Name: Connect and Collaborate!: Getting to Know MN Regional Library Systems
Start: 2018-10-12T08:00:00-0500
End: 2018-10-12T08:50:00-0500

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Connect and Collaborate!: Getting to Know MN Regional Library Systems

Become a more informed library advocate: learn the fundamentals of Minnesota library systems and structures. Develop a deeper understanding of how Minnesota libraries are funded, organized, and governed. Decipher library jargon like "Minimum Level of Support" and "Maintenance of Effort." Discuss the similarities and differences between federated and consolidated regional public library systems. Learn how federal, state, and local library support translates into local library services. Understand how Minnesota law ensures access to library services for all.

Speakers

Karen Pundsack

Executive Director, Great River Regional Library

Karen Pundsack is Executive Director at Great River Regional Library, a six-county consolidated regional public library system headquartered in St. Cloud. She has worked in Minnesota public libraries for over 20 years and in library administration for 13 years. She is a St. Cloud... Read More →