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Youth & Teen Services Updates
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

Programming: Climate Change Conversations in Libraries (C3L)<https://climatechangeconversationsinlibraries.umasscreate.net/climate-prep-…> is an emerging network of libraries of all times bringing their communities together to vision and manifest a resilient, just future. Climate Prep Week 2019<https://climatechangeconversationsinlibraries.umasscreate.net/climate-prep-…> is planed for September 24-30th. Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit<https://centerforchildhoodcreativity.org/resource/reimagining-school-readin…> - researched-backed resources were created for librarians to help families prepare children ages 0 to 8 for success in school and in life. Brought to you by the California State Library & Center for Childhood Creativity at the Bay Area Discovery Museum and supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Creating a Tween Collection<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibraryof…> Thursday, September 12th, 2:00 PM EDT Thinking of creating a collection just for tweens? Curious why such a collection is important? Join Karen M. Smith, a Michigan librarian and author of "Creating a Tween Collection: A Practical guide for Librarians," as she shares tips on tween literature, carving out a space, budgeting, and more. Webinar attendees will receive a free copy of the book; space is limited! If unable to attend live, the webinar will be recorded for registrants. This program is brought to you in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Save the Date for 2020's "Imagine Your Story" and Virtual Reality Workshop!: Registration will open August 5th<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibraryof…>, but for now save the following dates on your 2019 Fall calendars: Monday, November 18 (Bloomfield Township Public Library, Bloomfield Twp), Tuesday, November 19 (Portage District Library, Portage), and Thursday, November 21 (Otsego County Library, Gaylord). Nationally known storyteller Will Stuck<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wills…> will present on the 2020 Collaborative Summer Library Program's "Imagine Your Story." From passive programming to decorating to age-specific ideas, Stuck will help refresh your summer reading programs. Later in the day we will take the theme a step further and dive into the world of Virtual Reality with Kevin McDonough, Reference Librarian at Northern Michigan University, learning about different VR equipment, experiencing a virtual reality for yourself, and resources to support programming in your library with VR. This program is brought to you in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In the News: Meeting the Challenges of Early Literacy Phonics Instruction<https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/where-we-stand/ila-me…> - International Literacy Association, 2019. Advocating for Children's Rights to Read: A manual for enacting the rights in classrooms, communities, and the world<https://www.literacyworldwide.org/docs/default-source/resource-documents/il…> - International Literacy Association, 2019 National Impact of Library Public Programs Assessment<https://nilppa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/NILPPA_Phase-1-white-paper.pdf>: A White Paper on the Dimensions of Library Programs and the Skills and Training for Library Program Professionals, June 2019. Phase 1 Blog: https://nilppa.org/phase-1/ Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 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/>

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Register soon for these MCLS webinars!
by Gwen Haviland 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

There is still time to register for these upcoming MCLS webinars! Original Descriptive Cataloging of Monographs Using RDA<https://store.mcls.org/index.php/original-cataloging-of-monographs-using-rd…> 3 day class, Aug 6-8, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern (1:00pm - 3:00pm Central) Copy Cataloging of Sound Recordings Using RDA<https://store.mcls.org/index.php/copy-cataloging-of-sound-recordings-using-…> 3 day class, Aug 13-15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern (1:00pm - 3:00pm Central) MARC: An Introduction<https://store.mcls.org/index.php/marc-an-introduction-389.html> 3 day class, Aug 13-15, 10:00am - 12:00pm Eastern (9:00am - 11:00am Central) For these and other great workshops please visit our Training Store here https://store.mcls.org To learn about our Cataloging Certificate Program click here https://www.mcls.org/training-events/certification/ ************************************* Gwen Haviland, Training Department Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) 1407 Rensen St, Suite 1, Lansing, MI 48910 800-530-9019 ext 404 training(a)mcls.org

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CD Storage and Display
by Danielle Hansard 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hello all, How do you store and display your CD collection? Links to specific shelving units would be great! I can compile and send answers if anyone is interested. Best, Danielle ---------------------------------------------------------- Danielle Hansard Reference Librarian William P. Faust Public Library of Westland 6123 Central City Pkwy. Westland, MI 48185 734-326-6123 ext. 2845 danielle.hansard(a)westlandlibrary.org

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Time off policies
by John Sheridan 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hello again Collective Library Minds, I am looking for policies on employee time off i.e. vacation, sick time, funeral/bereavement, personal time, etc. I will be making a lot of requests for different policies this year as my board wants to update the policies and procedures manuals. Thank you in advance for your help. John Sheridan, Director West Branch District Library

