September 2018 - Michlib-l

Documentary vendors
by Dave Ewick 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Hello everyone, I am looking for documentary vendors. I'm familiar with EDU Tugg https//:educate.tugg.com and Media Education Foundation http://www.mediaed.org/ Specifically I'm on the hunt for a new documentary that may not have been released yet. It is called Stay Human by Michael Franti. Any suggestions are welcomed; especially if the costs are low! Thanks, Dave David L. Ewick, MLS, MS City Librarian Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Southfield, Michigan 48076 248 796-4300 dewick(a)southfieldlibrary.org P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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Updates on MeL Changes
by Breed, Liz (MDE) 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Greetings! As we continue to work toward our MeL.org and database transition in a few weeks, we have some info to share to help you in your planning. * Database URLs will be available at some point in the next week or so. * The new MeL.org site will be live on 9/27. Our new site will have the new database links available. * The expiring direct database links will be available 9/27-9/30 on the MCLS site<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcls.o…>. * The Get Ready page on the MeL.org site will only be available on our current site. When we transition to the new MeL.org on September 27, that page will no longer exist. After September 27, these materials will be available in the Library Staff support section on the redesigned MeL.org. Until September 27, details about the database transition are available on our "Get Ready for October 1<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmel.org%2Fi…>" page. If you have questions, please direct them to meldatabaseshelp(a)mcls.org<mailto:meldatabaseshelp@mcls.org>. Best, Liz Liz Breed Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan Michigan Department of Education 517-373-4466 Effective Oct 16, 2018 my new number will be 517-335-1497 breedl(a)michigan.gov<mailto:breedl@michigan.gov> www.mel.org<http://www.mel.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/.

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Invitation to a Genealogy Workshop at the Pinckney Library on Wednesday, September 12
by Hope Siasoco 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Dear Library Colleagues, We cordially invite you, your family, friends and community members to an upcoming program on how to effectively use newspaper articles in your genealogy research called, "Extra! Extra! Read All About Your Ancestors!". The program starts at 6:30pm. For more information, please check out the flier on the library's website: https://pinckneylibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Read-All-About-Your-… If you're thinking of attending, please call our circulation desk as there will be handouts for this presentation. Thank you in advance for any help in promoting this program. We hope to see you then! Sincerely, Hope Siasoco Library Director ---- Pinckney Community Public Library 125 Putnam St. Pinckney, MI 48169 Tel: 734-878-2952 Fax: 734-878-2907 Email: hsiasoco(a)pinckneylibrary.org

