KDLA Publications

In addition to their many online and on-site services, KDLA staff produce publications as information resources for the general public, library staff and state government workers. Below is a topic listing of publications KDLA has available for online research. Click on the plus (+) sign to expand each topic.

General Research
Library-Related
Recommended Resource Lists
KDLA
General Newsletters, Meeting Minutes
Links for Further Research (lists of third-party resources, compiled by the Reference section)

Those files in PDF format requiring an Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat PDF Document have been denoted.

Family Research

Preservation

Kentucky History/Facts

Library-Related

KDLA Manuals, Statistics, Forms, etc.

Certification Manual |
Kentucky Library Directory |
Kentucky Public Library Salary and Benefits Survey |
- 2006
- 2007
Kentucky Public Library Standards Manual: Direction and Service for the 21st Century |
Kentucky Public Library Standards Scoresheet |
Kentucky Talking Books Program Application |
Statistical Report of Kentucky Public Libraries |
Technology Plan 2004
- MS Word format |
- PDF format |
Trustee Manual |

Library Web Help

Kentucky Public Library Newsletter

March/April 2008
- Kentucky READ Campaign
January/February 2008
Catch the Reading Bug
Nov./Dec. 2007
Every County Wins!
September/October 2007
KDLA Awards Library Grants
July/August 2007
Libraries Set Tax Rates
May/June 2007
Kentucky Libraries are Changing with the Times
March/April 2007
Get a Clue @ Your Library
Jan./Feb. 2007
Racing into the Future! Positioning your Library to Win
Nov./Dec. 2006
Commissioner Onkst on Kentucky Libraries
Sept./Oct. 2006
The Kentucky Book Fair Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary
July/Aug 2006
- Statistically Speaking
May/June 2006
- New Kentucky Public Library Standard
Mar/Apr 2006
- Library Education @ Your Desktop
Jan/Feb 2006
- Library Legislative Day
Nov/Dec 2005
- Libraries Build Communities
Sept/Oct 2005
- State Librarian Celebrates 25 Years of Servic
July/Aug 2005
- Library Survey Results
May/June 2005
- KDLA Sponsors the Public Library Institute
Mar/Apr 2005
- Summer Reading Workshops
Jan/Feb 2005
- 50^th Anniversary of Bookmobile Program

Nov/Dec 2004
- Secretary Fox on Libraries
Sept/Oct 2004
- Secretary Fox on Libraries
July/Aug 2004
- KTBL Celebrates 35 Years
May/June 2004
- Put It in Writing
Mar/Apr 2004
- Summer Reading Preparations Underway
Jan/Feb 2004
- The U.S. Patriot Act and Trustee Responsibility
Nov/Dec 2003
- Standards: How Do You Rate?
Aug/Sept 2003
- Getting Your Patriot Act Together
May/June 2003
- Savvy Statistics with Connect and Collect
Mar/Apr 2003
- Federal Legislation Affecting Libraries
Jan/Feb 2003
- Budget Woes... Are You Doing Everything You Can?

The One Page

September 2006 is the final edition of The One Page

SelectioNotes

July-September 2006 is the final edition of SelectionNotes

July-Sept 2006
- Cyber-Travel: A Review of Travel Websites
- Guidebooks to Travel By
- Travel Magazines Chart
Apr-June 2006
- It's Classic - Making Music Come Alive
- Reading It in a Book or Hearing It in the Music - Let's Discuss It Together
- Talkin' About Music - Tips That Work with Teens
- Music Without Words Can Tell a Story
- Sounds Like a Zoo in Here! - Music Activites for Your Summer Reading Program
Jan-Mar 2006 |
- Text Express - Book Discussion Kits for Children and Young Adults
- Book Discussion Groups: Cyber Sources
Oct-Dec 2005|
- Recommended Resource List: Copyright
- It's Showtime! Public Performance Rights and Your Public Library
- Marketing Your Collection on the Web: Copyright Considerations
July-Sept 2005|
- Large Print Book Discussion Kits - A New Service for Older Patrons
- The ABCs of Discussion Groups in Institutional Settings
April-June 2005|
- Not Just Another Book on the Library Shelf
Jan-Mar 2005|
- The Kentucky Virtual Library - A Vital Part of Every Public Library's Collection
- Kentucky Talking Book Library
Oct-Dec 2004|
- Read the Book? See the Movie?
- Internet Resources for "Books into Movies" Programs
- Which Version Is Correct? Video Folktales at KDLA
- KTBL Celebrates 35 Years
July-Sept 2004|
- The Good Big Brother: The United States Census Bureau
April-June 2004|
- Building a Kentucky Genealogical Reference Collection
- Kentucky Documents/Publications Everyone Should Know
- Helping Patrons with Online Genealogical Research
Jan-Mar 2004|
- Talking in the Library: Book Discussion Groups in Kentucky's Libraries
Nov/Dec 2003|
- Mi Biblioteca es Su Biblioteca (My Library is Your Library)
- Strategies for Improving Library Services to Spanish-Speaking Patrons
- Libraries Offering Services to Spanish Speakers
- Internet Resources for Library Collections and Services to the Spanish-Speaking
Sept/Oct 2003|
- Library Services for Patrons with Special Needs
- Kentucky Talking Book Library
- Kentucky Deaf Resource Library
- KDLA Special Needs Resource List
July/Aug 2003|
- And The Winner Is...
May/June 2003|
- Grant Writing
Mar/Apr 2003|
- Library Volunteers
Jan/Feb 2003|
- Library Safety and Security