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Compiled responses to Hoopla question
by Alexis Tharp 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hi everyone! As promised, here are the responses I received from my question about Hoopla usage. Thanks again to everyone who responded! Best, Alexis Tharp pronouns: she/her/hers Reference Librarian William P. Faust Public Library of Westland www.westlandlibrary.org 734-326-6123 Hi everyone, We're looking to increase our Hoopla usage, as well as adjust our checkout settings and budget caps to meet demand. If your library uses Hoopla, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could answer the following questions: 1. What is your monthly checkout limit per patron on Hoopla? 2. Do you limit available items by price? For example, excluding items from the catalog that cost more than $3.99 per checkout, etc. 3. How do you typically handle increased demand for Hoopla? For example, from time to time we've had to increase the month's Hoopla budget in response to patrons hitting the daily spending limit, a problem that tends to snowball once it starts. Thanks in advance for any feedback! Please reply off-list; I'll be happy to compile responses for the group if anyone's interested. Best, Alexis Tharp pronouns: she/her/hers Reference Librarian William P. Faust Public Library of Westland www.westlandlibrary.org<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.westlandlibrary.org…> 734-326-6123 Alexis, We just started with Hoopla a few weeks ago, so my input won't be as valuable to you as others, but I figured it couldn't hurt to chime in. 1. We limit to 3 per patron. This may increase, of course, if the budget allows for it, but right now it's a good, safe number. 2. We do limit by price, nothing costing more than $2 is visible to patrons. That doesn't cut out much in most categories, the biggest pinch is in audiobooks (40% unavailable). 3. Obviously we don't have any issues with too much demand yet, so not sure how we'll deal with that, if needed. Donald Priest Director Southgate Veterans Memorial Library 14680 Dix-Toledo Rd. Southgate MI 48195 734-258-3002 Alexis; Jonesville District Library has had Hoopla for about 2 years. We limit patrons to 6 items per month and the maximum for items is around $4.00. The previous director set us up with Hoopla. Unfortunately, she did not make sure my library board understood how Hoopla works (cost per item). We are a mid-size Class II library, serving around 5000 people. My board set our budget up at $1500 per year, but that will not last until the end of our fiscal year (Jan-Dec.). We are getting ready to either drop the monthly limits to 4 or 5 or lower the per item maximum cost (or possibly both). Hope this info helps. -Laura Orlowski, director Jonesville District Library 1. Our limit is 5, we started at 3 2. We haven't set any limits on price or publisher, but maybe some day that would be an option 3. We don't have a daily spending limit, we set an annual budget based on average monthly expenditures leaving room for projected growth. If you haven't already, you may want to have Hoopla conduct an analysis for you on your usage. We had made a lot of assumptions on how people were using Hoopla and there were some surprises in the stats, which helped us to make some decisions. Jenny Marr Director Ferndale Area District Library (Library) 248-546-2504 (Office) 248-547-6000 www.ferndalepubliclibrary.org<http://www.ferndalepubliclibrary.org> 1. What is your monthly checkout limit per patron on Hoopla? Four checkouts. Used to be five, but I'm trying to keep the cost under control. 2. Do you limit available items by price? For example, excluding items from the catalog that cost more than $3.99 per checkout, etc. "The maximum allowed borrow price for audiobooks titles is $3.99. 0 titles are blocked by the budget settings." 3. How do you typically handle increased demand for Hoopla? For example, from time to time we've had to increase the month's Hoopla budget in response to patrons hitting the daily spending limit, a problem that tends to snowball once it starts. We haven't had many patron complaints, but if we do get one, we say, sorry, the limit is four titles per month. You'll have to wait until next month to check out four more. We have no "spending limit", daily or otherwise. Just the four titles per month limit. Jean Hansen Head of Adult and Outreach Services Waterford Township Public Library 5168 Civic Center Dr Waterford MI 48329 p. 248.618.7682 jhansen(a)waterfordmi.gov<mailto:jhansen@waterfordmi.gov> www.waterfordmi.gov/Library<http://www.waterfordmi.gov/Library> https://www.facebook.com/WaterfordLibrary Hi Alexis, Hoopla is SUPER popular at CPL. We've had it since 2013, so it's had some time to grow, for sure, and now it's almost as big as OverDrive for our users. We have a 20-item checkout limit, but our average user still checks out ~5 each month. When we started, we had about 1500 checkouts per month, and now it's steadily over 5K. Whenever MWT starts growing a part of Hoopla's offerings, we see a surge in use and have to adjust things budget or price caps. This has been manageable mostly because we over-funded it in its first years, and dumped unspent database money there one budget year, so we had a nest egg to rely on when they tripled their audiobook offerings in 2015/2016. In recent years we've been moving funds from some print collections to electronic resources (Board request), because print circ is dropping and ebook use is growing. We're seeing another surge for Hoopla as their ebook and comic offerings improve as well. To manage costs, we've limited by price. We have the following caps: Audiobooks - $3.49 eBooks - $3.29 TV - $1.99 movies, comics and music aren't capped right now. We don't budget by month or day. We try to avoid having patrons run up against those kind of hard caps if we can avoid it, so they don't feel they need to compete with other people for a limited resource (costing us more money in wasted circs). We've done a little bit of behind-the-scenes controls, blocking items that are pricey, popular, and redundant (already paid for in OverDrive), or just so bad we'd weed them from our own shelves (ex. business books that are aimed at Canadian women in the 90s, "current events" audio from the 80s). We haven't had much time to do that this year, but I think it has helped. Still, (mostly due to the price caps), we've had luck getting bang for our buck: average checkout cost in June was $1.71. We've been fortunate to have the funds to keep up with this growth, but we've had some discussions about what our plan B is for when we can't keep up with growth. Right now our first plan would be to lower some of the price caps, since that's an "invisible" control, and we can more easily let up on that if it becomes affordable once more. If that didn't do the trick, the next step would be to decrease the checkout limit to 12, which is still reasonable IMO, but would take some careful communication and would be more noticeable for patrons. 80% of patrons borrow 8 or fewer items each month. Let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck and godspeed, and all that. -Megan Hi, Alexis-- Hoopla is very well used in our community. We met recently with our Midwest rep and received an annual review of usage with some helpful statistics. In response to your questions... 