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Post Rock 		Central Kansas Library System:
Stuff librarians need to know

CKLS Region
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library services
in your area.

Selected CKLS services

Youth Services (homepage) ... Program Planning Resources
Summer Library Program
Youth Book Awards

Computer classes for patrons in your library

Statewide programs

Grants-in-aid to public libraries from State Library
Application forms, evaluation and instructions.

Kansas Interlibrary Loan Information and Resources
Policies, membership agreement, report forms and statistics.

2006 public library statistics
Each year Kansas librarians fill out an annual report for the state library. This data becomes this report.

Listservs for librarians
Online sign-up for statewide and national listservs. All Kansas librarians should at least join KanLib.

Kansas Library Catalog
Online catalog of millions of items owned by libraries across Kansas

Kansas Library Card
Kansas reads to preschoolers is an annual statewide program encouraging parents to read to their kids.

Webjunction Kansas
Web site dedicated to training Kansas librarians: online tutorials, articles, etc.

State and national organizations

State Library of Kansas
Contacts, news, information for Kansas residents, legislators, and libraries.

Kansas Library Association (KLA)
Contacts for KLA sections and roundtables, library-related legislation, links to publications, Triconferences, newsletter, help wanted ads.

Kan-ed
State corporation providing grants for Internet connectivity, putting content on the Web, purchasing statewide databases available through the Kansas Library Card.

Kansas Association of School Librarians (KASL)
Offers news, grants, awards and education to school librarians.

Kansas Library Trustees Association (KLTA)
Offers a Trustee Library of over 50 educational essays, awards and grants.

Friends of Kansas Libraries (FOKL)
Offers advice, grants and awards to library friends groups.

Kansas Center for the Book
Devoted to promoting Kansas authors and books. Projects include a "one book, one state reading project," Kansas authors' database, an annual Kansas Book Festival and recognizing Kansas Notable Books.

Regional library systems
Kansas has seven regional library systems.

Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA)
A twelve state association of librarians, library paraprofessionals and friends of libraries in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.

American Library Association (ALA)
The official national association for librarians. This site offers a wealth of information about library issues, legislation and news, awards, events, publications, careers, etc.

More stuff listed by topic

African-American Youth Librarianship: Webjunction online course

Collection Assessment

Collection management

Computer maintenance

Computer security

Computer software

Computer troubleshooting

Connected to learning: Webjunction archived presentation

Construction of a library

Core competencies for librarians lists the skills guiding the development of the statewide training.

Customer service:

Dewey Decimal System

Digitization

Disaster planning

ebooks

Ethics

E-rate

Fundraising for libraries: Webjunction online course

Games in libraries

Grants

Hispanic/Latino youth librarianship: Webjunction online course

HomeworkKansas by Tutor.com

Interior design

Interview Skills: Webjunction online course

Law

Kansas Library Card

Leadership: Webjunction online video

Library 2.0

Long Tail

Marketing

Microsoft Works Suite: Webjunction online course

Money 98: Webjunction online course

Negotiating: Webjunction online course

Networking

OPAL provides online presentations and discussions.

Overdrive downloadable audiobooks

Policies

Posters: download, print and post these 8 or 9 posters Kansas employers must display.

Publishers

Project Management: Webjunction online course

QuickBooks: Webjunction online course

QuickBooks 2004: Webjunction online course

Quicken 98: Webjunction online course

Reading

Reports (coolect.informat.com)

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)

Rural Sustainability workshop: Webjunction archived presentation

Sales and marketing: Webjunction online video

Sexual Harassment: Webjunction online course

Show them what you're worth! Practical resources for advocacy and demonstrating impact: Webjunction archived presentation

Spanish Language Outreach: Webjunction online course

Standards for Kansas Public Libraries, 2006 revision is a tool for measuring the effectiveness of local library service and planning for future development.

Tax exemptions for libraries

  • Collecting sales tax (Microsoft Word document, letter to Deputy Director of the State Library of Kansas Marc Galbraith from Richard L. Cram, Kansas Attorney General's office)
  • Paying sales tax: Brochure (pdf document), Web site (Choose the "Tax Entity Exemption Certificates")

TechAtlas: Webjunction online course

Technology plans

Time Management: Webjunction online course

Tutor.com - See HomeworkKansas

Webjunction Kansas: Web site dedicated to online tutorials, articles, etc. for Kansas librarians.

Websites

Weeding



Last Updated 04-2008
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