Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1998

7:30:00 AM

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Congratulations to Gretchen Persohn and Kathleen Sauline

We want to send our congratulations to two NOLA Board members. 

Kathleen Sauline, the Director of the Girard Free Library, has accepted a teaching position at the Kent State University Trumbull Campus teaching Accounting Information Systems. Diane Fritz has been named Interim Director. 

Gretchen Persohn, the Director of the Carnegie Public Library in East Liverpool, will be the new Head of Research Services at State Library of Ohio. 

Gretchen served as the Secretary of the Board and Kathleen was Chair of the Technnology Advocacy Committee.  Both were very active NOLA members and will be missed greatly.  We wish Gretchen and Kathleen the very best in their new positions. Donna Wall, NOLA Board President, will soon name persons to these two Representative-at-Large positions on the NOLA Board.

Beverly Willis and Gretchen Persohn Participate in Library Leadership 2000

Once again, we want to congratulate Beverly Willis, Librarian at the Rootstown Local School District, and Gretchen Persohn, Director of the Carnegie Public Library in East Liverpool.  Both were selected to participate in last week's Library Leadership 2000, a one week leadership program that is co-sponsored by NOLA and held in Holmes County.  Mike Lucas, the State Librarian, served as one of six mentors and sent the following message to the 30 participants on Monday,  "Last week was emotionally and physically draining.  Yet, as a mentor, I brought so much away from the seminar and from everyone that I could not help but hit the ground running today.  While I don't know if the rest of you are experiencing this, today I felt a Zen-like calm and clarity that was nothing short of astonishing!  Here's hoping I can maintain that level. For the last couple of years, I have been one of those people who has regularly expressed concern about where the Ohio library community would find leadership in the near future.  Now, I know.  You've also put the pressure on me (and those of my ilk) to stand in the future so that I can see your headlights coming; otherwise, all I will see are your taillights disappearing in the distance."

Items submitted by:
Millie Fry - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

1998 Continuing Education Survey Now Available!

In our continuing efforts to upgrade and improve our CE offerings to our members, we seek your input and suggestions as to the programs we should be scheduling for 1999. It is important that we hear from all levels of staff within our member libraries, so that we can meet the needs of each of you. I can come up with wonderful ideas, but if you're not interested...what good have we done? Please feel free to add your own ideas and suggestions into your survey responses as well. Please complete your survey by October 12th so that we can begin the process of sifting through your input to come up with some creative, fun, information packed programs! Go to the survey.

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION--OR HOW TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF!

"It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life."
Elizabeth Henry

What is "Assertive Communication" anyway??? What's the difference between "assertiveness" and "aggressiveness"? The answer....alot! Oftentimes, it is how we deal with conflict in our lives...whether it's at work or at home. Conflict is inevitable. We feel conflicted over certain choices we make. We feel strongly about the way a decision at work must go, and we are often in conflict with our co-workers. Some of us believe that there are only two options when conflict arises:

• Roar like a lion and impose our will
• Back off like a sheep and give in (and subtly try to impose our will)

Neither way has much to say for it. Well, we have another option..we can check out what's going on inside of us and listen to what others are saying. We can get clear with ourselves and see what we have to learn.

How do you do that? Sign up for the Assertiveness Communication workshop and find out!
Tuesday, October 6th

Come on, be assertive...sign up today!

See you next week,

Lori D. Putt
CE Consultant

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Lori Putt - Email
NOLA Regional Library System

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