June 2021 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Library of Michigan ARPA Grant announcement!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grants! Two grants programs are open for applications, an ARPA Equipment grant and an ARPA Capacity grant. Detailed information on the grant programs, including timelines, applicant eligibility, suggested allowable items lists, and the applications are available at www.michigan.gov/lsta<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michig…> in the respective grant sections. Read the grant documentation thoroughly before applying. ARPA Equipment Grant program This ARPA grant program is designed to assist public libraries through support for outreach equipment to provide safe services, such as outreach vehicles, library kiosks, library lockers, etc. Eligible applicants are legally established Michigan public libraries that are eligible for state aid at the time of application. The grant priorities are: * Increase the capacity of Michigan libraries to safely provide services to community members; * Increase the capacity of Michigan libraries to safely provide content to community members. The grant period is approximately 13 months (September 2021 to September 30, 2022) and funding is from $25,000 to $250,000. Funding is by reimbursement only. Applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2021 by 5:00 PM EST. An application webinar is Tuesday, June 22nd at 2:00 PM. Registration is on the ARPA Equipment grant page. The grant program is competitive. ARPA Capacity Grant program This ARPA grant program is designed to assist public and academic libraries through statewide support for PPE supplies, digital inclusion devices and services, and digital content. Eligible applicants are Michigan library cooperatives established under P.A. 89 of 1977 or Michigan non-profit associations or organizations committed primarily to resource sharing and/or the advancement of statewide or regional library services. The grant priorities are: * Increase the capacity of Michigan public libraries to provide internet access to those community members without access; * Increase the capacity of Michigan libraries to safely provide services to community members; * Increase the capacity of Michigan libraries to safely provide content to community members. The grant period is approximately 13 months (September 2021 to September 30, 2022) and funding is from $250,000 to $2,000,000. Funding is by reimbursement only. Applications are due Thursday, July 15, 2021 by 5:00 PM EST. An application webinar is Tuesday, June 22nd at 10:00 AM. Registration is on the ARPA Capacity grant page. The grant program is competitive. Please contact Karren Reish at 517-241-0021 or reishk(a)michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> with questions on the programs. You can find all related documents at www.michigan.gov/lsta<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michig…> in the respective grant sections. Applications and all accompanying documents are submitted online and MUST be submitting in full by the deadline. Late or incomplete applications will NOT be accepted. Karren Reish Library of Michigan Library Grants Coordinator 517-241-0021 www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> www.michigan.gov/sl21<http://www.michigan.gov/sl21> Are you, or do you know, a certified teacher wanting to get back to the classroom? We can help streamline the path back. Please click here<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michi…>. [cid:image001.jpg@01D75D26.0DB47670]

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New Job Opportunity: Town Librarian - Fairfield Public Library (CT)
by Beth Barker 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Town Librarian - Fairfield Public Library (CT) Fairfield Public Library - You Belong Here! The Town of Fairfield (CT) seeks its next Town Librarian to lead the Library to new levels of excellence. The successful candidate will serve a community of 62,000+ residents from two locations - a Main Library - housing the Bruce S. Kershner Gallery and an innovative children's space - and a busy, popular neighborhood Woods Branch Library. The new Town Librarian will work with a committed staff of 27 full-time and 50 part-time, an energetic core of volunteers, an established Friends of the Library, and an annual $3.6 million budget to deliver quality library services and programs. The ideal candidate can readily transform big ideas into strategic results-driven initiatives; recruit, develop, and motivate an outstanding staff; promote inclusion and diversity; and effectively communicate the Library's mission, goals, and objectives to the broader Fairfield community. Key opportunities include building strong external partnerships with community agencies and organizations; developing alternative service models while sustaining core library services; exploring new funding streams for program development; executing a new strategic plan; working closely with the Town of Fairfield as a contributor and collaborator; and supporting a strong, dedicated staff committed to change and innovation. Our Community - Fairfield, Connecticut is a charming and thriving town featuring five miles of shoreline on the Long Island Sound. Fairfield has five town beaches, two universities, many parks and ball fields, two public golf courses, lakes and walking trails, a vibrant array of restaurants / stores, and three train stations with access South to New York City and North to New Haven. Family-oriented Fairfield also has top-notch, high performing public schools with rich academic programs. To learn more, explore the links below. Responsibilities. The Town Librarian of the Fairfield Public Library reports to a six-member Library Board of Trustees, serves as a Town department head (reporting to the First Selectwoman on administrative matters), and works with the Board, staff, First Selectwoman, and major stakeholders to support and implement the strategic vision for the Library, aligning the Library's mission, goals, and objectives with the community's needs and priorities. Overall responsibilities include developing and maintaining effective internal and external communications; building and leading a diverse team of talented professionals to manage Library operations; planning, evaluating and oversight of the library budget; strengthening current governmental funding sources; and developing additional revenue sources. Qualifications. Minimum qualifications are a master's degree in library science from an ALA-accredited program and a minimum of 5-7 years of increased responsibilities with administrative library experience including a minimum of three years supervisory experience. Essential attributes and skills include vision, creativity, energy, and enthusiasm; ability to network, partner, and promote library services; budget experience; political acumen; demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and consensus-building skills. A track record of working effectively with a policy-making board, unions, and collaboratively with Town officials is desirable. The successful candidate will also demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills while possessing comfort and skill in fundraising and development activities. The Board will expect a candidate to have a passion for the work of libraries and a thorough knowledge of current trends, technologies, and "best practices" for library services. Compensation. With a salary range of $125,000 - $140,000 (final placement dependent upon experience and qualifications), the Town offers an exceptional package, including excellent benefits, and annual attendance at leading library conferences. For further information, contact Bradbury Miller Associates<https://www.bradburymiller.com/contactus.html>. Apply via email with a cover letter and your resume as Word or PDF attachments to Karen Miller.<mailto:karenmiller@bradburymiller.com> The position closes July 18, 2021. View the announcement in its entirety along with accompanying links and information at https://bradburymiller.com/job/fairfield/. Beth Miller Barker Finance and Communications Director Bradbury Miller Associates (cell) 330-340-7115 bethbarker(a)bradburymiller.com<mailto:bethbarker@bradburymiller.com> Sign up for our newsletter<https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=myy6mkoab&p=oi&m=11148931…> for updates on available positions!

