November 2017 - Michlib-l

Laundry, Libraries, and Literacy
by Jim Flury 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

I heard this on the car radio while driving home from work yesterday. Having lived in a number of apartments in my young years, the laundromat definitely has a captive audience! http://michiganradio.org/post/laundry-libraries-and-literacy-why-one-group-… 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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Social media policies
by Nannette Miller 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

Hello, We are looking for samples of Social Media Policies. Thank you all so much! -- Nannette Miller | Director Elk Rapids District Library 231.264.9979 | erlib.director(a)gmail.com | elkrapidslibrary.org

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MeL Minute: Usability Testing Results
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

As we mentioned at the end of the summer, MeL engages in reiterative usability testing to improve the MeL and MeLCat experience. Sean Cwiek, Kathy Kosinski and Sonya Schryer Norris recently completed a study and are in the process of implementing the results as approved by the MeL management team. We worked at Jackson District Library (thank you to Sara Tackett, Liz Breed and the staff and patrons of JDL!!) and with non-patrons in Lansing. We spent more than 17 hours watching and recording as people engaged with MeL and MeLCat. There were several important results that will impact MeL that we'd like to share with you. * The Advanced Search feature, which fared poorly in our 2016 testing, fared even worse in the summer of 2017. It has been removed from MeL pending improvements by the vendor. One patron noted: "This is going to sound stupid but the advanced search makes no sense. I would think maybe I could come here to narrow down my search but I would be so frustrated." Another said: "It's not very friendly. I have no idea what Boolean is. Format doesn't make any sense here." One person simply looked at the page and said: "Now I'm lost and I want to call the library. I'm serious. I'm going to have to hit the back button or reset the search." Advanced Search is like a voodoo siren call to some users but it consistently underperforms for the general public. * The search box on the homepage, which searches both MeL and MeLCat, is going to be split into two different search boxes on two different pages. We're still working with designers on implementation but likely MeLCat will move to the homepage and a search for the databases will move to the top of the databases page. The anticipated date for that change is late December. We will engage in another round of usability testing this winter to see how this change affects users. We asked users about their faith in the MeL search box and almost all said they would have used it on their own to obtain books but only 29% said they would have stuck with it for non-book related information seeking. This speaks to the value that subjects place on finding books they can borrow at no charge and the relative difficulty of more generalized information-seeking in Encore. * Fortunately, we found that MeLCat success rates were definitively improved since the Encore improvements (or "new" MeLCat) we made. As a reminder, these are the recent enhancements to Encore: o Records with more holdings attached to them are weighted more heavily. This means that records that have more lending libraries attached to them will appear higher in the search results, hopefully making them more attractive to click on and improving the findability of available copies. * This also has the benefit of decreasing the visibility of electronic resources with only one holding. o Known title searching has improved. o There is now better matching on one word titles o If no copies associated with a given record are available for loan that is now noted on the results page with a red message: "No copies currently available" o A number of the facets have been collapsed and can opened or closed with a plus/minus sign o A background color (green instead of gray) was added to the Facets section o The Request an Available Copy screen has been improved. 1. Only Available or Status unknown (Follett systems) items are shown 2. The request button is larger and at both the top and bottom of the screen and 3. The messaging has been simplified and improved. o Icons were made larger and colored o "Get This from MeLCat" and "View Record" are no longer grayed out unless they're selected on the search results page Brought to you by Deb Renee Biggs and Sonya Schryer Norris, Library Consultants at the Library of Michigan MeL databases are available to Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for the next MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact(a)mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org>, visit http://mel.org<http://mel.org/>, or sign up for the MeL Minute and other Library of Michigan e-mail lists via GovDelivery. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your colleagues and networks. Sonya Schryer Norris Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-4457 http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> http://michlibrary.org<http://michlibrary.org/> Explore the #GoOpen Michigan<http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-28753_80670---,00.html> movement and how to make it a reality. Register today<https://www.solutionwhere.com/ww/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseN…> for the #GoOpen Michigan Summit - 12/5/17. [GoOpen Logo - Transparent.gif]<http://www.michigan.gov/mde-goopen>

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Dunkirk Audiobook
by Kate Brown 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hello, If you have Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture on audio from Midwest you may want to listen to disc #8. A customer recently reported that, although the disc looks right, the story is different. (It sure is. I think it may be Stephen King's The Gunslinger.) Sorry if everyone but me knew about this! Kate Brown Adult Non-Fiction Clinton-Macomb Public Library 40900 Romeo Plank Rd 586-226-5047

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Re: [Michlib-l] CSLP Summer reading manuals
by Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

