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Agenda 12-14-22 r City of Boynton Beach BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 100 East Ocean Avenue Boynton Beach, FL 33435 LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA Date: December 14, 2022 Location/Time: City Hall, 100 East Ocean Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Commission Chambers at 6:00 p.m. I. Call to Order—George Feldman, Board Chair II. Approval of Minutes—October 26, 2022 III. Correspondence and Communications IV. Public Audience(Individual Speakers Will Be Limited to 3 Minute Presentations) V. Chair's Report—George Feldman, Board Chair VI. Unfinished Business: Staffing Update—Craig Clark Introduce Mary Cassell, Senior Librarian-Customer Relations Career Online High School Program Update—Jeannie Taylor AmeriCorps Program Update—Jeannie Taylor VII. New Business Holiday Food Drive—Friends of the Library and City of Boynton Beach VIII. Library Director's Report/Statistics October, November 2022 Monthly Reports IX. Announcements Next Library Board Meeting—January 25, 2023 Adjournment NOTICE IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSE,HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED.(F.S.286.0105) THE CITY SHALL FURNISH APPROPRIATE AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES WHERE NECESSARY TO AFFORD AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF A SERVICE, PROGRAM, OR ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY. PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, (561) 742-6060 OR (TTY) 1-800-955-8771, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO REASONABLY ACCOMMODATE YOUR REQUEST. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS MAY BE ADDED SUBSEQUENT TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE AGENDA ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE. INFORMATION REGARDING ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA AFTER IT IS PUBLISHED ON THE CITY'S WEB SITE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. t; ITEMS w E �`{t FOR THE HOLIDAY \t DINNE BASKE t 51bI r ,r '' t £ �Pgxrysrttr,f„ w� corn muffin mix j. r x , BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT—October 2022 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended City Commission meetings, Public Library Directors Meeting, SEFLIN Advocacy Meeting, City Leadership Administrative Team. The Friends of the Boynton Beach City Library had 76 volunteer hours in October. Customer Service and Circulation Statistics Current Month Same Month Percentage Previous Year Change Customer Visits Adult 8,158 3,288 +148.1 .... _ ..._. _ . ..._.................... s Customer Visits Youth 6,123 1,405 +335.8 _. .. _ — Total Customer Visits 14,281 4,693 +204.3 a Total Circulation* 12,487 1,2806 -2.6 Adult Circulation 5,158 4,715 +9.4 Young Adult Circulation 763 711 +7.3 Juvenile Circulation 4,529 4,297 +5.4 _ ....�.0 ILS System Circulation (Print Materials) 10,472 9,747 +7.4 (Total items checked out kiosks and others in-house) Checkouts on Kiosks 5,395 4,986 +8.2MM EBook Circ (Overdrive, Cloudlibrary) 1,088 1,142 -4.7 eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, CloudL) 372 339 +9.7 Overdrive Magazines 160 99 +61.6 _................ . _... W...... Audiovisual 1,156 1,501 -23 �... M.M. . z ., Users registered 274 t 285 -3.9�� .. ..._.m. Online user registration 35 273 -87.2 One card Cards 1 0 +100 Number of Reference Transactions 237 1,482 +37.4 .-_-- -- *includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD mags, Gale legal forms Curbside Pickup Statistics Number of appointments made: 13 Number of appointments picked up: 13 Number of no-shows: 0 Digital Resource and Database Statistics Current Month Same Month Percentage Previous Year Change Freegal Streamse..... .. tiA 1,016 626 +62.3% Freegal Users (new) 1 1 0% _.W...._....... �... Freegal Downloads 390 420 -7.1% Kanopy Streams 356 219 +62.65 Learning Express Sessions 55 96 -42.7% M. ...� ..,,, .�M.M. s �..-.-.. ..... .-... , _..... Gale Legal 5 16 -68.8% Gale Infotrac Sessions 100 152 -34.2% Gale Infotrac Retrievals 24 82 -70.7% __ ..... m. .....W� ..... _ .....� Transparent Languages Users 15 9 +66.7% Transparent Languages Sessions 82 32 +156.3% Learning Express Job Career Sessions 54 89 -39.3% Knowledge City Logins 11 1 +1,000% Brainfuse 148 N/A - __ _ _.... 2,244.1% A to Z (total records viewed 10,525 449 + Creative Bug(Active Users) 7 N/A - _.. - Creative Bug (New Users) 4 N/A - C _.- Boynton-Beach.org/city-library 5,077 N/A pageviews (pulled from Google Analytics, this is the number of views our library website has received) .