Library Board of Trustees Meeting

DocuSign Envelope ID: 722B3FB7-0238-43FB-922E-A069569F409D CITY of ESCONDIDO Library Board of Trustees August 10, 2023 at 4:00 PM MINUTES ROLL CALL PRESENT President Virginia Segarra Bunnell Secretary Francis X. Bova III Trustee Carolyn Clemens Trustee John Schwab Trustee Maribel Reyes L&S Staff Present: Dara Bradds, Library Director City Staff Present: Sarena Garcia, Assistant City Clerk ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approval of minutes from the July 13, 2023 meeting Motion made by Trustee Schwab Seconded by Trustee Clemens Approved 5-0 CURRENT BUSINESS 2. Library Trust review. Library staff have no funding requests for use at this time. Dara Bradds, Library Director, provided an update on the Library Trust and overview of the Pioneer Room project STATISTICS REPORT 3. Library staff will review the Library's statistics for June 2023. Dara Bradds, Library Director, provided an update DocuSign Envelope ID: 722B3FB7-0238-43FB-922E-A069569F409D Thursday, August 10, 2023 STRATEGIC PLAN 4. Library staff will review how the library is meeting the goals and objectives of the Strategic Plan. Dara Bradds, Library Director, provided an update LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT 5. The highlights for the month of June and July included a Beginning Genealogy Workshop with program instructor Beth McIntyre, a Pioneer Room Volunteer and genealogy researcher of 30+ years gave an overview of genealogy research to patrons in the Pioneer Room on Thursday, June 29 with 23 attendees. We also hosted Introduction to Dungeons & Dragons Workshop. Participants learned how to build a character and what materials are needed. This workshop featured the basics on how to get started in beginning your own adventure. This program was done in partnership with Knowhere Games and Comics and sponsored by Friends of the Escondido Public Library. We had fifteen attendees for this program on July 15. In Youth Services, we had our Summer Reading Challenge Finale with Marc Griffiths One Voice, Many Friends performance. Marc Griffiths is an inspirational ventriloquist that presented a hilarious show for the whole family. We also had our first program with a new community partner, the San Diego Air & Space Museum. They presented Storytime Engineers!- a series of flying-related storytimes to send imaginations soaring! As part of the Escondido Broadband & Digital Equity initiative, the library hosted an information booth to inform patrons about the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). On Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout July the table was staffed to answer questions and sign people up for the program. Dara Bradds, Library Director, provided an update TRUSTEE LIBRARY USE REPORT Trustee Clemens shared about the Pulitzer display at the library and also the gardening and canning display Trustee Reyes praised the homesteading display and the inclusion of Spanish books Secretary Bova spoke about the summer reading challenge and library information being included in school newsletter Trustee Schwab shared experience using the library's Parks pass and future use of the museum pass President Bunnell visited California's first public library while visiting Santa Barbara and shared experience using Hoopla DocuSign Envelope ID: 722B3FB7-0238-43FB-922E-A069569F409D Thursday, August 10, 2023 UPCOMING MEETING SCHEDULE Thursday September 14, 2023 4:00 p.m. City Council Chambers Thursday October 12, 2023 ***SPECIAL MEETING** 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers Thursday November 9, 2023 4:00 p.m. City Council Chambers The 9/14/2023 meeting will be moved to 9/21/2023, time to be determined ADJOURNMENT Adjourned 4:40pm _______________________________ ______________________________ PRESIDENT ASSISTANT CITY CLERK