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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="#Q153795711"><span style="color:#030303">Innovation in Teen Services Award!</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<a href="https://www.neo-rls.org/docs/1019_NEO-RLS_CE.pdf">CE @ A Glance</a><br>
<a href="https://www.neo-rls.org/docs/NEO-RLS_CE_By_Competency_0919.pdf">CE By Competency</a><br>
<a href="https://www.neo-rls.org/docs/NEO-RLS_CE_By_Track_0919.pdf">CE By Track</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">We are still seeking volunteers to be on the Teen Summer Reading Program Committee.  This group will help to plan this year's Teen Summer Reading Program.  The
 meeting will be held at our office in Hudson on <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Monday, November 4, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm</span></strong>.  Please email
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lattanzm@neo-rls.org">Melissa Lattanzi</a></span></strong> if you are interested in volunteering.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Here is an opportunity to talk with staff and management of small libraries.  Come and share your challenges and success stories.
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Who:  Small Library Staff and Management<br>
What:  Networking opportunity <br>
Where:  Ashland Public Library<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54052">When:  Friday, November 8<sup>th
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#0898DA"><a name="Q153794489"></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">OVGTSL 2020 CONFERENCE
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">OVGTSL 2020 CONFERENCE: TECHNICAL SERVICES TODAY</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><a href="https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/ovgtsl2020/">MAY 17-19, 2020 -- UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, AKRON, OHIO</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">The OVGTSL 2020 Conference Program Committee invites forward thinking submissions in all areas related to technical services librarianship including acquisitions, cataloging, serials,
 electronic resources, collection development and management, systems, and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries. 
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Participants are invited to submit proposals that report on recent research, address emerging trends, or showcase new tools, services and projects. Time slots for all sessions are
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Are you a YALSA/ALA member, and have you implemented an innovative program at your library recently? If so, YALSA encourages you to apply for this $500 award, which aims to recognize a member who has brought a new idea to life through their library that has
 benefited the teens in their community. <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/innovation-teen-services-award">Learn more and apply by December 1</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="100" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://myneotoday.org/photos/35223_01302017091627.jpg">We are in the throes of planning the continuing education opportunities
 for January-June 2020 which seems almost impossible!  How did we get to the end of October already?  However it happened, it is here and we are looking forward.  In 2020 we will be offering a new Customer Service Academy.  We are modeling this a bit differently
 so that people have the opportunity over the course of 12 months to attend a selection of workshops and webinars which will qualify them for a certificate of completion when they complete a set number of hours.  The Academy will include programs for those
 new to a customer service position and for those who are seasoned customer service professionals, for front line staff and for managers.  In addition, we will look at customer service from a variety of perspectives including how to provide excellent service
 as an introvert, how to manage a customer service team, how to provide professional customer service through email and telephone and a customer service experience boot camp.  Our members request workshops and webinars on customer service far more than on any
 other topic or competency.   If you are looking to impress the customers in your library with excellent service, we think that the new Customer Service Academy will help you in an up-to-date, interactive and meaningful way.  Enjoy the remainder of the month
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<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Betsy Lantz</span></em></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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10/30/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54054"><b>IT Network</b>
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10/30/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54644"><b>Reference Network Meeting: A Tour of University Circle</b></a><br>
10/30/2019<br>
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11/06/2019<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54052"><span style="color:darkorange">Small Libraries Network</span></a></span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:darkorange">11/08/2019</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51164"><span style="color:darkorange">Day for Circ Staff: It's All About Myers Briggs and Working as a Team</span></a></span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:darkorange">11/12/2019</span></strong></b><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=53327"><b>Creating a Culture of Yes</b></a>
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11/13/2019<br>
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11/14/2019<br>
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11/15/2019<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=53226"><span style="color:darkorange">Facilitation Skills Workshop</span></a></span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:darkorange">11/19/2019
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11/20/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=53277"><b>Teaching Better Behavior: Social-Emotional Learning in Library Programming</b></a><br>
11/21/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54172"><b>Spanish in a Pinch for Library Staff</b></a>
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12/04/2019<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:darkorange">12/05/2019</span></strong></b><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54173"><b>To Tag, or Not to Tag? Implementing RFID at Your Library</b></a><br>
12/10/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54134"><b>Teen Programming: A Mover & Shaker's Recipe for Impact and Success</b></a><br>
12/11/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54833"><b>Salary Survey Discussion: Fiscal Officers and Human Resources Network Meeting</b></a><br>
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 at the Twinsburg Public Library</span></strong></a> <br>
Whether you facilitate a book discussion, a meeting, or a training this workshop is for you.  The workshop is designed to teach the skills necessary to facilitate group interactions to achieve a successful conversation or discussion of a topic.  Facilitation
 skills training will include the four essential functions of high quality facilitation:  providing structure, encouraging participation, reflecting the group and moving the group forward.
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Encourage participation and get the discussion going</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenter:  <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Marti Peden
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 resolution, managing change, strategic planning, team building and positive approaches to life’s challenges.
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