Weekly Wrap-U.P.! December 10, 2021

Winner of the Fall Trivia is Heather Thompson (Haston City Library) & Stacey Strickland (Stevens County Library)!!

Full Board Meeting

The next Full Board Meeting will be held on December 17, 2021. It is a On-line meeting and will begin at 10:00 am CT. Please register here for the meeting.

End of the Year To-Do-List

The end of the year is fast approaching. Here are a few things that you might need to do with your Library Board if you haven’t already done so:

1) GAAP Waiver Resolution;

2) If you do the yearly taxes for the library order W-2’s to prepare or if you have an accountant contact them to schedule in a date to do your end of year taxes and/or general audit;

3) If you have access funds that the board might want to move into the 2022 budget they will need to do this before the end of the year. If you are unsure of how this works please contact Richard and he can discuss the procedure with you;

4) Set up your calendars in Verso for 2022;

5) Set you budget line items in Quickbooks if you haven’t already done so;

6) If you or your staff need to take unused time that needs to be taken before the end of the year or you or they will lose it schedule it on your calendars; and

7) If you are going to give any type of raise that will begin in January your Library Board will need to make a motion to begin the new pay scale to begin January 1, 2022.

Virtual Presenters Showcase

On Wednesday December 15, Laura Keyes of Historic Voices will be hosting a Virtual Presenters Showcase at 10:00 am CT. The showcase will be presenters that libraries might consider for general or adult programming. They are expecting at least seven speakers that will be attending covering a range of topics to possibly include: bicycles; pop music; Jane Austen; Harry Potter; and the Underground Railroad. If you are interested in attend you can register for the showcase at this link.

December’s “Talks with Ted”

Auto-Graphics next “Talks with Ted” is scheduled for December 14 at 10:00 am CT. If you would like to attend you can register at this link. If you have any questions you would like for him to considered to be included during the session you can send those question to him through this link.

Remember these “Talks” can be used for CE credit so if you do attend please let the Richard now so we can update your Continuing Education file accordingly.

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Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

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CatExpress Report

The most recent CatExpress report (July – Nov) is now available on the Wiki. / Link

Train U.P.! : Basic DEI (12/7/21)

Dr. Fleming-Randle from Wichita State University introduced basic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training. She was fantastic, cheerful, and extremely knowledgeable. What a discussion we had! In fact, SWKLS might be able to plan a full-day DEI workshop with Dr. Fleming-Randle in the spring. More details to follow in the coming months. To view this Train U.P.’s recording and slideshow, click here / Link