The Public Library Section of KLA is pleased to announce that Clare Vanderpool, winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal for her book Moon over Manifest, is speaking at the Kansas Library Conference in Wichita. Vanderpool has also been declared the Distinguished Kansan for literary arts!
If you ask anyone who knows me, they will tell you that I have a very strong connection to place. I live in Wichita, Kansas, about four blocks from where I grew up, in an old neighborhood called College Hill. From my house I can walk to my parents’ house, my sister’s house, the school I went to and where my kids go now, the pool, the sledding hill, and two bookstores!
Doing More With Less:
a virtual retreat hosted by the Kansas Library Association, Public Library Section
Date: December 7, 2011 Time: 10:00 – 2:30 Where: The retreat will be delivered via Elluminate so you can participate right at your desk Cost: PLS members cost is $10, non-members cost is $20. Registration: Is Open Online - Search for “PLS 2011 Virtual Retreat Doing More With Less”
Public Library Section members have listed the retreat as an important part of the their section membership. We hope you will feel the same and join us for this value-packed virtual retreat!
More about the speakers:
Stephanie Gerding will be presenting an expanded version of her virtual presentation, at PLA in Philadelphia in Spring 2012.
Stephanie Hall was invited to be on a panel discussing Senior Services at ALA, in New Orleans in 2006. ALA held the distinction of being the first major conference held in New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina.
Have you spent any quality time with The Atlas of New Librarianship by Dr. R. David Lankes? Maybe you’ve heard about this thought-provoking book on Twitter or caught his closing keynote last year at the “ebooks: Libraries at the Tipping Point,” Library Journal/School Library Journal Virtual Summit? If so, then you know why we are so excited to announce…
Dr. Lankes is the Keynote speaker at the 2012 Kansas Library Conference, April 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency Wichita in Wichita, Kansas!
If you are interested in being an Exhibitor at the Conference, information is available online. Questions may be directed to Mickey Coalwell (mcoalwell @ nekls.org).
Conference details are coming soon, but you can start the process by becoming or renewing your Kansas Library Association membership!
Heather Braum, Technology Librarian for the Northeast Kansas Library System and huge Atlas fan, created this promotional video for your viewing enjoyment:
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The Public Library Section of KLA is pleased to announce that Clare Vanderpool, winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal for her book Moon over Manifest, is speaking at the Kansas Library Conference in Wichita. Vanderpool has also been declared the Distinguished Kansan for literary arts!
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