[Library Board on April 1, 2026.]
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THERE WERE NO PUBLIC ON CONSENT AGENDA.
WE APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND.
SO WE'RE THE, UH, NEW BUSINESS JUST AS A
WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING YOUR VOTE PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ON APRIL 21ST AT THE MEETING WITH REGARDING NEW CHAIR.
UM, I WILL PROVIDE THE POWERPOINT AND NARRATIVE WITH MEETING.
UM, BUT TO COME AND SUPPORT, I'M SURE HAPPY APRIL 21ST.
SO, UM, FOR MARCH WE HAD A COUPLE GREAT THINGS.
SO THE GOODWILL CARE MOBILE UNIT THING.
SO VISIT US FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY SHOULD BE COMING ON A REPETITIVE PATTERN EVERY MONTH.
UH, SO THEY CAME UP 25TH FROM 12 TO FIVE AND IT'S LIKE A EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
SO WHEN YOU GO INSIDE, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE TO HELP YOU.
UM, SO THEY OFFER FREE SERVICES SUCH AS JOB SEARCH, JOB READINESS, WORKSHOPS, RESUME INTERVIEW PREP, COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS, AND ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT FOR ADVISORS.
SO THIS WILL BE A MONTHLY EVENT, WE'LL HOPING IT PICKS UP.
UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE WAITING OUTSIDE OF LIFE IN THE MORNING, SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
UM, SO MORE OR LESS WE HAVE, UH, INTERNS COMING FROM HIGH TECH HIGH.
WE HAVE THREE NEW INTERNS THAT'LL BE COMING, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
UM, AND OUR LITERACY MANAGER, MC, HE INTERVIEWED SIX INTERNS WHO HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE LIBRARY WHO CHOSE THREE, BUT MOSTLY BE HELPING OUT IN LIKE OUR LITERACY DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHILDREN DEPARTMENT,
UM, AND SO THEIR JOB WAS GONNA PEER WHOLE MONTH, ALMOST LIKE AN ACTIVE JOB.
SO, UH,
SO IT'S GONNA GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THE FIELD, BUT ALSO TO HAVE LIKE A REAL JOB AND RESPONSIBILITIES APPROACH.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING IT.
UH, SO WE HOPEFULLY THIS IS A CONTINUATION THING WITH, AND THEY SEEM TO WANNA CONTINUE THIS.
UM, SO NEW HIRES AND EXISTING HIRES, UM, THAT HIRES.
SO WE HAVE TWO STAFF IN FIRST US.
UH, EDGAR WAS ONE OF OUR PART-TIME LIBRARIANS, UM, I'M SURE WHO SAW IN THE LIBRARY.
WE HAD THE LOVELY, UM, MUSTACHE.
HE RAN OUR GAMERS WORLD AND HE WAS FANTASTIC.
BUT HE'S GONE TO, TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IN THEIR CATALOGING DEPARTMENT WHERE HE'LL HAVE A MUCH CALMER FIRE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE, BUT WE WILL, WE'LL DEFINITELY MISS HIM.
WE ALSO LOST THE ISSA, SHE WAS OUR TION.
SHE WENT US ABOUT THREE YEARS.
SHE IS A LIBRARIAN, SO SHE GOT A POSITION AT, UH, TULA VISTA.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE HER ALL OF OUR HOURS OUT LIBRARIAN NEW PETE.
BUT WE ARE GETTING THIS SMALL, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING, UM, THREE NOON LIBRARY AID.
SO WE HAVE TWO START TECHNICALLY TODAY.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST TIME TOMORROW.
UM, ONE OF 'EM WILL BE IN OUR CERTIFICATION DEPARTMENT, ONE WILL BE IN OUR LITERACY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE BRINGING ON ANOTHER LIBRARY AID AS WELL AT THAT SPLIT BETWEEN GRAND CHILDREN.
UM, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT, THE, UM, AID
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DEPARTMENT.SO, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME GO, BUT OUR GOAL IS FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A BETTER, YOU KNOW, JOB MOVE, GROW.
AND THEN, UM, OUR CHILDREN'S SERVICES DEPARTMENT PARTNERED WITH I IRA HARVARDS IN ELEMENTARY KID THIS YEAR.
WE COME OUT LITERACY NIGHT FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
UH, LIBRARY STAFF, PROMOTED LIBRARY SERVICES.
THEY PROVIDED TRACKS FOR ABOUT 75 STUDENTS IN IT.
THE LIBRARY,
AND THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR DOING.
