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System Spotlight

By Christopher Dressler

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Mental Health Awareness Month

The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April.

They had a variety of events including:

On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and Biology, titled “Mental Health: It’s Not Just Your Mind.”

On April 14, the Library will showed the Disney Pixar movie “Inside Out,”

On April 18, the library will hosted “A Conversation About Suicide,” which will be presented by Paulina Duenas, DC3 Title V Outreach and Retention Assistant; Richard Falcon, Compass Behavioral Health Program Supervisor; and the DC3 I AM Club.

On April 26, the library hosted its monthly Read and CONQuer book discussion, which will highlighted the book “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessel van der Kolk. If you would like more information about these past events, please contact the DCCC LRC or Lance Ziesch – DC3 Assistant Director of Marketing and Community Relations

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Future Dates & Training Opportunities

April 21, 2023, 10:00 am – SWKLS Hybrid Board Meeting at Dodge City Public Library/Registration Link – Zoom Link

April 26, 2023, 1:00 pm – Niche Academy “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs/Registration Link

May 5, 2023, 10:00 am – #TrendyLibrarian – Registration Link

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Consulting

By Richard Brookman

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April 21 System Board Meeting

If you haven’t signed up for next Friday’s System Board Meeting you can still do so at this link. The meeting will be held at the Dodge City Public Library upstairs in the Lois Flanagan Room. Lunch will be on your own if you come in person.

Then at roughly 1:00 pm we will have a Director’s Forum for discussion topics that you wish to share with the group. To encourage in-person attendance remember that any CE after the meeting is for those that attend the meeting and will not be recorded.

If you can’t come to the System Board Meeting you can attend through Zoom using this link.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor geralt

Scanning Items and Copyright

This past month Federal Judge John G. Koeltl ruled in the case of publishers against the Internet Archive.  The ruling was in favor of the publishers stating that the scanning of books and lending on the internet, that the Internet Archive model presents, does not meet the “Fair Use” standards.

Some quick points the judge brought out were: 1) scanning the book did not have a transformative effect on the item; 2) “first sale argument” isn’t a factor as “in ReDigi, the Court of Appeals held that the first sale doctrine…does not include a right of reproduction”; 3) the model of the Internet Archive did have an impact on “market value”, because of the current e-content market and that the model incentivized libraries “ ‘to offer IA’s bootleg e-books’ rather than to ‘pay for authorized e-book licenses.’ ”

The judge did state that anything that is within the public domain can be scanned and distributed by libraries.

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, has stated that they will be appealing the ruling.

So when scanning something for your local collection be sure to follow copyright law. This includes books and pictures.

Reference – “In a Swift Decision, Judge Eviscerates Internet Archive’s Scanning and Lending Program, Publishersweekly.com, Andrew Albanese, March 25, 2023. Reference link to read the full article.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor prverss

Webinar on Exhibits in Your Library

Niche Academy is offering a webinar entitled “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs”. This session will be on April 26 at 1:00 pm Central Time.

Patti Gibbons, co-author of Exhibits & Displays: A Practical Guide for Librarians, will be the presenter. The discussion will entail ways to kickstart and grow an exhibit program. Key points discussed will be: key exhibit development; curation; outreach advice; and tips to engage and “wow” visitors at your library.

If you are interested in attending “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs you can register at this link.

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Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Sara Wilson

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Collection Development Inspiration

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Local Non-Fiction

New Resources for You!

StoryWalk®s

These new StoryWalk®s are now available! Paddington in London, Blue Sky White Stars, and Pete the Cat: Play Ball! Paddington and Pete the Cat are in English only and Blue Sky White Stars is bilingual (English/Spanish).

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In Literary News

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Matthew Perry Regrets Being a Bad Friend to Keanu Reeves in His Recent Memoir

Matthew Perry, most famous for playing the part of Chandler Bing in the 90’s sitcom Friends, published a memoir about his life and times on the set, entitled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing which was released at the tail end of last year. But, Mr. Perry has some regrets, notably when it comes to what he said about actor Keanu Reeves. He’s so regretful, in fact, that he’s made a promise that future editions of his book will have the part about Keanu edited out. So, what did he say? Click here to find out.

