Everyday Ethics is a series of programs exploring how our professional ethics impact library operations.? It’s a ten-session series open to anyone in the state. Three of the sessions have already taken place, but seven more remain. I have been able to attend all three sessions so far (I facilitated the first one) and have enjoyed each program. These are great sessions for library staff, volunteers, and trustees, too.
The Ethics of Facebook (facilitated by Brenda Hough) was offered as both a virtual session and a face-to-face session during the Kansas library conference. You can visit the session page for the virtual session archive.
Pat Wagner is a library consultant based in Colorado. She facilitated the Everyday Ethics session that was held via ELMeR, on Tuesday, April 27. She’s a great facilitator (she’ll be part of the final session in the series, too). You can see resources from the session online.
On May 6th, Paul Hawkins (director of the SCKLS) facilitated Serial Killer in the Library. It was a WIMBA online session and the archive is available online. It’s an interesting exploration of privacy issues in the library (including a discussion of how library privacy became an issue when police were tracking the BTK killer).
There are seven upcoming sessions. These are all virtual sessions, to be delivered using WIMBA:
- Ethics of Collection Development will be facilitated by Angie Maycock, on Thursday, May 13, 2:00-3:30 PM.
- Ethics of Weeding, facilitated by Harry Willems and Chris Rippel, Wednesday, May 19, 2:00-3:30 PM.
- Are You Trustee-Worthy? – Ethics for Trustees, facilitated by Gina Millsap, Tuesday, May 25, 7:00-8:30 PM.
- Ethics of Reference, facilitated by Leslie Bell and George Seamon, Thursday, May 27, 2:00-3:30 PM.
- Ethics of Access to Services, facilitated by Kim Rutter, Wednesday, June 2, 2:00-3:30 PM.
- Meeting rooms and displays, facilitated by Carol Barta, Thursday, June 3, 2:00-3:30 PM.
- A Wrap-Up session with Pat Wagner, Wednesday, June 16, 2:00-3:30 PM.
Find more information about these sessions (including Wimba connection information) at http://ks.webjunction.org/742.
Brenda Hough is the Continuing Education Consultant at NEKLS. You can reach her by email (bhough (at) nekls.org), phone, or on several instant messaging platforms (look Brenda up by her email address). Visit the 