SO, UH, THE TEACHERS REACH OUT AGAIN, THEY WANT, THEY WANT US TO BE LIKE INVOLVED AND GET THEM AS THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY RESOURCE.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, UPDATES ON THE STRATEGIC PLANNING? UH, SO THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY UPDATES FROM THE CITY CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THEY JUST ARE COMPLETING TWO WORKSHOPS FOR THEIR MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVE TEAM.
SO THE MANAGERS DID A WORKSHOP, UH, MONDAY AND DAY AT THE LIBRARY, AND THEN TOMORROW THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ON FRIDAY WE'LL DO ANOTHER WORKSHOP.
SO THIS IS GONNA HELP START THAT PROCESS OF PLANNING.
UM, AS FOR THE LIBRARY, THE STAFF HAS BEEN GIVEN A MONTH, UH, DIRECTLY TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEN WHAT OUR, OUR GAP PLAN IS RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT PUT TOGETHER PROVIDE LIKE OBJECTIVES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND HOW EITHER THEIR DEPARTMENT OR AS A TEAM CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE STARTING OUR PLANNING, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT, OR TECHNICALLY APRIL 29TH, BUT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH TO GET OURSELVES AHEAD.
SO THEN WE DO THAT
SO WE, WE WANT, AND OF COURSE AS WE DO THAT, WE'LL START BRINGING THINGS TO YOU GUYS, GET YOUR OPINIONS, YOUR THOUGHTS.
WOULD YOU INCORPORATE THAT INTO
BIG, JUST I CAN CATCH UP FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT YEAR IS GO? WHAT THAT? UM, SO THE, THE THIRD STRATEGIC PLAN LIBRARY AND THE CITY AS IN 2025.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE AN INTERIM PLAN FOR THE YEAR UNTIL 2027 MM-HMM
AND THEN IN 2027 WE SHOULD BE EITHER HAVING EXECUTED OR STARTING TO EXECUTE THAT PLAN FROM 27 TO 32.
ANYTHING ELSE? THE PLANS FOR THE, UH, RETROFIT OF THE LIBRARY, IS THAT PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING OR WHAT IS THAT? UH, SO THE, THE, THE, THE, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IN THE LIBRARY IS PART OF DI FUNDS AND THAT IS A SPECIFIC SET OF FUNDS THAT COULD HAVE TO BE USED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
UM, BUT ONE OF OUR GOALS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT PROBABLY BE SOMETHING ABOUT UPGRADING OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING CHANGES IN ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY, MORE FUNCTIONAL AND PROVIDE MORE SPACES WE WANT.
ACTIVITIES OR PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, UM, GATHERINGS.
THAT'LL BE PART OF IT AS WE DISCUSSED.
UM, BUT I'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ONCE WE TALK ABOUT D FUND, HOW MUCH FUNDING IS GONNA TAKE TRUST TO START DOING SOME THESE ADDITIONAL AND THAT HAS TO BE SPENT BY WHEN? UH, I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE, BUT IT IS RELATIVELY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WAY AWAY FROM THAT.
AND COULD YOU SAY THAT WOULD BE PART OR THAT'S APART FROM YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN? THAT'LL BE A PART FROM THIS WILL JUST GIVE US AN IDEA, COST, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING A SPACE AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE WANNA ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IS IT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SOME GRANTS, BUT CITY FUNDING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT AND THE DEPENDS.
SO THERE'S SECURED ALREADY COMMITTEE.
YEAH, SO THEY'RE, SO EACH CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS HAVE THESE FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE USED FOR LIKE UPGRADE SPACE TERMS OF LIKE, YOU HAVE A ROOM THAT'S TOO SMALL AND YOU WANNA UTILIZE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO USING IT FOR LIKE FURNITURE, UHHUH, THINGS OF THAT.
WE THINK BE LIKE, WOULD IT BE LIKE CAPITAL HOMES? YEAH, IT'S LIKE A CAPITAL
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OUTLINE, BUT YEAH.WELL, I THINK WHAT I HAVE IS THAT, UH, WE DID HAVE OUR TEETH AND IT WAS NOT VERY WELL ATTENDED, LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, BUT IT WAS VERY NICE PROGRAM,
IT WAS NICELY SET, VERY NICELY SET AT STAFF.
UM, AND, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS HAD PREPARED SOME REALLY NICE EDUCATION SHORT VISITATIONS FOR US, SO THAT WAS VERY NICE.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REALLY OUT BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO IT IF WE TO
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? UH, JUST MOVED BACK TO SAN DIEGO FROM THE BAY AREA ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
TEACHER, TEACHER BY TRADE AND, UH, HAD TWO SMALL KIDS.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT ELSE DO I SAY? ARE YOU TEACHING HERE? NOT YET.
