From the desk of Kim...


This is your friendly weekly reminder to sign up for the free Libraries on the Prairie: Growing Rural Libraries workshop!

The two locations near our region are Davenport on July 24 and 25 (registration deadline is July 9) and Pella on July 27 and 28 (with a deadline of July 11). Deadlines are firm!

What’s in it for you?

-Travel expenses to the closest workshop are reimbursed to you. If you can’t make the session closest to you, you will still be reimbursed for the mileage you would have driven to the closest location. The reimbursement rate makes it certain that choosing a relatively close location will recoup your out of pocket expenses. Your room expense is also reimbursable.

-You will leave the workshop with a Technology Action plan!

-Up to 13 continuing education credits. If you’re done collecting credits for your next certification, you can save them for the next certification period. 11 credits will be awarded to everyone who attends (both days required) and an additional 2 credit for attending the evening session.

-The evening session includes two additional enticements…brownies, and a chance to win an expense paid trip to ALA in Washington D.C.

-Time to talk about where we’re going in our rural libraries…and how we’ll get there. Get the low-down from other libraries experiencing the same concerns, budget crunches and technology changes you are.

-Practical discussion on how, or if, a technology should be used in your library. Sessions on maintaining what you have and integrating what’s coming in a way that makes sense for your library.


For more information on the logistics of travel and reimbursement, and more information on what the workshop will offer you, visit

http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/ld/gatesgrants/rural

(at the State Library web site)

I’m signed up for Davenport…will I see you there?