>> LET'S CALL THE ROLL. >> DICKINSON. >> DICKINSON. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> THE TALAMANTES. >> THE TALAMANTES. PLUCKEBAUM. PLUCKEBAUM. MAPLE. MAPLE. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> MAI VANG. >> MAI VANG. SERNA. SERNA. >> HERE.
>> HERE. >> KENNEDY. >> KENNEDY. DESMOND. DESMOND. RODRIGUEZ HUME. RODRIGUEZ HUME. LOPEZ-TAFF. LOPEZ-TAFF. BREWER. BREWER. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> SPEASE. >> SPEASE. >> PRESENT. >> PRESENT. >> READ.
>> READ. LITTLE. LITTLE. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> MAI VANG. >> MAI VANG. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> CRABCHUCK. >> CRABCHUCK. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> LEFCOVITZ. >> LEFCOVITZ. >> HERE. >> HERE. >> MIDDLETON.
>> MIDDLETON. BOISE. BOISE. >> WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH 10 >> WE HAVE A QUORUM WITH 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. MEMBERS PRESENT. >> THIS MEETING OF THE >> THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC BY LEARY SACRAMENTO PUBLIC BY LEARY AUTHORITY IS LIVE AND ROW CORDED AUTHORITY IS LIVE AND ROW CORDED WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING. WITH CLOSED CAPTIONING. IT IS CA SYSTEMS.
IT IS CA SYSTEMS. IT IS LIVE STREAMED AT IT IS LIVE STREAMED AT METRO14LIVE.SACCOUNTY.GOV. METRO14LIVE.SACCOUNTY.GOV. TODAY'S MEETING REPLAYS TODAY'S MEETING REPLAYS SATURDAY, MARCH 29 AT 4:00 P.M. SATURDAY, MARCH 29 AT 4:00 P.M. ON METRO CABLE CHANNEL 14. ON METRO CABLE CHANNEL 14. ONCE POSTED RECORDING CAN BE ONCE POSTED RECORDING CAN BE VIEWED ON DEMAND AT YouTube. VIEWED ON DEMAND AT YouTube. COM/METRO CABLE 14.
COM/METRO CABLE 14. IT WILL BE RECORDED VIA ZOOM. IT WILL BE RECORDED VIA ZOOM. DVD WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON DVD WILL BE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS REQUEST NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING TODAY'S MEETING. FOLLOWING TODAY'S MEETING. FULL AGENDA IS AT WWW.SAC FULL AGENDA IS AT WWW.SAC LIBRARY.ORG.
LIBRARY.ORG. MEMBERS SHOULD COMPLETE SPEAKER MEMBERS SHOULD COMPLETE SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION FORMAT THE BACK IDENTIFICATION FORMAT THE BACK TABLE AND GIVE TO CLERK. TABLE AND GIVE TO CLERK. MEMBERS ATTENDINGBIA ZOOM RAISE MEMBERS ATTENDINGBIA ZOOM RAISE HANDS. HANDS. SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE YOUR SPEAK CLEARLY AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
NAME FOR THE RECORD. COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE COMMENTS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES SO EVERYONE MAY BE MINUTES SO EVERYONE MAY BE HEARD. HEARD. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. IF EVERYONE CAN RISE. IF EVERYONE CAN RISE. WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE.
WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. .
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. . >> NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC >> NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR ANYONE DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS FOR ANYONE TO SPEAK? TO SPEAK? HEARING AND SEEING NONE, NOW WE HEARING AND SEEING NONE, NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3.1. WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3.1. PRESENTATIONS.
PRESENTATIONS. FRIENDS OF THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC FRIENDS OF THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY. LIBRARY. HERE IN PERSON TODAY. HERE IN PERSON TODAY. >> I AM. >> I AM. I COULDN'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY I COULDN'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOUR LOVELY FACES IN TO SEE YOUR LOVELY FACES IN PERSON. PERSON. HELLO EVERYONE.
HELLO EVERYONE. DEVON GRAVES SERVING AS VICE DEVON GRAVES SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR FRIENDS OF PRESIDENT FOR FRIENDS OF SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY LIAISON TO JOINT POWERS LIAISON TO JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY BOARD.
AUTHORITY BOARD. HONOR TO REPRESENT ON BEHALF OF HONOR TO REPRESENT ON BEHALF OF THE MANY FOLKS ACROSS THE MANY FOLKS ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY, COUNTY COMMUNITIES AND THE CITY, COUNTY AND BROADER SACRAMENTO REGION.
AND BROADER SACRAMENTO REGION. EARLIER THIS MONTH OUR FRIENDS EARLIER THIS MONTH OUR FRIENDS OF SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MET MARCH 11 TO GET BOARD MET MARCH 11 TO GET UPDATES FROM TREASURER, BOOKED UPDATES FROM TREASURER, BOOKED IN AND ALL USUAL FUN STUFF. IN AND ALL USUAL FUN STUFF. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS. THINGS. THINGS ARE GREAT AT BOOKSTORE.
THINGS ARE GREAT AT BOOKSTORE. VOLUNTEERS ARE BUSY SORTING VOLUNTEERS ARE BUSY SORTING BRINGING IN AND ORGANIZING BRINGING IN AND ORGANIZING DONATIONS. DONATIONS. WE CONTINUE TO WELCOME DONATIONS WE CONTINUE TO WELCOME DONATIONS TO THE BOOKED IN. TO THE BOOKED IN. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT BOOKED IN WHICH IS LED DOING AT BOOKED IN WHICH IS LED BY THE GREAT PAM WHITELY.
BY THE GREAT PAM WHITELY. WE ARE DOING SPECIAL SHELF WE ARE DOING SPECIAL SHELF SPECIFICALLY LAST MONTH TO BLACK SPECIFICALLY LAST MONTH TO BLACK HISTORY MONTH. HISTORY MONTH. NOW THIS MONTH TO WOMEN'S NOW THIS MONTH TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. HISTORY MONTH. ANYONE INTERESTED IN BOOKS ANYONE INTERESTED IN BOOKS RELATED TO THOSE AREAS FEEL FREE RELATED TO THOSE AREAS FEEL FREE TO STOP BY.
TO STOP BY. OTHER THING WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THING WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS REACHING OUT FOR ORGANIZATIONS REACHING OUT FOR DONATIONS OF BOOKS. DONATIONS OF BOOKS. FOR THOSE LOOKING TO HAVE BOOKS FOR THOSE LOOKING TO HAVE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN REACH OUT TO BOOK FOR CHILDREN REACH OUT TO BOOK DEN. DEN. WE ARE HAPPY TO PARTNER ON THOSE WE ARE HAPPY TO PARTNER ON THOSE EFFORTS.
EFFORTS. OTHER WORK GOING ON IS WE ARE OTHER WORK GOING ON IS WE ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME FUTURE COMMUNITY EVENTS. FUTURE COMMUNITY EVENTS. WE WILL SELL BOOKS AND GIVING WE WILL SELL BOOKS AND GIVING AWAY FREE BOOKS TO CHILDREN AWAY FREE BOOKS TO CHILDREN THERE AS WELL.
THERE AS WELL. SHOUT OUT TO TEAM AT BOOKED IN SHOUT OUT TO TEAM AT BOOKED IN CONTINUING TO DO AWESOME WORK ON CONTINUING TO DO AWESOME WORK ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. OTHER THING I MENTIONED DURING OTHER THING I MENTIONED DURING OUR PRESENTATION BIG DAY OF OUR PRESENTATION BIG DAY OF GIVING MAY 1ST.
GIVING MAY 1ST. I AM SURE YOU HAVE COMMITMENTS I AM SURE YOU HAVE COMMITMENTS TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO REGION. THE SACRAMENTO REGION. WE DEFINITELY CHALLENGE MEMBERS WE DEFINITELY CHALLENGE MEMBERS OF JPA TO PARTICIPATE. OF JPA TO PARTICIPATE. LAST YEAR WE DID JPA CHALLENGE LAST YEAR WE DID JPA CHALLENGE BIG DAY OF GIVING.
BIG DAY OF GIVING. I WILL ASK YOU TO BE PREPARED I WILL ASK YOU TO BE PREPARED MAY 1 TO DONATE TO OUR MAY 1 TO DONATE TO OUR ORGANIZATION AS WE SUPPORT BOOK ORGANIZATION AS WE SUPPORT BOOK FIRST AND SUMMER READING GREAT FIRST AND SUMMER READING GREAT PROGRAMS OUR LIBRARY PUTS ON. PROGRAMS OUR LIBRARY PUTS ON. PLEASE DONATE.
PLEASE DONATE. FOR THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLEASE FOR THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE AND HELP CONTINUE TO SHARE AND HELP SPREAD THE WORD WITH THE BIG DAY SPREAD THE WORD WITH THE BIG DAY OF GIVING. OF GIVING. MY COLLEAGUE DIANE GREGORY IS MY COLLEAGUE DIANE GREGORY IS PARTNERING ON THAT WORK. PARTNERING ON THAT WORK. THANK YOU, DIANE.
