System Meeting August 19, 2016 at 9:30

Page authors: Main.akeuer Main.jhayes Main.lstratton

Selection Lists

J and YA publisher preview books will be available for review.

Announcement Links

• 2016 Fall Support Staff workshop, Sept 9 - Heidi; great workshops and lots of donated swag
• Author - Jail program - Heidi
  • book discussion in Ontario & Wayne County Jails; Author of Kitchen House called in to discuss her book with the inmates
• Wayne County Fair - Heidi and WC library staff have booth at the Fair
• Holdings workshop upcoming Oct 25 - Kathryn
• Annual Meeting & Luncheon - Kathryn
  • will include a How-To Showcase, including Digitalization Lab
• Pioneer Awards - Ron
• Free Direct Access - Ron
• Ancestry Library Edition - Lindsay
  • Accessing Ancestry Library Edition
    • Direct URL: http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/
    • Add an linked icon to public computer desktops or to web browser bookmark toolbars
  • Stats for the two months of system wide access
• RRLC Access Cards - Lindsay
• OWWLUG - Lindsay
  • Friday, August 26
  • Agenda - primary focus on reports
• Zinio - Pat
  • available to patrons Sept; Press Release will be issued and promotion at libraries

Sharing

• new appointments: Interim Director at Gorham, Ruth Freier; Director Donna Beretta, Bristol Library
• VIC - Saints & Sinners
  • NEW, CS, SOD, and CLY also doing this program
• HPL - Book Talk group is 20 yrs old and keeping an open mind they discovered a great discussion book in YA title: Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn; will be donated for a book discussion kit
• HPL - successful summer music program series, one performer, Bat McGrath, drew crowd of 470; contact Wendy & she will be glad to help libraries pull together a music program
• NAP - book group read Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry (grew up in Naples); copies will be donated for a book discussion kit
• WADS - Success - Elevator project is done!
• RJ - Handicapped Access installed

Programs:

9:30am System Meeting & Program: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten & free materials to help you get started

Followed by:

Noon - 3pm: How to Create Active Learning/Play Stations in Libraries - on a Budget

National expert Amanda Roberson from Maryland will be presenting "Creating Active Learning Centers in Libraries on a Budget."

Program Materials

Program Recording

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System Meeting Documentation

Post-meeting Events: Speaker Amanda Roberson

• Noon - 3pm: How to Create Active Learning Centers in Libraries - on a Budget

  National expert Amanda Roberson from Maryland will be presenting "Creating Active Learning Centers in Libraries on a Budget."

Link to previous Meeting

SystemMeeting20160617