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Timeclocks
by Andrea Estelle 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Hi All, Is anyone using online timeclock software that they like that is also compatible with Quickbooks and if so can you share with me what program you are using? Thank you, Andrea Andrea Estelle, MLIS Library Director . Otsego District Public Library Brighten the Corner Where You Are! 401 Dix Street, Otsego MI 49078 (269) 694-9690 <http://www.otsegolibrary.org/> www.otsegolibrary.org LIKE us on Facebook!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2018 GEEK FEST
by Farrell Howe 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2018 CONTACT: Farrell Howe Marketing and Communication Manager Kalamazoo Public Library 269-553-7879 Calling all Geeks! It's Time for Geek Fest 2018 Kalamazoo, MI - Tuesday, September 11, 2018. Get Geeked for Geek Fest 2018<https://www.facebook.com/SWMGeekFest/>! This 3rd annual celebration of geek culture in all its forms, (comics, gaming, technology, cosplay and much more for all ages) will be held on Saturday, September 29, 11 am - 3 pm at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center<http://www.kalcounty.com/parks/expo/index.htm>, 2900 Lake St., Kalamazoo. This event is free and open to the public. This year's Geek Fest features a cosplay contest with prizes, a robotics demonstration with Gull Lake Area Robotics<http://www.gulllakearearobotics.com/>, Mattawan RoboKats<http://mattawan-robotics.org/> and 2 Paw Robotics<https://sites.google.com/a/ppps.org/paw-paw-high-school-robotics/home>, free caricatures, free comic books from Rocket Comics<https://www.facebook.com/rocketcomicz/>, Kalamazoo Ghostbusters<https://www.facebook.com/gbk.kalamazoo/>, L'Arte D'Armizare Medieval Martial Arts<https://www.southsidedojo.com/l-arte-d-armizare>, Nova Virtual Reality<https://www.novavr.net/>, a photo booth and Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion<http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/501st_Legion>. Gamers of all ages will enjoy 5Crests, Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator, Aunt Cathy's Kiddie Corner, Dragon-Knight Publishing: D&D Whispers of Starfall, Dungeons and Dragons: Toiseachadh 5e, Elder Signs, Glitch Video Game Lounge, Magic the Gathering, Munchkin, Pathfinder: Honor's Echo, Red Dragon Inn: Pookie No!, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Featured artists and authors include Yuko Ota and Ananth Hirsh<http://www.johnnywander.com/about>, Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall<http://kenjji.com/home.html>, Paul Sizer<http://www.paulsizer.com/>, Ruth McNally Barshaw<http://www.ruthexpress.com/>, Jessi Fletcher & Sew Excited Cosplay<https://www.facebook.com/jessi.fletcher.10?fref=search>, Chaotic Neutral Cosplay<https://www.facebook.com/chaoticneutralcosplay>, Emily Kastner<https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-kastner-5675b9a0/> and Angela Sisk<https://twitter.com/amc_sisk>. If you have maker mania, then come make slime with the Kalamazoo Ghostbusters<https://www.facebook.com/gbk.kalamazoo/>, make your own cereal box journal with Ruth McNally Barshaw,<http://www.ruthexpress.com/> make comic book buttons and origami superhero bookmarks, and learn about your future from the Harry Potter Sorting Hat Fortune Teller! Bookbug<http://www.bookbugkalamazoo.com/>, a local independent bookstore, will be on site selling books. Kalamazoo County Expo Center<http://www.kalcounty.com/parks/expo/index.htm> will be selling food. The 2018 Geek Fest is sponsored by: 5Crests<https://www.facebook.com/5crests>, Dragon-Knight Publishing<https://www.facebook.com/dragonknightpub>, Slugfest Games<http://slugfestgames.com/>, Fanfare<http://www.fanfare-se.com/>, Glitch Gaming Lounge<https://www.facebook.com/glitchgaming.kzoo/>, Pathfinder Society<http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety>, Rocket Comics<https://www.facebook.com/rocketcomicz/>, Bookbug<http://www.bookbugkalamazoo.com/>, SLD Read<http://www.sldread.org/>, Western Michigan Gamers Guild<http://www.wmgg.org/>, Walmart<http://www.walmart.com/>, the Royal Manticoran Navy<http://www.trmn.org/portal/>, Friends of the Paw Paw District Library<http://www.pawpaw.lib.mi.us/about/friends.htm>, Friends of the Portage District Library<http://www.portagelibrary.info/about/support_get_involved/friends/>, Friends of the Antwerp Sunshine Library<http://friendsofantwerpsunshinelibrary.weebly.com/>, Friends of Kalamazoo Public Library<http://kpl.gov/friends>, and United Bay Community Credit Union<https://www.ubccu.org/>. Geek Fest is hosted by: Kalamazoo Public Library<http://www.kpl.gov/>, Lawton Public Library<http://www.lawtonlibrary.com/>, Paw Paw District Library<http://www.pawpaw.lib.mi.us/>, Portage District Library<http://www.portagelibrary.info/> and VanBuren District Library<http://www.vbdl.org/>. For more information, visit facebook.com/SWMGeekFest<https://www.facebook.com/SWMGeekFest/>. ####

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Community Partnerships in Academic Libraries
by Pam Seabolt 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

MCLS Third Thursday Twitter Chat Community Partnerships in Academic Libraries Join in the conversation on Thursday, September 20, at 2pm Eastern (1pm Central) for our Third Thursday Twitter Chat. This month we will be discussing Community Partnerships in Academic Libraries with Scott Sandberg, Assistant Instruction, Digital Scholarship & Geographic/Adaptive Technologies Librarian with Indiana University Northwest John W. Anderson Library. Scott will share about his opportunities in work with community partners at IUN, and discuss successes and challenges along the way. Use the hashtag #MCLSchat. New to Twitter? Here are instructions<https://mcls.org/training-events/twitter-chat-instructions/>.  https://mcls.org/training-events/twitter-chat-instructions/ Hope you can join us! Did you miss our August chat on Culinary Literacy? We archived<https://twitter.com/mclsorg/timelines/1030169188751618048> it for you. **************************** Pamela Seabolt Community Engagement Librarian Engagement, Consulting, and Training Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) (800) 530-9019 ext 123 seaboltp(a)mcls.org<mailto:seaboltp@mcls.org> [id:image001.png@01D32BD1.F967B940]<https://www.facebook.com/mcls.org> [id:image002.png@01D32BD1.F967B940] <https://twitter.com/mclsorg> [id:image003.png@01D32BD1.F967B940] <http://www.mcls.org/>

