First quarterly meeting of 2024, hosted at the NEKLS office and over Zoom.

Pop into the NEKLS office, or stick around after the Next Users Group Meeting to get help filling out your annual public library statistics. NEKLS staff will also be available, online, on Friday January 26 from 10 AM to Noon. (Protip: you should register for the Next meeting if you plan to eat lunch before… Read More »Public Library Survey – In-Person Drop-In

Need help with your annual statistics? NEKLS will also host a virtual drop-in session over Zoom on Friday, January 26, 2023 from 10am-Noon: https://kslib.zoom.us/j/92861420152

You’ve been in your job for some time now. Perhaps you’ve been promoted. Other exciting professional development opportunities have come your way. But recently—not so many. Your daily routine has become drudgery. You watch the clock, looking forward to your lunch break and the end of the working day. You know you’re good at your… Read More »How to Get Out of a Rut at Work (PCI Webinar)

Public Libraries should have their statistics finalized in Counting Opinions. Extension requests should filter through NEKLS, we will contact the State Library on your behalf.

Greta Funk has been the director at the Nortonville Public Library (in the tiny town of Nortonville in northeast Kansas) for about three and a half years. Adult programming has been a priority for her since the beginning, and she's excited to share some ideas from her work as the CSLP Adult Manual committee chair… Read More »Summer Library Programming for Adult Patrons with Greta Funk

This hour-and-a-half webinar will guide attendees on how to develop and implement a virtual program designed to promote Spanish resources at your library. Engage in interactive exercises that will help you draft your future virtual drop-in hour in español...step by step.   As a result of this program, attendees will learn how to:  - Address… Read More »La Hora Virtual: How to Develop a Virtual Program to Promote Spanish Resources (PCI Webinar)

Presented by Caitlin McMahan, Eugene Public Library Wednesday, January 7th 2024 at 2 p.m. This session is about reframing how we look at “failures” and how we as staff can learn from our “mistakes,” give ourselves grace, and create a more realistic understanding of what it means to lead programs in libraries. Register here (Sign… Read More »Reframing Failure: How to Keep Calm and Carry On (MALA Webinar)

If you would like to receive a registration link directly to your email address, from Ryan Dowd, you should go to http://bit.ly/MonthlyWebinarSignup to signup. Or you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116469294105/WN_qHE0kVbbRrqCmcYLcajNXw#/registration About the Guest: Carly Danesh-Jones is an autistic woman and advocate, shaping policy and practice related to autistic women and girls since 2008. Over the… Read More »Autism: A Conversation with Carly Danesh-Jones (Ryan Dowd Webinar)

Register at: https://forms.gle/gm41e9RvfbcnAg1CAYou will receive the link to the webinar by email before the event. Adventure begins on your computer screen at this summer library program webinar!Get inspired with new ideas for your summer program. Featuring topics such asreading tracking, incentives, storytimes, and programming, you will come away fromthis webinar with practical and reproducible ideas… Read More »Adventure Summer 2024: Best Ideas for Library Staff Serving Youth & Families

Helping leisure readers is a core service at all public libraries. It is something library staff do each and every day, often without changes in how they perform this service for years, if ever.   But there is a lot more "new" in the tried-and-true world of Readers Advisory than you may realize.   Join… Read More »What’s New in Readers Advisory with Becky Spratford (PCI Webinar)

Register at: https://forms.gle/qFY9JkidtrMwseBB7You will receive the link to the webinar by email before the event. Adventure into the world of summer programming for tweens and teens. We'll discusssome overall directions you can take your summer and some specific ideas that willinspire you.Jennifer McCulley is the Youth Services Coordinator for the McPherson Public Library.She loves pandas… Read More »TEEN Adventure Summer 2024: Great Ideas & Tips for Library Staff Serving Teens