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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="#Q154949279"><span style="color:#030303">Are You Thinking of Doing Strategic Planning in 2020?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#030303;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Implementing RFID at Your Library</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><br>
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RFID promises to revolutionize circulation at your library, from checkout and returns to inventory and security. But once the equipment is installed, what does it really take to place an individually encoded RFID tag on every one of the thousands of items in
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Learning Objectives:</span></strong></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">Consider RFID tag types, shapes, and sizes for optimized device reading, along with where to place them on books and media
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Understand the tagging process at the item level and at the project level</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#030303;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Know why and how to disable older, non-ISO tags when implementing an updated RFID system
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Explore project management considerations to ensure that a collection is tagged completely, correctly, and quickly
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Presenter: <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">John Reese
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">In September the State Library of Ohio purchased statewide access to
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The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness </a>through Niche Academy. The online training, authored by Ryan Dowd, is now available for all Ohio public library staff. The four-part training is an empathy-driven approach that provides best practices for library staff
on how to understand the homeless population and serve them better. There are also practical tips on how to deal with and de-escalate common situations and issues, and make staff feel empowered and safe. A former director of a Chicago homeless shelter, Ryan
Dowd is the author of <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Librarians Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone
</span></em>. He travels all over the United States speaking to libraries about how to best help homeless patrons using empathy and respect. To access the training, go to the State Library of Ohio’s
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Training and Professional Development page</span></strong>
</a> and click the homelessness training link. Once in Niche Academy, you will be prompted to create an account.
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Ryan Dowd will be hosting a live webinar- Advanced Body Language Concepts and Tools on December 4. The webinar is free to access with the statewide subscription. Here are the details:
<b>Pre-Registration Required: </b>Click <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5315737827818/WN_Q15iDF4rQPG1FswVeWQOmA%20">HERE</a></span></strong>.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">
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<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#0898DA"><a name="Q152887765"></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">A Note from the Executive Director
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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://neo-rls.org/photos/50177_03042019090623.jpg">Every year the Bylaws/Policy Committee of the NEO-RLS Board of Trustees
reviews our Bylaws. Our Bylaws serve as our organization’s roadmap for the governance of NEO-RLS and set forth rules regarding activities that affect our operations such as the election of Trustees, the roles and duties of Trustees and officers, types and
responsibilities of Board committees, membership types and responsibilities, and procedures for holding meetings. Our Bylaws must be followed by the employees and Trustees of the organization and we are also held accountable by the State Auditor of Ohio.
When changes are made to the Bylaws we are required (by our Bylaws) to post the proposed Bylaws for 30 days so they can be reviewed by our members. The Bylaws are currently posted on the
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website </a>. In reviewing the Bylaws with an eye toward the future of NEO-RLS, the Committee made a couple of significant changes that I would like to bring to your attention. If approved, the Bylaws will be reviewed bi-annually rather than annually. They
also decided to change the composition of the Board of Trustees by eliminating one (1) At-Large Library seat and adding a second Academic Library seat. The Committee felt this was appropriate now that there are 18 Academic Library members which represents
50% of the Academic libraries in our region. The Duties of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees were expanded to include serving as Chair of the Bylaws/Policy Committee and new Committees were added including an Awards Committee, Marketing/PR Committee,
Technology Committee and Legislative Committee. In addition, it was clarified that Ad Hoc Committees could be chaired by non-Board members with a Board liaison. We would love to hear your thoughts on these proposed changes. Please
<a href="mailto:betsy.lantz@neo-rls.org?subject=Proposed%20Bylaw%20Changes">email me
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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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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=54173"><span style="color:green">To Tag, or Not to Tag? Implementing RFID at Your Library</span></a></span></strong><b><br>
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<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=54960"><b>Adult Programming Palooza: Summer Reading & More!</b></a><br>
12/12/2019<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>
12/13/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55239"><b>Using EBSCOhost and Explora to Search EBSCO Databases</b></a><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55246"><span style="color:green">Children's Summer Reading Program: Imagine Your Story</span></a></span></strong><b><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:green">01/09/2020</span></strong></b><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55244"><b>What the Heck Happened? 2019 Employment Law Update: Part I</b></a><br>
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<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55241"><b>Copyright Basics for Librarians</b></a>
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<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55345"><b>Run Your Friends Like a Firehouse</b></a><br>
01/16/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55242"><b>Book Club Reboot: Creative Twists on the Reading Groups We Know and Love</b></a><br>
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<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55243"><b>Learning does not end in the classroom:
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Workbooks for self-directed learning about equity, diversity and inclusion</b></a><br>
01/29/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55052"><b>Construction and Facilities Network Meeting</b>
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01/30/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55311"><b>Onboarding Essentials: From Interview to Integration</b></a><br>
01/30/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55315"><b>2020 Census and Libraries: Key Details and Strategies</b></a><br>
02/04/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55245"><b>What the Heck Happened? 2019 Employment Law Update: Part II</b></a><br>
02/05/2020<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=55240"><b>EBSCO Do-It-Yourself Interfaces (Hobbies and Crafts, Home Improvement, and Small Business)</b></a><br>
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are interested in more information regarding the process, cost, and timeline, or would like references, please email
<a href="mailto:betsy.lantz@neo-rls.org?subject=Strategic%20Planning">Betsy Lantz</a>.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The American Library Association (ALA) invites library advocates to apply online to join the ALA Policy Corps before December 11. The Corps initiative aims to strengthen advocacy
related to key national library policy areas—ranging from broadband equity and copyright/licensing to federal funding and privacy and cybersecurity.
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The ALA is seeking to recruit up to 12 participants with diverse representation from across library types and geographies. Participants will cultivate deep expertise for a public policy issue; create or enhance the skill set needed to impact legislation and
policy; mentor others on a given policy issue of interest; participate in a cohort to share challenges and successes; and ultimately impact national, state and local policymaking. Selected candidates will join the third cohort in policy advocacy efforts on
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Applications</a> </span></strong> will be accepted through Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Selected finalists will subsequently be asked to submit a two-minute recorded video presentation about a sample policy issue.
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