March 2025 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

Artificial Intelligence for Public Libraries Office Hours TODAY
by Bradley, Michelle (MDE) 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

If you've taken the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Public Libraries Pathway<https://my.nicheacademy.com/staffskills/pathway/80254> in LM's Niche Academy (or you just have questions about AI) Join Jim Craner from the Galecia Group today for AI Office Hours. * Tues Mar 11th from 1pm to 2:30pm EST https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85904639444?pwd=P12cIZtSe7On7emhEQRf41veOKdmnr.1 Michelle Bradley Library Development Manager Library of Michigan 517-335-1507 Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan<https://www.michigan.gov/mde/resources/michigan-top-10-strategic-education-…> provides focused direction to drive educational achievement in support of all learners. [Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan] [Michigan.gov/Vote logo Description automatically generated]<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/> Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at Michigan.gov/Vote<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/>.

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GONE: Free Register Tape
by Erin Schmandt 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

It has been claimed, thank you. Erin From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces(a)mcls.org> On Behalf Of Erin Schmandt via Michlib-l Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 8:57 AM To: michlib-l(a)lists.mcls.org <michlib-l(a)mail.mcls.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] Free Register Tape We got new cash registers and now have 10 packs of this register tape to give away. If you want it, please send me your RIDES code. [image/jpeg] Erin Schmandt Director Caro Area District Library 840 W. Frank St. Caro, MI 48723 (989) 673-4329 www.carolibrary.org<http://www.carolibrary.org>

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Free Register Tape
by Erin Schmandt 11 Mar '25

11 Mar '25

We got new cash registers and now have 10 packs of this register tape to give away. If you want it, please send me your RIDES code. [image/jpeg] Erin Schmandt Director Caro Area District Library 840 W. Frank St. Caro, MI 48723 (989) 673-4329 www.carolibrary.org

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Announcing the LM Public Library Management Cohorts - Apply Now!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

The Library of Michigan is launching a public library management cohort for library staff with new middle management/supervisory duties. LM is working with Andrew Sanderbeck/PCI Webinars to provide an in-depth Public Library Management cohort of up to 60 public library staff members, 30 in a Middle Management track and 30 in New Supervisors track. The cohort groups will meet at least monthly from May through September. The project includes coursework, online meetings, and 2 in-person workshop days in Lansing. The application will close on April 4th so apply soon! The Middle Management track includes competencies to help attendees better manage themselves and others, including their bosses. Topic areas will include personal organizational skills including decision making and time management skills: one to one and team communication skills including difficult conversations and managing situations of conflict; process breakdowns and problem solving and influencing others without the authority to manage them. The New Supervisors track consists of topics on effectively communicating with others including giving constructive feedback and managing situations of conflict. We will practice situations of coaching and managing our employees, get more comfortable with delegating to others and building relationships with others including our boss. Attendees will also sharpen personal organizational skills including decision making and time management. You can find the application, participant expectations, the schedule with dates and times, and the agreement form at https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/ce Please contact me with any questions. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021, www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> [A logo for the Michigan School Meals program.] All public-school students have access to free breakfast and lunch again for School Year 2024-25! Don't forget to complete and turn in the application or form from your school district's food service department to ensure the funding for education and nutrition benefits continues.

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1,000 Bks sign examples
by Rebekah Dobski 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

Hello, Putting out a RFP [request for photo(s)]! Does anybody in the state have a sign for littles who finish 1,000 books B4 Kindergarten? Not a certificate - Something that is reusable and like a photo prop for the kid to hold? I have been working on a design but would like to see what others have for wording but especially sizing. If your library does have one, would you please send me a photo of it? I do not necessarily need to see it in use but with something for scale, or the size measurements. Best, CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipient named above. If you are not the designated recipient, an employee, or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of it or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and notify the sender immediately via phone, fax, or electronic mail. Thank you.

