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Save the Date: TLN Technology Forum August 26, 2020
by Angie Michelini 10 Jul '20

10 Jul '20

Hi Everyone, The 9th Annual TLN Technology Forum will be held virtually via Zoom on Thursday, August 26 from 9:30am to 11:30am . The forum was originally scheduled for Friday, October 2 but has been cancelled for that date due to the pandemic. Formal Registration for this event will begin on July 27. Please see the attached flyer for further information We hope you will be able attend! All are welcome! Please feel free to contact Angie Michelini at amichelini [ mailto:apolsgrove@tln.lib.mi.us | @tln.lib.mi.us ] or Carl Swanberg at swanbergc(a)cantonpl.org with any questions you may have about the Technology Forum. Thank you, Angie Michelini The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-716-5583 amichelini(a)tln.lib.mi.us

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Little Free Libraries during pandemic
by Nellie Danke 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Our library's Friends group has built & received permission to place Little Free Libraries in two locations in our community (yay!). As the group's annual book sale is canceled this year, they will be filling the LFLs with donated books that they had collected & stored before the library closed in March. I'd appreciate any guidance or signage that I can pass on to our Friends group about operating Little Free Libraries during a pandemic. Thanks! -- Danielle 'Nellie' Danke Director Suttons Bay Bingham District Library PO Box 340 416 Front Street Suttons Bay, MI 49682 231-271-3512 sbbdl.org

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Re: [Michlib-l] Virtual Summer Reading Program
by Gregory Hayes 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Hello everyone - Our Summer Reading numbers are the highest we've ever had! I was expecting a downturn but surprisingly registration and participation have been very strong for children. Through the amazing efforts of our Children's manager our program is a somewhat hybrid combination of virtual, hands on, and drive in activities. There are crafts in conjunction with virtual programs that parents pick up by driving though, in car story time, and socially distactanced activities in the parking lot as with our Yoga for Kids program this morning. Greg -- * Gregory H**ayes - Director*

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Sanitizer
by Amy Goldyn 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

I have another supplier of sanitizer to pass along. It's the St. Julian Winery and it can be purchased online here: https://www.stjulian.com/store/liquid-sanitizer-1-gallon-jug They are currently selling the gallon jugs for $19.99 and it's the best price I've found so far. You can either pick it up at one of their locations or have it shipped. Thanks, Amy Goldyn Finance Manager Genesee District Library 4195 W. Pasadena Ave Flint, MI 48504 Phone: 810-230-3334 Fax: 810-732-1161

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Results of "Is anyone offering outside computer use?"
by Thomas Trahey 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Only a few libraries responded that they have tried this. Those that did have not had any major issues. The libraries that have been doing this usually kept an ID to ensure the computer’s return. Several libraries are interested in the idea and these responses. It was pointed out that computer screens are hard to read in the sunlight and that it is a good idea to have a plan for rain. *Bellaire Public Library* has been doing this since they reopened for curbside pickup. They have a station in their outside entry with a plugged in laptop, and 2 chromebooks which patrons trade their driver's license for. They also offer them for checkout. They have not had a single issue. *Salem-South Lyon District Library * was loaning a laptop for parking lot use for 30 minute increments. They would take a photo ID as collateral and also did not give the patron a power adapter or a mouse. Now, the building is open so there is no longer a need. *Peter White Public Library*: considered the idea, but couldn’t come up with a suitable rain contingency. They will begin allowing appointments for in-building computer use beginning next week. *T.A Cutler Memorial Library*: wrote a grant for laptops for curbside usage. *Benton Harbor Public Library* has been taking chromebooks to the Farmer’s Market to allow people to do the Census. It worked okay except for people who don’t know how to use a computer. -- Thomas Trahey Mason County District Library Head of Circulation 231.843.8465 Libraries should provide materials and information presenting all points of view on current and historical issues. Materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval. ---- Library Bill of Rights

