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Study: Enhancing Storytime Programs to Better Support Children’s Learning Outcomes
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hello Youth Librarians, Please see details below about the study on the “Enhancing Storytime Programs to Better Support Children’s Learning Outcomes” module. I know it’s a busy time of year, they estimate it’ll take about 2 hours. If you wish to participate please note it closes June 30th. Please contact Dr. Maria Cahill or the University of Kentucky with any questions (their contact info is below). Thank you, Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 My Pronouns: She/Her - 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/> [cid:image001.jpg@01D752DA.DD356090] Check with your local public library for deails on their summer library program! Based on findings from the Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded Storytimes for School Readiness and Community Needs project (LG-96-17-0199-17), a multi-state study of public library storytime programs designed for preschool children, we created a fully online asynchronous module designed to support librarians’ learning. Enhancing Storytime Programs to Better Support Children’s Learning Outcomes is both the title and the focus of the learning module which was developed at the University of Kentucky. The learning module consists of a narrated presentation and video demonstrations as well as self-reflection questions and responses embedded throughout. The module is freely available and accessible via this link until June 30, 2021: https://www.hdilearning.org/product/adult-child-interactions-in-storytime/ We estimate the module will take approximately 95 minutes to complete, and participants will be offered a certificate of participation upon completion of the module. The module is hosted on the Learn Dash learning management system licensed to the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute. To access the learning module, you will be required to create a username and password. As part of the learning module, you will be responding to self-reflection and knowledge questions embedded throughout the module. You will have the option to consent to allow researchers at the University of Kentucky to review your responses and include them as part of a larger study designed to help us understand more about librarians’ priorities when planning storytime programs. You may not get personal benefit from taking part in this research study, but some volunteers experience satisfaction from knowing they have contributed to research that may possibly benefit others in the future. If you do not want to be part of the study, you may indicate that preference. You will still be able to utilize the learning module, but your responses will not be reviewed nor included in the study. Your employers will not know whether or not you have agreed to allow the data to be used by researchers. The questionnaire is designed to be part of the learning module, and the module will take about 95 minutes to complete. There are no known risks to participating in this study. Your response to the questionnaire will be kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. When we write about the study you will not be identified. Your responses will be linked to your username; however, prior to making the responses available to the researchers, staff in the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute will remove all other data, including the username. The researchers of this study will not attempt to connect your responses to your identity in any way. If you decide to stop participating after you begin the questionnaire, you can continue the learning module without responding to additional questions and still be offered a certificate of participation upon completion of the module. The information collected in the responses may be used for future research or shared with other researchers without your additional informed consent. We hope to receive completed questionnaires from about 1,000 people, so your answers are important to us. Of course, you have a choice about whether or not to complete the questionnaire, but if you do participate, you are free to skip any questions or discontinue at any time. You will not be penalized in any way for skipping or discontinuing the questionnaire. Please be aware, while we make every effort to safeguard your data once received from the online learning management company, given the nature of online surveys, as with anything involving the Internet, we can never guarantee the confidentiality of the data while still on the learning management company’s servers, or while en route to either them or us. It is also possible the raw data collected for research purposes will be used for marketing or reporting purposes by the learning management/data gathering company after the research is concluded, depending on the company’s Terms of Service and Privacy policies. If you have questions about the study, please feel free to ask; my contact information is given below. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this important project. Sincerely, Maria Cahill, PhD School of Information Science, University of Kentucky PHONE: 859-218-2293 E-MAIL: maria.cahill(a)uky.edu<mailto:maria.cahill@uky.edu> If you have complaints, suggestions, or questions about your rights as a research volunteer, contact the staff in the University of Kentucky Office of Research Integrity at 859-257-9428 or toll-free at 1-866-400-9428. [cid:image002.png@01D752DA.DD356090] Maria Cahill, PhD Associate Professor University of Kentucky School of Information Science, College of Communication and Information Educational Leadership Studies, College of Education Lexington, KY 40506 859-218-2293<tel:859-218-2293> maria.cahill(a)uky.edu<mailto:maria.cahill@uky.edu>

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Library Parking Requirements
by Dan Hutchins 26 May '21

