September 2013 - Michlib-l

SLIS@Grad Fairs Around Michigan & Midwest in October!
by WSU School of LIS 06 Oct '13

06 Oct '13

The School of Library and Information Science will be at the following Graduate and Professional Fairs around Michigan and the Midwest on October 7, 8 and 10. Learn program details of our MLIS and various graduate certificates , how to apply , and speak with program representatives. $50 WSU application fee will be waived for all attendees. Please see complete details below and a flyer at http://slis.wayne.edu/prospective/gradfairs2013.pdf Monday, October 7, 2013 Western Michigan University Graduate and Professional Fair 3:00 to 6:00 PM Bernhard Student Center East Ballroom 1903 W Michigan Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5242 RSVP at http://events.wayne.edu/slis/2013/10/07/slis-western-michigan-university-gr… Tuesday, October 8, 2013 University of Illinois Chicago Idealist Grad Fair 5:00 to 8:00 PM UIC Forum, Hall A and B 725 W Roosevelt Road Chicago, IL 60608 RSVP at http://events.wayne.edu/slis/2013/10/08/slis-chicago-idealist-grad-fair-483… Thursday, October 10, 2013 Michigan State University Graduate School Fair 3:00 to 6:00 PM Michigan State University Union Abbott and Grand River East Lansing, MI 48824 RSVP at http://events.wayne.edu/slis/2013/10/10/slis-michigan-state-university-grad… The ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University's School of Library and Information Science is available completely online, in addition to our Graduate Certificates in Information Management and Public Services to Children and Young Adults. The Archival Administration Certificates are available on-campus. Questions? Please contact Nichole Manlove,Diversity Graduate Student Assistant, 313.577.1825 or ao9178(a)wayne.edu. Regards, Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science 106 Kresge Library Detroit, MI, 48202 313-577-1825 • Toll free: 877-263-2665 • Fax: 313-577-7563 www.slis.wayne.edu • asklis(a)wayne.edu --

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Better World Books
by Stacy Pasche 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

Would any libraries using Better World Books successfully (or not) please contact me? I am interested in what kind of $$$ you see in return. Also, are they a good fit for old and rare books? Is there another service for old and rare books that would be better. Thanks, Stacy Pasche Benzie Shores District Library

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Oakland literacy benefit dinner Oct 23
by Joe Roth 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

OAKLAND LITERACY COUNCIL ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH, October 1, 2013. The Oakland Literacy Council—a nonprofit group providing free literacy training to adult residents of Oakland County—will hold its 24th annual “Ex Libris” fundraising banquet on Wednesday, October 23 at the Village Club in Bloomfield Hills, beginning at 6:30. According to Council President Judy Lindstrom, “Ex Libris is the primary fundraising event for the Council and is essential to our educational program. We are the only nonprofit 501c3 organization providing free one-on-one literacy training in Oakland County. Hundreds of our volunteer trained tutors help students to lead more fulfilling and productive lives. Since 1984, we’ve assisted some 12,000 students, including those learning English as a second language as well as English speakers working to improve their reading and writing skills.” This year’s featured speaker will be Tim Skubick, who is well-known for his public television program, “Off the Record,” aired locally on Detroit and Flint/CMU public TV. Tim is a long-standing member of the Michigan’s Capitol Press Corps and covers the capitol for WWJ News Radio 950, WJBK-TV-2, and sixty Michigan Radio Network Stations. In addition, Tim has written two books, been awarded four Emmys, and is a member of the Michigan Journalism and Broadcast Hall of Fame. Everyone interested in literacy is invited to “Ex Libris.” Benefactor tickets are available for $175 and patron tickets for $125. Sponsorships begin at $500 and include special recognition and other sponsor benefits. Call 248-253-1617 or email info(a)oaklandliteracy.net for more information on dinner tickets or sponsorships. ###

