March 2016 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Social Media Policy Question
by Kelly Bennett 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Hi all, We're putting together our social media policy and we were wondering if any of you have a line in your policy about patron requests for the removal of photos containing their image or the image of their children. I'm assuming there's no reason not to put something in the policy stating that we would honor requests for photo removal, but our board was interested in hearing other libraries' policies. Feel free to respond off-list. Thanks, Kelly Bennett Head of Circulation, Ferndale Area District Library 248-546-2504

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Free padded envelopes
by Kat Lightfoot 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Houghton Lake Public Library has two totes of various sized padded envelopes to the first two libraries to respond. Please include your Rides codes. Thanks. -- Kat Lightfoot Houghton Lake Public Library 4431 W. Houghton Lake Drive Houghton Lake, MI 48629 Ph. 989-366-9230 Fax 989-366-0063 klight(a)hlpl.lib.mi.us www.hlpl.org

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New Web Development Position Posted for DALNET
by Steven K. Bowers 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

The Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) is excited to announce that we have posted for a new position, Web Developer II, at our consortium. This position will be involved with working on Web Services and API development for our new shared systems, the Ex Libris Alma library services platform and Primo discovery catalog. Anticipated projects also include work for integration of digital collections with the developing MI-DPLA (for the Digital Public Library of America). Hosted at Wayne State University since 1985, DALNET enables libraries to maximize their investments through shared resources. For over three decades the consortium has helped member libraries to serve the information needs of their users through innovative, collaborative networking among various types of libraries and their personnel. For more information please visit https://jobs.wayne.edu and click on Search Postings and search for posting number 041744. -Steve Bowers Steven K. Bowers Executive Director Detroit Area Library Network ALA Councilor for the Michigan Library Association MLA Board of Directors www.dalnet.org<http://www.dalnet.org> "DALNET is a community of libraries working together to provide access to information for research, cultural enrichment, and lifelong learning opportunities."

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JOB: Director, Bloomington Public Library (Illinois)
by library＠johnkeister.com 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

The Bloomington Public Library in Bloomington, IL seeks a new Library Director. This is a great opportunity for someone who would like to lead a popular community library with a promising future. The opening is due to the upcoming retirement of the current director. The twin cities of Bloomington-Normal in central Illinois are located within 2 hours of Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis. Home to two universities, B-N offers both a lively college town ambiance and a welcoming Midwestern way of life. Ready access to major highways and passenger rail service makes travel to larger urban areas easy. Please visit www.johnkeister.com/bloomington/ for details and to apply for this exciting opportunity! We welcome inquiries. John Keister & Associates Executive Search for Libraries www.johnkeister.com bpl(a)johnkeister.com 847-955-0540

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JOB: Director, Grosse Pointe Public Library (Michigan)
by library＠johnkeister.com 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

The Grosse Pointe Public Library, in eastern Michigan, seeks an involved and enthusiastic leader to serve as Library Director. This opportunity is open due to the retirement of the previous Library Director. Located along the shores of beautiful Lake St. Clair, the five Grosse Pointe communities are known for their scenic views, interesting history and high quality of life. Please visit http://johnkeister.com/grossepointe/ for details and to apply. We welcome inquiries. John Keister & Associates Executive Search for Libraries www.johnkeister.com gppl(a)johnkeister.com ph: 847-955-0540

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background checks
by Stacy Pasche 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

We are looking at background check vendors and I am hoping some of you can recommend an affordable service for criminal background checks. thanks, -- Stacy Pasche, Assistant Library Director *"Sometimes it's fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney*

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Faculty Liaison Librarian job posting--Grand Valley State University
by Elizabeth Martin 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

[Library%20Left%20Logo%20Black%20and%20Blue] 12-Month, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Librarian (LIAISON LIBRARIAN) Grand Valley State University Libraries seeks inclusive and collegial applicants for a liaison librarian position. The incumbent will serve the departments of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Criminal Justice, and Legal Studies. Liaison librarians at GVSU provide library instruction, collection management, and scholarly communications outreach in their assigned areas. They also offer consultation, and instruction services tailored to the needs of diverse students and faculty in liaison departments. They will demonstrate a commitment to student success, an understanding of the GVSU campus mission and the ability to work collaboratively and independently within a dynamic team-based organization. A complete position description, as well as required qualifications and application information, can be found at http://www.gvsujobs.org/. Please submit a: Current CV or resume Cover letter List of professional reference. Application deadline is on March 31, 2016. Grand Valley State University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. GVSU librarians enjoy a comprehensive benefit package, including support for professional development. -- Beth Martin GVSU University Libraries Head of Professional Programs / Economics Liaison Steelcase Library, DEV 132A 616.331.7344 martelia(a)gvsu.edu http://libguides.gvsu.edu/economics