1. We allow 10 checkouts per month per patron. (Previously we allowed 12, but when we added Kanopy, we lowered the hoopla limit to match Kanopy hoping to avoid confusion.) 2. We do not limit available items by price. I may be mistaken, but I think hoopla now limits their items to $3.99 or less. Our stats show that nearly half of our circulations are in the $1.00-$1.99 level. 3. We do not have any daily spending limits. Over the past couple of years, our monthly invoices increased quite a bit, but they seem to have (mostly) leveled off now. The cost is still high, but we feel that we get good value for the price. Our previous Midwest rep gave us some good advice about adding a message to our website that may be useful. Here's what we use: Hoopla and Kanopy are on-demand services, which means there are never any waitlists or holds for items. This is a great feature, for which the library is charged each time a title is checked out. Please help us continue to offer these amazing services by limiting your checkouts to items you feel you will be able to use during the allotted time period. Hope this helps! Mary Ellen Mary Ellen Mulcrone Director Saline District Library 555 N. Maple Road Saline, MI 48176 734-401-1283 www.salinelibrary.org<http://www.salinelibrary.org> Alexis, Answers for Garden City: 1. We currently limit patrons to 4 hoopla checkouts per month. 2. No. We provide patrons the complete hoopla catalog. 3. At first we allowed patrons up to 8 checkouts per month. Then we lowered it to 6. Finally we had to lower it to 4. If we need to make further adjustments, we will likely put a monthly cap on our monthly hoopla budget. Hope this helps, James Hi Alexis, 1. What is your monthly checkout limit per patron on Hoopla? We got Hoopla in January of 2018. We started out with 3 checkouts per patron and increased it to 5 after monitoring the cost for 4 months. 2. Do you limit available items by price? For example, excluding items from the catalog that cost more than $3.99 per checkout, etc. No 3. How do you typically handle increased demand for Hoopla? For example, from time to time we've had to increase the month's Hoopla budget in response to patrons hitting the daily spending limit, a problem that tends to snowball once it starts. We haven't found that to be a problem. How many checkout do you allow your patrons? I know our patrons would love more than 5 per month, but we are sticking with 5 for the time being. Toni Hi Alexis, 1. What is your monthly checkout limit per patron on Hoopla? Our monthly checkout limit is 5 per patron. This was lowered from 9 last year. Previously we were also having issues with patrons hitting the cap and creating confusion and frustration for all involved. 5 checkouts is 1 more than what our average patron was checking out. This limit helps allows more patrons to use the service and we're not hitting our daily cap. [cid:image001.png@01D542FF.0B827390] 2. Do you limit available items by price? For example, excluding items from the catalog that cost more than $3.99 per checkout, etc. Our maximum allowed borrow price is 3.99. Hoopla doesn't offer too many high dollar items any more. They're working harder to negotiate better prices now. I still like to offer those high dollar items though because I like our patrons to have simultaneous use of popular materials. That's a big part of Hoopla's appeal. 3. How do you typically handle increased demand for Hoopla? For example, from time to time we've had to increase the month's Hoopla budget in response to patrons hitting the daily spending limit, a problem that tends to snowball once it starts. I think with Hoopla, and similar services, it's about managing patron expectations. This is challenging. Patrons don't realize how much each checkout costs their library. We sent an email out to our Hoopla users before the change was made, and gave our staff talking points to share with patrons who may have had issues (if you're interested in email wording let me know, and I'll see if I can hunt this up.). This was our talking point blurb for staff to pass along to patrons: * As Hoopla popularity and usage continues to grow, we aim to have fewer turnaways or "daily cap blocks." We are making this change to manage our budget, allowing more people to use the service and for regular users to have a better experience while using hoopla. Thank you for your feedback as we continue to evaluate the product. We also gave staff this background information: * The borrow limit in Hoopla will be set at 5 borrows per month per user as of October 1. The current limit is 9. * We are making the change to allow more people to use the service and have a better experience with the product while they are there. * Currently patrons using Hoopla have been experiencing daily budget cap blocks earlier and earlier in the day due to increased usage. They are being turned away when they attempt to borrow at peak times. o As a reminder, daily limits are reset at midnight for the following day if you are helping patrons use hoopla. * 750 users check out more than 5 items per month out of 2,600. * Although KDL spending on Hoopla was increased by 51% in 2018 over 2017, this is not enough to keep up with demand. Currently $20,000 per month is spent in Hoopla. The average cost of a "borrow" in Hoopla is around $2.00. * Spending and limits will be revisited in the future as demand will likely continue to increase. While we will try and increase the budget to maintain the 5 title check out limit, further limits may need to also happen to help manage costs. * KDL has also requested Hoopla change the "Daily Cap" error message to make it clear the "Daily Cap" is related to spending. Right now the message is confusing to patrons and staff. Please let me know if this helps and if you have further questions. Best Regards, Ali Alison Kuchta Collection Development Librarian Kent District Library 814 West River Center Dr. NE * Comstock Park, MI 49321 616-784-2016, ext. 2179 * akuchta(a)kdl.org<mailto:akuchta@kdl.org> Hi Alexis, Our Hoopla usage is going through the roof, too. We ended up lowering our monthly checkout to 6 items this spring (it had been lowered to 8 two or so years ago). We do not limit items by price since the most popular items tend to be the higher priced ones and we'd get a lot of pushback from high-usage patrons re: that restriction (it tends to be audiobooks that drive these increases for us). The increased demand has forced us to take money from book budgets, unfortunately, and will likely continue to in the near future. Please compile and share back. I'd love to hear what others are doing. Cheers, Andy Schuck Youth Services Coordinator Traverse Area District Library 610 Woodmere Ave Traverse City, MI 49686 231-932-8500, x260 www.tadl.org<http://www.tadl.org> We do limit our checkouts to 4 per month. We also limit by price - I believe ours is $4.99 and under. We budget daily for Hoopla. We have a certain amount of money we can spend each year and that's what we give it. We are monitoring it very carefully. I'm not sure if there is ever a sweet spot of money to checkouts - so patrons don't get locked out of checking out. Seems like we could spend spend spend and it would never be enough. We pretty much max our budget every month. I have not found a good solution to this. I would love to hear your other responses. Thanks - Val Meyerson Petoskey District Library