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FW: Impact on Suspension of MDE Implementation of Common Core
by Robertson, Nancy (MDE) 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Dear library colleagues, Please see the announcement below from Martin Ackley, Director of the Office of Public and Governmental Affairs for the Michigan Department of Education. This situation will impact your ability and the ability of your patrons to access the Michigan Online Resources for Educators (M.O.R.E.), part of the Michigan eLibrary at http://more.mel.org. Access to the other components of the Michigan eLibrary at http://mel.org should remain available. Additionally, access to the application interface for public library annual reporting as part of the state aid to public libraries should be available within the next week or so. Please bear with us as these issues are addressed going forward. Thank you. Nancy R. Robertson State Librarian Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Ph: 517-373-9464 Email: robertsonn(a)michigan.gov<mailto:robertsonn@michigan.gov> URL: http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan Visit the Michigan eLibrary at http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> From: Ackley, Martin (MDE) Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:35 PM To: (MDE-ISD-Superintendents(a)listserv.michigan.gov<mailto:MDE-ISD-Superintendents@listserv.michigan.gov>); (MDE-LEA-SUPERINTENDENTS(a)LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV<mailto:MDE-LEA-SUPERINTENDENTS@LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV>); Principals (MDE-LEA-Principals(a)listserv.michigan.gov<mailto:MDE-LEA-Principals@listserv.michigan.gov>); (MDE-PSA-DIRECTORS(a)LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV<mailto:MDE-PSA-DIRECTORS@LISTSERV.MICHIGAN.GOV>) Cc: MSPRA; Barbara Markle; Bill Miller; Brad Biladeau; Brian Broderick; Dan Quisenberry; David Hecker; David Martell; Flanagan, Mike (MDE); Gerald Peregord; Gretchen Dziasdosz; Kathy Hayes; Michael Boulus; Michael Hansen; Paul Liabenow; Ray Telman; Robert LeFevre; Sandra York; Steven Cook; Wendy Zdeb-Roper; William Mayes; Alicia Urbain ; Alissa Peltzman ; Amber Arellano ; Andy Solon ; Becky Rocho; Bob Emerson; Bob Kefgen; Brendan Ringlever ; Dan Schultz; Dave Michelson ; Dave Stafford ; David Ladd ; David Randels; David Schmidt; David Zulhke ; Debbie Squires ; Don Olendorf; Don Wotruba; Dusty Fancher; Ellen Hoekstra ; Emily Laidlaw; Erin Schor; Gary Naeyaert; Jamey Fitz; Jared Burkhart; Jennifer Smith; Jerry Johnson; Jerry Peregord; Jim Ballard; Kate McAuliffe; Kathy Cummins Merry ; Lauren English ; Len Wolfe; Lisa Hansknecht; Louise Somalski ; Manny Lentine; Matt Gillard; Matt Thomasevich; Michael Cohen ; Mike Pumford; Nancy Stanley; Nell Kuhnmuench; Peter Spadafore ; Sarah Hubbard; Sarah Winchell Lenhoff; Shelly Stahl; Wayne Kuipers Subject: Impact on Suspension of MDE Implementation of Common Core Importance: High Good afternoon, With no action being taken by the Michigan Senate by the October 1 beginning of the 2013-14 state fiscal year, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) has had to end all support for the local implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessments. The Michigan legislature inserted language in the Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget that prohibited MDE from appropriating any funds for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards or the Smarter Balanced Assessments unless it received approval through an "affirmative action" by the legislature. The Michigan House of Representatives took its affirmative action through the adoption of House Concurrent Resolution 11 (HCR 11) last week. The state Senate has not taken any similar action. "While the Common Core remains Michigan's K-12 content standards and schools will continue to design their local curriculum around them, we are continuing to review the areas of our operations that are affected to comply with the state law, now that we can't provide assistance on the implementation of the Common Core or the Smarter Balanced Assessment," said State Superintendent Mike Flanagan, Director of the Michigan Department of Education. "This