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Topeka – Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback announced the winners of the 2013 Kansas Book Festival Grants during a news conference today at the Statehouse in Topeka.
“The Kansas Book Festival works year round to promote literacy and encourage a life-long love of reading,” First Lady Brownback said. “These grants will help preserve and improve local and school libraries across the state.”
The 16 public and school libraries will share in receiving a portion of the $12,555 in grants.
| 2013 Technology Grants Rossville Community Library |
Rossville | $1,050 | |
| Blue Rapids Public Library | Blue Rapids | $1,030 | |
| Lebo School Library | Waverly | $1,600 | |
| Payne Elementary School Library | Wichita | $1,200 | |
| Jackson Heights Middle/High School Library | Holton | $1,000 | |
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2013 Book Grants Central Elementary Library |
Goodland |
$500 |
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| Lawrence Gardner High School Library | Topeka | $500 | |
| Garfield Early Childhood Library | Garden City | $500 | |
| Tipton Community Grade School Library | Tipton | $500 | |
| Grainfield City Library | Grainfield | $1,000 | |
| Florence Public Library | Florence | $400 | |
| Clifton-Clyde Grade School Library | Clifton | $500 | |
| Norcatur Public Library | Norcatur | $1,000 | |
| St. Joseph School Library | Ellinwood | $500 | |
| Washington High School Library | Kansas City | $1,000 | |
| Central Heights Elementary School Library | Richmond | $275 |
Representatives from the Blue Rapids Public Library, Rossville Community Library, Lawrence Gardner High School Library, Central Heights Elementary School Library, Lebo School Library and Tipton Community Grade School Library joined the First Lady for the announcement.
“These grants will help libraries to purchase new technology like computers, iPads and eBooks as well as a wide range of reading materials for a wide range of reading levels,” Mrs. Brownback said.
Kansas Book Festival Fund is a 501c3 organization through the Topeka Community Foundation. The grants themselves are funded through corporate sponsors and monies raised at the annual book festival.
The 2013 Kansas Book Festival will be held September 7th at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. All age groups are invited to attend the free, day-long event. To learn more, visit kansasbookfestival.com.
Join other cultural heritage institutions across Kansas and the nation by participating in MayDay2013, a national effort to prepare for disasters. MayDay encourages cultural heritage organizations to take one simple step during the month of May to protect the art, artifacts, records, and historic sites they hold in trust.
KCHERN board is sponsoring a drawing for 5 Heritage Preservation Disaster Wheels. Your institution will receive one ticket for submitting a brief summary or photo of an emergency in 2012 to our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kchern/273797082668399)- 2012 Kansas Disaster Stories/ Images OR submit a story/image to the KCHERN email (KansasCHERN@gmail.com). Emailed images/stores will be reposted to our Kansas Images/Stories page. (http://kansaschern.wordpress.com/kansas-images/)
You may also receive two tickets for submitting a disaster plan to the KCHERN email (KansasCHERN@gmail.com). All disaster plans will remain confidential. Please include institution name, email and contact name. Submissions may start Feb. 1, 2013. The drawing will be held on May 1, 2013. All winners will be notified via email and posted on the KCHERN website. If you have any questions about the drawing, contact Kathryn Talbot (ktalbot@ksu.edu or 785-532-6965)
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Statewide reading project running now through March 20th
Topeka, KS, — The State Library of Kansas is encouraging residents to participate in this year’s one book/one state reading and discussion project, Kansas Reads: Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris.
The 2013 title, Then We Came to the End, reflects a special collaboration with the Kansas Humanities Council’s statewide “The Way We Worked in Kansas” initiative. While the traveling exhibit explores how we worked YESTERDAY, the novel looks at how we work TODAY. The book is a comedy about the American workplace, told in the first-person plural. It takes place in a fictitious Chicago ad agency that is experiencing a downturn at the end of the ’90s Internet boom. The titular “End” is the closing of the business, which everyone in the novel expects but no one is really prepared for. This book captures the feeling of being the last man standing, the one who will be left to turn off the lights.
Kansas libraries began discussing the book, Then We Came to the End, on January 15 and will continue hosting events through March 20, 2013. Mary Cotton Library (Sabetha, KS) and Newton Public Library (Newton, KS) were part of the State Library’s six scholar-led discussions sponsored by a Kansas Humanities Grant. Additional scholar-led discussions of the book will be hosted by the following public libraries:
Feb. 17, 1:30 pm, Dorothy Bramlage Library, Junction City, KS
March 4, 7:00 pm, Pioneer Memorial Library, Colby, KS
March 11, 2:00 pm, Hays Public Library, Hays, KS
March 12, 7:00 pm, Independence Public Library, Independence, KS
When asked the significance of the statewide Kansas Reads program, State Librarian Jo Budler replied “I would encourage all Kansans to join a reading group in 2013; it’s a great way to engage in a book and get to know your neighbor. Kansas librarians are great at inspiring interest and discussions and everyone can add something different to the program.” Visit www.kcfb.info/thenwecametotheend.html for more information on the statewide program.
