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Budget support, board training, trustee support, library law, personnel, policies, and general administration

Sharon serves as System Librarian, confirmed by the State Library of Kansas in June 2021. She earned her Master’s of Library Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has served as Tonganoxie Public Library Director, Northeast Kansas Library System Technology Consultant, Huntingdon Valley (PA) Library Director, and Linwood Community Library District.

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Allocation report support, billing and invoices, System board meeting agendas, System financial questions, and System HR

Brenda serves as Business Manager, providing financial support and office management for the System. 

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Continuing education, trustee training, new director orientation, collection development, programs, grants, movie licensing, state reports, and personnel

Amy provides general consulting to all member libraries and trustees. She also serves as editor to the bimonthly newsletter, Stacks of News, and coordinates the System’s continuing education program and Niche academy. 

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Family Play Spaces grant project, collection development, programming, space planning, and continuing education for library services for birth to 18 and caregivers

Tammie wrote and facilitates the Family Play Spaces project in several public libraries. 

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SEKnFind support, Koha troubleshooting, migration support, specialized Koha reports, and training

SEKnFind is a service offering a shared regional integrated library system (ILS) using Koha open source software. SEKnFind started in November 2008 with eight members, but now includes 50 public libraries and three (3) community colleges. Jason provides database administration, support, customization, and ongoing training opportunities for libraries participating in the shared catalog. He works closely with Resource Sharing and Technical Services Departments.

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ShareIt training and support, OCLC interlibrary loan requests, SEKnFind circulation training, and courier issues

Brenda has served the System over 38 years and leads the Resource Sharing/Interlibrary Loan Department. She also coordinates and supports the courier services.

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Rotation services, establishing a new service outlet, and acquisitions and materials purchasing

Cheryl oversees acquisitions for the System and purchases multiple copies of books from bestselling authors to support Interlibrary loan. These titles are transferred to Rotation Services when demand drops.

While Cheryl curates, purchases, and manages Rotation, Roger delivers the boxes of books to libraries throughout the system. Participating sites include: 49 public libraries, two (2) community college libraries, four (4) locations in communities with no established library, and three (3) other service outlets.  Each rotation delivery brings a mixture of fiction, nonfiction, large print, young adult, and children’s books. With about 370 books in each rotation, each site receiving a full rotation sees approximately 2,900 different books per year through this service.

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Cataloging and Technical Services issues, original MARC records, laminating services, and special cataloging projects

Kim and her team oversee all database maintenance, cataloging, and cataloging training for the SEKnFind shared catalog. She coordinates special cataloging projects and the creation of new MARC records for member libraries. 

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Cataloging support, original records, database maintenance, and special cataloging projects

Melissa has also served the System for over 38 years as our primary cataloger, adding new materials to the SEKnFind Shared catalog, ensuring that the bibliographic records in the catalog are clean, complete, and up-to-date.