START WITH THIS PIECE OF THE FRISCO CITY LIBRARY SERVICES.
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AND WE WERE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT SB. HEY CHERYL.THAT'S OKAY. I'M GOING TO IT IS NOW. ARE YOU ALL READY? OKAY. IT IS NOW 6:08 P.M. I NOW CALL THE FRISCO ISD LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD WORKSHOP TO ORDER.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M JUST READY TO GET GOING.
OKAY, SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO SB 13 AND THE DISTRICT LIBRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
[1. Discussion regarding SB13]
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF FILL YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. Y'ALL. Y'ALL HAVE HEARD SOME US TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. AND ESTHER TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT IT.AND SO YOU NEEDED TO KNOW THIS PIECE SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND THAT'LL START ON OCTOBER 20TH AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
SO I'M GOING TO LET AMANDA DO MOST OF THE TALKING BECAUSE SHE'S MUCH BETTER AT IT THAN I AM.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
I'M GOING TO. I'M GOING TO POWER THROUGH THIS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST JOT THEM DOWN AND THEN I'LL WE'LL CHAT ABOUT IT AT THE END.
THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF HONOR EVERYBODY'S TIME.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR INTRODUCTIONS.
OBVIOUSLY I'M AMANDA BUTLER, AND THEN WE HAVE ASHLEY NELSON HERE, WHO IS OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY. AND THEN WE ALL KNOW CHERYL MCDONALD, WHO RUNS THE WORLD. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CHAT QUICKLY ABOUT SENATE BILL 13 KIND OF PROCESS CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LAW.
WE ARE GOING TO CHAT ABOUT THE DISTRICT LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HOW THESE THINGS KIND OF IMPACT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AS A SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN HOW BOOKS ARE COLLECTED JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT. OKAY.
JUST KIND OF START RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. WE DO HAVE 75 CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.
WE HAVE 43 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, 19 MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, AND 12 HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIANS.
AND OUR CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM IS STAFFED WITH THESE FOLKS RIGHT HERE.
HAVE YOU HEARD COMMONLY SAID, OH, THEY'RE A CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. AND YOU'RE LIKE, WHY ARE YOU SAYING SO MANY WORDS? THAT DOESN'T. WHY IS BECAUSE CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ARE DIFFERENT THAN JUST A SCHOOL LIBRARIAN. A CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIAN HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE, TWO YEARS MINIMUM OF CLASSROOM TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
FRISCO ISD ONLY HIRES CERTIFIED SCHOOL LIBRARIANS ONLY.
AND THEY ARE. WE ARE RARE IN THAT, AND I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THAT.
A FUN FACT MOST LIBRARIANS WERE TEACHERS. THEY HAD TO BE A TEACHER TO EARN THEIR DEGREE.
RIGHT? AND FRISCO ISD THE AVERAGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE OF A LIBRARIAN IS TEN YEARS.
SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY INSTRUCTIONALLY HEAVY AND DRIVEN.
OKAY. I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO LIBRARIES WHEN YOU WERE A KID, DID YOU PULL OUT THAT CARD CATALOG? I KNOW YOU DID, LIKE THE BIG DRAWER, AND YOU, LIKE, FLIP THROUGH LIBRARIES DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL KNOW OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE. YOUR KIDDOS THAT GO TO FRISCO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES LOOK LIKE THIS NOW.
THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT. THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF CURRICULUM.
WE DO BOOKS, YES, BUT THAT'S ONE SMALL PIECE OF A VERY, VERY LARGE PIE.
AND FROM THAT FEEDBACK, OUR DISTRICT TOOK ACTION.
RIGHT. WE PUT A LOT OF PROCESSES IN PLACE. WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED MAKING CHANGES TO OUR COLLECTION GUIDELINES, WHICH IS KIND OF HOW LIBRARIANS DO THEIR BOOK PURCHASING AND CURATING PROCESS.
IT TOOK US AN ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR TO DO THAT WORK.
THAT ACTUALLY, THAT INFORMATION IS STILL AVAILABLE ON THE LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE. IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF DIG INTO THAT. IT WAS A VERY, VERY HARD WORK. HOWEVER, IT WAS VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL AND VERY ACCURATE AND REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS TELLING US THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR VENDORS AND IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE CALL PARENT ENGAGEMENT PIECES.