- Palm Beach Post Views (Newsbank) 497 475 +4.6 Social Media . ..M.M .._........._s ._ww Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Facebook Likes (number of people 1,260 1,111 +13% who like the Facebook page) New Facebook Likes (number of new 13 16 -18.75% page likes) Facebook Engagements (sum of all likes, comments, and shares across all 32 447 -93% posts for the month) Twitter Followers (number of people who follow the Twitter account) 337 292 +15% October 2022 Monthly Report Page 2 New Twitter Followers (number of 0 6 100% new Twitter account followers) Twitter Engagements (sum of all likes, comments, and retweets across all 0 96 -100% tweets for the month) Instagram Followers (number of people who follow the Instagram 1,081 902 +20% account) New Instagram Followers (number of 7 21 -66% new Instagram account followers) Instagram Engagements (sum of likes and comments across all posts for the 2 0 +200% month) Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer Use: 1,174 Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 44 minutes Youth Computer Use: 731 Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 38 minutes Adult Laptops Total Use: 90 Teen Laptops Total Use: 153 Computer Usage Total: 2,148 One Year Ago: 1,603 Collection Management Discarded Items: 108 Items Added to Collection: 918 Archives Activities The Local History Archives continues to collect, preserve, and make accessible historical materials concerning the communities of Boynton Beach. We continue to make great inroads into making our collections available online. Photographs and maps are now easy to view, and we have lots of additional content available online. One interesting addition this month is a transcription of a letter from Bessie Muggleton to "folks up north" detailing her experiences in the 1928 hurricane in Boynton. (https://www.boynton-beach.org/library/archives- a0059-muggleton_letter) Library Program Report Creative Edge Studio Programs Card Crafting • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 7 Card Crafting (evening) • Number of Sessions: 1 October 2022 Monthly Report I Page 3 • Participants: 6 Sewing for Intermediate • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 6 1:1 Studio Appointments • Number of Appointments: 32 Creative Edge Studio Usage Report - By Christina Graves This month I participated in a webinar hosted by United for Libraries which is a division of the American Library Association. Through word of mouth,they heard about our Friends card making efforts and wanted me to speak about the program.There were 3 speakers, myself in included. The webinar was an hour long. It was a wonderful experience with around 220 attendees. The Studio has more users who are proficient in their favorite machine. This has allowed my assistant, Rebecca, to handle more appointments. In one morning, she can handle three (3) appointments at once because everyone can be on different machines and need little to no help. It is a beautiful thing to see. This month we held a card crafting event with our two new Friends of the Library members. They are long time crafters from our Custom Card Crafting Program and wanted to join the Friends specifically to be a part of the Handmade Cards sales. Our longtime Friends card crafter has starting make amazing gift tags for the holiday season. The public program, Crafting in the Library, occurred on the day that 1-95 was shut down due to that terrible accident. For every program we wait ten (10) minutes to allow for late comers before we give up their seat to anyone present from the waitlist. On this day, we waited fifteen (15) minutes. We had three (3) people present from the waitlist and three (3) people from the registered list that did not show up, so that seemed to work great. One of our patrons sat in the crawling traffic to make it to the library. She was very flustered when she arrived forty-five (45) minutes late. She sat down a few minutes and our volunteer went over and talked to her. Once she calmed down, she was willing to work on a wreath (we had a few extra supplies) and with the help of our volunteer, she left with a beautiful wreath. Public Technology Training Programs 9 one-on-one appointments: Met with a local author and helped her learn MS Word so she could work on her files easily.Taught her how to perform certain tasks on her own, such as setting up a template on Word and how to set up her desktop so she can quickly access certain files and website links. Helped a local small business owner to set up her Facebook Marketplace shop. We went over how to list items for sale, what sort of descriptions should be used, we also went over econ resources to figure out pricing for some of her items. Classes continue to be held in the Florida Room and has really improved the quality of classes I can put out. The smaller setting is helpful for the classes that require a little bit more one-on-one help.The meeting room makes it difficult to walk around the room and help—the Florida Room is the perfect size for classes with 10 or less attendees. All classes being held are now 90-minutes, and the feedback has been positive. The meeting rooms are now exclusively being used for Friday programs—classes that don't require a laptop and can have a bigger audience. The South Florida Deaf Senior Citizens group reached out to me after my Scammers class and asked that I present this program to their monthly meeting. They are experiencing a rise in scams and they are falling prey to scams daily. I am doing an outreach with them December 12tH October 2022 Monthly Report I Page 4 1:1 Public Technology Training • Number of Sessions: 9 Logo Creation Using Adobe Creative • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 0 Job Skills Series: Interviewing Tips • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 1 Resume Writing Using MS Word • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 0 Introduction to Quickbooks • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 4 Microsoft Word Basics • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 11 Microsoft Word Intermediate • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 3 Simple Steps Toward Internet Safety • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: I Create a Flyer Using MS Publisher • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 0 Tech Talk • Number of Sessions: 4 • Participants: 11 Adult Services Programs Quilters • Number of Meetings: 4 • Total Attendees: 26 Writer's Corner • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 4 Book Buzz Adult Book Club • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 13 October 2022 Monthly Report Page 5 CareerSource PBC Private Mentoring • Number of Sessions/Participants: 22 • Topics addressed: • Resume Prep: 0 • Job Searching: 4 • Reemployment Assistance: 14 • Miscellaneous: 4 1:1 SEFLIN/FAU Social Work Services • Participants: 9 • Topics addressed: • Employment Assistance: 2 • Housing/Rental Assistance: 5 • Food Assistance: 5 • Social Security: 1 • Miscellaneous: 8 Youth Services Programs Outdoor Storytime • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 165 Bilingual Storytime • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 65 Little Artist • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 58 Guest Storytime • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 85 Make&Take • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 35 Creative Writing • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 25 STEM Lab • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 15 Picture Book Club • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 12 October 2022 Monthly Report Page 6 PAWS to Read • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 8 Teen Services Virtual Zone Usage—Sound Booth • Participants: 14 Virtual Zone Usage—Creative Suite • Participants: 0 Teen Tuesday • Number of Sessions: 5 • Participants: 30 Chess Club • Number of Sessions: 3 • Participants: 18 AmeriCorps Kids Homework Help Monthly Report October was an amazing month here in the AmeriCorps tutoring room! September prepared me well for the influx of children wanting to get tutored, as there were many new children as well as "regulars" who love the program. There has been one AmeriCorps volunteer who regularly comes in and it has been a huge help for me this month of October. It has been incredible to see the children start to trust us more and feel comfortable asking for help and wanting to get better. I have continued doing testing to see the improvement of children month to month and I can already see an improvement in math. We continue to use flashcards every day to push sight words and we have used phonics cards as well to try and work on specific sounds and letter placement. I have also seen an improvement in recognizing certain words and being able to sound out and spell certain words. The donated materials of the books of different levels and the sight word, math, and phonics flashcards have made a world of difference in the room. Similar to last month, children have loved being able to have their own book to practice with at home as many of them do not have books at home. Another favorite is the Spiderman math flashcards that have turned into a competitive game where children are getting quicker at doing math. I have tried my best to make the room into a supportive and fun learning space where children feel safe and not judged when asking for help. Many of the kids have started working together and helping younger kids and the environment is feeling more supportive. I have enforced that no children can judge others for what they do or do not know and have instead told them that it is wonderful they know the answer, but others need more practice and that is okay. I have loved the fun environment of the room. In the month of October,there have been 58 different students, most who come multiple times a week, 2-3 days a week being the average. Most of the students are between 3rd and 5t"grade, like last month, with the majority still being in 4th grade, although there have been younger and older kids coming in for help. 20 of the children and youth who came this month were new with the rest being those who came in August and September. The subject that continues to need the most help is math, although many younger kids have packets that have both reading and math. I can see a different since starting to record the starting reading levels and the math timed test and I think by December,the growth will be very exciting. I will continue to record them once a month. October 2022 Monthly Report I Page 7 The sign-ups have not gone as smoothly as I hoped as many of the children and parents are used to coming in whenever they can, but the high-school volunteer has been very helping in recording information from the families coming in as well as monitoring the number of children in the room. October was a very full month, but very rewarding and full of growth. I am looking forward to seeing what November brings! AmeriCorps Adult ESL Monthly Report From this point on there will be no Friday classes. Friday will be devoted to those students requiring individual help. To date,the advanced beginners have completed the following topics: 1. Opposites(tall/short,young/old, heavy or fat/thin, new/old, married/single, ugly handsome, beautiful or pretty/ugly, large/small, big/little, noisy/quiet, expensive/cheap,easy/difficult, rich/poor) 2. Questions describing people with short affirmative and negative answers. (Are you tall? Yes, I am. No, I'm not.) 3. Conversations about the weather. 