August 2015 - Michlib-l

Finnish Folk Duo at Carson City
by CAR Carson City Public Library 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hello All, attached is a flyer for an upcoming program at the Carson City Public Library. Vellamo, a folk duo direct from Finland will perform at our library on Wed. Sept. 2, at 6:00 p.m. All are welcome. Please post if possible. Thanks! Beth O'Grady

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New Video: Emmy Award Winning Under the Radar Michigan and MAP: What A Combo!!!
by Jim Flury 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

All, On July 14 Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman of Under the Radar Michigan visited The Library Network world headquarters to draw the names of the first two lucky winning libraries (Grace A. Dow Memorial Library in Midland and Peter White Public Library in Marquette) for an upcoming UTR library program. Never wanting to let a great MAP promo opportunity pass us by, TLN systems administrator and videographer Justin Walker recorded the festivities and uploaded same to the MAP facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-Activity-Pass-MAP/510259192344845 The video stars Tom Daldin and Jim Edelman of UTR Michigan, and Jim Pletz and Brigette Felix of TLN, who also does double duty as floor director. Thanks for helping us promote MAP, Jim and Tom, and also for making it so much fun! Speaking of fun, there is additional UTR/MAP frivolity to come! Tom and Jim will be the featured speakers at the Thursday, October 29 MLA conference luncheon http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/fe… And sometime during the conference the guys will draw the names of FOUR additional winning libraries for a UTR library program! Thank you for watching and sharing our MAP UTR promotional video, and we look forward to seeing all of you at MLA. Sincerely, 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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Playaway parts
by nussk＠libcoop.net 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hello out there Anyone know where you can get spare lanyards for the Playaways All-in-one Audiobooks? Patron lost one and made me think we should have some spares in case this happens again. Kathy Assistant Librarian Center Line Public Library

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High School School library collection disbanded....
by Mary Bullard 22 Aug '15

22 Aug '15

Suggestions needed ASAP : Our very large school library was dismantled last year. The last inventory indicated 23,971 books although some have been placed in a small browsing collection. Teacher have claimed some for their rooms but there is everything from reference to fiction to nonfiction. The books are in good condition. Mostly the books are in the boxes by Dewey just as they were packed in storage. Does anyone know a organization or place to donate or recycle library books?

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New and Advanced Director Workshops - Registration Deadline Sept 9
by White, Shannon (MDE) 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

The registration deadline for both the New and the Advanced Director Workshops is September 9. Register here: http://www.solutionwhere.com/lom/cw/CourseByAlpha.asp The New Director and the Advanced Director Workshops will be held on the following dates: * New Director - Thursday, September 17 * Advanced Director - Friday, September 18 Information is also posted on our site at www.michigan.gov/statewidelibraryservices<http://www.michigan.gov/statewidelibraryservices> under the Training & Workshops section. Attendance at these workshops is necessary for director certification as part of the qualification criteria for state aid to public libraries. You can find the State Aid to Public Libraries Application Process document here: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/lm_2011_LibraryStateAidProcessFor10-1… Current standards for state aid for public libraries require: Classes 1 - 3: The director shall complete the New Director Workshop within 1 year of initial directorship appointment. Classes 4 - 6: The director shall complete the New Director Workshop within 1 year of initial directorship appointment and complete the Advanced Director Workshop within 2 years of initial appointment. If you have questions about the workshop, please contact us at 517-373-1580. Shannon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

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2016 Mahoney Workshop – Public, School and Academic Libraries and Student Achievement!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Public, academic and school libraries are all vital to quality services for student achievement in your community. Come join us at the Collaboration and Student Achievement: How School, Public and Academic Libraries Are Working Together workshop to learn more about the range of possible collaborations between libraries, both here in Michigan and across the country. The Library of Michigan and our partners are doing a one day workshop on Nov. 11th in Bay City as the preconference to the Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) annual conference. We have a great group of speakers: · Allison Barney from the Nashville Public Libraries will be speaking on the Nashville Limitless Libraries program. · National award winner Ken Stewart from Blue Valley High School in Kansas will be speaking about libraries transforming communities. · Rhonda Huisman from Wichita State University will be speaking on libraries as place and college readiness. · Fonda Owens from the La Porte County Public Library (IN) will be speaking about public and school library partnerships in Libraries 360 program · Panel sessions and breakouts with school administrators, public librarians, and academic librarians from around the state. The breakout session tracks are Information Literacy and College Readiness, Public Library Partnership Models, and The Online Teaching Environment: Collections and Collaborations. Our partners are MAME, MCLS, MLA, MI-ALA, the Library of Michigan Foundation, and the Cooperative Directors Association (CDA). Registration and the full agenda are available at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eb9do4n8ac764… and the cost is $45. We look forward to seeing you there! This project is supported in part by the Library of Michigan with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 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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Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Heart of the Community Projects | Placemaking News
by Steven K. Bowers 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

