Don’t think twice.
Click SELECT and save your seat to spend “An Evening with Lisa Scottoline” at the 2010 KLA Conference on Wednesday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Noted for her funny and highly entertaining presentations as well as her hugely popular writings, Scottoline will talk about her inspiration, writing, and passion for libraries as well as answer questions from audience members at the end.
In addition, she will also do a book signing including her new title, “Think Twice,” a copy of which will be included in the ticket price for the first three hundred purchasers. This event is a fundraiser for the Kansas Library Association Educational Foundation and will be open to the public, but conference-goers get first shot so gather your means, establish your motive, and seize the opportunity to start your conference experience with a bang!
In addition to the program, the foundation will again be selling opportunities to win the rockin’ gift baskets that you and your libraries and friends donate to the cause. Thank you in advance for your continued support of this key fundraiser that helps to supply continuing education dollars to the Kansas library family. From a “Chocolate Tower” to “A Day at the Beach” to “A Day on the Trail” (complete with lariat!), the baskets make wonderful gifts and prizes and the foundation board can’t wait to see what you have up your creative sleeves this year.
At the helm of the board for 2010 is Marie Pyko of the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. President Marie is joined by Rita Sevart of the Wichita Area Technical College Library as the Vice-President/President-Elect, Leslie Bell of the Northwest Kansas Library System as Treasurer, and Secretary Kristin Whitehair of the University of Kansas Medical Center’s Dykes Library.
New to the board this year are Pat Clement, Pittsburg Public Library; Gloria Creed-Dikeogu, Myers Library at Ottawa University, Sharon DuBois, Jay Johnson Public Library in Quinter, Bruce Flanders, Lawrence Public Library, and Joe McKenzie, Salina Public Library. They are joined by KLA’s President and Treasurer, Denise Smith and Cynthia Berner-Harris, and by KLA Executive Director Rosanne Siemens who serves as a nonvoting ex officio member.
In addition to new board members and a new conference event, the foundation has a new home at the Northwest Kansas Library System at #2 Washington Square in Norton. Thanks go to system director Leslie Bell for supplying this space that includes storage for the organization’s records, supplies, etc. System business manager, Valerie Elliott, has also been hired to assist with foundation business a few hours each week.
With your help, this year will be a great one for the foundation and for Kansas librarians beginning with a killer program at a fantastic conference. Make sure you can visit the scene of the crime and register now at http://kslibassoc.org/2010Conf/.
