Rotary Meeting Aug 11, 2020

Attending: John, Harold, Beckie, Peter, Laura, Don, Bob, Lynne, Dan, Dave, Carl, guest speaker Wayne Wheeler of the Pima County Library.

Absent: Mary, Randy, Dave, Richie

Still looking for a youth-liaison officer – working with Interact Club, getting word out and finding a RYLA nomination.

 

 

John said there is no progress on where we will be meeting in person and when we will be meeting in person again.

 

Former Marana Rotary member Maeve Johnson says “hello”.

 

Peace Pole Project – Peter reported that he spoke with Nicole at Az Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Marana, she is interested. Peter hopes to meet with her soon.

 

Harold – staying close to home, lunch with friends at airport a couple of times a week.

Peter – Spectrograph left for China yesterday, big deal.

Lynne – “I got nothing.”

Bob – Seeing the grandkids watching them take their first step and hear first word, “Oreo”.

Carl – Thankful for family and health and good to be here with you.

Beckie – Pretty normal here. Daughter’s roof getting repaired.

Don – Up in Seattle, fun playing with 9-month-old grandchild, daughter and son-in-law visiting for the week.

Dan – MUSD policy requires admin to wear masks. Great vacation in Idaho, west Yellowstone.

Dave – School is going well for the first week. No complaints.

 

 

Wayne is a native Tucsonan who has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from NAU, received his MLS (Master of Library Science) degree from the UA, and a second Master's degree in International Relations from Salve Regina University in Newport, RI.  He has worked in public and college libraries in Arizona and Pennsylvania carrying out a wide-range of responsibilities including grant-writing and grant-reviewing, and has lobbied local and federal elected officials for increased library funding. He has been with the Pima County Public Library System since April 2012, and has been the Grants and Nonprofits Librarian at the Joel D Valdez Main Library in downtown Tucson since March of 2018. In his spare time, Wayne enjoys singing, traveling, rodeo, and baseball.

 

Wayne said he used to be at the Wheeler Taft Abbott Branch Library out here. His first job was at the Nogales Library. He then spent time in Pennsylvania working at various libraries.

 

At the Pima County Library, Wayne is the non-profits and grants librarian. He assists non-profits to find grants. The non-profits database used to be available via on-site access only, but with COVID-19 the library has extended off-site access. Pima County has 26 libraries and uses a shared book system among the branches.

 

Libraries have changed a lot from what they used to be, Wayne said. Libraries now offer electronic downloading music, streaming videos, and books. People are accessing content online using more than ever. Online licensing fees from publishers are more expensive than purchasing physical books, which is why “electronic” formats of books are limited to being checked out “one” at a time.

 

Pima County Library’s values are: Education – we learn and teach every day; Service – we make an effort to serve everyone; Passion – we love what we do.

 

Library Services are M-F, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open for computer access, too. Returned items are set aside for 3 days before being put back in publication.

 

Services available in the open buildings include:

Phone and Online Services include:

Despite the challenging times, it was great learning about all the ways the libraries are continuing to serve its county patrons. Wayne can be reached at: Wayne.wheeler@pima.gov (520-594-5655).