Weekly Wrap-Up! – February 21st, 2025

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System Spotlight

By Staff

“Parting is such sweet sorrow.“

Join me in wishing Bernardo luck in his new adventure. Here are some pictures to remember his time here at SWKLS.

Consulting

By Sara Wilson

  • February 24th at 12 PM CST – From Insight to Action: Using Public Library Data for Decision-Making, Strategic Planning, and Advocacy | Webinar/Register Here
  • February 25th at 12:00 PM CST – Info2Go! Moving a Library? Tips, Tricks, and Lessons Learned| Webinar/Register Here
  • February 26th at 10 AM CST – Pretty Sweet Tech: AI and Social-Emotional Learning for Early Childhood | Webinar/Register Here
  • February 26th at 1 PM CST – ELL and Literacy on the Table: Using Board or Card Games to Foster Fun with Language|Webinar/Register Here
  • February 27th at 1 PM CST – Graphic Novels for Adults and Young Adults| Webinar/Register Here
  • February 27th at 2 PM CST – Explore Bloom’s Literature | Webinar/Register Here

Save the Date: Kinsley Hybrid Board Meeting Follwed By “28 Years of Chaos”: A History of the Kinsley Community & Public Library as Told by Joan Weaver

Join us March 21st at 10 AM at Kinsley Public Library for a SWKLS Hybrid Board Meeting. Following the board meeting, stick around for a delicious barbecue meal and a fascinating journey through the history of Kinsley, Kansas and its beloved public library as told by its long-time library director and local historian, Joan Weaver. You won’t want to miss it! We will put out a registration link next week, so keep an eye on your email and put the date on your calendar. We hope to see you there!

ICE Administrative Orders and Judicial Warrants

We realize that some communities may be concerned or confused about recent ICE administrative orders and judicial warrants. As a courtesy to reference staff, you will find a link below to information on the difference between ICE administrative orders and judicial warrants (and what rights may be exercised) along with a PDF that shows both orders and notes what to look for to determine which is which.

Please note this information is only for patron use and does not apply to the library. Libraries are beholden to different laws when it comes to warrants, etc. than private homes. This information is for library staff to be able to relay to patrons seeking this information. If you have questions, please contact us here at the office.

ICE Administrative Orders and Judicial Warrants Information

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A Year of Movies and Programming Ideas? Yes, Please!

Swank Movie Licensing has released their annual calendar! It’s got a whole year full of of programming ideas and movie theme suggestions. They even have summer reading covered! You can download your free calendar at this link.

Register for the Summer Library Program Workshop(s)!

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 Your 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. It promises to be a fun day, filled with laughter and tons of inspiration for your summer library program! Hope to see you there! Click here to register!

Cataloging, Collection Development, and ILL

By Miguel Coca

Collection Development Inspiration

Adult Fiction

Children’s & YA Fiction

From the SWKLS Pro Collection

In September 2011, Occupy Wall Street activists took over New York’s Zuccotti Park. Within a matter of weeks, the encampment had become a tiny model of a robust city, with its own kitchen, first aid station, childcare services—and a library of several thousand physical books. Since that time, social movements around the world, from Nuit Debout in Paris to Gezi Park in Istanbul, have built temporary libraries alongside their protests. While these libraries typically last only a few weeks at a time and all have ultimately been dismantled or destroyed, each has managed to collect, catalog, and circulate books, serving a need not being met elsewhere.



Libraries amid Protest unpacks how these protest libraries—labor-intensive, temporary installations in parks and city squares, poorly protected from the weather, at odds with security forces—continue to arise. In telling the stories of these surprising and inspiring spaces through interviews and other research, Sherrin Frances confronts the complex history of American public libraries. She argues that protest libraries function as the spaces of opportunity and resistance promised, but not delivered, by American public libraries.

Technology

by Christopher Dressler

Computer Safety Basics

  1. Keep your device software tidy
    1. Look at all those game apps you have on your phone. How many have you not played in a few weeks. Its time to delete them. The reason is, the more apps on your phone the less drive space you have and the more updates you have to perform. Each app the is not update is a potential open door for a hacker that you are letting steal your data. The fewer of the apps on your phone devices, the fewer doors that are open to hackers. As a plus, you get more hard drive space for pics and videos or your kids and grandkids and your device may actually operate faster.
  2. Create long unique passwords
    1. This is a difficult habit to change but it is absolutely necessary if you want to keep all of your data protected. Have and algorithm for your passwords and remember to make them all different for each account.
  3. Use a password manager
    1. My favorite thing about password managers is that I don’t have to remember my passwords. I’m going to forget half of them anyway if I have to remember them so I don’t. At home I use KeePass and at work I use Bitwarden. Both have pros and cons. Check them out and choose the best one for your needs. Bitwarden is cross platform compatible which means I can use it on my phone and my computer.
  4. Enable MFA
    1. Enabling 2FA for your accounts is another way to keep your data secured but it’s not a perfect way. MFA is a better habit to have for putting multiple locks on the virtual door that keeps out intruding hackers. The only thing is this sometime requires a phone or an available email account. It won’t be enough just to have your password in this case. You will need to have something that is also password protected in order to gain access to your account. As
  5. Think before clicking
    1. You open an email claiming to be from PayPal saying that a large amount of money was accidently put into your account and there is a link that appears to take you to PayPal to check your account. Do you click the link or report it and block the sender. Well lets look for the clues. Does the email have a generic greeting, does the senders email address match other emails that you have received from, are there any grammatical errors? If your answers to these raise red flags, then you know what you should do. Taking that few extra seconds to think about what link you are are about to click one can save you from your accounts being hacked.
  6. Report Phishing
    1. In the pervious section I gave you a scenario about taking extra time to think about what link you are about to click on that could help you from your accounts getting hacked. Go the extra mile and report that email as phishing. Doing so helps that community by flagging the email and putting it in your junk mail and stops the spread or the phish.

That’s all I have for you this week. Thank you for taking the time to read this article. If you enjoyed it or found it educational, let me know in an email and I will continue doing more of them.