Weekly Wrap-U.P.! February 25, 2022

Future Dates & Training Opportunities


All times are in Central Standard Time (CST)

February 25, 2022 – Last Day to register for Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 1, 2022- Train U.P.!-WANTED-Cover Art!/Registration Link

March 4, 2022 – Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 4, 2022 – Virtual Town Hall, Facing the Challenge: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries/Registration Link

March 8, 2022 – 9:00 am Auto-Graphics Talks with Ted/Registration Link

March 9, 2022 – 1:00 pm Designing Effective Library Signage/Registration Link

March 10, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Policy Writing & Review”

March 14, 2022-10:00 am-3:00 pm Spring Workday at Grant County Library/Registration Link

March 18, 2022 – 10:00 am Full Board Meeting/Registration Link
Zoom Link

March 21, 2022 – 10 am- 3:00 pm Spring Workday at Scott City Public Library/Registration Link

March 23, 2022-10 am -3:00 Pm Spring Workday at Haskell Township Library/Registration Link

March 30, 2020 – 10 am -3:00pm Spring Workday at Protection Township Library/Registration Link

April 6, 2022 – Workshop: Becoming Agents for Change in DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion). Location TBD in Dodge City.

June 9, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Intellectual Freedom”

September 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Cultural Humility”

December 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Lead From Where You Are”


System Spotlight


If you would like to highlight your library, we’d like to hear from you. Whether it’s about your activities, programs, or anything else that is going on that you’re proud of we can hold a spotlight on your library here in the Weekly Wrap UP if you email Jody at jhattrup@swkls.org


Painting Quilt

Protection Township Library Barn Quilt Painting Class

On February 20, 2022, Protection Township Library had a Barn Quilt Painting class. The class was so successful that the library will repeat the class on May 7th, 2022, to prepare for Mother’s Day. The painting class offered a variety of barn quilt designs as well as sizes. It was a great event to bring together new and old friends.

Plains New Program

The Plains Library is now offering the program 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten.  Plains has a local community partner that is providing all families that sign up their littles with a free book, snacks, and a chance and winning their own reading chair.  Throughout the program, they have put up a photo booth wall.  At every 100 books, they have signs for the kids to hold up to show their progress.  Then they will add them to our photo wall.  Plains Library has done a soft launch and have 11 kids already signed up.  As they go along they will win free books and at the end, we will give them a custom t-shirt and a completion certificate.  Plains Library already have one kiddo that is really rocking the program. Well done Plains Library!!

Parents’ permission to share.

Hanston City Library New Director

We would like to introduce Kalli Favela, the new Hanston City Library Director to the system. Kalli is originally from Alliance, Nebraska. She moved to Hanston, KS in 2014. She has 4 children that go to school in Jetmore, KS. Her husband is Ronnie Favela and he works for Good Earth Ranch Inc. in Hanston. Kalli loves crafting, reading, spending time with my kids and ALL my animals. She is a part of the Economic Development Board and she helps with several community groups. She is honored to be a part of the Hanston City Library and is excited to visit with all the people that come into Haston City Library. She says “This is a great opportunity for her, as I am going back to college and getting my social work degree.” We are excited to have her on board as SWKLS member.


Consulting


Full Board Meeting March 18

The next Full Board meeting is March 18. This meeting is an on-line meeting and will begin at 10:00 am that morning. To register for the meeting here is the Registration Link and the join the Zoom room you will need this Zoom Link

Niche Academy Free Designing Effective Library Signage Webinar

Wednesday, March 9, Niche Academy is having a free Designing Effective Library Signage: Communicating Strategically to Your Users at no cost. It will begin at 1:00 pm CT.

“Mark Aaron Polger will discuss some of the best practice guidelines when designing effective library signage….Topics will include how to compose an effective signage message, design basics, the different types of digital signage, mounting/placement, and ADA compliance.”

“Mr. Polger, will also, “discuss the steps in creating a library signage document….discuss digital signage and the different technical specifications needed for digital signage system in your library”.

If you are interested in attending you can Register at the Link.

