November 2021 - Michlib-l

Social Media - an exercise in frustration
by Andrea Ingmire 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

How are your social media stats looking? I'm growing more and more concerned with our social media profiles all the time. We seem to be reaching a very small audience (Facebook stats say we're reaching hundreds with each post, but we're seeing very little, if any, interaction with our posts). It's very different than in the past. Interestingly, today we found that our hours were listed incorrectly. It took several attempts to change this, and at some point during the changes Facebook created a posting for us saying that we'd changed our hours. A link for 'more info' was provided...and this link took patrons right to a dead paypal page. We had more engagements from this post than from many of our intentional posts of late. Nice work facebook. I don't ever see our library's posts (or any of your libraries for that matter) come up in my feed. If I'm not seeing it, neither are our patrons. Is it worth staff time to continue using these platforms to promote library services? Is anyone looking ahead and thinking that it might make more sense to stop spending so much staff time and energy in social media and instead focus on what we can control, like our website, constant contact eNewsletters, and direct mailing? If social media seems to still be popping for you, what platforms are getting you the best engagement? Are you paying for postings? Thanks! Andrea ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [logo-blue -building] Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library (906) 226-4303 (office) (906) 250-0080 (cell) (906) 226-1783 (fax) www.pwpl.info<http://www.pwpl.info/>

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Square Payment Devices
by Barbara Beaton 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

We've been using the Square ap on a tablet and are considering purchasing the Square Terminal (sells for $299). We are also looking at the Square Register, but that would be a longer-term consideration. We'd love to hear from any of you who are using either of these to handle credit/debit card transactions (and in the case of the Register, all of your cash, check and card transactions). Happy to share results off list with anyone else interested. Thanks! Barbara Barbara Beaton Assistant Director/Reference Librarian Milan Public Library Milan, MI 48160 734-439-1240 www.milanlibrary.org<http://www.milanlibrary.org> she/her

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"When You are Engulfed in Flames: Recognizing and overcoming job burnout" archived webinar
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

When You are Engulfed in Flames: Recognizing and overcoming job burnout Jean Heilig, Colorado State Library Recorded August 2016<https://enetlearning.adobeconnect.com/p8d00t2nmw6/> Job burnout is a response to stress that leaves you feeling hopeless, powerless, despondent and overwhelmed. But, don't despair you can do something about it! During this session you'll learn this doesn't happen overnight. Our bodies and minds do give us warning signs, and if you know what to look for, you can recognize it before exhaustion and ineffectiveness set in. Watch the recording and access the slides from the Colorado State Library here: https://www.librarieslearn.org/calendar/when-you-are-engulfed-in-flames-rec…. Jean has been with the Colorado State Library since 2005 and is currently the Fiscal Officer and LSTA Grant Coordinator. Previously, she was Senior Director of Jones e-global library at JonesKnowledge.com where she developed an online academic library. She also held the title of Library Director for Jones International University. She spent four years as a Public Services Librarian in the Helen Fowler Library at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She earned her MLIS from the University of Denver and her MBA from the University of Colorado Denver campus. Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more. 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/> Join the MiYouth<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail2.mcls…> Listserv, created for Michigan public library staff to share and discuss children and teen programming and services. Are you a library front line staffer? Join me in becoming an eResources expert by completing the MeL Maven Badge<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmel.org%2…>! [cid:image001.png@01D7DB00.C0DFE2E0] [cid:image002.png@01D7DB00.C0DFE2E0]

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Whistleblower policy? - Anyone have one to share?
by Andrea Ingmire 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Hi all, Our Development Fund made enough money this year to have to complete the long form 990 as opposed to the 990-N post card. One question in the long form was about having a whistleblower policy. Does anyone have one they could share? Thanks! Andrea ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [logo-blue -building] Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library (906) 226-4303 (office) (906) 250-0080 (cell) (906) 226-1783 (fax) www.pwpl.info<http://www.pwpl.info/>