T3 - Trustee Training Tips

Autumn-Winter 2008
- Goodbye and Good Luck
- Hiring a New Director
- Where Else

Summer 2008
- What Makes a Successful Trustee
- Self-Assessment
- Why Evaluate Your Board?
- Earned Income
- Library Stats
Spring 2008
- How much do you keep
- 501 (c) (3) ... Again
- Attributes of Highly Effective Board Presidents
- Are you up to Standard
- Getting to Know You
- Library Stats
Winter 2007
- Trustee Traps to Avoid
- Email and Meetings
- Announcing Meetings
- Seven Things to Know
- Mission Statements
Autumn 2007
- No Quorum? No Meeting!
- Common Misconceptions
Summer 2007
- Finding (and Getting) the Right Person
- Library Board Profile Worksheet
Spring 2007
- The Hierarchy of Governance
- Evaluation Tips
- Library Jargon
- Agree to Agree
Winter 2006
- Revisiting OMA
- Trustee Attendance
Autumn 2006
- Board Involvement
- Building the Agenda
- OMA - ORA Receipts
- Election of Officers
Summer 2006
- The Slow Motion Board Meeting
- Managing the Meeting
- 7 Simple Solutions
- Timely Minutes
- Opening with a Prayer
Spring 2006
- Building Your Board
- Board Committment Letter
- Affirmation of Service
- Trustee Job Description
- Major Responsibilities
Winter 2005
- New Year Brings New Opportunities
- The Importance of Policy
- Promoting Your Library
Autumn 2005
- The Bottom Line
- Conflicts of Interest
- What Is Diversity
Summer 2005
- Choosing the Right Trustee
- Trustee's Role in PR
- Modern Trends in Formats
Spring 2005
- Good Manners or Good Business?
- Managing Meetings
Winter 2004
- Santa Claus or Sugar Daddy?
- Building a Board Team
- Working Well with Others
Autumn 2004
- A Year Is a Year Is a Year
- An American Freedom
Summer 2004
- A Misplaced Book Is a Lost Book
- Model Procurement
- Advisory Boards
Spring 2004
- With or Without the Library Director?
- Codes of Ethics
Winter 2003
- Recruiting without Misleading
- Recruiting Tips
- Recruiting Interview
- Letter of Commitment
Autumn 2003
- In the Beginning
- Library Standards
- Dow Down? Circ Up!
Summer 2003
- Investment Policies
- Trustee Training Options
- Patrons as Trustees
Spring 2003
- You Can Be Too Rich for Your Own Good
- Officers of the Board
- Informed Board
Winter 2002
- MAKING NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
- SINS OF SILENCE
- TRUSTEE SNAPSHOT
- IS IT A MEETING OR NOT?
Autumn 2002
- WHEN IS A POLICY NOT A POLICY?
- ANNUAL REPORTS: A GUIDED TOUR
Summer 2002
- DISSENSION ON THE BOARD
- USA PATRIOT ACT: WHAT TO DO BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A “KNOCK AT THE DOOR”
- PUBLIC LIBRARY STANDARDS
Spring 2002
- BYLAWS, BY THE WAY
- EVALUATING YOUR CEO
Winter 2001
- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
- THE POLITICAL TRUSTEE
- AN EFFECTIVE BOARD
Autumn 2001
- THIS CLUB’S FOR YOU
- LEGAL ISSUES FOR BOARDS
Summer 2001
- PLANNING AND PLOTTING THE YEAR AHEAD
- ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- MAXIMIZING MEETING TIME
Spring 2001
- PUT IT ON A BUMPER STICKER
- ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- DO YOU NEED D&O ANYWAY?
- WHO SHOULD BE COVERED?
Winter 2000
- IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER?
- ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- WHAT DID WE DO WRONG?
Autumn 2000
- WHAT’S YOUR POLICY ON THAT?
- ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- PLAN, PLAN, PLAN
- PUT YOUR JOHN HANCOCK HERE
Summer 2000
- WHO’S THE BOSS? YOU ARE, SORT OF…
- ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- NEW TRUSTEE ORIENTATION
- EXCUSED OR UNEXCUSED?
Spring 2000
- WELCOME TO TRUSTEESHIP AND T3
- LEGAL ISSUES FOR BOARDS
- BOARD DEVELOPMENT

Recommended Resource Lists

Computer Training Materials

Business/Office Software Applications
- Adobe Acrobat |
- Adobe Pagemaker |
- Microsoft Access |
- Microsoft Excel |
- Microsoft Office |
- Microsoft Outlook |
- Microsoft PowerPoint |
- Microsoft Project |
- Microsoft Publisher |
- Microsoft Word |
Graphics Software
- Adobe Creative Suite |
- Adobe Illustrator |
- Adobe InDesign CS |
- Adobe Photoshop |
- Microsoft Visio |
Operating Systems
- Linux/Unix |
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 |
- Windows Server 2007 |
- Windows Vista |
- Windows XP |
Programming
- C# |
- Data Modeling |
- Java |
- Object Oriented Analysis UML |
- SQL |
- Visual Basic |
Web Applications
- Adobe Dreamweaver |
- Adobe Flash |
- ASP.net |
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) |
- HTML, XHTML & XML |
- JavaScript |

Management/Employee Training Topics

Safety

Wellness and Lifestyle Topics

About KDLA

KDLA Annual Report

Libraries and Archives Monthly

October 2008
- Kentucky Observes First Annual Archives Month
- 27th Annual Kentucky Book Fair Features Something for Everyone
- Local Records Grants Assist County Clerks and Other Local Government Officials
- New Northside Branch Opens to the Public
- Widening Circles IX: Librarian 2.0
- Archives Photo-of-the-Month
September 2008
- Prime Time Family Reading Time
- Trustee Tip
- WPA Records Provide a Window to the Past
- Just for State Government Employees
- Innovative Children's Librarian Retires
- Archival Research Focus of Kentucky Archives Institute