Library Board of Trustees

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 City of Corona City Council Chambers 400 S. Vicentia Ave. Corona, CA 92882 City Council Chambers - 5:30 PM Connie Newhan, Chair Jami Merchant, Vice Chair Aisha Kennerly, Trustee Shirley Towler-Hayes, Trustee Cherise Leonard, Trustee Library Board of Trustees Minutes - Final

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Minutes - Final CALL TO ORDER Chair, Connie Newhan, called the meeting to order at 5:31 PM. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Trustee, Shirley Towler-Hayes. RECOGNITIONS/PRESENTATIONS None. ROLL CALL Chair Connie Newhan, Trustee Aisha Kennerly, Vice Chair Jami Merchant, and Trustee Shirley Towler-Hayes Present 4 - Trustee Cherise LeonardAbsent 1 - MEETING MINUTES 23-05951. Approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting held on June 27, 2023 A motion was made by Trustee Kennerly, seconded by Trustee Towler-Hayes, that the Minutes be approved. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: Trustee Kennerly, Vice Chair Merchant, and Trustee Towler-Hayes3 - Abstain: Chair Newhan1 - CONSENT CALENDAR 23-05962. Board Graph, Stats, Calendar, and Flyers A motion was made by Vice Chair Merchant, seconded by Trustee Towler-Hayes, that this Consent Calendar be accepted. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: Chair Newhan, Trustee Kennerly, Vice Chair Merchant, and Trustee Towler-Hayes4 - COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC None. YOUTH UPDATE Teen Advisory Council (TAC) Vice-President, Lukas Mohapatra, reported that they are planning the Murder Mystery event. The event is Thursday, July 27th and based on a 1920's Mafia theme called, Murder on the Taber Express. The event is named after Corona's first librarian, Grace Taber. After the Murder Mystery, TAC will be going on a hiatus until January. Chair, Connie Newhan, mentioned this is always a popular event and asked how the ticket sales were going. Lukas said that they have 30 tickets and last he looked, 10 were sold. Connie looks forward to Page 1 City of Corona Printed on 8/30/2023

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Minutes - Final hearing how it went. Vice Chair, Jami Merchant, mentioned what a great flyer they have for the event. Lukas said that one of their advisors created that flyer. Trustee, Shirley Towler-Hayes, thanked Lukas for coming and giving a report. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS 23-05973. Library Report Library Manager, Daniell Whittington, presented the report. We have a few new members joining our team. Library Services will have Soo Ji Seo, and Denise Lizarraga. Literacy and Community Engagement will have Casey Lee, and Jaime Heller. All four new staff members are librarians. She gave some stats for the fifth week of Summer at Your Library. As of July 24th our participants logged 1,314,719 minutes worth of reading or 2.5 years worth of reading in a short period of time. July 12th we had our Stuffy Storytime. We had 16 kids bring their stuffies to stay overnight. The stuffies had a blast in the library. They checked out books, made copies, and read stories. They were picked up the following day with a photo frame of all the stuffies. Our Summer at Your Library finishers party will be Friday, August 4th at the Circle City Center, from 10am - noon. We will have activities, games, snacks and a special performance by Twinkle Time at 11am. Our summer reading challenge prize drawing winners will also be announced. Thank you to the Friends of the Library for supporting the summer reading program. She gave a Heritage Room update. It will now close on September 1st. The Women's Victory Flag will be coming down on August 1st to be stored for preservation purposes. The library has posted on a couple of internship boards for archival interns to assist with our digitization project. There may be some Heritage Room closure signs at the elevator and the bottom of the stairs. We will not put them out until the closure is announced. Daniell presented the top ten fiction titles with number one being, Pokemon Adventures at 74 check-outs. Our top ten non-fiction titles with number one being, Primary phonics workbook for kindergarten through grade four with 34 check-outs, and Spare with 12 check-outs. The top eBook was, No Man's Land, by David Baldacci with 8 check-outs. According to Collection HQ we have 29% dead items, which are items that have not been checked out in more than 180 days which is a great improvement. Our grubby items are at 38% which is the same as last month. They are the well worn items of the library. We have 19% diversity, equity, and inclusion books with teen fiction leading at 61%. Our August calendar we will have our Storywalk called, Hair Love. On the Go distributed 110 free books at the Summer Street Fair on Thursday, July 20th. We had recycling books to give out with reusable straws and lightly used books from the Friends of the Library. Read to a Dog is starting back up on August 9th at 2:30pm in the High Desert Room. Daniell shared Stats at a Glance and for Fiscal Year 2023 we saw 216,286 patron visits which is up 80%, 14,306 reference questions, which is up 100%, 336,749 items circulated, which is up 86%, 22,316 computer users, which is up 225%, and 43,278 program attendance, which is up 89%. We are exceeding our last year numbers and getting back to pre pandemic levels. Chair, Connie Newhan, thanked Ms. Whittington for her report and pointed out how wonderful the stats look. She was thinking that maybe we need another library. She is very pleased. Trustee, Shirley Towler-Hayes, asked how long the Heritage Room construction is supposed to take. Daniell said it is estimated at 90 days. Page 2 City of Corona Printed on 8/30/2023

