Congratulations to Marianne Lohrman, Reference Assistant at Geauga County Public Library, Chardon Branch! Thank you to all those that participated. Watch for more contests coming soon! Many students struggle when it comes to writing an essay, and often turn to the internet for help. One of the most popular requests online is "write my essay for me". Whether you are struggling to find the right words or are unsure of the formatting required, seeking help to write your essay can make the process much easier.

Maureen Sullivan, ALA President-Elect coming to NEO! Tuesday,September 27th in Twinsburg for the NEO Fall Showcase & Luncheon--Libraries Working Together: A Formula for Future Success  and Wednesday, September 28th Tomorrow's Library: Collaboration, Shared Leadership and Service --A Partnership with KSU School of Library Information Science.

OPLIN is now accepting applications from libraries for Internet filtering assistance grants for fiscal year 2012. Full details and a link to the application form are available at http://oplin.org/internet-filtering-assistance. The application deadline is September 30, 2011, with awards starting November 1. All awards must be disbursed to vendors and the filtering applications must be operational by June 30, 2012.

NEO-RLS is currently collecting information for the 2011-2012 Public Library Salary Survey.  Participation is free and provides your library access to this valuable tool for library planning and budgeting. Do you need to carry out a similar survey or research a more narrow topic for your academic papers? Entrust your assignment to one of the best services reviewed here https://www.newsdirect.com/blog/5-best-websites-where-i-can-pay-someone-to-write-my-paper and spend more time on your majors.

Some of the features of this survey allow your library to:

·         Display the statewide salary averages for all positions from all participating libraries.

·         Compare the experience, education, and average salaries of library staff across the state.

·         Select a group of libraries and analyze salary trends over the past Twelve years.

·         Compare a group of libraries based on size.

·         Compare libraries throughout the state based on key library specific demographics.

·         Create unique reports based on a single point of data and group it by library.

NEO will be collecting data until September 30, 2011 after which NEO will compile the results of this survey and make them available in electronic form to participants starting October 1, 2011.  If your library has participated in the past, you should have received information via email for this year’s participation.  If you have not received an email or have not participated but would like to participate please contact the NEO-RLS Office at (330) 847-7744 or email Shawn Walsh [email protected] .

Maureen Sullivan, ALA President-Elect coming to NEO! Tuesday,September 27th in Twinsburg for the NEO Fall Showcase & Luncheon--Libraries Working Together: A Formula for Future Success  and Wednesday, September 28th Tomorrow's Library: Collaboration, Shared Leadership and Service --A Partnership with KSU School of Library Information Science.

Visit our new Facebook page and “Like” us to stay informed of great, new services and support from NEO!

NEO announces new pricing to for continuing education to save your library money. For all events if a library sends 3 or more staff they will receive a 20% discount. Getting it is as easy as finding online essays for sale. For webinars if you send 10 or more there will be a flat rate of $100 for members. Start signing up for programs and take advantage!

NEO has 4 View Box tickets, a $140 value, to share with our “Friends!” for the Indians’ Sunday, September 25 final season game!  If you’ve already “Liked” us on Facebook, we’ll automatically enter your name in the Indians’ Tickets Drawing!  But, if you help us get new friends, you can earn more chances to win. Convince someone to “Like” NEO, and then tell them to send us a Facebook message saying “(Your Name) told me to Like NEO!”  We’ll enter your name – and their name - in our drawing!

Get us lots of friends and enter often!  On Monday, September 12 we’ll draw the name of one lucky Facebook Friend, who will win 4 seats to watch the Tribe take on the Minnesota Twins! It’s Kids’ Fun Day & Fan Appreciation Day.  So get busy…help NEO get new Friends!

Greetings NEO-RLS Members,

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you and your staff to participate on a NEO-RLS committee for FY 2011-2012.  NEO-RLS’s strength and future is in its membership.  By serving on an NEO-RLS Committee, you contribute directly to the growth and development of YOUR regional.

NEO-RLS is once again pulling together the purchasing power of NEO member libraries to make a group purchase of Dell computers and equipment.  Our last purchase saved members up to 19% off state and local government pricing and we expect to realize similar, if not better savings with this next group purchase. 

If you are interested in participating here is what you need to do:

Tuesday, May 31, 2011, the ballots for the NEO-RLS Board of Trustees Election were counted....