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Recent Book Challenge Issues Making the News

Libraries are feeling the impact of book challenges across the country. Here are some recent news reports involving book challenges and bans across the United States. (Special thanks to Sara Koehn, Director of Haskell Township Public Library and Sean Bird, Interim Dean of University Libraries at Washburn University for their contributions to this list!)

The 13 Most Banned Books of 2022: ‘Gender Queer’ Tops Library Association’s List for a Second Year

Fargo, West Fargo Library Directors Outline Widespread Impacts of Proposed Book Bans

Boise Area Library Quietly Removes ‘Challenged’ Books From Its Collection

Public Libraries Caught in Political Book Ban Crossfire

ALA OIF Blog 04.07.23: https://www.oif.ala.org/intellectual-freedom-news-04-14-2023/

First Amendment Coalition: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news-opinion/first-amendment-news/

Empowered by Reading (Unitedagainstbookbans): https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Empowered-by-Reading-final.pdf

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VERSO Users: Issues Printing Barcode Labels

From VERSO Customer Service Manager Alan Mask:

Some of you may have noticed that there is an issue with printing barcode Avery 5160 labels.  Our Development and QA teams are working on correcting the issue.  We have found that some customers have success printing to PDF, which may help in the interim. 

I am happy to report that we will be sending an update to your VERSO system, overnight, to address label printing issue.

With so many variables to consider, we worked on a solution that is agnostic and should return you back to your normal processes.  

Depending on what options your printer offers, we recommended the following settings:

Paper size: Letter

Borderless Printing: Off

Print Quality: Normal or Plain

Orientation: Normal or Default (portrait)

Scaling: Off

Size: Actual size or 100%

On behalf of Auto-Graphics, I apologize for this inconvenience.

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Technology

by Christopher Dressler

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System Spotlight

By Christopher Dressler

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Mental Health Awareness Month

The Dodge City Community College (DC3) Library is celebrated Mental Health Awareness in April.

They had a variety of events including:

On April 13, April Science Café, which will be a presentationed by Dr. Jennifer Bernatis, DC3 Professor of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) and Biology, titled “Mental Health: It’s Not Just Your Mind.”

On April 14, the Library will showed the Disney Pixar movie “Inside Out,”

On April 18, the library will hosted “A Conversation About Suicide,” which will be presented by Paulina Duenas, DC3 Title V Outreach and Retention Assistant; Richard Falcon, Compass Behavioral Health Program Supervisor; and the DC3 I AM Club.

On April 26, the library hosted its monthly Read and CONQuer book discussion, which will highlighted the book “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma” by Bessel van der Kolk. If you would like more information about these past events, please contact the DCCC LRC or Lance Ziesch – DC3 Assistant Director of Marketing and Community Relations

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Future Dates & Training Opportunities

April 21, 2023, 10:00 am – SWKLS Hybrid Board Meeting at Dodge City Public Library/Registration Link – Zoom Link

April 26, 2023, 1:00 pm – Niche Academy “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs/Registration Link

May 5, 2023, 10:00 am – #TrendyLibrarian – Registration Link

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Consulting

By Richard Brookman

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April 21 System Board Meeting

If you haven’t signed up for next Friday’s System Board Meeting you can still do so at this link. The meeting will be held at the Dodge City Public Library upstairs in the Lois Flanagan Room. Lunch will be on your own if you come in person.

Then at roughly 1:00 pm we will have a Director’s Forum for discussion topics that you wish to share with the group. To encourage in-person attendance remember that any CE after the meeting is for those that attend the meeting and will not be recorded.

If you can’t come to the System Board Meeting you can attend through Zoom using this link.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor geralt

Scanning Items and Copyright

This past month Federal Judge John G. Koeltl ruled in the case of publishers against the Internet Archive.  The ruling was in favor of the publishers stating that the scanning of books and lending on the internet, that the Internet Archive model presents, does not meet the “Fair Use” standards.

Some quick points the judge brought out were: 1) scanning the book did not have a transformative effect on the item; 2) “first sale argument” isn’t a factor as “in ReDigi, the Court of Appeals held that the first sale doctrine…does not include a right of reproduction”; 3) the model of the Internet Archive did have an impact on “market value”, because of the current e-content market and that the model incentivized libraries “ ‘to offer IA’s bootleg e-books’ rather than to ‘pay for authorized e-book licenses.’ ”

The judge did state that anything that is within the public domain can be scanned and distributed by libraries.

