NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Board of Trustees Meeting July 20, 2021
Nashville Public Library Board of Trustees Agenda July 20, 2021 Main Library 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219 Conference Room 1A – 12:00 noon I. II.
Call to Order / Roll Call Metro Ordinance required to be announced at all Board Meetings – Chair, Joyce Searcy a. “Pursuant to the provisions of § 2.68.030 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, please take notice that decisions of the Nashville Public Library Board may be appealed to the Chancery Court of Davidson County for review under a common law writ of certiorari. Any appeal must be filed within sixty days after entry of a final decision by the Board. Any person or other entity considering an appeal should consult with an attorney to ensure that time and procedural requirements are met.”
III.
Public Comment
IV.
Board Chair Comments, Joyce Searcy, Chair
V. VI. VII. VIII.
Approval of Minutes: June 15, 2021...……………….……………………..…pgs. 1 – 4 Library Director Report, Kent Oliver Nashville Public Library Foundation Report, Shawn Bakker Staff Reports a. Budget Update, Kent Oliver b. Collections Update, Lee Boulie c. BBTL Family Literacy Coordinator and LJ Mover & Shaker, Klem-Mari Cajigas
IX.
New Business a. Resolution of Appreciation, Kent Oliver………………………………pgs. 31 – 32
X.
Adjournment
Next Scheduled Board of Trustees Meeting 12:00 noon – September 21, 2021 Bellevue Branch Library 720 Baugh Road Nashville, TN 37221
Nashville Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes from June 15, 2021 Main Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37219 Conference Room 1A – 12:00 noon Joyce Searcy, Keith Simmons, Charvis Rand, Robert Oermann, Adriana Bialostozky, Katy Varney
Library Staff:
Kent Oliver, Terri Luke, Jena Schmid, Susan Drye, Lee Boulie, Linda Harrison, Cassie Welch, Kyle Cook, Liz Movius, Kate Wingate, Forrest Eagle, Kate Collingwood
Others:
Derrick Smith, Assistant Metropolitan Attorney at Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Shawn Bakker, Nashville Public Library Foundation President, Brenda Waybrant, SEIU Local 205 Metro Chapter
I.
Members Present:
Call to Order / Roll Call Joyce Searcy called the meeting to order at 12:02 PM.
II.
Metro Ordinance required to be announced at all Board Meetings – Chair, Joyce Searcy “Pursuant to the provisions of § 2.68.030 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, please take notice that decisions of the Nashville Public Library Board may be appealed to the Chancery Court of Davidson County for review under a common law writ of certiorari. Any appeal must be filed within sixty days after entry of a final decision by the Board. Any person or other entity considering an appeal should consult with an attorney to ensure that time and procedural requirements are met.”
III.
Public Comment a. Kyle Cook, NPL employee at the Main Library [Shared Systems Department] and member of the SEIU Local 205 chapter, requests that NPL Board meetings be recorded and streamed on NPL’s YouTube channel. During the shut-down, being able to log in to the [WebEx] Board meetings was a great way to keep up with important information that affects NPL staff. b. Liz Movius, Teen Librarian at the Southeast Branch, and member of the SEIU Local 205 chapter, mentioned that listening to the virtual Board meetings helped her understand how to properly bring a proposal to her supervisor. Liz Movius proposed offering printing to patrons as part of curbside service. This visual access has made a huge impact in the community: over the course of the past year, NPL has been able to provide over 45,000 printed pages to over 3,500 patrons through curbside.
IV.
Board Chair Comments, Joyce Searcy, Chair Joyce Searcy commented that she, Kate [Ezell], and Katy [Varney] attended the opening of the Page | 1
park across the street, representing the Board at that event. She mentioned that it is time to review our Director [Kent Oliver]. She asked that everyone review the form and think about how we can improve the Library.
V.
Approval of Minutes: May 18, 2021 Robert Oermann moved for approval of the minutes from the May meeting; the motion was seconded by Mr. Rand and passed unanimously.
VI.
Library Director Report, Kent Oliver a. Mr. Oliver thanked the staff for coming to address the Board and mentioned he’ll investigate how NPL might be able to get Board meetings made available for the staff and public. b. He introduced Linda Harrison, the new Assistant Director for Education and Literacy. She was previously the Branch Manager at Edmondson Pike. c. Recommended updates have been worked on, including: i. In-person meetings can resume immediately, and the decision whether to return to inperson meetings will be made by NPL team leaders/managers with input from team members. ii. Children’s area computers and manipulatives should be available as soon as possible. Locations will provide wipes for customers to wipe down these objects before using. iii. As we continue to fill vacancies, we anticipate opening the remaining branches and restoring branch evening hours by September. We are also hoping to have Friday hours for branches soon. iv. NPL will begin offering in-person, indoor programming September 1. v. Study rooms, currently available at Main, will become available at branches starting July 1. Branch meeting rooms will be available for public use on August 1, and branches will begin accepting reservations on July 1. vi. The Conference Center will fully open to the public August 1. vii. NPL will continue offering 20 free pages of printing and mobile printing to patrons. d. The Art Lending Library is open. Celebrations are planned at the Madison Branch Library on Monday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m. and at the Southeast Branch Library on Friday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m. If art grants are extended, NPL is hoping to expand the program. e. Annie Herlocker will be the new Branch Manager at Bordeaux, after leaving Richland Park.
