Online Workshops

Library Development and Funding

Fundraising for Libraries
    Colorado Association of Libraries, Keystone, CO, 2002
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002
    Central Kansas Library System, 2002
    Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), Atlanta, 2003
Fundraising for Libraries: KLA Council

Working Together
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002

Introduction to Genealogy on the Internet
    Great Bend Public Library, 2003

Introduction to Genealogy on the Internet, Part 2
    Great Bend Public Library, 2003

Using Personal Ancestral File
    Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, McPhereson, Kansas, 2003

Strategies for Ancestor Searching A workshop for librarians and genealogists.
    Delphos Public Library,  2000.
    Great Bend Public Library,  2000.
    Colby Public Library,  2000.
    Belleville Public Library,  2000.
    Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, KS.   2000.
    Newton Public Library, 2000.
    Fremont Area Library District, Fremont, MI, 2000.
    Hillcrest Library, Cuba, KS 2001
    Jewell Public Library, Jewell, KS, 2001
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002
     Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, Junction City, KS, 2002
    Wichita Genealogical Association, Wichita, Kansas, 2002
    Northwest Kansas Library System, Norton, Kansas, 2002

Helping Genealogists
    Illinois Library Association, Chicago, 1998.
    Kansas Library Association, Salina, 1999.
    Heritage of the Great Plains Conference, 1999
    Texas Library Association, Dallas, 1999.
    Central Kansas Library System (Phillipsburg, Belleville, and Russell), 1999.
    Public Library Association, Charlotte, NC,  2000.
    Fremont Area Library District, Fremont, MI, 2000.
    Kansas Library Association. Topeka. KS, 2001.
    American Library Association, San Francisco, 2001.
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002.

Programming for Genealogists
    RUSA Genealogy Preconference, ALA San Francisco, 2001
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002
    Northwest Kansas Library System, Norton, Kansas, 2002

Using FamilySearch®
    Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, McPhereson, Kansas, 2003
    Newton DAR and Public Library, Newton, KS, 2001
    Great Bend Public Library, 2002

Genealogy for Youth
    Utah Library Association, Salt Lake City, 2002

Genealogy on the Internet,
    Great Bend Public Library (Regular monthly class), 1997-2000.
    Colby Public Library,  2000.
    Newton Public Library, 2000.
    Fremont Area Library District, Fremont, MI, 2000.
  Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, Junction City, KS, 2002

Speaker's Biography and Photo

Other Workshops

Automating Small Libraries, Central Kansas Library System, 1995-96.    Related Article

Board Officers Training Workshop, Central Kansas Library System, 1993.    Related Article

Library Fundraising Pre-Conference, Idaho Library Association, Boise, Idaho, 1992.    Related Article

Working Together, Librarians and Trustees, Idaho Library Assn., Boise, Idaho,     1992.    Related Article

Principle-Centered Trusteeship, Central Kansas Library System, 1992.    Related Article

Library Fundraising, North East Library Association, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1990.    Related Article

Library Fundraising, Iowa Library Association, Des Moines, Iowa, 1990.    Related Article

Conducting a Library Capital Fund Drive, Chanute, Kansas, January, 1990.

Building Effective Libraries, Central Kansas Library System, 1989.

Community Based Fund-raising, Central Kansas Library System, 1988.

Orientation for Library Trustees, Central Kansas Library System, 1980--1989.

Library Budgeting, Central Kansas Library System, 1979, 1984 and 1988.

Public Library Standards, Central Kansas Library System, 1987.

Planning for Reductions in the System Budget, Central Kansas Library System,
    1986.

Computers in Libraries, Central Kansas Library System, 1984.

Once Upon a Mind--Using Children's Books to Nurture Self-discovery,
    Great Bend, Kansas, 1983-84.

Forecasting for Public Library Service, Central Kansas Library System, 1983.

A System That Works for You, Holdredge, Nebraska, 1983.

Cost Accounting in Library Systems, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1983.

Policies for Public Libraries, Central Kansas Library System, 1982.

Planning Process for Public Libraries, Central Kansas Library System, 1981.

The Trustee's Role in Public Relations, Mountain Plains Library Assn., Omaha,
    Nebraska 1980.

Library Trustee Seminar, Central Kansas Library System, 1978.

Trustees and the Public Relations of Library Budgets, Tennessee Library Assn.,
    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1978.

The Public Relations of Library Budgets, South Carolina State Library, Columbia,
    South Carolina, 1977.

Jim Swan is available for workshop presentations.


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