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, has stated that they will be appealing the ruling.

So when scanning something for your local collection be sure to follow copyright law. This includes books and pictures.

Reference – “In a Swift Decision, Judge Eviscerates Internet Archive’s Scanning and Lending Program, Publishersweekly.com, Andrew Albanese, March 25, 2023. Reference link to read the full article.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor prverss

Webinar on Exhibits in Your Library

Niche Academy is offering a webinar entitled “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs”. This session will be on April 26 at 1:00 pm Central Time.

Patti Gibbons, co-author of Exhibits & Displays: A Practical Guide for Librarians, will be the presenter. The discussion will entail ways to kickstart and grow an exhibit program. Key points discussed will be: key exhibit development; curation; outreach advice; and tips to engage and “wow” visitors at your library.

If you are interested in attending “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs you can register at this link.

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Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Sara Wilson

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Collection Development Inspiration

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Local Non-Fiction

New Resources for You!

StoryWalk®s

These new StoryWalk®s are now available! Paddington in London, Blue Sky White Stars, and Pete the Cat: Play Ball! Paddington and Pete the Cat are in English only and Blue Sky White Stars is bilingual (English/Spanish).

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In Literary News

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Matthew Perry Regrets Being a Bad Friend to Keanu Reeves in His Recent Memoir

Matthew Perry, most famous for playing the part of Chandler Bing in the 90’s sitcom Friends, published a memoir about his life and times on the set, entitled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing which was released at the tail end of last year. But, Mr. Perry has some regrets, notably when it comes to what he said about actor Keanu Reeves. He’s so regretful, in fact, that he’s made a promise that future editions of his book will have the part about Keanu edited out. So, what did he say? Click here to find out.

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Recent Book Challenge Issues Making the News

Libraries are feeling the impact of book challenges across the country. Here are some recent news reports involving book challenges and bans across the United States. (Special thanks to Sara Koehn, Director of Haskell Township Public Library and Sean Bird, Interim Dean of University Libraries at Washburn University for their contributions to this list!)

The 13 Most Banned Books of 2022: ‘Gender Queer’ Tops Library Association’s List for a Second Year

Fargo, West Fargo Library Directors Outline Widespread Impacts of Proposed Book Bans

Boise Area Library Quietly Removes ‘Challenged’ Books From Its Collection

Public Libraries Caught in Political Book Ban Crossfire

ALA OIF Blog 04.07.23: https://www.oif.ala.org/intellectual-freedom-news-04-14-2023/

First Amendment Coalition: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news-opinion/first-amendment-news/

Empowered by Reading (Unitedagainstbookbans): https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Empowered-by-Reading-final.pdf

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VERSO Users: Issues Printing Barcode Labels

From VERSO Customer Service Manager Alan Mask:

Some of you may have noticed that there is an issue with printing barcode Avery 5160 labels.  Our Development and QA teams are working on correcting the issue.  We have found that some customers have success printing to PDF, which may help in the interim. 

I am happy to report that we will be sending an update to your VERSO system, overnight, to address label printing issue.

With so many variables to consider, we worked on a solution that is agnostic and should return you back to your normal processes.  

Depending on what options your printer offers, we recommended the following settings:

Paper size: Letter

Borderless Printing: Off

Print Quality: Normal or Plain

Orientation: Normal or Default (portrait)

Scaling: Off

Size: Actual size or 100%

On behalf of Auto-Graphics, I apologize for this inconvenience.

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Technology

by Christopher Dressler

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System Spotlight

By Christopher Dressler

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“Words of War: New Poems from Ukraine“

Discussion led by Dr. Galen Boehme
Poems read by Kinsley citizens
“Our Understanding Enhanced” – By Lyuba Curtis

It’s National Poetry Month and Joan Weaver (Director of the Kinsley Public Library) welcomed Lyuba Curtis to read “Our Understanding Enhanced”. She grew up in Kremenchuk, Ukraine but lived most of her life in the city of Kiev.

