[Library Board on June 3, 2026.]
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SO THIS, UH, WEEK, WE KICK OFF SUMMER READING JUNE 1ST.
UH, WE ALREADY 200 PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR SUMMER READING SOCIETY.
UH, WE DO IT FOR ADULTS, KIDS AND TEENS.
UM, THE PRIZE FOR THE TEENS AND KIDS ARE THE SAME.
UH, THIS YEAR'S THEME COMPARE IS READING IN BOOKS AND SO THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH LIBRARIES THIS YEAR AND THAT GAVE US ALL TO GO FOR
SO
UM, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE YOURSELF BEAUTIFUL FAIR POSTERS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.
WE WILL SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES OF THE LIBRARY STAFF AND PATRONS ON THE, UH, BANNERS.
UH, SO BOARDING PROGRAM JOINS THROUGH ERS TO AUGUST 1ST.
UM, THIS YEAR
WE'RE ALSO HAVE LIBRARY RETURNING, UH, BE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
UM, AND WE HAVE OUR KID B CHALLENGE TO BE DOING SIX FROM 12 TO ONE 30.
THEY'RE A TEAM UP WITH THE CHILDREN'S LITERACY, TEAMING THEM TOGETHER.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE CRAFT DANCING, MUSIC,
YEAH, SO THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE GONNA DO A BUNCH OF, YOU KNOW, TAPE POP AND
UH, THE ADULT SERVICES, UH, THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW PROGRAMS STARTING ON TUESDAY.
IT'S CALLED TRADING FIVE TUESDAY.
SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY IF YOU A CONFERENCE OR THEIR GAME TABLES IN THE THAT, SO PEOPLE CAN COME, THEY CAN HANG OUT, THEY PLAY WHATEVER KIND OF GAMES THEY WANT.
UM, POKEMON, UH, I THINK IT'S THE MAIN ONE OF PEOPLE WE PLAY, BUT ANYBODY THAT FORGET.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE WITH THE CREATORS OF SAN DIEGO SEAFOOD THEN, AND NOW ON JULY 1ST AT 5:00 PM JUST LEAD 'EM THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOK OF SAN DIEGO SEAFOOD AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF NATIONAL CITY AND IN
AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR OLD SUMMER.
WE HAVE, UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SAN JOSE.
UH, SO OUR NEW INTERN, GEORGE HAS STARTED WITH US AND STARTED THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND HE'S GOING TO BE SPENDING THE NEXT, UH, 10 WEEKS US WHETHER EACH DEPARTMENT BEING, UM, AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY SUE SO THAT TYPICALLY SCHOOL HAS THE IDEA LIKE TO GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TALK TO GEORGE, HANG OUT, THINK HE'S GREAT.
WE'LL BE THERE, I BELIEVE FOUR THIS WEEK.
AND THEN WE JUST ENDED OUR PARTNERSHIP, WHICH I, HI.
AND, UH, THEY'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON MONDAY TO A STAFF POOL.
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UM, THEY ALL HAD A, A REALLY FANTASTIC TIME.UH, THEY GOT TO GO PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE, CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN.
THEY GOT TO MEET WITH THE MANAGER.
THEY MET MAYOR, THEY HAD, UH, TOWARDS THE POLICE STATION.
THEY WENT TO THE FIRE STATIONS.
THEY HAD FOLKS BACKGROUND, THEY FROM THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, JUST SEEING THAT THEY GET IDEA ABOUT JUST THE LIBRARY ITSELF, HOW IT INTEGRATED WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT SERVED, UM, AND HOW WE GET THINGS HAPPEN.
UM, SO THEY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
THEY ALL SAID THAT THEY ENJOYED EVENTUALLY, UM, I BEEN ONE OF 'EM.
HE REALLY LOVES IT AND HE LIKE CAN'T WAIT TO LIKE COME BACK.
SO HE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER IN THE GRADE 18 SOON.
SO IT WAS A VERY POSITIVE, UH, FOR, I LIKE TO ATTEND THE, UM, THE BOOK READING OF CYBER SAFETY.
THAT LOCAL GAL REALLY WORKED ON THAT.
THE HISTORY INVOLVED, THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SAFETY INDUSTRY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BOOK AND HAS RECIPES.
AND, UM, SHE WANTED TO DONATE COPY TO THE LIBRARY AND WE SUGGESTED THAT SHE HAVE A, UH,
SHE, THAT PROCEDURE WAS ABOUT, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD, BUT IT IS NOT MEETING, WHICH IS THE 1ST OF JULY.
SO IF WE WANT, WE CAN DETERMINE EIGHTH.
THE JULY 1ST IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JULY.
SO ON THINK YOU MOVE IT OUTSIDE.
WELCOME THREE READING DO THEN AND I AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE YOU ALL THE UPDATES FROM SUMMER.
SO, WE'LL THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYBODY.
UH, AUGUST 5TH WOULD BE THE FIRST, UH, WEDNESDAY.
WE'LL GO ON TO THE FRIENDS OF THE WEATHER.
UH, THEY'RE CONTINUING ON VOLUNTEERS DOING THEIR WORK AND, UH, ALL THE THINGS
IS THERE ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS QUESTION ABOUT, UM, SO THE READING, THE CREATORS OF SENDING DIEGO SEAFOOD, HOW OFTEN DOES THE LIBRARY HAVE, UM, AUTHORS WHEN YOU, JUST DEPENDS.
SO SOMETIMES YOU DO GET LOCAL OFFERS, LIKE A PROGRAM THAT LIKE THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT AS OFTEN AS YOU THINK.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO DO IT, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO MOVE ON AS IT LIKE MAKES SENSE FOR LIBRARY COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE ALSO DON'T NUTRI SELL ITEMS AS WELL.