Auto-Graphics Talks with Ted

The next “Talks with Ted” will be March 8, 2022. It will begin at 9:00 am CT. If you are interested in attending here is the Registration Link. Remember when you attend these “Talks with Ted” they do count for Continuing Education. However, the System office does not get notified of who attends so you will need to email Richard that you attended the session so he can add it to your CE File.

Important Details About Summer Library Program Workshop

The Summer Library Program Workshop is fast approaching and I hope everyone is getting excited about the workshop. Just a little reminder to bring your laptop. We are doing a training in the afternoon on a program called Scratch. This program teaches kids the basics of coding. If you like to get a small description of the Scratch program the following link is a recording from a Train U.P. Session. Click here for the recording. If you do not have a laptop we will have extras that you can use for the afternoon. 

We have included a map of First Church of God parking options. If these locations are filled which we are not anticipating there is parking at the Farmers’ Market grocery store. The Farmers’ Market is just a short distance from the church. If you prefer to be chauffeured, feel free to call Richard’s cell phone at 620-474-3321. The Farmers’ Market address is 1800 Central Ave Dodge City, Ks 67801 please park on the east side of the parking lot. An email will follow closer to the event.


Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL


Location TBD in Dodge City. All are welcome! 9:30 – 3:30ish

Bucklin Library completed VMV22 in record time–just 17 days! Thank you for all of your hard work; we all benefit.

SHAREit Update

On Thursday, Caroline Handwork from NEKLS sent an email to all of the ILLers in the state. She made a few announcements, and, most importantly, provided instructions how to update our lender lists in SHAREit. If you have not already done so, please complete this step. Call Kelly if you have any questions. Thank you!


Technology


Workdays

Anyone and everyone are welcome to join a Spring Workday in the month of March. Need some time to get ready for the Summer Reading Program or maybe you would like to schedule Facebook posts so you don’t have to worry about them. Jody Hattrup the Technology Trainer will be at the following locations in the month of March for any assistance you may need. You are welcome to arrive and leave at your convenience but Jody will be at the locations from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. She also is able to assist with any website changes that need to be updated. Workdays were designed to meet outside your library so you have no interruptions and help is accessible. Please register if you are interested.

Grant County Library/Registration Link

Scott City Public Library/Registration Link

Haskell Township Library/Registration Link

Protection Township Library/Registration Link

Weekly Wrap-U.P.! February 18, 2022

Future Dates & Training Opportunities


All times are in Central Standard Time (CST)

February 22, 2022 by the end of the day – Submit your item barcode order to Kelly

February 24, 2022, 4:00 pm – “Freedom to Read Roundtable”

February 25, 2022 – Last Day to register for Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 1, 2022- Train U.P.!-WANTED-Cover Art!/Registration Link

March 4, 2022 – Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 4, 2022 – Virtual Town Hall, Facing the Challenge: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries/Registration Link

March 10, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Policy Writing & Review”

March 18, 2022 – 10:00 am Full Board Meeting Registration Link
Zoom Link

April 6, 2022 – Workshop: Becoming Agents for Change in DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion). Location TBD.

June 9, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Intellectual Freedom”

September 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Cultural Humility”

December 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Lead From Where You Are”


System Spotlight


If you would like to highlight your library, we’d like to hear from you. Whether it’s about your activities, programs, or anything else that is going on that you’re proud of we can hold a spotlight on your library here in the Weekly Wrap UP if you email Jody at jhattrup@swkls.org


New Look for Haskell Township Library Website

Anna Klassen the head librarian at Haskell Township Library put in many hours on their website to give it a facelift. Her hard work paid off they now have an aesthetically pleasing website that is also very user-friendly. Great Job Anna!! Click here to check it out.


Consulting


Full Board Meeting March 18

The next Full Board meeting is March 18. This meeting is an on-line meeting and will begin at 10:00 am that morning. To register for the meeting here is the Registration Link and the join the Zoom room you will need this Zoom Link

C.E. Certificates

I mentioned during the January Board Meeting that Tandy and I would begin working on the Continuing Education Certificates. We have deactivated staff members from our member libraries that we knew no longer were at their respective libraries. Tandy or I will be getting with some of the member libraries to make sure we have the correct staff listed for your specific library if we have any specific staffing questions.