4. Family members and talking about a family tree. 5. The students brought family photographs to class and identified the people in the pictures,told us their names, where they were, and what they were doing in the pictures. 6. Prepositions of place (next to,across from, between, around the corner from, in, on, under,above, behind, in front of) 7. How to ask questions about the neighborhood using"is there". (Is there a bank in the neighborhood? Yes. There is. It's on Central Avenue between the library and the restaurant.) 8. Vocabulary for the various things found in an apartment(the rooms,elevator,a/c, etc.) 9. The question "how many?" ex. How many bathrooms are there in the apartment? 10. There is/there are Ex.There are two closets in the bedroom. 11. Locating places in the community. (The bank is across from the library.) 12. Giving and following directions. (Go one block on Main Street. Turn left on Oak Street.The bank is on the left.) 13. Reading a map 14. Reading a classified ad for an apartment 15. We have just started talking about clothing. The beginner's class will repeat the same material as the advanced beginner's class. To date, we have been working on Chapter 1 of the book, and they have learned the following: 1. The letters of the alphabet and the sounds of each letter. 2. Numbers How to ask the questions: What is your name, address, city, state, zip code, and telephone number. Where are you from? October 2022 Monthly Report I Page 8 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. CRELTED, jlZ3D.[2022 4:25 PM WB ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT PA 447 MS JEANNIE TAYLOR BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 100 E OCEAN AVE BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 11/30/2022 ALL AMOUNTS LISTED Accounts Submitted 2,907 Dollars Submitted 206,016.25 Dollars Received 35,950.51 Bankruptcies 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy 0.00 Material Returned 45,792.02 Incorrect Addresses 535 Dollars in Skiptracing 27,375.39 Dollars Waived 13,413.37 Patron Disputes/Suspends 1 Dollars in Dispute 37.00 Accounts in Process 2,371 Dollars in Process 168,099.09 # of Accounts Activated 1,425 Total Activated 107,315.42 % of Accounts Activated 60.10% % of Dollars Activated 63,84% 0/14/2020 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT Left Column Accounts Submitted:Total number of accounts submitted for collection. Bankruptcies.Total number of accounts in bankruptcy. Incorrect Addresses.Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts continue for quite some time so this number is very dynamic. Patron Disputes/Suspends:Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes,ate. Accounts In Process:Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by subtracting Bankruptcies,Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts Submitted. #of Accounts Activated:Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have returned material,made a payment or a combination of both. %of Accounts Activated, Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way (#of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process).This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process. Middle Column Dollars Submitted:Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for collection. Dollars In Bankruptcy:Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy. Dollars In Skips:Total dollar amount due for accounts with incorrect addresses. Dollars in Dispute:Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed.. Dollars In Process:Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed- This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus Dollars In Bankruptcy,Dollars In Skips,and Dollars in Dispute,as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and closed accounts(not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked.. Total Activated:Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the-sum of Dollars Received,Material Returned,and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activated. %of Dollars Activated:Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated(Total Activated divided by Dollars In Process). Right Column Dollars Received:Actual money recovered as reported by the Library. Material Returned:Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library. Dollars Waived:Actual dollars waived by the Library as reported by the Library. https:/Iweb.unique-mgmt.com/helpffiles/Summery.asp 1/1 BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY MONTHLY REPORT— November 2022 Administrative Services/Public Relations Library Director attended City Commission meetings, Public Library Directors Meeting, SEFLIN Advocacy Meeting, City Leadership Administrative Team. Customer Service and Circulation Statistics Current Month Same Month Percentage Previous Year Change .........._ ----------- _..... Customer Visits Adult 6,521 2,777 +150.4% Customer Visits Youth 4,820 1,059 +364.3% Total Customer Visits 11,341 3,836 +209.4% Total Circulation* 11,156 12,958 -13.19% Adult Circulation 4,633 5,121 ` -9.5% . ..