Chris Dressler

System Spotlight By Staff Stevens Co Escape Room – By Laurie Crawford The Stevens County Library had an Escape Room for the month of July and used the SWKLS Breakout EDU Kit.  We started out with staff giving it a go to make sure everything worked right. It was lots of fun and all ages […]

System Spotlight By Staff Fair Season Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) July 29th, 11 AM – 12 PM – Supporting Staff and Student Mental Health (Webinar)/Register Here August 2nd – 10 AM – 3 PM – Tech Day+/Register Here August 9th, 10 AM – 12 PM – Southwest Kansas Library System

System Spotlight By Staff Register Here Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) July 23rd, 9 AM – 9:45 AM – Koha eCard Admin Training/Register Here July 23rd, 12 PM – 12:45 PM – Four Ways to Advocate for Libraries in 2024 (Webinar)/Register Here July 24th, 4 PM – 4:45 PM – Koha

System Spotlight By Staff Welcome Miguel Coca – SWKLS Collection Specialist Please see the Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL section for his introduction. 4th of July parade at Morton County Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) July 17th, 1 PM – 2 PM – A Mindful Approach to Stress (Webinar)/Register Here July

System Spotlight By Staff Fowler Public Library’s Summer Activities Fowler Public Library was swamped with patrons this summer, taking advantage of the summer library program! Great job, Kelli!! Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) July 8th, 12 PM – 1 PM – Amazing STEM Experiments Made Easy (Webinar)/Register Here July 10th, 2

System Spotlight By Staff Grant Co. – “The Taste of Tuscanny.” The library offered an International Cooking class for adults “The Taste of Tuscanny.” The Grant County Extension agent presented the class and shared what she learned while visiting Italy. The class was an hour and a half, for adults, and part of the Summer

System Spotlight By Staff DCPL started off the Adult Summer Learning Program with the musical stylings of the Dodge City Community College Jazz Band. Stanton Co Public Library was visited by Skippy Jon Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) June 19th – SWKLS Office closed in observance of Juneteenth June 20th –

System Spotlight By Staff I hope you are all having a GREAT Adventure this year. If you would like to share your library SRP photos in the System Spotlight please send them via email to cdressler@swkls.org or swilson@swkls.org. Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) June 12th – 11 AM – Yodeck Simplifed

System Spotlight By Staff Library Leadership Group Awarded FoKL Challenge Grant Hamilton County Library Leadership Group (LLG) has been awarded a $500 Challenge Grant from the Friends of Kansas Libraries (FoKL). The grant will be used to purchase appliances to for the kitchenette in the library’s new Program Room. In the fall, senior LLG member,

System Spotlight By Staff Future Dates & Training Opportunities (All Times in CST) May 27th – System Office Closed in Observance of Memorial Day May 27th – Humanities Kansas Culture Preservation Grant Applications Due/Click Here for More Info & to Apply May 29th – 1 PM – 2 PM – How to Get Your Board