Maricopa County Library Council, LLC - Aug 22, 2024 Meeting Notes

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<blockquote>Keith Lord wrote:Outreach Roundtable Meeting 8/20/24 -Tolleson Public Library

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 <li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introductions around the room</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Voting on positions to be subcommittee for MCLC</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nora Plant Spaulding (Tempe) Chair</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keith Lord (Phoenix) Secretary</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Open discussion on SRP successes and difficulties</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Buckeye did 3 escape rooms in June and another 3 in July</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mesa worked with their senior centers</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scottsdale would drop off game boards to summer programs</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surprise had a partnership with Parks and Rec- sometimes leadership didn’t give info down</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Did storytimes at the pool</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The benefits of signing adults up for SRP then just adding kids to their account</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Talked about goals and maybe tying new goal increases to population increase of their city</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Different libraries talked about getting local sponsors and restaurants to sponsor SRP (Culvers)</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Talked about how outreach changes during the summer period</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Some cities do welcome packets to new residents -change of address info and send them a postcard</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Company that we get billing service can also do new residents mailing service</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Starting a Google drive for us to share info and our events- talked about a discord channel</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surprise talked about storytime at the stadium during spring training and families could come early and do storytime on the grass and then stay for the game</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Also discounts at the stadium with your library card</li>

<li>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We then signed up for library cards from each other’s systems</li>
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