THANK YOU, DIANE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE THE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY ADVOCATE EGEVERY DAY. LIBRARY ADVOCATE EGEVERY DAY. UPCOMING MEETING IN MAY. UPCOMING MEETING IN MAY. I BELIEVE IT IS MAY 13 AT 7:00 I BELIEVE IT IS MAY 13 AT 7:00 P.M. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN P.M. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING WITH THE BOARD FEEL ENGAGING WITH THE BOARD FEEL FREE TO PARTICIPATE.
FREE TO PARTICIPATE. THAT IS THE REPORT ON BEHALF OF THAT IS THE REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS. THE FRIENDS. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE TIME. THE TIME. >> DOES THANK YOU. >> DOES THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS.
GREAT PRESENTATION AS ALWAYS. DEFINITELY ANY ADDITIONAL DEFINITELY ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE CAN DO TO HELP OR INFORMATION WE CAN DO TO HELP OR BE OF ASSISTANCE OR JUST TO GET BE OF ASSISTANCE OR JUST TO GET THE WORD OUT, LET US KNOW. THE WORD OUT, LET US KNOW. WE WILL DO OUR PART TO HELP AND WE WILL DO OUR PART TO HELP AND GET THE WORD OUT TO HAVE GET THE WORD OUT TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT FROM THE BOARD AND INVOLVEMENT FROM THE BOARD AND PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY DIRECTORS? ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY DIRECTORS? HEARING AND SEEING NONE. HEARING AND SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, DEVON. THANK YOU, DEVON. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 3.2. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 3.2. LOST GOLD RUSH TOWNS OF LOST GOLD RUSH TOWNS OF SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO. BOOK PRESENTATION BY ERIC WEBB BOOK PRESENTATION BY ERIC WEBB AND ANDREW McLEOD ON ZOOM. AND ANDREW McLEOD ON ZOOM. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. FIRST OF ALL, ANDREWS ON ZOOM FIRST OF ALL, ANDREWS ON ZOOM WITH US. WITH US. COULD AUTHOR JAMES SCOTT WAS OUR COULD AUTHOR JAMES SCOTT WAS OUR FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE SACRAMENTO ROOM ARCHIVIST.
SACRAMENTO ROOM ARCHIVIST. HE IS IN PORTLAND NOW. HE IS IN PORTLAND NOW. THE SCOPE OF TIME WE HAVE BEEN THE SCOPE OF TIME WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS BOOK. WORKING ON THIS BOOK. WE STARTED BEFORE I RETIRED TWO WE STARTED BEFORE I RETIRED TWO YEARS AGO. YEARS AGO. JAMES ALSO. JAMES ALSO. ANDREW IS FINISHING GRADUATE ANDREW IS FINISHING GRADUATE STUDIES. STUDIES. HE IS INTERN AT SACRAMENTO ROOM.
HE IS INTERN AT SACRAMENTO ROOM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS QUITE AWHILE. QUITE AWHILE. IT IS VERY GREAT. IT IS VERY GREAT. IF YOU COULD INDULGE ME I WILL IF YOU COULD INDULGE ME I WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES. TAKE A FEW MINUTES. I AM MINDFUL OF TIME.
I AM MINDFUL OF TIME. I KNOW HOW BOARD MEETINGS ARE I KNOW HOW BOARD MEETINGS ARE FEEL FREE TO CAN YOU TELL ME OFF FEEL FREE TO CAN YOU TELL ME OFF IF I GO LONG. IF I GO LONG. I WILL BE AS SUCCINCT AS I WILL BE AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE. POSSIBLE. AMAZING AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE.
AMAZING AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE. IN RETROSPECT I LOVE NOTHING IN RETROSPECT I LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN WORKING FOR THE MORE THAN WORKING FOR THE LIBRARY AN IMPORTANT JOB. LIBRARY AN IMPORTANT JOB. THIS PROJECT IS VERY MUCH THIS PROJECT IS VERY MUCH PRIVILEGE AND ALSO PRIVILEGE AND ALSO RESPONSIBILITY. RESPONSIBILITY. I COME WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE.
I COME WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE. I THINK WE OFTEN THINK WHAT I THINK WE OFTEN THINK WHAT MAKES SACRAMENTO AND OUR REGION MAKES SACRAMENTO AND OUR REGION SPECIAL, WORLD CLASS? SPECIAL, WORLD CLASS? THINGS COME TO MIND LIKE LOCAL THINGS COME TO MIND LIKE LOCAL AGRICULTURE, AMERICAN RIVER AGRICULTURE, AMERICAN RIVER PARKWAY, FOR ME THE ECOLOGY PARKWAY, FOR ME THE ECOLOGY WHICH IS UNIQUE.
WHICH IS UNIQUE. CULTURALLY RAILROAD MUSEUM FIRST CULTURALLY RAILROAD MUSEUM FIRST CLASS. CLASS. WHEN WE OPENED THE SHOPS. WHEN WE OPENED THE SHOPS. TRAINED NUTS WILL GO BANANAS. TRAINED NUTS WILL GO BANANAS. IT WILL BE QUITE THE DEAL. IT WILL BE QUITE THE DEAL. THERE IS ONE THING OVERLOOKED.
THERE IS ONE THING OVERLOOKED. AS YOU KNOW, UNITED STATES AS YOU KNOW, UNITED STATES CONGRESS FIRST PIECE OF CONGRESS FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION OPEN NATIONAL LEGISLATION OPEN NATIONAL ARCHIVES. ARCHIVES. WE DID THE SAME THING IN WE DID THE SAME THING IN CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE GROUND ZERO AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE GROUND ZERO IN T THE REGION FOR CALIFORNIA D IN T THE REGION FOR CALIFORNIA D WEST COAST HISTORY. WEST COAST HISTORY. WITH THAT HISTORY IN MIND, I WITH THAT HISTORY IN MIND, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR CULTURE WOULD SAY THAT OUR CULTURE REPOSITORIES.
REPOSITORIES. STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES, PARKS, STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES, PARKS, FOLSOM HISTORY MUSEUM AND A FOLSOM HISTORY MUSEUM AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR CENTER OF SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR CENTER OF SACRAMENTO HISTORY. SACRAMENTO HISTORY. FOR OUR PERSPECTIVE WE ARE FOR OUR PERSPECTIVE WE ARE SECOND TO NONE EXCEPT MAYBE THE SECOND TO NONE EXCEPT MAYBE THE NATION'S CAPITAL WITH RESPECT TO NATION'S CAPITAL WITH RESPECT TO BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA.
BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA. IT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT. WITH THAT IN MIND I URGE WITH THAT IN MIND I URGE EVERYONE ON THE ZOOM HERE AND EVERYONE ON THE ZOOM HERE AND POLITICAL LEADERS, PLEASE GO TO POLITICAL LEADERS, PLEASE GO TO OUR STATE LIBRARY, BEAUTIFUL OUR STATE LIBRARY, BEAUTIFUL SACRAMENTO ROOM.
SACRAMENTO ROOM. GO ONLINE, SUBSCRIBE TO THE GO ONLINE, SUBSCRIBE TO THE CENTER OF SACRAMENTO HISTORY CENTER OF SACRAMENTO HISTORY YOUTUBE. YOUTUBE. GREAT STUFF ON THERE. GREAT STUFF ON THERE. SUPPORT OUR HISTORIC SUPPORT OUR HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS. INSTITUTIONS. IF I MAY INDULGE IN LOCAL IF I MAY INDULGE IN LOCAL HISTORY HERE.
HISTORY HERE. I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE LATE GREAT JOSEPH MCGOWEN AND LATE GREAT JOSEPH MCGOWEN AND PROFESSOR SERNA WAS ONE OF HIS PROFESSOR SERNA WAS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS. STUDENTS. PROFESSOR MCGOWEN WAS THE GRAND PROFESSOR MCGOWEN WAS THE GRAND MARSHAL OF LOCAL HISTORY.
MARSHAL OF LOCAL HISTORY. FOUNDED COUNTY HISTORICAL FOUNDED COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, HE WAS CHAMPION OF SOCIETY, HE WAS CHAMPION OF LOCAL HISTORY. LOCAL HISTORY. AT TIME IN THE 1960s AND 70s AT TIME IN THE 1960s AND 70s WHEN IT WASN'T FASHIONABLE. WHEN IT WASN'T FASHIONABLE. GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE UNDERGONE IN HISTORICAL UNDERGONE IN HISTORICAL COMMUNITY MORE EXPANSIVE COMMUNITY MORE EXPANSIVE ANALYSIS OF HISTORY.
ANALYSIS OF HISTORY. OUR HISTORIC PARTNERS LIKE OUR HISTORIC PARTNERS LIKE CENTER OF SACRAMENTO HISTORY AND CENTER OF SACRAMENTO HISTORY AND STATE PARKS AND STATE LIBRARY STATE PARKS AND STATE LIBRARY HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK IN HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK IN RECENT YEARS. RECENT YEARS. WITH THAT IN MIND, AND IN THAT WITH THAT IN MIND, AND IN THAT SPIRIT, WE PRODUCED THIS BOOK.
