August 2026 - Michlib-l

Acceptable work search activities under Michigan Employment Security act
by Mary Jo Vortkamp 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

Hi Michigan Team, We just got these rules from State Senator Paul Wojno's staff member Dawn Jakubowski. It shows that there are a number of library programs that qualify for the work search activities. It's courtesy of our staff member Chris Land reaching out to the Senator's office. This is also a great opportunity to reach out to our communities to share information about our computer classes, digital literacy classes, and more. Documents: Work Search FAQ<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QpHspepyX2wTZxcZ_OINyQfrmDrFAFe1/view?usp=…> Work Search Activities<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EdPQ8LzQ8Uda4bIdb4EXWdbCzFfO3PRu/view?usp=…> Take care! MJ Mary Jo Vortkamp B.A., M.L.I.S. She/Her Manager and Children's/Teen Librarian Franklin Branch of the Detroit Public Library 13651 E. McNichols Detroit MI 48205 313-481-1741 Hours: M, W, F 10-6 T & Th 12-8 (Summer Hours)

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Mount Clemens Public Library - Part-Time Makerspace Assistant
by Brandon Bowman 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

1. This is a new position!! The Mount Clemens Public Library is looking to hire a Part-Time Makerspace Assistant. The Mount Clemens Public Library services a population of 22,000 people, is one of the oldest libraries in the state, and is housed in the county seat of Macomb County. We recently renovated our building and created a brand new technology lab and a brand new Makerspace. These two areas are a huge new focus for us, and we would love for you to bring your expertise here to create something wonderful! If you are creative, innovative, and enjoy the opportunity to make a huge impact in our community, we’d love to hear from you. Directions for submittal can be found on the bottom of the job posting. Payscale is $16 to $19.50 and hour. Benefits include pro-rated PTO and Sick Leave. Includes some evenings and weekends. Mount Clemens is an Equal-Opportunity employer. -- Brandon Bowman Library Director Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Avenue Mount Clemens, Michigan 48043 Office - 586.469.6200 ext. 101 Cell - 810.790.8530

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Mount Clemens Public Library - Full-Time Head of Adult Services
by Brandon Bowman 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

Due to the retirement of our current department head, the Mount Clemens Public Library is looking to hire a Full-Time Head of Adult Services. The Mount Clemens Public Library services a population of 22,000 people, is one of the oldest libraries in the state, and is housed in the county seat of Macomb County. We recently renovated our building and expanded the adult area to encompass most of the first floor. This position includes a large materials budget, and a flexible programming budget. This position oversees a staff of two additional employees. If you are creative, innovative, and love having an opportunity to make a huge impact in our community, we’d love to hear from you. Directions for submittal can be found on the bottom of the job posting. Salary: $55,000 to $65,000. Benefits include generous and pro-rated PTO, Sick Leave, and paid employee insurance, including Vision and Dental. Includes some evenings and weekends. Mount Clemens is an Equal-Opportunity employer. -- Brandon Bowman Library Director Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Avenue Mount Clemens, Michigan 48043 Office - 586.469.6200 ext. 101 Cell - 810.790.8530

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Mount Clemens Public Library - Full-Time Youth Services Librarian
by Brandon Bowman 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

This is a brand new position! The Mount Clemens Public Library is looking to hire a Full-Time Youth servies Librarian. The Mount Clemens Public Library services a population of 22,000 people, is one of the oldest libraries in the state, and is housed in the county seat of Macomb County. We recently renovated our building and created a new Youth space featuring a large imaginative play area, an expanded Youth collection, and dedicated programming and storytime space. This position also works in the Young Adult department, assisting in programming and school outreach. If you are youth-oriented, creative, innovative, and love having an opportunity to make a huge impact in our community, we’d love to hear from you. Directions for submittal can be found on the bottom of the job posting. Salary: $35,000 to $45,000. Benefits include generous and pro-rated PTO, Sick Leave, Paid Employee Insurance, including Vision and Dental. Includes some evenings and weekends. Mount Clemens is an Equal-Opportunity employer. -- Brandon Bowman Library Director Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Avenue Mount Clemens, Michigan 48043 Office - 586.469.6200 ext. 101 Cell - 810.790.8530

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Fw: Student Success with AI - Two Free Events (the First One Is on Friday)
by Quick, Shauna (MDE) 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

