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Library Advocacy: Now is the Time
Library advocacy is a year round process of cultivating relationships and support, whether with local government bodies or state legislators: You... -
Summer 2010 Additions to the NEKLS Collection
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Shipping DVDs
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Tech Day Lightning Rounds
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsOriginal post from July 27, 2010. Updated with links to the sites presented at Tech Day. Share your favorite Web-based software, Web site or gadget in 2-5 minutes during the Lightning Round at Tech Day, Friday, August 6. We will have the laptop, projector and Internet at the podium ready for you to use, just bring [...] -
Healthy Kids Challenge Workshop
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsFREE Healthy Kids Challenge workshop in Lawrence Sept. 22 Library workers across the state will have an opportunity to participate in the Healthy Kids Challenge, a day of training to support library programs targeting preschool to third graders and their families. The workshop provides fun, interactive activities centered on reading, healthy eating and physical activity. You [...] -
Slideshow from Tech Day 2010
Posted on August 10, 2010 | No CommentsHandouts from the presenters will be posted over on the Tech Day 2010 page. A couple of follow-up articles to Tech Day are coming soon. Stay tuned! In the meantime, enjoy this slideshow from Tech Day sessions. -
“Library as Third Place” presentation
Posted on August 9, 2010 | No CommentsNote: Republished on Monday, August 9. Originally written in July 2010. As we look forward to Tech Day 2010 (one of my favorite library events of the year), I thought you might be interested in looking at the slides from “Library as Third Place”, a presentation this year’s Tech Day keynote speaker John Blyberg gave to [...] -
Use Clonezilla Live to backup your computers
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsAt the NEKLS tech office, we’re always looking for useful tools that save time and allows us to do more with less. In my previous life as the tech for Basehor Community Library, I routinely used a product called Clonezilla to backup and restore computers in the library. If you have 50 identical computers, it [...] -
Kansas Library Express on the Move
Posted on August 4, 2010 | No CommentsKansas Library Express is moving mountains of materials throughout Kansas. With 40 libraries yet to report, July numbers reflect a remarkable level of interlibrary lending. The 242 libraries shipping materials during July have reported 51,406 items sent on the courier. Though the average number per library is just over 200, some libraries are lending at [...] -
Who Do You Call?
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsOne of the “top 10″ questions from NEKLS members has been “just who should I talk to at NEKLS about a particular topic or issue?” We will soon be adding to the new NEKLS web site a subject index of services and consulting topics with the names of the NEKLS staff who are best able [...] -
Kansas Library Card Instructions
Posted on August 3, 2010 | No CommentsCross-posted from Earl Givens’ message to the KANLIB listserv: From time to time, you will have patrons come into your library and request a Kansas Library Card to use with our online statewide resource services. It is important to know the appropriate procedure to accomplish this task. Knowing the proper steps to take to complete this task will [...] -
Wonderful Workshop Webinars
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsLooking for some at-the-desk, just-in-time, just-what-you-need continuing education? The Texas State Library and Archives Commission shares archives of their Webinars & Webcasts, along with slides, Web resources and handouts. This series of three Webinars from June and July of this year sounded interesting… Using Social Media in the Library Getting Started with a Social Media Plan Managing Your Library’s [...]