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Poets' Night Out--Call for Submissions
by Betsy Myers 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Poets of all ages are invited to enter their original poetry in the Poets’ Night Out contest of the Traverse Area District Library. Do you or do you know someone who may be interested and live in, own property in, or attend school in Alcona, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, or Wexford counties? If so, enter by January 25, 2022. Everything you need to know is listed here: https://www.poetsnightout.org/2021/poets-night-out-is-waiting-for-your-orig… Let us know if you have any questions. There are even submissions for students so tell your teacher friends, too! -- *Betsy Myers* Reference Department Interlibrary Loan/Programming *Traverse Area District Library* 610 Woodmere Ave Traverse City, MI 49686 231 932-8502 *Currently listening to Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica and Presidents Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson*

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Outdoor Book Return Available
by Garrett Hungerford 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

We are currently in the process of building a new drive through book drop and will no longer have a need for our existing outdoor book drop. Looking to see if there is a library in need of one. Here are images and specs below. Please message me if you are interested or have any questions. Thanks! [image: IMG-1620.jpg] [image: IMG-1619.jpg] [image: IMG-1617.jpg] [image: IMG-1616.jpg] Here's the information for the book return. https://www.kingsley.com/80-c-series-supermax-versa-book-return.html 78" wide 54" tall 51" deep Three carts included. Vinyl fitted rain cover included. Garrett Hungerford, Director Redford Township District Library 25320 W. Six Mile Redford, MI 48240 Phone: (313) 531-2640 Fax: (313) 794-9031 ghungerford(a)rtdl.org https://www.rtdl.org/

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New Librarianship Symposia: Part 4 on Thursday 11/18
by White, Shannon (MDE) 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> -- STILL OPEN! Symposium 4: A New Normal Agenda in a COVID-Affected World (November 18, 2021) View this email in your browser<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.m…> [https://mcusercontent.com/6dc7f62bf2785cc68a03a6c8d/images/69258a6d-7636-4b…] GLN is proud to co-sponsor this excellent symposia! Series concludes this Thursday with Symposium 4: A New Normal Agenda in a COVID-Affected World (November 18, 2021) Registration is now open for the New Librarianship Symposia. The series brings together practitioners, scholars, and an international body of library organizations to discuss Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Post-neutrality librarianship, international cooperation in libraries, and the development of a new normal agenda for librarian advocacy moving forward. If you are interested, please sign up now for the live stream event: Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> -STILL OPEN Symposium 1: Post-Neutrality Librarianship (October 28, 2021): Librarians cannot be unbiased neutral information professionals and passionate advocates for better communities. To seek an improved society calls for a vision of what "improved" means. How can librarians reconcile the reality of making service decisions in a context of limited resources with a mandate to serve the whole community? Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> --concluded Symposium 2: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (November 4, 2021): The vital need for diversity in librarianship stems from twin beliefs in the inherent value and dignity of all people and in the fact that the best knowledge is derived from the richest variety of sources. How can this be expressed as a core value of librarianship and what are its implications for the institutions librarians build and maintain? How can we address institutional racism, biases, discrimination, and inaccessibility in library institutions, education, and practice internationally? How might we integrate principles of inclusion and universal design? Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> --concluded Symposium 3: International Influences (November 11, 2021): Concepts of diversity, of service, and of librarianship itself are strongly influenced by local contexts. The idea that the work of librarians looks the same in Kenya, Norway, China, and the United States is founded on the strained concept that universal structures serve all. What in librarianship transcends national boundaries, what varies, and what is the process that connects the two? Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> --concluded Symposium 4: A New Normal Agenda in a COVID-Affected World (November 18, 2021): The COVID pandemic has put in sharp contrast the role of libraries in communities, and made clear how what was once considered normal, must never be normalized again. Librarians must fight for universal broadband, better workforce development, and expand democratic conversations, to ensure the wellbeing of communities and understand their roles in a crisis. What does the new normal agenda for librarianship look like? Register for this symposium at EventBrite<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> -- STILL OPEN! For more information, please visit the series website at: https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/newlibrarianshipsymposia/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> The New Librarianship Symposium Series is sponsored by the University of South Carolina, MIT Press, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the U.S. Library of Congress, the British Library, KB National Library of the Netherlands, OCLC, URFIST de Bordeaux, Enssib, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, the American Indian Library Association, the University of Texas at Austin Bowden Folio, and Gigabit Libraries Network. Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA(a)loc.gov<mailto:ADA@loc.gov>. [Twitter]<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> [Facebook]<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…> [Website]<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiglibrar…>