SPIRIT, WE PRODUCED THIS BOOK. LOST GOLD RUSH TOWNS OF LOST GOLD RUSH TOWNS OF SACRAMENTO. SACRAMENTO. WITH THIS EXPANSIVE HISTORY WITH THIS EXPANSIVE HISTORY THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF TRADITIONAL NARRATIVES AND TRADITIONAL NARRATIVES AND MYTHOLOGY ABOUT GOLD RUSH WITH MYTHOLOGY ABOUT GOLD RUSH WITH THE HISTORY IN GENERAL.
THE HISTORY IN GENERAL. WE DEFINITELY ARE FOLLOWING THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE FOLLOWING THAT NEW TRADITION WE HAVE NOW. NEW TRADITION WE HAVE NOW. AS FOR THE BOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO AS FOR THE BOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TWO NUGGETS AS A TEASE.
OFFER TWO NUGGETS AS A TEASE. WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN SOUTH LAND WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN SOUTH LAND PARK DRIVE FROM THE ZOO TOWARDS PARK DRIVE FROM THE ZOO TOWARDS THE LIBRARY AND GO UP THE HILL THE LIBRARY AND GO UP THE HILL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DID YOU KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT DID YOU KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT IT WAS CONSIDERED AS A POTENTIAL IT WAS CONSIDERED AS A POTENTIAL CAPITOL FOR PACIFIC NATION CAPITOL FOR PACIFIC NATION STATE.
STATE. LATER ON CAPITOL FOR THE STATE LATER ON CAPITOL FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. OF CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER NUGGET OF GOLD.
ANOTHER NUGGET OF GOLD. FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL GOLD FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL GOLD RUSH TOWNS WE KNOW ABOUT BY RUSH TOWNS WE KNOW ABOUT BY HIGHWAY 49, JACKSON, AUBURN, HIGHWAY 49, JACKSON, AUBURN, PLACERVILLE AND THE REST, THE PLACERVILLE AND THE REST, THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT TOWNS IN THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT TOWNS IN THE EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH ARE EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH ARE NOW RESIDING UNDER FOLSOM LAKE.
NOW RESIDING UNDER FOLSOM LAKE. ONE OF WHICH CONTAINED ONE OF ONE OF WHICH CONTAINED ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND LARGEST THE EARLIEST AND LARGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA. CALIFORNIA. AS SPOILER TO INCREASE DRAMA NOT AS SPOILER TO INCREASE DRAMA NOT BLACK MINER'S BAR.
BLACK MINER'S BAR. THE BOOK IS A PIECE OF WHAT WE THE BOOK IS A PIECE OF WHAT WE CALL HISTORICAL LITERATURE CALL HISTORICAL LITERATURE SURVEY COVERS A LOT OF GROUND. SURVEY COVERS A LOT OF GROUND. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS WE OPENED ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS WE OPENED A LOT OF PATHWAYS.
A LOT OF PATHWAYS. I LEARNED AS RESEARCHER FOR ALL I LEARNED AS RESEARCHER FOR ALL OF OUR AMAZING COLLECTIONS THERE OF OUR AMAZING COLLECTIONS THERE ARE A LOT OF UNTOLD UNDER TOLD ARE A LOT OF UNTOLD UNDER TOLD STORIES. STORIES. PIECES OF ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE PIECES OF ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE YET TO UNCOVER, AND IT IS QUITE YET TO UNCOVER, AND IT IS QUITE REMARKABLE. REMARKABLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. THIS IS A CONVERSATION BEGINNER. THIS IS A CONVERSATION BEGINNER. AS YOU READ IT YOU WILL HAVE A AS YOU READ IT YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. LOT OF QUESTIONS. WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? WHAT ABOUT THAT? THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PROFFER THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A PROFFER FOR RESEARCH AND INQUIRY.
FOR RESEARCH AND INQUIRY. WE HAVE A LOT TO UNCOVER WE HAVE A LOT TO UNCOVER SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH. SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH. I DO HAVE ONE READING I DO HAVE ONE READING RECOMMENDATION WHEN YOU GO RECOMMENDATION WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOK. THROUGH THE BOOK. A LOT OF US REPRESENT DIFFERENT A LOT OF US REPRESENT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE REGION.
PARTS OF THE REGION. IT IS ATTEMPTING AND I HAVE DONE IT IS ATTEMPTING AND I HAVE DONE THIS MYSELF. THIS MYSELF. IT IS ATTEMPTING TO GO TO YOUR IT IS ATTEMPTING TO GO TO YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS AND TAKE A NECK OF THE WOODS AND TAKE A LOOK. LOOK. GO WHERE YOU KNOW. GO WHERE YOU KNOW. TRY NOT TO DO THAT.
TRY NOT TO DO THAT. WHAT YOU WILL FIND ALTHOUGH THIS WHAT YOU WILL FIND ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SURVEY AND COLLECTION OF IS A SURVEY AND COLLECTION OF ESSAYS. ESSAYS. YOU WILL FIND INTERCONNECTEDNESS YOU WILL FIND INTERCONNECTEDNESS WITH THE REGION. WITH THE REGION. YOU CANNOT KNOW SACRAMENTO YOU CANNOT KNOW SACRAMENTO WITHOUT KNOWING THE EASTERN PART WITHOUT KNOWING THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AND VICE VERSA.
OF THE COUNTY AND VICE VERSA. KEEP THAT IN MIND. KEEP THAT IN MIND. EVEN THOUGH WE WILL TAILOR THE EVEN THOUGH WE WILL TAILOR THE BOOK TALKS THE PARTICULAR PLACE BOOK TALKS THE PARTICULAR PLACE WHERE WE ARE AT, WE WILL ALWAYS WHERE WE ARE AT, WE WILL ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND. KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED THAT WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED THAT WAY.
WAY. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONCE LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU. AGAIN THANK YOU. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR HISTORIC PLEASE SUPPORT OUR HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS. INSTITUTIONS. THEY ARE SECOND TO NONE. THEY ARE SECOND TO NONE. OUR HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT. OUR HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR NATION IT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR NATION IN GENERAL.
IN GENERAL. THE WORLD IN GENERAL, TRUTH THE WORLD IN GENERAL, TRUTH FULLY. FULLY. WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE BOOK WE WILL SEE YOU AT THE BOOK TALKS. TALKS. HAPPY TO KNOW WE HAVE THINGS ON HAPPY TO KNOW WE HAVE THINGS ON THE BURNER OUT THERE IN FOLSOM THE BURNER OUT THERE IN FOLSOM AND HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND AND HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU AND ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE. APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE. I SEE ANDREW IS ON THE LINE IF I SEE ANDREW IS ON THE LINE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN FOR A HE WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, THAT WOULD BE COUPLE MINUTES, THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ERIC.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. GOOD PRESENTATION. GOOD PRESENTATION. I WILL WAIT UNTIL DOES ANDREW I WILL WAIT UNTIL DOES ANDREW HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION BEFORE I TURN IT PRESENTATION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE DIRECTORS? OVER TO THE DIRECTORS? PLEASE GO. PLEASE GO. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO ADDRESS THIS GROUP. ADDRESS THIS GROUP. SORRY I COULDN'T ATTEND. SORRY I COULDN'T ATTEND. WAITING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO WAITING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO GET OUT OF EMERGENCY ROOM. GET OUT OF EMERGENCY ROOM. I WANT TO SAY THIS BOOK IS I WANT TO SAY THIS BOOK IS LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CIVIC BODIES COME UNDER ATTACK.
CIVIC BODIES COME UNDER ATTACK. NOW DAYS IT IS LOOKING AT THE NOW DAYS IT IS LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH FEDERAL FEDERAL LEVEL WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. AGENCIES. BACK THEN COMMUNITIES WERE BACK THEN COMMUNITIES WERE REMOVED DESPITE BEING AS FAR AS REMOVED DESPITE BEING AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL INCORPORATED TOWNS WE CAN TELL INCORPORATED TOWNS WITH SOLID LAND TITLE.
WITH SOLID LAND TITLE. BEGINNINGS OF DEMOCRATIC BEGINNINGS OF DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES. PROCESSES. THERE IS A LOT OF TROUBLE IN THE THERE IS A LOT OF TROUBLE IN THE HISTORIC RECORD. HISTORIC RECORD. MISSING NEWSPAPERS, FIRST 20 MISSING NEWSPAPERS, FIRST 20 YEARS COUNTY ASSESSOR BOOKS YEARS COUNTY ASSESSOR BOOKS MISSING. MISSING. A LOT WASN'T SAVED. A LOT WASN'T SAVED. THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WAS.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WAS. WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS WORK WITHOUT THE ABILITY DO THIS WORK WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO LIKE GO THROUGH THE ARCHIVING TO LIKE GO THROUGH THE ARCHIVING MAINTAINED BY ALL THE GROUPS MAINTAINED BY ALL THE GROUPS FROM SACRAMENTO TO FOLSOM TO FROM SACRAMENTO TO FOLSOM TO YOLO COUNTY TO THE STATE YOLO COUNTY TO THE STATE AGENCIES WITH THE LIBRARY AND AGENCIES WITH THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES.