- --_.... Young Adult Circulation 461 709 -35% Juvenile Circulation 4,007 8,087 -.2% .u.,. nu , ... ...... ILS System Circulation (Print Materials) 9,121 9,953 -8.4% (Total items checked out kiosks and others in-house) Checkouts on Kiosks 4,109 . . 4,921 -16.5% _. ......_. EBook Circ(Overdrive, Cloudlibrary) 1,134 1,164 -2.6% eAudiobook Circ (Overdrive, CloudQ 336 282 Overdrive Magazines 178 111 +60.4/0 �............ — l Audiovisual 1,072 1,493 28.2% Users registered 202 232 -12.9% w. _...... . ..... Online user registration 36 52 -30.8% m........... ... ......... ..................... . .. . _. . .... Onecard Cards 0 1 -100% Number of Reference Transactions [ 1,771 862 +105.5% *includes ILS, Ebooks, Freegal, OD mags, Gale legal forms Curbside Pickup Statistics Number of appointments made: 12 Number of appointments picked up: 12 Number of no-shows: 0 Digital Resource and Database Statistics �,. .. . ........ .. Current Month Same Month Percentage Previous Year Change Freegal Streams 774 256 +202.3% Freegal Users (new) 0 2 -100% Freegal Downloads 1 387 390 -.8% —I Kanopy Streams 337 256 +31.6% Learning Express Sessions 316 16 +1,875% Gale Legal 14 5 +180% ..... _._---------- Gale Infotrac Sessions 350 3,619 -90.3% _.._ ...._.�� Gale Infotrac Retrievals 40 556 -92.8% -" -------------- Transparent Languages Users 12 9 +33.3% ...._..._.. Transparent Languages Sessions 78 15 +420% Learning Express Job Career Sessions 28 15 +86.7% _.........---......... ........ . ...... . Knowledge City Logins 14 1 +1300% Brainfuse 39 N/A - . A to Z (total records viewed 0 72 -100 _.. �._ .. .... Creative Bug(Active Users) 10 N/A - Creative Bug (New Users) 5 N/A - Boynton-Beach.org/city-library 4,736 4409 +7.42% pageviews (pulled from Google Analytics, this is the number of views our library website has received) 1 Palm Beach Post Views (Newsbank) 290 394 ( -26.4% Social Media Current Same Month Percentage Month Previous Year Change Facebook Likes (number of people 1,272 1,117 +13.88% who like the Facebook page) New Facebook Likes (number of new page likes)a 12 6 +100% Facebook Engagements (sum of all likes, comments, and shares across all 50 191 -73.82% posts for the month) Twitter Followers (number of people who follow the Twitter account) 334 310 +7.74% November 2022 Monthly Report Page 2 _ ........ m.. New Twitter Followers (number of 4 2 100% new Twitter account followers) Twitter Engagements (sum of all likes, comments, and retweets across all 0 72 -100% tweets for the month) Instagram Followers (number of people who follow the Instagram 1,108 917 +20.83% account) New Instagram Followers (number of 27 15 +80% new Instagram account followers) Instagram Engagements (sum of likes and comments across all posts for the 0 126 -100% month) Public Computer Usage Statistics Adult Computer Use: 917 Adult Computer Average Time Per Session: 44 minutes Youth Computer Use: 650 Youth Computer Average Time Per Session: 45 minutes Adult Laptops Total Use: 45 Teen Laptops Total Use: 104 Computer Usage Total: 1,717 One Year Ago: 1,521 Collection Management Discarded Items: 764 Items Added to Collection: 768 Archives Activities The Local History Archives continues to collect, preserve, and make accessible historical materials concerning the communities of Boynton Beach.We have recently added several maps to our online collection, available at bltps://bovntonbeachhistory.omeka.net/coIlections/sbqwj22, allowing researchers to view the changes and growth of our region. Library Program Report Creative Edge Studio Programs Custom Card Crafting • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 5 Custom Card Crafting(evening) • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 6 November 2022 Monthly Report I Page 3 Crafting in the Library • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 9 Sewing for Intermediate • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 5 1:1 Studio Appointments • Number of Appointments: 33 Creative Edge Studio Usage Report - By Christina Graves The first weekend of November, 4th—6th, my assistant Rebecca and I went to Maker Faire Orlando. We had a wonderful time and learned a lot. We learned about a new vendor for the wide format art printer who is based out of Jacksonville. They sell the paper rolls and at a better cost then purchasing the Canon brand paper rolls. They also sell the ink tanks, maintenance cartridge, and can service the printer should we ever need that. It was at their booth I learned about a machine called a Plotter. Using a specific software, a user can print out stickers (labels, logos, etc.) and then feed it into the plotter which cuts out around that sticker, creating an easy to peel sticker. 