WE GOT WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AND WE BUILT THESE PROCESSES SO THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT THOSE WITH OUR PARENTS AND ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, BUT ALSO INVOLVEMENT WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN LIBRARY SERVICES.
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I'M NOT QUITE READY FOR MY KIDDO TO READ THAT BOOK YET.LET'S PAUSE. SO WHEN KIDDO GOES INTO THE LIBRARY, SCANS THE BOOK TO CHECK IT OUT, IT KICKS BACK AND SAYS, NOT YET. PICK A DIFFERENT BOOK. AND THEN THEY GO AND SNAG A DIFFERENT BOOK.
IT'S GREAT. WE IT TOOK US A VERY LONG TIME TO BUILD THAT, BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IT.
ALSO, THE FIRST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. OKAY.
SENATE BILL 13, IN ALL ITS GLORY. THIS SPECIFICALLY IS A LAW RELATING TO LIBRARY MATERIALS, ESTABLISHING A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE WITH THE ADDITION OF JUST A FEW.
ONE OF THOSE PROCESSES IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW. I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE BOARD MEETING AND IN THE PAST, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT FRISCO ISD OPTED AND CHOSE TO MAKE THE DECISION TO HAVE.
WE FELT THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR THAT, AND SO THAT IS THE PATH THAT WE TOOK.
SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING PROCESSES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOES PROVIDE INPUT OR FEEDBACK ON BOOK PURCHASING. THEY COLLABORATE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT ON RECONSIDERATIONS.
IF WE RECEIVE ANY BOOK CHALLENGES. AND WE ALSO DO A LOT OF LEARNING. THERE WILL BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE MEMBERS OF THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IF YOU WILL THINK LIKE FRIENDS HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BEFORE? THINK OF FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS WORKING WITH US ON. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FROM PARENTS WHO REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT LIBRARY SERVICES. SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S THE PROGRESS.
AND I THINK OUR NEXT SLIDE IS THE PURPOSE OF THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEIR PURPOSE IS TO SUPPORT THE LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE, AS WE JUST PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD TO KIND OF TAILOR FIT THIS PROCESS AND WORKFLOW AND THINGS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE FOR THEIR KIDDOS IN FRISCO ISD.
AND SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT OUR EXISTING PROCESSES ARE EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE SAME PROCESSES. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY MEET WITH US EVERY, I THINK IT'S SEVEN MEETINGS ISH.
SO YOU GUYS WILL NOT RECEIVE A LIST FROM LIBRARY SERVICES.
EVERY SINGLE BOARD MEETING THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN.
YOU WILL RECEIVE IT FOR LIKE SIX OUT OF ALL OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DO HAVE TO ATTEND.
THERE ARE SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS ACCORDING TO THE LAW, AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ADVISORY MEMBERS THAT ARE NON-VOTING MEMBERS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE EXCITING PART.
THIS IS THE PART THAT THIS IS LIKE THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS GET TO DO.
SO NOW YOU'LL BE SUPER INFORMED. OKAY, SO WHAT YOU GUYS WILL RECEIVE IS THAT'S OKAY.
HERE'S OUR WORKFLOW. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE AN IDEA, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE DELIVER A LIST OF BOOKS TO YOU, I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE LIKE, HOLY MOLY, AMANDA, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS? SO FIRST, A CAMPUS LIBRARIAN CREATES A LIST OF BOOKS.
AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE OUT OF THIN AIR. THEY DO RESEARCH, OKAY? THEY DO RESEARCH BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY DO. THEY TAKE A LIST, OR THEY GO FIND A BOOK THAT A KID HAS EITHER ASKED FOR.
A TEACHER HAS SAID, OH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS BOOK IN MY CLASSROOM.
A KIDDO IS EXCITED ABOUT READING THE NEXT BOOK IN THE DOG MAN SERIES.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY A BOOK NEEDS TO BE PROCURED, SO A LIBRARIAN WILL MAKE A LIST.
SHE REVIEWS THAT LIST AND SHE REVIEWS IT WITH PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, VERY SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, NOT JUST ANY RUN OF THE MILL BLOG. OKAY, VERY SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS.
SHE ALSO GOES AND FINDS MORE WHAT WE WOULD CALL INFORMAL.
SO ONCE SHE CREATES THAT LIST, SHE DOES THIS AGAIN IN A LOOP UNTIL SHE HAS ABOUT 25 OR 30 TITLES.
