NEO can keep your library connected!
One of the issues facing all libraries is how to deal with the ever-changing technology. Even large library systems struggle to keep up. At many smaller libraries, the person responsible for tech support is already swamped. What can you do to meet the technology needs your patrons rely on and expect from you?
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We’ll meet your needs, whatever they are.
In a time of rapid change, when budgets are under stress, libraries are looking for help that is delivered as efficiently and as
affordably as possible. That’s why so many libraries are turning to NEO.
We offer consulting services that will help you solve problems, energize your staff, and bring clarity to your vision! Here are just a few of the areas we can tackle with you:
- Strategic Planning: Getting the process started and keeping it on track to meet your objectives
- Communication: Strategies to maximize your internal and external marketing strategies
- Technology: Acquisition, implementation and management of technology along with problem solving
- Director’s Search: Navigating the recruiting, searching, evaluating and hiring process to find the perfect leader for your library – at an affordable price!
- Team Building: How can you get inter-departmental cooperation to achieve your public service goals?
- Management: Creating systems and procedures to ensure the best customer service and manage scarce resources
- Grant writing: We’ll show you how to increase your success rate in acquiring funds
- Leadership: Skills assessment and practical methods to improve anyone’s leadership ability
- Tailor-made Training: Tell us what ails you, and we’ll develop a plan to meet your needs.
- Staff Days: Let NEO take the worry and work out of planning your Staff Development Day! You tell us what your staff would like to learn and we’ll make all the arrangements – and keep your costs down, too!
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NEO partners once again with Kent State University School of Library and Information Science. Our Featured author is Candice Flemming, the versatile and acclaimed author of more than twenty books for children, including the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!; and the beloved Boxes for Katje.
Morning Breakout Sessions:
- Children’s Literature Update: Amanda Hoover, NEO-RLS, will give an update on the latest and greatest K-6 literature that is available to school librarians.
- INFOhio: STEM
- Reference Resources for Children & Teens: Focused on History – Dr. Meghan Harper, KSU SLIS
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
- Young Adult Literature Update:–Christina Getrost, Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library and Mary Anne Nichols, Lecturer, Kent State University School of Library and Information Science
- Electronic Art Resources for Students and Teachers: Patty Edmonson, Department of Education and Interpretation, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ohio Museums Electronic Resources – TBA
Closing Session
Shelly Pearsall, Author
Her first historical novel, Trouble Don’t Last, was the recipient of the prestigious Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 2003 and her first contemporary novel, All of the Above, was a 2007 ALA Notable book.
Click here for more details and to register.
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Find information here that can REALLY help library staff and customer alike navigate the complicated world of online government information and help!
Today’s libraries strive to help people find government support on the web and then help them learn how to apply for and get the help they need! Unemployment, financial aid, food stamps, mortgage information, tax forms and more are all on computers these days – but that doesn’t mean everyone knows how to get to and use those resources!
That’s where library training and classes come in. Click here to visit Ohio’s “E-Governnment University,” which is managed by Ohio’s four regional libraries and the Ohio Library Council, to access the best, simplest computer classes available to help library staff and customers alike learn to successfully find – and get – government help online!
Classes and information resources lists are being contributed to this website from Ohio’s 4 Regional Libraries, The State Library of Ohio and The Ohio Library Council – working together for the betterment of all Ohioans!
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