Archive for September, 2009

KYVL at the Ky Library Assoc/Ky School Media Assoc Fall Conference

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Good afternoon everyone!

Tomorrow is the 1st day of the KLA/KSMA Fall Conferenec at the Galt House in Louisville.  Betsy and I are involved in 8 different presentations on a variety of subjects, not least of which is KYVL.

KLA/KSMA Fall Conference 2009

Being Green, an “Energy Star” or a LEED-er:    A Workshop on Smart and Sustainable Building — a pre-conference, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 8:30am – 1pm at Oldham County Public Library

Educational Uses of Second Life in Kentucky –Wednesday, September 30, 2009 from 3:30 – 4:20pm [Beth Kraemer, Virginia McClure, Miranda Hines, David Horrar, Cheri Daniels, Enid]

Extreme Makeover: KYVL Edition — Thursday, October 1, 11:00-11:50am [Betsy & Enid]

The Past Goes Digital [discussion panel] – Thursday, October 1, 2:10 – 4:00pm [Enid will talk about Kentuckiana Digital Library]

An Introduction to Kentucky Resource Sharing – Friday, October 2, 11:00-11:50am [Charlene Davis & Enid]

A Kentucky Kyleidoscope: Digital and Delightful — Friday, October 2, 2009 from 2:30 – 3:20pm [Eric Weig, Mary Koegel & Enid]

Interviewing for a Library Job – What to Expect [discussion panel] — Friday, October 2 from 3:30 – 4:20pm [Paul Lanata, Michael Steinmacher, Melissa Laning & Enid]

Extreme Makeover: KYVL Edition — Saturday, October 3, 8:00-8:50am [Betsy & Enid]

KYVL Advanced: Database Training­ – Saturday, October 3, 9:00-9:50am [Betsy & Enid]

Please come see us and learn about KYVL, our Ground Courier Service and relationship with Ky Dept for Libraries & Archives, the Kyleidoscope,  Kentuckiana Digital Library, and more.

If you are going, hope everyone arrives safely and has a great conference!

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9 openings remain for last Focus Group on 9/24/09

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

We still have 9 slots open for the Focus Group in Louisville on 9/24, Thursday, 4-6pm.

Location:

Jefferson Community & Tech College
Learning Resource Center/Library – 2nd floor (old Assessment Room)
Southwest Campus
1000 Community College Road
Louisville, KY 40272

Please help inform our new strategic plan with your comments and insight.  This is the last Focus Group scheduled — help us make it count.

Sign up please!

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Sign up for a Focus Group!

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I received this note yesterday regarding the 9/16 Focus Group session in Hazard.  We still have openings for the Louisville [2 sessions] and Lexington Focus Groups on 9/22 and 9/24.  Please help KYVL with its strategic planning and get registered!

“The KYVL focus group session yesterday was fabulous!  The facilitators were wonderful and the location was more convenient than Lexington or Louisville.  Thanks so much for not canceling it, despite the low attendance numbers.  We are very appreciative that an effort was made to solicit input from those of us in southeastern Kentucky.”

Chamayne Metcalfe Johnson, NBCT
Library Media Specialist
 Harlan County High School

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Survey for Strategic Planning Closes Sept 18th

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

We have a little over 200 responses to the survey for the Revisioning at 10 Years — Kentucky Virtual Library’s Strategic Plan.  We know there are 1000’s of librarians, educators, tech folks,  library staff, media specialists, etc. out there and we haven’t heard from you yet.

The responses to this survey will be used to draft our first ever strategic plan and guide our priorities and projects for the next 3 to 5 years.  We are certain you want to have your voice heard and your perspective on KYVL services and resources included as we build our new vision, mission, goals and objectives.

The survey will close on Sept 18th so please take a 10 minutes and click your way through the dropdowns and multiple choice answers.  There are a few open response questions and you can write a short answer, a long answer or none at all.

Please let us know what you think about the services and research databases and tell us what we need to be doing to better serve you.

More information about our strategic planning can be found on our wiki.

Thank you!

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KYVL needs your feedback!

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

We still have Focus Group openings.  PLEASE sign up for one scheduled around the state.  Lexington and Louisville dates in mid-September each have a 4-6pm session available.

Sept 8 Pennyrile ADD – Hopkinsville,  *2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (CST)
Sept 10 Northern ADD – Florence, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (EST)
Sept 16 KY River ADD – Hazard, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (EST)
Sept 22 Bluegrass CTC, Regency Campus – Lexington, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (EST)
Sept 22 Jefferson CTC, Southwest Campus – Louisville, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. (EST)
Sept 24 Jefferson CTC, Southwest Campus – Louisville, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. (EST)

[ADD = Area Development District, CTC = Community and Technical College]

A Session Registration will be accepted up to 2 days prior to the scheduled date for each of the sessions.

Encourage your colleagues, your staff, power users, etc. to sign up.  Any KYVL user is welcome to attend.

If you can’t attend a focus group, please complete a short survey.

More information about this initiative, the timeline, Steering Team members, etc. can be found on the KYVL reV@10 wiki:  http://www.kyvl.org/wiki/revisioningat10years/

Help us “reVision” KYVL for the future!

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