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Job Opportunities: Assistant Director, Systems Assistant, Circulation Clerk
by BTPL Careers 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Greetings-- We have three great job openings at Bloomfield Township Public Library. Assistant Director<https://btpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021.05_Assistant-Director-1.pdf> Open through Thursday, June 10 <This is tomorrow--act now Systems Assistant<https://btpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021.04_Sys-Assistant-Posting-2…> Open through Friday, June 18 Circulation Clerk<https://btpl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021.06_Circulation-Clerk-20-ho…> Open through Friday, July 2 <Just opened today These are rare job openings here. This is a great library where staff continue to work for decades. Best Regards, Linden Godlove Administrative Assistant Bloomfield Township Public Library See all of our open positions here: https://btpl.org/employment-volunteer/

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Program on auto maintenance/repair
by Henry Fischer 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hi all, Does anyone know of a presenter who would be interested in doing a program (probably virtual) on auto maintenance/repair? Has your library already done a program like this? If so, what did you focus on and would you recommend the presenter? Much appreciated! Thank you and have a good day, Henry Henry Fischer Librarian I Dearborn Public Library 16301 Michigan Ave. Dearborn, MI 48126 (313) 943-2341 dearbornlibrary.org

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(no subject)
by Karri Slater 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

All of the Jiffy Bags have been spoken for.

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Jiffy Bags up for grabs.
by Karri Slater 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Houghton Lake zv667 has 2 green totes of small/medium Jiffy Bags if anyone would like them. Just send me your ZV code.

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Job Opportunity
by Atkins-Eddins,Angela 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Capital Area District Libraries is looking for a Public Services Librarian for our Downtown Branch. CADL is a progressive, forward thinking system serving over 240,000 community members located in Ingham County, Michigan. We have 13 branches and 220 staff members dedicated to serving our diverse communities. Our staff is excellent and truly cares about each other. Our unique approach to providing superior customer service earned us the 2019 State Librarian's Excellence Award and in 2020 a CADL librarian was named Michigan Public Librarian of the Year. We are committed to our Mission Statement "Empowering our diverse communities to learn, imagine and connect." Qualified applicants can apply using our website at http://www.cadl.org/about/opportunities/job-openings/.

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Reminder: Register for the Michigan Digital Preservation Network Member Summit on June 15!
by Chelsea Denault 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

*apologies for cross-posting!* Just a reminder that there is less than a week left to register for the first-ever MDPN Member Summit on June 15. Registration can be completed via the MCLS workshop site<https://site.corsizio.com/c/60a52063580b10917eb40abb> and you can view the full schedule, including presenters and talk descriptions, via Sched<https://mdpnsummit.sched.com/>. The MDPN Member Summit is open to staff, volunteers, and others associated with Michigan’s cultural heritage field at museums, libraries, archives, historical societies, and beyond. We encourage individuals from across different organizational areas – from collections staff to IT professionals and even board members – to attend. See the original message below for more details. All best, Chelsea Denault, Ph.D. Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator Midwest Collaborative for Library Services mipres.org<http://mipres.org/> From: Chelsea Denault <denaultc(a)mcls.org> Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 at 12:06 PM To: "michlib-l(a)mcls.org" <michlib-l(a)mcls.org> Subject: Register for the Michigan Digital Preservation Network Member Summit on June 15! *apologies for cross-posting!* Registration is now open for the first-ever Michigan Digital Preservation Network Member Summit! This virtual conference will take place via Zoom on June 15 from 9:30-4:30pm (ET). Register via the MCLS workshop site<https://site.corsizio.com/c/60a52063580b10917eb40abb>. Registration is $10. We have an excellent lineup of presenters from across the country discussing benchmarking and assessment, content selection and curation, creating digital preservation policies, and more! The Summit also features sessions that introduce attendees to digital preservation and why it’s important to protecting our cultural heritage. Finally, we’ll have some exciting news to share, including membership pricing, member benefits, our governance model, a technology roadmap, and a new logo! View the full schedule, including presenters and talk abstracts, via Sched<https://mdpnsummit.sched.com/>. We’re especially excited to have Trevor Owens, Head of Digital Content Management at the Library of Congress, as our keynote speaker discussing his “16 Axioms of Digital Preservation” from his recent book The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation<https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/theory-and-craft-digital-preservation>. Any questions or issues with registration can be directed to me (Chelsea Denault, MDPN Coordinator). The Michigan Digital Preservation Network is a new initiative dedicated to building a community-centered approach to digital preservation for cultural heritage organizations off all sizes across the state. Funding is provided by the Library of Michigan and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. To learn more about the MDPN, visit our website, mipres.org<http://mipres.org/>. We look forward to seeing you June 15! Best, Chelsea Denault, Ph.D. Michigan Digital Preservation Network Coordinator Midwest Collaborative for Library Services mipres.org<http://mipres.org/>

