Jody Hattrup
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Mar 02
State Library of Kansas eCard Update
There have been several updates to the State Library of Kansas Website over the last year. One of the these changes is the process of creating State Library Cards. The Kansas Library Card (KSLC) is now called the Kansas Library eCard. All libraries in Kansas (including school & academic libraries) can create, renew, and look …
Feb 09
Gmail How To: enabling mailto: links
If you’ve been frustrated because you use Gmail in Chrome and can’t email someone by clicking on email links on a webpage, this post will show you up to remedy the issue. These links are often called mailto: links and you can get around them by copying the email address, but it’s much easier if …
Feb 03
Tech Day Resources
Dec 01
Janelle’s ARSL Conference Highlights
I attended the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) in Tacoma, Washington September 3-6, 2014 along with Emily Sitz from SWKLS and Rebecca Heinz from Fowler Public Library. Our days were filled with great speakers and breakout sessions. Several times there we so many interesting breakout sessions that it was hard to choose which …
Dec 01
Emily’s ARSL 2014 Annual Conference Highlights
Many of the presenters posted the presentation slides and documents at http://arsl.info/2014/09/2014-conference-handouts-presentations/ One of the better sessions I attended was entitled “Tablet Slinging Librarians: Using Tablets to Improve Library Services”. The session was presented by Leah Kulikowski who had been the public library director at Wamego, KS. Wamego won the best small library in …
Oct 13
Changing the Downloads Setting in Chrome
Chrome manages downloads a little bit differently than Internet Explorer does. Since we are now using Chrome for VERSO 4.0 there is a setting we highly recommend you change in order to make Chrome work easier when you download anything. This will come in especially helpful when you’re downloading records from CatExpress or …
Aug 05
WebJunction – Courses Available Again!
UPDATE! Beginning on July 1, access to WebJunction’s library-specific courses became available for free to all library workers and volunteers across the nation. Through the generous support of OCLC, the Gates Foundation, and many state library agencies across the U.S., WebJunction will continue to provide timely and relevant learning content for you to access anytime, from …
Jul 09
READ TO RED CARPET Downloadable Event Kit
Are you hoping to feature some of the books that will be made into movies this fall? Meet Me @ The Library: Is a series of event kits for your library brought to you by Random House. These kits have program posters, downloadable materials, book selections, and more that celebrate community and bring people together! …
Jun 27
Ten Creative Ways to Use Social Media for Libraries
Several SWKLS libraries have been using social media in very creative ways in their libraries. 1. Posting trivia questions or any type of questions on social media 2. Getting ideas from Pinterest for crafting events. This library also has activities for kids to do while the parents craft. 3. Announcing new material via Facebook. …