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FW: [Librariesengage] Diane Kooiker shared "Business File Proposal_.pdf" with you
by Lisa Waskin 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Has anyone else received this email? I don’t recognize the name. Thanks, Lisa Lisa Waskin, Director Superior District Library 541 Library Drive Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Ph. (906) 632-9331 Fax (906) 635-0210 <mailto:lisaw@uproc.lib.mi.us> lisaw(a)uproc.lib.mi.us From: Librariesengage [mailto:librariesengage-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Diane Kooiker (via Dropbox) Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2020 11:31 AM To: librariesengage(a)mcls.org Subject: [Librariesengage] Diane Kooiker shared "Business File Proposal_.pdf" with you Hi there, Diane Kooiker (dkooiker(a)herrickdl.org) invited you to view the file "Business File Proposal_.pdf" on Dropbox. <https://www.dropbox.com/l/scl/AAAt7ggveDcM-z33VP3a5akRR57GBk2Errs> View file Enjoy! The Dropbox team Diane and others will be able to see when you view this file. Other files shared with you through Dropbox may also show this info. Learn more <https://www.dropbox.com/l/AAD88YdOuP4Mnio58Fgb2s8T-_CXA6MQbmw> in our help center. Report to Dropbox <https://www.dropbox.com/l/AADTGMV9eIB6DJH7ubp1sIGSwLK5nPGqroE/report_abuse> © 2020 Dropbox

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weeding
by Grai, Rebecca 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Our library was starting our weeding process before we were so rudely interrupted by COVID. I started with some of the most obviously old and outdated books. We want to continue when we get back on campus with a more detailed and thorough weeding. We are a small (30,000 items) private, business university. I'm hoping you will share your thoughts and ideas about weeding and your library's criteria for weeding. We have a written policy/procedure, but it's pretty basic and broad. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Becky Grai Strosacker Library Northwood University Midland, MI

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Corrected URL -- Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Libraries in Response - July 10 at 11 am Eastern
by Shannon White - Library of Michigan 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Link doesn’t show up below correctly. Please use this link if you want to register for this webinar tomorrow. These are also recorded and available on the page listed at the bottom of this message. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-part-15-two-tales-from-texas-a… Shannon From: White, Shannon (MDE) Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:49 PM To: 'michlib-l(a)mcls.org' <michlib-l(a)mcls.org> Subject: Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Libraries in Response - July 10 at 11 am Eastern This weekly Friday webinar is open to all. Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Join us as we explore: internet access, digital services, physical materials & social infrastructure Friday's Topic: What role can libraries play in support of students and families caught in a terrible bind between not working and not being at a school building? ... noting that educational institutions are approaching a crisis point in trying to open for the fall... as the pandemic numbers increase Friday 7/10 11am ET Note: Session runs for 1 hr with Q&A for 1/2 hr following. [Session is recorded. Q&A is not] Speakers: Eddy Smith, Texas 2020 Librarian of the Year, and Abilene Library Consortia Director. Eddy is a state leader on broadband as part of the state broadband commission. Libraries at the table. Imagine! Dianne Connery, of the Pottsboro Library has a compelling plan to partner with a local wireless provider to use EBS to reach students at home who otherwise lack access. Pottsboro just scored #1 in state CARES grant money out of 116 applicants! How'd they do that? How do they do that?! What’s their secret for success? Collaborations! Easy to say. Hard to do! Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-part-15-two-tales-from-texas-a… Here is the link to the Pottsboro proposal "Connect with Educational Broadband Service Spectrum" file in google drive. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmNfOErhRu5vxVfQSJsr-6WwXWvUYdkk<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.goo…> For more information visit Gigabit Libraries Network Pandemic Response page http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339 Shannon White Library Development Manager Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 Whites29(a)michigan.gov<mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov> 517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Schedule: Tue-Fri 8-5 Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/LibraryofMich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/>

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Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Libraries in Response - July 10 at 11 am Eastern
by Shannon White - Library of Michigan 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

