AT THE EAST BRANCH OF THE
ROCKFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY
WITH THE BROOK IN THE NEW 18
SPACE. YES, THIS IS AWESOME. I
LOVE IT. I KNOW OPENED UP. I
WANT TO SAY ABOUT A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO, WE'RE ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE DOING A GRAND
OPENING IN A COUPLE WEEKS FROM
INVITING THE CHAMBER IN DOING
THE OFFICIAL RIBBON, CUTTING THE WHOLE SHEBANG WITH IT. WE
ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING
IN STORE FOR THE TEAM DAY. SO
TELL ME ABOUT THE GRAND
OPENING. SURE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 2 TO 3.30, ON JUNE
28 AM HERE. WE'LL HAVE THE CHAMBER DOING THE RIBBON
CUTTING. AT 2 O'CLOCK. OKAY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL START DOING SOME EVENTS THAT
WE'VE SCHEDULED AROUND THAT
IT'S AROUND THE THEME OF LEVEL UP. SO WE'RE GOING WITH THE
GAINING GOING DO A VIDEO GAME
TOURNAMENT. WE'RE ALSO GOING
TO LOT OF GAMES AND WE WILL
ALSO BE DOING THESE FUN
CHARACTER SHEATH THAT, YOU
KNOW, INVOLVE LITTLE BIT OF
CREATIVE, READY AND GETTING TO HAVE A CREATIVE JUICES GOING
AND LETTING THEM PICK A DESIGN
WHAT THEY WANT, THE VIDEO LOSS
AND THEY ARE INVITING THEM. 2
U.S. ENTER MADE JUST FOR THEM,
RIGHT WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT
FUN, BUT CREATIVE LEARNING.
YEAH. WE WANT THEM TO BE
ENGAGED. WANT THEM TO HAVE A
SPACE WHERE THEY CAN COME FEEL
SAFE BUT ALSO DO THINGS THAT
THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO
AT HOME. RIGHT? BOER HAD THAT
SINCE THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. I
ALWAYS REMEMBER GROWING UP
THAT YOU'RE FRIENDS CAN SIGN
KIND OF BE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR
FRENZY OF DURING THE SCHOOL SO
WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE SPACE.
IS THAT WHERE THEY CAN COME TOGETHER? HAVE A COMMUNITY
SAFE, GOOD AND ALSO KIND OF
GET FEELS THAT ACADEMIC VOID
IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF ALL
THE BOOKS AND JUST DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE
AROUND, LIKE ACADEMIC
LEARNING. OKAY. ITEM TO YOUR
LIBRARY ASSISTANT AND YOU.
FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY LOVE THE
TEAM FACE AND THERE'S A LOT OF
PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE TO TELL US WE HAVE A
POETRY WORKSHOP WHERE WE
PROVIDE PROBLEMS AND THEN YOU
WRITE POETRY BASED ON THE
POSSIBLE. AND THEN YOU HAVE
THE OPTION TO SHARE OR NOT OR
YOU CAN KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. I
AM GOING BE DOING A SKETCH
BOOK. >> HERE, KETCHUP PROGRAM WHERE
I WILL PROVIDE DRAWING
PROBLEMS AND PROVIDE PICTURES THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN TRY TO
RECREATE IN YOUR SKETCH BOOK.
AND IN THE BEST PART ABOUT THAT IS THAT PRESSURE FOR TO
BE 2 PER ALL OF THE PROGRAMS
THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ARE GOING
TO HAVE. A RANGE OF SKILL
LEVEL AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO ACCOMMODATE ENTIRE RANGE OF
SKILL LEVEL.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WITH AL,
HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING GREAT
AND WHAT YOU DO I'M THE BRANCH
MANAGER FOR THIS LOCATION AS
PROBABLY PRETTY EXCITED FOR
THIS NEW SPACE. HAVE EXCITED
EVER SINCE STARTED THE
PLANNING
>> AND I'M JUST THE FIGHT OPEN
IN AREA FOR JUST THE TOOLS
GIVING YOUNG PEOPLE A PLACE, A
SAFE PLACE TO SO THAT THAT
REALLY GET EXCITED. HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHAT TO PUT IN
HERE?
>> WELL, WE WORK WITH SOME OF
THE FURNITURE THAT WE ALREADY
HAD. AND 2 OF THE STAFF CHOSE
FURNITURE THAT WOULD TOWARDS A
GENERATION. AND SO WE CAME IN
WITH ED DECIDE WHERE WE WANT
IT TO SPACE IT AND HOW IT BASED WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT
THE BOOKS. WE DECIDED TO PUT
THE WHY A YOUNG ADULT FICTION
COLLECTION IN HERE AND THE
OTHER COLLECTION IS STILL OUT IN THE OTHER AREA. SO WE
DECIDED ON THAT AND HOW WE
WOULD ARRANGE THAT. WHAT IS
YOUR DREAM OF WHAT THE SPACE,
YOU KNOW, CAN BE FOR THE COMMUNITY. MY DREAM OF I CAN
SEE THE YOUNG ADULTS AND AREAS
THAT THEY'RE INTO NOWADAYS IS
FOR US TO HIM MORE COMPUTERS
IN HERE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT
OF THEM WANT TO YEAH, AND
GIVEN HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF
COMING IN HERE HAVING A SAFE
PLACE THAT THEY CAN COME IN
STREAM THAT WHATEVER YOU KNOW,
THAT TIKTOK AND WE TO DO
WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING. YEAH.
HAS EVERYTHING OVERSEAS ARE
THEY'RE ON THEIR PHONES AND
THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES IT'S OLD
TECHNOLOGY. YEAH, AND WE DO
HAVE SOME IN THE LONG GAMES IN
HERE.
>> I FOUND BUNCH OF GAMES
GAMES THAT NEW GAMES AND THAT
I DON'T EVEN KNOW. SO THEY
HAVE THE OPTION OF DOING THAT,
TOO. IF THEY WANT TO COME SIT
DOWN AND PLAY A WITH, YOU
KNOW, I GET TO KNOW OTHER
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND WE JUST
WANT TO ADD MORE AND MORE TO
THE SPACE TO DRAW YOUNG
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY
NEED THEY NEED A SAFE PLACE
AND THE LIBRARY. WE WANT TO BE THAT FOR