THEN SHE WILL SEND THAT TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF THAT'S MYSELF AND MY TEAM.
AND THEN WE'RE GO BACK THROUGH THAT LIST EVERY SINGLE TITLE AND CONFIRM THE PROFESSIONAL REVIEW IS INDICATIVE OF AN APPROPRIATE CAMPUS LEVEL AND AGE LEVEL. WE LOOK FOR THINGS CALLED AGE BANDS, SO WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO SEE A GRADE OR AGE IN THAT IN THAT PROFESSIONAL REVIEW, OR IT CANNOT BE COLLECTED, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH BEFORE PROCURING A LIBRARY MATERIAL.
IT IS A VERY TIME CONSUMING PROCESS, BUT THEY LOVE IT AND I LOVE IT.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT JUST KIND OF YEAH, WILLY NILLY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.
SO ONCE THOSE TITLES ARE REVIEWED BY CENTRAL OFFICE, WE MOVE ON TO STEP THREE, WHICH IS WHERE NEW MATERIALS ARE POSTED TO THE FISD WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. SO SB 13 REQUIRES THAT ANY BOOK THAT IS NEW TO OUR CATALOG, AND THAT'S A RELEVANT COMPONENT.
A BOOK DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE NEW PER SE.
LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED LAST WEEK.
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OKAY. IT'S JUST NEW TO OUR CATALOG. SO IF WE'D NEVER HAD THE FIRST DIARY OF A WIMPY KID EVER BEFORE, BUT IT WAS PUBLISHED TEN YEARS AGO, BUT WE'RE BUYING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED NEW FOR US. SO WE POST.
WE HAVE TO, IN COMPLIANCE WITH SENATE BILL 13, POST ALL OF THOSE MATERIALS TO THE WEBSITE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE POSTED FOR 30 DAYS IN THE COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THOSE TITLES IF THEY SO CHOSE.
THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE.
SO THEY UPLOAD ALL AT THE SAME TIME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH A BOARD MEETING. THEN AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, THEY TAKE A VOTE ON IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT LIST TO THE SCHOOL BOARD OR NOT.
ONCE THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED THOSE LIST OF MATERIALS AND THEN THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED THEM TO THE BOARD, THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS GET THE LIST. SO YOU'RE YOU GUYS ARE DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE FIFTH NUMBER FIVE DOES NOT MEAN YOU'RE NOT IMPORTANT.
IT JUST MEANS THAT A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED PRIOR TO YOU GUYS RECEIVING THAT LIST.
YOU TAKE ACTION AT YOUR BOARD MEETING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE LIST OF MATERIALS THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU SO CHOSE TO APPROVE THAT LIST, THEN THE LIBRARIANS WOULD MAKE A KIND OF AN ORDER, ESSENTIALLY.
AND THEN THE LIST COMES BACK TO IT'S BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM A BOOK AS STARTING AT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, STARTING AT I WANT THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID BOOK.
PLEASE ORDER THIS BOOK FOR ME ALL THE WAY TO WHEN THAT BOOK IS MADE AVAILABLE TO A STUDENT.
AND THEN I THINK THIS IS ESSENTIALLY YOU GUYS IN YOUR HOME BASE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT LIST, A DIRECT LINK TO THAT LIST, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THAT EVERY TIME ANYBODY SUBMITS ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK ON A TITLE THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO YOU GUYS, YOU CAN ACCESS THAT LIVE AT ANY POINT IN ANY TIME AT ALL.
OR IF YOU'RE FEELING OVERWHELMED, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
THE LIST IS POSTED, AS WE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, FOR 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
AS REQUIRED BY THE LAW, THE COMMUNITY PROVIDES FEEDBACK THROUGH THAT FORUM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN HOME BASE, AND THEN THAT LIBRARY MATERIALS LIST IS GOING TO BE ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA AT YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, FOR THE MEETINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A A LIST.
AND THEN THERE IS A TIME FRAME. I THINK IF YOU WANT TO LET ME STAY HERE JUST FOR A SECOND.
OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO WHEN YOU LOG IN AND GET ON HOME BASE, YOU'LL SEE THIS.
THERE'S LITTLE ICONS AT THE TOP OF HOME BASE.
SO THIS IS NOW THERE SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IT ANYTIME YOU WANT TO.
