HAD PROGRAM, UH, PROGRAM LIAISONS THAT HAVE BEEN A MAIN CON CONTACT, CONTACT, EXCUSE ME, UM, WITH THE BRANCH FRIENDS GROUPS.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER TO REALLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THE BEST, I THINK IS, IS PERHAPS THE BEST WAY TO, TO PHRASE THAT.
I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OF YOU IN THE ROOM WHO HAVE MAYBE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THAT.
UM, SO THIS WAS REALLY SETTING OUT EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR STAFF AND HOW THEY, UM, WORK WITH OUR BRANCH FRIENDS GROUP, UM, AND THAT IT'S THE MANAGER WHO SHOULD REALLY BE TAKING THE LEAD IN THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT, UM, OUR PROGRAM LIAISONS OR OTHER STAFF CAN COME IN AND PRESENT PROPOSALS FOR, FOR PROGRAMS OR TALK ABOUT A PROGRAM.
BUT THAT IT'S REALLY THE MANAGER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE IF THE, THE BRANCH FRIENDS GROUP IS GIVING MONEY FOR A PROGRAM AND THAT IT'S BEING SPENT CORRECTLY, THE PURCHASES ARE BEING TRACKED AND EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER.
UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE, THE STAFF DO HAVE SOME, UM, PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES BETWEEN A, A GROUP OF, YOU KNOW, A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT IS NOT CITY STAFF.
I KNOW IN SOME CASES WE'VE SHARED BUILDING CODES, DOOR CODES.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY A LIABILITY BOTH FOR OUR STAFF, UM, BUT AL ALSO FOR THE FRIENDS GROUP THEMSELVES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'VE SET OUT SOME, SOME PROCESSES FOR FUNDING REQUESTS.
I THINK SOMETIMES FOR OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVEN'T, IF THEY'VE MOVED FROM, FROM A BRANCH THAT DIDN'T HAVE A BRANCH FRIENDS GROUP TO ONE THAT DOES, SOMETIMES THEY'RE UNSURE.
UM, SO THE BIG, UH, LIMITATION THAT I THINK OUR FRIENDS GROUPS COME UP AGAINST IS, UH, IN GENERAL PER YEAR PROGRAMMING SUPPORT FOR
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REGULAR LIBRARY PROGRAMS, UM, FROM THE BRANCH.UM, MIGHT ASK WHY THAT MIGHT BE, BUT WE HAVE SOME BRANCH FRIENDS GROUPS THAT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING 70, $80,000.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW IF THEY WERE INVESTING ALL OF THAT MONEY INTO PROGRAMMING, THE, THE RESIDENTS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MONEY IS NOT CITY MONEY.
AND SO IT CAN REALLY CREATE DISPARITIES AMONG LIBRARY SERVICE.
AND SO THAT $3,000 LIMIT IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WILDLY DIFFERENT SERVICES IN OUR DIFFERENT BRANCHES.
UM, AND SO IT REALLY, IT HELPS US FOCUS BRANCH FRIEND SUPPORT ON OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT THE, THE LIBRARY, WHETHER IT'S, UH, I KNOW LAKEWOOD, UH, BRANCH FRIENDS, UM, AND NORTH OAK CLIFF BRANCH FRIENDS BOTH HAVE FRIENDS EVENTS THAT BRING PEOPLE TO THE LIBRARY.
AND, AND THAT'S NOT PART OF THAT, THAT $3,000, THAT'S, UM, THERE IS A, IF THE, THE BRANCH FRIENDS GROUP IS PUTTING IT ON, THAT'S SORT OF SEPARATE FROM THIS, THIS CAP, BECAUSE THEN IT'S AN EVENT TO SUPPORT THE, THE FRIENDS GROUP.
UM, AND THEN WESTERN ROYAL FRIENDS HAVE BOUGHT FURNITURE.
WHICH IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUTSIDE THE $3,000 LIMIT.
YOU COULD SPEND MORE, YOU JUST CAN'T SPEND IT.
