Agenda 02-26-25 City of Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
100 East Ocean Avenue
Boynton Beach, FL 33435
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
A G E N D A
Date: February 26, 2025
Location/Time: City Hall, 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33435
Commission Chambers at 6:00 p.m.
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I. Call to Order – Stephanie Colaianni, Chair
II. Approval of Minutes – December 2024 and January 2025
III. Correspondence and Communications
IV. Public Audience (Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations)
V. Chair’s Report – Board Chair
VI. Unfinished Business:
Election of Officers
Staffing update
VII. New Business
Introduction of Tiffany Marshall, Marketing & Outreach Manager
VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics
January 2025 Monthly Report
IX. Announcements
Next Library Board Meeting – March 26, 2025
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Administrative Servi ces/Public Relations
The Library Director attended City Commission meetings and Administrative Team
Meetings
Customer Service and Circulation Statistics
Current Month Same Month
Previous Year
Percentage
Change
Customer Visits Adult 8,700 9,266 -6.1%
Customer Visits Youth 5,200 6,829 -23.9%
Total Customer Visits 13,800 16,095 -14.3%
Total Circulation* 12,960 13,429 -3.5%
Adult Circulation 5,776 6,061 -4.7%
Young Adult Circulation 481 496 -3.0%
Juvenile Circulation 3,752 4,120 -8.9%
ILS System Circulation (Print Materials)** 10,035 10,701 -6.2%
Checkouts on Kiosks 4,713 5,416 -13.0%
EBook Circ (Overdrive, Cloudlibrary) 1,080 1,119 -3.5%
eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, CloudL) 751 685 9.6%
Overdrive Magazines 755 583 29.5%
Audiovisual (DVDs, CDs, Audiobooks etc) 943 1,026 -8.1%
Users registered 310 326 -4.9%
Online user registration 6 38 -84.2%
Onecard Cards 1 2 -50.0%
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Number of Reference Transactions 746 875 -14.7%
*includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD mags, Gale
legal forms
**Total items checked out kiosks and others
in-house
Digital Resource and Database Statistics
Current Month Same Month
Previous Year
Percentag
e Change
Freegal Streams 2,023 1,665 21.5%
Freegal Users (new) 2 4 -50.0%
Freegal Downloads 339 9 3666.7%
Kanopy Streams 518 670 -22.7%
Learning Express Sessions 0 0 NaN
Gale Legal 69 9 666.7%
Gale Infotrac Sessions ? 28
Gale Infotrac Retrievals ? 88
Transparent Languages Users 17 17 0.0%
Transparent Languages Sessions 56 69 -18.8%
Learning Express Job Career Sessions 0 0 NaN
A to Z total records viewed 3,145 6,147 -48.8%
Boynton-Beach.org /city-library pageviews ***
Palm Beach Post Views (Newsbank) 1,129 1,086 4.0%
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***pulled from Google Analytics, number of
views library website has received
Collection Management
Discarded Items 912
Items Added to Collection 1,172
Customer Relations/Curbside Pickup
Curbside Appointments made 4
Curbside appointments picked up 4
Curbside appointments no-show 0
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Social Media
Facebook
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Instagram
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LinkedIn
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Twitter
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Public Computer Usage Statistics
Adult Computer Use: 1361
Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 46 min
Youth Computer Use: 696
Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 36 min
Adult Laptops Total Use: 60
Teen Laptops Total Use: 33
Archives Activities
Archives’ Monthly Report – January 2025
● More research/drafting into Brown Bag Lecture, first draft on its way, for review, yay! This has
still been soaking up a large amount of my time recently
● Received tons of donations/acquisitions for the archives this month! After barking up the tree
for some time, the Coastal Star finally donated to us their full run of issues. Working on securing
the Deed of Gift contract with them, as a gofer was delivering materials on short notice ☹
awaiting a response currently!
● Lots of new additions were donated to our Gillian Wimbourne Davis Collection; she ran a dance
school in Boynton for almost half a century. Selling her home and had a lot of historic Boynton
materials for us to add!
● Cataloging completed with all of the reference department’s city directories being transferred to
the archives. Playing a little bit of musical chairs to accommodate appropriate space for them in
the archives. They’re in the catalog now though, yay!
● Ongoing work cleaning up our website
● Continued work collaborating with Brian at the Creative Edge Studio to print out nicer quality
images from the archives for our display cases & exhibitions.
● Continuing work gathering photographs/videos to showcase the archives on the BrightScreen
displays – formatting, watermarking, subtitling, etc.
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● Helping out with the Research Desk on an as-needed basis still, yay! Nothing to report here
beyond pleasant patron interactions 😊
Creative Edge Studio - Brian Reagh
Programs:
● Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (Saturday): 10
● Hand-Crafted Greeting Cards (Evening): 10
● Craft - Mini Valentine Wreath: 10
● Sewing Beginner Lesson: 6
● Sewing Intermediate: Cancelled
Appointments:
● With Librarian: 11
● With Studio Assistant: 0
Creative Bug
● Active Users: 6
● New Users: 2
● Hours Watched: 5.03
The most popular class category this month is sewing.