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f. Online and in-person programming numbers are good, and they’re expected to continue to go up. We’re monitoring the number of patrons in our building as well as rising circulation numbers. g. Budget Update: i. After the budget presentation on May 20, Kent and Susan Drye were asked what other funding NPL needs. ii. They fielded questions about Friday hours at branches and how much additional funding would be required to staff that. The Amendment (from Council Budget Chair) proposed last week included Friday hours at branches. The Mayor’s Office supports Friday hours as part of their proposed budget. iii. We’re hoping that discussions around 4% and 5% will not further impact our Collections. If a choice needs to be made between Friday hours and continuing curbside, Friday hours are a priority, although hopefully not at the expense of our Collections. h. Today is Kent’s birthday. Cupcakes were shared and the room sang “Happy Birthday.”
VII.
Nashville Public Library Foundation Report, Shawn Bakker a. Shawn thanked the Nashville Public Library staff present for attending and engaging with the Board. b. On behalf of Nashville Public Library Foundation, Shawn presented a copy of the book, America's Greatest Library, to Keith Simmons to thank him for his service to the NPL Board and the Nashville community. The book will be added to NPL’s Collection in Keith’s name once he’s had a chance to read it. c. NPLF continues to plan for the Gala which will be in person this year, the weekend of November 12 and 13th. The Patrons’ Party will be Friday [November 12] and the Gala will be Saturday [November 13]. Both will be held at the Main Library. d. Patrons of previous Galas have expressed they love learning about the Library and feeling good about their donations. With this feedback in mind, NPLF is hoping to have a docent in the Votes for Women Exhibit area and other events throughout the building so patrons can spread out and learn about other areas and services. Shawn asked the Board to please consider being involved in one or all events. This could include working or being involved in a “Behind the Scenes” tour or any involvement that would help engage long-term audiences that want to support the Library. e. NPLF has hired a new Director of Marketing & Communications: Megan Cole. Page | 3
VIII.
Staff Reports a. Summer Reading Challenge, Cassie Welch Cassie is a Children’s Librarian at the Edmondson Pike Branch and has run the Summer Reading Challenge for the past 2 years. The theme this year is “Press Play” and the challenge launched on May 3. Programs for all ages and one log for everyone. Logs are available in English, Spanish, Arabic, and Kurdish. NPL partnered with MNPS this year to coordinate with Promising Scholars since they were already registering students to read at least 20 minutes a day. The goal this year is to participate, not just register and reach a goal of minutes. There are 3 prize levels: 600, 1200, and 1800 minutes.
IX.
New Business a. Susan Drye presented the Library Director’s Contract for approval. The NPL Board is the administrative entity that approves the contract and the current contract expires July 1. Katy Varney moved to continue the employment of Kent Oliver and approve the Resolution [2021-06.01] found on page 32 of the Board packet; the motion was seconded by Mr. Rand and passed unanimously. The NPL Board and Kent will all sign and this contract will be a part of Mr. Oliver’s file with Metro HR. Mr. Oermann thanked Kent for his leadership along with several other Board members, especially through COVID. Kent thanked the Board and is grateful to have this Board and NPL staff.
X.
Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 12:47 PM.
Next Scheduled Board of Trustees Meeting 12:00 noon – July 20, 2021 Main Library – Conference Room 1A 615 Church Street Nashville, TN 37219
Respectfully submitted by Kate Collingwood.
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library
Cardholders as % of Population Served
43.1% June 2021 New Cards: 2,627 Active Cardholders: 299,328
Cardholders New Registrations Volunteer Services Number of Volunteers Volunteer Hours
Jun-21 2,627 Jun-21 112 876.00
Active Patron Jun-21 Cards Year-to-Date 18,922 299,328 Jun-20 25 174.00
% Change 2021-2020 348.00% 403.45%
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library Wireless Data June 2021 Wireless Usage (Total = 46,613 Sessions) 20000
18866
18000 16000 14000
Axis Title
12000 10000 8000 6000 4327
4004
4000
2900
2907
2900
2018 2000
393
440
1972
1193
522
158
568
875
1368 126
259
553
212
52
0
Phase 2: 3/31/21; 4/14/21; 4/28/21; 5/12/21; 5/26/21
June 2021 Wireless Usage 14%
86%
Indoor
Outdoor
June 2021 Wireless Usage at Branches Only
23%
77%
Indoor
Outdoor
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library Database and Website Data Website Visits
Jun-21 334,031
Webserver
Database Usage
Jun-21 5,635
Sessions
Jun-20 381,075
% Change 2021-2020 -12.35%
Jun-20 13,450
% Change 2021-2020 -58.10%
Visits
VISITS TREND FY2021
FY1920
FY1819
450000 375000 300000 225000 80347
150000 23413
75000
1724
50780
0
J UL
AUG
SEP
OCT
N OV
D EC
JA N
FEB
MAR
APR
M AY
J UN
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library Circulation Data
eMedia Circulation* June 2021 eAudiobooks eVideos eBooks eMusic 76,342 3,208 93,128 1,572 *eMedia accounts for 42% of total June 2021 circulation.