AND I, I KNOW, UM, LIKE BOOK CARTS OR SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES THEY'RE EXPENSIVE AND SOMETIMES HARD FOR US TO AFFORD.
I KNOW, UM, LAKEWOOD HAS BOUGHT BOOK CARTS THAT ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THEIR LOCATION.
UM, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BRANCH THAT HAD BEEN DONE.
IS THIS DOCUMENT JUST INTERNAL OR, SO THIS IS, I HAVE MY FRIENDS MEETING BOARD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO JUST WONDERING, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO 'EM SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE AN AGENDA.
BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, OR NOT? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM YOU.
YEAH, SO, SO FIRST WE'RE FIRST WE'RE, WE'RE TRAINING OUR STAFF
UM, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS, IT IS THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS, I GUESS, WE'LL, I'LL SAY IS OUR STAFF.
YOUR STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHERE ALL OF OUR PROCEDURES, ALL OUR WORK INSTRUCTIONS, ALL OUR FORMS GO INTO THAT.
SO THIS IS, THIS REALLY IS STAFF FACING.
IF YOU WANT TO, I MEAN, IT IS ALSO AN OPEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT, SO YOU'RE FREE TO SHARE IT.
I ASKED HEATHER TO THIS, TO EVERYONE.
AND ALSO IF WE CAN UPLOAD THE DOCUMENTS TO THE, SO WE, WE DID UPLOAD THEM TO THE OKAY, GREAT.
BUT I CAN EMAIL THEM OUT AFTERWARDS AS WELL.
UM, WE'LL, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY CREATE SOME KIND OF DOCUMENT TO, TO SEND OFF THE, OR HAVE A MEETING THAT, THAT AT LEAST THE CHAIRS OF THE, THE BRANCH FRIENDS GROUPS CAN ATTEND.
UM, I THINK YOU HAD, I THINK ONE THING I DON'T SEE IN THIS, HEATHER, IS, IS THE QUESTION ABOUT MATERIAL FUNDING.
UM, WE COME UP WITH A CHALLENGE FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN WE GET GRANTS WHERE WE'RE TOLD THAT IT'S PAST THE DEADLINE FOR BUYING MATERIALS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DEADLINES ARE.
SO WHO TOLD YOU IT WAS PAST THE DEADLINE? IS THAT THE MANAGER, BRANCH MANAGER, UH, OAK LAWN.
SO, SO I THINK THAT'S A CONFUSION ON THE MANAGER'S PART.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE, SO EACH OF OUR, WHILE OUR ACQUISITIONS ARE DONE, WE'RE ONE SYSTEM.
SO OUR ACQUISITIONS ARE MOSTLY DONE CENTRALLY BY OUR ACQUISITIONS TEAM.
EACH, EACH UNIT GETS A DISCRETIONARY FUND.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, SO BRANCHES ARE GIVEN AT THE, THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
BUT IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL FUND, WE'RE, WE'RE BUYING BOOKS ALL THE TIME.
I MEAN, MAYBE LIKE A WEEK BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR, YEAR ENDS, BUT, BUT WE ARE BUYING BOOKS YEAR ROUND, SO WE CAN FIT THAT IN.
I THINK, I THINK THE MANAGER PROBABLY MADE A MISTAKE AND, AND SHOULD HAVE WORKED WITH, WITH ACQUISITIONS ON THAT.
'CAUSE I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE GOT MONEY WE'RE HOPING TO SPEND THIS WEEK AT, AT HAMPTON, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO SIT IN THE BANK.
I'D RATHER HAVE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU ON THAT, STAN.
BUT I MEAN, BUT AGAIN, BACK TO OAK LAWN, SHE SAID THERE WERE CERTAIN DEADLINES, AND I GUESS MAYBE MAKE IT CLEAR TO MAYBE PUT IT IN YOUR DOCUMENT HERE, WHAT THE DEADLINES ARE OR HOW ACQUISITIONS OF MATERIALS SHOULD BE HANDLED.