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Fwd: FREE book spinner
by Kristyn Norton 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

We had this at the Scottville branch of Mason County District Library for children’s paperbacks and are trying to find it a new home. Roughly 58” tall x 35” long x 14.5” wide KN ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kristyn Norton <knorton(a)mcdlibrary.org> Date: Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM Subject: FREE book spinner To: <michlib-l(a)mcls.org> We had this at the Scottville branch of Mason County District Library for children’s paperbacks and are trying to find it a new home. Roughly 58” tall x 35” long x 14.5” wide Kristyn Norton

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Free printer staple cartridge
by Breandan Gunner 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

We have one extra printer staple cartridge we'd like to find a new home for. It's a Ricoh 410801 Type K cartridge. Thank you, Breandan Gunner Administrative Services Coordinator Schultz-Holmes District Library

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2025-26 Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominees Announced!
by Jesse Shirtz 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

PRESS RELEASE [https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdaGtW-1Qhf4hBf7PPFvMknAy6_…] Great Lakes Great Books Award Jesse Shirtz & Heather Lander, committee co-chairs 906-486-4381 GreatLakesGreatBooks(a)gmail.com<mailto:GreatLakesGreatBooks@gmail.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2025-26 Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominees Announced [ISHPEMING, MI] - The Great Lakes Great Books Award Committee announced this year’s nominees at the Michigan Reading Association’s Annual Conference on Sunday, March 8, 2025 in a Facebook Live event. Eight nominees were named in each of the five categories. Michigan students in grades K-12 will elect the winners by voting on the pool of 40 nominees chosen by the committee. Titles with the most votes will be declared the winners and honor books at next year’s conference. The nominees are as follows: K-1: Counting Winter by Nancy White Carlstrom, illustrated by Claudia McGehee (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers) Night Owl Night by Susan Edwards Richmond, illustrated by Maribel Lechuga (Charlesbridge) We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang (Tundra) Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb, illustrated by Erin Kraan (Random House Studio) Zooni Tales: Keep It Up, Plucky Pup by Vikram Madan (Margaret Ferguson Books) The Most Magnificent Maker’s A-Z by Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press) I Am Friendly: Confessions of a Helpful Bear by Kristen Tracy, illustrated by Erin Kraan (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers) Courage, Every Day by Wai Mei Wong, illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman (Tilbury House Publishers) 2-3: Haiku, Ew!: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Julia Patton (Millbrook Press) Fresh Juice by Robert Liu-Trujillo (Lee & Low Books) A Mischief of Mice by Christie Matheson (Sourcebooks) Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi (Kids Can Press) Drawn Onward by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Matthew Rockefeller (HarperAlley) The Iguanodon’s Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again by Sean Rubin (Clarion Books) This Is Not My Story by Ryan Uytdewilligen, illustrated by David Huyck (Kids Can Press) Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bone by Sara Varon (:01 First Second) 4-5: Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar (Nancy Paulsen Books) Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth by L.E. Carmichael, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler (Kids Can Press) Ferris by Kate DiCamillon (Candlewick Press) The Lion of Lark-Hayes Manor by Aubrey Hartman (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Summer Vamp by Violet Chan Karim (Random House Graphic) Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected by Jay Jay Patton with Kiara Valdez, illustrated by Markia Jenai (Graphix) Sky Ropes by Sondra Soderborg (Chronicle Books) Dog Trouble by Kristin Varner (:01 First Second) 6-8: The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie (Sourcebooks Young Readers) Gut Reaction by Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt (Scholastic Press) Gone Wolf by Amber McBride (Feiwel & Friends) Swing by Audrey Meeker (Feiwel & Friends) The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy (Knopf Books for Young Readers) Louder Than Hunger by John Schu (Candlewick Press) Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes (Kokila) Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr., illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo (:01 First Second) 9-12: This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed (Little, Brown Books) Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow (Candlewick Press) Ruin Road by Lamar Giles (Scholastic Press) Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest by Isabel Greenberg (Amulet Books) The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, illustrated by Sammy Savos (Roaring Brook Press) The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag (Graphix) Brownstone by Samuel Teer, illustrated by Mar Julia (Versify) Just Do This One Thing For Me by Laura Zimmermann (Dutton) Votes may be submitted until January 11, 2026 on the MRA’s website. The committee maintains a web presence at <http://www.michiganreading.org> www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books> and on social media: @MichGLGBooks on Facebook and Twitter, and @GreatLakesGreatBooks on Instagram. ### Jesse Shirtz (she/her<https://pronouns.org/>) Library Director Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library 317 N. Main Street Ishpeming, MI 49849 906-486-4381 www.ishpeminglibrary.info<http://www.ishpeminglibrary.info> co-chair Great Lakes Great Books Award<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books> Michigan Reading Association