eMagazines 3,244
Total 177,494
CIRCULATION TREND FY2021
FY1920
FY1819
675,000 625,000 575,000 525,000 475,000 425,000 375,000 325,000 275,000 225,000 175,000
J UL AUG S E P OCT N OV D EC JA N
F E B M A R A P R M AY J UN
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library
Circulation Bellevue Bordeaux Donelson East Edgehill Edmondson Pike Goodlettsville Green Hills Hadley Park Equal Access Hermitage Inglewood Looby Madison Main North Old Hickory Pruitt Richland Park Southeast Thompson Lane Watkins Park eMedia Talking Library NPL Total
Jun-21 Circulation 34,139 5,015 3,898 2,576 957 31,497 12,381 42,073 287 213 25,114 4,556 825 11,405 46,215 1,429 1,943 896 5,585 13,857 4,295 553 177,494 0 427,203
Month Jun-21 Jun-20 % of Total Circulation 7.99% 22,709 1.17% 4,229 0.91% 5,629 0.91% 3,433 0.22% 2,037 7.37% 20,171 2.90% 10,159 9.85% 29,855 0.07% 1,342 0.05% 381 5.88% 16,797 1.07% 6,791 0.19% 1,540 0.19% 7,463 10.82% 39,035 0.33% 1,557 0.45% 3,358 0.21% 788 1.31% 8,506 3.24% 11,453 1.01% 4,456 0.13% 944 41.55% 202,985 0.00% 0 405,618
% Change 2020-2019 50.33% 18.59% -30.75% -24.96% -53.02% 56.15% 21.87% 40.92% -78.61% -44.09% 49.51% -32.91% -46.43% 52.82% 18.39% -8.22% -42.14% 13.71% -34.34% 20.99% -3.61% -41.42% -12.56% N/A 5.32%
Jun-21 Year-to-Date 199,076 43,490 51,556 29,862 13,247 168,044 93,715 249,979 9,090 2,775 151,209 49,088 12,942 81,921 452,068 20,030 28,260 4,292 66,233 108,741 54,192 8,621 2,287,334 9 4,185,774
Fiscal Year-to-Date Jun-20 Year-to-Date 412,351 67,986 93,933 66,280 34,764 384,899 178,613 502,260 26,435 4,592 315,214 117,040 29,611 136,616 554,598 31,028 52,083 16,965 149,572 203,424 93,947 14,295 2,184,014 12 5,670,532
% Change 2021-2020 -51.72% -36.03% -45.11% -54.95% -61.89% -56.34% -47.53% -50.23% -65.61% -39.57% -52.03% -58.06% -56.29% -40.04% -18.49% -35.45% -45.74% -74.70% -55.72% -46.54% -42.32% -39.69% 4.73% -25.00% -26.18%
LIMITLESS LIBRARIES TERMINAL ACTIVITY TREND FY2021
FY1920
FY1819
25000 20000 15000 10000
5000 0 JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUNE
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Statistical Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library Programming Data In-Person June 2021 TOTAL
# of Programs 56
# of Attendees 1,173
June 2021 TOTAL
# of Programs 321
# of Attendees 9,581
Virtual
MONTH - JUNE 2021
ATTENDANCE * AT VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
Children
NO. ARCHIVES BELLEVUE BORDEAUX BBTL (Bringing Bks to Life!) BBTL (Adult Literacy) DONELSON EAST EDGEHILL EDMONDSON PIKE GOODLETTSVILLE GREEN HILLS HADLEY PARK HERMITAGE INGLEWOOD LOOBY MADISON MAIN - Adult Svcs MAIN - Be Well MAIN - Children Svcs MAIN - Digital Inclusion MAIN - LSDHH/Equal Access MAIN - Puppet Truck MAIN - Special Coll. MAIN - Studio NPL MAIN - Teen Svcs MAIN - WIshing Chair Productions NORTH OLD HICKORY PRUITT RICHLAND PARK SOUTHEAST THOMPSON LANE WATKINS PARK TOTALS
Teens
AUD.
NO.
Adults
AUD.
NO.
Seniors
AUD.
NO.
AUD.
0 11 2 35 0 0 0 1 18 4 9 4 5 4 0
0 104 15 671 0 0 0 43 152 219 231 77 426 95 0
0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 4 3 7 9 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0
0 30 29 230 98 43 0 0 33 6 0 15 473 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 19 0 2 33 1 0 0 10 0 2 10 4 2 3 0 179
0 0 0 592 0 41 1,547 114 0 0 1,684 0 185 34 23 233 226 0 6,712
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 629 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 787
0 4 11 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 0 64
0 30 61 0 0 6 0 166 21 0 0 0 6 0 40 52 0 0 1,339
0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
0 0 0 0 743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 743
*Attendance at end scheduled timeslot
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Financial – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library
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Personnel Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library New Hires & Resignations
June 2021 New Hires Name
Classification
Luke Herbst
Library Manager 2
Hire Date 6/14/2021
Location Teen Srvs
June 2021 Resignations Name
Classification
Uebbing, Phillip Stehno, Luanne
Circulation Assistant Library Page
Hire Date 6/9/2021 6/30/2021
Location Looby Madison
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Personnel Summary – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library NPL Vacancies as of 6/30/2021 Positions vacant but not approved to fill Positions approved to fill
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
Division / Branch PUBLIC REL OP & MAIN-MN BELLEVUE BELLEVUE BORDX DONELS ED PIKE ED PIKE ED PIKE GOOD GRN HILLS GRN HILLS GRN HILLS HADLEY HERM INGLE LIMITLESS L LOOBY OLD HICK SE THOMP WATKINS OP & MAIN-BR OP & MAIN-BR ARCHIVES CHILD TEENS ED PIKE MADISON BELLEVUE CHILD ED PIKE ED PIKE EDGH MADISON REF RICH PK RICH PK SPEC COLL TEENS BORDX SPEC COLL BELLEVUE CHILD CHILD ED PIKE ED PIKE GOOD GOOD GRN HILLS HERM REF ED PIKE PERFORM ART MAILROOM MAILROOM ADMIN SVCS MAIN ADMIN SPEC COLL PROD SVCS BRG BKS TO LF SECURITY SECURITY SECURITY PROD SVCS