Hello! Free Student Success with Artificial Intelligence webinars from Library 2.0 below. These webinars are geared towards students and may be useful to/in working with library patrons. * High School Student Success with AI<https://us.list-manage.com/nATZqgRU98o?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> * 2:00 PM, Friday, September 4 * College Student Success with AI<https://us.list-manage.com/nATZqgRU98o?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> * 2:00 PM, Friday, September 25 The Library of Michigan cannot endorse specific vendors or brands. Libraries should contact vendors and other experts for advice and to ensure that their choice reflects the unique needs of that library. All the best, Shauna Quick Library Technology Access Consultant Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915 quicks1(a)michigan.gov<mailto:quicks1@michigan.gov> | 517-335-0126 she/her/hers [cid:8ea97ce6-5b57-4df9-ad49-bca6d9523394]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/05de81e9d972497b8f56a791b405b02e…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/05de81e9d972497b8f56a791b405b02e…> [A picture containing logo Description automatically generated] Do you know an outstanding Michigan educator? Nominate them for 2027-28 Michigan Teacher of the Year! The Michigan Teacher of the Year Program is accepting nominations through September 23. Nominate an educator using the online form<https://mde.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VO6y33yPJYG0t0>. For more information, visit www.Michigan.gov/mtoy.<https://www.michigan.gov/mtoy> [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/>. ________________________________ From: Library 2.0 | Learning Revolution - Steve Hargadon <steve(a)learningrevolution.com> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2026 12:40 PM To: Quick, Shauna (MDE) <QuickS1(a)michigan.gov> Subject: Student Success with AI - Two Free Events (the First One Is on Friday) CAUTION: This is an External email. Please report suspicious emails via the "Report to Abuse" button in Outlook [31222092077?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/nATZqgRU98o?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> High School Student Success with AI A Free Library 2.0 / Learning Revolution Workshop with Steve Hargadon I've spent my career in educational technology, and this is the talk I've been circling the whole time. AI can now do a student's homework better than the student can. Nearly everything being said about this — the detection tools, the policies, the "responsible use" frameworks — is an attempt to protect a system that stopped working the moment fluent output became free. This hour is about what that moment is revealing: that school has been running on a bargain, compliance in exchange for a credential, and that the bargain is now failing on both sides at once. AI isn't breaking education. It's exposing it — and the costs will fall hardest on the students and families who see it last. In sixty minutes: why the report card can no longer see the difference between a student whose thinking is growing and one whose thinking is quietly being replaced; a short exercise that will show you, from your own memory, what real learning has always required; and one question, borrowed from the most deliberate technology adopters in America, that cuts through every AI decision a family or classroom faces. You'll leave with a different view of school, of success, and of what education was for all along — and a one-page card that holds the tools. One caution before you sign up. If what you want is homework help, classroom AI tools, and guardrails against cheating — AI absorbed into the schooling model the way we've absorbed every previous disruptive technology — there are hundreds of resources for that, and this isn't one of them. This is for parents, teachers, and students who suspect AI has changed the game itself and want to discover what it makes possible beneath the surface: real learning, real-life agency, real competence. It's free. Bring someone who's been waiting for this conversation. REGISTER HERE<https://us.list-manage.com/HDjazvbcj_c?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>. The recording will also be available to those who register. [31222092460?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/nyEw4lacTsb?