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Invoke innovation among all staff.
- Received approval for mini grant awarded to staff who implement ideas from the idea generator.
- Began building the Inspiration Academy to inspire staff with targeted completion date of March 2020.
Deliver innovative and creative programs and services
- Continued to grow Library of Things.
  - Added 5 induction cooktops.
  - Added 3 Oculus Go.
  - Added 1 basic sewing machine
Continued to grow Programs in a Box
- Added 28 Programs in a Box
Expanded exhibits in all libraries.
- Santa Margarita Library hosted Smithsonian traveling poster exhibit “City of Hope.”
- Cambria & Morro Bay Library hosted Hearst Tilework display.
- Cambria Library hosted Julia Morgan Architectural Facsimiles display.
- All branches hosted Centennial local history photo display.
- San Luis Obispo Library hosted American Farmer and Sign of the Times exhibits.
Increased innovative services for adults
- Partnered with CA State Parks and offered Hearst Castle programs 20 programs in various branches.
- Record number of adults (703) participated in the Adult Summer Reading Program.
- Atascadero Library began programming for disabled adults.
- San Luis Obispo Library partnered with Shower the People to offer shower services on Sundays.
- Los Osos and Morro Bay Libraries offering virtual reality programming with the Oculus Quest.
- Partnered with Meals that Connect in Los Osos to provide homebound book delivery.
- Began outreach to senior care facilities in Arroyo Grande and Nipomo Libraries.
- Began offering Family Literacy services via partnership with Literacy for Life.
- Hosted the Library Centennial event at the Dallidet Adobe.
- Launched Yewno, a conceptual searching database.
Measure impact of and sustain innovation and creative programs and services
- Used Public Library Association’s Project Outcome to measure the impact of Cambria Library’s New Communities

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