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Mary Puhr - Professional Development Coordinator 
Mid-America Library Alliance 
816-521-7257 
marypuhr@mid-americalibraryalliance.org 

When

Thursday June 11, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CDT
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Registration closes June 9, 2015.  

Where

Mid-Continent Public Library - Woodneath Library 
8900 NE Flintlock Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64157
 

 
Driving Directions 

The Woodneath Library Center is located north of Highway 152 and Flintlock Rd. in Kansas City, North.  As you head north on Flintlock Rd., on the left side of the road, there is a long, white fence. At the first break in the fence you will turn left.  There is NO sign for the library on Flintlock.  If you see the Shoal Creek Elementary School, you have gone too far.  There is a historic brick home attached to the library.

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MALA Educational Affiliate Membership - If you are employed by a library who is a member of MALA or your library is on the Get Connected Courier Delivery Service -- YOU ARE A MEMBER TOO! Contact Mary Puhr at MALA for more information on membership levels or to check your membership status.

MALA Get Connected Library Courier Delivery - If you are interested in a membership with interlibrary loan courier service, contact Kirsten Myers, Courier Services/Special Projects Coordinator.

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lynda.com Licenses

Mid-America Library Alliance members can now purchase a license to the more than 2,100 instructional videos available from lynda.com for only $100.00/person.  This license (valued at $375.00) will be good through February 29, 2016.  You can view as many tutorials as you want as often as you want during this period. Click here for more information or email Kirsten Myers at MALA.

This workshop has been cancelled.
  

Movie Watchers Advisory: Building and Selling a Great Video Collection 

A great film collection will expand your customer base and boost circulation. Join us for an   afternoon of resource building, collection development, and marketing tips.

 

AGENDA:

9-9:30: A Brief Introduction to Watcher’s Advisory (Beth Atwater, Multi-Media Collection Development Librarian, MCPL)

9:30-10: Libraries and Local film (a discussion with local filmmaker’s panel featuring Justin Gardner)

10-10:45: Building a great movie collection (Beth Atwater, Multi-Media Collection Development Librarian, MCPL)

10:5-45-11: Break

11-11:45: Upselling and marketing your movies (Andie Paloutzian, Story Center Program Manager, Woodneath Story Center)

11:45-12:30: Film and Library Programing (Paul Smith, Community Programming Manager, MCPL)

12:30-1: Name that Movie Trivia and Movie Talk

MALA Certificate Program: Reader's Advisory - Minor Genre - 4 hours

Cost:

  • MALA member: $35.00
  • Non-member: $70.00

MALA Workshop Billing/Refund/Credit Policy:

We prefer all workshops to be prepaid or paid at the door.  If you prefer to be billed, please add $5.  Full refunds or credits are available for cancellations made a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date less a $5 administrative fee.  You can transfer to another workshop a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the workshop date with no administrative fee.  Cancellations made less than seven (7) days prior to the workshop date receive no refund or credit and you or your organization will be billed.  No shows are billed to you or your organization.