YEAH, WE JUST MOVED BACK OVER THE SUMMER, SO WE'VE BEEN STILL KIND OF LOOKING AROUND, BUT, UH, YEAH, I SAN DIEGO NATIVE, BUT UH, AT FIRST TIME I GO TO NATIONAL STUDY ITSELF.
SO, UM, AND DURING THE PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE I SPOKE TO THIS TEACHER AND I REMINDED HER THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD AND THE LIBRARY HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
AND SO NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DID FOR IT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT YOU FEEL THE BEST, LIKE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD DO IT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE KIDS? BECAUSE LIKE, ALL THE LITTLE KIDS, SO EVERY TIME WE GO EVERY MONTH TO THE BOOK STORE AND WE VOLUNTEER, I MAKE A FLYER THAT SAYS,
WE NEED HELP GETTING A LIBRARY CARD.
SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO MORE LIKE KIDS OVER THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD, BUT I THINK A LOT OF 'EM, THE PARENTS ARE, THEY'RE TOO TIRED OR THEY'RE TOO SCARED.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO FOR THE SMALLER AGE KIDS TO LIKE GIVE TO TEACHERS TO WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUSH 'EM TO GO GET THEIR LIBRARY CARD? YEAH.
WELL, SO WE UM, WE, WE HAVE GONE TO THE ELEMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DO A BUNCH OF LIKE BACK SCHOOL NIGHTS YEAH.
AND TO STEAM NIGHTS AND OTHER THINGS.
IT'S USUALLY THE REQUEST OF SCHOOL.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF IT, LIKE, THEY JUST DON'T REACH OUT TO US AND THEN IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THIS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO COME HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU WANNA HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO US, WE CAN GIVE THEM MY INFORMATION.
WE ARE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND HELP AND, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO.
AND WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW,
SO WORK MORE OF THEM TRIAL TO, TO HAVE THE KIDS IN.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, A PROGRAM SET UP WHERE, UH, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CARDS BY THIRD GRADE.
SO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, OUR CHILDREN'S
THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT WE GET 'EM IN THE HANDS SO THAT THE KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A CARD FROM THE SCHOOL.
THEY JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT EFFORT INTO ACTUALLY DO KIDS.
YOU STILL HAVE A, IT USED TO BE CALLED BRIEF DAYS WHERE THE KIDS, A CLASS COMES IN AND THEY GET FREE BOOKS.
UM, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, I DON'T THINK THEY GOT FREE BOOKS, BUT THEY CAME IN AND THEY HAD SOME ACTIVITIES.
SOMETIMES WE'LL DO AN ACTIVITY WITH THEM ON THE STORY TIME.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE SUPPLY OF BOOKS THOUGH, THAT'S WHERE IT'S LIKE, CAN WE GIVE THEM AWAY OR NOT? BECAUSE WE ARE ALL BASED ALL OF OUR BOOKS DOWN TO LITERACY.
AND USUALLY THEY'LL GET A BIG CHUNK OF THAT AND THAT'LL OVER FOR LIKE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
BUT THEN AT CERTAIN POINTS YOU'RE DOWN TO LIKE THE ONES THAT ALL THE KIDS ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO THAT'S BASED ON WHAT OUR INVENTORY IS.
WE STILL DO, UM, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE LIBRARY AND ALL THAT KIND STUFF.
LIKE, BECAUSE I, ESPECIALLY FROM CENTRAL, THEY CAN WALK.
SO IF YOU JUST HAVE HER REACH OUT TO US AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SET UP IF SHE WANTS CLASS OR SECOND.
AND WE CAN DO IT BEFORE WE OPEN TOO.
LIKE SOMETHING SO THEY'RE NOT YES.
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AND IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES TEACHERS FEEL SO OPPRESS THAT THEY WON'T BE CLASSROOM, BUT LET'S SAY HER NICOLA TEACHER SAYS SHE'S WILLING TO COME, IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT FOR JUST THAT ONE CLASS TO COME.
SO WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO COME, BERG HAS THE CAPACITY TO BE LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHY I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, WE, WE DO ENTICE THEM WITH THE BIKE FOR A DOLLAR BOOKS IN THE BOOKSTORE AND IT SEEMS TO WORK PRETTY GOOD, BUT I'M LIKE, MAYBE GET A LIBRARY CARD FOR ME.
SO WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE TRYING.