From the Director's Desk

March 18, 2011

Beverly J. Obert, Executive Director

News and Upcoming Events

The upgrade is complete, and for now everything seems to be running smoothly. The upgrade went very well. You can now search the online catalog, place holds and resume circulation. Many thanks to the LLSAP staff for their hours of hard work and preparation.

Thank you for your patience while the automated system was down. Because of your cooperation and preparation, few problems were encountered when libraries logged back on.

Wednesday, March 23 will be the next meeting of the Southern Planning Panel. The meeting will begin at 10 am at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in Effingham.

Tuesday, March 29 the Librarians Advisory Committee and Medium Pubs will be meeting at RPLS. Advisory Committee starts at 9:30 am and Medium Pubs at noon.

On Wednesday, April 6 plan to attend hands-on workshops at the Chatham Area Public Library District on how to access the 2010 Census data. There are two sessions – 9 AM and 1 PM. Each session will run approximately 3 hours. It is important for public libraries to understand how to access past and current census data so that they can assist the public in finding the correct data for their needs. If you have not signed up, do so soon.

A Southern Planning Panel meeting will be held on Friday April 8, starting at 10 am at at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Effingham. Also on that date, a Free-Form-Free-For-All for Youth Services Librarians will be held at the Vespasian Warner Library District in Clinton beginning at 9 AM.

Beverly J. Obert, Executive Director

Rolling Prairie Library System
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