June 2016 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Come work at Ferris
by David A Scott 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Ferris is hiring a web technology librarian. See attachment for information. -- David Scott | Document Delivery Librarian Ferris State University | FLITE Library [cid:image001.png@01D1C647.3CC3AF10] 1010 Campus Dr. - FLT 140-D | Big Rapids, MI 49307 (231) 591-3540 (W) (231) 591-2662 (F) | www.ferris.edu/library<http://www.ferris.edu/library> [cid:image002.png@01D1C647.3CC3AF10]<https://www.facebook.com/david.scott.948494>

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Fillable forms on library websites
by Katrina Schultz 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi all, My library is considering putting some fillable forms up on our website (like the conference room request form and a memorial brick form). What forms have you put up on your website? I'd love to see some links. Thanks! -- Katrina Schultz Crawford County Library

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Michigan Summer Reading Hashtag
by Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Hi all, We're encouraging you all to share your library photos of summer reading on social media with the hashtag #MiSummerReads so we can all see the fun being had around the state. Also, the Collaborative Summer Library Program is on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/cslpreads/?fref=ts> & Twitter<https://twitter.com/cslpreads> so feel free to #CSLPreads, too! Thanks, Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-335-8129 517-373-5700 f LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov>

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#MiLibSnap lasts all week
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

It's #MiLibSnap all week! Take time to use social media to share your library's impact on your community. Feel free to participate often. Response so far has been great and you can view it here: Quick links to follow the activity are below. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=%23milibsnap https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/milibsnap/ https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23milibsnap&src=typd Some ideas for demonstrating your impact include: Use photos of the staff and facilities to personalize and put a face on your library; promote programming activities, outreach events, author tours, genealogy, and local history resources; and use stats such as circulation numbers to make your point. Get creative. You already know what you do best. Check out the tools below for creating great visuals. Word cloud tools: * Wordle<http://www.wordle.net/> * Tagul<https://tagul.com/> * Word It Ou<http://worditout.com/>t * PowerPoint add-in Infographic tools: * Inkscape<https://inkscape.org/en/> * Piktochart<http://piktochart.com/> * Venngage<https://venngage.com/> * Canva<https://www.canva.com/> * Easel.ly<http://www.easel.ly/> Data visualization tools: * Gapminder<http://www.gapminder.org/> * Tableau<https://public.tableau.com/s/> * Google Public Data<http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory> * Infogr.am<https://infogr.am/app/#/create> Please tag your posts with #MiLibSnap and I look forward to seeing your great posts on social media. 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 Check out the curated content on the LM homepage including state and national CE offerings, LM events, stats reports, headlines from around the library world and intriguing snapshots of our varied collections at http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> http://michlibrary.org<http://michlibrary.org/> Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies: http://mi.gov/top10in10/ [cid:image001.png@01D1A46B.DA1302F0]

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Reminder ARSL Scholarship Opportunity
by Colleen Leddy 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Passing along this scholarship info for the ASRL conference... Scholarships applications are still being accepted for The Association for Rural and Small Libraries annual conference is coming up October 27-29, 2016 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND. Three opportunities are available for first time attendees. More scholarship information is available on our website <http://arsl.info/annual-conference-awards-calendar/award-scholarship-info-2/>. We encourage you to apply, but if you want a chance to attend the premier conference for any small and/or rural library on a scholarship, you will need to hurry. Applications are due no later than June 30th at 5pm CST. Those wanting more information on the conference are welcome to take a look at our conference homepage <http://arsl.info/2016-conference/> or see what types of breakout sessions <http://arsl.info/2016-conference-sessions/> we are offering. Good luck and we hope to see you at #ARSL2016 when we go *North of Normal*. Julie Elmore ARSL Marketing Committee Thanks, Colleen Colleen Leddy, Director Stair District Library 228 W. Main St. Morenci, MI 49256 517/458-6510 Monday & Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Star Wars Update
by Pam Withrow 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Hi Everyone, I'm still getting responses, so I'm posting again: A friend of a friend is getting some people together, and it looks like the crisis is averted. Thank you for your sympathy, words of encouragement, and possible leads! I don't know what I'd do without all of you! Thanks a million, Pam Pamela Withrow, Director Forsyth Township Public Library 180 W. Flint St. PO Box 1328 Gwinn, MI 49841 906-346-3433

