May 2014 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Library director position -- River Rapids District Library
by RRDL Director 16 May '14

16 May '14

The River Rapids District Library is seeking a full time library director. This position entails initiative and independent judgment and ability to work with others to accomplish goals and objectives of the Library Board of Trustees. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and dynamic. S/he will have the ability to respond to and nurture relationships not only among staff, board members and patrons, but also amongst Chesaning Area Friends of the Library, civic organizations, area businesses and library groups. S/he will be a passionate advocate for the librarys valued programs and services, as well as the future of the library and its continuing role within the community. The library is located in Chesaning, Michigan, serving 4,659 people in Chesaning Township as well as paying card holders in the area. The library has a staff of one full time director and four part-time employees. The library has a collection of approximately 28,000 items in-house plus a variety of electronic resources. The library is open 32 hours per week and has an annual operating budget of $150,000. Qualifications: - Bachelors degree with library experience; Masters Degree desired - Ability to work effectively with staff, Board, volunteer organizations and community/civic organizations including local schools. - Understanding of technology as related to library operations - Supervisory experience - Experience with budgeting, staff management, grant writing, facility management and information technologies. - Strong computer and internet skill required - Facilitator of information to library staff and the public Applications close June 30, 2014. Interested candidates must submit a letter of application, resume, and three professional references to rrdlboard(a)gmail.com Telephone inquiries not accepted. ------------------------------------------------------ Sally Alexander and Carol Somers Co-Directors River Rapids District Library 227 E. Broad Street Chesaning, MI 48616 (989) 845-3211 rrdl.director(a)vlc.lib.mi.us

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Renewal Policies and Access of Patron Account - Compiled Answers
by Sonja Downey 16 May '14

16 May '14

Dear List-Members, Thank you so much for your answers. I compiled them all in the attached document. I appreciate you all taking the time to answer me on my query, it was very interesting to see how other libraries are handling things. Have a delightful weekend, Sonja -- Sonja Downey Supervisor of Circulation Services Tecumseh District Library Phone (517) 423-2238 Fax (517) 423-5519 sdowney(a)tecumsehlibrary.org 215 N. Ottawa Street Tecumseh, MI 49286

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Warren Public Library Hosts the Irish Band SEACHT
by fabak＠libcoop.net 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello, Warren Public Library is proud to present the Irish band Seacht (pronounced “shocked”.) The band is made up of musicians from Metro Detroit. They play traditional tunes and songs using traditional instruments. I am attaching our flyer for the event in case you would like to print some for your patrons. If you have any questions or need additional information, please let me know. Thank you. Kathy Faba Branch Librarian Warren Public Library Warren, MI

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Holds
by Anita Chouinard 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hi, We went to a public hold shelf almost 2 years ago. It was bigger than our old one, but we have already come across the problem of not enough room. We hold items on our shelves for 7 days total and allow our patrons to reserve 40 items. We tried moving the holds for patrons with a lot of them behind the desk, but after only a week had complaints about this. I am considering shortening the time holds are held for or lower the number of holds they can have. Has anyone else ever had an issue with not enough space on their hold shelf and what did you do to fix the issue? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -- Anita Chouinard Circulation Coordinator Woodmere Branch Traverse Area District Library 231-932-8529

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Warren Public Library’s second event in the program: Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle
by fabak＠libcoop.net 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello, To mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Endowment for the Humanities developed a special project as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative called Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle. As part of this project, the Warren Public Library will present its second event in the series on Monday, June 16 at 6:00. We will feature the documentary Freedom Riders with a discussion to follow. Refreshments will be served. I am attaching our flyer for this event in case you would like to print some for your patrons. If you have any questions or need additional information, please let me know. Thank you. Kathy Faba Branch Librarian Warren Public Library Warren, MI

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Michigan Activity Pass (MAP) Program Year 2 Offers 100+ Venues!: Go-Live is Next Saturday, May 24, 2014
by Jim Flury 16 May '14