3D printing is always popular at the Maker Faire. I learned that Prusa3D, which is a well-known and award-winning Swedish company recently acquired a 3D printing company in Delaware (Printed Solid), which would make it possible for libraries and schools to finally make tax exempt purchases from Prusa.This also extends Prusa's reach for making parts,filament, and printers (one day maintenance services) more accessible in the United States. I wore my 3D printed horns to the Faire and got a lot of compliments. As always there are a lot of vendors there, and we have started informing our regular Studio users about the Maker Faire, encourage them to attend next year's Maker Faire. A few months ago I attended the Economic Development's program called Business over Brews and met a new person in need of signage for her small business. We discussed the process of using the wide format printer and she created her sign using Canva. The sign was printed and I was able to visit to take a look. It looks perfect. This month I had a Studio appointment with a patron who owns a Glowforge laser cutter, but was a little apprehensive about using it. In the appointment we discussed safety precautions and the steps to setting up a project. She took to it quickly and I think she is ready to user her Glowforge at home. Another patron who regularly uses the wide format printer has switch to the Glowforge with a new project. I have another patron who switches between the Cricut and embroidery machine a lot, and has made a recent appointment to have a go with the heat press. This month we purchased a clamshell heat press,this a more ideal type of heat press for what we do in the Studio. It is 16x20. This will help expand what we can do when it comes to sublimation sizes and iron on or heat transfer vinyl sizes. Public Technology Training Programs 1:1 Public Technology Training • Number of Sessions: 14 Logo Creation Using Adobe Creative • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 4 November 2022 Monthly Report I Page 4 Resume Writing Using MS Word • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 0 Cutting the Cable Cord • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 20 Microsoft Word Basics • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 11 Internet Safety • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 5 Microsoft Excel Basics • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 8 Microsoft Excel Intermediate • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 5 Tech Workshop • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 2 Tech Talk Thursday • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 2 Adult Services Programs Quilters • Number of Meetings: 2 • Total Attendees: 15 Book Buzz Adult Book Club • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 14 CareerSource PBC Private Mentoring • Number of Sessions/Participants: 14 • Topics addressed: • Resume Prep: 3 • Job Searching: 3 • Reemployment Assistance: 5 • Miscellaneous: 6 Youth Services Programs Bilingual Storytime • Number of Sessions: 2 November 2022 Monthly Report Page 5 • Participants: 140 Guest Storytime • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 100 Make&Take • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 15 STEM Lab • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 22 Picture Book Club • Number of Sessions: 1 • Participants: 17 PAWS to Read • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 12 Teen Services Teen Tuesday • Number of Sessions: 4 • Participants: 27 Chess Club • Number of Sessions: 2 • Participants: 13 AmeriCorps Kids Homework Help Monthly Report November was another successful month in the AmeriCorps after-school tutoring room. We had many parents and guardians come in or call to talk to me about signing their child or children up. Many "regulars" have continued to come in and love the program. The parents seem very grateful for having an opportunity at free help as many of them do not know how to help them with school work on their own. One AmeriCorps volunteer has continually come in to help the children and the kids all love her. It has been incredibly helpful to me as well and I believe we will have another volunteer helping soon. Having more people help me with the students is important because it allows the children to get more one-on-one help that is thorough and makes more of a difference. If it is just me alone, I can only do so much with the large number of kids who come in, but the volunteers have been incredibly helpful. With the children who need extra help, aside from homework, the addition, multiplication, and vocabulary flashcards have been great. The books in my room available to give away to the kids has also continued to be very important. The kids love being able to have their own books to practice with or read at home. Also, I have continued doing the math testing, and there has been definite improvement in addition and multiplication. During November, 58 children came in with many of them coming in multiple times a week the entire month. Most children come 2-3 times per week. 1st through 5th grade has continued to be the grades most seen here with the majority of the children being in 3rd grade this month, however, 6 children were in November 2022 Monthly Report I Page 6 Kindergarten and one youth was in High School. While most of the children and youth who come are "regulars" and love the program, 17 children were new and most started coming back regularly. Math is still the subject that needs the most help in the tutoring program, but many V through 3rd graders have packets where they need help with both math and reading. I am definitely seeing growth in reading, but especially math, and I know the month of December tests compared to Septembers'tests will be full of growth. The sign ups have not continued as many parents did not completely understand that signing up for times meant coming in at that time, and many people walk in for first