SEKLS Visits…the photos

Roger and I toured all of the public and academic libraries in the Southeast Kansas Library System and while I didn't take pictures at all of them, I did capture a few that I wanted to share. Up First - Arma (pop. 1,418). I LOVE her mural - it's completely creative and copyright friendly. Brenda …

Humanities Kansas #SHARP Recovery Grant

Humanities Kansas - SHARP Recovery Grant NotesJuly 13, 2021 Webinar (recorded) Leslie VanHolten - Humanities Kansas | lvh@humanitieskansas.org Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (#SHARP) National Endowment for the Humanities funding NEH provided for redistribution as grants to cultural organizations in Kansas.  Operations Grants (CARES Funding in 2020, similar) Staff salaries & benefits, …

Budgeting Workshop Notes

From May 2021 with Stacy Jaramillo Matters of Interest: HB 2238 - Gifts to construct a library - there was a $500,000 limit. Keep track of this one. SB 13 - more later...Audit submission due Dec. 2021 for 2020 audit, extension requests must be recordedMunicipal Services is testing a new audit and budget portalBudget workbooks …

We’ve Been Here Before Program Series

The public libraries in Leavenworth, Lansing, Tonganoxie, Basehor, Linwood, Bonner Springs, and Atchison came together to create a series of programs in support of Kansas Beats the Virus. We elected to use our programming clout to help share information about how “We’ve Been Here Before”. We started with the 1918 Flu and Jack from Bonner …

Unconference March 26 – KS Library Association’s Public Library Section

As Secretary of the Public Library Section (PLS), I invite you to join us at a member's only unconference on Friday, March 26 at 10 am. Registration for this Zoom event is now available. What's an unconference, you ask? It's a conference where the topics are decided “on the spot” by participants. What interests or …

ARSL: Library Ethics 101: What Would You Do?

Central Kansas Library System/Great Bend Public Library Director Gail Santy, along with Maribeth Shafer, Assistant Director, and Youth Services consultant Patty Collins. Watched 1/11/2021 (ARSL extended access). Library Ethics 101 Slides Download This 2-hour Q&A pulled ethical questions and examples from the chat and experiences as regional consultants. I have 4 pages of notes, just …

MALA: Taking Care of Your Staff and Yourself During the Pandemic

Presented online by April Roy on Dec. 16, 2020 for the Mid-America Library Alliance Presentation SlidesDownload Resources for cultivating self-compassionDownload Presentation recording How Are You? Happy | Okay | Tired | Bored | Like a bag of trash (ha ha)The majority were tired - and this crisis in exhausting. How can we make sure everyone …

ARSL: The E’s of Libraries (Marketing)

Proving Your Library's Value: Persuasive, Organized, and Memorable Messaging with Alan Fishel & Jillian Wentworth - Information about the United for Libraries initiative that ended up with the publication of a book to help libraries with memorable messaging. Proving Your Library's Value PresentationDownload The E's of Libraries: Education | Employment | Entrepreneurship | Empowerment | …

Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations – ARSL 2020

Amanda Johnson and Lauren Clossey - State Library of North CarolinaWebinar is available through the end of December 2020 if you signed up for the ARSL conference (whova) and I completely and whole-heartedly recommend viewing this one, as evidenced by my 7 pages of notes. Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations PowerPoint Slides (.pdf) Blurb: …

ALA 2017: Patrons First

Originally written in 2017 - Found this half-finished, unpublished post with notes from ALA 2017. Still looks like good information. Wonder if I can find more! - Sharon 12/9/2020 Patrons First. Better Service than Amazon and Nordstrom: Secrets to How It's Done Presented by Arapahoe Library District: Jane Martel,Customer Experience Coordinator; Linda Speas, Director of …