Title ADMIN SVCS OFFICER 2 BLDG MAINT SUPERVISOR - Main CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CIRCULATION ASST CUSTODIAN - Branch CUSTODIAN - Branch LIBRARIAN 1 LIBRARIAN 1 LIBRARIAN 1 LIBRARIAN 2 LIBRARIAN 2 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY ASSOC 1 LIBRARY MGR 2 LIBRARY MGR 3 LIBRARY MGR 3 LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PAGE LIBRARY PERFORMING ARTIST MAIL CLERK CARRIER MAINTENANCE & REPAIR WORKER SR OFFICE SUPPORT REP OFFICE SUPPORT SPEC 2 PROGRAM COORDINATOR PROGRAM SPEC 2 PROGRAM SUPV SECURITY GUARD SECURITY GUARD SECURITY GUARD TECHNICAL SPEC 1
Grade OR01 TS11 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 ST05 TG05 TG05 ST09 ST09 ST09 ST10 ST10 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 ST06 OR06 OR07 OR07 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST02 ST07 ST05 TG07 ST05 ST08 ST09 ST08 ST10 ST06 ST06 ST06 OR04
Name VACANT (K HEAD JEFFERIES) VACANT (B PRUITT) VACANT (B SMITH) VACANT (D SCOTT) VACANT (D MURPHY) VACANT (R POWERS) VACANT (B CHAVARRIA) VACANT (K WINGATE) VACANT (L AKULA) VACANT (R BROWN, JR) VACANT (B REIMELS) VACANT (K BROOKS) VACANT (O YAMIN) VACANT (K VARNELL) VACANT (J JONES) VACANT (L GARRISON) VACANT (B SMITH) VACANT (P UEBBING) VACANT (E NELSON) VACANT (M WILLIAMS) VACANT (G ARMISTEAD) VACANT (K WEBB) VACANT (L ODOM) VACANT (T BOWERS) VACANT (L GARLAND) VACANT (G HALL) VACANT (J MEYER) VACANT (B ENGLISH) VACANT (L BUBERT) VACANT (J WELLS) VACANT (L WAGNER) VACANT (A WALKER) VACANT (C JONES) VACANT (A CLARK) VACANT (E BLAND) VACANT (W CHAMBERLAIN) VACANT (GILLEN, KATHRYN S) VACANT (K HOWELL) VACANT (B ODLE) VACANT (T GLASS) VACANT (K YOUNGBLOOD) VACANT (A BLACKMAN) VACANT (C WALTON) VACANT (A ALLEN) VACANT (M MCKINLEY) VACANT (K VARNELL) VACANT (M MATTA) VACANT (D LEE) VACANT (K NAKASONE) VACANT (N NGUYEN) VACANT (C SONGER) VACANT (B CHAMBERS) VACANT (E BUSH) VACANT (M MATENS) VACANT (R SUGGS) VACANT (L SHELTON) VACANT SANTONI-SANCHEZ, ZACHARY W VACANT (C FREDERICK) VACANT (T TEWOGBOLA) VACANT (C TATUM) VACANT (C MILLER) VACANT (I ULM) VACANT (L MILLER) VACANT (T BANKS) VACANT (M LUSK)
FPS F F F F F F F F F P F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F P P P P P P P P P P P F F F F F F F F F F F F
FTE 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.49 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 0.49 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Date Vacant 8/26/20 7/6/18 5/20/21 12/3/20 6/14/21 6/2/21 6/14/21 11/30/20 8/21/20 5/18/20 5/12/21 5/6/21 7/24/20 5/28/21 9/21/20 10/19/20 5/16/21 6/9/21 5/31/20 3/9/20 4/18/20 8/14/20 7/25/20 2/14/20 3/22/19 9/21/20 12/3/20 4/5/21 4/16/21 11/1/20 6/7/21 5/3/21 4/9/21 4/12/21 5/31/21 9/1/20 10/30/20 5/31/21 5/14/21 2/11/20 6/1/21 4/2/21 8/4/20 11/18/19 1/13/21 3/9/20 3/27/21 9/20/19 7/13/19 10/3/20 7/21/20 7/7/19 2/18/21 10/28/20 6/14/21 4/23/21 3/9/20 5/17/21 3/25/21 11/18/19 4/3/20 5/13/21 5/29/21 4/8/19 4/15/21
No. of Vacancies Prior to FY21 = 25 No. of Vacancies occuring in FY21 = 40 Total = 65 vacancies as of 6/30/2021
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Brief Area Updates – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES REPORT Safety & Security: June 2021 June was a busy month for Security. Several unusual incidents were reported. Listed below are some of the major ones included in the totals for the month. • • • • •
A non-patron was found dead in his vehicle overnight at Edmondson Pike. Vehicle stolen at Edmondson Pike and suspect was arrested about a week later in Georgia. A child activated the fire alarm pull station in Children’s at the Main Library. The Metro Fire Marshal approved for Security to have the pull station relocated to the other side of column with a safety cover over it to prevent someone from pulling it accidently. One arrest was made at the Main Library for a habitual trespasser. 5 patrons were suspended for sexual misconduct at the Main Library.
Total number of incident reports for the month of June and the amount for each category: Total 12, up from 8 reports in May Ambulance
Illness / Accident
1
Alarm
Suspicious Activity
1
Arrest
1
Property Damage
Medical
Theft - Vehicle
1
Fire Alarm
1
Vehicle Accident
Suspensions
9
Safety Related
Number of suspensions by conduct violation numbers: #1
#9
#17
#2
#10
#18
#11
#19
1
#20
2
#3
1
#4 #5
#12 2
1
#13
#21
#6
#14
1
#22
#7
#15
1
#23
#8
2
4
5
#16
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Suspensions for June: # of days suspended 1 day 5 days 10 days 30 days 60 days 90 days 120 days 365 days
# of patrons
2 7
Delivery: June 2021 Main: •
We received 440 incoming UPS packages and sent 35 packages UPS GROUND.
