November 2017 - Michlib-l

Student Learning Library - job opening at Calvin College
by Kathy De Mey 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

The Hekman Library of Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking a Student Learning Librarian who is creative, innovative and capable of making connections and establishing strong partnerships on behalf of the library, particularly with undergraduates in their first two years. This person will possess a strong background in teaching, pedagogy and instructional design as well as experience in producing content within learning management systems. As a member of the Reference and Instruction team, this person will be expected to do class instruction, reference work, and serve as liaison to academic departments. To foster student success the Student Learning Librarian will use various tools and resources to create awareness of Hekman Library's resources. Qualifications * Master's Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited institution. * 2-4 years of experience in an academic library * Strong background in teaching, pedagogy and instructional design with experience in producing content within learning management systems. * 3-5 years of teaching experience. * Evidence of competence, initiative, productivity, creativity, and problem-solving ability. * Demonstrated effective communication abilities. * Proven ability to work with a minimum of supervision. * Experience in reference, instruction, and collection development. In addition, the Student Learning Librarian will have Faculty Status and must meet the criteria detailed here: http://www.calvin.edu/admin/provost/facdocs/fac-requirements.htm. Go here<https://calvincollege-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=…> for more information and to upload your CV. Calvin College and Calvin Seminary are building a tradition of diversity and accessibility and welcome applications from persons whose personal characteristics will further that commitment. Calvin College and Calvin Seminary do not discriminate in the employment of individuals on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex, or age. Calvin College and Calvin Seminary are educational agencies of the Christian Reformed Church and, in compliance with Title VII and other applicable law, reserve the right to give preference in employment based upon religion.

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[employment opportunity] Youth Services Librarian
by BTPL Careers 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Greetings-- Our colorful, wonderful Youth Services Department needs a Library Page. Besides the usual duties, this position gets to assist with particular needs of this lively section of the library. See the description below or attached. Best Regards, Linden Godlove Administrative Assistant Bloomfield Township Public Library ---------------- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE The Bloomfield Township Public Library is seeking a professional and resourceful Library Page to support the Library’s circulation needs. The Bloomfield Township Public Library is a Class 5 Library, with a service population of 41,070 people. There is strong community support for the Library and its collections, services and programs offered. Technology is integrated into Library services. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to provide quality service to the staff and the public and the desire to work in a collaborative, team environment. POSITION TITLE: Youth Services Page DEPARTMENT: Youth Services, reporting to Assistant Department Head RESPONSIBILITIES: Direct public service: • provides positive, pleasant professional services to staff and public • directs patrons to appropriate staff for assistance • retrieves materials for patrons and staff Indirect public service: • sorts and shelves materials, • reads shelves to ensure accurate order so that materials can be found by patrons • follows direction of supervisor • assists department staff before and after programs when needed REQUIREMENTS: Minimum: • Able to lift, bend, and stoop to shelve materials • Able to push or pull carts weighing at least 20 pounds • Desire to serve the public in a positive manner • able to visually review materials and discern voice and audible tones Desirable: • Public library work experience • Computer/keyboard experience HOURS: Part-time, approximately 10 weekly, including some evenings and weekends. WAGE & BENEFITS: $8.90, per hour with increase possible upon successful completion of three month orientation. APPLICATION: Due Monday, November 27, 2017. A resume, cover letter, and a clerical skills test must accompany your application. The application and the test are available at the Library’s Welcome Desk. The application is also available on the Library’s website at btpl.org/about-us/employment-volunteer/ Mail to: Careers Bloomfield Township Public Library 1099 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Township, MI 48302 OR email to careers(a)btpl.org Bloomfield Township Public Library champions the power of words to spark discovery and imagination. For more information about the Library, visit our website: www.btpl.org YOUTH SERVICES PAGE TYPICAL WORK WEEK’S TASKS A typical work week for the Youth Services Page may include: • shelve books in fiction section or alphabetically by author’s last name • shelve non-fiction books by Dewey number and Cutter (author) letters • shelve media materials and Special Needs Collection materials in bags and boxes • shelve Youth Services magazines • push heavily loaded cart of materials from Circulation into work area • straighten all of Reference section of materials • refill public work stations with note paper and pencils • cut recycled paper into notepaper size • shift several ranges of shelving to make room for more books • direct patron to appropriate desk for librarian’s assistance • take reading group books to lower level for shelving in compact shelves • return educational games and toys to storage shelves and bins • read shelves to put materials back in order • assist with checking returned materials for damage or missing parts • load materials on to book carts • assist patrons with self-check equipment • assist Youth staff at program