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Future Dates & Training Opportunities

April 21, 2023, 10:00 am – SWKLS Hybrid Board Meeting at Dodge City Public Library/Registration Link – Zoom Link

April 26, 2023, 1:00 pm – Niche Academy “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs/Registration Link

May 5, 2023, 10:00 am – #TrendyLibrarian – Registration Link

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Consulting

By Richard Brookman

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April 21 System Board Meeting

If you haven’t signed up for next Friday’s System Board Meeting you can still do so at this link. The meeting will be held at the Dodge City Public Library upstairs in the Lois Flanagan Room. Lunch will be on your own if you come in person.

Then at roughly 1:00 pm we will have a Director’s Forum for discussion topics that you wish to share with the group. To encourage in-person attendance remember that any CE after the meeting is for those that attend the meeting and will not be recorded.

If you can’t come to the System Board Meeting you can attend through Zoom using this link.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor geralt

Scanning Items and Copyright

This past month Federal Judge John G. Koeltl ruled in the case of publishers against the Internet Archive.  The ruling was in favor of the publishers stating that the scanning of books and lending on the internet, that the Internet Archive model presents, does not meet the “Fair Use” standards.

Some quick points the judge brought out were: 1) scanning the book did not have a transformative effect on the item; 2) “first sale argument” isn’t a factor as “in ReDigi, the Court of Appeals held that the first sale doctrine…does not include a right of reproduction”; 3) the model of the Internet Archive did have an impact on “market value”, because of the current e-content market and that the model incentivized libraries “ ‘to offer IA’s bootleg e-books’ rather than to ‘pay for authorized e-book licenses.’ ”

The judge did state that anything that is within the public domain can be scanned and distributed by libraries.

Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, has stated that they will be appealing the ruling.

So when scanning something for your local collection be sure to follow copyright law. This includes books and pictures.

Reference – “In a Swift Decision, Judge Eviscerates Internet Archive’s Scanning and Lending Program, Publishersweekly.com, Andrew Albanese, March 25, 2023. Reference link to read the full article.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor prverss

Webinar on Exhibits in Your Library

Niche Academy is offering a webinar entitled “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs”. This session will be on April 26 at 1:00 pm Central Time.

Patti Gibbons, co-author of Exhibits & Displays: A Practical Guide for Librarians, will be the presenter. The discussion will entail ways to kickstart and grow an exhibit program. Key points discussed will be: key exhibit development; curation; outreach advice; and tips to engage and “wow” visitors at your library.

If you are interested in attending “Display It! Kickstarting Library Exhibit Programs you can register at this link.

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Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Sara Wilson

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Collection Development Inspiration

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New Resources for You!

StoryWalk®s

These new StoryWalk®s are now available! The Little Blue Dragon is a bilingual (English/Spanish) StoryWalk®, A Chair for My Mother is an English-language StoryWalk®, and Un Sillón Para Mi Mama is the Spanish-language version.

Professional Collection

Fiction Core Collection has been updated to the newest edition. We’ve also added “Pairing STEAM with Stories: 46 Hands-On Activities for Children” for those of you looking for STEAM-centered children’s programming ideas. This book would pair nicely with the STEM Challenges card box we added to our STEAM Collection last week. 😉

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In Literary News

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Guardians of the Galaxy Expanded Upon in New Book

Fans of Guardians of the Galaxy will be excited to find out that a new book that expands upon the popular saga, Annihilation Conquest, will be coming out on June 27th. From Space.com: “We’re just a month away from the third and final installment of director James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie trilogy and only one week from the launch of Marvel Comics‘ new “Guardians of the Galaxy” ongoing series by writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (“Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty”) with artist Kev Walker and its pivotal Grootfall story arc.” Click this link to read more.

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Recent Book Challenge Issues Making the News

Libraries are feeling the impact of book challenges across the country. Here are some recent news reports involving book challenges and bans across the United States. (Special thanks to Sara Koehn, Director of Haskell Township Public Library and Sean Bird, Interim Dean of University Libraries at Washburn University for their contributions to this list!)

Illustrated Anne Frank Book Removed by Florida School

Canby School Meeting Turns Heated Over Book Ban Push

Book Ban Plan Fails to Advance out of Indiana House Committee

TN Bills Targeting Library Book Publishers, Changing Police Oversight Boards Advance

ALA OIF Blog 04.07.23: https://www.oif.ala.org/intellectual-freedom-news-04-07-2023/

First Amendment Coalition: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news-opinion/first-amendment-news/

Empowered by Reading (Unitedagainstbookbans): https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Empowered-by-Reading-final.pdf

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Barcode Order!

