Professional Development Activities
August 3, 2011
- October 2011 Presented three sessions at NLA annual conference
- October 2011 Nebraska Library Association annual conference
- July 2011 Nebraska Library Leadership Institute
- April 2011 Nebraska Library Association Public Libraries and Trustees Section Spring Meeting- Connecting Boys with Books & Breaking All the Rules by Michael Sullivan
- October 2010 Nebraska Library Association annual conference
- October 2010 Presented during poster session at NLA annual conference
- May 2010 Southeast Library System Training Extravaganza
- November-December 2009 Job Shadowing, Lincoln City Libraries- Gere Branch
- October 2009 Nebraska Library Association annual conference
- June-July 2009 Job Shadowing, Lincoln City Libraries- Walt Branch
- April 2008, 2007, 2006 Colorado Teen Literature Conference
- 2006-2008 Colorado Young Adult Advocates in Libraries meetings
Poster Session- Book Bundles
January 16, 2011
A colleague and I presented at the New Members Round Table poster session at the 2010 Nebraska Library Association conference.
Below is the proposal for our project, Grab & Go Book Bundles:
Grab & Go Book Bundles
Today’s library patrons are busy people. Some are professionals dropping by on their way home from a long day at work. Others are parents with impatient children. In order to best serve those who do not have time for leisurely browsing, we created Grab & Go Book Bundles for children and adults.
Each book bundle for children consists of three to six books and/or DVDs on a specific topic. Examples of topics include First Day of School, Author Mo Willems, and Things That Go. These items are held together with rubber bands and have a colorful, laminated tag displaying the topic. Each book bundle for adults contains two to four fiction and/or non-fiction books on topics such as Author Nicholas Sparks, BBQ Cookbooks, or Murder Mysteries. These bundles are displayed near the circulation desk and have been used heavily since the inception of the project earlier this year.
In October 2010, circulation statistics for picture books had increased 27 percent over October 2009. This boost in numbers led us to continue displaying the book bundles.
Nebraska Library Association (NLA)
December 23, 2010
Member since: 2010
Sections: New Members Round Table (NMRT), Young Adult Round Table (YART), School, Children’s, and Young People’s Section (SCYP)
Participation: Vice Chair of NMRT 2011-2012, Secretary/Treasurer of SCYP 2011-2012, NLA Auditing Committee 2011, 2012, Secretary/Treasurer of NMRT 2010-2011