time help and have not signed up. With the help of the high school volunteer though, I have been able to keep the number of children in the room at an amount that works. If it is too busy, many children and parents wait at the computers until I can finish up with the current children and bring in more. I have gotten more confident in making rules and boundaries for my tutoring room and it has given the children structure and allows for smoother program. November was a great month with many new children and growth in many places within the children and the program. It has made me very excited for the upcoming month of December! AmeriCorps Adult ESL Monthly Report The advanced beginners' class has completed the following topics as of the end of November: 1. Clothing(vocabulary words associated with clothing and accessories) 2. Discussing what they are wearing today 3. Colors 4. How to talk to a salesperson and express what they are looking for(I'm looking for a pair of black shoes.) 5. Review of American currency 6. How to read a sales receipt, a sales tag and a newspaper advertisement for clothing and appliances on sale 7. Language arts: the difference between a statement and a question and how to use the proper punctuation 8. The simple present tense 9. Question formation in the simple present tense using"Do and Does" 10. How to talk about different languages and nationalities 11. How to respond to simple present tense questions with short answers (Yes, I do./ No, I don't.) 12. Parts of the body 13. How to tell time Forming questions in English is very difficult for ESL students, so we are moving a little bit more slowly in order to allow the class sufficient time to practice and digest each new grammatical point. November 2022 Monthly Report I Page 7 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC. . CREATED: 10/31/2022 8:37 PM ZS ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT PA, 4 4 MS JEANNIE TAYLOR BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY 100 E OCEAN AVE BOYNTON BEACH FL 33435 CREDITOR: 1581 -- BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY DATES LISTED: 01/01/1900 TO 10/31/2022 ALL AMOUNTS LISTED Accounts Submitted 2,882 Dollars Submitted 206,170.55 Dollars Received 35,100.93 Bankruptcies 0 Dollars in Bankruptcy 0.00 Material Returned 45,792.02 Incorrect Addresses 528 Dollars in Skiptracing 26,425.71 Dollars Waived 13,413.37 Patron Disputes/Suspends 1 Dollars in Dispute 37.00 Accounts in Process 2,353 Dollars in Process 167,203.07 # of Accounts Activated 1,420 Total Activated 106,500.84 % of Accounts Activated 60.35% % of Dollars Activated 3 63.70% 9M412020 UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES,INC UNIQUE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. EXPLANATION OF SUMMARY PAGE ACCOUNT STATUS REPORT Left Column Accounts Submitted:Total number of accounts submitted for collection. Bankruptcies:Total number of accounts in bankruptcy. Incorrect Addresses:Total number of accounts for which we do not have correct addresses yet. Skip tracing efforts continue for quite some time so this number is very dynamic. Patron Disputes/Suspends:Total number of accounts where collection efforts have been stopped because the patron disputed the debt or the Library suspended collection efforts as a result of payment arrangements, mistakes,etc. Accounts In Process:Total number of accounts being processed through our collection service. This number is arrived at by subtracting Bankruptcies,Incorrect Addresses and Patron Disputes/Suspends from the total number of Accounts Submitted. #of Accounts Activated:Total number of accounts that have responded in some way to reduce their balance. They could have returned material,made a payment or a combination of both. %of Accounts Activated., Percentage of processed accounts that have responded in some way (#of Accounts Activated divided by Accounts in Process).This percentage is a good measure of response rate because it measures the percentage of patrons that have actually responded due to the collection process, Middle Column Dollars Submitted:Total dollar amount due from all accounts submitted for collection. Dollars In Bankruptcy:Total dollar amount due from all accounts in bankruptcy. Dollars In Skips:Total dollar amount due for amounts with incorrect addresses. Dollars In Dispute:Total dollar amount for all accounts that have been disputed.. Dollars In Process:Total dollar amount for all accounts being processed. This number is equal to the Dollars Submitted minus Dollars In Bankruptcy,Dollars in Skips,and Dollars in Dispute,as well as the dollar amount due for all suspended and closed accounts(not detailed on this report). Its purpose is to show the total dollar amount actually being worked. Total Activated:Total original amount due by all Accounts Activated. The difference between this number and the-sum of Dollars Received,Material Returned,and Dollars Waived is the remaining balance due by all Accounts Activated. %of Dollars Activated: Percentage of processed dollars that have been activated(Total Activated divided by Dollars In Process). Right Column Dollars Received.Actual money recovered as reported by the Library. Material Returned:Actual value of material returned as valued and reported by the Library. 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