This weekly Friday webinar is open to all. Webinar Series: What is a Library if the Building is Closed? Join us as we explore: internet access, digital services, physical materials & social infrastructure Friday's Topic: What role can libraries play in support of students and families caught in a terrible bind between not working and not being at a school building? ... noting that educational institutions are approaching a crisis point in trying to open for the fall... as the pandemic numbers increase Friday 7/10 11am ET Note: Session runs for 1 hr with Q&A for 1/2 hr following. [Session is recorded. Q&A is not] Speakers: Eddy Smith, Texas 2020 Librarian of the Year, and Abilene Library Consortia Director. Eddy is a state leader on broadband as part of the state broadband commission. Libraries at the table. Imagine! Dianne Connery, of the Pottsboro Library has a compelling plan to partner with a local wireless provider to use EBS to reach students at home who otherwise lack access. Pottsboro just scored #1 in state CARES grant money out of 116 applicants! How'd they do that? How do they do that?! What’s their secret for success? Collaborations! Easy to say. Hard to do! Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-a-library-tickets-111346034988<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.event…> https://zoom.us/j/738305239<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2…> Here is the link to the Pottsboro proposal "Connect with Educational Broadband Service Spectrum" file in google drive. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FmNfOErhRu5vxVfQSJsr-6WwXWvUYdkk<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.goo…> For more information visit Gigabit Libraries Network Pandemic Response page http://giglibraries.net/page-1712339 Shannon White Library Development Manager Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 Whites29(a)michigan.gov<mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov> 517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Schedule: Tue-Fri 8-5 Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/LibraryofMich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/>

