Agnew and Dykas Present at MO Library Association

Leo and Jean Darbyshire, Kansas State University Libraries-Director Emeritus and human capacity development/organization development consultant, co-facilitated a workshop at MOLA on positive approaches to organizational change. This was the second year they gave the workshop at MOLA. Of note, Leo, Jean and their colleague from the KU Libraries, Keith Russell, Life Sciences Librarian and learning and development specialist, have now presented their workshop at conferences in four states: MO, KS, OK, and AL.

Felicity Dykas gave a presentation on “Getting Ready for RDA.” Power Point slides of the presentation are available at http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/staff/catalogdept/presentations/rda2010oct.ppt

Schiefer, Brekhus, Maseles and Riley Present at MO Library Association

Sandy Schiefer (Gov Docs) presented on “Lighthouses, Taxation, Women’s Rights and Molasses: Finding and Using Government Documents as Primary Sources.”  Rachel Brekhus (Ellis Reference) co-presented with Danielle Theiss-White of Rockhurst University, “Bibliographic Management Remix,” a comparison among and update on two free and two proprietary bibliographic management products. Judy Maseles ” LibX Toolbar: Maximize the Use of your Library resources,” which was sponsored by MACRL.  Ann Riley also presented with Neosha Mackey of Missouri State and Bonnie Postlewaite of UMKC on “New or Old: Getting Out There in the Library Job Market.”

Documentation and handouts from both October 8th presentations can be found on the Missouri Library Association Web site, http://molib.org/2010confpresentations.html.