For me, the Retreat was worthwhile for two reasons: 1. To hear Valerie Horton from Minetex speak. Not only was the topic valuable, but it was good to have her exposed to our situation, especially given that it was a small group and we got to chat more than a typical presentation like that usually [...]
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SAMMIE gave me the opportunity to attend the 2017 Fall SRP Resource Fair in St. Cloud. There were 3 different sessions. The first one was for early childhood (birth-age 3), 2nd presentation was for school-age/tweens, and the final presentation was on teens/adult programming. Each section covered displays, passive and active programs, as well as hints [...]
I was delighted to be able to attend the "What's New in Young Adult Books" workshop in Sioux Falls, SD, as last year I was "blizzard-ed out" on the day of the workshop. The presenter was a 20 year veteran Teacher/Librarian, having experiences throughout the Middle School and High School grade levels. There were all [...]
Thank you for the opportunity of attending the SRP Resource Fair in Saint Cloud. The knowledge and resources shared have given me ideas to start planning for our SRP in Slayton as well as sharing with others in the Plum Creek network. The staff in Saint Cloud put together a nice presentation offering ideas and [...]
This year the annual MLA conference gave me a big boost to try some new ideas and programming at my libraries. Something that I cannot wait to try will be what I learned from session "Locking in Literacy: Using Breakout Boxes for Library programming". Breakout boxes are going to be a big hit in our [...]
The Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference provides the opportunities for me to connect with other public librarians around the state. More important are the sessions giving a variety of topics and presenters. I chose sessions which would provide information, resources and challenges to continue to provide the Glencoe Public Library with new or improved programs [...]
It's always good to know that your hard-earned life lessons are best practices and the things you suspected are true. Valerie Horton from Minitex reinforced the former; library services are changing as time goes by and it's important to react and adjust on the fly. I remember, many years ago, as a young librarian that [...]
The Directors’ Retreat at Lake Shetek was two days of very informative sessions, along with meeting with other Librarians to share ideas and get to know people from outside our local libraries. I learned so much from Valerie Horton’s two sessions. There is so much more to what Minitex has to offer beyond MNLink, eBooks [...]
I'm struck by the talent we have both within our region and in the state of Minnesota. Valerie Horton, Meredith Vaselaar, and Michele Leininger were engaging speakers who presented useful information. I got a nice mix of new and refresher information and I've already begun reading some of the titles Michele shared in her presentations. [...]