Just as a reminder, I sent out an email on the listserv at the beginning of this week asking if your library needs more barcodes ordered through SWKLS. Here is the text of that email. Please reply by the end of day today to make sure that you get your barcodes sent out with this batch!

I’m getting ready to place another order for barcodes. If your library would like to order some, please respond to this email no later than 04/14. If you order barcodes through SWKLS, we will have them shipped to us and we’ll send them to you on the courier, along with the amount your library owes. 

The information I would need from you would be:

1. The barcode number that you would like this batch to start with.

2. How many barcodes you would like. I can order in batches of 1,000.

3. Whether you would like barcode sheets or barcode rolls. The difference in price is about $5, with the rolls being more expensive.  

4. Your library name as it appears at the top of your barcodes.

5. A picture of 3-4 of your barcodes in order. 

If you have any questions or would like more details, please get in touch with me directly!  Thanks!

For ILLers: Sharing About SHAREit

From SHAREit Product Manager Deborah Hensler:

The next Sharing about SHAREit Q&A is scheduled for Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 1pm.

The topic for April’s webinar is ILL Statistics.

Registration is open at: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/3028270957240247809

As usual, there’s space on the registration form to ask questions in advance, and we try to answer as many as possible that are asked during the session.

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Technology

by Christopher Dressler

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System Spotlight

By Christopher Dressler

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Syracuse Library

Paola designed our last ever display case before construction begins later this spring. We are starting to promote our upcoming Summer Library Camp, “Peace, Love and Reading!” with a message of kindness. 

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Future Dates & Training Opportunities

April 4, 2023, 2:00 pm – Train UP “Windows 11 Intro”- Registration Link/Zoom Link

April 11, 2023, 7:00 pm – “Words for War” at the Kinsley Public Library

April 21, 2023, 10:00 am – SWKLS Hybrid Board Meeting at Dodge City Public Library

May 5, 2023, 10:00 am – #TrendyLibrarian – Registration Link

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Consulting

By Richard Brookman

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Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor ranagy

Legislative Update

As of Monday evening, before I left for ApPLE at Rock Springs, to assist in starting the new class, only one bill had advanced since my last update in the March 10, Weekly Wrap UP.

HB 2236 – Establishing parents’ right to direct the education, upbringing and moral or religious training of their children including the right to object to harmful and inappropriate educational materials. As of April 3, 2023, the status of this bill is that it is in the Senate with a motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor Engin_Akyurt

Kansas Library Week Proclamation by Governor Kelly

Governor Kelly’s office has approved the proclamation of April 23-29 as Kansas library week to go alongside the ALA’s national library week.

Kansas Library Week will focus on a different facet of library life throughout the week.

Monday: Library History – Here at the SLK we will share interesting trivia and get an up-close look (virtually) at the physical collection’s hidden gems.  What’s the history of your library?

Tuesday: Library Worker’s Day – Recognizing our staff’s contributions to our work is so important! Tag us @statelibraryofkansas on Facebook and Instagram so we can share some of that recognition!

Wednesday: Outreach Day – Show us your favorite event or activity from the last year, or maybe ever! It will be great to see everyone having fun! (Highlight the outreach folks for TB?)

Thursday:  Throw Back Thursday is a round-up of everyone’s favorite childhood book. Be sure to tell us why it’s your favorite!

Friday: Bookface Friday – Let’s see what you’ve got!

There will be a few surprises along the way, so stay tuned, and be sure to share your own stories and tag #kslib and #KSLibraryWeek. Follow the State Library at @statelibraryofkansas on Facebook and Instagram.

Thanks to Wulf James, Communications Coordinator, with the Kansas State Library for sharing this information.

Image provided by Pixabay.com contributor satheeshsankaran

Earth Day April 22nd

Earth Day is right around the corner. If you are looking for a possible program consider visiting with your local 4-H Extension Office to team up for a joint program. Either for both children and adults or just one age group I’m sure they would assist you with a Spring planting workshop for flowers and/or gardening.