16 May '14

All, I am very pleased to share with you, great news regarding the Michigan Activity Pass (MAP) program for Year 2: 100+ participating venues! Yes, thanks to all the hard work by librarians and library cooperative directors around the state, this week we added our 104th cultural partner! (and still counting). This represents a 67.74% increase in the number of MAP partners vs. this year's 62. Please see the attached press release for a complete listing of all committed MAP Year 2 cultural partners. Next week we will share an updated copy of Brigette's popular MAP brochure, perfect for printing and distribution to your patrons, that lists all MAP participants including their url and telephone number. With so many cultural partners, MAP literally has something for everyone. For families with young children http://www.mi-sci.org/ http://www.upchildrensmuseum.com/ http://www.kidsnstuff.org/ and http://www.midmicm.org/ are all must-sees. As the son (and grandson) of an automobile assembly line worker my personal preferences lean towards the planes http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/ trains http://www.southernmichiganrailroad.com/ http://www.trainandboattours.com/ http://www.michigantransitmuseum.org/ and automobiles http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org/ http://www.sloanlongway.org/Buick-Gallery aspect of MAP. And, the boat http://www.themackinaw.org/ and submarine http://silversidesmuseum.org/ too. For those reading this message whose tastes are more refined and sophisticated than mine, which should be everyone and anyone who is reading this message, we also have as MAP partners Michigan's two largest art museums, http://www.dia.org/ and http://www.flintarts.org/ as well as live theatre http://www.wildswantheater.org/ and http://www.stagecrafters.org/ as well as music too http://www.chambermusicdetroit.org/ and http://www.michiganphil.org/ MAP Year 2 will go live on Saturday, May 24. Please note that if you or your patrons see something in MAP that just doesn't look right, that could well be because it isn't right! I say that on account a great deal of work went into building the MAP database. With 100+ participating cultural partners, and 638 individual library buildings, and five passes per week per cultural partner per library building, you can probably appreciate that there was plenty of opportunity for error during the backend building of the MAP database. We'd like to think we've worked all of the bugs out of it, but I am not naive enough to claim that we are certain that we have. So if we've spelled the name of your library incorrectly, or if we failed to link all of the thousands of passes for your library, or...just send me an email describing the nature of the issue, and we will correct it. Let's keep in mind that MAP is a partnership. How can you help? Promote, promote, promote! Share the press release with your local media. Print the forthcoming, updated brochure and distribute same to your patrons. And, very importantly, if your library is located in a community in which one of our MAP partner institutions resides, stop in and say "thank you for your support of the Michigan Activity Pass program." Without our cultural partners, there is no MAP. MAP is not a static program. By that I mean that if you come across potential cultural partners in your service area that are not on board with MAP, and would like to be, please tell them about it, and refer them to me. We can and will add new venues to MAP at any time during the year. We, TLN and its cultural partners, appreciate your support and promotion of and on behalf of, the Michigan Activity Pass program. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks. Jim Flury Jim Flury Technical Services Manager The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-536-3100 x133 Fax 248-536-3098 jflury(a)tln.lib.mi.us

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Question about Presenter...Ron Rademacher
by Jaema Berman 15 May '14

15 May '14

Dear Colleagues, Has anyone had presenter, Ron Rademacher do a program? He specializes in Michigan Road Trips...http://www.hsmichigan.org/resources/storytellers-speakers-musicians… We are thinking of having him. I'd be curious what you thought of his presentation. Sincerely, Jaema Berman -- Jaema Berman Director Addison Twp. Public Library 1400 Rochester Rd. Leonard, MI 48367 Phone: 248-628-7180 Fax: 248-628-6109 http://www.addisontwp.michlibrary.org “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Margaret Fuller 1810-1850 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ~ Francis Bacon

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Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Registration
by Randy Dykhuis 15 May '14

15 May '14

Registration is now OPEN! Reserve your space at the 1st Annual Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference on June 5 and 6, 2014 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio. You can register for the conference here: https://members.mcls.org/~webmaint/glrsc/glrsc_registration.cfm **Deadline for Registration is: May 23, 2014 Schedule in brief: NEW – Tour Opportunity Thursday, June 5, 2014 – 11:00am and 12:30pm - Tours of the Northwest Ohio Regional Book Depository - an off-campus storage and retrieval facility for Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo Libraries. The storage facility is a 5 minute walk from the conference hotel. Thursday, June 5, 2014 – 2:00PM to 4:30PM – Preconference: OCLC Update Thursday, June 5, 2014 – 5:00PM to 7:00PM – Opening Reception Friday, June 6, 2014 – 9:00AM to 3:45PM (Keynote and concurrent sessions, continental breakfast and lunch included) Keynote Address: Jim Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University Concurrent Sessions: · The future of Interoperability for ILL and Resource Sharing ·Copyright Essentials for Resource Sharing ·Spinning Plates: Managing a Resource Sharing Operations · Open Access to the World: Locating International Publications to Fill ILL Requests ·Tips, Tricks, and Change: Getting your Resource Sharing Department Out of the Storm and Into Calmer Waters ·And many more! Conference Rates: The conference registration fee is $75 and includes the preconference on Thursday June 5, all sessions continental breakfast, and lunch on Friday June 6. Join your resource sharing partners and “navigate rough waters” with us!! For hotel reservations and other information, please see our website: http://glrsc.org ========================= Randy Dykhuis Executive Director Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) 1407 Rensen Street Lansing, MI 48910 Phone: (800) 530-9019 x119 Fax: (517) 492-3879 Cell: (517) 927-5121 E-mail: dykhuisr(a)mcls.org Twitter: @mclsrandy _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l(a)mcls.org http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l

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Every person a Picasso; Talk looks back at Paint by Number craze
by Kelly Rembert 15 May '14

