July 2015 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Every Child Ready to Read program opportunity!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

The Library of Michigan has an opportunity to arrange for Michigan libraries to receive an Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) kit from the American Library Association. You can find more information about the program at <https://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_EditPage.aspx?sm=hUPTibIhVWuuscd6gAsz…> www.everychildreadytoread.org/<http://www.everychildreadytoread.org/>. We are assessing the interest level for this program. Please fill out the survey below if you are interested in using the ECRR program. If you would like a kit for each branch location, please complete the survey for each branch. Please respond to the survey NO LATER than Wednesday, July 22nd. Thank you! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECRRLM 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/michiganreads<http://www.michigan.gov/michiganreads> www.michigan.gov/sl21<http://www.michigan.gov/sl21> Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up - and Read Up! Find the Summer Food Service Program site nearest you at: www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp> [image004]

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Library Assistant Needed at the Riverview Public Library
by Kirk Borger 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Riverview Public Library 14300 Sibley Riverview, MI 48193 Position Opening Library Assistant: Permanent Part-Time Reports to: Library Director Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree Public library experience preferred, but not required. Graduate coursework in library science will be considered in lieu of public library experience. Ability to interact with groups and/or individuals of all ages. Basic knowledge of library processes and procedures. Responsibilities: Circulate materials using library software. Process new materials for addition to collection. Teach computer classes in library and at area senior living centers on topics including, but not limited to, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, the Internet (introductory and intermediate), digital cameras, and other electronic devices. Update and maintain library’s website. Perform other duties as needed or assigned. Hours: Permanent part-time, approximately 15-20 hours a week, including weekends and evenings. Compensation: $10.00 per hour: 20 hours of paid vacation annually after one year of employment. Deadline: August 7, 2015 Application available at the link below: http://www.cityofriverview.com/departments/special_projects/docs/employment… Applications received at the library either by mail or in-person will not be considered. Please send resume and application to: City of Riverview Personnel Department 14100 Civic Park Drive Riverview, MI 48193

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MeL Minute - Widgets & Toolbars
by Borrelli, Eunice (MDE) 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Hello all, Visiting my local library's<http://charlottelibrary.org/> homepage recently I was pleased to see the MeL.org logo and link, and MeLCat 10 year logo very prominently displayed as well as appearing in their carousel of changing images. You might be wondering, how did they do that? The answer can be found in the MeL Promotion & Training<http://mel.org/index.php?P=MeLGateways&ParentId=1026> section at MeL.org<http://mel.org/index.php?P=Home>. Resources there include "Everything MeL", "MeL Discovery Widget", "MeL Toolbars, Widgets and Helper Applications", "MeL.org Logo Buttons", and "QR Code for MeL". These tools are freely available for you to use to make finding MeL and MeLCat by your patrons as easy as possible. Thanks to the libraries who already include MeL on your website, and for those who don't yet, take a look and see what will work for you. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week's MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact(a)mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org> or visit mel.org<http://mel.org/>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues. Eunice Eunice C. Borrelli Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian, Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-241-4996 Toll Free: 877-479-0021 Fax: 517-373-5700 [Follow MeL on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/meldotorg> [MeL - Michigan eLibrary Logo] <http://mel.org/> [Like MeL on Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/mel.org> [image004]Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up - and Read Up! Find the Summer Food Service Program site nearest you at: www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp>

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free shelving - you pick up
by Gail Powers-Schaub 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Greetings! We are undertaking a weeding/renovation project and have four double-sided rows of shelving in need of a home. End caps are red and in good shape. Each single side row consists of 6 ranges, 79 inches high and 36 inches wide. Shelves are adjustable, and all hardware comes with the set. Photo atached. Please contact me off list if you are interested, and we can make arrangements. My goal is to dispose of these by the end of August/early September. Best Regards - Gail Gail Powers-Schaub Director of Information & Technology Resources Baker College Marianne Jewell Library 1903 Marquette Muskegon, MI 49442 (p) 231.777.5330 (f) 231.777.5334

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Under the Radar Michigan Drawing: We Have Two Winners!!! Four Additional Winners To Come!!!
by Jim Flury 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

All, On the morning of Tuesday, July 14 Tom, Jim and Alexa of the Under the Radar Michigan team visited The Library Network to assist Jim Pletz and Brigette of TLN (I was busily engaged providing service to a TLN member library that day) with our library program drawing. TLN recorded the festivities, edited footage coming soon, and a great time was had by all. We are very pleased to share with you the names of the libraries that were drawn for the first two UTR programs. Drum roll, please: 1. For the November, 2015 UTR program, the winning library is...Grace A. Dow Memorial Library in Midland! 2. For the February, 2016 UTR program, the winning library is...Peter White Public Library in Marquette! For those 100+ libraries whose names were not picked from one of our two custom crafted cardboard boxes, festooned with UTR and TLN logos, in round one, fear not! Round two is yet to come! Yes, we will be drawing the names of FOUR additional libraries at this year's Michigan Library Association annual conference in Novi. Date and time of the MLA drawing is TBD. You need not be present at MLA to win, although we hope to see all of you there. And don't forget, Tom and Jim of Under the Radar Michigan will be the keynote speakers at the October 29 luncheon http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/fe… Get your tickets now! Congratulations to Grace A. Dow Memorial Library and Peter White Public Library. And good luck to our 100+ libraries that still have an opportunity to win one of four UTR programs in the drawing at the MLA conference in Novi in October. Thanks for playing, everyone! More play to come! Jim 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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Incentivized device purchasing window through TRIG ends August 14th
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

