IT'S
IT'S NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK. SO THIS MORNING WE HAVE INVITED LIBRARY DIRECTOR MISTY JONES
LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN D.C. ALONG
WITH CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR
HUNTER HACKETT TO SHARE SOME
GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE
PUTTING ON AND HOW YOU CAN
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR
LIBRARIES. YOU CAN MAKE AN
IMPACT HERE. GOOD MORNING TO
ALL THREE OF YOU. THANKS SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US. HELLO.
THANK YOU. HEY, MISTY, LET'S
START TO YOU SO THE SAN DIEGO
PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS BEEN PUTTING
ON A GREAT VIRTUAL PROGRAM HERE
CALLED STORY TIMES FINANCIAL
LESSONS FOR TEENS. I BELIEVE
COWBOY CAN BE SHARING SOME
STORIES AND SONGS. I MEAN WHAT
IS SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE
EVENTS? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FORWARD TO TELL US ALL ABOUT
THIS? YEAH, SO WE'VE GOT THIS
IS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK WHERE
WE CELEBRATE WHICH I THINK
EVERY WEEK IS LIBRARY WEEK.
RIGHT. BUT THIS IS THE OFFICIAL
NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS AND REALLY
COOL THINGS HAPPENING. BUT
WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'VE SHIFTED
REALLY TO VIRTUAL PROGRAMING
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE
A FACEBOOK PAGE, A VIRTUAL HUB
THAT IS SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE
DAY FOR KIDS AND ADULTS. GET ON
OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, CHECK OUT
WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. THERE'S
THERE'S REALLY GREAT PROGRAMING
EVERY DAY. SO TODAY AT 11:00
A.M. MAYOR GLORIA WILL BE
READING OTES LIBRARY AND ANY
SEE THIS BOOK IS VERY SPECIAL
TO YOU RIGHT? YOU'RE THE
ILLUSTRATOR. TELL US ABOUT THE
COYOTE. WOULD YOU MIND? YES. OH
IT IS LIBRARY DAY IS THE FIRST
CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER TO BE
PUBLISHED BY THE SAN DIEGO
PUBLIC LIBRARY. HERE IT IS
RIGHT HERE AND I GOT
ILLUSTRATED THAT WHAT YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IT I MEAN WHAT
YOU SAW I JUST SAW THE OUTSIDE
OF THE COVER THERE BOY HOW MUCH
TIME AND ENERGY AND CREATIVE
JUICES YOU NEED TO PULL
SOMETHING LIKE THAT OFF. TELL
US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE
ILLUSTRATING THAT. YEAH, SO IT
ACTUALLY STARTED OVER A YEAR
AGO WHEN I WAS TO DO THAT
ILLUSTRATION. EACH ILLUSTRATION
TAKES ABOUT SIX HOURS. YOU DO
AFTER ALL THE SKETCHES AND
PLANNING AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
YEAH. AND REDRAWS AND
EVERYTHING TO PAGES THAT JUST
DIDN'T WORK AND NEEDED TO BE
REDONE. SHE DIDN'T SO
FANTASTIC. I THINK YOU MIGHT BE
THE GREATEST ILLUSTRATOR OF ALL
TIME HIGH BOOK BY THE WAY ON
THE GRAPHIC IF YOU LOOK AT THE
BOTTOM RIGHT THERE YOU SEE THIS
BOOK IS WRITTEN BY HUNTER
HACKETT. TELL US ABOUT THE
STORY A LITTLE BIT, HUNTER AND
YOU KNOW WHY PEOPLE SHOULD PICK
THIS BOOK UP. YEAH, I MEAN IT'S
REALLY FUN. IT'S SUPER SAN
DIEGO AND IT HAS IT FEATURES
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY ON THE
COVER AND THERE'S THERE'S A
SURPRISE CORONADO BRIDGE AND ON
THE FINAL PAGE HE GETS HIS OR
HER GENDER NEUTRAL LIBRARY CARD
AND GETS TO DO A STORY TIME AND
BUILD A KITE USING THE
LIBRARY'S RESOURCES. IT'S JUST
A FUN LITTLE EXPERIENCE AND
PRETTY MUCH ANYONE IN SAN DIEGO
OR ANYONE WHO LIKES TO READ
WILL ENJOY IT. SO WE'RE REALLY
HAPPY THAT WE GOT TO WORK ON
THIS PROJECT. WHEN YOU PUT
THESE BOOKS TOGETHER, I MEAN
THE PAST YEAR IN THE PANDEMIC
AT LEAST WITH MY KIDS THE
LIBRARY WAS SO IMPORTANT
ESCAPING AND THOSE BOOKS AND
THOSE THE STORIES SO AMAZING. I
MEAN IS THAT SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK YOU'VE BEEN GETTING ON
ON CHILDREN'S BOOKS HERE?
HUNTER OH YEAH, DEFINITELY IT'S
IT'S IT'S THE BEST THING THAT
YOU COULD DO WITH YOUR BOOK
YOUR KIDS OR ANYONE EVERYONE
SHOULD BE READING YOU'VE GOT TO
READ BAR. YEAH. AND NOT ON A
TABLET NOT ALWAYS ON A TABLET.
SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD HOLD
IN YOUR HANDS. RIGHT. THERE'S
DEFINITELY SOMETHING ABOUT THE
PHYSICALITY OF HOLDING A BOOK
AND GETTING AWAY FROM SCREENS
FOR SURE. YEAH I'M WITH YOU FOR
SURE ON THAT MISTY. SO LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY MASTER
PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY. WE KNOW
THAT THAT'S LIVE THROUGH APRIL
17TH. WHY IS THAT SUCH AN
IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE TO
TAKE PART IN? WOULD YOU MIND
EXPLAINING THAT? YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY. MASTER PLAN THE
LIBRARY ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER
PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT. SO AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S A LITTLE
BIT OUT OF DATE. IT LEAVES OUT
A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
WE'VE SEEN JUST A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN SAN DIEGO
SO WE WANTED TO REDO THE ENTIRE
MASTER PLAN SO THAT WE COULD
THINK ABOUT LIBRARIES IN THE
FUTURE AND THE SAN DIEGO PUBLIC
LIBRARY FOUNDATION HAS BEEN
GENEROUS ENOUGH TO FUND THAT
AND REALLY LEAD THE EFFORT. AND
SO THE SURVEY IS LIVE UNTIL
APRIL 17TH. WE ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY TO PLEASE GO ON, TAKE
THE SURVEY, LET US KNOW WHAT
YOU WANT TO SEE FROM YOUR
LIBRARIES IN THE FUTURE. I MEAN
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE'RE MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS
AND SO WE NEED THAT COMMUNITY
INPUT. WHAT CAN PEOPLE LEARN
MORE ABOUT NATIONAL LIBRARY
WEEK? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GET ON
OUR WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE
ABOUT NATIONAL EVERY WEEK.
SUPPORT MY LIBRARY DOG MASTER
PLAN THERE TOO FOR MORE ON THAT
SURVEY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO
MUCH FOR JOINING