FYI - "Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is the central hub of the global Placemaking movement, connecting people to ideas, expertise, and partners who share a passion for creating vital places." ________________________________ From: alacro-l-request(a)lists.ala.org <alacro-l-request(a)lists.ala.org> on behalf of Don Wood <dwood(a)ala.org> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 10:24 AM To: alacro-l(a)lists.ala.org Subject: [alacro-l] Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Heart of the Community Projects | Placemaking News [Project for Public Spaces]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=b…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/b2683e25-0c6…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/251db941-643…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=a…> Now Accepting Applications for 2016 Heart of the Community Projects!<http://pps.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> It’s an exciting week here at Project for Public Spaces! 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[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/6434ea16-77b…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> Check out our new database of outstanding Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper projects around the globe!<http://pps.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> The growing success of “Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” (LQC) projects all over the world is proof that expensive and labor-intensive initiatives are not the only, or even the most effective, ways to bring energy and life into a community’s public space. The proliferation these efforts all over the world shows that more and more people are beginning to see how communities can be created and transformed by making a series of affordable, human-scale, and immediate changes. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/44506f26-4f1…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=a…> ICYMI: Reimagining Our Streets as Places: From Transit Routes to Community Roots<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=8…> Streets are our most fundamental shared public spaces, but they are also one of the most contested and overlooked. Today, and for most of the last century, we have taken for granted the idea that our streets are primarily zones for cars, parking, and the transporting of goods. This has not been the case, however, throughout most of history. Across many cultures and times – since the beginning of civilization, in fact – the street has held vast social, commercial, and political significance as a powerful symbol of the public realm. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/73568ae8-9ea…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/d79021b6-2f4…] "The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is … one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights." - Geographer David Harvey, in "The Right to the City"<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=3…> | quoted in The Guardian<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=5…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/73568ae8-9ea…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/28613466-f37…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/01d7ea89-964…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=4…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/fb6d0f71-98d…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=6…> These are the places we remember most vividly, the places where serendipitous things happen, the places we tell stories about. Submit your Great Public Space today!<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=d…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/73568ae8-9ea…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/11c7286d-ae1…] * MIT Puts Pedestrians at the Center of Urban Design<http://pps.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> * L.A. will add bike and bus lanes, cut car lanes in sweeping policy shift<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=1…> * A Tale of Two Parks: Campus Martius vs. Hart Plaza<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=b…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/73568ae8-9ea…] <http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=f…>[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/b6b828d5-056…]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=f…><http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=f…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6/images/73568ae8-9ea…] [Project for Public Spaces]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=9…> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-facebook-48.png]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=4…> Facebook<http://pps.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-twitter-48.png]<http://pps.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> @PPS_Placemaking<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=3…> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-instagram-48.png]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=2…> pps_placemaking<http://pps.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=…> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-link-48.png]<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=b…> www.pps.org<http://pps.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c803e70a8ad33c13a95a1ee6&id=1…>

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IMLS Call for Nominations for the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Please see below about the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The nomination deadline is coming up! "Each year, the Institute of Museum and Library Services presents select museums and libraries with the nation's highest honor, the National Medal for Museum and Library Service<http://www.imls.gov/about/medals.aspx>. IMLS is now accepting nominations for the 2016 award which recognizes libraries and museums that make significant and exceptional contributions in service to their communities. Nomination forms are due October 1, 2015." For more, go to http://www.imls.gov/call_for_nominations_2016_national_medal_for_museum_and…. 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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Teresa Irish program dates in the UP
by Lisa Waskin 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Happy Friday Yoopers, After seeing Megan's post from Dickinson, I decided to see what other libraries are hosting Ms. Irish so that I could put together a full listing of her time up here in Sept/Oct. so that we could all share it with our patrons. So please, if you are hosting her and the Thousand Letters Home program this fall, please let me know your Library Name, location, time and date of program and contact person. I will put together a full list for us to add to our flyers so that you can offer your patrons options if that can't make it to your library's program, maybe there's one close by on another date that they can, and maybe my patron can make it to yours, and so on. So far I have: Monday, September 21st at the Curtis Library Tuesday, September 22nd at the Bayliss Library in SSM Thursday, September 24th at the Dickinson Library October 1st at the Engadine Library Thanks a bunch in advance, Lisa Lisa Poignant Waskin Director Superior District Library 541 Library Drive Sault Sainte Marie, MI 49783 906.632.9331 v 906.635.0210 f lisaw(a)uproc.lib.mi.us http://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/SDL/

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Teresa Irish at the Dickinson County Library
by Megan Buck 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

We are very pleased to be hosting Teresa Irish, author of A Thousand Letters Home : One WII Soldier's Story of War, Love, and Life, on Thursday September 24th at 1:30 pm. The Dickinson County Library is located at 401 Iron Mountain St. in Iron Mountain, MI. For those of you who aren't too far away - please see the attached flyer and handout to share with your patrons if you think this would interested them. Thank you in advance for sharing! Megan Megan Buck Dickinson County Library Iron Mountain, MI 49801 (906) 774-1218 www.dcl-lib.org<http://www.dcl-lib.org>

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