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Re: [Michlib-l] Libraries with 501(c)(3) status
by Reed, Nyama 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Hello Rebecca, I have been working on such a thing for the past 2 years. To my understanding, the library itself cannot be a 501(c)3. Please see this summary: " Public libraries that are government agencies can receive donations, and they are tax-deductible for donors, so the question is, should your Friends or foundation become a 501(c)(3)?" Hence a library CANNOT be a 501(c)3, rather they can have a Friends or Foundation that is a 501(c)3 and provides the library with additional financial support. http://librarystrategiesconsulting.org/2017/09/should-we-be-a-501c3/ They are then legally and financially separate from the library. This can have positives and negatives. My library already has a Friends group that has been operating long before my 6 years here. They are excellent. They have all the requisite paperwork in place and used a lawyer to help them set it up years ago. There is a board with monthly meetings and a treasurer, who happens to be an accountant, who handles all the money and the annual tax returns. The library cannot tell them what to do, since they are legally separate. They choose to give us money and approve what we use it for. This year they gave us $35,000 and we use the money for programming, tech, and furniture - "enhancements" not in our operational budget which is funded by tax dollars and fines. We are in the process of also creating a 501(c)3 Foundation, with a different mission than the Friends group. The goal of the Foundation is specifically to raise $5 million, which will then be invested and the annual interest income will be given to the library to support our strategic plan initiatives (i.e. a building study, new study rooms, more solid funding for programming, staff and collections). 1. Did you pay an attorney? Yes, we interviewed 4 attorneys based on recommendations from other libraries or online reviews. There were surprisingly few attorneys in the Milwaukee area that specialized in setting up non-profits. Certainly, you could use any lawyer, not one who specializes. Another area library used an attorney to set up their fund after receiving a $5.5 Million bequest and the total bill was between $10k-20k. Bc the attorney can be very expensive, and we don't have that amount of money, we are writing the bylaws ourselves using other library foundation bylaws as an example. We will then run the final bylaws by the attorney with questions and have her file the official state paperwork and the IRS paperwork. Luckily we have an attorney on the Foundation Board and she has helped us hone things with a legal eye, though her area of expertise is not in establishing non-profits. We are hoping our total attorney costs will be under $5k. 2. Did you use free legal assistance? In my experience free "legal aid" doesn't do this sort of thing and as mentioned above we were not able to find a local lawyer willing to do it for free. It's still worth the effort to see if you can find an area attorney who will work with you for free or lower cost, or even get them to join the Board. 3. How long did the process take? Don't be scared off by my saying I have been working on it for two years. We created a very large, ambitious, strategic plan in 2016. In 2017 we started looking at what it would take to create the foundation, then create the investment fund at the area Community Foundation (i.e. the actual investment vehicle), etc. We interviewed attorneys this past Spring, then interviewed people for the Foundation Board, I started the Bylaws based on examples and have been sending them to the board members via email for feedback. We were delayed by a couple urgent big issues that came up and took my time away from the bylaws, and then I got a concussion which resulted in no work on it for 2 months. I am back at it with the goal of finishing the bylaws draft by the end of this month and completing the Foundation paperwork with the lawyer in the 1st quarter of 2020. I would imagine setting up a Friends group would be much easier time-wise. A full foundation for investment purposes is a little more work. 4. What are the pros in being a 501(c)(3)? Again a library itself is not allowed to be a 501(c)3. I think the more accurate question is what are the pros and cons of a library establishing a Friends group or a Foundation. The pros are you have people interested in raising money for your library and then giving you the money for library projects. They provide financial support beyond what the municipal tax base provides. They can organize and hold book sales or "wine tastings" as special events. Things that staff don't have the time to do. 5. Are there cons in being a 501(c)(3)? The cons to a Friends group or Foundation is that they may view the raised money as THEIRS. Their territory. And they may not approve you using it for what you wish, or they turn it into a fiefdom with feelings of power. I have seen very dysfunctional Friends and Foundations and have heard horror stories from other libraries. Thankfully my current Friends group has no drama or power issues. I am working very hard to set-up our coming Foundation so they raise the money, it goes directly into the investment fund, and then the interest income is passed to the library at the end of the year to "support the Library Board approved strategic plan initiatives." The Foundation will have no input in how the money is used and cannot say "no." Another con may be that your municipality may say: Oh, you have $5 million in your foundation so we can cut your budget... I have found that getting "only" $35k from our Friends group does not impact our municipal funding. When it comes up I explain that the Friends enable us to replace all of our furniture so we didn't have to make a capital request to the Village for it. With the goal of $5 million in a fund, potentially generating interest income of $250,000/year (fyi, our annual budget is $800,00 of which we get $700,000 in municipal taxes), we will protect the money by having donors specifically state what the money is for. i.e. strategic initiatives, not new carpeting or the electric bill. My advice is to figure out WHY you or someone else wants the library to be a 501c3 - or more accurately - why you want Friends or a Foundation to do fundraising for you and give you extra money. How much? $5,000 per year in book sales or $1 million for a building addition? Knowing your end goal will help you determine if it is worth it. I don't know that it'd be worth the effort for $1,000/yr. But maybe for $5k-10k/yr. Definitely for $35k-250k/yr. 6. Is your Friends group a 501(c)(3)? Yes 7. In retrospect, are you glad your library is a 501(c)(3)? Not applicable. 8. Is the ROI worth it? The ROI on our Friends is totally worth it. The pending ROI on a Foundation remains to be seen, but if we do not raise $5 Million and use it to solidify our funding base, then we will end up having to make major cuts in the future. Avoiding cuts, and potentially finding extra enhancement, makes it worth it to me. Best of luck on whatever path you take. Feel free to email or call me anytime to ask questions. And check out this article on how my neighboring library set-up and defined what their bequest will be used for (i.e. protecting it from calls to use it for operational expenses). PS I'm totally happy for them but jealous that they got a huge donation and I am working to raise that much. :-) https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/northshore/news/shorewood/2019/1… Sincerely, Nyama Nyama Y. Reed Library Director N.Reed(a)WFBLibrary.org 414-755-6551 (direct line) Whitefish Bay Public Library 5420 North Marlborough Drive Whitefish Bay, WI 53217 414-964-4380 (main line) Our Mission The Whitefish Bay Public Library, as a cornerstone of the community, is dedicated to connecting people of all ages, inspiring a love of learning and providing easy access to ideas, information and resources. *Please be advised electronic mail becomes a "public record" as allowed under public record laws when sent or received as part of normal business processes. -----Original Message----- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:10:14 -0500 From: Rebecca Higgerson <rhiggerson(a)brandonlibrary.org> To: michlib-l(a)mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Libraries with 501(c)(3) status Message-ID: <2681be5dfa69d01ea7f325312ecc4033(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" In our current Strategic Plan, we were asked to investigate 501(c)(3) status for our library. For those of you who have done this, I would appreciate getting some feedback: 1. Did you pay an attorney? 2. Did you use free legal assistance? 3. How long did the process take? 4. What are the pros in being a 501(c)(3)? 5. Are there cons in being a 501(c)(3)? 6. Is your Friends group a 501(c)(3)? 7. In retrospect, are you glad your library is a 501(c)(3)? 8. Is the ROI worth it? Thanks in advance! *Rebecca Higgerson* Director Brandon Twp Public Library 304 South Street Ortonville MI 48462 248-627-1474

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