April 2025 - Michlib-l - liblists.org

MeLCat Bookmark
by Victoria Edwards 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Hello, To inform patrons about the potential impact of IMLS funding cuts to popular library services, the West Bloomfield Library has designed a bookmark to be placed in patrons' MeLCat holds and shared with patrons who have questions. I've heard a few libraries are considering similar steps. You are welcome to reuse our bookmark design. We created the design on Canva <https://www.canva.com/design/DAGjmWHyEgU/ndEz9EB5-5R3il7JQukN5g/edit?utm_co…>, so your library can copy, edit, and add your own branding; just click File>>Make a copy. I will update the Canva template if changes are necessary. Alternatively, I've attached a ready-to-print version with 6 bookmarks per page (attached). *You'll want to print it two-sided and flip it on the short edge.* Kind regards, *Victoria Edwards* (248) 232-2273 Marketing Coordinator West Bloomfield Library

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Graphic Empathy: Using Graphic Novels to Elevate Excluded Voices and Connect Communities - Free Infopeople Webinar
by Califa Group 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

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Canton Public Library Job Opening - Communications Specialist
by Sean Bewick 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Canton Public Library has a new position open in the Engagement & Design Department! Here are some of the main details. For more information, please see the attached job posting. Under the management of the Engagement & Design Department Head, the Communications Specialist is responsible for developing and creating internal and external communication content for use on the web, media releases, marketing collateral, newsletters, presentations, advertising and marketing campaigns. The Communications Specialist works closely with graphic designers as needed and consults with community partners. This position is classified as a regular part-time position and is non-exempt from overtime. The nature of the work requires daytime, evening and weekend hours. SCHEDULED HOURS AND COMPENSATION * Twenty-four (24) hours per week, including some evenings and weekends * Negotiable schedule, some remote work possible * $22.36-$27.38 per hour * Paid vacation accrual with one week of vacation available upon hire * Annual sick leave allowance * Paid holidays: nine official holidays plus three discretionary holidays and your birthday * Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Stellar Staff Award program, Longevity Awards and an active Social Committee APPLICATION INFORMATION: Only complete application packets (that include a current CPL application form<https://www.cantonpl.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2021/08/CPL_Employmen…>, resume and cover letter) received or postmarked by 6:00 PM on Friday, April 25, 2025 will be considered. Incomplete application packets will not be reviewed. Submit complete application packets to: Marian Nicholson - Business Services Canton Public Library 1200 S. Canton Center Road Canton, MI 48188 jobs(a)cantonpl.org<mailto:jobs@cantonpl.org> Sincerely, [cid:image001.png@01DBA875.D1A8C420] Sean Bewick HR Specialist bewicks(a)cantonpl.org<mailto:bewicks@cantonpl.org> Canton Public Library 1200 S. Canton Center Rd., Canton, MI 48188 734-394-1068

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FREE Kids Kitchen, Lemonade stand, shopping carts, MORE!
by Diane McKee 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

FREE! FREE!! FREE!!!! Pick up Only: To the best of my recollection these items came from Lakeshore. The play food has utensils and pots, pans and small dishes mixed in. Some of the screws may need a little tightening, and maybe a little dusting. The food could use a little soap and water. Diane McKee Howell Carnegie Library 517-546-0720 ext. 114 www.howelllibrary.org -- Diane McKee Howell Carnegie Library 517-546-0720 ext. 114 www.howelllibrary.org

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Posting Closes Thursday - Rochester Hills Public Library Job Opening – Head of Adult & Teen Services
by Betsy Raczkowski 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Due to an internal reorganization, the Rochester Hills Public Library (RHPL) is searching for the next member of its senior leadership team. RHPL has an opening for a Head of Adult and Teen Services <https://www.rhpl.org/_files/ugd/a82311_d1f6cd8724d34ea790f137e415620970.pdf>. If leading an innovative team of seven librarians, overseeing collection development, and designing engaging programming for teens and adults is your passion, then this is the position for you. This person is responsible for hiring, supervising, training, and evaluating adult and teen librarians and other departmental staff at the library. This person works at public service points, sets long-term goals for departmental services, and generates benchmark solutions for reaching goals as a team. The Rochester Hills Public Library is located in downtown Rochester, MI, and is part of The Library Network (TLN) and Metro Net Consortium, and we utilize the Leap/Vega software as our computer system. RHPL is an anchor in the community with a strong commitment to outreach and innovation. The mission of the RHPL is to empower people to explore and create with resources that enlighten, educate, entertain, and inform. If you are passionate about providing exceptional library service in a future-focused library system, we want you to apply and join our team! Applications are due by April 10, 2025. -- Betsy Raczkowski (she/her), MLIS Head of Communications and Community Engagement Rochester Hills Public Library 248-650-7124

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More bookends!
by Kristin Keyes 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