Pull out your flower and gardening books or recycling books for a book display. The covers for these books are usually full of color and would pop out to your patrons when they walk by. If they ask for a book that is on display, be gracious and allow them to check the item out and have a selection of books ready to fill in the blank space behind the counter.

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Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Sara Wilson

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Collection Development Inspiration

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New Resources for You!

StoryWalk®s

Iguanas in the Snow, a new bilingual StoryWalk®, is now available! From the publisher: “A bilingual collection of poems in which the renowned Mexican American poet celebrates winter in San Francisco and the mountains of Northern California.”

Professional Collection

STEAM Collection

We’ve added some magnetic building blocks! Also, if you’re looking for some quick and easy ideas to incorporate STEAM into your programming, we’ve added STEM Challenges cards – 32 cards containing ideas, instructions, and lists of items needed to complete each challenge. The challenges in this box are science challenges – Physical, Life, and Earth & Space science. If you would like to demo one of these new items, first check our VERSO (typing “SWKLS STEAM Collection” into the QuickSearch bar to see if one is available), then call our office or email Sara and we’ll arrange a day/time to drop it off at your library for 30 days!

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In Literary News

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The Book of Goose by YiYun Li Wins PEN/Faulkner Award

“The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction honors the best published works of fiction by American permanent residents in a calendar year” (From penfaulkner.org) The Book of Goose has been a popular read, this year, showing up on many recommended reads lists. If you haven’t purchased this one, the eBook version is available to your patrons on Cloud Library. For more information on the book and the award that it recently won, click this link.

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Recent Book Challenge Issues Making the News

Libraries are feeling the impact of book challenges across the country. Here are some recent news reports involving book challenges and bans across the United States. (Special thanks to Sara Koehn, Director of Haskell Township Public Library and Sean Bird, Interim Dean of University Libraries at Washburn University for their contributions to this list!)

Plot Twist: Activists Skirt Book Bans with Guerilla Giveaways and Pop-Up Libraries

Randi Weingarten Launches Hotline for Parents, Public to Report Instances of Book Banning, Censorship

Ryan Walters says ‘Pornographic’ Books Found in Oklahoma Schools. Districts Say Otherwise

Judge Orders Books Removed From Texas Public Libraries Due to LGBTQ and Racial Content Must Be Returned Within 24 Hours

ALA OIF Blog 3.3.23: https://www.oif.ala.org/intellectual-freedom-news-04-02-2023/

First Amendment Coalition: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news-opinion/first-amendment-news/

Empowered by Reading (Unitedagainstbookbans): https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Empowered-by-Reading-final.pdf

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For All VERSO Users: Versed in VERSO

From VERSO Product Manager Rae Schneider:

Do you have a question about VERSO? Perhaps, a “how to” question or would you like to know about best practices?

The next Versed in VERSO is Tuesday, April 11, 2023, and you are invited to submit your question or topic using the form below.

https://forms.office.com/r/S0RjXnSDzX

To register for the next Versed in VERSO, please do so here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/1165596002130880779 

We look forward to hearing from you!

VERSO Update Today!

From Rae Schneider, VERSO Product Manager:

We will be doing a VERSO release on Thursday, April 6, 2023, beginning a little after 7:00pm Pacific (10:00pm Eastern). Downtime is usually about 15 minutes but may be longer if issues come up.

RESOLVED

AG-2251CS-76101

The “Send emails to staff when patron self-registers?” and “Add Staff Email address to receive emails” settings were not saved after being edited.In Circ Admin > Circulation Options, there are two settings related patron self-registration, “Send emails to staff when patron self-registers?” and “Add Staff Email address to receive emails.” The former has a Yes or No value that enables email notifications to be sent to staff when a patron registers via self-registration. The latter specifies the staff email address to which emails will be sent. These two setting will now be saved after being edited.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

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For ILLers: Sharing About SHAREit

From SHAREit Product Manager Deborah Hensler:

The next Sharing about SHAREit Q&A is scheduled for Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 1pm.

The topic for April’s webinar is ILL Statistics.

Registration is open at: https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/3028270957240247809

As usual, there’s space on the registration form to ask questions in advance, and we try to answer as many as possible that are asked during the session.

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Technology

by Christopher Dressler

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