Staff

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Jim Minges
Director
jminges (at) nekls.org
  • Administration, programs, and services of NEKLS
  • Library administration
  • Budget and Tax Issues
  • Personnel
  • Policies
  • Board organization and operations
  • Facility planning
  • Community and Strategic planning
  • Library Laws
  • Statewide and National Library Issues

Laura DeBaun
Library Services Consultant,
Business Manager
ldebaun (at) nekls.org
  • Personnel
  • Employee Benefit Administration
  • Payroll and Government Reports
  • General Accounting and Accounting Software
  • School Library Continuing Education and Policy Issues
  • School-Public Library Cooperation
  • Childrens and Young Adult Services
  • Public Relations and Marketing
  • Advocacy Training
  • Vendor Discounts

Mickey Coalwell
Library Development Consultant
mcoalwell (at) nekls.org
  • Personnel issues
  • Policy issues
  • Facility planning
  • Collection development; weeding
  • Program planning
  • Friends organization
  • Statistics and reporting
  • Marketing library services
  • Newsletters
  • Board orientation
  • Library law
  • In-service and Continuing education
  • School-Public library cooperation
  • NExpress

Brenda Hough
Continuing Education Consultant
bhough (at) nekls.org
  • Library staff development
  • Continuing education event coordination
  • Workshop planning
  • Strategic planning
  • Technology planning
  • Online learning

Sharon Moreland
Technology Consultant
smoreland (at) nekls.org

Liz Rea
Network Administrator
lrea (at) nekls.org

Heather Braum
Technology Librarian
hbraum (at) nekls.org

Thatcher Rea
Technology Support Specialist
trea (at) nekls.org

Carolyn Little
Bookkeeping Assistant, Courier Coordinator
clittle (at) nekls.org
  • Coordinate the Kansas LIbrary Express courier service
  • Invoices
  • Bookkeeping

Teri Nelson
Staff Assistant
tnelson (at) nekls.org
  • Office receptionist
  • Assist with workshop planning and registration
  • Preparation of mailings
  • Maintenance of electronic mailing lists
  • Circulation
  • InterLibrary Loan management (not training and support; see Heather for this)

About the Author

Heather Braum Heather Braum is the Technology Librarian at NEKLS. She can be reached by phone, by email (hbraum (at) nekls.org), or through several online chat services (look Heather up by her email address). Visit the Staff page to learn more about when to contact Heather.