not only impacts local school buildings, but also how we re-tool our work and all of our external contracts," Flanagan said. "So much of what we have been doing with Common Core over the past three years has been ingrained in our work here at MDE." We are unclear yet as to MDE's ability to flow federal dollars through to local and intermediate school districts. We are clear, though, that MDE will not be able to process federal Title I Consolidated Applications, or keep open the Michigan Online Resource for Educators (M.O.R.E.) online portal for educators and students. One of the major impacts of this lack of action by the Senate is that the state is in violation of its federal flexibility waiver to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Michigan will revert back to the federal NCLB requirement that schools have between 89-93 percent of their students proficient in math and reading. Early calculations show only 2.6 percent of school buildings (89) and seven tiny local districts in Michigan meet those thresholds, thus, the rest will be deemed: Not Making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The federal waiver to NCLB required a state to adopt career- and college-ready standards and provide support to its local schools in implementing those standards. As is its Constitutional and statutory authority, Michigan's State Board of Education chose in 2010 to use the career- and college-ready aligned Common Core State Standards. The current federal flexibility waiver goes through 2013-14. MDE has been working on the renewal of that waiver, due to the U.S. Department of Education by the end of the year. All of that work on the renewal has ceased. If the state losing its federal NCLB waiver, the Bottom 5 percent schools will be determined by a previous data method resulting in identifying different schools and causing turmoil with schools never identified on the list and some schools coming off the list, missing legislative deadlines for identifying the Bottom 5 percent of schools and all other legislative deadlines for schools. This would cause the list of schools on the 2013 Bottom 5 percent list to be 6-12 months behind in their improvement requirements, any may impact the 2012 group, as well. Another implication of the prohibition of work by MDE means that local schools will lose the opportunity to participate in Smarter Balanced Assessment field testing if the state has to pull out of the Common Core, and accompanying assessment consortium work. The field testing would have given Michigan students the best chance to experience online testing that will measure the full breadth of career- and college-ready standards in a format that will prepare them for post-secondary success, according to MDE. Michigan will not be able to replicate this type of experience, and risks falling behind by years with regard to implementing the type of online, computer adaptive testing that the legislature has called for previously. This also means that schools will not have important student academic growth data aligned to career- and college-ready standards for the foreseeable future, to fuel all critical reform efforts such as educator evaluations; school rankings and comparisons; and effective targeting of resources for the lowest-performing schools. MDE also has requested the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget to take down the MDE website because the Common Core State Standards are integrally related throughout. "If we cannot expend funds on any information, or support and assistance to local schools, then we have to scrub our entire website and restore pages are they are deemed fit," Flanagan said. This is the immediate impact on the work we do here at MDE. We will continue to assess any further impact as situations may change. Martin Ackley, Director Office of Public and Governmental Affairs Michigan Department of Education Eating a healthy school breakfast provides students Fuel for Learning...and Health for Life. For information and resources on school breakfast go to www.michigan.gov/schoolnutrition<http://www.michigan.gov/schoolnutrition> and "click" on the School Breakfast Program link in the program information category.