ARCHIVES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS STILL OUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS STILL OUT THERE. THERE. THIS IS THE BEGINNING. THIS IS THE BEGINNING. WE ARE AWARE WE LOOKED AT WE ARE AWARE WE LOOKED AT LIMITED PART OF SACRAMENTO LIMITED PART OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. COUNTY. THERE IS MORE TO UNCOVER. THERE IS MORE TO UNCOVER. MUCH MORE AT THE BEGINNING THAN MUCH MORE AT THE BEGINNING THAN THE END.
THE END. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING ACCOUNTABLE PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS GUARDIANS OF TRUTH AND STEWARDS GUARDIANS OF TRUTH AND STEWARDS OF CULTURE. OF CULTURE. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.
WITHOUT YOU. THANK YOU TO THE SACRAMENTO THANK YOU TO THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT AT THIS THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT AT THIS CRITICAL TIME IN OUR HISTORY. CRITICAL TIME IN OUR HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. >> THANK YOU, ANDREW. I THINK THE PRESENTATION AND I THINK THE PRESENTATION AND THIS BOOK IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
THIS BOOK IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SIGNED I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SIGNED BEFORE IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE. BEFORE IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE. I KNOW THE SACRAMENTO AREA IS I KNOW THE SACRAMENTO AREA IS RICH IN HISTORY.
RICH IN HISTORY. IF WE ARE TO DO ANYTHING WHEN WE IF WE ARE TO DO ANYTHING WHEN WE LEARN CALIFORNIA HISTORY IT IS LEARN CALIFORNIA HISTORY IT IS TAKE A DIVE INTO THE WORK THAT TAKE A DIVE INTO THE WORK THAT HAS TAKEN OF WHAT MAKES HAS TAKEN OF WHAT MAKES SACRAMENTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. SACRAMENTO WHAT IT IS TODAY. ESPECIALLY FROM HISTORICAL ESPECIALLY FROM HISTORICAL STANDPOINT.
STANDPOINT. IT IS LIKE THERE IS A DEEPER IT IS LIKE THERE IS A DEEPER STORY BEHIND EVERYTHING WE SEE STORY BEHIND EVERYTHING WE SEE WITH FOLSOM, SACRAMENTO, WITH FOLSOM, SACRAMENTO, OUTLYING REGIONS.
OUTLYING REGIONS. IF PEOPLE REALLY DUG A LITTLE IF PEOPLE REALLY DUG A LITTLE DEEPER THEY WOULD FIND THAT A DEEPER THEY WOULD FIND THAT A LOT OF HISTORY THAT TAKES PLACE LOT OF HISTORY THAT TAKES PLACE HERE NOT ONLY PRE-DATES GOLD HERE NOT ONLY PRE-DATES GOLD RUSH ERA BUT TAPS INTO THE RUSH ERA BUT TAPS INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHO WE ARE AS BIGGER PICTURE OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE AND AS A REGION.
PEOPLE AND AS A REGION. I KNOW PART OF THE BEAR FLAG I KNOW PART OF THE BEAR FLAG REVOLT AT MURPHY'S RANCH IN WHAT REVOLT AT MURPHY'S RANCH IN WHAT IS NOW ELK GROVE WAS ALSO A KEY IS NOW ELK GROVE WAS ALSO A KEY HISTORICAL POINT BECAUSE WE SEE HISTORICAL POINT BECAUSE WE SEE HIGHWAY 99 AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
HIGHWAY 99 AND EVERYTHING ELSE. WHEN YOU GO ON WEST STOCKTON WHEN YOU GO ON WEST STOCKTON BOULEVARD AS YOU MAKE A BEND TO BOULEVARD AS YOU MAKE A BEND TO MCCONNELL, THERE IS A STONE MCCONNELL, THERE IS A STONE THERE THAT COMMEMORATES THAT THERE THAT COMMEMORATES THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THE BEAR PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THE BEAR FLAG REVOLUTION THAT TRIGGERED FLAG REVOLUTION THAT TRIGGERED CALIFORNIA TO BECOMING A STATE.
CALIFORNIA TO BECOMING A STATE. THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BE VERY, THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL. VERY HELPFUL. DEFINITELY GOOD FOR US TO HAVE. DEFINITELY GOOD FOR US TO HAVE. ALSO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS AND ALSO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY BECAUSE NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY BECAUSE THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY THAT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY THAT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE.
PEOPLE REALIZE. ONCE THEY READ IT AND WE ARE ONCE THEY READ IT AND WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE, IT ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH PEOPLE, IT DEFINITELY OPENS UP THE DOOR IN DEFINITELY OPENS UP THE DOOR IN HELPING PEOPLE LEARN AND HELPING PEOPLE LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT CALIFORNIA UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT CALIFORNIA IN GENERAL. IN GENERAL. WITH THAT SAID I WILL TURN IT WITH THAT SAID I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MAPLE.
OVER TO DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELL SAID. WELL SAID. COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER MYSELF. COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER MYSELF. WITH YOUR INDULGENCE COULD WE WITH YOUR INDULGENCE COULD WE TAKE I PHOTO TOGETHER. TAKE I PHOTO TOGETHER. >> GREAT IDEA. >> GREAT IDEA. GO DOWN HERE AND TAKE A QUICK GO DOWN HERE AND TAKE A QUICK POSE.
>> MR. CHAIR. WHILE HE IS SIGNING MORE BOOKS WHILE HE IS SIGNING MORE BOOKS AND I DID PUNCH HIM IN THE QUEUE AND I DID PUNCH HIM IN THE QUEUE HERE, I WANTED TO SAY THANKS AS HERE, I WANTED TO SAY THANKS AS A GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRAD, PROUD A GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRAD, PROUD GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRAD THAT I SEE A GEOGRAPHY UNDERGRAD THAT I SEE A NUMBER OF MAPS BOTH COME NUMBER OF MAPS BOTH COME TEMPORARY AND HISTORIC MAPS. TEMPORARY AND HISTORIC MAPS. I LOVE A GOOD MAP.
I LOVE A GOOD MAP. I LOVE TO LOOK AT MAPS ALL DAY I LOVE TO LOOK AT MAPS ALL DAY LONG AS IT RELATES TO MY LONG AS IT RELATES TO MY HOMETOWN. HOMETOWN. I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM IN HERE. A NUMBER OF THEM IN HERE. I WOULD NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER I WOULD NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MAPLE SHOULD LOOK CAREFULLY.
MAPLE SHOULD LOOK CAREFULLY. THERE ARE SOME HISTORIC MAPS THERE ARE SOME HISTORIC MAPS THAT REFERENCE AN OLD TRACT OF THAT REFERENCE AN OLD TRACT OF LAND CALLED MAPLE. LAND CALLED MAPLE. >> I WILL. >> I WILL. >> WITH THAT THUMB POINT >> WITH THAT THUMB POINT DIRECTED BY DIRECTOR SERNA AND DIRECTED BY DIRECTOR SERNA AND HIS LOVE OF MAPS AND MY LOVE FOR HIS LOVE OF MAPS AND MY LOVE FOR GEOGRAPHY.
GEOGRAPHY. WE COULD HAVE A GEEK FEST PRETTY WE COULD HAVE A GEEK FEST PRETTY SOON. SOON. >> DEFINITELY. >> DEFINITELY. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU, ERIC, >> I WANT TO THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND PROVIDING THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDING THIS PRESENTATION ALONG WITH ANDREW. ALONG WITH ANDREW. THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD STUFF. REALLY GOOD STUFF. REALLY GOOD STUFF. WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 4. 4. EXECUTIVE TEAM REPORT. EXECUTIVE TEAM REPORT. DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND >> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND DIRECTORS FOR INDULGING US IN DIRECTORS FOR INDULGING US IN THIS PRESENTATION ON THIS THIS PRESENTATION ON THIS FABULOUS NEW BOOK.
FABULOUS NEW BOOK. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION WE HAVE OTHER TITLES MENTION WE HAVE OTHER TITLES THAT STAFF AT THE LIBRARY WITH THAT STAFF AT THE LIBRARY WITH OTHER HISTORIANS ARE WRITTEN OTHER HISTORIANS ARE WRITTEN ABOUT SACRAMENTO HISTORY. ABOUT SACRAMENTO HISTORY. WE HAVE HELPED SHEPARD THIS WE HAVE HELPED SHEPARD THIS THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THROUGH THE PROCESS. AS ERIC AND ANDREW HIGHLIGHTED AS ERIC AND ANDREW HIGHLIGHTED IT SHOWCASES GREAT RESOURCES IT SHOWCASES GREAT RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AVAILABLE AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS THAT AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS THAT PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
CULTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO START FIRST IF I I WOULD LIKE TO START FIRST IF I MIGHT HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS MIGHT HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS IN THE WRITTEN REPORT AND IN THE WRITTEN REPORT AND DISCUSS SOME NATIONAL ISSUES DISCUSS SOME NATIONAL ISSUES IMPACTING LIBRARIES.
