October 2018 - Michlib-l

SEMLOL Fall Meeting: SEMLOL@40
by Holly Sorscher 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Share you memories! Plan our future! SEMLOL@40 will be held 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2018 at the Environmental Interpretive Center <https://umdearborn.edu/casl/centers-institutes/environmental-interpretive-c…> on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the exhibits and walking trails at this unique location both during our break and after the event. Please see the attached flyer for detailed information about the event and how to register. -- Holly V. Sorscher Head, User Services First Year Experience Librarian Mardigian Library University of Michigan-Dearborn (313) 593-5695

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Novi Public Library Employment Opportunity - Information Services Youth Librarian, part-time
by Marcia Dominick 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

*EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:* *Position: Information Services Youth Librarian, Part-time* *Job Duties:* · Provides readers’ advisory, reference services and computer assistance using a variety of collections, materials and formats. · Trains and assists patrons with day-to-day computer questions and learning new technology and software. · Plan, implement and promote programming services appropriate to the needs of the community. In addition, design and present story times for children age’s birth - Kindergarten. · Participates in collection development and maintenance, keeping within monetary and physical space constraints. · Engage in outreach opportunities within the community. · Works positively and collaboratively across departments to accomplish department goals. *Job Requirements:* · MLS from an ALA accredited school. · Knowledge of youth literature. · Experience presenting children’s story times age’s birth – Kindergarten. · Dedication to public service. · Enthusiastic, friendly, self-motivated and creative. · Knowledge of Internet and computer related technology. · Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. · Physical mobility, vision, hearing, and manual dexterity essential. · Maintain physical condition necessary for sitting, standing, bending, and /or walking for extended periods of time; stooping; crouching; reaching; carrying books or boxes of books; pushing book carts; seeing; keyboarding; using the telephone; lifting, pushing, pulling or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds; push or pull with wheeled cart up to 500 pounds; operating assigned equipment; picking up litter; spreading ice melt. *Salary: *$21.90 per hour *Hours:* 18 hours per week · Monday, 3:30-9 p.m. · Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.– 3 p.m. · Friday/Saturday (C Team), 9:30 a.m.– 6 p.m. *Benefits:* None *Application:* · Resume, cover letter and application required. · Available at https://www.novilibrary.org/About-Us/Employment-Volunteering.aspx · Send to: Marcia Dominick, Administrative Assistant Novi Public Library 45255 W. Ten Mile Road Novi, Michigan 48375 · E-mail: mdominick(a)novilibrary.org *Deadline: *Monday, November 5, 2018 [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: New Logo 1 inch rgb for web]*Marcia Dominick* | Administrative Assistant Novi Public Library |45255 West Ten Mile Road | Novi, MI 48375 Phone 248-869-7211|Fax 248-349-6520 |Administration Office 248-869-7204 www.novilibrary.org *Inform. Inspire. Include.*

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National Friends of Libraries Week - Oct 21-27 -- Let us know what's happening in Michigan!
by White, Shannon (MDE) 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Happy National Friends of Libraries Week! How is your library or Friends group celebrating? You can submit your events at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KTNZCWW Don't forget that the Library of Michigan provides memberships on behalf of all Michigan public libraries to the United for Libraries division of the American Library Association. Your Friends of the Library can use the benefits of membership themselves by logging in to the member only area. See the attached sheet for login information and information about members-only resources. Please pass this along to your Friends group members as well. United for Libraries Michigan membership project is supported by the Library of Michigan with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Shannon Shannon White Library of Michigan www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan> 517.335-1507 Whites29(a)michigan.gov

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Gimme Some Truth: A WDET/SIS Event on 10/25
by Christine Illichmann 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

