Summer Reading Grants
The Southwest Kansas Library System invites public libraries to submit applications for the 2008 Summer Reading Library Programming Grants. Funded activities should occur between May 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008. The window for submissions of the 2008 summer reading programming grant applications is April 1 – May 31, 2008. Complete guidelines and application forms can be accessed by following this link or on the Forms page by way of the left navigation bar.
LEEP Phasing OUT
By Emily Sitz, Director, Southwest Kansas Library System
March Newsletter Excerpt
The State Library’s Library Employee Education Program (LEEP) project will be phased out by the end of calendar year 2009. According to State Library Continuing Education Coordinator Shannon Roy, it has been in place since 1989 and the project administrators and coordinators have witnessed the most amazing growth in library education and in-service training as a result of the program. It has been a remarkable success story, with thousands of LEEP certificates awarded by the seven regional systems and the larger libraries. It has been a dramatic illustration of the fast-growing commitment Kansas librarians have to their career development and to lifelong learning. Read more…
Legislative Day 2008
By Sara McFarland, SWKLS Consultant
March Newsletter Excerpt
Six Southwest Kansas librarians joined librarians from across the state of Kansas on February 21st to advocate for Libraries! Apparently our efforts did pay off as the House Education Budget Committee met to vote on the budget and enhancement package requests made by the State Library of Kansas. Rosanne E. Siemens, KLA Executive Director, reported in an email, that three of the five requests that KLA supported this year are advancing: funding for the Statewide Courier System, the Talking Books Promotions, and the Statewide Youth Services Consultant for Libraries were all recommended to the House Appropriations Committee as items that should be looked at during Omnibus. This means all of these requests are still very much alive. Read more…
Drowning in Spam?
By Charlene McGuire, Technology Consultant Supervisor
March Newsletter Excerpt
Is your inbox overflowing with spam? Believe it or not, your behavior online plays a big role in who has access to your email address - and that includes spammers. Regardless of how it got there you can take steps to reduce the amount of junk flooding your inbox. Read more…
Sunflower Sol!
By Janelle Jarboe, Assistant Technology Consultant
March Newsletter Excerpt
We had three workshops in Western Kansas for Sunflower Sol: Spanish Outreach for Libraries. These classes were held in Colby, Hugoton, and Garden City. We had 37 library staff members, volunteers, and trustees attend. Attendees should be receiving a certification of completion via email from Cindi Hickey. The workshop will count as 6 hours of credit. If you are a SWKLS library we will also add the contact hours to your CE credit here at the office.
The workshops were great, and we all had such a wonderful experience. Through the workshops librarians shared ideas and learned about reaching out, diversity, culture, and marketing to the Spanish-speaking community.
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