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Special Edition of the NEFLIN Newsletter
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We have so much news right now that we are putting out
this special edition wrapping up 2019
and previewing 2020.
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A good time was had by all at this year's Annual Meeting. The day got off to a great start with a keynote from Gina Millsap of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. |
We had a number of concurrent sessions in the afternoon, including those highlighting our
new online course from Ryan Dowd on working with the homeless,
Interest Group Table Talks, presentations from the
2019 Innovation Project recipients, and a demo of our new Virtual Reality equipment (to enter our Equipment Loan program in 2020).
Here are photos taken throughout the day from our official photographer, Jae Bass (Thanks, Jae!).
Also, Brad was reminded that his staff is indispensable in his latest video "
Too Many Clones".
We are already thinking about next year. We have set a tentative date of
September 18, 2020, for the next Annual Meeting. We look forward to seeing you then!
The silent auction and member donations raised
$1,827 for the Jim Morris Fund. This fund provides travel assistance to professional development events and conferences.
We appreciate all the members who donated baskets and to Christine Boatright, Kristin Corbin, and Katrina Evans for helping with the auction.
Coming in 2020
A highlight of the Annual Meeting is when we get to tell you what's coming in the new year. Here are the projects we're excited to roll out in 2020:
Friends of the Library Project: For this project, we're working with a library consultant to strengthen FOL groups and bring them into alignment with library programs and plans. More details are coming soon!
Video Production Project:
Would you like to use video to market and promote your library more effectively? We'll be contracting with professional videographers to produce a limited number of promotional videos for our member libraries. Stay tuned for more info...
Disaster Preparedness Training: Coming in mid-January, we'll partner with
Lyrasis to offer a two-day hands-on disaster preparedness training. Don't miss this timely opportunity to prepare for the unexpected!
Statewide MLC Conference: We're excited to partner with our sister consortia,
PLAN,
SEFLIN, and
TBLC, to offer a statewide one-day conference in the late spring or early summer. More information coming soon about this unique offering.
Continuing Education Awards
Hall of Fame
 In order to shake things up a bit, we established the Continuing Education Awards Hall of Fame this year. Based on input from the
Continuing Education Committee, we decided to make the CE Awards more competitive by placing those libraries that had won five or more awards into the Hall of Fame for that award. The inaugural members of the Golden Apple Hall of Fame were
Alachua County Library District,
Jacksonville Public Library and
St. Johns County Public Library.
No library has met the five win threshold for Making the Most of NEFLIN yet, although a couple are close. You can see the complete list of past winners
here.
Youth Performers Showcase 2019
 This perennially popular program has a new home! Alachua County Library District's Headquarters will host this gathering of magicians, musicians, jugglers and other entertainers.
Stop in on November 7 and get a preview of some of the fantastic talent available in the region to enliven your programs!
Two OER Learning Opportunities
We have two upcoming Open Educational Resource events, one webinar and one face-to-face workshop. Click on the titles below for more information or to register.
with Jeff Phillips & Amy Mosher
Friday, October 4,
2019
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Online
with Elijah Scott
Friday, November 1, 2019
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
@NEFLIN HQ, Orange Park
The 2019 NEFLIN Award Winners
Congratulations to these NEFLIN Award Winners, who were
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Pam Picray
Duval County Public Schools
Member of the Year Award
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Alachua County Library District
Innovation Award |
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Darlene Goodier
Clay County Public Schools
Distinguished Career Award |
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Mary Geer
St. Johns County Public Library
Library Champion Award
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Golden Apple
Volusia County Public Library |
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Columbia County Public Library |
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New River Public Library Cooperative |
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