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Digital repositories for MeL
by Mase, Sheryl (MDE) 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hello Colleagues, We are looking for digital repositories that are OAI-PMH compliant for harvesting into the Michigan eLibrary. We designated for harvesting the projects that were grant funded and added to MeL Michigana (http://mel.org/michigana) but not all of them are OAI-PMH compliant so they are not harvestable per our current contract. This is why we now have additional capacity to continue with other OAI-PMH compliant content. We have posted a collection development strategy online at http://mel.org/index.php?P=MeL--AboutMeL that you can review to get an idea of what content we seek for MeL. If you have a repository that you think is a good statewide resource and it is OAI-PMH compliant, please complete the attached spreadsheet and return it to me off list. I can receive your information at any time you are ready to offer up your resource for MeL, however I am looking for up to ten to add to our current harvesting contract, so the sooner you get me information, the more likely it can be included in the initial wave. [cid:image001.jpg@01CEBDF7.E064FE90] Sheryl L. Mase Assistant Director Statewide Library Services Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Ph: 517-373-4331; Fax: 517-373-5700 Toll free: 877-479-0021 Email: mases(a)michigan.gov<mailto:mases@michigan.gov> URL: http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan ***visit the Michigan eLibrary at http://mel.org<http://mel.org/>***

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Michigan Reads! - Survey
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

The 2013 Michigan Reads program has been great and is still going strong, but please remember the program survey as you wrap up your events and activities. When you are done using the kit for programming, please go to the Survey section at www.michigan.gov/michiganreads<http://www.michigan.gov/michiganreads> and let us know how many events/readings you had and how many people attended. We appreciate your help in providing the scope of the program in all our libraries and schools to our funder, Target. Please also consider giving feedback on the program, materials and book suggestions for 2014 so we can continue to improve. Thank you for your help! Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 517-373-5700 f reishk(a)michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices<http://www.michigan.gov/youthlibraryservices> www.michigan.gov/sl21<http://www.michigan.gov/sl21>

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Singleface shelving needed
by Linda K. Neely 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

We are finally near the finish line of cleaning and painting our Bath Township Library Center. Book donations are flowing in and we are desperate for single-face 66" or higher metal shelving. We need 10 sections to line the walls of our teen/tween area. If anyone has a spare carousel shelving unit we could surely use that too. Thanks to all who have offered shelving in the past. Linda K. Neely Bath Library Committee Bath MI 48808

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MLA Annual Conference - Call for Volunteers
by Jackie Wrosch 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

If you are attending the MLA Annual Conference this year, please consider... Your help is needed. MLA is looking for volunteers to help in the following areas: Registration desk, program room monitors, audio visual support, membership desk and greeters/directional guides. Just let us know how you'd like to get involved and when you're available by filling out this quick survey . Just an hour of your time is all it takes to help make the conference a greater success for all. ------------------------------------------------- Jackie Wrosch <jwrosch(a)emich.edu> Systems Librarian and Assistant Professor Eastern Michigan University

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Sharing Library Ideas
by natalie bazan 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hello Librarians!Now that we have moved past the excitement of our summer programming, I am working on updating the 'Grants, etc' tab on the site. I would like to add a folder of links to policy manuals so that we can all find them when we need to update or rewrite a policy. So, if you would, please email me a link to your policy manual (or just attach it). But don't forget that I am always looking for fun exciting programs that have worked in your library. So, if you have any Holiday programs that you are especially proud of, please email them over! Don't know about Sharing Library Ideas? Well, its a PLINKIT site started by a frustrated librarian who was just getting started and had a hard time finding programs that work in libraries. So, sharing library ideas was born as a repository for ideas, links, pictures, websites, class outlines and more. Please use it, and email me any comments, questions or additions! Thank you, Natalie Bazan MA, MLIS Library Director Hopkins District Library 118 E. Main St. Hopkins, MI 49328 269-793-7516 http://hopkins.llcoop.org http://sharing.michlibrary.org

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Adult Literacy Programming in Public Libraries
by Kristy Cooper 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Are you interested in doing something with adult literacy at your library but not sure where to start? I wanted to share a new FREE resource I created about supporting and starting adult literacy programs in public libraries: http://salipl.org. This website includes information on why public libraries are perfect for supporting adult literacy, success stories from libraries that have implemented programs and information about working with adult learners. In the "Program Toolkit" portion of the website, there is an outline of all the steps involved in connecting with Adult Literacy programs in your area, building a literacy collection, finding potential tutors, setting up tutor training, advertising for learners, doing assessments, learner placement, tutoring session logistics and keeping track of learners and tutors. The site has example presentations that you can adapt for potential tutors and other stakeholders as well as templates for just about all the paperwork you could possibly need dealing with assessments, placement and tracking. I was able to make these all readily available thanks to the generous people at Washtenaw Literacy. There is a growing FAQ section and everyone is welcome to send me questions through the site that I will be happy to answer. Also, if your library does programming with adult literacy, please contact me and I will add your library's information to the site! Salipl.org <http://salipl.org> also has a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/saliplibraries I'm hoping this can develop into a place for further dialogue about what we can do to help the 30 million adults struggling to read in this country. Thanks, Kristy Cooper salipl.org

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