All set. >> Well, welcome to today's meeting of Jones Library Board of Trustees. Uh please indicate your presence verbally. Matt? >> I'm here. >> Jean? >> I'm here. >> Tammy? >> I'm here.
>> Sarah? >> Here. >> And Austin Sarat is here. Uh no changes or additions to the agenda. Uh Next, opportunity for public comment. Any member of the public wishing to make
a comment, if they would please raise their virtual hand. Okay, I see no public comment. All right, item four. We're here to discuss um and approve, if so deemed,
uh the sign schedule for the renovated and expanded Jones Library. To facilitate the conversation, I want to make a motion. My motion is that we approve the sign
schedule dated May 13th, 2026, as recommended by the library director. And if there is a second to that motion, we will have a discussion. >> Second. >> Fabulous, thank you. Okay, so I'm going to ask
uh George if he would lead us in this discussion of the sign schedule. Now, my hope is that you have all had a chance to look at the sign schedule. And uh instead of going through it sign by
sign, so to speak, what we thought we would do is, if anybody has any questions about the sign schedule, George uh and or Sharon would be happy to answer those questions. So,
any questions about the sign schedule? Tammy. >> Yeah, I just I'm curious about some of the things um that are listed as having signs. What is the sensory room? That was listed as having a sign.
>> So, that'll be a room for um it'll have dimmable lights and very squishy furniture. It's going to be a a quiet space that people can uh reserve uh for folks who um you know, if you need a calm quiet
space, that's where you'll be able to go to. >> Okay. Um I'm assuming the mothers' room has become the wellness where Correct. Set aside for nursing. Okay. What's the Bridges room? >> That is the Civil War Tablets room.
>> Oh, okay. >> We're recommending it be named after um Deborah Bridges to recognize her work. >> Okay. The other question is the the the room with the the the vaulted that was a
reading room and it's now going to be named community room. >> So, we talked about this quite a bit with the staff and it's still going to be a reading room, but the staff wanted to distinguish it between the very quiet reading rooms that are upstairs uh
because this they feel like it's going to be more of a community room. It's right next door to the uh you know, the circulation uh desk and and the the the cafe gathering space where there could be food and drink and so they wanted to
call it community room um for all of those purposes. We do not expect that to be a quiet space. >> Okay. Okay. That's That's good. Instead of calling it a reading room, that makes sense. And just one other question, the Humanity Center?
>> So, as part of the NEH grant that was taken away from us, we had to call it we were proposing to call it the Humanity Center. That was being funded by the NEH. And because the funding was taken away, we're also
removing that sign and saving money. >> Okay, so there will be no sign that says Humanity Center. >> Correct. >> Okay. Great. Those are just the questions I had out of curiosity. Just explaining those spaces were. Thank you. >> Barbara?
>> Um few different questions. Some had to do with punctuation, but um Youth Services head, Sharon, is that Mia? Because I figured the Teen Room head is Cecilia, right?
>> Uh what Yeah, what So, >> at it. Yeah. >> Head. So, the head of Youth Services is Mia Cabana, and the head of Teens the head of Young Adult Services is Cecilia Jessick. What But what is your actual
question? >> That was my question because my follow-up was about Children's Room versus Kids Room. I just wanted to figure I just wanted to ask if that had been sorted out. >> Well, that's what you're voting on
today. And I am recommending that we go with uh Children's Room. But what I'm also recommending is that throughout the space that if it if we don't need the word room, why include it? So, what I'm recommending is over the Children's
Room, it just say Children. And over the Teen Room, it would just say Teens. >> Okay. And can I ask a couple more questions? I think I've seen >> So long as it's not about punctuation. >> Oh, but it is. >> Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry.
>> Oh, sorry. Um I I but just because I've seen so many of these emails and so many of these signs, I just wanted to make a make sure self-checkout was going to have a hyphen. >> Let me look in cuz I think that's
exactly what we Yeah, self-checkout has a hyphen. Yeah. >> Um I also saw a self-service somewhere. >> And we got it self-service is crossed out. It's actually called holds. >> Okay. And all-gender restroom, is that
going to have a hyphen? Can it be like all and gender? >> Yeah, I think that's Hang on. It's coming. I know it's at the end of this package. Yeah, all-gender restroom. And restroom is one word.
Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Okay, Nat. >> So, can I have a procedural question? So, we're voting on this as a trustees, but the building committee is not voting on it or why are we voting on it not the building committee or do they have to do
something also? What's the status there? >> Well, cuz this is really up to the trustees. Um >> Yeah, we control uh what's going to happen in this building. So, it's within our authority
to say we're going to have these we're going to have these signs. Um I don't know what that Is that helpful? >> Um sure. Um that's just that we haven't voted on a lot of other things that the building committee is doing so that's
>> All the things that the building committee are voting on are within the jurisdiction of the building committee. >> Okay, well I'm happy to vote. >> Okay. >> I have one other question. Sharon, at the very end of the list, it
says that the signs for the Jones Library outside have to be approved by the building commissioner. >> Correct, the exterior sign has to be, yes. >> expect any problem? >> I it's not something I can
I can't predict, yes. >> Okay. All right, thank you. >> All right, other questions. So I just want to ask a question about the material that these signs are going to be made of, if that's a sentence.
Could you just share with us a little bit about what that would be? >> I'm going to hand it over to George cuz he has samples. >> I do have samples. Um So the larger wall-mounted uh signage for the larger spaces where it's going to be in the big lettering
like children's, teens, and such like that, uh there is this metal product and I'm just going to hold it up. >> Yep. >> It is like a brushed uh stainless aluminum type material. >> Okay. >> Um and it's back mounted so you won't see any screws or anything like that.
It'll just be floating letters. Uh >> Love it. >> This is an example of one of the >> Oh. >> uh one of the rooms and it's got the >> Yeah. >> required braille and this is a slot that can be inserted with
either a name or pertinent information, anything like that. And for a lot of the offices it'll have this type of insert >> Yeah. >> uh because you never know if somebody's going to stay in the same place forever. So it gives a lot more flexibility. >> George, before you go on, that is uh made of what? >> Uh it's like a resin material. This is
clear. Um adhesive backed. Um and these raised letters, of course, and the braille. >> resin material. I know I should know what that means, but >> Plastic. >> Thank you very much. >> Yeah, plastic. Yes. >> But that is says kids, and we aren't using kids, right?
>> Right, this is just an example. >> Okay. >> [laughter] >> Um yeah, yeah. This This is just a sample. Um you know, and the other only other one I have is is a restroom sign, and obviously this is uh not the exact one because it'll be an all-gender restroom with the appropriate
uh figures, so to speak. But yeah, all the signage is going to be of this variety, uh with the exception of the larger rooms, which will have the bigger, more prominent lettering. >> Yeah, I love those those big, more prominent lettering. That looks great. >> Yeah.
>> Okay, any other questions? Okay, are you ready to vote? You know, we're voting on this package, so to speak. Okay, remind you of the motion. The motion is to approve the sign schedule dated May 13th, 2026, as recommended by
the library director. On the question of approving that motion, Nat? >> I vote yes. >> Eugene? >> I vote yes, also. >> Tammy? >> Yes. >> Farah? You're muted.
>> Sorry, yes. >> And Austin votes yes. Okay, so uh that's That is our business for today. And again, I want to thank George, in particular, who has really
shepherded a lot of the work of making sure that uh this this signage is going to work, and I I looking at it, uh really it's it just terrific um really terrific.
Okay, so uh Nat wants to say something. Nat? >> Sorry, I forgot to ask this um about the Bridges room. I'm assuming that the family has consented to this and they've been informed and so forth.
>> So, I will go and have a conversation now. I've been we've kind of wanted to keep it a secret. Um and and so I don't stay tuned. How does that sound? If she comes back to me and says, "Absolutely
not." then then I would repeal all of this, but um you know, we want to we want to honor Deborah and Anika's work and this is our proposed way of doing it. >> And uh
it really was appropriate to wait until after the board had voted because you go to someone and you say, "We want to name the room." and then Eugene objects and the room doesn't get named and so um
first things first, we had to approve it. >> Yeah. >> Thank you for asking. >> Okay. Well, thank you all for your time and this meeting is adjourned. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, everyone. >> Take care, everybody.