IF IT, IS IT, IF IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE 2,500 THEY GET PER BRANCH,
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MAYBE THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS TO SAY THAT THEY'RE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY THAN CITY MONEY.AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE, WE'LL GO OVER THAT FOR SURE.
AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A NEW VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT INCLUDES THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE MANAGER WAS JUST SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE ASKED SOMEONE IF SHE COULD DO IT
THE OTHER THING IS IT, IT REFERS TO A DISTRICT MANAGER.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE DISTRICT MANAGERS ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE THEY'VE CHANGED THEM AROUND SO MANY TIMES AND REORGANIZED SO MANY TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS WHAT ANYMORE WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRICT MANAGERS.
SO IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD GET A LIST? SO WE JUST HAVE TWO IF YOU'RE ON THE
WELL, SO IT'S EITHER FRANCISCO OR RAY.
UM, FOR YOU, I THINK FOR ALL YOUR BRANCHES IT WOULD BE FRANCISCO.
UM, BUT, BUT YOUR, YOUR MANAGER SHOULD KNOW WHO THEIR DISTRICT MANAGER IS SO THAT THERE'S AN EASY, THERE'S AN EASY FIX FOR THAT.
UM, HEATHER, COULD YOU, UM, WHEN IT SAYS THAT PROGRAMMING SHOULD NOT EXCEED $3,000, CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF PROGRAMMING? LIKE WHAT SORT OF THAT WOULD BUMMER.
LIKE BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN A MINIATURE HORSE OR, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER OR SUPPLY, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY BRINGING IN A PERFORMER OR PAYING FOR SUPPLIES.
LIKE AT THE PRESSER ROYAL BRANCH, THEY DO SEWING LESSONS.
AND THE PRESSOR ROYAL FRIENDS BOUGHT A SEWING MACHINE.
UM, MAHJONG PLUS AND THE PRESSOR ROYAL FRIENDS BOUGHT SOME MAHJONG TIME MM-HMM
UM, THEY HAVE PAID THE SPEAKER FEE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND PRESENT PROGRAMS ON DIFFERENT ISSUES.
UH, THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT STORY TIME WHERE THEY BRING IN A DOG AND THE KIDS READ TO THE DOG, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT ABOUT PUZZLE TABLES? SO IF WE WERE APPROACHED AT A BOARD MEETING, WOULD YOU GIVE US MONEY FOR THIS X, Y, Z? SO I'M LOOKING AT THREE AS THE BRANCH MANAGER, 3.1 0.3.
IT HAS TO BE FORMALLY OR CAN IT BE INFORMALLY? BECAUSE OUR REQUESTS ARE USUALLY INFORMAL.
SO, SO, UM, IT, IT REALLY SHOULD COME IN THE FORM OF A, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A, YOU KNOW, A 16 PAGE PER, IT COULD BE A PARAGRAPH AND A AND A YEAH.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT IT NEEDS TO, THEY NEED TO HAVE HAD FORETHOUGHT AND, AND BE PROPOSING SOMETHING.
NOT, NOT JUST SEAT OF THE DEPENDS.
THE BRANCH MANAGER AT RUSSELL ROYAL CAME TO OUR FRIENDS GROUP AND SAID, WE'RE STARTING THESE SEWING LESSONS.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE PRICES AND HERE'S KIND OF THE COST THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED.
THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE ANY SUPPLIES.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THREAD, ET CETERA.
AND SHE GAVE US A, A PARAGRAPH KIND OF BREAKDOWN OF WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR WASN'T EXPECTING A FRIENDS GROUP TO, IT'S, IT'S ALL PART OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BRANCH FRIEND.
SO, SO I UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAMMING, BUT THEN IT'S THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND SAYS, OH, I NEED MORE GLUE, I NEED MORE CRAYS, I NEED MORE PAINT.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE 3000? YOU KNOW, I JUST GENERALLY THERE'S SUPPLY.
BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE 3000 BECAUSE FOR A SPECIFIC PROGRAM YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AROUND, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL TO TAKE THIS VERBIAGE AND HAVE IT BE FRIENDS FACING AND GIVE IT TO ALL OF THE FRIENDS GROUP PRESIDENTS AND REALLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? THAT IS, THAT IS THE, THE NEXT, I DUNNO IF, BUT THIS WAS, THIS WAS PUBLISHED APRIL 30TH, SO THAT'S OUR, THAT IS OUR NEXT STEP.
UM, AND, AND REALLY, LIKE, ONE THING, ONE THING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON JUST, NOT JUST WITH THIS, BUT WITH ALL OF OUR POLICIES, IS ALL OF OUR POLICIES IS RIGHT NOW MAKING THINGS MORE CLEAR.
UM, I MEAN THAT, I THINK THAT'S A, A PASSION OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION IS CLARITY AND, AND, AND FOCUS, UM,
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AND, AND HOW WE'RE INSTRUCTING STAFF.AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND, YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A BYPRODUCT ON THAT.
BUT I THINK TO YOUR POINT, AND I THINK OUR, OUR FRIENDS GROUPS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, I WOULD LOVE IT BE BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO THINK THAT OUR MANAGERS ARE PERFECT TRANSLATORS OF OUR PROCEDURES, THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS.
DID YOU HAVE A LEGISLATIVE, UM, UM, OVER, SO I'LL SAY, SO I, IF MY DATES ARE RIGHT, UM, SO HB 32 25, UM, IT DID PASS.
AND THEN I THINK LAST TIME WE TALKED IT WAS UP FOR A VOTE.
THE NEXT DAY IT PASSED IN THE HOUSE.
UM, IT HAS GONE TO LAST WEEK, IT WENT TO THE STATE, UH, THE SENATE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
UM, IT HAS NOT LEFT THAT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD SIGN.
SO, UM, LET US COUNT THE DAYS DOWN TO JUNE 2ND.
UM, THIS WAS THE, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THIS WAS THE BILL AROUND MINORS ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY THAT SHOULD IT PASS, IT COULD POTENTIALLY REQUIRE, WE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO ACTUALLY CLOSE SOME BRANCHES WHILE WE DO A REVIEW, AND IT WOULD TAKE EASILY BETWEEN FIVE AND $10 MILLION WORTH OF STAFF TIME TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW PORTION OF THE BILL.
UM, BUT IT IS STILL IN THE SENATE STATE COM.
STATE AFFAIRS, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING.
OUR TEXAS, UH, LIBRARY ASSOCIATION LOBBYISTS HAVE SAID THAT THEY THINK THERE'S NOT A LOT OF APPETITE TO PASS IT.
UM, PLEASE HEAR ME KNOCKING ON WOOD.
UM, SO THERE IS, THERE IS HOPE, UM, THAT, THAT WILL NOT HAVE THE IMPACT, UM, THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE.
AND IT'S ON THE LIST OF THE, UH, TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIORITY BILLS.
AND SO THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY PUSHING IT WITH NOT ONLY THEIR MEMBERS, BUT WITH REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND ASKING THEM TO CALL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE LIST IS QUITE LENGTHY, BUT IT'S, YEAH.
AND, AND IT'LL HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS FOR, FOR HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS, NOT JUST TO MINORS, BUT TO EVERYBODY.
SO, SO IF THE WARS HAPPEN, SO WILL, WILL THERE NOT BE LAWSUITS THEN? THERE WILL BE INJUNCTIONS.
I MEAN, HALF MY BOOKS, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'LL HAVE TO THE HALF PRICE BOOKS THINGS IS A SEPARATE BILL.
YEAH, THIS BILL IS ABOUT LIBRARY.