SO IT'S MORE OF LIKE, YOU'LL WANNA DO A PROGRAM, YOU PROMOTE YOUR BOOK, BUT YOU CAN'T SELL IT HERE AT LIBRARY.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU HAD? YEAH, THERE, THERE WAS A WHOLE PROGRAM THAT WAS PART OF THE ADULT PROGRAM.
AND SO ONE TIME THEY HAD ARTISTS, LOCAL ARTISTS, AND THEN ANOTHER TIME IT WAS LOCAL, UM, AUTHORS.
THEY WERE POETS AND PEOPLE WERE APPROACHED WITH CONTACTS AND THEY'D ASK LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
I DON'T KNOW, I MAYBE, BUT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, UH, A NICE PROGRAM.
IT WAS GOOD TO SEE ALL THE TALENT THAT HERE, VIRTUAL AND GALS, YOU THAT WERE HERE, THE AUTHORS, UM, DID BRING BOOKS TO SELL.
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PACKETS OF THEIR BOOKS TO HAVE, UH, TO RAFFLE LAW.UH, AND THAT WAS MERV AND M'S, THE ONE WHO THIS AS WELL.
SO HE, HE TRIES TO KEEP HIS EYE OUT AND THEN WILL COME IN AND, UM, THAT'S HOW THE, THE DATING PROGRAM STARTED.
SALES SUPPORT PEOPLE COME IN, TALK WITH THEM, AND THEN WE, WE HAVE WORK WITH THEM.
SO USUALLY TO THE, IT IS USUALLY A PROGRAM SPURRED BY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN, REQUESTED.
UM, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET GRANTS TO PURCHASE BOOKS TO GIVE AWAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO THAT A LOT COLLEGE, LIKE WE BUY BOOKS FOR STUDENTS AND BIG OR WE, SO SOMETIMES JUST DEPENDS ON THE BOOK.
AND LIKE, LOT OF 'EM ARE KIDS THOUGH.
LIKE IF WE HAVE A KIDS OUT THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO PURCHASE STUFF FOR, LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY GRANTS FOR THAT GET OUT.
BUT WE CAN, WE, I CAN DEFINITELY
MAYBE I CAN CONNECT WITH ME ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, SOME OFFICE FROM CITY COLLEGE THAT HAVE ABOVE.
UM, WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME? UH, JENSEN? YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD
IT'S, IT'S JUST GONNA BE, UM, JENSEN AT TON CITY.
ANYTHING ELSE? JUST A QUESTION ON THE, THE, UM, GEORGE, IS HE FROM SAN JOSE CITY? UH, SO THAT'S THE, UM, THAT'S THE SCHOOL THAT HE'S ATTENDING THE, AND WE'RE DOING THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH THAT.
WHERE IS HIS MOM? HE'S FROM SAN DIEGO.
OH, HE IS? HE'S FROM SAN DIEGO.
HE IS, UM, ACTUALLY A, HE'S RETIRED.
HE WAS A VIDEO KID DESIGNER FOR LIKE 20 YEARS.
SO HE'S RETIRED AND HE REALLY LOVES THE LIBRARY ON
SO, UM, HE, SO I WAS WORKING A TOUR AND SO NOW HE'S COME BACK A YEAR LATER, LIKE SPORTS GIVES EXPERIENCE, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HE CHOOSES.
I I'M VERY CURIOUS WHAT
I DON'T, THEY HAVE PHYSICAL PART, BUT YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY, LET'S PUT THE MAJORITY OF LIBRARY.
AND NOT ON THIS, BUT DO WE HAVE
UH, THEY, THEY, THEY'VE DONE INTERVIEWS FOR THAT AND I, I HAVE NO IDEA THEY, UM, GO FORWARD OR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WE'VE ALL BEEN JUST KIND OF
I THINK A LOT OF IT'S BASED ON THE BUDGET STUFF THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FLUCTUATIONS.
SO I JUST SEE THE, THE
LET'S SURE
UH, BUT WHEN I HAVE AN UPDATE, I JUST STILL HAVE, I HAVE A CHECK THAT BE THE, UM, PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN GET FREE PASSES TO LIKE THE
SO WE SAW DISCOVER AND GO ONLINE, UM, AND THEN, AND USUALLY THE LAST DAY LIKE BEST OPTION.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S THROUGH OUR UM, SARA ALSO JUST THE SIDE, THE SAN COULD COUNTY LIBRARY, THE GENEROUS AND THEY CREATED A LIBRARY MAP, ALL OF LIBRARIES.
IT IS CONFUSING AND IT HAS THAT THEY'RE PILLAR CODED AND YOU CAN SEE WHO'S NEAR EVERYBODY AND IT LINK TO THEIR, OUR WEBSITES.
WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING OUR, OUR BUILDING.
SO, UM, IT HASN'T GONE LIVE YET.
IT'LL GO BY WITH, UM, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK AFTER THERE.
BUT IT'S GONNA BE A NICE WAY FOR US ALL TO HAVE, THEY CAN ASK ALL OF US ONE PLACE.
SO HOW ABOUT OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE, OUR APP.
SO WE WILL BE GETTING A NEW APP COMING AUGUST WHEN WE TRANSITION OVER TO THE NEW, UM, ILS SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE AT THE FINAL SORT OF STAGE OF THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND THE MIGRATION, WE WILL BE CAUSING OUR PLUS PROGRAM, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAUSE IT IN ORDER TO TRANSITION OVER.
UH, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND,
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BUT WE WILL HAVE ABUT I WILL, I'LL I THAT IT GOES LIVE OFF OF SARAH