During the April 22, Full Board hybrid meeting we will handout benchmark certificates for these levels:

LV 1 – 100 hours; LV 2 – 250 hours, LV3 – 400 hours; LV4 – 550 hours; LV5 – 700; LV6 850 hours; and LV7 – 1000 hours.

Virtual Town Hall: Facing the Challenge

For any of our member librarians that will not be able to make the Summer Library Program workshop on March 4, there is another virtual town hall that you might like to attend. Censorship and Intellectual Freedom are being discussed in several different sessions this year. Another opportunity to take part in the discussion will be March 4, from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm. The Town Hall will be hosted by PLA and is entitled “Facing the Challenge: Intellectual Freedom in Libraries”. If you are interested here is the registration link for this free session.

The panelists will be: Deb Sica, Deputy County Librarian at Alameda County Library (Freemont, CA); Cindy Hohl, Director of Branch Operations at the Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, MO); Kathy Carroll, newly elected member of the ALA Executive Board and immediate past president of American Association of School Librarians (Blythewood, SC); and Melanie Huggins, PLA President and Executive Director of Richland Library (Columbia, SC).

Important Details About Summer Library Program Workshop

The Summer Library Program Workshop is fast approaching and I hope everyone is getting excited about the workshop. Just a little reminder to bring your laptop. We are doing a training in the afternoon on a program called Scratch. This program teaches kids the basics of coding. If you like to get a small description of the Scratch program the following link is a recording from a Train U.P. Session. Click here for the recording. If you do not have a laptop we will have extras that you can use for the afternoon. 

We have included a map of First Church of God parking options. If these locations are filled which we are not anticipating there is parking at the Farmers’ Market grocery store. The Farmers’ Market is just a short distance from the church. If you prefer to be chauffeured, feel free to call Richard’s cell phone at 620-474-3321. The Farmers’ Market address is 1800 Central Ave Dodge City, Ks 67801 please park on the east side of the parking lot. An email will follow closer to the event.


Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL


Location TBD in Dodge City.

We will welcome another guest speaker to the schedule: Erica Young. Ms. Young is a lawyer based in KCKS, and she specializes in DEI. She will discuss awareness in such areas as DEI vernacular, Human Resources, title challenges, etc., with a particular emphasis on small rural libraries. Truly, she is an impressive lady, and we’re so lucky to have her with us. Learn more / Link

You may remember that we will also host Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle, the first African American Female Vice President for Military and Veterans Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer at Wichita State University. Learn more / Link

Item Barcode Orders Are Due on 2/22.

I will submit our next barcode order at the end of the day on Tuesday. If you need barcodes, email me with the desired amount in increments of 1,000, the exact name of the library, and the starting number. The cost is $29/1,000 + shipping.
Please and thank you!


Technology


Papercut!!

SWKLS tech team is happy to announce we have all the Papercut servers installed and everyone in the system has access to mobile printing!! The graphic to the left has Facebook dimensions for a post. Everyone is welcome to use this graphic and add their own logo to it for social media purposes. Feel free to simply share on the SWKLS Facebook page. Click here for SWKLS’s Facebook page for the graphic.

The infographic will be distributed to members the day of the Summer Library Program Workshop. If you do not plan on attending the workshop please contact Tandy and she can make arrangements.

Weekly Wrap-U.P.! February 11, 2022

Future Dates & Training Opportunities


All times are in Central Standard Time (CST)

February 15, 2022, 1:30 pm – “Reconsideration Process for Libraries”/Zoom Link

February 24, 2022, 4:00 pm – “Freedom to Read Roundtable”

February 25, 2022 – Last Day to register for Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 4, 2022 – Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 10, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Policy Writing & Review”

April 6, 2022 – Workshop: Becoming Agents for Change in DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion). Location TBD. (See below.)