26 May '21

Greetings,I’m dealing with a rather unusual problem for which there does not seem to be a specific answer, at least not that I may find. VBDL is a district library where our local municipalities provide our facilities, and the library district staffs, stocks, and equips the provided facilities. One of our library branches shares a parcel of land with another building which is not currently occupied. Both the library branch building and the unoccupied building, which used to be a bank branch, are owned by the local municipality. The local municipality has decided they would like to sell the old bank branch. The problem is both buildings share a single parking lot. If the old bank branch were to be sold, the lot would need to be subdivided. The VBDL branch library is 5,500 square feet with a total staff of five individuals. There are only seven parking spaces adjacent to the library branch, the remining 14 spaces are adjacent to the old bank branch. The municipality does not seem concerned that subdividing the lot would leave the library branch with only seven spaces. I went to a meeting of the Township council and they seem to think that the lack of patron traffic, which is due to the pandemic, indicates the library needs only seven spaces total. They also suggested library patrons may park in the street. I may find no state of Michigan law or standard that prescribes how much parking is required for public libraries, by square footage or occupancy. Further, the local municipality has no ordinance or zoning standard specific to libraries and museums. The parking standards for libraries I may find for other municipalities in Michigan vary considerably. I’m looking for something specific to the state of Michigan that defines minimally how much parking is required for public libraries. Recently MIOSHA, for purposes of the pandemic, have grouped libraries and museums in with retail, so I suspect it may be appropriate to consider libraries as retail spaces for zoning purposes, if not otherwise specified. Thank you for your help. Dan Hutchins Director Van Buren District Library 200 North Phelps Street Decatur, MI 49045 dhutchins(a)vbdl.org http://www.vbdl.org 269-423-4771

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Job Posting: Madison Technical College
by Pratt, Michele - Staff <michelepratt＠delta.edu> 26 May '21

26 May '21

Posting for a colleague: Manager of Student Achievement Center (MLIS required). https://madisoncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobsatMadisonCollege/job… Michele M. Pratt Manager of Library Programs & Services Delta College Library Learning Information Center (989) 686-9822

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Fine Free Circulation Changes
by Jessica Bostian 26 May '21

26 May '21

Hello Fellow Libraries! Our library is considering becoming 'fine free' in the near future. I see that some libraries, when they make this transition, make slight changes to their circulation policies that might best suit the change from fines to fine free, such as preventing patrons from checking out or using their cards if they have a certain amount of existing overdues (must be resolved before any new card transactions can be made), a shorter transition period from 'overdue to lost', etc. If anyone has made this transition and would be willing to share with me any types of changes they made to their circulation policies or overdue time periods at the same time, I would be so grateful to hear your experiences, reasoning, and reactions to these changes. Or perhaps if you became a 'fine free' institution and did NOT make any changes, I would still love to hear your experiences. reasoning, and reactions. Thank you everyone in advance for any information you can provide me-I am so appreciative of this professional, educational, and supportive community! Have a great week everyone! -- Jessica Bostian Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library 211 N. Almont Avenue Imlay City, MI 48444 810-724-8043

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Moderator Note About Michlib-l Best Practices Guidelines
by Wartella, Becky (MDE) 26 May '21

26 May '21

Greetings Michigan Library Community, This is just a best practices reminder email for posting to Michlib-l. We welcome your participation on Michlib-l. There are a few guidelines that help improve the experience for everyone: 1. If you ask for group input on a topic, offer to collect the responses and then re-post them to the list so everyone can benefit. Be sure to embed those responses in the body of your message. 2. Please keep in mind when composing your messages that attachments are removed from posts for digest subscribers and in the archives. For maximum reach, embed the text you wish readers to see in the body of your message. If an attachment is especially important for its images, formatting or other reasons, upload it to your website and then link to it in your message to Michlib-l. 3. Do not post replies that are meant for one person to the entire list. You can accomplish this by using the "Reply" feature and not "Reply All." NOTE: Please be aware that different email clients (such as Outlook) treat "Reply" and "Reply All" differently. When you want to "Reply" to a single person who posted to Michlib-l, please double-check the To: field before you hit Send. And, of course, a little patience goes a long way. We've all accidentally posted something to a list that was only meant for one person so gentleness with each other is helpful as well. Have a fabulous day! Thank you, Becky Wartella Department Technician Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 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@01D7522E.A12838E0]