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Books needing a new home
by Laura Fromwiller 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hello All, We are looking for a new home for the Contemporary Authors Series, volumes 1-249 as well as the Contemporary Authors Series-New Revision, volumes 1-153. If you are interested, please contact me. Thank you, Laura Fromwiller Lapeer District Library 810 664-6971

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Fwd: Redux
by Roger Mendel 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Here is the updated Poster for Northland's November 30 Technology workshop. Please send your registration in to me as soon as possible and use the form attached.. Thanks, Roger Roger Mendel, Director Northland Library Cooperative 231.855.2206 rmendel(a)northland.lib.mi.us > >

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GLADL -- Library Substitute
by Lise Mitchell 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

*LIBRARY SUBSTITUTE * The Grand Ledge Area District Library is looking for resourceful individuals to join our staff. Library Substitutes do not have a regular weekday schedule, but may be assigned day, nights or weekend hours and are employed to provide service in the absence of part-time employees. Work locations are at both library locations – Grand Ledge and Wacousta. Substitutes are responsible for a wide variety of clerical activities and considerable communication with, and service to, library patrons to ensure a positive library experience. This position includes managing the circulation desk during assigned shifts, shelving and shelf reading of library materials, and other tasks as assigned. *Education & Experience*: Education normally acquired through the completion of a high school degree. Previous library or customer service experience preferred. Must be able to file in alphabetical and numeric order and perform detail work with a high level of accuracy. Considerable experience with Windows, Internet browsers, and web applications desired as well as ability to quickly learn new software programs. Wage $10.00/hr. Please complete GLADL job application and send to Attn: Library Director, GLADL, 131 E. Jefferson, Grand Ledge, MI 48837 or via email to grandledgelibrary.adm(a)gmail.com or via fax 517-627-6276. Visit our website at *http://grandledge.lib.mi.us/about-us/jobs/ <http://grandledge.lib.mi.us/about-us/jobs/>* An Equal Opportunity Employer. -- Lise Mitchell, Director Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E. Jefferson Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 gladldirector(a)gmail.com 517-622-3550 direct 517-627-7014 Library 517-627-6276 fax

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GLADL - Collections Specialist Librarian (Part-Time)
by Lise Mitchell 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

*GLADL - Collections Specialist Librarian (Part-Time)* The Grand Ledge Area District Library is a Class IV library in a thriving suburb west of Lansing with a service population of 16,000 people and annual operating budget of $750,000. We want your ideas on how to enhance our collections (90K items), draw new users to the library (70K annual visitors), and create new readers (98K annual circulation). Lots to do in Grand Ledge and the greater Lansing area (music, plays, arts, river, parks) and we love a parade! Major duties include managing and delivering technical services and Young Adult collection development. See attached for complete job description. *SALARY:* $18.00 per hour *HOURS: 24 hours per week*—schedule includes 5-9pm Thursday night shift. In addition, participate in weekend desk coverage rotation. *BENEFITS:* Limited benefits include annual paid personal time, life insurance/disability package, holidays, and 1% matching 457 retirement plan *SUBMIT:* Letter of interest, completed job application, three professional references and resume. *APPLY TO:* Lise Mitchell, Library Director, Grand Ledge Area District Library, 131 E. Jefferson, Grand Ledge, MI 48837, grandledgelibrary.adm(a)gmail.com *APPLICATION DEADLINE:* November 30, 2017, position open until filled -- Lise Mitchell, Director Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E. Jefferson Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 gladldirector(a)gmail.com 517-622-3550 direct 517-627-7014 Library 517-627-6276 fax

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Local newspaper archives hosting
by Frankenmuth Wickson District Library 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

We are looking for a new hosting site for our /Frankenmuth News /archives. We have 110 years of weekly pdfs. I'm looking for a service that provides searching of the entire archives as well as access to individual issues. I'd appreciate recommendations as well as any cost info you may have. Thank you! -- Mary Chasseur, Library Director Frankenmuth Wickson District Library 359 S. Franklin St. Frankenmuth, MI 48734 989-652-8323