•
There were 75 overnight packages received from FedEx, DHL, etc.
•
We received 80 inserts of mail from the United States Post Office and we sent 59 inserts of mail to Metro Mail for postage.
•
There were 30 special deliveries from Ricoh, Supply Room, Firefly, Amazon, etc.
Branches: •
We moved: 6,733 hold bins (215,416 items) 4,026 non-hold bins (128,832 items) 1,489 Circulation/Main bins (47,648 items). Total of 12,248 bins moved. Total item count of 391,936. An average of 557 bins and 17,815 items moved per day.
0 skids were sent to Pratt industries for book recycling. 0 skids were sent to BWB.
Daily Complete Percentage: Holds 22 of 22 days for 100% in June.
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Facilities Maintenance: June 2021 Tamis work order report shows 554 work requests, 459 completed, 95 still active with an 83% completion rate for the month of June. Total # Work Orders
# Completion # Active Completed %
Craft
Month
None Entered
June 2021
2
0
2
0%
Administration
June 2021
14
7
7
50%
Branch Custodial Services
June 2021
81
79
2
98%
Cancelled
June 2021
1
1
0
100%
Contractor
June 2021
16
0
16
0%
Electrical
June 2021
86
79
7
92%
Grounds
June 2021
82
73
9
89%
Main Custodial Services
June 2021
6
6
0
100%
Maintenance
June 2021
266
214
52
80%
Active 95
Completion 83%
Quantity Completed 554 459
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Completed interviews for custodial positions. Repaired the main line of the Main Library irrigation system. Repaired irrigation system rotor at Green Hills Library. Manually watered the Green Hills flower beds while irrigation was broken. Repaired 4 spray heads of the Green Hills irrigation system. Spread insecticide at Hermitage, Elm Hill Pike, Green Hills, Edgehill, and Edmondson Pike. 7. Trimmed bushes at all branches.
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BRANCH SERVICES REPORT ART LENDING LIBRARY UPDATE: The installation of the works of 60 Davidson County artists at the Madison and Southeast Branches is complete. The kick-off event is at the Madison Branch on July 26 at 6:30 and at the Southeast Branch on July 30 at 6:30. BEE CAUSE GRANT BOXES: Eleven branches received a Library Grant from Whole Foods in time to celebrate Pollinator Week June 21-27. The goal of the grant is educating the community about the importance of pollinators. The packages included books, a bee house, educational materials, and signage. The branches participating in Pollinator Week created beethemed take and make craft kits, bee/pollinator Facebook posts, and an outdoor box planting activity. TENNESSEE TITANS EVENT: On June 21, the Bordeaux Branch hosted the 2021 Titans Rookie Reads. James Pond, President of the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and Burke Nihill, President and CEO of the Titans, talked about the importance of reading. The rookie players each took a turn reading and then answered questions from the more than 100 people attending the event. There was also time for photos with the players and giveaways. This will be an annual event at the Bordeaux Branch. JOBS PLUS NASHVILLE: The Pruitt Branch is collaborating with Jobs Plus Nashville to provide books to children during the summer. SUMMER CHALLENGE: Below is an update as we are halfway through the summer. Minutes read: 6,137,701 Number of participants enrolled: 6,478 Number of participants finished (read at least 600 minutes): 2,503 REOPENING ADDITIONAL BRANCHES: Branch managers continue to interview, hire, and train new staff to fill the vacancies created during the hiring freeze. Our goal is to have all branches open no later than September 1.
COLLECTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES REPORT Technology Infrastructure • Branch Computer Maintenance/Updates: o Power Cycle Computers / Test Logins. o Verify monthly update installation. o Verify network connectivity / domain presence.
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Completed Director’s Conference Room upgrades: o Included network wiring/electrical/drywall installed monitor, computer, Clickshare, camera.
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Ongoing Mobile Device Management – Library iPads: o Configure management groups. o Deploy to existing iPads throughout system.
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Phased Re-Opening with Branch computers and network: o Activated network jacks in new locations. o Continues to move staff computers to accommodate changing space availability. o Determine public computer spacing / marking out of service computers to ensure social distancing.
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Continues to support on site and remote Library Workers: o Remote Access, troubleshooting application access, remote document sharing. o Setup SharePoint sharing sites for multiple departments. o Provided access to 3rd Party Resources (Google Docs, Dropbox, etc).
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Staff Computer Memory Upgrades: o Upgrading slower computers’ memory in 4gb computers to 8gb.
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Ongoing work with Dalton/Anode Digital Signage o Maintain / Repair equipment at Bellevue and Southeast branches.
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Production Services Virtual Courtyard Concerts Pre-production talks with the artists have begun and content is starting to come in.
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Truth Telling Documentary (Special Collections' October Event) Rebecca Price is gathering assets, and PS did a draft voice over with her. The planning and editing processes have begun. Whimsical World Streams Finishing filming the 26th episode and will be helping with the production and post-production of the last 5 episodes. (26 total , letters A-Z). Let's Play Games Streams Still recording and streaming 2 episodes each month. Summer Reading Challenge Streams All of the content has been received, and streamed releases are occurring weekly. Future Project - Installing the PTZ camera system in the auditorium so that auditorium events can be easily and professionally recorded or streamed by a staff member with the push of a couple of buttons. I think we have everything we need to do it with.