INCENTIVIZED PURCHASE WINDOW ENDS AUGUST 14, 2015 ORDER SOON AND DON'T MISS OUT! All public, public school academies and non-public K-12 and pre-school buildings, districts, intermediate school districts and Michigan public libraries are eligible to purchase using the 2015 TRIG Bid Contract. There are 36 devices and related accessories and upgrades available this year. To view the catalog, go to the TRIG Catalog in SPOT<http://www.remcbids.org/catalog/view/cat/21444> and select one of the categories on the left to view the items. You can also use the subcategories to narrow down the list. A spreadsheet of the catalog items<http://22itrig.org/downloads/device_purchasing/catalogdata-forimport-comple…> has also been created for your convenience. This spreadsheet contains information about all awarded items including devices, accessories and upgrades. The accessories and upgrades are listed under the device to which they are related. Remember that to receive the bid pricing and the incentive funding, you must have a SPOT account and upload your purchase orders through SPOT. Information on setting up an account and purchasing through SPOT can be found in the SPOT FAQs<http://22itrig.org/activities/activity-four/spot-faqs/>. As of July 14, 2015, over $46 million worth of devices and accessories have been purchased statewide. The (unverified) total number of devices purchased is 110,919, including 95,937 Personal Learning Devices (Chromebooks, notebooks, tablets) and 14,982 Desktops (small form factors, all-in-ones, minis). Further broken down by device type, the quantities purchased are: Desktops-Chrome 2,008 Desktops-Mac 379 Desktops-Windows 12,595 Chromebooks 58,332 Notebooks-Mac 4,700 Notebooks-Windows 10,171 Tablets-Android 100 Tablets-iOS 21,933 Tablets-Windows 701 Grand Total 110,919 If you have an interest in this information or any other questions related to Device Purchasing, email spot(a)remc.org<mailto:spot@remc.org>. More information on the 2015 TRIG Bid can be found on http://22itrig.org/activities/activity-four/spring-2015-bid-information/spr…<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001pnL8oaA_1XMdqnoTRIOtvg8e10RlpLaV6x0ZDXNbfMae…>. Sonya Schryer Norris Library Consultant Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. P.O. Box 30007 Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Ph: 517-373-4457 Fax: 517-373-5700 http://mi.gov/libraryofmichigan http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> http://michlibrary.org<http://michlibrary.org/> Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Consider being a sponsor or site for the Summer Food Service Program and encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up - and Read Up! www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp> [image004]

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WebJunction content and upcoming webinars in August
by White, Shannon (MDE) 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