Hello all, Bradner Library at Schoolcraft College has 40-50 bookends (see attached pic) that are looking for a new home. They extend 9” from the shelf bottom when attached. Just trying to gauge interest currently. Thank you, Kristin Keyes Reference Librarian Bradner Library Schoolcraft College kkeyes(a)schoolcraft.edu Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>

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Program Recommendation
by Autumn Smith 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Greetings, Last night the library had the pleasure of hosting folk duo, Jackie and Gary. Jackie was one of the original members of the New Christy Minstrels who appeared frequently on the Andy Willams Show. Before the program, Gary did a fantastic job of communicating what to expect from the program as well as the timeline for arrival and departure. The show was very well done with a variety of songs and jokes and stories in between. The audience was very engaged with lots of smiling, laughing, and swaying and singing along to the music. It was so great to see an audience so engaged and joyful. We can't recommend this duo enough! Here's the website to check them out: https://jackieandgary.com/ Have a great weekend! Autumn Smith Assistant Director The Schultz-Holmes District Library 407 South Lane Street Blissfield, MI 49228 517-486-2858 517-486-3565 (fax) http://www.blissfieldlibrary.org/

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Spring Survey- Evaluation of LSTA funded Services and Programs
by Williams, Barbara (MDE) 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

The Library of Michigan collects evaluation feedback of our services each year so we can provide data to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as a requirement of our Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding grant. Our 2025 spring survey covers the following programs: * Counting Opinions' LibPas (Annual Report)<https://mi.countingopinions.com/> * Niche Academy<https://my.nicheacademy.com/staffskills> * WebJunction<https://www.webjunction.org/home.html> * United for Libraries<http://www.ala.org/united/> * Ploud<https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89735_89757--…> * MeL Marketing Materials<https://www.mel.org/library-staff/promote/digital-print-assets> * Support services provided by E-Rate Central<https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89735_89752--…> * PCI Webinars<https://my.nicheacademy.com/staffskills> If you or your library have participated in or used the programs/services above in the previous 12 months, please take a moment to give us very brief feedback using the survey link below. You can submit a response for one or more of the programs/services listed above. Please share the survey widely with other staff in your library that may have also used of the programs/services too. Survey link: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8229592/Annual-Spring-Survey-2025 We really appreciate the time you take to provide us with feedback each year. Thank you all very much for helping us with these annual reporting requirements for the Institute of Museum and Library Services. We will keep this survey open through May 9th. These projects are made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library of Michigan. [Logo Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Barbara Williams, MLIS Library Development Analyst (MDE) Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 WilliamsB39(a)michigan.gov<mailto:WilliamsB39@michigan.gov> I (517) 241-2149 [cid:image002.png@01DBA7CD.FA1B9ED0]

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Closing Sunday - Elkhart Public Library - Executive Director search
by Beth Barker 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Executive Director - Elkhart Public Library (IN) Elkhart Public Library<https://myepl.org/> (EPL) in north-central Indiana seeks an experienced, collaborative, and accessible Executive Director to embrace its legacy of success and lead it to even greater heights. >From pioneering the bookmobile<https://www.myepl.org/library-bookmobile>, to launching an outreach Book Bus and establishing a results-based tutoring program<https://www.myepl.org/growing-readers-boosts-reading-scores-and-confidence/>, EPL staff and leadership achieve success through creativity, collaboration, and determination. The next Executive Director will be challenged to continue this legacy by building effective relationships with elected officials and community leaders, and overseeing a capital campaign. EPL's Executive Director will report to a seven-member board of trustees appointed by local elected officials, administer a $9.9 million budget, and oversee 78 FTE across five locations serving nearly 100,000 residents. Expanding service to its growing Spanish-speaking population is a particular point of emphasis. Simply put, EPL strives to "read with everyone" and build a strong and connected community of readers. Located 30 minutes from the University of Notre Dame and South Bend, Elkhart defines itself as a "well crafted" community<https://visitelkhartcounty.com/> of artisans and makers, earning distinctions as the band instrument <https://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/cg-conn-c….> and RV capitals of the world<https://www.lippert.com/blog/rv-capital-of-the-world?srsltid=AfmBOoo5M-8mGO…>. Offering affordable living with a small-city feel, local attractions include the Midwest Museum of American Art, the Lerner Theatre, Wellfield Botanic Gardens, and the Elkhart County Parks. Less than an hour away, you'll find Lake Michigan and its wine country, world-class rapids, renowned bike trails, and other abundant outdoor activities. Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Indianapolis offer day-trip possibilities. Responsibilities: The Executive Director reports directly to the seven-member Board of Trustees and is responsible for the employment, supervision, training, and retention of employees; fiscal management of all services, including preparation and administration of the budget; development and maintenance of the print and non-print collection; and communications with the Board, staff, and public. The Executive Director is responsible, with the Board of Trustees, for developing a vision, strategies, core values, and implementation plans to meet the ever-changing needs of the library and the diverse communities it serves. For a full listing of job responsibilities, see the job description<https://bradburymiller.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Elkhart-PL-Exec-Direc…>. Qualifications: A master's degree from an ALA-accredited school; appropriate Indiana Certification for Public Library Professionals (LC1)<https://continuinged.isl.in.gov/certification/>, or obtaining it within six months of hire; minimum six years of public library experience, including three years of administrative and supervisory experience; a valid driver's license with acceptable driving record per the established guidelines of the library's insurer is required. Preferred qualifications include: experience reporting to a governing board, fundraising skills, and experience working with library foundations and support groups. Compensation: The salary range is $94,758 to $146,880 (with placement negotiable dependent on experience and qualifications) and an excellent fringe benefits package. For further information, contact Bradbury Miller Associates<https://bradburymiller.com/> (https://bradburymiller.com/) Apply with a meaningful cover letter and resume via our application portal<https://bradburymiller.com/current-clients/> (https://bradburymiller.com/current-clients/) by clicking on the position followed by the apply button. This position closes on Sunday, April 13, 2025. - Beth Barker (she/her) Director of Finance and Communication Bradbury Miller Associates 330-340-7115 | Dover, OH | bradburymiller.com<http://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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DPL Welcomes Aaron Robertson
by Jessica Keeler 07 Apr '25