June 9, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Intellectual Freedom”

September 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Cultural Humility”

December 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Lead From Where You Are”


System Spotlight


If you would like to highlight your library, we’d like to hear from you. Whether it’s about your activities, programs or anything else that is going on that you’re proud of we can hold a spotlight on your library here in the Weekly Wrap UP if you email Jody at jhattrup@swkls.org



Consulting


February Train UP “Overview of PLIX with S.T.E.A.M. References presented by Jennifer McCulley

Library Advocacy

The Kansas Library Association, Governmental Affairs Committee has decided to not have an in person advocacy day at the State Capitol this year.

The Committee is suggesting different things to do each month during the year. For the month of February the committee encourages local librarians to work with your local newspaper on an article on how your library is funded and how the funding impacts services that you can provide for your community.

Reconsideration Policies and Your Library

Central Kansas Library System is having a continuation of the discussion of reconsideration policies and your library. Books are being challenged more and more within libraries. They are opening this discussion up to anyone who would like to join in throughout the state. The session will be on February 15, 2022, at 1:30 p.m. Here is the Zoom Link to participate in the discussion.

Gail Santy, Chrisitie Snyder, Maribeth Shafer, and Patty Collins will facilitate the discussion. The discussion will be on: new book challenges that have been submitted since January and revisiting past challenges; proposed legislation that could effect library collections; and where to find book reviews to assist you in your collection development.

Last Day to Register for Summer Library Program is February 25th, 2022

Join us on Friday, March 4, 2022, at First Church of God for a fun-filled day of “Ocean of Possibilities”.Miss Patty Collins and Miss Diane Bott from Central Kansas Library System are presenting on 2022 Summer Library Program manual and going to show you that program planning is easier than digging for buried treasure.

We will have an afternoon session on Scratch so don’t forget your laptops. See you there. Click here to register.


Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL


Workshop location is TBD, so mark your calendars! All are welcome.

EBSCO – Our new accounts receivable representative is. . .

Congratulations, Bucklin Public Library!

Bucklin has just launched Very Merry VERSO 2022, and the staff is off to a tremendous start. Thank you for your inspiration!

Books for Africa Charity

I have only just heard about this opportunity, and it is exciting! If your library is interested in participating, here is the contact information:


Technology


WordPress Update 5.9

WordPress did an update you may notice two features that make it easy to edit in pages and posts.

1st – WordPress now has a sidebar that shows how the page is layed out. You can also remove blocks and drag & drop blocks where you want them in the sidebar. The ellipsis gives you a menu to remove, insert before and insert after. The ellipsis shows up on each block in the sidebar.

Ellipsis

2nd – When you add a new add block the (+) plus icon will be toward the bottom right of the block instead of the middle. Also where ever your cursor is at that time that is where WordPress will add the block. Each time you add a block you have to choose what kind of block you want instead of WordPress automatically adding paragraph blocks.

Weekly Wrap-U.P.! February 4, 2022

Future Dates & Training Opportunities


All times are in Central Standard Time (CST)

February 7, 2022, 10:00 am – 11:30 am – Summer Reading Program Family Idea Swap/Idea Submittal Link & Registration Link

February 8, 2022- Train U.P.!- STEAM/Registration Link

February 10, 2022, 10:00 am – Summer Reading Program Family Idea Swap/Zoom Link

February 10, 2022, 11: am – 12:00 pm – Western Kansas Community Foundation Overview Webinar/Registration Information is below.

February 24, 2022, 4:00 pm – “Freedom to Read Roundtable”

March 4, 2022 – Summer (Reading) Library Program Workshop/Registration Link

March 10, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Policy Writing & Review”

April 6, 2022 – SWKLS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Workshop. Location TBD.

June 9, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Intellectual Freedom”

September 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Cultural Humility”

December 8, 2022 – After Lunch Course “Lead From Where You Are”


System Spotlight


If you would like to highlight your library, we’d like to hear from you. Whether it’s about your activities, programs or anything else that is going on that you’re proud of we can hold a spotlight on your library here in the Weekly Wrap UP if you email Jody at jhattrup@swkls.org


February Fun!!

Morton County Library has some fun new additions to its library for the month of February. In Memory of Darlene Nelson, The Morton County Library is just “Hopping Green!”  Darlene Collected Frogs throughout the years, (not intentionally either) from her friends & family members for every occasion.  In this display alone, there are over 125 frogs!  The Library is CROAKING with FROGS! 

