Hello Professor Stephens! I just want to verify the time for this meeting. Will it start at 1PM PST?

@celimiranda Yes! My apologies for missing that. Adding it above and on the chat page. TY!!

Thank you for providing this information!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Dr. Stephens!

An unexpected boon! Thank you very much, Dr Stephens!

Thank you so much!

Ah, thank you so much. I picked up some work shifts and haven’t spent much time with my family in order to study; this will help balance me out!

@acorey @allofbethany @msandoval @valancy Glad to do it!

I have to catch up somewhat – the fall semester at work has been intense! Thank you for the extension!

This is great for the public’s mental health! Someone who was/is in a bad place may need to see this and dream, or at least feel a little bit better.

There was a recent Reddit thread in my community about how unfortunate it is that many open-air seating and meeting options created during the pandemic went away. People liked having streets closed down and spaces made for connection. It’s great to see libraries innovating to create outdoor community areas.

This a great idea! Libraries should be doing everything they can to increase their footprint in the community, as one of the increasingly rare completely free, open resources. I wonder if there are any plans to include any non-traditional library material, a kind of Library of Things. It’d be great if people could zip over to a local library kiosk, instead of running over to the Home Depot or Best Buy, to pick up a tool for some minor housework or a piece of audio equipment for a podcast/stream.

@emtaggart I like the name, “Outpost” It sounds very rugged! This would be fitting, as stories can take you on an adventure! @louis I also like the idea of LOT, like tools, being incorporated into one of these devices. However, I am curious to know how theft would be prevented on any of the more valuable items? Bulletproof/break-proof glass and other materials, like if there was an iPad or very expensive tool? There probably would be a value limit to what was in there.

@emtaggart @Louis @acorey I am thrilled to see this type of innovation as well. I like the idea of the library of Things being available too. Also tech such as cellular hotspots. I think it would be fine to offer some of those things as well.

@michael Agreed! My library has one or two for checkout and I never see them in. It gives the community some more digital equity with having these available. All you need is a photo i.d., for a library card, to check one of these out.