01-27-2025 (Library) Agenda Packet Wylie Library Advisory Board Regular Meeting
January 27, 2025—7:00 PM
Council Chambers - 300 Country Club Rd., Bldg. 100 Wylie, TX 75098 C ITY
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CALL TO ORDER
COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Any member of the public may address the Board regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda.Members of the public
must fill out a form prior to the meeting in order to speak. The Board requests that comments be limited to three minutes for
an individual, six minutes for a group.In addition, the Library Board is not allowed to converse, deliberate or take action on
any matter presented during citizen participation.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the Board and will be enacted by one motion.
There will not be separate discussion of these items.If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda
and will be considered separately.
..................@ Review and approve the minutes from the October 28 meeting
WORK SESSION
AS....... Review monthly report
..........2_® The Wall That Heals Exhibit Explanation
WS3. Strategic Plan Findings Overview
........_ _ Upcoming Library Programs
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION
I certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on Friday, January 24 at 5:00 p.m. on the outside bulletin board at
Wylie City Hall, 300 Country Club Road,Building 100,Wylie,Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to
the public at all times.
Stephanie Storm, City Secretary Date Notice Removed
The Wylie Municipal Complex is wheelchair accessible. Sign interpretation or other special assistance for disabled
attendees must be requested 48 hours in advance by contacting the City Secretary's Office at 972.516.6020.Hearing
impaired devices are available from the City Secretary prior to each meeting.
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If during the course of the meeting covered by this notice, the Board should determine that a closed or executive
meeting or session of the Board or a consultation with the attorney for the City should be held or is required, then
such closed or executive meeting or session or consultation with attorney as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings
Act,Texas Government Code § 551.001 et. seq.,will be held by the Board at the date,hour and place given in this
notice as the Board may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or session or consult with the
attorney for the City concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including,
but not limited to,the following sanctions and purposes:
Texas Government Code Section:
§ 551.071 —Private consultation with an attorney for the City.
§ 551.073 —Discussing prospective gift or donation to the City.
§ 551.076—Discussing deployment of security personnel or devices or security audit.
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Minutes
In-person Meeting
October 28, 2024—7:00 p.m.
Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER
Announce the presence of a Quorum.
Toshia Kimball called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. The following Library Board members were
present: Justin Strauch,Brian Ortiz,Monica Munoz,Roberta Schaafsma, Zachary Todd, Toshia Kimball,
Irene Chavira&Ofilia Barrera Board Liaison.
CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Residents may address Board regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their name
and address. Board requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, the Board is not allowed to
converse, deliberate, or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation.
No citizens were present at the meeting.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Consider and act upon, approval of August 26,2024 Library Advisory Board Meeting minutes.
Board Action:
A motion was made by Zachary Todd, seconded by Brian Ortiz, to approve the minutes as presented. A
vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
1. Review and approve the updated Borrower Policy.
Board Action:
A motion was made by Toshia Kimball, seconded by Justin Strauch, to approve the Borrower Policy with
the updated wording reflecting the elimination of extended use fees and the full capitalization of STEAM
in all occurrences of the phrase steam kits. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
2. Vote on upcoming Library Advisory Board meeting dates.
Board Action:
A motion was made by Justin Strauch, seconded by Monica Munoz,to forego the November 25,2024 and
December 23, 2024 meeting dates;with regularly scheduled meetings resuming on January 27, 2025. A
vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
Minutes October 28, 2024
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WORK SESSION—DISCUSSION ITEMS
WS1. Review stats by fiscal year.
Ofilia Barrera presented the Board with library usage statistics as well as summer attendance and
participation statistics summarizing each of the three previous fiscal years. Going forward,this report
will be presented annually in October.
WS2. Review the monthly report.
Data provided to the Board in the monthly report included program attendance,resource usage by
patrons, and staff meeting/training highlights for the period of September 19, 2024 to October 23, 2024.
Ofilia Barrera pointed out there are five weeks in the date range for this report instead of the usual four.