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Claimed! Free Supplies: Multi-Disc Blu-Ray/DVD Cases
by Brenna Wade 26 May '21

26 May '21

The cases have all been claimed. From: Brenna Wade Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 9:10 AM To: michlib-l(a)mcls.org Subject: Free Supplies: Multi-Disc Blu-Ray/DVD Cases We have 118 brand new multi-disc Blu-Ray/DVD cases to give to libraries that can use them. They hold up to 6 discs, and the multi-disc inserts can be removed to just hold 1-2 discs. There is no brand on the cases. The cases are black with a clear plastic cover around the outside to house inserts, and the dimensions are 5.5 inches across, 7.5 inches tall, and 1 inch wide. Please let me know your RIDES code and how many you would like, with a max number of 40 if there is more than 1 library interested. We will only send these through RIDES. Best, Brenna Brenna Wade | Public Services Librarian | Hillsdale College, Mossey Library 33 E College St, Hillsdale, MI 49242 | (517) 607-2606 | bwade(a)hillsdale.edu<mailto:bwade@hillsdale.edu>

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Author Miles Harvey Program
by Kirsten Wellnitz 26 May '21

26 May '21

BCLS to host international best-selling author Miles Harvey BAY COUNTY, MI--The Bay County Library System is excited to host international best-selling author Miles Harvey via Zoom on Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00 pm. Miles will talk about his acclaimed book, The King of Confidence: A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch, which was selected as a Michigan Notable Book and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice pick in 2020. Described as "[A] rollicking story, ripe for a Hollywood treatment" by Vanity Fair, and a tale that will "astonish and delight fans of American history" by Publishers Weekly, The King of Confidence masterfully chronicles the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, the self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, until his assassination in 1856. "Miles Harvey is the author of the national and international bestseller The Island of Lost Maps and the recipient of a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan. His book Painter in a Savage Land was named a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year and a Booklist Editors' Choice. He teaches creative writing at DePaul University in Chicago, where he is a founding editor of Big Shoulders Books" (milesharvey.com) This event is FREE, but registration is required and limited. Call any BCLS branch library or register via the Calendar of Events at www.baycountylibrary.org. You will receive the Zoom link via email after registration. Kirsten Wellnitz Managing Librarian Alice & Jack Wirt Library 500 Center Ave. Bay City, MI 48708 989-893-9566 ext. 2111

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Exciting News from BTBL & NLS
by Wambaugh, Stephanie (LEO) 26 May '21

