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Innovation Plans
Director of Library Operations announced that library managers are creating innovation plans. ...
11/14/2012 - 09:47 - 0 comments
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Library Event coordinator
A position was created and piloted at NW and Downtown for a Library Event Coordinator in order to take care of programming needs. This allows for the Librarian's time to be freed up in order to allow for better service to the customer. ...
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Library Managers attend Public Library Association Conference
Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Information Fluency: All visitors can expect library staff to have uptodate knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver library services. Date: March 2012 Location: Guest ...
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Hours of operation extended at all libraries
Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: May 2012 Location: Guest Services ...
11/14/2012 - 11:04 - 0 comments
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NW staff training
Prior to the opening of the NW Library, staff hired for NW worked at various libraries around the system as part of their orientation and training. ...
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Executive Executive Director Donna Morris visits Oklahoma's congressional delegation during the ALA conference in Washington D.C.
Date: June 2010 Location: Administration ...
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MLS Web site highlights partnership with six local businesses offering discounts to library customers.
Date: September 2011 Location: Administration ...
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Leave Changes
"Recommendations were approved to eliminate doctor/dental leave and reduce earned sick leave hours from 10 to 8 a month. MLS was the only institution to offer doctor/ dental leave and the 120 sick leave hours earned annually led the market. In ...
11/14/2012 - 10:07 - 0 comments
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Oklahoma Voices program allows our customers to record and share their own history
Date: July 2007 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Oklahoma_Voices.pdf ...
03/14/2012 - 15:33 - 0 comments
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Libraries continue working with schools in their service areas by calling, visiting and having various partnerships
Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: August 2007 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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450 people attend Alfalfa Bill Murray program series at our libraries
Date: October 2007 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: event_Murray.pdf ...
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Our World series, funded in part by the Friends of the Library, brings classical music of India to our libraries and 1,123 people attend
Date: November 2007 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Our_World.pdf ...
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Rhythmically Speaking, Hidden Soldier: I just need a JOB performed for Black History Month at our libraries and 1,141 people attend
Date: February 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Rhythmically_speaking.pdf ...
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3,302 seniors participate in Winter ReadFest
Date: March 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Winter_Readfest.pdf ...
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Libraries offer gaming opportunities for Teen Tech Month
Date: March 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Teen_Tech_month.pdf ...
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Spring Fling features Eth No Tec performances at our libraries, 568 people attend
Date: March 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Spring_Fling.pdf ...
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Outreach department receives Friends Grant to bring authors to our libraries
Date: April 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: author.pdf ...
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Outreach department receives an American Library Association grant to establish a Great Stories CLUB (Connecting Libraries, Underserved teens and Books) at Emerson Alternative School
Date: May 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Great_stories_club.pdf ...
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Come Read with Me funded by the Friends of the Library
Date: May 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Award-winning author and Native American storyteller Tim Tingle performs for children and multiple libraries and local schools.
Date: May 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Outreach's Lisa Wood brings 1-2-3 Play with Me to the Latino Community Development Agency.
Date: May 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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The Joy of Mozart series begins bringing piano performances to several libraries
Date: June 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: piano2.pdf ...
03/14/2012 - 14:28 - 0 comments
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Reading to Dogs programs encourage children to read. 1,739 children attend these programs offered at severals libraries throughout the year.
Date: July 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Event_dogs.pdf ...
03/14/2012 - 14:44 - 0 comments
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12,898 children and teens attend our Neighborhood Arts events
Date: July 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: Neighborhood Arts Events ...
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Aboriginal Australia cultural event (sound clip added to MLS website)
http://www.metrolibrary.org/mls/mls_news/2008/aboriginal_australia.htm Date: September 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
03/14/2012 - 14:11 - 0 comments
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MLS partners with the Junior League and World Neighbors to create Trip Around the World series of programs for 2009.
Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: TripAroundTheWorld.pdf ...
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Several staff members represent the library system in the Ghouls Gone Wild parade for Halloween
Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: GhoulsGoneWild.pdf ...
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Several libraries hold Twilight parties and Horror Make-up programs in conjuction with Books With Bite - Teen Read Week
Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: BooksWithBite.pdf ...
03/14/2012 - 14:22 - 0 comments
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Outreach brings Aboriginal Australian artists to host programs at several libraries, 995 people attend
Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services Corresponding File: AboriginalAustralia.pdf ...
03/14/2012 - 14:19 - 0 comments
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Outreach completes the V2R program.
Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
03/14/2012 - 14:17 - 0 comments
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Libraries celebrate The Big Read in conjunction with Rose State College. The Big Read is an initiative for the whole community to read during the month of October, specifically Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
Strategic Plan Response/Goal: Miscellaneous Entries: Events and Activities that Relate to the Strategic Plan as a Whole Date: October 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Tuvan Throat Singers perform at several libraries before a total of 2,241 people.
http://www.youtube.com/v/KJqAYaPGe2I Date: November 2008 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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The Underwater Bridge play tours the libraries for Black History Month to standing-room-only crowds which total 2,086
Date: February 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
03/14/2012 - 13:45 - 0 comments
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MLS partners with AARP to offer tax help to seniors during tax season
Date: February 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
03/14/2012 - 13:35 - 0 comments
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1,269 people attend zydeco performances by the Chavis family around the system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZEPbn8sfhQ Date: March 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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3,541 seniors participate in Winter ReadFest
Date: March 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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MLS partners with local comic book stores to participate in Free Comic Book Day, giving away comic books at all 17 of our locations.
Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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All parents of Oklahoma City public school students receive an automated phone call about Summer at the Library.
Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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MLS partners with the Green Business Alliance to offer a series of educational programs on ways to be more energy efficient.
Date: May 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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MLS partners with the Oklahoma City Community Foundation to promote literacy through the Get Reading Oklahoma website.
http://www.getreadingoklahoma.org/ Date: July 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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The first Annual Children's Metro Music Fest was held the final week of Summer at the Library. This was a week of terrific children's music with seven different bands playing all over the library system with over 1300 people attending.
http://archive.newsok.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RE9LLzIwMDkvMDcvMjUjQXIw... Date: July 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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SCORE Business Counseling sessions are held at several libraries this month
Date: August 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Midwest City, Southern Oaks & Edmond Libraries host driver’s safety courses
Date: August 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Outreach and the Planning department host a Maltese Falcon scavenger hunt as part of the Big Read.
Date: October 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Emily Williams was selected to this year's Leadership OKC Loyal class. LOYAL (Linking OKC's Young Adult Leaders), a program which targets young adults just beginning their civic lives, teaching leadership skills for volunters.
Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Outreach brings the music of Iraq to MLS with performances around the system for a total of 1,080 customers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjH2PmVVn6U Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Outreach receives a Friends of the Library grant to bring in young adult authors to visit libraries around the system.
Date: November 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Senior Services Coordinator Anita Roesler hosts library information booths at three senior awareness/informatin events.
Date: December 2009 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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Emily Williams, MLS Young Adult Services Coordinator is a reviewer on the Oklahoma Department of Libraries' CYA: Children’s and Young Adult Podcast Blog, which is a Book Review Podcast.
Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
03/14/2012 - 11:56 - 0 comments
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The Richter Uzer Duo presented classical guitar and cello music from Led Zeplin to Rimsky-Korsakov at 5 library locations.
Date: January 2010 Location: Outreach and Engagement Services ...
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