Materials Management • Negotiated and managed NPL’s acquisition of Comics Plus, a digital platform offering thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga to readers. • Arranged for the staff trial of Kanopy, a video streaming platform. We plan to add this product to NPL’s online collection in October of 2021. • Purchased a product upgrade of ValueLine. The popular online investment research product will now contain Historical Archives and supplemental reports to aid the public with their investments. • Created a small working group to assist in the creation of a new parenting discussion kit collection, called “The Conscience Child.” These kits will contain books and discussion questions covering difficult topics covered in children’s literature, such as race, immigration, identity & belonging, etc. • Met with New York Times online, Proquest and PressReader vendors to discuss and gather information on their digital products. The goal is to provide online world news access to our patrons, in several languages. • Made arrangements (ordered books, sent out marketing material, arranged for displayers) to re-start our popular Lucky Day collection (in open locations) starting August 2 nd. • Provided Materials Management training to new staff at Green Hills and Goodlettsville Branch Libraries. Acquisitions • Closing out old orders, creating a spending report for our Dollar General grant funds, and creating a survey of open invoices to troubleshoot. We should have about 1000 open orders to roll forward into the new fiscal year. Page | 19
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Shopped for and created orders for new circulating board games, to add to our existing collection.
Collection Development: • Beth created a Blog post: Just the Good Stuff cookbook (joint social media promotion with collection spotlight on eCookbooks) • Beth did Collection Spotlight training with Ben English as he will be taking over the adult nonfiction spotlights. • Beth created these new spotlights: July is national grilling month and Minority mental health awareness month, and one to coincide with the June 11th Pulitzer announcement. • Catchup order of titles from 2020 and early 2021 needed for continuity of the collection but did not have the funding to acquire upon release date. This included things like missing series titles and genre releases (romance, sci-fi, Christian, cozy mystery, etc.) in both print and digital formats. • Joanna served on the High School Battle of the Books committee and selected titles for the 2022 competition. • Joanna helped update two of NPL’s Diverse Books lists for children: "Native Americans, American Indians, First Nations, and Indigenous Peoples" and "Celebrating Neurologically and Physically Diverse Kids." • Joanna nominated top 2021 children’s and teen books for Parents Magazine. • Collection Development Librarians responded to a total of 491 material requests in PIKA and LibAnswers. Cataloging & Barcoding: • Valerie Sain hosted her 2nd Wednesday book club online. They read Before We Visit the Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. • The catalogers and barcoders have been working on the SE YA graphic novel project to add new call numbers to the bib records and the item records. • Cleaning up the records of books that were named Finalists and winners of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. ILL ▪ Amanda’s blog post, “Be Healthy” was featured in the Be Well at NPL newsletter in June. ▪ Completed an annual report on ILL Services. Meetings/Webinars Attended: ▪ Internal meetings: ILL Meeting, Procedures Review Committee, Teen Services, Children’s Services, Material Services Committee; Conscious Child Kits; Nashville Reads, NPL Town Hall meeting, Art lending collection, Library Board meeting, Goodlettsville Teen and Children’s staff meeting. • External: Census Data Training, Odilo vendor meeting, CollectionHQ vendor meeting, NYT online vendor meeting, PressReader vendor meeting, Kanopy vendor meeting, Proquest vendor meeting, Adult Library Marketing Ass. (ALMA), Book Buzz, Webinar: Ingram's Insider Tour - Book Market Trends, Webinar: Evolving Your Collections Trends and Strategies for Collection Development Page | 20
Materials Management Statistical Report June, 2021 New Circulation User category Digital Physical Totals =
# of Unique Users 29,382 16,482
Items checked out 174,250 *140,513
45,864
314,763 New Acquisitions
Format Digital Physical
Copies added 4818 6641 Totals = Materials Budget - May
Material Type Digital Physical Totals =
Amount Spent $190,892.68 $70,991.72
Amount Remaining $1,890,199.79 $1,925,800.68
$261,884.40
$3,816,000.47
*Physical checkout statistics do not include renewals as this report is used by Material Services to determine the demand for content, not how long customers want to borrow the content.
Shared Systems • NPL Website completely updated to Drupal 9 platform! • Archives web project continues, multiple meetings and design sessions. • Jesse Morros set up LibCal so that branch meeting rooms could reopen and be reserved. • Kyle Cook coordinated with programmers to get live, in-person events into the Bedework calendar for Fall 2021. • Ready for Art Lending Library and Entrepreneurship projects to go live. Website and database access created. • Team pre-gaming adding Comics Plus, NY Times and Pressreader, including adding marc records via sideload to the catalog so that Comics Plus titles will show, and adding placards for NY Times and Pressreader. • Bryan Jones coordinated testing of Aspen 20.07.01 with the AUG group (it is a good way to involve other NPL staff in systems testing and verification). Release notes on INK. • Working on series display in catalog. • Team created LSDHH-scoped version of the catalog here: https://tndeaflibrary.library.nashville.org/ • Jenny Lane reorganizing team Trello boards to streamline work. • Deduplicated patron base. • Submitted RFP to Metro Procurement for online patron registration software which would: Page | 21
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EDUCATION AND LITERACY REPORT Adult Literacy • This month we conducted 9 programs with 98 in attendance. Our mobile laptop lab served 47 learners at Project Return. This past fiscal year, the team provided 132 virtual programs with 1,891 in attendance. • Hired a new Program Supervisor, Jamil Sameen, who will start in late July. Jamil brings 15 years’ experience in supporting adult learners and job seekers and a wealth of knowledge about Nashville’s adult education ecosystem, including as a founding partner of GOAL Collective. We are so excited for Jamil to begin! • We welcomed our summer intern, Lillian Jordan. Lillian, a rising junior at Vanderbilt, will begin work on an adult learner demographics survey so we can learn more about who Nashville’s adult learners are. We expect the survey to be distributed in the fall. Be Well @ NPL • Collections Committee approved a new collection of 30 home blood pressure kits for circulation. The supplies will be purchased by American Heart Association and support a regional effort to decrease the number of residents with unmanaged hypertension, by increasing access to home monitoring. Collection will likely launch in the fall. • Distributed 100 adult self-care kits for the third month. Kits have grown in popularity and locations ran out. Main number received multiple calls asking where they could find more. Will continue in July and August. Bringing Books to Life! • In June, BBTL provided 42 programs with 901 attendees/views. Staff were excited to lead their first in-person (outdoor) story time in 15 months! All told, in FY21 BBTL staff led 393 programs with 7,550 live participants. Page | 22
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Hired a new part-time outreach assistant. Julie Miller comes to BBTL with over 40 years’ experience in early childhood education. In addition to her substantial background in arts and inquiry-based pedagogy, Julie is a skilled music teacher who has worked with BBTL for many years as a partner. We learned that Klem-Marí’s session at United Way of Greater Nashville’s Read to Succeed virtual conference in July will receive national attention as part of the Campaign for Grade Level Reading’s Grade Level Reading Week. We received some additional funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission to bring author & illustrator Steve Light to Nashville in early 2022 to present two, in-person, interactive teacher workshops. Mr. Light will present two Zoom workshops for BBTL in July. As of the end of June, we had 140 participants registered. Susan Frizsell and Marie Prepit presented at the annual Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance conference to over 140 teachers.
