Neighboring Conference just for Support Staff!

The Ohio Library Support Staff Institute (OLSSI) will be hosting their yearly conference at Denison University on August 2-4. Several key speakers and vendors will be on hand to make this year's conference a special one. Despite the organization being created by and aimed at Ohio Library Support Staff, their vision clearly states that they are geared toward the regional Library Support Staff as well, so all Kentucky Library Support Staffers are welcome and encouraged to attend. This is a great example of designing a conference just for LSS with the sessions providing valuable professional development! Registration is only open through Wednesday, July 15th......for more information, visit the OLSSI web site at: http://www.olssi.org/index.htm

Sorry about the late notice about this one folks.....we know all too well that getting permission for Support Staff at this late date is nigh impossible, but we just found out about it this week. Good luck!
Cheri

Mark Your Calendars for the 2009 KLA Fall Conference in Louisville!!

The 2009 KLA Conference in Louisville is only 3 months away! Running from September 30-October 3rd at the Galt House, this year's conference will include some sessions of interest to Support Staff.

Before getting to the sessions, please note that the Library Support Staff Round Table will be having its board meeting on Friday October 2nd from 8:00 - 8:50AM. This meeting is open to all of our statewide Library Support Staff with the intent of brainstorming about future plans of the Round Table, and discussing what issues have become most important to Library Support Staff. We will also need to select new officers for the upcoming year, so think about jumping at this leadership opportunity! We need some new faces/ideas in making this Round Table an effective resource and voice statewide!

The Library Support Staff will also be co-hosting a session with the Resource Sharing Round Table on Friday October 2nd from 1:00 - 1:50PM entitled: Mission (Almost) Impossible - Effective Management of Busy Circulation Departments. Two of our very own Support Staff officers, Terri Brown & Jennifer Mattern, will be co-presenting with the Chair of the Resource Sharing Round Table, Jennifer Bartlett. The description of the session reads: "As a manager of circulation, everything you manage for your library is top priority and due yesterday! How do you motivate your staff, students and volunteers to give the best service possible? How do you keep yourself motivated? Join us for a discussion of strategies and techniques that can help you supervise an often-overlooked, but very important, department in your academic or public library."


As the program becomes available, we will list some other sessions of interest to Support Staff, but it's never too early to broach the subject of possible travel and conference attendance with your supervisor!

Have a good weekend!
Cheri