WVLS Director’s Retreat

2017 WVLS Director’s Retreat a Success!

Directors from across central Wisconsin and WVLS gathered to have a little fun and learn a lot!

Table topics included: Taking Care of Yourself, Taking Care of Your Community, and Program and Service Trends.

Brian Kopestky brought VR gear and a quick presentation from the McMillian Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids, Cindy Fesemyer and Deb Haeffner covered “From Potlucks to Projects,” and Amanda O’Neal and Kelly Nelson presented “Community Engagement.”

• Thursday, October 5th, 2017 at the Tribute Golf Course and Bunkers Bar & Grill
• 6.5 CEUs for the whole day
• 2017 Director’s Retreat Agenda
• 2017 Directors Retreat Activity Report for WI Public Library Certification
• Presentation Slides
  • Community Engagement
    • Kelly Nelson, Marketing Coordinator for the Winneconne Public Library, WI
    • Amanda O’Neal, Children’s Librarian for the Winneconne Public Library, WI
  • From Potluck to Project
    • Cindy Fesemyer, Director of the Columbus Public Library, WI
      • CPL was the Library of the Year 2017 Runner-up!
    • Deb Haeffner, SCLS Building and Design Consultant
  • Creating in Virtual Reality at Your Library
    • Brian Kopetsky, Assistant Director of the McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
• Table Bibliographies
  • Taking Care of Each Other Bibliography
  • Taking Care of Your Community Bibliography
  • Program and Service Trends in Libraries Bibliography
    • Google Cardboard Guide 2017
    • Breakout EDU – for information on Break Out Room kits
• Peer Resource List
  • “I get by with a little help from my listservs, blogs, websites, books…”
    • Amazon’s Best of the Month
    • Art Blogs
    • BadgerLink
    • Colleagues
    • Facebook Events
    • Free Tech For Teachers – a blog by Richard Byrne
    • Free image websites
    • Friends Groups
    • Marketing Library Services – website and journal
    • Other Library Websites
    • Patrons
    • Pinterest
    • Programming Librarian – blog
    • WI Historical Society
    • Quiet by Paul Bright and Guy Parker-Rees
    • Seth Godin blog/books
    • Shelf Awareness – eNewsletter
    • Unbroken by Parker
    • Unquiet Librarian – blog by Buffy J. Hamilton
    • WVLS