Less than one month to go! The Prairie Book Festival has been getting a lot of great press - thank you Hutchinson News!
I just finished up the Dalai Lama's, Toward a True Kinship of Faiths subtitled How the World's Religions Can Come Together. It was a fairly fast read and the points made are, in my opinion, spot on. The similarities in the world's major religions on which the Dalai Lama focuses revolve around compassion for fellow man. He goes on to show how it is possible to recognize other faiths as valid while remaining true to one's own faith.
Not quite a week ago, I (along with several other library directors) met with the new State Librarian of Kansas, Jo Budler, to discuss several issues of importance to libraries. Among our discussion points were the state's downloadable audio books program, the state-wide database selection, and the possibilities for future collaboration in other areas. Mainly, I was glad to see an interest in consensus building at the state level - something that has been sorely lacking in my opinion the few years I have been here. It seems that there might be some interest among the directors of similar-sized libraries to continue meeting on a regular basis, either in person or through electronic means. This too was welcome news to me as, again, I know that I can benefit as a director from collaboration and sharing of information.
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