This year’s Spring Assembly is all about “Community Pride” — pride in our state, our system, and our local communities. Spring Assembly will take place Thursday, April 21st, at the Holiday Inn in Lawrence. We’ll start the day with a presentation by Kathy Sexton, the City Manager of Derby, Kansas. We’ll be treated to a talk by Newbery Award winning author Clare Vanderpool (she’ll sign books, too). We’ll take care of business (NEKLS System Business) and then we will hear from Tom Averill with “What Kansas Means to Me”. Here’s the agenda for the 2011 Spring Assembly: 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast 9:30 Welcome and announcements by board president 9:40 Kathy Sexton “Collaboration between local government and local libraries” 10:45… Read More »It's spring! Spring Assembly!