IMPACTING LIBRARIES. FIRST TO HIGHLIGHT UNIQUE FIRST TO HIGHLIGHT UNIQUE OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES OUR TEAM OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES OUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER, COMMUNITY HAS PUT TOGETHER, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A ENGAGEMENT TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A FILM GROUP SESSION AT THE FILM GROUP SESSION AT THE DREAMLANDS CINEMA. DREAMLANDS CINEMA. THIS STARTED LAST YEAR. THIS STARTED LAST YEAR. VERY POPULAR.
VERY POPULAR. EXCITED TO HAVE THAT CONTINUE. EXCITED TO HAVE THAT CONTINUE. WE ARE FINDING THE COMMUNITY IS WE ARE FINDING THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR SMALL GROUP LOOKING FOR SMALL GROUP SETTINGS. SETTINGS. OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY TO TAKE OUTSIDE OF THE LIBRARY TO TAKE PART IN THE LIBRARY. PART IN THE LIBRARY. THIS HELPS US DO THAT.
THIS HELPS US DO THAT. WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM. PROGRAM. AS WELL THERE WILL BE EXTENDING AS WELL THERE WILL BE EXTENDING OUTREACH OPPORTUNITYING THIS OUTREACH OPPORTUNITYING THIS SUMMER TO PLACES INCLUDING OAK SUMMER TO PLACES INCLUDING OAK PARK FARMERS MARKET, TAHOE FOOD PARK FARMERS MARKET, TAHOE FOOD TRUCK NIGHT. TRUCK NIGHT. I LOVE A GOOD FOOD TRUCK.
I LOVE A GOOD FOOD TRUCK. POETRY NIGHT AT CROCKER. POETRY NIGHT AT CROCKER. EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS. EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS. THOSE ARE A FEW EVENTS WE ARE THOSE ARE A FEW EVENTS WE ARE ABLE TO GO TO. ABLE TO GO TO. WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS.
VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS. WE ARE TRYING TO BE AT THE WE ARE TRYING TO BE AT THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT COMMUNITY WHERE YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT US. EXPECT US. IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS IN YOUR DISTRICTS OR KNOW OF COMMUNITY DISTRICTS OR KNOW OF COMMUNITY GROUPS WE WELCOME THOSE GROUPS WE WELCOME THOSE SUGGESTIONS TO REACH OUT TO MORE SUGGESTIONS TO REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THE OTHER TWO ITEMS I WANT TO THE OTHER TWO ITEMS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT ARE HIGHLIGHT IN THE REPORT ARE FACILITIES UP DATES. FACILITIES UP DATES. MOVING FORWARD WITH PARTNERS AT MOVING FORWARD WITH PARTNERS AT CITY OF SACRAMENTO TO WORK ON CITY OF SACRAMENTO TO WORK ON RENOVATIONS OF NUMBER OF RENOVATIONS OF NUMBER OF BUILDINGS INCLUDING MARTIN BUILDINGS INCLUDING MARTIN LUTHER KING LIBRARY.
LUTHER KING LIBRARY. PUBLIC ART THAT WILL TAKE PLACE PUBLIC ART THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THAT LOCATION. AT THAT LOCATION. THAT IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THERE IS FUNDING FOR ART IN THERE IS FUNDING FOR ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. PUBLIC PLACES. WE ARE EXCITED TO COMMEMORATE WE ARE EXCITED TO COMMEMORATE AND HONOR THAT COMMUNITY AND AND HONOR THAT COMMUNITY AND NAMESAKE AS WELL.
NAMESAKE AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU YOU WON'T ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU YOU WON'T SEE THIS AT THE LIBRARY BACK OF SEE THIS AT THE LIBRARY BACK OF THE MAIN LIBRARY WE ARE THE MAIN LIBRARY WE ARE EXPANDING AUTO MATERIAL EXPANDING AUTO MATERIAL HANDLING. HANDLING. IT IS VERY EXCITING.
IT IS VERY EXCITING. WE ARE EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY WE ARE EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY OF THAT MACHINE TO BE ABLE TO OF THAT MACHINE TO BE ABLE TO SORT MORE BOOKS TO BE MORE SORT MORE BOOKS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. EFFICIENT. BY ADDING ON TO THAT CONVEYOR BY ADDING ON TO THAT CONVEYOR BELT WE WILL PROCESS MORE BOOKS BELT WE WILL PROCESS MORE BOOKS AND HAVE DELIVERY SYSTEM BE EVEN AND HAVE DELIVERY SYSTEM BE EVEN MORE EFFICIENT.
MORE EFFICIENT. THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. COUPLE WEEKS. CITY AND CONTRACTORS JUST CITY AND CONTRACTORS JUST REMOVED PARTITION WALL LAST WEEK REMOVED PARTITION WALL LAST WEEK AND THEY WILL WORK ON INSTALLING AND THEY WILL WORK ON INSTALLING THE REST OF THE MACHINE OVER THE THE REST OF THE MACHINE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WELL. THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE DISCUSS CHANGES HIGHLIGHT AS WE DISCUSS CHANGES IN OUR SERVICES. IN OUR SERVICES. YOU CAN SEE FROM STATISTICS OUR YOU CAN SEE FROM STATISTICS OUR USE CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
USE CONTINUES TO INCREASE. PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FIND THE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO FIND THE LIBRARY AND BE EXCITED ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND BE EXCITED ABOUT THE OFFERINGS WE PROVIDE.
OFFERINGS WE PROVIDE. WHILE WE AT SACRAMENTO PUBLIC WHILE WE AT SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE LUCKY HOW WE ARE LIBRARY ARE LUCKY HOW WE ARE FUNDS AND THE INFORMATION AND FUNDS AND THE INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, WE GET FUNDING MUNICIPALITIES, WE GET FUNDING THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY INDIRECTLY.
INDIRECTLY. SOME OF THAT, MOST OF THAT SOME OF THAT, MOST OF THAT FEDERALLY IS UNDER THE KNIFE FEDERALLY IS UNDER THE KNIFE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW. RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENT DIRECTED THE CLOSURE PRESIDENT DIRECTED THE CLOSURE OF ORGANIZATION, INDEPENDENT OF ORGANIZATION, INDEPENDENT FENDDER AGENCY INSTITUTE FOR FENDDER AGENCY INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM LIBRARY SERVICES.
MUSEUM LIBRARY SERVICES. IT IS DEDICATED SUPPORTING IT IS DEDICATED SUPPORTING LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS.
LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS RECEIVED A COUPLE GRANTS FROM RECEIVED A COUPLE GRANTS FROM THAT ORGANIZATION AND LOCAL THAT ORGANIZATION AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS LIE CROCKER ART INSTITUTIONS LIE CROCKER ART MUSEUM AND MUSEUM OF HISTORY MUSEUM AND MUSEUM OF HISTORY HAVE RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANTS HAVE RECEIVED FEDERAL GRANTS FROM THIS AGENCY.
FROM THIS AGENCY. THAT FUNDING WILL BE ELIMINATED THAT FUNDING WILL BE ELIMINATED IF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS IF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS FOLLOWED THROUGH. FOLLOWED THROUGH. THAT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT THAT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO LIBRARIES ACROSS THE IMPACTS TO LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN CALIFORNIA COUNTRY AND IN CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY.
SPECIFICALLY. SOME STATES DEPEND ON THAT MONEY SOME STATES DEPEND ON THAT MONEY TO PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES. TO PROVIDE A LOT OF SERVICES. MOST OF THOSE FUNDING IN MOST OF THOSE FUNDING IN CALIFORNIA ARE PASS-THROUGH CALIFORNIA ARE PASS-THROUGH GRANTS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND GRANTS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AT LIBRARIES. ACTIVITIES AT LIBRARIES. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE CONNECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
CONNECT A COUPLE YEARS AGO. BOOK MOBILES ACROSS THE STATE BOOK MOBILES ACROSS THE STATE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THIS FUNDING. ARE FUNDED THROUGH THIS FUNDING. DISTINCT VERY REAL POSSIBILITY DISTINCT VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT WILL BE ZEROED OUT. THAT WILL BE ZEROED OUT. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHAT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHAT THAT PROPOSAL IS.
PROPOSAL IS. ILMS HAS UNTIL TOMORROW TO ILMS HAS UNTIL TOMORROW TO PROVIDE BUDGET MAYBE NEXT WEEK. PROVIDE BUDGET MAYBE NEXT WEEK. I SHARED WITH YOU A DOUBLE-SIDED I SHARED WITH YOU A DOUBLE-SIDED DOCUMENT THAT THE CALIFORNIA DOCUMENT THAT THE CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS CREATED TO LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS CREATED TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL FUNDING THE DISCUSS THE FEDERAL FUNDING THE STATE GETS FOR LIBRARIES THROUGH STATE GETS FOR LIBRARIES THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS.
THESE PROGRAMS. YOU CAN BE AWARE OF THAT. YOU CAN BE AWARE OF THAT. IN REMEMBER THES OF WHAT ACTION IN REMEMBER THES OF WHAT ACTION THE LIBRARY IS TAKING WE HAVE THE LIBRARY IS TAKING WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT CALIFORNIA LIBRARY PARTNERS AT CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ADVOCATING FOR ASSOCIATION ADVOCATING FOR RESTORATION.