AND WHAT I WILL DO AND I DID NOT DO IT THIS TIME, BUT EVERY TIME THE NEW LIST IS PUBLISHED FOR EACH MONTH, I WILL PUT, I WILL EMAIL YOU ALL AND SAY THE LIST IS READY.
RIGHT? AND SO NOW IT'LL BE A TIMELY THING THAT YOU'LL GET FROM ME EVERY MONTH WHEN THE LIST IS READY, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO IN THERE AND LOOK ANYTIME YOU WANT TO. IT'S ALWAYS ACTIVE.
AND THE SAME THING FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK AND THIS WILL HELP US.
SO THE TUESDAY, WHICH IS THE KIND OF THE WEEK BEFORE THIS BOARD MEETING.
RIGHT. IF THERE'S A TITLE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON OR NEED JUST TO LOOK AT THE REVIEWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE JUST ASK IF YOU CAN THAT TO LET US KNOW TUESDAY.
RIGHT. SO THE AGENDA IS POSTED 72 HOURS BEFORE THE MONDAY NIGHT MEETING.
WE WILL GIVE YOU THE TIMELINE. AND ONCE AGAIN I'LL REMIND YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH THAT. SOME OF THOSE LISTS ARE GOING TO BE LONG. WE STARTED SCHOOL BACK IN AUGUST, AND THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT TRYING TO BUY BOOKS.
AND SO THAT LIST IS ABOUT 2500 TITLES OR SO. CURRENTLY.
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I DID WANT TO MENTION ALSO, AND I FLEW RIGHT PAST IT BACK TO YOU REALLY QUICKLY.WE HAVE ABOUT 17 KIDDOS IN FRISCO ISD WITH A PROHIBITED LIST.
MANY OF THEM ARE FROM THE SAME FAMILY. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL ARE VERY AWARE THAT WE ENROLL ABOUT 63,000 KIDDOS, SO OUR PARENTS LIKE HAVING THAT AS AN OPTION AND IT IS BEING UTILIZED AND WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH THAT.
BUT WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN FRONT OF KIDDOS.
SO LIBRARY MATERIALS RECONSIDERATION. THIS IS ALSO A CHANGE THAT WILL BE NEW FOR YOU ALL.
AND THEN IF THE COMPLAINANT WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR ANOTHER REVIEW THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY TO THE BOARD, DEPENDING ON THE APPEALS PROCESS. BUT NOW YOU GUYS WILL BE MAKING AN ACTION OR TAKING AN ACTION ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S DECISION ON THAT RECONSIDERATION.
THE LIBRARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE DECISION MAKER ON THAT.
WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WERE AND I'M TRYING TO SCOOCH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? DID Y'ALL JOT ANYTHING DOWN? YES. BOOKS THAT ARE IN THE LIBRARY CURRENTLY MAY BE CHALLENGED.
SO LIKE IF HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE IS CHALLENGED AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT INTO RECONSIDERATION, THAT MATERIAL IS REMOVED FROM ACCESSIBILITY, BUT NOT THE CATALOG.
SO WE STILL HAVE IT. IT'S JUST KIND OF CODED AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO THAT KIDS CAN'T ACCESS IT.
SO IF A KIDDO WANTS THAT OR IF A BOOK IS CHALLENGED AND THE KIDDO HAS IT CHECKED OUT, WE JUST SEND A PARENT AN EMAIL TO THE PARENT, HEY, HAVE JOHNNY RETURN THAT BOOK AS SOON AS HE GETS A CHANCE, AND THEN WE HANG ON TO IT UNTIL THAT RECONSIDERATION HAS HAPPENED.
THE PROCESS FOR WHICH PARENTS CAN TAKE TO RECONSIDER A LIBRARY MATERIAL IS NOT NECESSARILY A LIKE.
CAN ANYBODY RECONSIDER A LIBRARY MATERIAL FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER? AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. WE ENCOURAGE OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD ABOUT THIS IS IN CHALLENGING MATERIALS, SPECIFICALLY HAVING TO DO WITH A COMPONENT OF OUR COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES THAT THEY SEE THAT IS MISSING BECAUSE IT HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH PROCUREMENT ALREADY.
IT'S KIND OF A HEAVY, IMPORTANT THING TO MAKE A RECONSIDERATION.
YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. I KNOW THEY ARE PASSING MICROPHONES.