WS3. Review upcoming programs.
Ofilia Barrera presented a list of upcoming events,programs, and holiday closures for the month of
November.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Zachary Todd, seconded by Toshia Kimball,to adjourn the meeting at 7:49 p.m. A
vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
Justin Strauch, Chair
Minutes October 28, 2024
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Monthly Report for the Library Advisory Board
(Based on Weekly Reports sent to City Manager's office every Thursday)
December 19 November 21
January 22 December 18 October 24- November 20
Storytime 371 628 758
Kid Events 103 820 526
Teen Events 12 20 27
Adult Events 75 103 65
Outreach 10 0 0
Business Exchange 121 126 188
Circulation 509151 489817 441753
Visitors 159061 129702 141477
New Borrowers 497 326 384
Drive-Thru 308 251 286
Holds Processed 5,363 4,346 41709
Ancestry Sessions Searches
October 2024 13 163
November 2024 12 371
December 2024 12 93
Creativebug Sessions Total Video Views Hours Viewed
October 2024 11 25 2.32
November 2024 9 29 3.95
December 2024 13 29 4.21
Data Axle Log-ins #of Searches Total Records Downloaded
October 2024 30 366 99036
November 2024 10 55 19984
December 2024 19 107 11817
Gale Courses Enrollments Total Course Log-ins Total Minutes in Class
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October 2024 41 135 131618
November 2024 23 104 81700
December 2024 18 75 8,692
Pronunciator Registrations Logins
October 2024 8 19
November 2024 18 37
December 2024 15 32
Udemy Active Users Courses Enrolled Video Mins
October 2024 59 101 105536.8
November 2024 59 86 81109
December 2024 75 223 13,788
Library App Devices Launches New Devices
October 2024 970 5,639 127
November 2024 938 4,633 124
December 2024 983 4,836 144
Digital Resources Usage:
(Presented by calendar month)
Libby (Overdrive)
Totals for December
Consortium October 2024 November 2024 2024
16,769 161552 161633
Unique Users SPI - 1,918 SPI - 1,918 SPL - 11894
62,831 59,901 611827
Check-Outs SPL -7,215 SPL -6,909 SPL - 71242
Holds 29,887 27,007 285890
Purchases 731 921 639
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Circulation
Counts by
Month:
Audio Binge Comics Ebooks Movies Music TV Total
October 2024 1014 25 82 476 151 47 72 1867
Nov 2024 894 28 93 487 144 41 73 1760
December 2024 910 35 137 467 164 41 55 1809
Kanopy
Stats Visits Pages Plays Minutes
October 2024 21090 21417 284 71012
November 2024 2,247 21705 476 105061
December 2024 2,280 23666 357 105038
Kanopy
Plays by Device Tablet Desktop Mobile Television
October 2024 15.8% 18.3% 42.3% 23.6%
November 2024 24.8% 27.5% 35.5% 12.2%
December 2024 25.8% 15.4% 39.2% 19.6%
Meetings/Training Highlights:
• 10/30/24 Supervisor meeting
• 10/31/24 Various staff attended City Field Day
• 11/1/24 Ofilia and Lisa weekly one on one
• 11/2/24 1 LT Robert F. Welch I I I Charity Cards for the Troops in the Library Lobby
• 11/4/24 Ofilia started Professional Development Academy: Artificial Intelligence Course
• 11/5/24 Ofilia attended the Director lunch
• 11/5/24 Ofilia attended the staff meeting
• 11/6/24 Ofilia and Debbie attended the ICAN presentations
• 11/7/24 Ofilia attended the Rotary meeting
• 11/8/24 Monthly librarian meeting
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• 11/11/24 Library closed -Veterans Day
• 11/12/24 Ofilia attended the City Council meeting
• 11/13/24 Lisa met with her WISD mentor student
• 11/13, 11/14 & 11/15/24 Ofilia attended the Public Library Administrators of North Texas
Conference
• 11/16/24 Library Garden Pavilion Grand Opening
• 11/19/24 Ofilia and Lisa attended the webinar Proposed Changes to Minimum Accreditation
Criteria provided by the Texas State Library
• 11/19/24 Ofilia attended the Wylie Historical Society Meeting