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Minutes - Final Vice Chair, Jami Merchant, Thanked Daniell for her report. She loves to see all the activities and events that are going on. She was so happy to see that Summer at Your Library is such a huge success. She would like to see if we could have programming for the under 14 special needs groups or become and autism friendly library. Daniell will bring this up to her team. We want to make sure that the library is inclusive. Trustee, Aisha Kennerly, thanked Daniell for her report. You are all doing an awesome job. She asked what was meant by 2022 2023 year. Daniell said that our fiscal year is from July 1st - June 30th. TRUSTEE COMMUNICATIONS Trustee, Kennerly, reported that the Corona City Chorale will be performing, A Night on Broadway, on August 19th at the Historic Civic Center auditorium. Trustee, Towler-Hayes, thanked the library for printing the book club bookmarks and placing them in the library. She thanked Daniell for publishing the stats for the most read books. Vice Chair, Jami Merchant, the Corona Chamber Foundation will be hosting the 9/11 Patriot's Day event again at City Hall this year. The name reading will start at 5am. They are looking for volunteers to help set up the flags on Thursday, September 8th. Contact the chamber if you are interested in volunteering for the event. Chair, Connie Newhan, thought the 4th of July parade was really wonderful. She would like all the Trustees' to plan on participating next year. She was surprised that Fahrenheit 451 was the 3rd most popular fiction book. Maybe it is a school requirement for summer reading. ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT The meting adjourned at 5:54pm Katherine Backus Meeting Recorder Future Agenda Items Page 3 City of Corona Printed on 8/30/2023

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Minutes - Final Corona City Hall Online, All the Time- www.coronaca.gov NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: If you challenge any items on the agendas in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Library Board of Trustees at or prior to this public hearing. Agendas for all Library Board of Trustee meetings are posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting in the breezeway display case at City Hall. A complete agenda packet is available for public inspection during business hours at the Corona Public Library. Any materials relating to an item on the agenda which are distributed to all, or majority of all, members of the Library Board of Trustees after the posting of the agenda will also be available at the same time for public inspection during business hours at the Corona Public Library. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the ADA Coordinator at (951) 736-2266. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II]. MEETING IS BEING RECORDED Page 4 City of Corona Printed on 8/30/2023

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 City of Corona City Council Chambers 400 S. Vicentia Ave. Corona, CA 92882 City Council Chambers - 5:30 PM Connie Newhan, Chair Jami Merchant, Vice Chair Aisha Kennerly, Trustee Shirley Towler-Hayes, Trustee Cherise Leonard, Trustee Library Board of Trustees Meeting Final Agenda - Final

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Library Board of Trustees Meeting Final Agenda - Final CALL TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECOGNITIONS/PRESENTATIONS ROLL CALL MEETING MINUTES 1. 23-0595 MINUTES - Approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting held on June 27, 2023 Minutes 6-27-23 - Draft Attachments: CONSENT CALENDARAll items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine matters, status reports or documents covering previous Library Board of Trustee items. The items listed on the Consent Calendar may be enacted in one motion. With the concurrence of the Library Board of Trustees, a Trustee or any person in attendance may request that an item be removed for further consideration. 2. 23-0596 CONSENT CALENDAR - Board Graph, Stats, Calendar, and Flyers 2022-23 BoardGraphs June 2023 June 2023 Stats Calendar August 2023-FINAL Murder on the grace taber express Homework Center Flyer-English&Spanish MakerExchangeOpenHours-English&Spanish Math Tutoring Fall23 Flyer-English&Spanish Read to a Dog Flyer-Enghlish&Spanish Attachments: COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLICPersons wishing to address the Library Board of Trustees on items listed on the agenda are requested to identify themselves and state the matter on which they wish to comment. No action will be taken on matters not listed on the agenda. The Library Board of Trustees would appreciate your cooperation in keeping your comments brief. YOUTH UPDATE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS 3. 23-0597 REPORT - Library Report Library Report July 2023 Attachments: Page 2 City of Corona Printed on 7/20/2023

July 25, 2023Library Board of Trustees Library Board of Trustees Meeting Final Agenda - Final TRUSTEE COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT Future Agenda Items Corona City Hall Online, All the Time- www.coronaca.gov NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: If you challenge any items on the agendas in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Library Board of Trustees at or prior to this public hearing. Agendas for all Library Board of Trustee meetings are posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting in the breezeway display case at City Hall. A complete agenda packet is available for public inspection during business hours at the Corona Public Library. Any materials relating to an item on the agenda which are distributed to all, or majority of all, members of the Library Board of Trustees after the posting of the agenda will also be available at the same time for public inspection during business hours at the Corona Public Library. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the ADA Coordinator at (951) 736-2266. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. [28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II]. MEETING IS BEING RECORDED Page 3 City of Corona Printed on 7/20/2023