Creating a Culture of Safety and Security in Your Library 

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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM CDT
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Registration closes Monday, April 17, 2017.

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Agenda:

8:30 – 8:40        Welcome and Introductions

8:40 – 10:00      Library Safety & Security YouTube and Panel Discussion

Panel Moderator:  Ashley Durkee - Mid-Continent Public Library - Grandview Assistant Branch Manager

Panelists:  

Cindy Thompson - UMKC Miller Nichols Library - Director of Public Services

 April Roy - Kansas City Public Library- Plaza Branch Manager

Jon Martin - Johnson County Library - Security Guard at Central Resource Library

• Discuss the different security issues your library faces and how do they reflect the community you serve?
• How can you ensure staff who are already stretched so thin have the tools they need to handle and enforce security in your library?
• What is a good library safety policy and code of conduct?
• How can you create a culture of safety and security that involves all staff in your library?
• How can outside institutions such as police and fire departments play an important role in your library security
• Discussion on enforcement of exclusion policies in your library

10:00-10:15   Break

10:15 – 12:15    Conflict/Conduct Management:  Blue Springs Police Department

• Working with customers to prevent escalation of an incident
• Approaching problematic behavior in your library
• Disruptive Behavior of patrons
• Assault on staff
• Acts of sexual misconduct
• Violent acts between patrons
• Workplace violence
• Personal Safety Issues Inside the Library (surveillance, audio monitory, intra-library patrol, staff badges, duress alarms

12:15 – 12:45    Box Lunch provided by MALA

12:45 –  1:05     "Shots Fired - When Lightning Strikes" video

Provides the library employee with critical guidance on how to recognize and survive an active shooter situation

1:10 – 3:15        Situational Awareness:  Blue Springs Police Department

• Crimes against property (theft, robbery)
• Mutilation of materials
• Vandalism of library facilities and equipment
• Physical arrangement of space
• Operational Hours
• Theft from the general collection
• Theft Prevention Measures
• Personal safety issues
• Incident Reporting

3:15 – 4:00        Wrap Up - Share Reading Lists

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ATTENTION -  MISSOURI LIBRARIES:

The Missouri State Library through a LSTA grant is funding a very limited number of seats for this workshop for those employed in Missouri  libraries.  There is a limit of 2 registrations per library. Additional staff registrations will be notified that they will be placed on a waiting list. 

If the grant seats are full, you will be notified via email and will be directed back to this page for registration. The cost is $80.00 per person for MALA Members and $160 for non-members for this workshop.

If you are employed by a Missouri Library and would like a grant seat, please follow this link to register.

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Cost:

• MALA Member: $80.00 (Lunch included)
• Non-Member: $160.00 (Lunch included)

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.

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