• 11/19/24 Ofilia and Lisa attended the Friends of the Library Meeting
• 11/20/24 Lisa attended the Tekkies meeting at Flower Mound
• 11/20/24 Ofilia and Lisa met with the HAM Radio club to discuss the details for their Talk to Santa
event
• 11/21/24 Various staff attended the Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
• 11/21/24 Ofilia attended the webinar Getting Involved in Organizations &Advancing the
Profession
• 12/2/24 Ofilia and Lisa met w/Melissa to review library fees
• 12/6/24 Ofilia, Lisa and Debbie met to review youth services schedule
• 12/6/24 Ofilia and Veronica met to review plans for the Library Garden
• 12/7/24 Library Garden morning work session
• 12/10/24 Ofilia and Lisa met w/Pathway Hospice for potential program
• 12/17/24 Ofilia and Lety one on one
• 12/17/24 Ofilia and Lisa attended the Friends of the Library monthly meeting
• 12/18/24 Supervisor Meeting
• 12/20/24 Librarians participated in Lumina Spark Training
• 12/30/24 Ofilia submitted Library of Excellence application
• 1/14/25 Ofilia and Lisa met w/local group about a cultural Ramadan program in March
• 1/14/25 Ofilia attended The Wall That Heals Planning meeting
• 1/14/25 Ofilia virtual meeting w/Jasen Haskins & UTA regarding future Capstone Project
• 1/15/25 Lisa weekly meeting with her WISD mentor student
• 1/15/25 Ofilia and Debbie one on one
• 1/15/25 Weekly Admin team meeting
• 1/15/25 Ofilia and Veronica attended the Library Garden Committee meeting
• 1/16/25 Ofilia attended the Rotary meeting
• 1/16/25 Ofilia and Lisa attended the Summer Kickoff planning meeting
• 1/17/25 Ofilia attended Public Library Administrators Meeting in Cedar Hill
• 1/21/25 Ofilia attended the staff meeting
• 1/21/25 Ofilia and Lisa attended the Friends of the Library meeting
• 1/22/25 Weekly admin team meeting
• 1/22/25 Lisa weekly meeting with her WISD mentor student
• 1/22/25 Ofilia and Elizabeth one on one
Misc. Information:
• 11/19/24 Ofilia and Lisa attended the HEB Groundbreaking event in Murphy and accepted a
$10,000 donation with our Friends of the Library President
• 11/20/24 Libby and Cheryl provided outreach to Akin Elementary for Book Fair Night
• 12/6/24 Library staff holiday party
• 1/9/25 Closed at Noon due to winter storm
• 1/10/25 Closed due to winter storm
• 1/11/25 Delayed opening at 11 am due to winter storm
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The Wall That Heals
Touring Wall Replica and Education Center
Wednesday, October 29 - Sunday, November 2
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find names on the wall. To sign up, please fill out the City volunteer form here:
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Upcoming Library Programs - February 2024
Adults
Adult Winter Reading Challenge
January 2 to March 1
Snuggle up and read! Reflect on the year you've had and get excited for a fresh start. Read
three books to earn a badge. For each badge earned, you will receive one entry in the grand
prize drawing. Join the Challenge on Beanstack
Birds of Texas
Saturday, February 8 @ 3PM
Welcome to your introduction to Texas Birds and the Great Backyard Bird Count! Whether
you're a seasoned birder or just starting out, this event is a great opportunity to connect with
nature and learn more about the birds in our area. Don't miss out on this exciting chance to
contribute to citizen science and help track bird populations.
Registration open now.
Diamond Painting - Mandala Edition
Saturday, February 15 @ 10AM
Discover the art of diamond painting and find your next craft obsession. Combining the concepts
of mosaic art and paint-by-numbers, diamond painting uses tiny rhinestones on adhesive to
create a glittering, multi-dimensional picture. Supplies provided.