RESTORATION. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT. HAPPENS WITH THAT. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERALLY CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ISSUE AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WELL.
THEM AS WELL. DIRECT IMPACT TO SACRAMENTO DIRECT IMPACT TO SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL NOT BE FELT PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL NOT BE FELT INITIALLY. INITIALLY. WE DO NOT GET DIRECT FUNDING. WE DO NOT GET DIRECT FUNDING. WE GET SOME GRANTS. WE GET SOME GRANTS. AS THAT MONEY COMES TO STATE AS THAT MONEY COMES TO STATE LIBRARY THEY DISTRIBUTE AND WE LIBRARY THEY DISTRIBUTE AND WE TAKE PART IN THAT.
TAKE PART IN THAT. STATE LIBRARY WILL CONTINUE STATE LIBRARY WILL CONTINUE GRANTS THROUGH END OF FISCAL GRANTS THROUGH END OF FISCAL YEAR. YEAR. AFTER THAT WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT AFTER THAT WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT FUNDING. WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT FUNDING. WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRAISED OF WE WILL KEEP YOU APPRAISED OF THAT.
THAT. WE DON'T FORESEE ANY INITIAL WE DON'T FORESEE ANY INITIAL REDUCTION IN SERVICES OR REDUCTION IN SERVICES OR OFFERINGS BECAUSE OF THAT BASED OFFERINGS BECAUSE OF THAT BASED ON HOW WE ARE STRUCTURED AND ON HOW WE ARE STRUCTURED AND FUNDED. FUNDED. OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE STATE AND OTHER LIBRARIES IN THE STATE AND OTHER STATES WILL FEEL MORE OTHER STATES WILL FEEL MORE IMPACTFUL THAN CALIFORNIA.
IMPACTFUL THAN CALIFORNIA. WE WILL STILL HAVE IMPACTS. WE WILL STILL HAVE IMPACTS. WE WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WE WILL SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AS WE KNOW WHAT THOSE WITH YOU AS WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE. ARE. WE WANT BE TO KEEP YOU AWARE OF WE WANT BE TO KEEP YOU AWARE OF THAT.
THAT. THAT HAS BEEN A QUICK MOVING THAT HAS BEEN A QUICK MOVING SITUATION WITH THAT EXECUTIVE SITUATION WITH THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER ONLY COMING OUT WITHIN THE ORDER ONLY COMING OUT WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
LAST TWO WEEKS. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS THE BOARD MIGHT HAVE ON THIS ISSUE OR ANYTHING IN THE ON THIS ISSUE OR ANYTHING IN THE REPORT OR ANYTHING ELSE I REPORT OR ANYTHING ELSE I HAVEN'T ADDRESSED. HAVEN'T ADDRESSED. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COYL E. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR COYL E. INFORMATION IS SOBERING.
INFORMATION IS SOBERING. I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS VERY REAL. EXPERIENCING IS VERY REAL. ANY SORT OF SECONDARY ABILITIES ANY SORT OF SECONDARY ABILITIES THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP OURSELVES THAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP OURSELVES SELF-SUSTAINING IS GOING TO BE SELF-SUSTAINING IS GOING TO BE THE REALM FOR THE NEXT FEW THE REALM FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
YEARS. >> CERTAINLY. >> CERTAINLY. >> DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THIS ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. SITTING ON VARIOUS REGIONAL SITTING ON VARIOUS REGIONAL BOARDS AND HEARING SIMILAR NEWS, BOARDS AND HEARING SIMILAR NEWS, UNFORTUNATELY, FROM THE UNFORTUNATELY, FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST THAT YOU IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP US UP-TO-DATE AS MUCH AS KEEP US UP-TO-DATE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS YOU HAVE YOU CAN AS YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES THAT GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES THAT IMPACT LIBRARIES AND TAP US IN IMPACT LIBRARIES AND TAP US IN WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL.
WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL. WRITING LETTERS, MAKING PHONE WRITING LETTERS, MAKING PHONE CALLS, UTILIZING RELATIONSHIPS CALLS, UTILIZING RELATIONSHIPS WE MAY HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WE MAY HAVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD KNOW LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT. KNOW LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL. WE WANT TO BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I WILL DO THAT.
I WILL DO THAT. >> ANY OTHER DIRECTORS WITH >> ANY OTHER DIRECTORS WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ONCE AGAIN, GOOD REPORT, GREAT ONCE AGAIN, GOOD REPORT, GREAT REPORT. REPORT. LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOD TRUCK LOOKING FORWARD TO FOOD TRUCK EVENTS. EVENTS. I LOVE A GOOD FOOD TRUCK.
I LOVE A GOOD FOOD TRUCK. IF YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR THAT IF YOU HAVE THREE OR FOUR THAT MAKES A MEAL. MAKES A MEAL. IT IS ALWAYS LIKE ONCE AGAIN IT IS ALWAYS LIKE ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTOR. INFORMATION. INFORMATION. 5.1. 5.1. DIGITAL RESOURCE STRATEGY. DIGITAL RESOURCE STRATEGY. DIRECTOR KELLER. DIRECTOR KELLER. YOU ARE UP.
YOU ARE UP. >> I KNOW IT IS FOR INFORMATION. >> I KNOW IT IS FOR INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING QUICK. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING QUICK. >> ACTUALLY OUR COLLECTION >> ACTUALLY OUR COLLECTION SERVICES. SERVICES. WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING HOOPLA WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING HOOPLA SINCE EPIDEMIC. SINCE EPIDEMIC. WE ARE CHANGING STRATEGIES.
WE ARE CHANGING STRATEGIES. MICHELLE IF YOU WOULD ADD A MICHELLE IF YOU WOULD ADD A MINOR COMMENT ON THAT. MINOR COMMENT ON THAT. >> HELLO. >> HELLO. HOOPLA HAS A VERY INTERESTING HOOPLA HAS A VERY INTERESTING MODEL WHERE ANYTIME ANYTHING IS MODEL WHERE ANYTIME ANYTHING IS CHECKED OUT IT COSTS US MONEY.
CHECKED OUT IT COSTS US MONEY. LIBBY YOU BUY A LICENSE AND YOU LIBBY YOU BUY A LICENSE AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A YEAR, TWO HAVE ACCESS TO A YEAR, TWO YEARS. YEARS. YOU PAY ONE PRICE IN ADVANCE. YOU PAY ONE PRICE IN ADVANCE. THEN BORROWED AS MANY TIMES AS THEN BORROWED AS MANY TIMES AS IT CAN BEFORE THE METER RUNS IT CAN BEFORE THE METER RUNS OUT. OUT. WHAT WE FOUND IN HOOPLA.
WHAT WE FOUND IN HOOPLA. THERE IS DEDICATED USERS, IT THERE IS DEDICATED USERS, IT ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 10% OR ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 10% OR LESS THAN 10% OF DIGITAL LESS THAN 10% OF DIGITAL CIRCULATION. CIRCULATION. IT IS COSTING ABOUT 22% OF WHAT IT IS COSTING ABOUT 22% OF WHAT WE ARE SPENDING ON OUR DIGITAL WE ARE SPENDING ON OUR DIGITAL CIRCULATION.
CIRCULATION. OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING FURTHER IN OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING FURTHER IN TTHE LIBBY APP. TTHE LIBBY APP. DISCONTINUING HOOPLA WE WILL PUT DISCONTINUING HOOPLA WE WILL PUT MORE FUNDING TOWARDS LIBBY. MORE FUNDING TOWARDS LIBBY. OUR WAIT TIMES WILL BE LOWER. OUR WAIT TIMES WILL BE LOWER. MORE TITLES, HOPEFULLY.
MORE TITLES, HOPEFULLY. USE THE TOOLS THEY HAVE BEEN USE THE TOOLS THEY HAVE BEEN INTRODUCING OVER THE LAST YEAR INTRODUCING OVER THE LAST YEAR TO HELP GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE TO HELP GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE HOLD QUES. HOLD QUES. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING THIS AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF AND WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE OUT OF IT.
IT. >> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR >> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION, COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION, MICHELLE.
MICHELLE. >> HOOPLA WILL BE DISCONTINUED >> HOOPLA WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON THE END OF MAY 4. ON THE END OF MAY 4. PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMETHING PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOMETHING CHECKED OUT WILL BE ABLE TO CHECKED OUT WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS MATERIALS UNTIL THE ACCESS MATERIALS UNTIL THE REGULAR DUE DATE.