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Youth Services job opening
by mweston＠dowagiacdl.org 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

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WHITE HOUSE FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces ConnectALL Initiative
by Steven K. Bowers 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

The White House Office of the Press Secretary<https://www.whitehouse.gov/taxonomy/term/926> For Immediate Release March 09, 2016 FACT SHEET: President Obama Announces ConnectALL Initiative Delivering on the Promise of Broadband & Access to Technology for All Americans https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/03/09/fact-sheet-president… Connectivity is a path to greater opportunity. In today’s world, broadband and fluency with technology fuel economic growth, provide access to the world’s knowledge, promote skill development, and build stronger and more connected communities. During President Obama’s seven years in office, we’ve seen unprecedented gains in wiring our nation for the future, including a tripling of the average home Internet speed, covering 98 percent of Americans with fast 4G/LTE mobile broadband, and doubling the number of schools connected to high-speed Internet. As a result, we’ve seen a technology sector that spans coast to coast, the creation of millions of high-paying jobs, and a revolution in the way students learn in the classroom. To further our efforts, and to ensure that low-income Americans can seize the opportunities of the digital age, President Obama is unveiling ConnectALL, an initiative to help Americans from across the country, at every income level, get online and have the tools to take full advantage of the Internet. Today, the Administration is submitting its recommendation<https://www.ntia.doc.gov/fcc-filing/2016/ntia-comments-fcc-lifeline-and-lin…> that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reform a $1.5 billion per year Reagan-era phone subsidy program to turn it into a 21st Century national broadband subsidy to help low-income Americans get online. Alongside this FCC filing, the Administration is releasing a new study on the economic importance of broadband<https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/page/files/20160308_broadban…> and calling for nonprofits, businesses, technology experts, and Government to join a national effort to reach the ConnectALL goal of connecting 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020. BUILDING ON SEVEN YEARS OF BROADBAND GROWTH Today’s announcement rounds out seven years of progress expanding broadband, combining smart policy with unprecedented investment to deliver faster connectivity to more Americans in their homes, through their mobile devices, and where they learn and work. As a result, tens of millions more Americans are online now than when the President took office; his ConnectED Initiative<https://www.whitehouse.gov/ConnectED> has given over 20 million more K-12 students access to broadband in their classrooms and libraries; and 28 communities have come together under the banner of ConnectHome to ensure kids living in public housing have a reliable way to get online and do their homework. ENSURING LOW-INCOME AMERICANS AREN’T LEFT BEHIND Even with the significant progress we’ve made, more work remains to help all Americans access the economic benefits of broadband, especially low-income households. Families earning under $25,000 a year are about half as likely to have the Internet at home as families that are the most well-off. A new Issue Brief<https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/page/files/20160308_broadban…> released today by the Council of Economic Advisers outlines how being offline is more than inconvenient; it creates specific economic costs, especially for job-seekers unable to access online job search tools. Today, because of a digital divide, low-income Americans have a harder time accessing these tools, and unemployed workers without home Internet access take a longer time to find employment. Given these costs, we cannot be satisfied if broadband is out of reach for anyone in America, and today, President Obama is acting to make that a part of the past. So today, the President is launching ConnectALL to ensure more Americans have the broadband they need to get a job, engage their community, and deliver opportunity to their children by: • Increasing the affordability of broadband for low-income Americans. Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), on behalf of the Administration, is filing comments in support of the FCC’s effort to reform its Lifeline program to address the way people communicate in the 21st century. When Lifeline was first created under President Reagan, it was designed to provide low-income Americans with financial assistance to purchase affordable phone service, so the most vulnerable Americans were connected to the rest of the country. In 2005, President George W. Bush expanded the program to include mobile phones. Now in 2016, when we use the Internet to communicate more than ever, it is time to modernize Lifeline and make sure that all Americans can access the broadband services they need. The Lifeline reforms the Administration is recommending today would give the 12 million households currently using the subsidy for phone service immediate help paying their monthly broadband bill. And it has the potential to benefit tens of millions more. The modernization we are outlining: • * Encourages consumer choice. The subsidy should be flexible enough to let low-income Americans choose the service plans that best fit their families’ needs — whether voice, data plans, or in-home broadband. We are recommending a direct and portable benefit that consumers can use to make their own choices about what services they need and who they get those services from. o * Coordinates Enrollment with other Government Programs. Those eligible for Lifeline are oftentimes eligible for other government assistance. Coordination will increase the efficacy and functionality of the program’s administration while also letting those who need it most know about the resources available to