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Unsubscribing
by Natalie Nowak 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Hello, May I be unsubscribed from the mailing list for this email? Kind regards, Natalie Nowak

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Suggestion Portal Compilations
by Jessica Wilhoite 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Hi everyone, Thank you to everyone who replied to my inquiry about suggestion portals. Attached is the compiled list. We decided to go with the old-fashioned box. We just received it and this is our first week with it so I have nothing to report as of yet, but this seemed like the best way for us to go. Suggestion Portal Compilation We have both, although we have removed the physical box for now because of Covid considerations. Our portal is available to staff and patrons both, on our website and is java-script built in, it was built through a site called emailmeform, according to the script on the back end of our page. The first link will show how it looks front-facing to our patrons, it is available on the about us section of our website. The suggestion form was created before I joined the staff but the form builder site where we made it says that it is free to use. I am also including the link to that site as well. [ https://whitelakelibrary.org/Pages/Index/80999/suggestion-form | https://whitelakelibrary.org/Pages/Index/80999/suggestion-form ] [ https://www.emailmeform.com/ | https://www.emailmeform.com/ ] We have a wooden comment box with paper forms and we have a Google Form on our website ( [ https://www.gardencitylib.org/index.php/about-us/staff/ | https://www.gardencitylib.org/index.php/about-us/staff/ ] ). The Google form sends us an alert when someone submits a comment. We have a physical comment/suggestion box on the first floor of our main branch. I thought we had one online also but I can't find it. We redid our site within the last few years and it probably wasn't transferred to the new site. We will accept suggestions from anyone, over the phone, through email and in person. However, we do have several online forms that patrons can make book purchase suggestions, obituary requests, etc. that are part of our website. In the past, however, we used google forms and linked them to one of the pages on our website. If you are using Gmail already, it would be fairly easy to do this. The google form would collect answers in the google drive of whoever created the form. In additional to a physical dropbox for written comments, we use a WordPress plugin called “Contact Form 7” to collect online comments. Your site appears to be running on WordPress as well, so I’d recommend it as it has worked very well for us: [ https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ | https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ ] You can see it in action by clicking any of the links on our contact page as they all use it: [ https://dexter.lib.mi.us/contact | https://dexter.lib.mi.us/contact ] Completed forms generate an email that it automatically sends to whatever address you specify. Our contact emails all get sent to a shared account that our staff routinely monitors. To cut down on how much spam gets through, I use another plugin called “Honeypot for Contact Form 7.” [ https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-honeypot/ | https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-honeypot/ ] The honeypot plugin allows you to insert false blanks into your contact forms that only bots will see, and if one of those gets filled out, it automatically purges the email. You could also implement a captcha to curb spam, but I’ve found that the honeypot plugin alone gets rid of the vast majority of it. Both plugins are free. We've had an old-fashioned suggestion box for a few years now. It sees very little use, though we have had a few good changes come around because of it. I honestly never even considered an online portal, that sounds like a good addition (I wouldn't get rid of the old-fashioned box though, still good to leave the option present). TLN uses Survey Monkey as an online suggestion box: [ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H663XG6 | https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/H663XG6 ] Our IT department is in-house so that may make a difference for you if yours is not. Our contact us form on our website has a dropdown menu of choices of what the person is contacting us for. I'm attaching a screenshot of that menu. One of those choices is suggest a title, which will then prompt a question of what type of material you wish to suggest (that list also screenshoted for you). Once that is filled out, an email goes to the selector that is in charge of that collection and the patron gets a generic "Thank you for your suggestion" email. That system is for mostly patrons but staff can use it as well. For staff, we have a "Collection alert" electronic form. It's a form used for many things - letting selectors know when the last copy of an item has been withdrawn or is missing, putting in suggestions for collection additions, alerting the cataloging staff if something's wrong in the catalog record but the physical item is fine (that way cataloging staff is not overrun with extra items on their desks), etc. Old-fashioned box ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks again! -- Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Services Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589 Serving Romulus and Huron Township

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