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LM Announces ARPA grants!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce twenty-four American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grants for the 2021/2022 fiscal year. APRA funding is helping the Michigan library community to support their communities by responding to pandemic needs as well as related economic needs. LM has approved twenty-four out of sixty-one proposals for a total of $4,004,730.00. The LM APRA grant program included both an equipment focus and a capacity focus. The equipment grants, for public libraries, are intended to increase the capacity of grantee libraries to safely provide services and content to community members. The capacity grants, for statewide library organizations, are intended to both increase the capacity of public libraries to provide internet access and virtual services and to increase the capacity of public and academic libraries to provide virtual content to their communities. Twenty-one grants were awarded in the equipment program and three grants were awarded in the capacity program. Information on how to participate in the capacity grants will be coming soon. Please find overview of the grant awards in the Library of Michigan ARPA Grants Overview<https://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/ARPA_grants_2021_grant…>. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021, www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> [cid:image001.png@01D7DAD0.C52A85B0]

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LEADING BIG IN SMALL SPACES conference is tomorrow!
by Kristin Fontichiaro 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Hello, Michiganders! Tomorrow's the day for the *LEADING BIG IN SMALL SPACES* conference! Join us from *9am - 12:30pm Eastern* on Zoom to hear from small and rural library leaders from throughout the state of Michigan. You can find the Zoom links, session descriptions, certificates (self-serve), and more at *bit.ly/leadingbig2021 <http://bit.ly/leadingbig2021>.* Links to *archived recordings *will be available within 72 hours of the lived event and emailed to all registrants. If you received an earlier email from me with the subject, "See you tomorrow," you're already registered and do not need to do so again. :) Thanks! Kristin -- Kristin Fontichiaro University of Michigan School of Information 4427 North Quad 105 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 734.647.3593 Blog <http://fontichiaro.com/activelearning> | Book an Appointment (school year only) <https://www.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUFHX1E5cXRtYUVQfGRlZmF1b…> *Projects:* Michigan Makers <http://michiganmakers.si.umich.edu> | Making in Michigan Libraries <http://makinglibraries.si.umich.edu> Data Literacy in High School <http://dataliteracy.si.umich.edu> | Public Library Management MOOC <http://ai.umich.edu/portfolio/public-library-management/>

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LOEX 2022: Call for Breakout Session Proposals
by Amanda Nichols Hess 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

**Please excuse cross-postings** *LOEX 2022: Call for Breakout Session Proposals* We Can Do It!: Retooling Library Instruction for Today's Learning Environments 50th Annual LOEX Conference May 5-7, 2022 Ypsilanti, Michigan LOEX is returning in person and going back to its Michigan roots in May 2022 -- the home of Rosie the Riveter and the assembly line. Just as Rosie stepped up to the production line, we invite you to share how you're pushing the boundaries of information literacy instruction in your work. Meet with like-minded colleagues to discuss how both instructional ingenuity and tried-and-true successes can impact 21st century student learning. There may be bumps in the road or breaks in the line, but we can do it! This year's LOEX tracks are: - Pedagogy: Instructional Nuts and Bolts - Assessment: Building in Quality Control - Innovation: R&D in Information Literacy Instruction - Leadership: Stepping Up to the Line - Failures and Problem-Solving: Overhauling and Reinventing - Collaboration and Outreach: Assembling Diverse Production Teams Proposals for 50-minute long presentations and interactive workshops can be submitted only through the online submission form and must be received by Monday, November 29, 2021. The primary contact for the proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted and will be notified if the proposal has been accepted for presentation by Monday, January 17, 2022. For more details, please visit *http://www.loexconference.org/breakout-proposals/ <http://www.loexconference.org/breakout-proposals/>* -- Amanda Nichols Hess, Ph.D. she / her Coordinator of Instruction & Research Help Liaison Librarian for the School of Education & Human Services Oakland University Libraries 248 Kresge Library 100 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309-4479 (248) 370.2487 | nichols(a)oakland.edu *Oakland University resides on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary **lands of the Anishinaabe, known as the Three Fires Confederacy, **comprising the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi. The land was ceded in the **1807 Treaty of Detroit and makes up southeast Michigan.* *In recognizing the history and respecting the sovereignty of Michigan’s **Indian Nations, Oakland University honors the heritage of Indigenous **communities and their significant role in shaping the course of this region.*

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