System Spotlight

By Staff

Bernardo’s announcement

Howdy everyone,

Bernardo here, letting you all know that I’ll be moving on from SWKLS and will continue pursuing IT in a new environment fairly soon, with the 21st of February being my last day in the SWKLS office. I’ve enjoyed the last 6 years of IT at SWKLS immensely and have enjoyed working with all of its members on every project from installing printers to installing cameras and also really enjoyed time playing with servers even with all the headaches that tended to incur! I’ll still be in Dodge for the foreseeable future so if you do happen to catch me at Walmart on my sporadic grocery runs don’t hesitate to say Hi.

STEM Program @ Scott Co. Public Library

Consulting

By Sara Wilson

February 18th at 1 PM CST -Strategies for Success for Neurodiverse Librarians | Webinar/Register Here
February 18th at 1:30 PM CST – NEKLS Focus On: Topeka High School Library | Webinar/Register Here
February 19th at 10 AM CST – Strategic Financial Planning: Turning Your Board Goals and Budget into an Action Plan | Webinar/Register Here
February 19th at 1 PM CST – Access and Agency: Welcoming the Disabled Community at Public Libraries|Webinar/Zoom Link
February 20th at 12 PM CST – Celebrate National Library Lovers’ Month with Tech Soup!| Webinar/Register Here
February 20th at 1 PM CST – The Next Step in Grants: Effective Post-Award Management | Webinar/Register Here

Happy Library Lovers’ Day!

In case you missed it, earlier: No matter what you do at the library, you’re appreciated and loved by your communities and by your friends at SWKLS! You are valuable and what you do is important. Thank you for everything that you do to make your library a great place to be. Happy Library Lovers’ Day!!

Save the Date: Summer Library Program!

This year’s Summer Library Program Workshop will held at Dodge City Public Library, in the Lois Flanagan Room (thank you, Carissa and staff!). It will be split into two events: in the morning, Patty Collins and Diane Bott from Central Kansas Library System will be presenting on the CSLP theme: Color Our World that is all about art, creativity, and COLOR! In the afternoon, Sara Wilson will be presenting on the iRead theme: Level Up at Your Library that is all about games, competition, and FUN! Lunch will be on your own, this year. You are welcome to attend either program or both. We will be announcing registration soon, but wanted to put this on your radar. It promises to be a fun day, filled with laughter and tons of inspiration for your summer library program! Hope to see you there!

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Exempt Employee Regulations Struck Down by Judge

I have recently learned that a Federal Judge, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, has vacated the Department of Labors Final Rule on Exempt employees and the new payroll standards. The case is in the hands of the Justice Department on if they wish to appeal the case. However, with the current climate this might not be done.

What does this mean for employers? It means that the exempt employee salary range that is one of the standards that has to be meet to be considered an exempt employee has been rolled back to the 2019 regulation. The salary range is back to $684.00 per week or $35,568.00 per year.

Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Miguel Coca

Collection Development Inspiration

Adult Fiction

Children’s & YA Fiction

Versed in Verso

The next Versed in VERSO is Tuesday, February 11^th at 11:00 AM ET / 8:00 AM PT. The webinar is scheduled for 1 hour.

Registration is open: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4697373603243044190
There is space on the registration form to ask a question and we’ll answer as many as possible during the webinar.
Special Topics:
- Demonstration and update on new AGEdit functionality

The recording from January’s Versed in VERSO is posted here: Staff Dashboard > Support > VERSO.

Regards,

Julie

Julie Cavender, MLIS

VERSO Product Manager | Lakewood, CO

(909) 569-1527 | jjc@auto-graphics.com

New to the SWKLS Pro Collection

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Technology

by Christopher Dressler

Bernardo’s announcement

For those of you that might have missed it up top Bernardo will be leaving us next Friday to pursue and advancement in his career path (his announcement is repeated below). We have all enjoyed working with Bernardo. We were able to see his experience grow in his last six hears at the System Office, from him starting out as a college intern to becoming the System’s System Administrator. We wish Bernardo all the best as he continues moving forward.

Howdy everyone,