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Willard Library - Computer Support Librarian Posting
by Amanda Paffhausen 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Willard Library has an opening for a Computer Support Librarian. Please see the attached posting, or visit our website for more information. <https://willardlibrary.org/index.php/job> --

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Posting for part-time position (Petoskey, MI)
by Stephanie Davis2 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Please excuse any cross posting - Come join our team! North Central Michigan College is currently accepting resumes for a Part-Time Library Technical Assistant. This is an evening position at 28 hours per week. Please see the attached document for more information. Applications will be accepted until the end of the business day: Thursday, September 20, 2018. Contact Stephanie D. Davis, sdavis2(a)ncmich.edu<mailto:sdavis2@ncmich.edu>, with any questions.

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MeL Webinars for Schools
by Breed, Liz (MDE) 11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18

Greetings, EBSCO has scheduled some additional training sessions for the school community. Wednesday, September 12 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t78e8697d4e585f…<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febscotrain…> Monday, September 17 from 3:30 - 4:30 pm https://ebscotraining.webex.com/ebscotraining/k2/j.php?MTID=t8a8efca1a14395…<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febscotrain…> If you would like to participate, please follow the links to EBSCO's registration page to sign-up. These sessions will also be recorded for those who can't attend the live session. Links will be available on the MeL.org Get Ready page a week or so after the live sessions. As we get closer to October 1, don't forget to visit our "Get Ready"<http://mel.org/index.php?P=P_GetReady_Display> page at MeL.org for details about the database transition and training information. Best, Liz Liz Breed Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan Michigan Department of Education 517-373-4466 Effective Oct 16, 2018 my new number will be 517-335-1497 breedl(a)michigan.gov<mailto:breedl@michigan.gov> www.mel.org<http://www.mel.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/.

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Serving Older, Struggling Readers with Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan / FREE workshop with LUNCH at the Ann Arbor District Library
by Erin Helmrich 10 Sep '18

10 Sep '18

Hello! On Monday, October 1 from 12:00-2:00PM at the Downtown Library we're hosting: Serving Older Struggling Readers with Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan https://aadl.org/node/380561 [ http://www.virginialoh.com/ | Dr. Virginia Log-Hagan ] returns to talk and inspire teachers, librarians, educators and parents to learn strategies for serving older, struggling readers. This daytime workshop includes complimentary lunch for all attendees from [ https://www.jerusalemgarden.net/ | Jerusalem Garden ] . Dr. Loh-Hagan will also be presenting in the evening at 7:00PM on a youth publishing panel at our [ https://aadl.org/node/372786 | Emerging Writers workshop ] in the evening if you are unable to attend this daytime event. Older struggling readers are a unique student population. They face many different challenges. Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan will share best practices and programming ideas that will motivate struggling readers to become striving readers. In addition, participants will learn what it's like to be a struggling reader and gain an insider perspective on writing for this population. All participants will walk away with some new strategies to implement with their students the very next day. This workshop will be broken into two sections - attending one hour will yield great information and the second hour will look more deeply into examples of appropriate book titles, delve into the process of writing non-fiction for these readers, plus opportunities to get in depth advice from Dr. Loh-Hagan . Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is an author, educator, and curriculum designer. She is a faculty member at San Diego State University. Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan is also a multi-published author; she has several books with Sleeping Bear Press, Cherry Lake Publishing/45th Parallel Press, StarWalk Media, and several academic publications about children and young adult literature with Guilford Press and various professional journals. She has over 100 published books. Registration is required for this event. Please email your name and let us know if you will attend just the first hour or the entire session. Please also indicate any dietary restrictions. Send the email to registrations(a)aadl.org. The complimentary lunch will be vegetarian and vegan friendly. https://aadl.org/node/380561 Hope some of you can make it!! Erin V Helmrich Teen & IT/Production Librarian Ann Arbor District Library 343 S. 5th Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.327.4227

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