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2024-25 Great Lakes Great Books Award Winners Announced!
by Jesse Shirtz 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

PRESS RELEASE [https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfhRZ2mm7_aX02jgzUuGb1h2nu4…] Great Lakes Great Books Award Jesse Shirtz, committee co-chair 906-486-4381 GreatLakesGreatBooks(a)gmail.com<mailto:GreatLakesGreatBooks@gmail.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2024-25 Great Lakes Great Books Award Winners Announced [ISHPEMING, MI] - The Great Lakes Great Books Award Committee announced this year’s winners at the Michigan Reading Association’s Annual Conference on Saturday, March 8, 2025in a Facebook Live event. Michigan students in grades K-12 elected the winners and up to two honor books in each category by voting on the pool of 40 nominees chosen by the committee. The winners and honor books are as follows: K-1: Winner: One Chicken Nugget by Tadgh Bentley (Balzer + Bray) Honor Books: Chickadee, Criminal Mastermind by Monica Silvie, illustrated by Elina Ellis (Kids Can Press) Sprout Branches Out by Jessika von Innerebner (Roaring Brook Press) 2-3: Winner: The Skull by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press) Honor Books: Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie Pearson, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter (Norton Young Readers) Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland by Ævar Þór Benediktsson, illustrated by Anne Wilson (Barefoot Books) 4-5: Winner: How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C. Rudd (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers) Honor Books: My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups by Chris Harris, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi (Little, Brown and Company) Strikers: A Graphic Novel by Kiel Phegley, illustrated by Jacques Khouri (Graphic Universe) 6-8: Winner: Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel by Rex Ogle, illustrated by Dave Valeza (Graphix) Honor Books: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh (Roaring Brook Press) Buzzing by Samuel Sattin, illustrated by Rye Hickman (Little, Brown Ink) 9-12: Winner: Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely (Little, Brown Ink) Honor Books: Together We Rot by Skyla Arndt (Viking Books) Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley (Henry Holt & Co.) Votes on the 2025-26 Nominations may be submitted until January 11, 2026 on the MRA’s website. The committee maintains a web presence at <http://www.michiganreading.org> www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books> and on social media: @MichGLGBooks on Facebook and Twitter, and @GreatLakesGreatBooks on Instagram. ### Jesse Shirtz (she/her<https://pronouns.org/>) Library Director Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library 317 N. Main Street Ishpeming, MI 49849 906-486-4381 www.ishpeminglibrary.info<http://www.ishpeminglibrary.info> co-chair Great Lakes Great Books Award<http://www.michiganreading.org/great-lakes-great-books> Michigan Reading Association

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Summer Reading 2025 Video Collab
by Katie Rothley 10 Mar '25

10 Mar '25

Hi all! It was so much fun doing a video collab for Summer Reading last year and I wanted to put the idea out there (this time super early) that we do it again this next SRP; what do you think? Last year we did a general summer reading video and a Youth-specific one, along with a fun "I'm a librarian, of course I...." TikTok trend. When the final versions of the videos are ready, we can put them in the shared Google Drive so you can add them to your socials! Any library that would like to participate is welcome to join in (which was originally inspired by the awesome Freedom to Read video <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IAHqimGhnlP1b08MDexGlC8p3ML3mewt/view> ). Here's one of the videos <https://www.instagram.com/p/C7wTO98vQWF/> we did last year specifically for youth. This is the general one! <https://www.instagram.com/p/C7kJ5TtKw7k/> I am an "intermediate" video editor and can get busy so if anyone would like to help with editing the recordings that would be amazing. Last year, I did the two SRP videos in TikTok; you can save the video as a draft without the watermark before posting it on TikTok and it can then be published as a Reel or Story or video! But I know there are ongoing issues concerning TikTok and its deletion, so *there is more video editing software out there we can use*. --> Feel welcome to fill out this *Google Form <https://forms.gle/Pu1xRJ9EuTZ7qmcn7>. *:) I am sharing this with Michlib-L and my consortium, TLN. If any other consortium would like to share, too, you're welcome to as I don't have those emails. -- Katie Rothley, MLIS Marketing & Public Relations Librarian Northville District Library 212 West Cady Street Northville, MI 48167 (248) 349-3020 <callto:(248)+349-3020> ext. 221 https://northvillelibrary.org

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