“KHC Humanities Grants support projects that connect people with ideas and engage audiences with the humanities,” said Julie Mulvihill, executive director of the Kansas Humanities Council. “Then We Came to the End book discussions invite community members to explore themes related to work and the workplace through a good book. It’s a wonderful companion program to KHC’s ‘The Way We Worked in Kansas’ initiative.”
Kansas Reads: Then We Came to the End is supported by the Kansas Humanities Council, a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to promoting humanities across Kansas. More information is available at www.kansashumanities.org.
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The Kansas Periodical Index is going digital
State Library providing a worldwide subscription to Kansas articles—online
Topeka, KS, — The wealth of material available in Kansas periodicals is now available at www.libris.ca/kpi, through a subscription purchased by the State Library of Kansas.
The Kansas Periodical Index is a reference source that lists articles from Kansas related periodicals and other material. Magazines currently being published which are indexed include Kansas!, Kansas History, Kansas Government Journal, Kansas Wildlife & Parks, Southeast Kansas Living, The Territorial, and Topeka Magazine. Other magazines indexed, although no longer published, include Kanhistique, Kansas Heritage, Kansas Traveler, Kansas Sports and many others.
The online Kansas Periodical Index is searchable by keywords—if users have a subject in mind, they can now use this online tool to help find articles. Print versions have been available in approximately 100 Kansas libraries since 1984 but many have discontinued their subscription due to budget cuts.
“Users from all over are now able to find Kansas related articles easier by searching for indexes online—they can then access those articles through their local library.” State Librarian Jo Budler said.
“The periodicals indexed were selected on the basis of their having substantive articles of potential usefulness or interest to many Kansans: middle and high school students, college students, and the general public. Only periodicals which carried mainly nonfiction articles were selected,” said Roger Carswell, creator of the Kansas Periodical Index and Director of the Southeast Kansas Library System and Iola Public Library.
Current coverage in the Kansas Periodical Index is from 2002 to 2012 (2006 and 2012 are partially completed to date). Indexing of 2013 issues should begin by spring. This is an index only (no abstracts or full text). The print edition has been discontinued. Users can also access the Kansas Periodical Index by visiting the State Library’s Collection & Resource page at www.kslib.info/collections-and-resources.html.
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Kansas’ State Librarian Jo Budler: 2013 Librarian of the Year
Topeka, KS, — State Librarian Jo Budler is Library Journal’s choice for 2013 Librarian of the Year. Effective library leadership and significant local contributions in the state of Kansas made Budler a clear selection for this honor.
Shortly after Budler moved in as Kansas’ State Librarian in 2010, the state’s ebook collection was in jeopardy. Kansas’ ebook platform, OverDrive, presented Budler with a renewal proposal increasing administration costs by some 700 percent and losing access to ebooks for the users of Kansas. Budler quickly rejected more than one proposal from OverDrive and won the right to transfer titles to a new platform. This dispute set off a long (and public) national examination of library service agreements.
“We’re so happy Jo was able to preserve our electronic formats so that Kansans would not lose their collection,” said First Lady Mary Brownback. “Jo remains dedicated to providing high-quality statewide services, making certain that every Kansas resident has access to valuable resources.”
Governor Brownback and his wife, Mary, continue to show their commitment to developing life-long learners and the importance of reading, through collaborations with the State Library in building healthy learning communities. “Governor Brownback is very supportive. He understands the value of reading, and having Kansas children reading at the age-appropriate levels is one of his goals,” says Budler. “Our first lady, Mary Brownback, developed a book festival last year and will do another next year (September 7) at the Capitol.”
“I am proud to know that Jo is taking a stand for Kansans and making sure we are good stewards of state dollars,” said Governor Brownback, who reappointed Budler in 2011 as State Librarian. “Mrs. Brownback and I are especially happy that Jo and her staff work so closely with libraries to provide excellent library services to all our state’s residents.”
Mary Boller from Northwest Kansas Library System said, “This is ABSOLUTELY fantastic. I am so glad that she will be recognized for all of her hard work on behalf of libraries, patrons and of all of us here in Kansas!”
Library Journal’s 2013 Librarian of the Year Award will be presented to Budler at a special awards dinner during the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting in Seattle in January. Library Journal is one of the oldest and most respected publications covering the library field.