15 May '14

Southfield Historical Society 26082 Berg Road • Southfield, MI 48033 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2014 Every person a Picasso; Talk looks back at Paint by Number craze Paint by Numbers, a craft fad that became popular in the 1950s, is the subject of the May 22nd program of the Southfield Historical Society. The Paint by Numbers kits were developed by Max Klein of the Palmer Paint Company of Detroit and commercial artist Dan Robbins. Following World War II Americans found themselves with more leisure time due to the move to a 40-hour work week and the rise in modern conveniences. In turn, people had more time to pursue travel, hobbies, sports and crafts. The “how to” craze took hold. Among the most popular was Paint by Number. Over 12 million kits were sold. Today, the kits and paintings are highly collectable and have made their way into the Smithsonian and the Museum of Modern Art. While there are a number of imitators, vintage kits and paintings can still be found at yard sales and on Amazon.com and eBay. Southfield resident Skip Davis, one of the nation’s leading collectors of Paint by Number paintings, will present numerous pieces from his collection and give an overview of this “how to” craze. Davis is a long-time friend of Dan Robbins. The Paint by Numbers program will be held on Thursday, May 22 at 7pm in the Historic Church at the Southfield Burgh (Civic Center Drive & Berg Road). Tickets are $5, payable at the door, or admission is free with Southfield Historical Society membership of $8 (student/senior) or $10 (individual). The public is invited to attend. ### Kelly Ireland Rembert Outreach Librarian Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Rd. Southfield, MI 48076 (248) 796-4367 krembert(a)southfieldlibrary.org www.southfieldlibrary.org

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Michigan Libraries for Life 2014 Campaign
by Duimstra,Scott 15 May '14

15 May '14

Michigan Libraries for Life 2014 - An Invitation to All Libraries in Michigan!<http://thlibrary.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/michigan-libraries-for-life-2014-…> [Description: Inline image 1] If you could save a life, would you? Most people would say "Yes!" without hesitation. One of the simplest ways to save and improve lives is by supporting organ, tissue and eye donation. For the past four years, libraries across Michigan have participated in a simple and effective campaign to educate patrons about donation and transplant, and to give them an opportunity to join the Michigan Organ Donor Registry. The campaign is called Michigan Libraries for Life<https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/>. This effort, which began with the University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library<http://www.lib.umich.edu/thl>, and has expanded to include public, academic, special, and hospital libraries across the state. This collaborative effort has inspired more than 1,900<https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/statistics> people to sign up as donors! "We've received great feedback from library staff," said Richard Pietroski, Gift of Life Michigan's CEO. "They appreciate having an easy yet meaningful way to engage their patrons in saving and improving lives. Michigan Libraries for Life gives hope to the 3,200 Michigan patients waiting for a life-saving organ transplant." More than 95% of Americans<http://organdonor.gov/dtcp/nationalsurveyorgandonation.pdf> support organ, tissue and eye donation. Yet in Michigan only 44% of adults have joined the state's donor registry, slightly less than the 47% national average. That discrepancy is largely due to residents not knowing how to properly join the Registry. Michigan Libraries for Life helps to address that informational need in our state. "Someone you know probably needs - or will someday need - a lifesaving organ or tissue transplant. People die waiting because not enough organs are available. Your library can be a great help by registering donors and/or providing awareness about organ donation," said Anne Rau, librarian and living kidney donor. "By participating in Michigan Libraries for Life your library is helping to save lives." We are excited to bring this life-saving event back in 2014! Libraries are welcome to participate for as many hours as they are able to staff a registration table in their libraries, from 2 hours to 7 days. This year's drive will start on Monday, October 6th and run through Sunday, October 12th. Gift of Life Michigan<http://giftoflifemichigan.org/> will provide free in-person training for library representatives at their Ann Arbor office on Friday, August 22nd. We are also developing training materials for institutions that are unable to attend the in-person session. "I enjoyed taking part in this well-orchestrated event," commented one librarian. "I hope to participate again next year." The key to this program's success is the participation of dozens of libraries. Your library is warmly invited to join the 2014 Michigan Libraries for Life organ donor registration drive. If your organization would like to participate in this year's effort, please contact us at MichLib4Life(a)umich.edu<mailto:MichLib4Life@umich.edu> or (734) 936-1394 to receive more information. You can also find Michigan Libraries for Life on Facebook! www.facebook.com/ML4Life<http://www.facebook.com/ML4Life> For additional information visit: https://sites.google.com/site/michiganlibraries4life/home ------------ Scott Duimstra, Associate Director of Public Services Capital Area District Libraries - Administration 401 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933 517-367-0813| duimstras(a)cadl.org<mailto:duimstras@cadl.org> www.cadl.org<http://www.cadl.org> | Twitter: www.twitter.com/cadl<http://www.twitter.com/cadl> | Facebook: www.facebook.com/cadlibrary<http://www.facebook.com/cadlibrary>

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