Scholarship Reports

“Working Together” Library and Media Center Directors’ Retreat by Cindy Hendrickx / Appleton Public Library

Shetek Lutheran Ministries Retreat Center was a beautiful place to hold a retreat. I had a FABULOUS time attending sessions, networking with colleagues, and just enjoying the beautiful location. We had a couple of very informative sessions from Valerie Horton, Director of Minitex who informed us of all the innovative "pilot" projects going on at [...]

Director’s Retreat by Theresa Nysetvold / Murray County Central Schools

The retreat delivered everything they promised - a comfortable setting, challenging information and time for collaboration with colleagues. I especially appreciated the presentations by Valerie Horton that addressed trends and changes in library services. It was empowering and motivating and I feel more confident about taking risks and making mistakes. I also was pleased to [...]

Minnesota Library Assoc. Conference by Paula Nemes / Marshall-Lyon County Library

Some ideas and concepts I gleaned from this year's MLA Conference were: Project Management - make even tedious internal projects such as inventory fun by adding small celebrations at the half-way point, handing out silly reqrd stickers, having a contest to guess how many items have been inventoried at certain points. Locked Box Challenges--I'd heard [...]

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