BUT I, I THINK POTENTIALLY THERE COULD BE, UM, I MEAN, TO BE, TO BE DETERMINED WHERE, BUT WE ARE, I WILL SAY, UM, I'VE MET WITH OTHER LIBRARY DIRECTORS IN NORTH TEXAS, AND WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT OUR STRATEGY.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A UNIFIED STRATEGY, UM, TO, TO, UH, SHOULD IT PASS TO, UM, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S DON'T, DON'T LOSE HOPE YET.
UM, SO WHEN THE SESSION ENDS, IF IT STILL IS SORT OF IN LIMBO, DOES THAT MEAN IT'S, IT'S DEAD WHEN THE SESSION ENDS, THE SESSION ENDS, ALL BILLS NOT PASSED BY JUNE 2ND ARE DEAD.
AND THIS COULD BE DESIGNED TWO TO DIE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'RE A FRIEND OF THE DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THEY'VE BEEN SENDING OUT ALERTS WHEN THEY, I IMAGINE THEY WILL SEND OUT AN ALERT SHOULD IT PASS OUT OF COMMITTEE, UM, AND, AND BE SCHEDULED FOR A VOTE? UH, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, I DON'T BEEN SUCH AN INTENSE LEGISLATIVE SEASON.
I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, LAST TIME WE MET, UM, THIS HAD HAPPENED, BUT HB UH, SB FOUR 12, HB 2 67 HAS PASSED, UM, BOTH HOUSES.
AND I CAN'T SEE ANY REASON THE GOVERNOR WILL NOT SIGN IT.
THAT IS THE CHANGE TO PENAL CODE, UM, WHICH REMOVES EDUCATIONAL, GOVERNMENTAL, UM, AND MEDICAL DEFENSES, UM, FOR OBSCENITY AND HARM TO CHILDREN.
SO OSTENSIBLY THIS COULD MEAN THAT SOMEONE COULD MAKE A CLAIM AGAINST A LIBRARY STAFF MEMBER THAT COULD BE ARRESTED.
UM, I DON'T SEE THAT OUTCOME HAPPENING IN DALLAS BASED ON OUR DA'S PRIORITIES AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO FOCUS ON HERE.
UM, BUT I, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY TYPES OF PROTECTIONS WE CAN OFFER OUR STAFF? AND WHAT
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WILL BE THE PROCESS SHOULD SOMEONE COME FORWARD, UM, WITH A COMPLAINT.I THINK THAT IS, THANKFULLY, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS IT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
CERTAINLY THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICES.
UM, AND SO MOVING ON, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE, SEE, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRESENTED? FUTURE MEETINGS? UM, SO I WOULD JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT EVEN IF THEIR, UM, COUNCIL PERSON WAS TERM LIMITED OR DID NOT WIN BACK THEIR SEAT, THEY ARE STILL A COMMISSIONER UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON HAS ASKED ME FOR CLARIFICATION ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT NO MATTER HOW THE ELECTIONS TURN OUT, WE'RE STILL THE BOARD THROUGH THE SUMMER.
AND ALSO, UM, I ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT SOME POINT.
THIS WILL BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ANNOUNCEMENT, I'M SURE ABOUT THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR POSITION.
I KNOW THERE WAS A MEET AND GREET WITH THE FINALIST YESTERDAY.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I COULDN'T JOIN.
I WAS AT WORK, BUT, UM, I KNOW OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID.
SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE OUTCOME OF THAT SEARCH.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN THE FINAL DECISION MIGHT BE MADE? I DUNNO.
YEAH, I'M TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT.
GENERALLY AT THIS POINT, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF WEEKS.
A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE, THE FINAL, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER INTERVIEWS.
UM, IT'S REALLY JUST CITY LEADERSHIP WHO ARE MAKING A FINAL DECISION.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEGOTIATION WITH WHATEVER CANDIDATE THEY GO WITH.
SO IT SHOULD BE THE END IS WITH INSIGHT.
MAYBE Y'ALL DON'T FEEL JUNE 2ND
WE'LL, IF IT'S ON OUR NEXT AGENDA OR SO.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM, ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? OKAY.
UH, SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6:03 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.