OKAY. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON THIS.
AND SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M AFRAID I WOULD GET LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE DISTRICT FOR TAKING THE PROACTIVE STEP TO DO THIS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.
MISS BUTLER, I THINK THAT THAT WAS A GREAT STEP TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAD THE CHANCE TO ATTEND THE ARE WE CALLING IT THE DLAC OR THE DLAC OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
YOU CALL IT, THE DISTRICT LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. OR YOU CAN CALL THE DLAC. DLAC.
OKAY. DISTRICT LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS TOO MANY SYLLABLES, SO I'LL GO WITH DLAC.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB LAYING EVERYTHING OUT AND WELCOMING THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS A NEW THING FOR US, SO I THINK WE'RE LEARNING AS WE'RE GOING.
BUT I DID GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE FOLKS THAT I HAD NOMINATED FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT MY SELECTION AND MY ALTERNATE, THAT IT WENT REALLY WELL. SO THAT WAS GREAT. I DO BELIEVE THESE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED.
CORRECT. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, BY LAW, RECORDED.
THERE IS A PAGE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THAT SAYS PARTNERING WITH PARENTS.
AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM THERE'S ALL THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE INFORMATION.
THOSE THE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES AND THE RECORDED AGENDA, ALL OF THAT, ALL THAT IS ON THERE.
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AND THAT INCLUDES COMMITTEE MEMBER NAMES, ATTENDANCE, LIKE ALL THOSE THINGS.I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ATTENDANCE IS ON THERE, BUT THE REST OF THAT INFO IS ON THERE.
SURE. BUT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES WITH THE REVIEWS, MAYBE THE AGE APPROPRIATENESS THAT WAS SUGGESTED ON THE REVIEW MAYBE DIDN'T MATCH OUR COMMUNITY. I'LL JUST SAY IT THAT WAY FOR SIMPLICITY PURPOSES, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AT ALL BY THE PUBLISHERS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS A CONCERN, IS THAT THE REVIEWER, THE PUBLISHER SAID, WELL, THIS BOOK IS GOOD FOR ELEMENTARY, BUT YET THERE WERE SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DIDN'T FEEL THAT WAY.
I THINK WE IT IS TRICKY TO SAY THAT ANYTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED FROM A FROM A PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVE, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE'VE CHANGED OUR PROCESSES INTERNALLY TO REQUIRE MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD SCOPE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF A MATERIAL INSTEAD OF JUST RELYING ON ONE PROFESSIONAL REVIEW OR ONE PUBLISHER. NOW WE RELY ON MULTIPLE PUBLISHERS AND INFORMAL REVIEWS, AND SO WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIETY.
ESSENTIALLY, THAT KIND OF HELPS US HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY LOOKING AT.
AND WE'RE NOT JUST RELYING ON A SOLE PERSON WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE AN INTEREST, A VESTED INTEREST, RIGHT, IN SELLING THAT BOOK OR SO WE DO HAVE, I THINK AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU'RE REFERENCING KIRKUS WAS A PROFESSIONAL REVIEWER THAT WE USED TO USE IN ALONE BY ITSELF, AND WE NO LONGER UTILIZE KIRKUS AS A PROFESSIONAL REVIEW.
AND WE OBVIOUSLY WE USE MULTIPLE REVIEWS NOW.
SO THANK YOU. YEAH. TURNING IT INTO A PARTY BACK THERE.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY. SURE. THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY WAS REGARDING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE DISTRICT LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IF THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIEW MATERIALS BASED THEIR REVIEW.
ESSENTIALLY, SHE'S ASKING, ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING MATERIALS K-12? AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS.
THERE'S NO MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM EXPECTATION ON THAT.
HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE HAS A CHAIR AND THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED DISCUSSING AMONGST THEMSELVES DIFFERENT LENSES TO APPROACH THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THERE WHO IS A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN ARE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER WHO IS A MOTHER, AND HER CHILDREN ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO THEY KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER GRASP ON WHAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BASED ON THEIR SEASON OF LIFE.
AND SO I IMAGINE THAT THINGS WILL EVOLVE. THE LONGER WE, YOU KNOW, WORK ON OUR COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US AND LIBRARY SERVICES BOARD? AWESOME. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK IN OCTOBER.
OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS 6:33 P.M., AND THIS DLAC SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.