Support Your Support Staff

 Article - Supporting the Support Staff - This month's guest author, Steve Standefer, Director of the Mansfield Public Library, comments on the role of a supervisor in building a healthy, happy, and effective staff organization.  

 Podcast - Supporting Your Support Staff- Caroline Morrow, Circulation Clerk at the Flower Mound Public Library, describes some of the ways the library management shows appreciation and provides a supportive environment for the staff.

 Executive Director's Column - In this month's column, NTLP Executive Director Adam Wright discusses the future of reference services in the library.  Adam's column also has details about NTLP's recent activities and upcoming events.   All of Adam's past columns are available at the Executive Director's Page on NTRLS.org. Be sure to subscribe to Adam's blog, Notes of a Binge Thinker. 

 NTRLS IT ... Real Stories! - Are your staff computers dragging because all the Internet bandwidth is used up by patrons on YouTube?   This month's true story tells you how to fix Internet priorities by setting up QoS on your network.  Adventures in library technology from the NTRLS IT Specialist are collected on the Real Stories! page on NTRLS.org. 

 We'll see you at the Library Supporters Conference on Saturday, February 13, 2010 and its Kick-Off Event Friday evening, February 12.  Register separately for each day at the NTRLS.org Continuing Education Portal.

See the Continuing Education Portal for upcoming workshops.

Accessibility Fairs scheduled for early 2010!

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