[School of Information Sciences - Wayne State University]<http://sis.wayne.edu/> Gimme Some Truth: A WDET/SIS Event on 10/25 [Gimme Some Truth] WDET 101.9 and the Wayne State University School of Information Sciences want to help you check your facts and learn how not to be scammed online! Join us on October 25 from 6:30-8:30 PM in the Bernath Audiorium inside the Undergraduate Library. DPTV's Sandra Svoboda will moderate panel discussions in collaboration with the WSU School of Information Sciences on how to spot fake news in the internet era. Attendees can take a quiz to see how good they are at spotting fake news. An audience Q&A will follow the panel discussion. Registration is free but required!<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gimme-some-truth-wayne-state-university-ticket…> [Wayne State University]<https://wayne.edu/> [Warrior Strong]<https://wayne.edu/warriorstrong/>

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Vendors for Video Games
by Andrew Susalla 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Hello all, I am looking to start setting up circulating video game collections at the Muskegon Area District Library. For those libraries that have video game collections, is there a vendor you normally buy from, especially one that does processing? I know Baker & Taylor and Midwest Tape do not sell video games, so I was looking at buying mostly through Amazon. Thank you very much for your input. Andrew Susalla Collection Development Specialist 231-737-6248 | www.madl.org<http://www.madl.org> 4845 Airline Rd. | Muskegon, MI 49444 [cid:Facebook_4114b57e-72de-42e7-86da-c6cd8d1bd30b.png]<https://www.facebook.com/MuskegonAreaDistrictLibrary/?ref=br_rs> [cid:Youtube_b7788158-662e-4a21-abe7-e4993d46d76d.png] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3p73nXZ_UJBCLvmNkns5gQ> [cid:Twitter_2919c137-b592-4291-9bd4-a27df7a25930.png] <https://twitter.com/madltweets> [cid:Pinterest_f16a13d1-38c2-4572-9f1a-20af69bd9e4b.png] <https://www.pinterest.com/MADLibrary/> [cid:LinkedIn_e8acde6a-34ef-4044-9ae8-3611c2d7fb9c.png] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/muskegon-area-district-library/> [cid:Google+_ed1411b6-3831-48f2-b2c3-d0f37725272e.png] <https://plus.google.com/+MuskegonAreaDistrictLibraryAdministrationLBPH> [cid:NewMADLLogotiny_e82d282b-5ca6-48c9-8c53-46dd2a6380ad.png]

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Job Posting
by Mary Davis 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Due to the upcoming retirement of our OTBS Librarian, we are hiring. Please see attached posting. https://rhpl.org/current-openings https://rhpl.org/images/job_openings/OTBS_librarian.pdf -- *Mary K. Davis* Outreach and Bookmobile Services Manager Rochester Hills Public Library 500 Olde Towne Rd Rochester, MI 48307-2043 248-650-7152