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In January, the Creative Edge Studio reopened to the public, and we have started
conducting orientations for new users. Patrons who have completed orientation
can now schedule one-on-one appointments. I have maintained availability for up
to 4 appointments a week, but will be increasing availability to 6 in February with
the ultimate goal being 8-10 appointments starting in March. Interest from
patrons hoping to volunteer and/or teach classes has been growing, and we have
begun planning instructional programs focused on makerspace tech, such as 3D
modeling for printing.
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Public Technology Training Programs
Tech Talk Thursdays:
10:30a – 11:30a
Join us every Thursday by the couches at the front of the library where we will discuss technology and
how to use that tech. This class will be a brief 60-minute chat along with instructions on how to use
different technologies.
Registration is required and limited to five seats. Others may drop-in but the five registrants will be given
seats. This class will be held in the pop-up area of the library.
JANUARY, 2025 AGENDA:
· January 2nd – Managing Device Storage
· January 9th – Understanding QR Codes
· January 16th – Home Safety Devices
· January 23rd – Understanding Google Apps
· January 30th – Getting the Most Out of the iPad
Tech Talk is really kicking off! Almost every single Tech Talk this month has needed more chairs. I have
been focusing on what classes attendees would like to see. They give me suggestions for classes or
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subjects they would like to see at the Tech Talk. The most popular subject in January was Google Apps –
so I am probably going to hold that class again.
21 One-on-One Appointments:
I had an appointment with one patron that I met through the Senior Center. She was given a phone
through some sort of government program for seniors and had no idea how to use it. We were able to
sync up the phone with her email accounts. I showed her how to enter in new contacts and how to take
pictures.
One of my regular Tech Talk attendees scheduled a 1:1. He runs a house flipping company and wanted
help navigating the business world of it. I introduced him to Gale Demographics. I also showed him how
he could AI to help him write up a Scope of Work and other real estate forms.
Other Notes:
New Year, new visits to the Senior Center. I went to the Senior Center, Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. I
had 8 people come in. Not everyone stays for the whole session, since there are other programs going
on. I bring two or three topics to talk about, but it usually ends up with them leading the class. They all
come in with their devices that they need help with and most of the time one person has a question and
it ends up being everyone’s question.
Friday, January 10th, I attended a webinar called “Managing Your Own Emotions During Conflict” put on
by Ryan Dowd of The Homeless Library. The class went over the different types of conflicts you can face
while working in a library (or any public facing position) and the appropriate ways to respond and how to
try and de-escalate without letting your own biases and emotions get in the way.
On Thursday, January 23rd, I attended the PBCLA Winter Quarterly Meeting at the Cox Science Center &
Aquarium. I did a presentation on “AI Generated Content” where I went over how AI generates its
content and then how to create your own content using AI. I also showed them how to spot potential AI
generated images, videos and text.
On Wednesday, January 29th, I attended a webinar put on my FLA called “AI: The Future of Library
Services is Here Webinar with Heidi Cramer.” The class was very interesting and showed different ways to
use AI effectively in the library. It didn’t focus on what sort of AI can be brought into the library, but
rather about the different AI out there and how you can use it to help with marketing, program planning
and finding answers.
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Adult Services Programs
Program Sessions Participants
Brown Bag Lecture: History of the South Lake
Worth (Boynton) Inlet
1 83
Brown Bag: Southern Italy Unveiled - A Traveler ’s
Journey
2 76
Book Buzz Adult Book Club 1 13
Brown Bag: Healthy Gut 1 79
An Introduction to Podcasting: Your Voice, Your
Platform (VIRTUAL)
1 18
Writing Personal Stories 1 10
Brown Bag Exchange is a new initiative that we started to give guests an
opportunity to learn more about the library’s resources, register/renew library
cards and meet city staff members. Different companies/organizations such as
Blue Cross Blue Shield are invited to set up an information table to share their
resources and literature/brochures. This builds our community partnerships and
provides patrons with qualified tools and resources to improve their lives,
supporting our initiative of learning and nurturing.
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Youth Services Programs
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AmeriCorps Children’s Tutoring Monthly Report
Tutoring /Homework Help for the month of January was devoted to the following:
1. Book handling /Concepts of print
2. Increasing sight word vocabulary
3. Reading strategies and behaviors
4. Phonic and phonemic awareness
5. Listening Comprehension
6. Reading Compression, fluency and automaticity
7. Writing (Not tested)
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Chart 1 Results of Student Assessment
A total of 26 students were tested, 9 were unavailable for testing.
Please note that due to privacy concerns, students’ names were changed to
pseudonyms.
