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UPCOMING BROWN BAG DISCUSSIONS

Remember to bring your ideas and your lunch! Coffee will be provided.

How to Handle State Aid Decertification of a Neighboring Library:
Directors' Brown Bag
August 13, 11:30 - 1:30 -- Nevins Library, Methuen

What will you do if your neighboring town's library is decertified as a result of budget cuts? Come and share discussion on issues that concern you, such as: establishing policies on non-resident ILL and circulation, library card sales to non-residents. Email info@nmrls.org to register.

Assistant Directors' Forum
August 19, 12:00 - 2:00 -- Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield

Come join your assistant director colleagues to meet, share ideas, and find solutions to problems. NMRLS will poll registrants ahead of time to create an agenda of interest to those attending. Register online at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml

Implementing Your LSTA Grant
September 17, 12:00 - 2:00 -- Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, South Hamilton

So, you got that LSTA grant! Now what? Let's meet to discuss your implementation strategies. Participants will share information and advice about the programs they are planning. Register online at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml

Fundraising: Directors' Brown Bag
September 25, 12:00 - 2:00 -- Flint Memorial Library, North Reading

Lean economic times mean more imaginative fundraising. Come to share ideas with your colleagues on seeking gifts and donations from individuals or organizations. Bring samples of any campaigns that have worked for you, and a Trustee or Friend if you'd like. Register online at http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ceform.shtml

"ROOM TO GROW": A NMRLS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAY

On June 4, NMRLS Executive Board and committee members met at Merrimack College to participate in a leadership development day. The NMRLS Board Development Committee (formerly the Nominating Committee) sponsored the event. Among its responsibilities, this group is charged with ongoing board and committee development, and the identification and recruitment of new board and committee members.

The keynote speaker was Marshall Keys of MDA Consulting. You may remember Marshall from his days as the Executive Director of NELINET. He discussed the critical need for leadership in today's libraries. After group sessions in which members gathered by library type to consider current issues, the participants reconvened to share their findings. Marshall assembled "A Practical Guide for Library Leaders," based on questions submitted by participants prior to the development day. Here he covered leadership skills needed to survive and manage in lean times.