Meets in MakerSpace
Registration opens February 1
Game On: Gamemaster 101
Tuesday, February 18 @ 5:30PM
Level up to run your own RPG campaigns. Learn what makes a good story, what to expect from
players (and what they should expect from you), and, most importantly, how to make sure
everyone has fun.
Meets in MakerSpace
Registration opens February 4
Tea Blending
Thursday, February 20 @ 6PM
Create your own favorite tea flavor and learn the basics of blending tea!
Meets in Multipurpose Room
Registration opens February 6
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Cowboys of Color Rodeo
Tuesday, February 25 @ 6PM
Learn about the founding of the Cowboys of Color Rodeo along with African American Western
legends. The Cowboys of Color Rodeo is the largest multicultural rodeo in the world. Children of
founder Cleo Hearns, who manage the rodeo, will join us.
For 4th grade and up
Reaistration opens February 11
3D Printer Demo
Wednesday, February 26 @ 5:30PM
Come learn about the library's 3D printers, including our new dual extruder printer! Get a chance
to see it in action, to ask questions, and learn how to request your own 3D prints.
Meets in MakerSpace
Reaistration opens February 12
Conversational English
Thursday, February 27 @ 2PM
Practice your English speaking conversation skills! Participants meet monthly to practice
speaking about everyday topics in a casual, supportive setting.
Meets in MakerSpace
Reaistration opens February 13
Hospice 101
Thursday, February 27 @ 6PM
Join us for this enlightening session and take the first step toward understanding hospice care.
Meets in MakerSpace
Reaistration opens February 3
Preschool
Free stickers are required to enter all storytimes and are available right before the event time.
Space is limited due to fire code.
Bilingual Family Storytime for all ages
Mondays @ 6:30pm
Infant Storytime for 0 - 11 month olds
Wednesdays @ 10am
Big Kid Storytimes for 3 - 5 year olds
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Wednesdays @ 10:45am and 11:30am
Thursdays @ 1:30pm
Toddler Time for 1 - 2 year olds
Fridays @ 10:15am and 11 am
Sensory Storytime
Space is limited to keep a sensory friendly environment
Saturday, Feb 1 @ 10:15am
Kids
Kids Winter Reading Challenge
For Kinder- 6th graders
Pick up a reading log at the Children's Desk through March 1
Read 5 books to get a prize!
My Very Own Book Club
1st& 2nd graders (6-8 years old) meet on the designated date from 3:30-4:30pm in the
Multi-Purpose Room.
February 18 & 20
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
BeTween Book Club
4th-6th graders (9-12 years old) and meets on the designated date from 6-7pm in the Storytime
Room.
February 11
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
Kids First Aid
Join certified First Aid/CPR/AED Teen Instructor, Mariyam Khanam, to learn CPR and fist aid
basics. This class is for ages 7 - 13 and at least one parent/guardian is required to attend.
Registration is required as space is limited.
February 22
Idea Lab
3rd &4th graders (8-10 years old) meet on the designated date from 3:30-4:30pm in the
Multi-Purpose Room.
February 27
Marble Maze
Teens
Teen Winter Reading Challenge
For 7th-12th graders now through March 1
Read 5 books and receive a small prize and a library tote bag. Read 10 books and come pick out a
free paperbook book! Join challenge on Beanstack!
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Teen Book Club
7th-12th graders meet monthly at 6pm in the storytime room to chat about the book we read,
discuss what else we've been reading, and snack! The first 30 teens to sign up get a free copy
of the book!
February 13
Lost in Taiwan by Mark C ri I I ey
Japanimation
Our anime and manga club for 7th-12th graders! Join us every month in the storytime room at
6pm to watch anime, chat about manga, do some crafts, and share artwork with each other.
February 20
Roll for the Initiative: SPL's Teen Dungeons & Dragons Group
7th-12th graders only. Registration required. Space may be limited for specific meetings.
February 6 - Campaign 2, Part 1
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