The month of January was dedicated to helping students master skills in reading
comprehension, especially with reading to develop fluency and automaticity to
help improve literal and interpreted comprehension skills. We decided to focus on
these skills since students were engaged in testing at their schools. We felt
students would benefit and be more successful in achieving at high levels if their
fluency and automaticity were increased. An increase in fluency and automaticity
usually enhance comprehension skills. To achieve our goal, we invested time with
students to help them improve their sight word vocabulary acquisition.
Data was collected using observation and running records to determine student
progress in the aforementioned areas. Students were tested based on their area
of need. Data from this will be used during the month of February to adjust
instruction to address student ’s needs.
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Practice Packets
Tutoring /Homework help remained our focus. However, enrichment activities
were also included to help motivate students and to provide brain breaks as
needed. These enrichment activities still required students to use skills learned
during their tutoring sessions.
In addition to assisting students with their homework brought in from school, the
practice/study guides have been invaluable. These instructional packets have
activities that parents can do with their children and cover topics like, sight word
recognition, letters/writing, phonics, and math. We have received very positive
feedback from parents as they engage students at home to further hone their
skills.
Other
As the aforementioned chart indicates, the majority of the students being served
are at the grade K-5 level. We have seen an increase in the number of students
with homework assignments centered around cursive and paragraph writing. We
have observed that many of these students struggle with writing cohesive
paragraphs to complete the required five paragraph essay. As a result, we have
also increased our focus on developing paragraphs with main ideas and
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supporting details as well as creating descriptive paragraphs. We continue to
encourage students to use graphic organizers to help organize their thoughts and
think in a cohesive manner. These activities are aimed at helping students
enhance their skills in writing, communication, critical thinking, and creative
writing. The graphic organizers help students to focus on the topic and the main
ideas and identify supporting details to support their thinking.
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January 2025 Monthly Adult ESOL Report
AmeriCorps
The start of the year began with the continuation of past tense verbs, using our
hand-made flashcards to study and practice and talking about what we did the
day before and for New Years Day. Then, we dived into auxiliary verbs (to have, to
do) and not only differentiated past from present, but looked at affirmative and
negative forms and introduced contractions for these (don’t, haven’t). This was a
big lesson, and for my beginner ’s was a bit complicated and confusing for them at
times, so I am so proud of my students for persevering and using our affirmations
and encouragement from myself and others to keep going. My intermediate class
and I had fun using “to have” in different forms to ask and answer questions. I
printed out a bunch of questions, cut them out, and we all took turns asking and
answering these questions (like “What do I have to do after class?” “What do I
have to do to become rich?”) It was interesting to see our different answers and
way of thinking. Even the common, “love or money ” debate came up!
Next lesson was possessive adjectives for both of my classes and possessive
pronouns only for my intermediate class. To engage my students in a fun way, I
asked them about their favorites (movies, colors, food, etc.) and wrote them down
on the white board to create a chart. Using this chart, my students then used
possessive adjectives (her, his, your, etc.) to tell me what someone’s favorite is.
We used this to talk about families too, and we discovered that a lot of my
students have 6+ siblings!
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Then for professions, I handed out vocabulary sheets for us to go over that has a
photo of the person doing their profession, such as a doctor, and the
corresponding name of that profession. To get my students more involved and
thinking about these professions, I asked questions like, “What is your dream
job?” and “What did you want to be when you were little?
I was so impressed with their understanding of these questions that they most
likely would not have understood in the beginning (more so for my beginners).
There were answers from doctor to teacher to singer. A look ahead: continuing on
this profession route in February, we will be talking about interviews for jobs and
immigration. I will also be handing out sample forms and going over words from
those forms, how to fill them out properly, and doing mock interviews together
and then individually to get my students comfortable and confident.
A few of my students left to pursue a job or studying, so I added more to fill in the
space. It ’s amazing how welcoming my students are to each other, and there are
already new friends! I also changed the names of my classes from Beginner 1 and
2 back to Beginner and Intermediate to provide fitted accuracy for those students
that now remain.
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Current ESOL stats
Enrollment:
● Beginner: 8 students (1 from Ecuador, 1 from Cuba, 1 from Chile, 2
from Colombia, 1 from Haiti, 1 from Bolivia, 1 from China)
● Intermediate: 7 students (3 from Brazil, 3 from Haiti, 1 from Mexico)
Tutoring: 1 student (Ukraine)
Lessons Completed:
Past tense
Auxiliary Verbs
Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns
Professions (continued into the beginning of February)
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CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY
DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 01/31/2025
ALL AMOUNTS LISTED
Accounts Submitted : 3,416 Dollars Submitted : 251,725.66 Dollars Received : 56,190.67
Bankruptcies : 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy : 0.00 Material Returned : 45,792.02
Incorrect Addresses : 612 Dollars in Skiptracing : 32,502.30 Dollars Waived : 13,413.37
Patron Disputes/Suspends : 1 Dollars in Dispute : 37.00
Accounts in Process : 2,803 Dollars in Process : 204,140.66
# of Accounts Activated : 1,691 Total Activated : 131,420.95
% of Accounts Activated : 60.33% % of Dollars Activated : 64.38%
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