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Discarding computers compilation
by Don Priest 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Here's the compilation of responses I received. Lots of great advice, ranging from donating, to tech take aparts, to recycling. Thanks! Not sure what I'll do yet, but it's good to know I have so many options! Don, Those that we had that were still in decent shape were sold on govdeals.com. We made some money back and they found a good home. Hello Don, Have you considered selling them as part of a book sale event? When I was with the Genesee District Library they would occasionally sell off the older computers at the HQ summer book sale and they usually sold very quickly. It was a good deal for the public and for the library. We actually have someone here from Electro-Cycle right now picking up a lot of electronics for recycling. We had an drop off event on Saturday for 3 hours where we had 120 cars drop off personal items. It is no charge to the public or to us. [ http://electro-cycle.com/ | http://electro-cycle.com ] We try to sell these through the used book sale (wiped and system reloaded.) We also offer them to staff for cheap purchase. I have given a few to the Senior Center. You might also try charter or underfunded schools. We have to pay to recycle (due to the heavy metals) so I have justified that giving them away saves us money and keeps us from running afoul of giving away public assets that still have value. Hope this helps! Hi Don, We just had a take-apart this past weekend with ages 9 and up. The kids took the computers apart together in a step-by-step fashion and a computer science student volunteered to lead it and explain what all the components inside were. The kids LOVED it. I think it was a very educational and fun thing to do with these machines. Hi Don, I highly recommend the Advance Computer Recycling-Resources. They pick up your items at no cost and schedule a pickup. Nicole Henderson Administrative Secretary, Advance Computer Recycling-Resources Phone: [ tel:734-340-6271 | 734-340-6271 ] Email: [ mailto:advancecomputerrecycling@hotmail.com | advancecomputerrecycling(a)hotmail.com ] Website: [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Facrgreen.or… | Acrgreen.org ] Address: 926 MINION ST YPSILANTI MI 48198 This company picked up all our outdated electronics to recycle for free. They will also wipe clean/destroy harddrive. < [ mailto:matthew@electro-cycle.com | matthew(a)electro-cycle.com ] > Hi Don, In the past, I’ve used Advance Computer Recycling since they do not charge a fee to pick up and dispose of old equipment – the last time we used them was 10-2017. Below is the contact information I have: Nicole Henderson Advance Computer Recycling Phone: [ tel:734-340-6271 | 734-340-6271 ] Email: [ mailto:advancecomputerrecycling@hotmail.com | advancecomputerrecycling(a)hotmail.com ] Website: [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Facrgreen.or… | Acrgreen.org ] Address: 926 MINION ST YPSILANTI MI 48198 Hi Don, Our local Goodwill takes electronics for recycling and then they get extra money for the charity from the recycler. We have done take apart events which the kids love but just make sure you have safety glasses for them (they tend to pry and bend things to get them apart). Hi Don, Not sure about donating them as-is to an organization for use (personally I'd wipe them, overwrite them, and then do a clean install of the OS before donating them for security reasons), but there isn't any reason to pay for disposal of them (I wipe them and overwrite them for recycle too, but no need to do a clean install). Our local recycle center would pay us (as long as hard drive and the other metal components are intact) and Staples has a free recycling program ( [ https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/sustainability-center/recycling-s… | https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/sustainability-center/recycling-s… ] ). Nice shirt, in your library profile picture. (Thanks!) If the computers shipped with a license for either Windows 7 or Windows 10, wiping them up for a reload and reuse is easy enough to do. Your local public schools might be open to forwarding them to students from free lunch/breakfast families that still don’t have a computer. IF Comcast is still participating in your area, families qualify for $10/month basic access. My local elementary used to, but they had a single teacher who administered the program. When he retired, so did the program as district techs wouldn’t accept responsibility for distributing them. Another option is a Senior Center, where they teach computer classes. [ https://www.techsoup.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMInbKGwvOI3gIVi43ICh15KgIKEAAYASA… | https://www.techsoup.org/ ] might be able to put you in touch with a local charity, school, or other library, that could benefit. If someone will do the paper work, you can get free/cheap Microsoft Office for the donated machines. If I’m repeating things you already know, please forgive my ignorance. Windows 10 will run on a computer with two gig or more of RAM. Drive size needs to be 100 gig or larger for the OS and future patches from Microsoft. On board video is fine. I use DBAN [ https://dban.org/ | https://dban.org/ ] to wipe spinning hard drives and a program named Parted Magic [ https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/ | https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/ ] to safely reset SSDrives. Windows 10 installs from an 8 gig USB drive using Microsoft’s Media Creation tool [ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 ] . There is little interaction required for the install. If, like many Dell computers, the Windows license is coded into the BIOS, you won’t even be asked to type that in to activate the OS. I’m happy to offer free advice. Often that advice is well worth the cost. Occasionally not. We had a public tech recycling drop off this weekend with Electro-Cycle coming today to haul away the items. We threw in our own old computers and telephones as well. There is no charge for pickup. http:/electro-cycle.com When we have older computers- we have our tech guy wipe them clean and we offer them for sale to our staff and then public. Last time we had a big turnover, we sold the old computers for $20 each (towers only, no screens) and they flew out the door! We held a garage sale for used equipment and earned about $2,000. Our IT staff wiped them clean and insured that everything was operable. I recommend a tech take apart program, especially if you have someone on hand who can discuss the interior of a computer and what the parts do. Great information! It's vital to have hand and eye protection and a variety of screwdrivers. Best of luck! Hello, A few years ago TADL had a public sale of used desktop, laptop and miscellaneous tech equipment. I don't recall prices but they were stripped of operating software, they all worked. Leftovers were recycled I think. The laptop and desktop I bought are still going strong. Happy Monday afternoon, I know Best Buy will take and recycle old electronics. I believe they have a limit of how many they will receive a day from individuals, but if nothing else that is a possible option. Another option, I have seen other libraries do is they sell them for a decent price to their staff members. Here is an option. [ https://www.cristina.org/ | https://www.cristina.org/ ] Like most things, I find if you set them out for free they go within the hour. Hi, Don. Check with your local school(s) to see if they're interested in any of them for "take apart" in classrooms. We only replace about 5-10 each year and phase down the ones still in good condition into our catalog computers and our learning center, where the demand on them isn't so intense. The ones that aren't useful to us, we wipe of info and sell for $25 each, which may or may not include a monitor and peripherals. You might consider donating them to a local non-profit - children's center, senior center, MichiganWorks! (?), and/or community center/outreach center. Check with your local funders, too, like United Way and/or a community foundation. They may take them or be able to point you in the direction of someone that could use them. There's always churches and other faith institutions that would love a newer computer, too. We see a lot still running XP or Vista. This would also be a great opportunity to partner with them, if you can and aren't already, for tech programs, like computer and resume skills, setting up emails, safety online, keeping your computer healthy, talking about the databases, etc. Good luck! I'm looking forward to hearing what responses you get. Last time we had working machines we donated them to our cooperative and they passed them on to other libraries in need. Also, I believe Staples recycles electronics for free. You'll want to contact your local store, but here is the webpage regarding recycling. [ https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/sustainability-center/recycling-s… | https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/sustainability-center/recycling-s… ] Don Priest Southgate Veterans Memorial Library 14680 Dix-Toledo Rd. Southgate, MI 48195 734-258-3002 ext. 3003