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digital signage compiled responses
by Ellen Moore 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Thank you to all who responded to my question about digital signage. Below is a compilation of the responses I received. Ellen Moore Peter White Public Library ********************************************** >From Rebekah Craft Associate Director Baldwin Public Library We recently installed a wall-mounted, touch screen display. We purchased interactive software from Connected Sign for it. They designed a template and now we update it with our calendar of events, program/services slides, map, and staff/board contact info. The display also has a spot for a CNN RSS feed, our Instagram feed and current weather. Here are some screenshots and a photo of the display in place. It's very popular with our patrons and staff and is used frequently. *** Further information from Rebekah, in answer to my follow-up questions: We purchased and ELO Touchscreen. It's a monitor with a computer built into the back. It's fairly rugged. I imagine it would crack if someone were to hit it with a hammer, but it stands up to finger tapping just fine. I can get the pricing details on this, but I think the monitor and mount cost around $4,000. I'm pretty sure we went higher end with this. The monitor is 42" (23"x39") We were very concerned about it being handicap accessible. We hung it at a lower height to accommodate this. The top is at 75" and the bottom is at 36". We have not had any toddlers run into it yet. It plugs into the wall. Our contractors installed a wall outlet with ethernet and power. To add events to the display, I download a CSV file of events from our online events calendar. I then reformat it slightly and paste the rows into the XLS file that ConnectedSign created for us. This file plugs into the event display, so I have to use their set columns. I pull out the following columns from our event calendar CSV file: event date, event time, event title, event description, registration required, room. I do have to label each program with a letter (A=adult event, Y=youth event, T=teen event, R=rental) and this displays each type of event with a separate color. ********************************* Cindy Krueger Marketing & Outreach Dept. of Natural Resources The Michigan History Museum is using BrightSign devices. It is my understanding they can be attached to any TV/monitor/display. I am interested in seeing any replies you get since Im also looking for something that could be used in the Dept. of Natural Resources visitor centers and museums. ************************* Dillon Geschel Portage Lake District For the past few months, we have been using our teleconference equipment, which is on wheels, to display event information when it's not otherwise in use. Because the equipment looks out of place no matter where we place it, we decided to instead by a flatscreen TV that could be mounted to the wall near our Circ desk. It was actually mounted last night (funny to get your email today!). Jean from the co-op helped us find a portable digital media player that hooks up to the TV, and once a USB with image files is plugged in, you can play the slideshow. It worked fine on the teleconference equipment, and I'll be trying to set it up with our new TV this afternoon. I will keep you updated on how it works! If it is received well, I'd like to someday have more screens with event info throughout the library. Our event posters take up so much space that sometimes patrons complain about the clutter on our circ desks.. Hopefully moving everything to a screen will help! **************** I'm a big fan of the Screenly OSE solution. You can find online at: https://www.screenly.io/ose/ This is a FREE (as in beer) solution, but they also offer a PAID solution. We use the Screenly OSE solution at Northville, and have had no major issues with it. It runs off a Raspberry Pi device (available for about $40), which is VERY small and easy to hide behind a 42" LCD screen mounted to the wall. The whole system exists on a separate STAFF ONLY network, which allows us to easily administrate it via a small webpage on our network. We still use Power Point to create the info, but save the file as an MP4 (video) file, and upload that Video file to the Screenly OSE device. It can update in real time, and requires little regular maintenance to keep functional. Hopefully this helps. If you need more info, let me know. Michael McEvoy mmcevoy(a)northvillelibrary.org Technology Coordinator Northville District Library ************************************ For what its worth, my previous library had tvs hooked on the wall that could play the regular tv channels and switch to a certain channel and it would play the slideshow of library events that we set up. There was a computer in the server room that we loaded the powerpoint of events onto and I believe it broadcast on the city's information channel (that they broadcast their city council meetings on). We were able to set a certain station to play on a certain channel on the tvs in the library, maybe with receivers? Sorry, I can't be more specific but I wasn't involved with that aspect of the library. We had all the tvs switched to a news station when Obama was inaugurated and we watched all the events throughout the day. I liked the flexibility of being able to switch over to a notable news event and then switch back to our calendar of events. The only problem that I remember we had was when our slideshow would stop and we'd have to restart it again. I hope this helps. Janelle Martin Head of Fiction Marguerite deAngeli Library Lapeer District Library 921 W. Nepessing St. Lapeer, MI 48446 ************************************ We have been using a system similar to yours, only we made ours web-based but they look like a PP show - just a bunch of static slides. About a month ago I picked up a little device called a Google Chromebit. It's about $90 and is a tiny little computer on the order of a chromecast that runs the Chrome OS. Google also has a system for using and managing the Chromebit as a digital sign - take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MWec-DVB44 Pretty much anything you can show in a chrome browser can be put on your digital sign, including a Google Presentation. And the content can be scheduled remotely. The only caveat that I have found is you have to buy a $30 device management license for each Chromebit from Google, but it's for the life of the device. We are still playing with the one we have, but from what I have seen, it's way better than just a PC running powerpoint. The only possible drawback that I can think of is that they are wireless, so if you put them in a place where the signal is not the best, it's not going to work. Apparently you can use a Ethernet-to-USB converter on them. Don't hesitate to call if you want to know more. Hope this helps - Mark Ehle Computer Support Librarian Willard Library Battle Creek, MI ************************************** We have a 36" TV that we use as our digital signage. It has a SD card slot that we put a handful of JPG files on and run as a slideshow. We update it probably once a week or whenever our programming changes. It also has a long HDMI cable ran to it that we could hook a computer to if we wanted to stream anything from the web or run a PowerPoint presentation. It is on a rolling stand that came from displays2go.com however they can be purchased from amazon or other vendors as well. It was a relatively inexpensive solution and works well. On a side note they also make small HDMI sticks that are essentially mini computers that plug directly into the TV. Most are under $150. Couple this with a larger TV and you could have a streaming display for well under $1000. We may go this route in our new building depending on what are budget allows. Chris Knight Technology Coordinator Otsego County Library 989-732-5841 ********************************* We have large TV screen on a shelf against a wall that is connected via Chromecast to a laptop designated for that purpose. It's connected to a private wireless network, so that patrons can't access it. We make slides in Google Slides that we cast to the screen. We also streamed web-based coverage of the solar eclipse in August. We sometimes have issues with the Chromecast connecting to the screen, but for the most part it is very easy to use, and multiple people can access it to make changes. You'll need to purchase a Chromecast device. I wonder if it's too far above eye level for people to see (it's on top of the shelf), but we needed something to support the weight of the screen. This also keeps the screen from getting scratched or smudged. Hope that's helpful! Good luck. Deborah Haak Three Rivers Library