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/01/people/joanne-jo-budler-2013-librarian-of-the-year/
Doctors prescribe reading to kids and soon, a trip to the library
State Library of Kansas launches pilot program, “Checkup and Check Out: For Kansas Kids”
Topeka, KS, — The State Library of Kansas awarded four Kansas libraries grants to support the implementation of the “Checkup and Check Out” pilot program in well-child checkups, sending families home with an age-appropriate book (through the Kansas Pediatric Foundation’s current program, Turn a Page, Touch a Mind) and encouraging parents to take an extra trip to the public library to receive another free book. Grants were awarded to Chanute Public Library ($2,100; Ashley Clinic), Manhattan Public Library ($8,750; Pediatric Associates), Newton Public Library ($3,500; Cottonwood Pediatrics) and Smith Center Public Library ($350; Smith County Family Practice).
For years, many Kansas doctors have been prescribing reading to children as part of their well-child checkups, and giving families age-appropriate books to encourage them to follow that advice. Now through the support of the State Library of Kansas, four public libraries will work with a group of those physicians to increase library attendance by offering families an additional free book when they come to their libraries to learn about 6 by 6 (the six skills children need by age six to be ready to learn to read). “We believe that reading and good health go hand and hand,” said State Librarian Jo Budler. “What better way to ensure this than to instill a love of reading — and books — when our youngest residents visit their doctors?”
“This is an amazing way to get out information about the importance of reading to your child and to encourage parents to foster their child’s early literacy skills,” said Jennifer Adams, Children’s Services Manager of Manhattan Public Library. When asked about the impact this grant could have on families, Adams replied, “For some of them, this might be their first visit to their local library where they can discover all the books and other materials they can check out free, plus storytimes and fun programs their kids can attend. This grant will create awareness about the many services local libraries offer.”
The pilot project will run for six months, beginning January 2013. The State Library worked with Regional Library Systems and Mel Hudelson of the Kansas Pediatric Foundation to identify libraries and clinics throughout the state willing to promote 6 by 6 and local library attendance. Amounts of each grant vary based on the number of books the partner clinic gives out in a six-month period at a total of $3.50 per book. This pilot project is funded by the State Library, through the Children’s Initiatives Fund as part of the Governor’s Reading Roadmap. If this project is found to impact public library attendance, the State Library of Kansas will seek further funding to expand it to other public libraries.
“We are very excited to be a part of this program, said Chanute Library Director Susan Willis, “It provides us with another avenue to introduce the library and all of its services to families – giving us the chance to be a part of children’s lives from an early age.”
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2012 Kansas Public Library Standards released
The newest version of the State Standards helps libraries improve service,
collections, and information access
Topeka, KS, — The State Library of Kansas, working in cooperation with the seven Regional Library Systems, has announced the release of the 2012 Kansas Public Library Standards. The Standards contain goals for libraries that reflect challenging, but attainable, levels of library service while recognizing the contributions that public libraries currently make to the lives of Kansas residents and to the vitality of Kansas communities.
The last Public Library Standards document was published in 2006, and was the latest revision of 1988′s Measurements of Quality: Public Library Standards for Kansas. Public Library Standards are reviewed periodically, in the public interest, to insure the quality of the state’s public libraries.
The Kansas Public Library Standards identify library service levels corresponding to service populations. Standards are defined for the structure and governance of libraries, planning, marketing and community outreach, funding and budget, library services and resources, automation and technology, and facilities. Recommendations relating to library staffing, including salaries and education levels, are part of the Standards.
Kansas has a long tradition of library service. Public Library Standards have been used to measure, guide and nurture exemplary library service in our state for many years. This newest version of the Kansas Public Library Standards will help libraries measure their current level of library service, and serve as a planning tool for future growth and development
The complete 2012 Kansas Public Library Standards can be found on the Kansas Regional Library Systems website.
The State Library Is “Bookin’ It” Back Into the Capitol
The State Library’s 202,000 book collection is moving into the newly restored State Library.
Topeka, KS, — The State Library of Kansas will soon be back in the Kansas Statehouse after more than two years’ worth of restorations and special planning. Movers began relocating the collection earlier this week and will be complete in 8 to 10 days.
The 202,000 book collection contains publications over 200 years old and a move of this magnitude requires precise attention to detail and meticulous handling. “It’s really quite remarkable to see a collection of this size and importance in motion,” said State Librarian Jo Budler. “Some of these books have been part of our collection since the 1800s. It feels great to get them back home.” The State Library’s collection has been housed off-site since December 2010.
Once the prominent collection is back in place, the State Library staff will follow, migrating from the eight mobile units located outside the Capitol. “I can’t tell you how excited we are to get back in the Statehouse before the 2013 legislative session,” Budler said. When asked how long the State Library services will be unavailable during the transition, Budler replied, “Some requests may take us a little longer but the State Library will remain open and continue to serve the needs of state agencies, legislators, libraries and the public.”
The State Library will be located in the north wing of the Statehouse in room 312-N beginning December 10th. Library hours are Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm. For information on the State Library services, visit kslib.info or call (785) 296-3296.