07 Apr '25

Another Michigan Notable Books<https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/public/mnb/previous-notables/202…> author for you to attend and/or share! Detroiter, Aaron Robertson with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly (WSU Professor of African American Studies) Sunday, April 13 - 2-3:30pm Detroit Public Library, Main Library 5201 Woodward Ave. Galleria, Detroit, MI 48202 The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024) is a lyrical meditation on how Black Americans have envisioned utopia―and sought to transform their lives. Author Aaron Robertson makes his way from his ancestral hometown of Promise Land, Tennessee, to Detroit―the city where he was born, and where one of the country’s most remarkable Black utopian experiments got its start: The Shrine of the Black Madonna. The Author Series Committee is pleased to welcome Aaron back home to Detroit for a special conversation about The Black Utopians. He will be joined by Wayne State University Associate Professor of African American Studies Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly. Copies of The Black Utopians will be available for purchase from Detroit's own Source Booksellers! About Aaron: Aaron Robertson is a writer, translator from Italian, and editor. His debut book, The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America, was selected as a New York Times Notable Book of 2024, a Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2024, one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024, and one of the New York Public Library’s 10 Best Books of 2024. It was also recognized as a best book of the year by The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, The New Republic, ELLE, Essence, Literary Hub, and the Chicago Public Library. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was shortlisted for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, among others, and in 2021, he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in translation. Aaron previously served on the board of the American Literary Translators Association and is currently an advisory editor for The Paris Review. His work has appeared in various outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and more. About Dr. Burden-Stelly: Charisse Burden-Stelly is a critical Black Studies scholar of political theory, political economy, intellectual history, and political and historical sociology. Her research pursues three complementary lines of inquiry. The first interrogates the transnational entanglements of U.S. capitalist racism, anticommunism, and antiblack racial oppression. The second excavates twentieth-century Black anticapitalist intellectual thought, theory, and praxis. Her third area of focus examines theories and discourses of economic development in the African diaspora. She is the author of Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States and the co-author, with Dr. Gerald Horne, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History. I am also the co-editor, with Dr. Jodi Dean, of Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings and of Reproducing Domination: On the Caribbean and the Postcolonial State with Dr. Aaron Kamugisha and Dr. Percy Hintzen. Additionally, she guest edited the “Claudia Jones: Foremother of World Revolution” special issue of The Journal of Intersectionality. Her published work appears in journals including Small Axe, Monthly Review, Souls, Du Bois Review, Socialism & Democracy, International Journal of Africana Studies, CLR James Journal, and American Communist History. My words are featured in popular venues including Monthly Review, Boston Review, Essence magazine, Teen Vogue, Jacobin, The Nation, and Black Agenda Report. She has been interviewed on podcasts, radio shows, and news shows including The Real News Network, Breakthrough News, Black Myths, Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, The Red Nation, AJ+, Bad Faith, The Katie Halper Show, Revolutionary Left Radio, Guerilla History, Upstream and the New Books Network. Finally, she is a member of the Black Alliance for Peace and Community Movement Builders. [Author Talk: Detroiter Aaron Robertson With Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly] This is NOT a ticketed event. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-term basis. Please arrive early and sign up for reminders! Questions? Email msummers(a)detroitpubliclibrary.org! Jessica Keeler (she/her<https://pronouns.org/what-and-why>) Assistant Branch Manager/ Youth Services Detroit Public Library, Hubbard Branch<https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/locations/hubbard> 12929 W. McNichols | Detroit, MI 48235 313.481.1751

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