them. The proposed reforms would allow Americans to obtain education about or simultaneously enroll themselves in the revamped Lifeline program when they enroll in another state-administered public assistance program, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Tribally-Administered Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TTANF). • • Initiating a national service effort to deliver digital literacy skills. To increase access to digital literacy training, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Federal agency that engages millions of Americans in service and in developing community solutions, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the primary source of Federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums, are collaborating on a Digital Literacy Pilot Project. AmeriCorps VISTA members will support libraries, museums and associated community organizations located in tribal and rural communities. The goal is to build capacity and increase digital literacy efforts, complementing the Administration’s work to increase broadband adoption among low-income households. o * Additionally, Make School, a two-year college alternative that teaches advanced coding and product development, is announcing the creation of a new tool that will teach the basic, but vital, skills needed to get people online and experiencing the benefits that the Internet has to offer. o • Increasing access to affordable devices. In order to promote the reuse of equipment no longer needed by the federal government, the General Services Administration (GSA) will lead an inter-agency effort to re-engineer the Computers for Learning program to expand access to devices for more organizations that help provide digital literacy and training for low-income Americans. Computers for Learning allows schools and nonprofit organizations to take advantage of unneeded federal computer equipment. In 2014, 38 Federal Agencies donated thousands of devices, and the program’s reforms are designed to significantly increase these numbers. • • Announcing the development of a tool to support broadband planning. To empower more communities with strategies to support and accelerate local broadband planning efforts, NTIA’s BroadbandUSA program is launching the Community Connectivity Initiative, which will create a comprehensive online assessment tool to help community leaders identify critical broadband needs and connect them with expertise, tools, and resources for overcoming the challenges to expanded broadband deployment and adoption. • * The American Library Association; Blandin Foundation; ConnectME Authority; EveryoneOn; ICMA, The International City/County Management Association; National Association of Counties; National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors; National Digital Inclusion Alliance; National League of Cities; New America’s Open Technology Institute; Next Century Cities, NetworkMe, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association; Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHELB); and US Ignite have come on board to collaborate with NTIA to design and develop the tool. * In addition, initial communities who will support the development of the tool include Ammon, ID; Arvada, CO; Baltimore, MD; Bettendorf, IA; Boston, MA; Charlotte, NC; Greenbelt, MD ; Hopewell, VA.; Hot Springs, AK.; Hurst, TX; Kansas City, MO.; Kenmore, WA; Lenexa, KS.; Oak Harbor, WA; Putnam, CT; SeaTac, WA; Red Wing, MN; Sammamish, WA; and Seattle, WA. * The Community Connectivity Initiative will build on NTIA’s extensive work with communities across the country, supporting broadband planning, infrastructure deployment, public computer centers, and a wide range of community applications. o • Bringing together private sector companies helping to deliver affordable connectivity. Companies are also lending their support for low-income families in their service areas. Today, Cox Communications is announcing it will host more than 200 events across the nation for low-income K-12 families, automatically qualifying attendees for their low-cost broadband option. Later this year, the company will partner with Univision to promote internet adoption through live programming, public service announcements and community events in such markets as Phoenix, Las Vegas, and San Diego. • • Marshaling philanthropic support for digital inclusion. To increase access to resources to support digital inclusion efforts under way in communities across the country, later this year the Administration will convene leaders in the philanthropic, non-profit, and private sectors to a summit focused on building on our progress to date and delivering on ConnectALL’s vision of connecting 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020. Joelle Tessler Manager of Stakeholder Relations and Outreach BroadbandUSA Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications National Telecommunications and Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce jtessler(a)ntia.doc.gov<mailto:jtessler@ntia.doc.gov>

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Looking for a Publicist
by Keegan Sulecki 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

Hi Everyone, I am hoping someone on here can give me a reference for a publicist. Recently, Chelsea District Library was awarded a grant for a World War I Centennial Commemoration project. This project will include the installation of banners, featuring local historic photos from the World War I era, throughout downtown Chelsea. In an effort to attract interested parties throughout the state regarding this project, we do have a budget for a publicist to expand our reach. I am hoping someone else has needed a publicist for a project. I know there are many firms out there, but I would particularly like a reference for a publicisit that is familiar with libraries or nonprofits whose expertise might fit this project. If you have any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it. Sincerely, Keegan -- Keegan Sulecki Head of Adult Services Chelsea District Library 221 S. Main St. Chelsea, MI 48118 734.475.8732 ext. 218 chelseadistrictlibrary.org

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