Event Title: Employee Motivation

Where: North Kansas City Hospital - Health Services Pavillion - Prairie View Room

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST

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Description:

This may surprise you but even during times of high unemployment; employers continue to face the challenge of losing their best employees. Frozen salaries and staff reductions can make keeping those high performers difficult. In this workshop you will learn how to use motivational management techniques to increase your employees' productivity as well as their loyalty.

Instructors:

Rita Rubick, Johnson County Library
Nancy Myers, Johnson County Library

Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $35
Non-Member: $70

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

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Event Title: Intermediate Excel for Libraries

Where: Johnson County Central Resource Library Lab

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Time: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM CST

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Description:

This workshop will provide hands-on experience of the more sophisticated features of Excel including using pivot charts for summarizing data, creating multiple spreadsheets for statistical analysis, writing macros to increase efficiency and publishing on the Web. Using library examples, the course will focus on practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately in your work.

this is not a class for Excel novices. Participants must have at least beginner-level proficiency with Microsoft Excel 2007.

Following a review of basic Excel concepts, participants in this class will learn to:

* Create multi-sheet workbooks
* Use Excel's analysis features
* Construct array formulas
* Create dynamic ranges in formulas
* Create and use pivot tables; write macros
* Parse text in cells
* Use data validation and conditional formatting
* Draw and import pictures into a worksheet
* Convert documents from and to Excel
* Link Microsoft Excel to Word and PowerPoint for report generation

Instructors:

Beth Willis is the Special Projects Coordinator for the Kansas city Metroplitan Library & Information Network. She has been a librarian for 23 years, working primarily in library automation, technology, and technical services. She has coordinated numerous library retrospective conversion projects, the implementation and management of integrated online library systems, grant writing, and the development and presentation of library staff development workshops on technical topics. Beth obtained an MLS from the School of Library and Information Science at the State University of New York at Albany.

Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $60
Non-Member: $120

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

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Event Title: Hot Topic Tuesday: Libraries to Go

Where: Hillcrest Community Center, 10401 Hillcrest Road, KCMO 64134

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST

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Description:

Hot Topic Tuesday:

Libraries have long been concerned with bringing more people to their buildings. MCPL's innovative Library-To-Go concept turns that idea on its head, instead bringing the library to the people.

While not a replacement for the traditional library, Library-To-Go offers many library services to those who do not or cannot set foot in a branch. Computer access, material reservation and pickup, and a revolutionary system to present a browsing collection make Library-To-Go a valuable tool for expanding libraries service.

Library-To-Go: It's all about bringing the library to the people.

Moderators:

Amy Caviness is the Electronic Resources Manager for Mid-Continent Public Library and is the project implementation manager for MCPL's Libraries-To-Go project.

Steve Potter is the Assistant Director at Mid-Continent Public Library and was primarily responsible for the project vision along with hardware, software, and cooperative agreement negotiations for the Libraries-To-Go program.

Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $10
Non-Member: $20

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

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Event Title: Rediscover the Classics

Where: Kansas city Kansas West Wyandotte Branch

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time: 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM CST

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Description:

Italo Calvino said "We use the words "classics" for books that are treasured by those who have read and loved them; but they are treasured no less by those who have the luck to read them for the first time in the best conditions to enjoy them" and "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." Both sayings are very true. Most libraries have tons of classics on their bookshelves. Why not put them to some use? Using classics for programs tends to bring out the closet classics readers (although reading classics is nothing to be ashamed about) and it introduces others to books they may not have heard of. We will discuss what makes a book a classic, how to collect classics books and how to use classics in book discussion groups plus how to specifically use Jane Austen (one of the patron saints of librarians) for library programming.

9:30 - 9:45 Introduction
9:45 - 10:30 Defining a Classic - Jenny Ellis and Terri Clark
What makes a classic? Are there certain guidelines? Jenny will discuss these things and also highlight some of the best and worst cover art for classics.
10:30 - 11:15 Collecting Classics - Kira Green
Kira's program will include choosing the best editions and titles for a general public library collection. She'll cover how to identify a version that will be attractive to the general reader vs. an academic reader and which authors/titles lend themselves to a general collection with broad appeal.
11:15 - 11:45 Break
11:45-12:15 Using Classics in book discussion groups - Sarah Gamble
Sarah will talk about incorporating classics into book discussion groups, discussion questions, discussion pairing, and her experiences with using classics.
12:15-12:45 Programming Jane Austen - Jenny Ellis
Programming with classics as a focal point can be easy, cost effective, informative, and entertaining.
12:45-1:00 Closing

Instructors:

Kira Green is the Assistant Branch Manager at Mid-Continent Public Library's Parkville branch. A self confessed "control freak," Kira is a vocal advocate for reading the classics - especially Dostoyevsky. Kira's undergraduate degree is in Classics with a focus in latin translation and she has her Master's degree in Library Science.

Sarah Gamble works as a Library Assistant at Mid-Continent Public Library's Blue Springs North branch. She has been leading their book discussion group for 15 years and incorporates a classic into their reading list every year.

Kaite Mediatore Stover is the Head of Readers' Services for the Kansas City Public Library. She is a regular guest on the Book Doctor's segment of the Walt Bodine Show and writs the She Reads column for Booklist magazine. Her first book, The Readers' Advisory Handbook, was published by ALA Editions in February.

Jenny Ellis has a BA in English Literature from Missouri Western State University and her MLS from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a lifetime member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She has over 10 years worth of public library experience. Her favorite classics authors include Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte.

Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $35
Non-Member: $70

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

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Event Title: CPLA - Politics and Networking

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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This workshop has been cancelled due to low enrollment.

Event Title: CPLA - Politics and Networking

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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This workshop has been cancelled due to low enrollment.

Event Title: Software on a Shoestring

Where: Kansas City Public Library - Waldo Branch

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST

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Description:

Let's face it budgets are tight and we are all looking for ways to save. There are many good quality software programs out there for free or low cost. The problem is finding them. This workshop will explore some of the alternatives available for today's more popular software. Everything from word processing to video tutorial software will be explored.

Danish and coffee await you!!

Instructors:

Ann Dreiling, Customer Service at Kansas City Public Library

Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $35
Non-Member: $70

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

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Event Title: Improving Library Website Usability

Where: Devry University - Room 245

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST

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Description:


Is it time to update your library website? Usability evaluation can help you decide what works and what needs to be changed. In this three-hour long workshop you will learn about and even try three proven web usability evaluation methods: heuristic evaluation, think-aloud technique, and task analysis. With your new skills you'll be able to conduct small web usability studies at any stage of your library website redesign.

Instructors:

Dr. Sanda Erdelez is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri, the School of Library and Information Science (SISLT). She is also the Founder of MU's Information Experience Laboratory, which conducts research and performs usability evaluation studies of library and many other types of websites. Dr. Erdelez teaches several usability-related, graduate courses (Usability of Information Systems, Human Information Behavior, Online Searching) and regularly popularizes web usability evaluation at library-related meetings and conferences.


Cost:

KCMLIN Member: $35.00
Non-Member: $70.00

THREE EASY WAYS TO REGISTER:

E-mail: marypuhr@kcmlin.org
Fax: (816) 461-0966
Phone: (816) 521-7257

Registration Form


Refund & Credit Policy:

Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven days prior to the workshop minus a $5.00 administrative fee. You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven days before the workshop with no administrative fee. Cancellations made less than seven days prior to a workshop receive no refunds or credits.

Thank you for supporting KCMLIN workshops!