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Re: [Michlib-l] Help!
by Krista Ghazar 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

Hi Pam, I was planning a May the Fourth showing of the Force Awakens and contacted the 501st Legion's Great Lakes Garrison and The Rebel Legion's Great Lakes Base. There is a form on their website that you can submit to ask for an appearance. I made the request 2 months out and about two weeks prior to the event they still didn't have any volunteers willing to come. I ended up canceling the event. That being said, the guys who responded to my requests were both friendly and helpful. They do stress though that, because the characters are volunteers, they can't promise anyone coming. They recommended we not use their presence in advertising because of this fact. Without being able to advertise that they would be there, we couldn't really expect enough of a turn out to justify having them come. But if you already anticipate a good turn out, then requesting an appearance and hoping someone shows up as a surprise may work for you. I hope this helps! The forms are here: http://www.501st.com/request.php http://www.rebellegion.com/rebel-legion-event-request/ Krista Ghazar Adult Reference Librarian Madison Heights Public Library 240 W. 13 Mile Rd. Madison Heights, Mi 48071 248-837-2850 3. Help! (Pam Withrow) 5. Re: Help! (Kerry Fitzgerald) Message: 3 Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 09:24:19 -0400 From: Pam Withrow <pwithrow(a)uproc.lib.mi.us> To: <michlib-l(a)mcls.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Help! Message-ID: <003101d1c576$e52d5060$af87f120$(a)uproc.lib.mi.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Our Star Wars characters just cancelled for our Summer Reading kickoff party on Wednesday (June 15th, 5:30-6:30 pm). Does anyone have a connection with someone in the 501st Legion? Our event has been advertised throughout the community and on tv and radio. Our kids have been looking forward to this for weeks. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you, Pamela Withrow, Director Forsyth Township Public Library 180 W. Flint St. PO Box 1328 Gwinn, MI 49841 906-346-3433 Message: 5 Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:10:17 -0400 From: Kerry Fitzgerald <kfitzgerald(a)loutitlibrary.org> To: Pam Withrow <pwithrow(a)uproc.lib.mi.us> Cc: michlib-l(a)mcls.org Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Help! Message-ID: <CAJRAa=iqC56QSA-RnpvVYZBgBza2ZJ5bXL0ZwpkSLjmW3mLJjQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Pam, Being a big Star Wars fan myself, my heart goes out to you. I just wish you weren't in the UP! I cosplay Kylo Ren and have connections with a couple folks from the 501st in the Grand Rapids area. With such short notice and a huge travel distance, I don't think any of us can help you, but I just wanted to offer my assistance to libraries in southwest Michigan looking for a Star Wars character for their programs. Our Youth Department had a Jedi Academy in April and I crashed it as Kylo Ren. I was fighting off up to 6 kids armed with pool-noodle lightsabers at a time. It was a blast! Best of luck to everyone with Summer Reading this year and May the Force be with you! On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Pam Withrow <pwithrow(a)uproc.lib.mi.us> wrote: > Our Star Wars characters just cancelled for our Summer Reading kickoff > party on Wednesday (June 15th, 5:30-6:30 pm). Does anyone have a > connection with someone in the 501st Legion? Our event has been > advertised throughout the community and on tv and radio. Our kids have > been looking forward to this for weeks. Any help will be appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Pamela Withrow, Director > > Forsyth Township Public Library > > 180 W. Flint St. > > PO Box 1328 > > Gwinn, MI 49841 > > 906-346-3433 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Michlib-l mailing list > Michlib-l(a)mcls.org > http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l > > -- Kerry FitzGerald, Assistant Director Loutit District Library 407 Columbus Ave Grand Haven MI 49417 616.842.5560 x233

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Re: [Michlib-l] Patron behavior/conduct policies
by Sheryl Mase 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

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Director Search
by Indian River Library 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

The Indian River Area Library will be accepting applicatons for director of this Class I public library until the postmark date of June 30, 2016. Please check the Library's homepage for a detailed job description (www.indianriverarealibrary.michlibrary.org) Application information is attached.

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Library vacancy
by Bryan Dinwoody 13 Jun '16

13 Jun '16

The Alma Public Library will be accepting applications for: technical services/cataloger. Please check the Library's homepage for a detailed job description and application information www.alma.lib.mi.us Also please review the job attachment.

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