26 May '21

If you're not familiar with the Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL), now is your chance! We serve all of Michigan, and are a great resource for your patrons who struggle using standard print books. Keep reading for news on some exciting updates, and/or watch this quick 7 minute zoom video for a brief overview of our entire service: https://zoom.us/rec/share/GN3h2HdoCzOKJOJczB7t5oRRVeiASRAG4RDhtdeLF0jEvnHej… Want to become a Demo Site to help connect us with your patrons? Email me off-list for more details. As you may know, the Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL) provides books and magazines in audio and braille, free of charge, to people who are blind, have low vision, or have a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that makes it difficult to read regular print. We are reaching out to you to announce some exciting news. The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) has implemented a long-awaited change to make it easier for people with reading disabilities to enroll for our services. Now reading specialists, educators, librarians, and school psychologists will be able to certify the eligibility of applicants with reading disabilities. NLS has long made its services available to people with reading disabilities. Up to now, however, a doctor of medicine or osteopathy was required to certify that an applicant's reading disability was "the result of organic dysfunction." This requirement was a high bar for potential patrons to hurdle, and network libraries had urged NLS to relax it. A 2016 Government Accountability Office report on NLS also noted that it is now widely accepted that a medical diagnosis is not necessary to determine if a person has a reading disability. Before implementing this change, NLS needed Congress to amend the eligibility language in its authorizing legislation. This was accomplished in the 2018 Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act and the 2019 Library of Congress Technical Corrections Act. The final regulatory step was publication of the new language in the Federal Register, which was done this winter. The legal language regarding the certifying authorities for any NLS applicant now reads as follows: §701.6 Loans of library materials for blind and other print-disabled persons (b) Eligibility (ii) Eligibility must be certified by one of the following: doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, ophthalmologist, optometrist, psychologist, registered nurse, therapist, and professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and public or welfare agencies (such as an educator, a social worker, case worker, counselor, rehabilitation teacher, certified reading specialist, school psychologist, superintendent, or librarian). In addition, NLS has now made it even easier for Certifying Authorities to verify a person qualifies for our service- a physical signature is no longer required on our applications! BTBL and NLS now accept hand or type written names on the signature line of the application, as long as all details requested about the certifying authority are filled out. We are currently working on a fillable form application to make this process even smoother! In the meantime, the attached application has the new eligibility language listed. BTBL, with NLS, offers many benefits to students and people of all ages who have difficulty reading regular print materials. Users can instantly download tens of thousands of audio and electronic braille books from the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website to their mobile phones or tablets, or receive audio books and hard-copy braille books by postage-free mail. Our catalog includes a wide range of titles, from classics to new releases, for children, young adults, and adults. For additional information about this program, visit www.michigan.gov/btbl<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michig…> or www.loc.gov/thatallmayread<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loc.go…>. My colleagues and I are eager to answer any questions you have and help eligible readers-including students-register! You can reach us at btbl(a)michigan.gov<mailto:btbl@michigan.gov> or 1-800-992-9012. Stephanie Wambaugh Librarian BSBP Braille & Talking Book Library P.O. Box 30007 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 1-800-992-9012 / wambaughs(a)michigan.gov<mailto:wambaughs@michigan.gov>

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Prioritizing and Promoting Self-Care to Avoid Burnout WebJunction webinar - Recording available
by White, Shannon (MDE) 26 May '21

26 May '21

This recent WebJunction webinar focused on self-care strategies for library staff, to respond to the physical, behavioral and emotional impacts of workplace stressors. Recording, slides, chat and other resource tools from the session are available on WebJunction at: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/prioritizing-and-promoting-s… Are you prioritizing your own needs in your workday? Ever-increasing and evolving demands for library services, heavy workloads, and multiple requests from the public can create an environment for staff burnout. While some stressors are unavoidable, prolonged exposure to them can cause detachment, pessimism, and a loss of enjoyment in the library profession. Join us to explore the physical, behavioral and emotional barriers that lead to burnout, as well as methods to mitigate workplace stressors. We'll look at specific stress-relieving techniques to introduce into your daily activities, and explore ways to bring self-care strategies to all staff in your organization. Presented by: Nicole T. Bryan, Neighborhood Library Supervisor Macon Branch, Brooklyn Public Library (NY) WebJunction builds the knowledge, skills and confidence of library staff to power strong libraries that are the heart of vibrant communities. A program of OCLC Research, WebJunction is free and welcome to all libraries to use, regardless of size, type or location. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Shannon White Library Development Manager Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 Whites29(a)michigan.gov<mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov> 517-335-1507 | 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/>

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Racial Justice program by Title Track - please share
by bellairelibrary＠torchlake.com 26 May '21

26 May '21

Thursday, June 3rd, 6:30pm - Join our virtual program presented by Title Track on the topic of "Racial Justice". In this intro conversation, Seth Bernard will cover some of the basics of understanding racial justice, including historical context, working definitions, a framework called the Five Faces of Oppression (known as 1) Exploitation, 2) Marginalization, 3) Powerlessness, 4) Cultural Imperialism, and 5) Violence), and tools for accountable allyship. Holly T. Bird will make a guest appearance to share stories, poems and calls to action from an Indigenous perspective. Free program, register here: https://forms.gle/44ZpwBNGBecBNfa6A) [1] or call the library 231-533-8814 for the Zoom link. This program is part of Bellaire Reads, which is funded by a grant from Libraries Transforming Communities. -- Cindi L. Place, MLIS Director, Bellaire Public Library bellairelibrary(a)torchlake.com 231-533-8814 Links: ------ [1] https://forms.gle/44ZpwBNGBecBNfa6A

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