REGULAR DUE DATE. WILL NOT BORROW NEW THINGS AS OF WILL NOT BORROW NEW THINGS AS OF MAY 5. MAY 5. NEW FISCAL YEAR WE WILL PUT MORE NEW FISCAL YEAR WE WILL PUT MORE TOWARDS LIBBY. TOWARDS LIBBY. IF WE GET MUSIC STREAMING OR IF WE GET MUSIC STREAMING OR ANYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE ANYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
NEW FISCAL YEAR. BASED ON REALLOCATION OF WHAT WE BASED ON REALLOCATION OF WHAT WE WERE SPENDING ON HOOPLA. WERE SPENDING ON HOOPLA. >> LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT >> LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT APPLICATIONS AT THE LIBRARY APPLICATIONS AT THE LIBRARY USERS, CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE OUR USERS, CUSTOMERS, THEY ARE OUR LOVING PUBLIC. LOVING PUBLIC. IT GIVES DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
IT GIVES DIFFERENT OPTIONS. IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR SOME OF IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR SOME OF THEM WHO WOULD STILL LOOK TO USE THEM WHO WOULD STILL LOOK TO USE HOOPLA WOULD NOT HAVE IT HOOPLA WOULD NOT HAVE IT AVAILABLE. AVAILABLE. IT WOULD CREATE CONFUSION.
IT WOULD CREATE CONFUSION. JUST HAVING THAT CLARITY AND JUST HAVING THAT CLARITY AND SPEAKING THIS WHOLE THING INTO SPEAKING THIS WHOLE THING INTO EXISTENCE WILL HELP FOLKS AS EXISTENCE WILL HELP FOLKS AS THEY CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF THEY CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF UTILIZING OUR SERVICES UTILIZING OUR SERVICES ESPECIALLY WITH THE STREAMING ESPECIALLY WITH THE STREAMING SERVICES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS SERVICES AND OTHER APPLICATIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE AVAILABLE. >> WE ARE COMMUNICATING A LOT >> WE ARE COMMUNICATING A LOT WITH HOOPLA USERS. WITH HOOPLA USERS. WE SENT DIRECT E-MAIL TO ANYONE WE SENT DIRECT E-MAIL TO ANYONE ACTIVE IN HOOPLA IN THE LAST ACTIVE IN HOOPLA IN THE LAST YEAR. YEAR. WE LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE IS WE LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE IS MORE IN LIBBY THAN THEY ARE MORE IN LIBBY THAN THEY ARE AWARE OF.
AWARE OF. THERE IS MUSIC STREAMING. THERE IS MUSIC STREAMING. YOU CAN WATCH CONCERTS THROUGH YOU CAN WATCH CONCERTS THROUGH PART OF LIBBY. PART OF LIBBY. WE ARE TALKING LIKE ANY KIND OF WE ARE TALKING LIKE ANY KIND OF BEYONCE OR BON JOVI. BEYONCE OR BON JOVI. WE HAVE CLASSIC MUSIC THROUGH WE HAVE CLASSIC MUSIC THROUGH LIBBY.
LIBBY. THE STREAMING THAT PEOPLE USE THE STREAMING THAT PEOPLE USE HOOPLA FOR MOVIES AND TV SHOWS HOOPLA FOR MOVIES AND TV SHOWS WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH CANOPY. CANOPY. NOT AS POPULAR MATERIALS BUT NOT AS POPULAR MATERIALS BUT THERE IS BBC CONTENT ON THERE.
THERE IS BBC CONTENT ON THERE. IT IS NOT A COMPLETE CHANGE, IT IS NOT A COMPLETE CHANGE, JUST A CHANGE OF WHERE THEY ARE JUST A CHANGE OF WHERE THEY ARE ACCESSING SOME OF IT FROM. ACCESSING SOME OF IT FROM. THE REST OF IT WE ARE LOOKING TO THE REST OF IT WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL IN THOSE HOLES FOR SURE. FILL IN THOSE HOLES FOR SURE. >> GOOD DEAL. >> GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU FOR THIS QUICK THANK YOU FOR THIS QUICK OVERVIEW.
OVERVIEW. DEFINITELY HELPFUL FOR ME. DEFINITELY HELPFUL FOR ME. I KNOW AS I TALK TO FOLKS AND AS I KNOW AS I TALK TO FOLKS AND AS SOME OF THEM USE STREAMING SOME OF THEM USE STREAMING SERVICES TO TELL THEM THIS IS SERVICES TO TELL THEM THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT WILL GO A WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT WILL GO A LONG WAYS. LONG WAYS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> ALTERNATE DIRECTOR CRABCHUCK >> ALTERNATE DIRECTOR CRABCHUCK HAS A COMMENT. HAS A COMMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT I JUST WANTED TO UPLIFT SOMETHING THAT I HAD HEARD IN SOMETHING THAT I HAD HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY FROM SOME THE COMMUNITY FROM SOME SELF-DESCRIBED POWER USERS AT SELF-DESCRIBED POWER USERS AT THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY. I AGREE THE LIBBY CATALOG IS I AGREE THE LIBBY CATALOG IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST. HANDS DOWN THE BEST. LOW WAIT TIMES SHOULD BE THE LOW WAIT TIMES SHOULD BE THE MODEL FOR THE NATION. MODEL FOR THE NATION. HOWEVER, HOOPLA HAD A GREAT HOWEVER, HOOPLA HAD A GREAT AMOUNT OF BOOKS AVAILABLE IN AMOUNT OF BOOKS AVAILABLE IN AUDIO BOOK FORMAT THAT LIBBY AUDIO BOOK FORMAT THAT LIBBY DOESN'T HAVE.
DOESN'T HAVE. SHUTTING OFF HOOPLA IS GOING TO SHUTTING OFF HOOPLA IS GOING TO MAKE A GREAT AMOUNT OF AUDIO MAKE A GREAT AMOUNT OF AUDIO BOOKS UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. BOOKS UNAVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. I ADVISE THE FOCUS ON NEW LIBBY I ADVISE THE FOCUS ON NEW LIBBY BOOKS THAT ARE BOUGHT BE ON BOOKS THAT ARE BOUGHT BE ON AUDIO BOOKS. AUDIO BOOKS. e-BOOKS ARE INCREDIBLE WITH OR e-BOOKS ARE INCREDIBLE WITH OR WITHOUT HOOPLA.
WITHOUT HOOPLA. AUDIO SHOULD BE BOLSTERED NOW AUDIO SHOULD BE BOLSTERED NOW THAT HOOPLA WILL BE GONE. THAT HOOPLA WILL BE GONE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO >> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DIRECTOR CRABCHUCK'S COMMENTS? DIRECTOR CRABCHUCK'S COMMENTS? >> OBVIOUSLY I ENJOY HEARING THE >> OBVIOUSLY I ENJOY HEARING THE FEEDBACK. FEEDBACK. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW. I THERE ARE SOME THINGS LIMITED I THERE ARE SOME THINGS LIMITED ON WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM. ON WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM. THERE ARE SOME e-BOOKS AND THERE ARE SOME e-BOOKS AND AUDIO BOOKS ONLY THROUGH AMAZON. AUDIO BOOKS ONLY THROUGH AMAZON. WE WILL NEVER GET IN THE WE WILL NEVER GET IN THE LIBRARY.
LIBRARY. THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT THE AUDIO BOOKS AREN'T AVAILABLE THE AUDIO BOOKS AREN'T AVAILABLE THROUGH OVER DRIVE. THROUGH OVER DRIVE. SOME WE DON'T HAVE THAT ARE SOME WE DON'T HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AVAILABLE. WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY COST $110.
THEY COST $110. WE DON'T NECESSARILY -- OUR WE DON'T NECESSARILY -- OUR AUDIO BOOKS WILL GO UP ONCE WE AUDIO BOOKS WILL GO UP ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO PUT MORE MONEY ARE ABLE TO PUT MORE MONEY TOWARDS IT. TOWARDS IT. THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS BEEN THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A LITTLE SLOWER TO GET TO SOME A LITTLE SLOWER TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE.
OF THOSE. IF WE HAVE e-BOOK AND IT IS IF WE HAVE e-BOOK AND IT IS AVAILABLE IN AUDIO BOOK, WE AVAILABLE IN AUDIO BOOK, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THE AUDIO BOOK DON'T ALWAYS GET THE AUDIO BOOK BECAUSE OF THE COST. BECAUSE OF THE COST. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK. IT IS GOOD TO KNOW. IT IS GOOD TO KNOW. >> DIRECTOR BLOISE.
>> DIRECTOR BLOISE. >> I WANT TO REITERATE I HAD >> I WANT TO REITERATE I HAD BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT SIMILAR BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT SIMILAR CONCERNS THAT THE NEW LIBBY CONCERNS THAT THE NEW LIBBY BOOKS WE DO HAVE AS MANY AS BOOKS WE DO HAVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE BE BROUGHT IN ON AUDIO POSSIBLE BE BROUGHT IN ON AUDIO BOOK. BOOK. THE AUDIO BOOK CATALOG NEEDS THE AUDIO BOOK CATALOG NEEDS BOLSTERED.
BOLSTERED. LIBBY DOES NOT SUPPORT THE AUDIO LIBBY DOES NOT SUPPORT THE AUDIO BOOKS THAT HOOPLA DID. BOOKS THAT HOOPLA DID. I WANT TO REITERATE THAT SAME I WANT TO REITERATE THAT SAME POINT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. POINT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. >> THERE IS ONE OF THE >> THERE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST FEATURES OF HOOPLA NOT GREATEST FEATURES OF HOOPLA NOT ONLY INSTANT BORROWING. ONLY INSTANT BORROWING. MID LIST OR BACK LIST.