All libraries should have received the 2018 catalogs & a letter from me on how to access your "Libraries Rock!" manuals online via snail-mail! If you did not, please let me know. All public libraries in Michigan are CSLP Members thanks to support from the Institute of Museum and Information Sciences. Please note that the manuals are searchable! You can also read them online, but if you want to download images, chapters, reproducibles, please follow the steps here, using ART as the example, after you've logged into www.CSLPreads.org<http://www.CSLPreads.org> and received your manual access code (details are enclosed with my letter): 1. Click "2018 Online Manual" under "Proprietary Downloads" from the toolbar under CSLP logo. 2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the manual home page and you'll see a box on the left with "Childrens, Early Literacy, Teen, Adult, Art" listed & to the right a file browser. 3. Click on "Art" and the file browser will list the artists, posters, boarders, etc. 4. Open by clicking on the folder name or the "+" symbol on the left 5. When you find clip art you'd like to download you can simply double-click on the image title and it'll automatically download. These steps can also apply to downloading handouts, etc. If you open a chapter in your web browser you can also download or print the whole chapter from there. I believe many of you took the time last year to explore the online manual & get familiar, as I have had very few questions. I have about a dozen USB drives this year with the manual if you are really struggling. Finally, CSLP offers you the opportunity to purchase<http://shopcslp.com/cslp/searchNav/manual/Complete-Manual-wDVDs-Download-c_…> a printed paper version of the manual. #LibrariesRock Have a good day, Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> From: michlib-l-bounces(a)mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) via Michlib-l Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 10:01 AM To: michlib-l(a)mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] CSLP Summer reading manuals Hello all, Look for your packet in snail-mail from the Library of Michigan regarding your Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) Summer Reading Manuals! The mailers should arrive end of this week/early next week (addressed to your library director) and include the Upstart Incentive Catalog, a Scholastic book catalog (new this year!), and detailed instructions on how your library can access the searchable, downloadable, printable online manual for 2018's "Libraries Rock!" program. Don't forget to explore the PSA's (coming soon), diversity resources, and more at www.cslpreads.org<http://www.cslpreads.org>. You can also find CSLP on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/cslpreads/>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/cslpreads> and Pinterest<https://www.pinterest.com/cslpreads/>. And a big THANKS! to all the Michigan Librarians who serve on the various manual committees for CSLP to help provide great programming ideas, reproduciples and support materials for summer reading. Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> 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:image002.png@01D20444.B08921B0]

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Job posting: Technical Services Associate
by Elizabeth Madson 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

The Chesterfield Township Library is accepting applications for a Library Associate I: Technical Services Position: Library Associate I: Technical Services Classification: Part-time, Non-exempt, At-will Schedule: 20 hours/week Wage: $12.33/hour Application Deadline: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 General Summary: Under supervision of the Systems Librarian/Technical Services Supervisor, performs various clerical support duties to assist in the operation of the library. Incumbents’ primary responsibilities include computer data entry and preparing new materials for circulation. Visit the library's website @ https://www.chelibrary.org/employment to see the full job posting and application. Elizabeth Madson Library Director Chesterfield Township Library 50560 Patricia Ave. Chesterfield, MI 48051 Direct Tel: (586) 598-9048 Tel: (586) 598-4900 ext. 237 emadson(a)chelibrary.org

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Free Audiobooks
by Ted Gregory 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hello, All, We have some donated audiobooks that we're unable to use, and we're willing to send them to anyone who sends us their RIDES code and the title or titles they're interested in. The choices are: *1776* by David McCullough (abridged) *Ladies of Liberty* by Cokie Roberts (abridged) *Go Set a Watchman* by Harper Lee *The Hornet's Nest* by Jimmy Carter (abridged) *See Me* by Nicholas Sparks (abridged) *The Da Vinci Code* by Dan Brown (abridged) Thanks for the interest! -- Ted Gregory Mackinaw Area Public Library mackinaw1(a)gmail.com Find us online at http://www.mackinawareapl.michlibrary.org/ <http://mackinawareapubliclibrary.org/> and on Facebook! 528 W. Central Ave. P.O. Box 67 Mackinaw City, MI 49701-0067 phone: (231) 436-5451 fax: (231) 436-7344

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good deal on computer server cages/racks
by Yvonne Brown 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hello. Our library has several nearly-new server cages, cabinets and racks that we no longer need. Some of these are wall mount. Is anyone interested? Please reply off-list for more information and photos, or to make an offer. Thanks everyone! Yvonne Brown ybrown(a)lib.lapeer.org Lapeer District Library 810-664-9521 x3116 www.library.lapeer.org

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yearbook scanning
by Jill Rauh 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Has anyone participated in the OCI Yearbook Scanning Project? Thoughts, opinions? Jill Rauh, Reference & Government Information Benton Harbor Public Library 213 E. Wall St. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 269-926-6139 www.bentonharborlibrary.com The information and views presented do not necessarily represent those of the Benton Harbor Public Library.

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Brandon Library
by Rebecca Higgerson 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Brandon Library is back in business Thursday, 11/16. Thank you, Rebecca Higgerson

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