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> College Student Success with AI A Free Library 2.0 / Learning Revolution Workshop with Steve Hargadon A few years ago I gave a talk at Google. One slide showed the top 10% of students — the ones school worked for, the "good learners." Afterward, a group of Google interns came up to correct me: "We were in that group. But we didn't see ourselves as good learners. We were good at the game." That correction changed how I understand school, and it's where this talk begins. This is not a session on catching cheaters or writing better prompts. It's an honest hour for college students about what school was actually measuring, why AI has suddenly made that arrangement visible — and what's still genuinely theirs: the thinking, the judgment, the confidence in their own minds that the game never gave anyone, including its winners. If you work with college students, or love one, this is the conversation almost nobody is having with them: not the alarmed adult, not the AI cheerleader, but a third thing. Send it to parents or students who are ready for it. REGISTER HERE<https://us.list-manage.com/97jfJa5D4pS?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>. The recording will also be available to those who register. [11002877698?profile=RESIZE_180x180]<https://us.list-manage.com/13HfltOoiFV?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>STEVE HARGADON Steve is the founder and director of the Learning Revolution Project,<https://us.list-manage.com/T2qVnIpSSDC?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> the director of Library 2.0<https://us.list-manage.com/fmUVBy3Rvwq?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>, the host of the Future of Education<https://us.list-manage.com/1BpZORwYFH7?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> and Reinventing School interview series, and has been the founder and chair (or co-chair) of a number of annual worldwide virtual events, including the Global Education Conference and the Library 2.0 series of mini-conferences and webinars. He has run over 100 large-scale events, online and in person. He has hosted over 100 AI events, created the online Encyclopedia of AI<https://us.list-manage.com/co2cmFf1Qvp?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>, and blogs extensively<https://us.list-manage.com/b75ioCbYAVG?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> about AI and its impact on teaching and learning. His library and education work has been around the democratization of learning and professional development. He supported and encouraged the development of thousands of other education-related networks, particularly for professional development, and he pioneered the use of live, virtual, and peer-to-peer education conferences. He popularized the idea of "unconferences" for educators and, for over a decade, ran a large annual ed-tech unconference, now called Hack Education (formerly EduBloggerCon). Steve himself built one of the first modern social networks for teachers in 2007 (Classroom 2.0), developed the "conditions of learning" exercise for local educational conversation and change, and inherited and grew the Library 2.0 online community. He may or may not have invented an early version of the Chromebook, which he demoed to Google. He blogs, speaks, and consults on education, educational technology, and education reform, and his virtual and physical events and online communities have over 150,000 members. His professional website is SteveHargadon.com<https://us.list-manage.com/wBLjENhYprL?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…>. OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS: September 8, 2026 [31224605667?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/_ElEpFew_3q?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> September 9, 2026< [31223770478?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/fDA8hZY8Rx0?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> September 10, 2026< [https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/31225198491?profile=RES…]<https://us.list-manage.com/IDsBw02USEZ?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> September 11, 2026 [31216029886?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/14FC1Hmjle5?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> September 16, 2026 [31209194865?profile=RESIZE_710x]<https://us.list-manage.com/2b0IaPNUzw7?e=dadba9a051&c2id=de478a5ee928f7efff…> This email was sent to quicks1(a)michigan.gov<mailto:quicks1@michigan.gov> why did I get this?<https://library20.us10.list-manage.com/about?u=bf8826a75ddf212559c711f65&id…> unsubscribe from this list<https://library20.us10.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=bf8826a75ddf212559c711…> update subscription preferences<https://library20.us10.list-manage.com/profile?u=bf8826a75ddf212559c711f65&…> Learning Revolution | Library 2.0 | Global Education Conference · 1854 Hendersonville Road Suite A, BOX 227 · Asheville, NC 28803 · USA