Returning this year at Morton County Library, Blind Date With a Book! Why not give a new book a shot without judging it’s cover. We are encouraging patrons to read 50 pages in the book before giving up on it!

Blind Date Books

Consulting


State Library Survey

The System Libraries are two thirds finished in submitting the 2021 State Library Survey this year. For the nine that still have to submit remember the deadline is this weekend, February 6, 2021. If you aren’t going to make it by that deadline you can contact Alice Smith, LSTA & State Data Coordinator, at 785-296-2008 or by email alice.smith@ks.gov. You will need to do so today for her to give your library an extension.

S.T.E.A.M. Train UP! this Tuesday at 2:00 pm

MIT Media Lab researchers have been teaming up with librarians across the country to create a variety of fun, educational programs under PLIX (Public Library Innovation Exchange). Join Jennifer McCulley, Youth Services Coordinator at McPherson Public Library and Creative Learning Ambassador for PLIX to learn about the program. You will learn how to access pre-prepared activities, resources, online workshops for librarians and a fantastic forum of librarians there to help. We’ll work through a sample activity to show you how easy it will be to implement creative learning in your library. Be prepared with some stuff from your craft supplies (or recycle bin)–because we are doing a program sample that will cost you next to nothing-Space Food!

Summer Reading Program Idea Swap February 10th

This next Thursday is the Summer Reading Program Idea Swap, February 10, starting at 10:00 am. The Swap is planned to be one and a half hours long. If we get done earlier we will do so for everyone to return to the regular work schedule. For those that registered you should have received an email from Anna Foote, Youth Consultant for NEKLS. If you don’t receive the Zoom link by Monday let me know, however the Zoom link is above in the calendar and here.

2 Factor Authentication

The System office is still waiting for the information from our Insurance Agent concerning two factor authentication. When we receive this information, office staff will ask any additional questions on how this will affect the System office and our member libraries. We want to ensure the information that we relay to you is as accurate as can be from us.

Recording of State Survey Overview from January 13, 2022

Join us on Friday, March 4, 2022 at First Church of God for a fun fill a day of “Ocean of Possibilities”.Miss Patty Collins and Miss Diane Bott from Central Kansas Library System are presenting on 2022 Summer Library Program manual and going to show you that program planning is easier than digging for buried treasure.

We will have an afternoon session on Scratch so don’t forget your laptops. See you there. Click here to register.


Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL


Dear Catalogers: A Word about Brief Bibs…

Auto-Graphics and I have been discussing brief bibs and how to save the circ history once the brief bib has been deleted. Here is what Paul has taught me:

I have run a number of tests and unfortunately when you do delete the brief bib or even merge it to another record the circulation history of that item is lost. If you wanted to, it may be better to build out the brief bib instead of removing it, giving it better bibliographic information. When in AGcat, you can find a record in a cataloging resource and open the record up. Then you can open up the brief bib in AGcat as well and you will have 2 windows open in AGcat. Then under record you can use the “Copy Bibliographic data for overlay” (kind of like a merge) and bring over record data from the one record to the brief record and then save the brief record with the good bib info.
*If you are interested in trying this procedure, you can create a list of ISBNs of the brief bibs with circ history you would like to keep, and send it to me. I can perform this “overlay” and see what happens. It might be a fun experiment!

This is the document we created and edited together as a result of our cataloging workshop, Crafting Your Collection 2021. Please keep a copy handy. We will revise this document during CYC2022 later in the year. Thank you for all of your comments! (Visit the link above and scroll all the way down to the end.)


Technology


Join us for the Train U.P. Tuesday, February 8, 2022, where Jennifer McCulley will present on S.T.E.A.M. Click here for the registration link.

Data Cleanup Challenge Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Data Cleanup Challenge for National Data Privacy Day. Hope the Data Cleanup Challenge was beneficial to those who participated. The winners of the Data Cleanup Challenge are Yaneth Holguin from Kinsley Public Library, Laurie Crawford from Stevens County Library, and Savanah Moomaw from Lane County Library.