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by Battles, Calvin 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hello Michigan Public Library users, Over the past 11 years, the Jackson District Library has hosted Larry Martin’s In Their Own Words at our Carnegie Branch. If you have never seen this program, [ http://lmww2.com/ | Larry Martin's WWII In Their Own Words ] , I encourage you to have Larry come to your library; which he would love to do. In Their Own Words has drawn between 80 and 150 attendees per event. An estimated 4,600 people have come to hear the reflections and experiences of WWII veterans that Larry has interviewed. As our former director stated “We deeply appreciate the dedication shown by Mr. Larry Martin for bringing these stories alive and are honored to be a partner in his efforts. Larry brings a wealth of knowledge to the program and has recorded scores of interviews with veterans over the past ten years. He passionately reminds his audiences that the freedoms they now take for granted were earned through the hard sacrifices of many thousands of veterans who fought in World War II”. I would be happy to answer any questions about Larry and his wonderful program. Calvin Battles Adult Services Coordinator Jackson District Library Carnegie Branch 244 W. Michigan Ave., Jackson, MI 49201 Phone:(517) 905-1344

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TFOP ordering problems
by arrasm＠charlottelibrary.org 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hello Has anyone else encountered problems submitting Form 8635 to order 2017 tax forms from the IRS? I've tried multiple times to send my order to the email address listed ( <mailto:pdf.orders@eforms.enterprise.irs.gov> pdf.orders(a)eforms.enterprise.irs.gov) and keep getting a mail delivery failed notice. I even tried to email the TFOP administrator ( <mailto:WI.TFOP.Administrator@irs.gov> WI.TFOP.Administrator(a)irs.gov) and it was returned also. The email says the deadline to order is November 10. I know my email account is working because I can send other emails just fine. Thanks, in advance, for any info. Marlena Arras Director of Financial Services Charlotte Community Library 226 S Bostwick Charlotte MI 48813 (517) 543-8859

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