Digital Inclusion • DI is continuing the Senior Telehealth program and completing the training of another group of seniors in June. This was our first live face-to-face training since the pandemic, and it was held at MDHA’s Gernert senior housing facility. We had our first non-English speakers in this class, but they brought their daughter along to translate and it went great! • Met with Amy Sheon from Telehealth Equity Coalition. They are excited about the work NPL is doing in Nashville around Telehealth and we were asked to join the coalition. Attended Telehealth Equity Webinar sponsored by the coalition. • Met with Dr. Hasina Mohyuddin to discuss research they are completing on the Digital Inclusion needs of the city. The Davidson County Digital Inclusion Needs Assessment has since been published. • Along with the foundation, completed the WEHF grant application, the Truist Foundation Year End Report, and discussions around rescue plan digital equity funds. • Received Training Opportunities for the Public (TOP) Grant Contract from State Library and forwarded to finance to have placed on July Council agenda for signatures. This grant will add 2 temporary trainers to our program. • Total contacts with seniors: 743 GOAL Collective • GOAL celebrated the 3rd anniversary of our collective! Members shared these words of gratitude for our collective relationships and knowledge: o "[collective] Partnerships mean so much to students. Nashville Adult Literacy Council helped Martha O’Bryan students pass tests, understand workforce essentials resources and collective relationships!" Page | 23
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We created an annual report of our achievements for the year. It will be available soon on our website. (Draft is in email shared last week). Began focus groups with teachers and learners for feedback on the common intake prototype. Interviewed by CNM for their new video series on collective impact. The video will be shared publicly in their July newsletter.
Limitless Libraries • Provided MNPS Promising Scholars with coloring pages for elementary students, fun summer pens for middle schoolers, and posters and bookmarks for high schoolers. We also coordinated efforts with school librarians to promote NPL’s Summer Reading Challenge and send prizes for students who completed at least 600 minutes of reading. • Stephanie spoke with Dinah Harris from Jackson (TN) Public Library about the Limitless Libraries program and how it could be implemented in Jackson. • Stephanie attended webinars from Elevate Consulting on Building Logic Models and Designing Quality Surveys. Both sessions provided information that will enable us to gather more useful information as we plan for the future. NAZA • Proposals for 2021–2022 school year: NAZA has accepted 18 partner applications for the 2021–2022 school year for afterschool programming. Contracts are in process and will be sent to Metro Council for review later this month. • Summer funding: We had 332 youth participate in 13 NAZA-funded summer programs in the month of June. Highlighted activities that youth enjoyed in June included: field trips, dance, art projects, sewing, drama, flying drones, going to the Zoo, swimming, basketball and other sports, academic support, having time to be creative, relationshipbuilding with new friends and adults, trying and learning new things, and youth leadership opportunities. All of them are integrating growth practices (skills) from Nashville’s Vision for Holistic Youth Development. • NAZA operations transition: This past month, we have been shifting NAZA team positions from contracted positions from the YMCA of Middle TN to Metro Civil Service positions under Nashville Public Library. The positions that were on contract with the YMCA and are transitioning to NAZA/Library include Operations Director, Programmatic Partnerships Director, Strategic Initiatives Director, Support Services Director, Evaluation & Research Director, and Capacity-Building Director. We anticipate that new NAZA/Library Metro positions will be open for recruitment later this month. We have hired 3 temporary consultants to support in the meantime.
