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By KLA, 01/07/2013

Please don’t forget, Kansas Library Conference will be in the fall instead of the spring this year.

October 9-11, 2013, Topeka, Capitol Plaza Hotel

Hope to see you there!

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By KLA, 08/21/2012

M.E. Grosdidier of Eudora has accepted the Presidency of the Kansas Library Trustee Association. KLTA is the largest section of the Kansas Library Association, and has represented library trustees, friends and citizen supporters since 1999.

M.E. is a retired School Library Media Specialist. She worked in the Olathe School District for 27 years as a teaching librarian.

She currently serves on the Northeast Kansas Library System’s Executive Board, and was Secretary in 2011. She is a past President of the Eudora Public
Library Board.

M.E. has attended national library conferences with recruiting, strategic planing and library advocacy as a focus. She traveled with Kansas librarians to Colorado in 2010 and to Texas in 2011 for the Association of Small and Rural Libraries (ARSL) Conferences.

She and her husband live on a farm south of Eudora.

M.E. is looking forward to the Kansas Library Conference, October 9-11, 2013, in Topeka.

She encourages interested Library Trustees to become active in KLTA’s leadership. M.E. can be contacted at megrosdidier@gmail.com

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By KLA, 07/11/2012

In order to stimulate participation and membership, the Children’s Section and the Young Adult Roundtable have decided to merge into one Youth Services Section. Anyone who is interested in youth services is welcome to join this group.

If you are curious about the direction of the group, already involved, or if you want to become more involved, the first Youth Services Section Meeting will be held on August 15th at 10:00 AM. This will be an online meeting through Collaborate.

To access the meeting on the 15th, just follow this link.

If you have any questions about this meeting, please contact Brandon Hines; bhines@hayspublib.org

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By KLA Webadmin, 12/07/2011

Interested in what’s happening in libraries across the state?

Read all about it in the Fall 2011 KLA Connects! newsletter.
Editors Jessica Gagnon and Sarah E. Valesquez have gathered stories and pictures and articles from libraries of all shapes and sizes, including:

• Johnson County Library – “Puzzles: A Simple Year-round Program for All Ages”
• CULS – “Academic Librarians in Manhattan”
• Scott County Library – “We are Where?” Children’s Programming
• Dodge City Public Library – “Dodge City Public Library Holds ‘Geek the Library’ Event”
• Andover Public Library – “Andover Public Library Recreates Vietnam Era for ‘Big Read’ Program”
• Book Reviews
• MidAmerica Nazarene University Library – “Changing Spaces”
• Sabetha Library – “Mary Cotton Public Library Recipient of Dollar General Grant”
• Meet Your New Editors
• Millsap for ALA President
• Announcements
• Friends University Library – “Friends University Library Hosts Open House”
• 2012 KLA Conference = “2012 Kansas Library Conference: I Geek Kansas Libraries”
• Message from the KLA President
• “Cory Doctorow to Speak at KLA Conference”