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Facilities Manager/Director job descriptions?
by aestelle otsegolibrary.org 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

Good afternoon I am looking for Facilities Manager/Director job descriptions. If you are willing to share yours, I would be very appreciative! Thanks, Andrea Andrea Estelle Brighten the Corner Where You Are Otsego District Public Library Director Innovate. Interact. Inspire. (269) 694-9690 401 Dix Street, Otsego, MI 49078 www.otsegolibrary.org<http://www.otsegolibrary.org/> [cid:image001.png@01DD2982.936C2B90]

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Salem is Hiring!
by STL Director 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

The Salem Township Library in Burnips is looking for a part-time: Circulation and Adult Services Librarian Circulation, Social Media and Marketing Librarian A full description and application can be found on our https://salemtownshiplibrary.org/were-hiring-2/ or through Indeed. Kind Regards, Lisa Vande Bunte Director 616-896-8170

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A.R.T. Library Program Highlights books about Painting!
by A.R.T Library Program 31 Aug '26

31 Aug '26

Dear teachers and librarians, Are your readers curious to learn more about modern and contemporary painting? As one of the most popular subjects in our Library Program Catalog, we are happy to offer many unique exhibition catalogs and monographs. Here are a few recommendations to add to your library collections: Arcmanoro Niles: The City Lights Can't Shine Quite like the Stars: Got So Far From My Raising I Forgot Where I Come From <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/arcmanoro-niles-the-ci…> - In this exhibition catalog, Niles meditates on personal loss through an exploration of landscape, drawing inspiration from the colorwork of both contemporary painters like Kerry James Marshall and Richard Mayhew and Old Masters like Caravaggio. In these new works, rendered in vibrant, technicolor hues that construct a signature kind of chiaroscuro, Niles finds himself immersed in nature—in the trees of a remote field, near the shore of the sea, bathed in crisp light peeking through bare trees on a sunny winter’s day. Jessica Dickinson: Under | Press. | With-This | Hold- | Of-Also | Of/How | Of-More | Of:Know <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/under-press-with-this-…> - Using painting, drawing, and abstraction as markers of a space outside verbal description, Jessica Dickinson examines the slow exchanges between perception, matter, and psychology that develop in peripheral spaces. Milton Resnick: A Question of Seeing, Paintings 1959-1963 <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/milton-resnick-a-quest…> - Like younger painters, such as Cy Twombly and Robert Ryman, Resnick worked in, through and beyond the language of NY gestural painting toward an intimate relationship with mark-making, the surface, and the physical matter of paint itself. Ultimately, the materiality of paint became paramount, and Resnick's intent dissolution of form resulted in ever more monochrome, thickly textured surfaces. The transition of Resnick's work from more explicitly Abstract Expressionist modes to the monochrome paintings of his later years was a result of the marked exploration witnessed in this exhibition catalog. Model as Painting <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/model-as-painting> - Model as Painting is the first in depth publication on Schoolwerth’s practice. The multi-media, figurative, and decidedly representational paintings in this monograph are elaborated through a unique and intensive sequence of creative phases, including digital photography, the making of collages and 3D models based on the collages, internet browsing, software image processing, printing, and finally, painting. Nancy Mitchnick: Uncalibtated <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/nancy-mitchnick-uncali…> - The eighty-eight page full color catalogue documents the survey of Mitchnick’s work organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. The catalogue serves almost as a small retrospective, documenting a range of Mitchnick’s work over the last thirty years. Including portraits, still life, and landscape painting–this publication is a great example showing how an artist’s work evolves over the course of their life. Louis Stone: The Path to Abstraction, 1928-1945 <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program/louis-stone-the-path-t…> - Louis Stone: The Path to Abstraction, 1928-1945 is the catalog of an eponymous exhibition at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in 2006. The exhibition includes thirty oil paintings dating from 1928 to 1945, offering a comprehensive overview of the artist’s evolution from a traditional landscape and still-life painter to a bold, avant-garde modernist. To look at the other available titles we offer about painting, please visit our website to log in to your account <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/login> and browse our book catalog <https://www.artresourcestransfer.org/library-program>. As always, books are free and shipped free of charge. Thanks for your participation and happy reading! Art Resources Transfer — Art Resources Transfer 526 W 26th Street, #614 New York, NY 10001 artresourcestransfer.org

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Millage verbiage - what we can and cannot put on our website
by BPL Director 29 Aug '26

29 Aug '26

Hello to everyone. I am curious about millage verbiage, specifically about what we can - and cannot - include on our website with the purpose of educating our patrons and community members. I know many of you recently went through this work, and I would greatly appreciate learning from you about how to move forward in the coming weeks. Our ballot proposal is to return our millage to its original point, rather than increasing it any higher. We are in the process of preparing information that can be used by our Friends’ group to create flyers and infographics. Any suggestions and helpful advice would be most appreciated. Thank you. Take care, Terri Hebert BPL Director director(a)bridgmanlibrary.com

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Launchpad bumpers to give away
by Milan Public Library Youth 28 Aug '26

28 Aug '26

Hello, We have 4 orange Launchpad bumpers to give away. If you could use them, we'll be happy to send them to you. Thank you, Jennifer Perryman Youth Services Coordinator Milan Public Library 151 Wabash Street • Milan, MI 48160 (734) 439-1240 • www.milanlibrary.org<http://www.milanlibrary.org/> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Public-Library-Milan-Michigan/14807483…> • Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/milanpubliclibrary/> Our hours: Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 10:00-6:00 Tuesday/Thursday: 1:00-8:00 Saturday: 10:00-4:00

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