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Puppet Truck • Conducted 29 virtual programs for daycares/schools/retirement/organizations: 1,547 participants • Mr. David Torres launched and completed his month-long series for NPL Universe: From the Page to the Stage Aired Thursdays @ 12:00p.m. YouTube viewing count total: 121 • Conducted another virtual performance for The Friendship Circle of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. Sky Bear was the offered presentation. Friendship Circle’s unique approach brings together teenage volunteers and children with special needs for hours of fun and friendship. These shared experiences empower children with special needs, while enriching the lives of everyone else involved. • Part-time puppeteer Evelyn O’Neal Brush was selected by the interview committee to assume the open full-time Library Performing Artist/Puppet Truck position. • Substitute puppeteer David Torres will be stepping down from his position at the end of the month to pursue an opportunity with Animax Designs Inc. • The Puppet Truck will suspend operations on June 21 to prepare for the Fall 2021 performance season. Rehearsals are scheduled to start on July 1 and in-person/virtual performances will resume on July 16. Studio NPL • Studio NPL served a number of students through regular one-on-one programs at the STUDIO MAIN space, an increase in attendance during our Thursday night 3D printing workshop (virtual), and through virtual/zoom and small-group programs at Martha O’Bryan, Old Hickory, Hermitage and Madison community centers. • Began circulating technology kits, supporting Nashville TECH Counsel’s STEAM camp with robotics kits from Studio NPL. • Hosted a week-long Audio Intensive program culminating in a performance outside in the Library’s courtyard. System-wide Programming • System-wide Programming continues to play a major part in organizing the NPL Universe video program initiative. In addition to organizing programs for a wide audience using NPL's YouTube channel, systemwide initiatives also get airtime on YouTube. During this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, SWP organized 9 Zoom programs and 9 YouTube pre-recorded programs that aired on Facebook and YouTube. Our Zoom programs in June had over 113 attendees, and our Facebook and YouTube programs received over 349 live streaming views combined. To check out SRC’s Friday Family Time video playlist, visit: •
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over 6,934 views and offered 243 virtual programs (via Zoom, email, phone, etc.) with nearly 5,560 participating patrons. Wishing Chair Productions • Aired 5 episodes of THE WHIMSICAL WORLD OF WISHING CHAIR - with special guests including Puppeteer Kevin Kammeraad and WIMEE from the Kent District Library in Michigan; The Parasol Puppets (always a favorite) and the unique and creative puppeteer - Keith Shubert from Asheville. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaomJk6LHWwgqrbEwmj58WL22WyRPezvg • Preproduction work has begun on the last 8 episodes - with more special guests significantly, Phillip Huber of The Huber Marionettes (Being John Malkovich, Oz the Great and Powerful, etc.) Pete Carden is writing new songs and producing original videos and Mary Tanner is working on her amazing shadow-puppets series for the show - The Enchanted Alphabet Tree. Mary is working with Studio NPL folk to make it all happen, a great collaboration. A lot of time is spent working with Forrest Eagle in the studio and editing at home (myself) with Steve Stokes. • Steve Stokes and Brian Hull edited LORRAINE - our marionette show based on the book by Ketch Secor and illustrated by Higgins Bond. We’ve added animation and images from the book to enhance the video - it will premiere in July on the Wishing Chair Productions Facebook Page and on YouTube. • Work has begun on revitalizing the SKY BEAR marionettes for our return to live puppet shows in August. • Brian Hull met with the Education Department at the Frist on upcoming programming, including filming some puppet stuff there for Jonah Jackson’s (Puppet Truck) special art series online. • We are all working hard as we try to figure out opening live programs - which will be soon!
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Main has begun to welcome small groups into spaces for focused engagements. The first school group to visit the Civil Rights Room and the Votes for Women Room were rising 8th and 9th graders from Montgomery Bell Academy. The students were so engaged that they stayed for an extra hour.
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Special Collections hosted a virtual Civil Rights program with Caterpillar in June. The dialogue focused on the Emancipation Proclamation, the importance and reasons for black men to join the fight on the side of the Union army in the Civil War, and the abolitionist movement and the meaning of allyship.
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Children’s Department is collaborating with Vanderbilt’s Design for America team to create a friend matching/book club/movie club hybrid program for homeschooled children called Movie Mates and Book Buds. Design for America created a website, form and algorithm to pair participants up with others based on similar interests. Once they were paired, the participants would choose from a list of books and movies to read or watch together and then discuss.
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New Business – July 20, 2021 Nashville Public Library
Nashville Public Library Board July 20, 2021 Resolution Title: A resolution of appreciation to Mayor John Cooper and the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County History/Background/Discussion: The adopted FY 22 budget for Nashville Public Library exceeded all expectations of NPL. Nearly all the budget modifications requested were adopted, with additional considerations provided in the amended budget.
Recommendation: That the Board goes on record thanking the Mayor and the Council. Draftor(s): Kent Oliver Person(s) Responsible for Implementation: Kent Oliver, Library Director
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RESOLUTION 2021-07.01 A Resolution of Appreciation to Mayor John Cooper and the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County A RESOLUTION of appreciation to the Mayor and Council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County for budget modifications and support in the FY 22 adopted budget.
WHEREAS, the mission of the Nashville Public Library is to Inspire Reading, Advance Learning and Connect Our Community, and WHEREAS, the success in achieving that mission is greatly determined by the financial support for the library provided through the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, and WHEREAS, the Mayor’s FY22 recommended budget included important enhancements for the library of additional staffing in many service areas including children’s services, programming services, the Nashville After Zone Alliance, Special Collections, Equal Access, and Production Services, which will have a high impact in enhancing library services to the public, and WHEREAS, the Council’s amended budget allows the library to continue the popular curbside services established during the pandemic for the community at four branch locations beginning January 1, 2022, and WHEREAS, the Council’s amendments also recognized the need to have all branch locations accessible to the public on Fridays by allocating funding to open the branch libraries of East, Edgehill, Hadley Park, Looby, North, Old Hickory, Pruitt and Watkins Park for Friday service beginning January 1, 2022, and WHEREAS, this budget provides an additional 45 staff positions to the library, and WHEREAS, the FY22 budget is a significant investment in Nashville Public Library and therefore the quality of life in Nashville: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Nashville Public Library Board sends a heartfelt thank you and commendation to John Cooper, the Mayor of Nashville and Davidson County, and the entire Metropolitan Council for their support of Nashville Public Library through the FY22 budget process, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be communicated to the Mayor and Metro Council, spread through the official publications of Nashville Public Library, and maintained in the official records of the Nashville Public Library Board.
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