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Job Posting / Interlibrary Loan Specialist (part-time - evenings), Rochester College
by Allison Jimenez 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Ennis and Nancy Ham Library at Rochester College in Rochester Hills, MI is looking for a highly motivated individual to fill our Interlibrary Loan Specialist position (part-time - evenings). SIS students are welcome to apply! Interested persons can review the job description and employment application at http://rc.edu/jobs-rc/. Please send cover letter, resume or CV, and completed employment application to Ginny May at gmay(a)rc.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. -- [image: signature] *Allison Jimenez* *Director of Library Services - Ham Library* Rochester College 248.218.2268 ajimenez(a)rc.edu <dsirka(a)rc.edu> www.rc.edu/ham-library/ *www.rc.edu <http://www.rc.edu/> * *Rochester College cultivates academic excellence, principled character, servant leadership, and global awareness through a rigorous educational experience that integrates liberal arts and professional studies within an inclusive Christian heritage.* *Rochester College is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Phone (800)621-7440.*

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Book sets
by Claire Mueller 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Hello Syntha, I am interested in the sets of My Near Death Adventure Pie by Weeks Refugee The Ethan I was Before Thank you very much! Claire Mueller Youth Services Public Library of Westland WTLD 63 500-ZV353_63

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Audio books - CDs and Playaways and books - PB & HC (Youth)
by Syntha Green 22 Oct '18

22 Oct '18

Hi, We have some excellent condition Books, Audio CDs and Playaways to give away. They were circulated for Battle of the books (yes they have library markings) and we no longer need that many copies of each. We have HC: 11 Tumble & Blue 8 See you in the cosmos 2 All's Faire in Middle School 7 Refugee 7 Scar Island 7 Beyond the Bright Sea 11 The Ethan I was Before 11 Insignificant events in the life of a cactus 3 Last Day on Mars 17 Her Right Foot Paperback: 17 Red Butterfly 5 Circus Mirandus 20 My near-death Adventure 26 Courageous Canine! 15 Pie (Weeks) 9 Book Scavenger CD: 4 Circus Mirandus 4 Courageous Canines! Playaway: 1 Book Scavenger 1 Tumble & Blue 4 Pie Please respond with your rides code. Thanks, Syntha Green Baldwin Public Library

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