MID LIST OR BACK LIST. BOOKS THAT AREN'T CRAZY POPULAR BOOKS THAT AREN'T CRAZY POPULAR BUT SERIES THAT WE DON'T CARRY BUT SERIES THAT WE DON'T CARRY IN OVER DRIVE WITH LIBBY THAT IN OVER DRIVE WITH LIBBY THAT HOOPLA HAS. HOOPLA HAS. WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT MAKING THE SELECTIONS MORE BROAD MAKING THE SELECTIONS MORE BROAD AS WELL AS THE MORE QUANTITY.
AS WELL AS THE MORE QUANTITY. THE TITLE SELECTION IS MORE THE TITLE SELECTION IS MORE BROAD FOR SURE. BROAD FOR SURE. >> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ONLINE? >> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ONLINE? >> NO. >> NO. >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR DIRECTORS ON THE DAIS? OUR DIRECTORS ON THE DAIS? THANK YOU, MICHELLE AND DIRECTOR THANK YOU, MICHELLE AND DIRECTOR KELLER FOR THE OVERVIEW.
KELLER FOR THE OVERVIEW. ITEMS 5.2 THROUGH 5.5 MONTHLY ITEMS 5.2 THROUGH 5.5 MONTHLY TREASURES REPORT I TRUST YOU TREASURES REPORT I TRUST YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE. HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE. WE MOVE TO CONSENT. WE MOVE TO CONSENT. ITEM 6. ITEM 6. WE HAVE ITEM 6.1-6.7. WE HAVE ITEM 6.1-6.7. ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED ANY ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OFF CONSENT?
OFF CONSENT? ANY COMMENTS FROM DIRECTORS? ANY COMMENTS FROM DIRECTORS? I HEARING AND SEEING NONE. I HEARING AND SEEING NONE. >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON YOU ARE >> DIRECTOR DICKINSON YOU ARE UP. UP. >> I HAVE A REQUEST. >> I HAVE A REQUEST. ILLUSTRATED BY ITEM 6.4.
ILLUSTRATED BY ITEM 6.4. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GAVE US I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GAVE US THE TOTAL SCORING MATRIX FOR THE THE TOTAL SCORING MATRIX FOR THE BIDDING AFTER OUR CONVERSATION BIDDING AFTER OUR CONVERSATION LAST TIME.
LAST TIME. IN THE FUTURE CAN YOU SHOW US IN THE FUTURE CAN YOU SHOW US THE INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND THE THE INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND THE POINT TOTALS BROKEN DOWN BY POINT TOTALS BROKEN DOWN BY REVIEW ERROR RATHER AS OPPOSED REVIEW ERROR RATHER AS OPPOSED TO JUST AGGREGATES TOTAL? TO JUST AGGREGATES TOTAL? THAT WOULD HELP AT LEAST FROM MY THAT WOULD HELP AT LEAST FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. POINT OF VIEW. THANKS.
THANKS. >> WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, >> WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, DIRECTOR DICKINSON. DIRECTOR DICKINSON. NOT A PROBLEM. NOT A PROBLEM. THANKS FOR FEEDBACK. THANKS FOR FEEDBACK. >> I APPRECIATE FOR ME THIS IS A >> I APPRECIATE FOR ME THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANKS.
THANKS. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DICKINSON. DICKINSON. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM DIRECTORS ONLINE OR ON THE FROM DIRECTORS ONLINE OR ON THE DAIS. DAIS. >> MOTION FOR CONCEPT. >> MOTION FOR CONCEPT. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR MAPLE. >> MOVED BY DIRECTOR MAPLE. SECOND BY DIRECTOR LEFCOVITZ.
SECOND BY DIRECTOR LEFCOVITZ. THOSE PRESENT VOTE BY AYE OR THOSE PRESENT VOTE BY AYE OR VOICE VOTE BY THE CLERK. VOICE VOTE BY THE CLERK. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OPPOSED. ANY ABSTAINS? ANY ABSTAINS? >> I HAVE TO INTERJECT. >> I HAVE TO INTERJECT. IT IS A SPECIAL -- WE HAVE TO O IT IS A SPECIAL -- WE HAVE TO O A ROLL CALL VOTE. A ROLL CALL VOTE. >> MADAM CLERK.
>> MADAM CLERK. >> DICKINSON. >> DICKINSON. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> TALAMANTES. >> TALAMANTES. PLUCKEBAUM. PLUCKEBAUM. MAPLE. MAPLE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> MAI VANG. >> MAI VANG. >> YES. >> YES. >> SERNA.
>> SERNA. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> KENNEDY. >> KENNEDY. DESMOND. DESMOND. RODRIGUEZ, HUME, LOPEZ-TAFF. RODRIGUEZ, HUME, LOPEZ-TAFF. BREWER. BREWER. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> KEVIN SPEASE. >> KEVIN SPEASE. TIM REED, JOE LITTLE. TIM REED, JOE LITTLE. >> YES.
>> YES. >> TANYA CRABCHUCK. >> TANYA CRABCHUCK. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> NICK BOISE. >> NICK BOISE. >> YEMH YES. >> YEMH YES. >> LEFCOVITZ. >> LEFCOVITZ. >> YES. >> YES. >> PASSES WITH NINE MEMBERS >> PASSES WITH NINE MEMBERS VOTING.
VOTING. >> CONSENT IS APADOPTED. >> CONSENT IS APADOPTED. 7 NO ACTION ITEMS. 7 NO ACTION ITEMS. QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS NUMBER 8. NUMBER 8. ANY ITEMS, DIRECTORS? ANY ITEMS, DIRECTORS? DIRECTOR LEFKOWITZ. DIRECTOR LEFKOWITZ. >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO AUDIO >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO AUDIO BOOKS.
BOOKS. IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT ACCESS IT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT ACCESS AND INCLUSION ISSUE FOR PEOPLE AND INCLUSION ISSUE FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T READY ELECTRONIC THAT CAN'T READY ELECTRONIC BOOK. BOOK. I GUESS FOR ME THAT IS AN I GUESS FOR ME THAT IS AN IMPORTANT REASON TO THINK ABOUT IMPORTANT REASON TO THINK ABOUT INVESTING MORE IN AUDIO BOOKS.
INVESTING MORE IN AUDIO BOOKS. A FEW AND FORGIVE ME FOR BEING A FEW AND FORGIVE ME FOR BEING STUCK ON ONE TOPIC. STUCK ON ONE TOPIC. WE HAVE A MOVIE CALLED HOPEVILLE WE HAVE A MOVIE CALLED HOPEVILLE TALKING ABOUT THE READING CRISIS TALKING ABOUT THE READING CRISIS AND HOPE ABOUT HOW A YOUNG AND HOPE ABOUT HOW A YOUNG PERSON WAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED PERSON WAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY A TEACHER THAT INTERVENED IN BY A TEACHER THAT INTERVENED IN THE RIGHT WAY.
THE RIGHT WAY. APRIL 1 AT THE SO SOPHIA AND THE APRIL 1 AT THE SO SOPHIA AND THE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE. JUST HOPING THAT IN APRIL OR JUST HOPING THAT IN APRIL OR MAIN WE DO A JOINT LITERACY MAIN WE DO A JOINT LITERACY PRESENTATION WITH THE STAFF PRESENTATION WITH THE STAFF HERE. HERE. PETER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS PETER, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET A DATE SET UP.
A WAY TO GET A DATE SET UP. IF YOU NEED MY HELP LET ME KNOW. IF YOU NEED MY HELP LET ME KNOW. MY LAST ON MARCH 31, IT IS TRANS MY LAST ON MARCH 31, IT IS TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY. DAY OF VISIBILITY. I JUST BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I I JUST BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I WENT TO AN EVENT AT LGBQ CENTER WENT TO AN EVENT AT LGBQ CENTER LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. ABOUT 100 TRANS FOLKS THERE ABOUT 100 TRANS FOLKS THERE TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS OF FEDERAL TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS OF FEDERAL CHANGES. CHANGES. VERY HEART BREAKING. VERY HEART BREAKING. I BRING IT UP BECAUSE I AM I BRING IT UP BECAUSE I AM HOPING THE LIBRARY HAS BOOKS HOPING THE LIBRARY HAS BOOKS THAT REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY.
THAT REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ON THE 31ST WOULD BE A GOOD ARE ON THE 31ST WOULD BE A GOOD DAY TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE. DAY TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM >> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM OUR DIRECTORS, REPORTS, IDEAS, OUR DIRECTORS, REPORTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ANYONE ONLINE?
ANYONE ONLINE? HEARING AND SEEING NONE. HEARING AND SEEING NONE. WE ARE AT THE TIME OF 3:49 P.M. WE ARE AT THE TIME OF 3:49 P.M. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING PART OF TODAY'S MEETING. BEING PART OF TODAY'S MEETING. WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO THIS MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHORITY IS PUBLIC LIBRARY AUTHORITY IS ADJOURNED.
ADJOURNED. LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING. LIVE CC BY ABERDEEN CAPTIONING. 1-800-688-6621. 1-800-688-6621. WWW.ABERCAP.COM.