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Graphic novels
by Hartford Public Library 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Dear Librarians, We are developing our graphic novel section of the library for junior and young adult books. I would appreciate a suggestion of your most popular series. We have Pokemon, Bone and a few others. We don't have a lot in the budget so I have to spend wisely. Your suggestions are most appreciated. Regards,Stephanie DanielsDirectorHartford Public Library

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Free labels
by BillieJo Bluemer 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Found these laser foil labels while cleaning and we don't use them. If anyone would like them respond with your code and they are yours. BillieJo Bluemer Director Rauchholz Memorial Library 1140 N Hemlock Rd Hemlock MI 48626 989-642-8621 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Book Suggestions
by Jessica Rivett 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

Hello, We recently had one of our high school teachers, come in looking for book suggestions that are similar to Lord of The Flies. She's looking to replace Lord of the Flies possibly in her curriculum for a more modern/ more recent story for her freshmen students. Any suggestions that we could send her way would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Jessica Rivett Sandusky District Library

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Library of Michigan Grant programs and Grant Application Tips - 8/26 Webinar
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 25 Jul '19

25 Jul '19

A reminder about our upcoming grants webinar and an encouragement to send questions to me to address in the webinar! Karren Reish 517-241-0021 reishk(a)michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> >>> Please join us for a webinar on Library of Michigan grant programs and general grant application tips in August. The webinar will be Monday, August 26th from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. You can register at the link below. The webinar will include a brief overview of the Library of Michigan grant programs and then general tips on applying for grants. Audience questions are welcome. If you have a particular question you would like included, please email that to me. Talk to you in August! Registration Link https://libraryofmichigan.z2systems.com/np/clients/libraryofmichigan/event.… Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 reishk(a)michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> https://www.michigan.gov/lsta https://www.michigan.gov/sl21 [MAFIlogoJPG.jpg] Free Family Resources for Navigating the World of Special Education. email:info@michiganallianceforfamilies.org,<mailto:info@michiganallianceforfamilies.org,> visit www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michig…>, or call us at 1-800-552-4821.

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Free stuff all spoken for
by Syntha Green 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

I will figure it all out tomorrow and let you know if stuff is headed your way.

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