Accreditation Certificates Awarded!
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SWKLS recognized 25 public libraries for achieving accreditation in a ceremony at Spring Assembly. State Librarian Christie Brandau presented accreditation certificates and offered congratulations to participating librarians. The Public Library Standards and Accreditation program is new to SWKLS and is open to all fully participating member libraries. Modeled after a program offered by the Northeast Kansas Library System, our accreditation, valid for two years, replaces the Extended Service Grant. Read more…
CE Credit Update
By Sara McFarland, SWKLS Consultant
May - June Newsletter Excerpt
I’ve had some questions about just how to count CE credits for classes/sessions/ workshops that you have attended outside of a SWKLS workshop. As an example, if you attended the Kansas Library Conference in April and went to some really good workshops just how should you count your CE credits? Photocopy your name badge or registration so that we know you were there, then send in the session list from your registration folder with the sessions highlighted or the personalized session list you created from the website. Each hour you are in the session/workshop, you count that as a credit. So if it was a 3 hour session, you will have 3 hours credit; if it was a 1 hour session, you will have 1 hour of credit. Entertainment sessions such as the keynote, the luncheon’s, the Talent Show, etc. don’t count as training. Read more…
Summer Reading Grants
The Southwest Kansas Library System invites public libraries to submit applications for the 2008 Summer Reading Library Programming Grants. Funded activities should occur between May 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008. The window for submissions of the 2008 summer reading programming grant applications is April 1 – May 31, 2008. Complete guidelines and application forms can be accessed by following this link or on the Forms page by way of the left navigation bar.
A Trip to Minneapolis & PLA
By Cathy Reeves, Dir. Dodge City Public Library
May - June Newsletter Excerpt
Thanks to the Southwest Kansas Library System, I was able to attend the Public Library Association National Conference in Minneapolis March 25-29. Even though they forecasted snow, the conference was held between snow storms. Almost 20,000 librarians, vendors and guests were present. Exhibits were very good and I found several items I would like to buy for the library. Read more…