Please share these upcoming WebJunction opportunities with colleagues at your library. Don’t forget that all library staff in Michigan can take advantage of these continuing education offerings. Below you can find information on an advocacy webinar that features a couple of our own Michigan library directors, Lance Werner and Julie Meredith. It’s an opportunity to see how your colleagues in Michigan and beyond are making use of advocacy tools available to everyone to make a difference in their communities. Mark your calendars for August 13 at 2pm EST. Highlighted content from WebJunction · Start from Scratch<http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/start-from-scratch.html>! Read about a new program at the Bucks County Free Library that helps patrons bring their old computers back to life using freely available, open source software. · Health is more than healthcare<http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/more-than-healthcare-community-…> - how libraries are uncovering and supporting community health needs. The article includes links to online data resources that can help you identify local needs. August Webinars Remember, if you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are archived and available when you are in the course catalog<http://learn.webjunction.org/>! Because Advocacy Never Stops: New Tools for Taking Action Thursday, August 13, 2015 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 90 min Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/because-advocacy-never-stops.… This webinar will highlight free, newly revised downloadable materials for public libraries distilled from landmark advocacy and awareness-building programs. Learn about two resources scheduled for release in summer 2015: updated curriculum from Turning the Page including tools, worksheets and training materials you can adapt locally to grow your team’s advocacy knowledge and abilities; and a new online guide that walks through each step of planning and carrying out a local library awareness campaign modeled after Geek the Library. Hear from library leaders who have put these ideas to work to build advocacy know-how, increase staff confidence, and engage more deeply with the community. Whether you are looking to get started, or seeking to maintain momentum following a recent advocacy effort, join us to discuss strategies to take your library to the next level. Presented by: Lance Werner, Director, Kent District Library; Cathay Keough, Statewide Coordinator, Reference Services, Delaware Division of Libraries & Executive Director, Delaware Library Association; Ava Ehde, Library Services Manager, Manatee County Public Library; Barbara McGary, Executive Director, James V. Brown Library; Julie Meredith, Library Director, Clarkston Independence District Library; Mary Lou Carolan, Director, Wallkill Public Library Best Small Library in America 2015 Tuesday, August 18, 2015 ♦ 2 pm Eastern / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/best-small-library-in-america… With just six staff members serving a community of 12,700 outside of Bozeman, MT, the Belgrade Community Library won this year’s Library Journal Best Small Library in America Award<http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/01/awards/the-loaves-and-fishes-library-b…>. This award, cosponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was created in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of libraries serving populations under 25,000. What is Belgrade’s secret award-winning sauce? With a robust volunteer base, they have reimagined library services and aggressively developed new outreach efforts to meet the community’s changing needs. The result is intense engagement and support from the community and an impact beyond Belgrade’s borders through leadership to small libraries throughout the state. Learn how to replicate and adapt Belgrade’s ambitious outreach efforts on a small-library budget. This webinar is hosted in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries and Library Journal, and will include an overview of the nomination process<http://features.libraryjournal.com/awards/best-small-library-in-america-awa…> and details for next year's award (Deadline: September 9). Presented by: Gale Bacon, Director, Rebekah Kamp, Children and Youth Services Librarian and Keiley McGregor, Public Services Librarian, all at the Belgrade Community Library; and Meredith Schwartz, Executive Editor, Library Journal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shannon D. White Library of Michigan 702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007, Lansing, MI 48909-7507 Ph: 517-373-9489; Fax: 517-373-5700 Toll free: 877-479-0021 whites29(a)michigan.gov<mailto:whites29@michigan.gov> http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan Nourishing Michigan’s Future…during school and during the summer! Encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up – and Read Up! Find the Summer Food Service Program site nearest you at: www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp>

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Data Driven Public Libraries Webinar Series
by BiggThomas, Deb (MDE) 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

A colleague/friend made me aware of this series from Library Journal. I may be late to the game on this, but figured I would pass it along in any case ;-) http://lj.libraryjournal.com/webcasts/data-driven-libraries/#_ Best regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan --------------------------- 517-373-4466 biggsthomasd(a)michigan.gov http://mel.org http://facebook.com/mel.org

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Job Posting: Part-Time Youth Services Librarian
by Rebekah Craft 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

Good afternoon, Baldwin currently has an opening for a part-time Youth Services Librarian. The position posting has been added to Baldwin's employment page <http://baldwinlib.org/employment/> and is attached. I would like to encourage anyone who is interested to apply for this position. Cover letter, resume, and application (also attached) are due by Wednesday, July 22. Thank you, Rebekah *--* *Rebekah Craft* *Associate Director* Baldwin Public Library 300 W. Merrill St. Birmingham, MI 48009 www.baldwinlib.org 248-554-4682

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Re: [Michlib-l] Dear Southfield Patron
by Olson, Donna 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

LOVE THIS!! How fun! Congrats Southfield! Ps Dave, are you lip-synching? Lol Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Deb Lawson Date:07/15/2015 3:37 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'LLC Sandra Wilson' , 'Kelly Rembert' , 'Michlib' Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Dear Southfield Patron “Dear Future Husband” – made even better by tying to the LIBRARY! Very creative and cute!!! Deb Lawson Tecumseh, Trustee From: michlib-l-bounces(a)mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of LLC Sandra Wilson Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:17 PM To: Kelly Rembert; Michlib Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Dear Southfield Patron How cool is this!!! Perked up a quiet afternoon. Sandra Wilson Lakeland Library Cooperative Director sandra(a)llcoop.org<mailto:sandra@llcoop.org> 616-559-5253 x201 616-559-4329 FAX 4138 Three Mile Rd. NW Grand Rapids, MI 49534 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Kelly Rembert" <krembert(a)southfieldlibrary.org<mailto:krembert@southfieldlibrary.org>> To: Michlib <michlib-l(a)mail2.mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>> Sent: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 13:46:04 -0400 Subject: [Michlib-l] Dear Southfield Patron > Hi, > > Southfield Library has done our first video - Dear Southfield Patron - take a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw1TWuhVTXs. > > Thanks, > Kelly > > Kelly Ireland Rembert > Outreach Librarian > Southfield Public Library > 26300 Evergreen Rd. > Southfield, MI 48076 > > (248) 796-4367 > krembert(a)southfieldlibrary.org<mailto:krembert@southfieldlibrary.org> > www.southfieldlibrary.org<http://www.southfieldlibrary.org/> > ------- End of Original Message -------

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