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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

Weapons in Your Library:  Laws in Missouri and Kansas and how they impact libraries (Monica)

Policies:  Handouts for folder

Weapons in Your Library: Kansas and MO Links

 

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ATTENTION -  MISSOURI LIBRARIES:

The Missouri State Library through a LSTA grant is funding a very limited number of seats in this workshop for Missouri libraries.  If you would like one of these available seats, please register below. Unless you receive an email regarding a waiting list, you may assume you have received a grant supported seat.

If the grant seats are full, you will be notified and will have the opportunity to register through the normal registration process.  The cost is $80.00 per person for MALA Members and $160 for non-members for this workshop.

Lunch is included with this workshop.

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The "Register Now!" button below is ONLY for staff in Missouri Libraries and these are the grant supported seats.  

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For general registration, open to anyone, please follow this link.